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Today, monday, july 18th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Republican National convention with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from cleveland. Thats right. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning from cleveland, ohio. Were just down the road, just at the end of the block here from the q as they call it here. The quicken loans arena. Site of the Republican National convention on a rainy morning here in cleveland. You can see some rain behind us. It is not dampening it for the thousands of delegates. Theyre here for the fourday party leading to the formal nomination of deadly intent Donald Trumps official nomination. Its a big day that well follow here. Were also following the other big story down in baton rouge, louisiana. The shooter has now been identified as gavin long. Hes a former marine whose 29th birthday was sunday, the day of this attack. Police initially arrived at the scene after a 911 call about a man carrying a gun. Investigators are now saying the tipster was an accomplice to the attacker. Gabe gutierrez joins us in baton rouge, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This is where police say it all happened where police say someone called of someone armed with a rifle. When police responded, the shooting started. Investigators are now pouring over the gunmans twisted digital history. Shots fired. Officer down. Shotted fires. Officer down. Got a city officer down. Shots fired. Reporter this morning baton rouge is grieving as we learn the identities of the officers shot down. Bradsheriffs deputy. Matthew gerald and montrell jackson. Jackson posted his feelings about being a Police Officer in baton rouge. I love this city but i wonder if the city loves me. In uniform i get nasty looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat. Ive experienced so much in my short life and these last three days have tested me to the core. He said if anyone sees me and you need a hug and prayer, come talk to me. Reporter Police Received reports of a man dressed in black wearing a mask and olding an ar15 Assault Rifle at a gas station. When officers arrived, the gunman opened fire. Shots fired. Shots fired. Reporter this Morning Police say the gunman did not lure police by that phone call but carried out the ambush after a member of the public called 911. The lone gunman is gavin long, shot dead at the scene on his 29th birthday. On july 8th, long posted a message about warriors on his youtube page. Unclear if its related to shootings this weekend. The man knew he couldnt go home. Either he killed his enemy or he died. Reporter was this an ambush . We believe the individual that targeted these Police Officers was specifically targeting Police Officers. This comes two weeks after the shooting death of alton sterling by Baton Rouge Police and the killing of philando castile. Attacks on police are an attack on all of us. Reporter Alton Sterlings aunt making an impassioned plea for peace. We dont want no more bloodshed. Stop this killing. Stop this killing. Reporter a sheriffs deputy this morning is said to be fighting for his life in Critical Condition after being shot in the head and torso. The other two wounded officers are recovering from nonlife threatening injuries. Matt and savannah . Gabe gutierrez in baton rouge for us. Thank you. The gunman was a former marine sergeant. He was very active on social media. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams has more on what were learning about him. Pete, good morning. Witnesses say they thought officers were involved in the shooting but Law Enforcement officials now say they believe gavin eugene long acted alone. Overnight police and federal agents searched his house in kansas city, missouri, and now scouring his computers and Electronic Media for anything that would shed light on a motive. Witnesses say a man inside that house with the gun was taken into custody. Long had training with weapons. He served five years in the u. S. Marine corps as a computer specialist and was deployed to iraq for six months in 2008. On a website where he called himself cosmo, he described himself as a freedom strategist, mental game coach and nutritionist but last week he apparently posted a twitter message violence is not the answer, its a answer. At what point do you stand up so your people dont become the native americans, extinct. He said protest isnt enough and people have to fight back. He was also part of an offshoot of a moment called sovereign citizens who dont recognize the authority of federal government or state or local government either. Most followers are nonviolent. There have been deadly clashes with police in the past. Matt, savannah . All right, Pete Williams, thank you very much. That shooting and other violence across the country and around the world have heightened security concerns here in cleveland as this Convention Kicks off today. Well talk to Donald Trumps Campaign Chairman and we have this convention covered from every angle beginning with Peter Alexander. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Layers of security just to get here to the arena. 5,500 Law Enforcement officers. Some from as far away from california. All coordinated by the secret service. Law and order in effect is going to take the floor here at this Republican Convention. In the wake of those shootings in baton rouge, donald trump said this country is divided and out of control and the theme for the first day here, make america safe again. With the curtain set to open inside on cleveland streets an unprecedented show of force including lastminute security changes in the wake of recent attacks. Responding to the violence in baton rouge and president obamas comments condemning it, donald trump again on the attack arguing the president doesnt have a clue. Adding our country is a divided crime scene and it will only get worse. Hillary clinton calling the shootings targeting officers an assault on all of us. The head of clevelands police union urging the governor to declare a state of emergency. Governor kasichs office insisting no can do. All of it the backdrop to an unpredictable convention with a gop ticket trying to show a united front on 60 minutes. Trump slammed clinton for supporting the iraq war insisting mike pences vote for it doesnt matter. Your running mate voted for it. I dont care. What do you mean you dont care that he voted . Its a long time ago. Hes entitled to make a mistake every once in a while. Reporter trump making clear hell be the attack dog if pence prefers to stay away from insults. Shes crooked hillary. He shouldnt do it. Its different for him. Hes not that kind of a person. Were different people. Donald trump, this good man, i believe will be a great president of the United States. I love what he just said. Reporter true to form, trump concluding his vp rollout focusing on himself. I won in a landslide. This wasnt close. Reporter before introducing pence and leaving him on stage alone. This weeks convention lineup has many republicans staying away. There will be two soap opera stars and five trumps. Besides the candidate himself. Among those actors speaking today, scott baio and Antonio Stefan jr. And mike flynn once considered a vp pick with trump. And headliner, mill ana trump. We began by asking about that 60 minutes interview last night and all the things trump and pence disagreed on. They dont disagree on all of those issues. First of all, i remember when Ronald Reagan picked george bush and that relationship ended up with two president s. More fundamentally as far as governor pence and donald trump are concerned, on a number of issues its margins. Its not disagreement on issues. Donald trump says he was against the war in iraq from the very beginning. Governor pence voted for that war. The real problem is when obama became president and obama and clinton withdrew troops without plan for iraq which allowed for isis to grow. Thats the fundamental problem in iraq and middle east right now and destabilizing everything and thats attributed to clintons years as secretary of state and obamas presidency. Can we talk about the process itself . A lot watched the process of picking the Vice President. Its the first president ial level Decision Making process. There are multiple reports that donald trump wavered until the last minute hoping to have chance to pick someone else. Thats because nobody wants to believe donald trump when donald trump does something. I was the one he was talking to. I know what was going on. He picked governor pence out of a process because he thought his record as governor was the record he needed in washington. Pence says he got the call from trump to be his vp wednesday night. On took it upon himself to call into tv shows, cable shows and says i havent made a final decision and he was also reportedly calling the other contenders saying i havent made a decision. Donald trump called saying that because he hadnt announced his final decision yet. The only thing that happened was that untruthful . It wasnt a true statement . The only thing going on thursday night was he was so upset by what happened in nice and the carnage that he saw on tv, that he called me and said we cannot announce our Vice President tomorrow. This is just not appropriate. He did announce him at 11 00 a. M. Via twitter. Well, im talking about the event that were going to doing a formal event announcing him, and so the only conversations that were going on were between he and i in between an event he was doing in california and getting on a plane and flying back and then the conversations totally focused on how do we move from friday to saturday. Thats it. Big victory for this campaign over the last couple of days. The rules committee basically shut down this vote your Conscience Movement to delegates cannot abandon trump on the floor of the convention. Doesnt mean they cant make a lot of noise in the streets of cleveland. You have that in optics and you have key republicans who are simply not going to show up. Most notably the sitting republican host governor of ohio, john kasich. How do you deal with those optics coming out of cleveland . First of all, you identify it correctly. There are very few delegates in the convention who are part of the never trump movement. Its very small. They were elected for other candidates and their passion hasnt left them yet. Most delegates in the hall will be for donald trump and youll see that. The people who are outside of the hall, those are paid people for the most part. This is not spontaneous volunteers coming here to hang out in cleveland. Many of them are being paid, and theyre here to make mischief. Thats true at the democratic convention, too. Ill be surprised if it has any impact at all. As far as people not at the convention, there are more people are at the convention. There were 16 candidates running. Most of them will have a presence at this convention including all of the finalists except for kasich who frankly was invited to participate. I cant answer for it. It makes no sense. Hes embarrassing the state, frankly. But the party is going to be unified, well come out of the convention a strong team. Selection of mike pence has brought the party together. Were going to come out of the Convention Even in the polls and well come out of the convention ahead in the polls. Good to have you with us in cleveland. Good luck this week. Thank you. Take care. Our conversation a bit earlier. Lets bring in two people. Chuck todd on my right. Nicole wallace on the left. Which is not actually a sign of anything at all. Chuck, let me start with you. Lets set the table for this convention. There are a few big moments in a president ial campaign. The convention is one. Do you have high hopes . Im interested to see. Look, this is a jittery nation, jittery party. Trump has two things, two opportunities, and i think two charges. Opportunity is this is four days to reassure the country that he can be this guy. All this uncertainty thats out there, youre unsettled and you feel insecure, this is his opportunity to do that. The other thing hes got to do is reassure republicans he can win. I cant tell you how many professional republicans that are already in town that are so depressed and think its already over. Hes got work to do just to make them come out of this going, oh, the party can win. Lets talk about the kinds of things well hear from the podium over the next four days in the wake of shooting of Police Officers in baton rouge and dallas. The president spoke out and basically said, look, we have got to turn down the inflammatory rhetoric. In the same time period you have donald trump calling the president clueless and saying the nation is a divided crime scene. Are we going to hear more of that in the Convention Hall behind us . Absolutely. I agree with the two nations. I dont think trump will go far to soothe the jittery nation but i do think he has a chance to bring out that jittery party. The decision of pence really does send a signal he was acutely aware of the need to signal that hes a republican. Jeb bush did an interview last week where he said the conservative movement is dead. Donald trump is trying to breathe life in it and reassure the people gathered in cleveland this week. This week. You mentioned governor pence. On substance, a choice that republicans are happy with. In terms of process and the rollout, the reports that trump was vacillating until the end and then the bizarre speech and rollout on saturday, what do you make of it . Were going to say this a lot. Missed opportunity. Its the nicest way to put it. How did they blow this . This is not a hard thing to blow and they have totally blown it. Im still just stunned that they have yet to campaign together. This is crazy. Do you want to defend them . The interview last night was uncomfortable to watch in a modern age. The dynamic between them is lacking because there is no dynamic between them yet. They barely know each other. I was asked to give a grade last night. A t for trumplike. I guess this is how trump rolls. Its chaos. Its mayhem. We disagree but i think this convention will help trump. I think hell come out of this ahead or even in the polls. A boost in the polls . I just think its impossible to get a bump out of conventions anymore when you have them back to back. Theres no time even if its a Great Convention for him, democrats immediately start there. I think it mutes it. I think theres no movement after this. You wouldnt give it a t for trump . Ill give it a t for trump. Vp rollout any hint of how this is going to go, the republican jitters may be worse. Lets not prejudge. Well have more from here in cleveland just ahead. By the way, you can catch live coverage of the convention tonight 10 00 eastern, 7 00 pacific right here on nbc. We got an email this morning from our friend al roker that said going to rain, guys. Baton down the hatches. Whats it looking like . We may see a few more scattered showers and thunderstorms. I worked here for five years. I love the city of cleveland. 1978 to 1983. East 4th street is restaurant row. Gorgeous. Lets show you whats going on right now. We do have again some Severe Weather to talk about. You can see the line of showers and thunderstorms stretching from buffalo back on into Central Indiana and on into Central Illinois as well. We do have a risk of strong storms. 21 Million People at risk for Severe Weather, damaging winds, heavy rain likely as this pushes to the east. What youre going to be seeing later today for cleveland for rnc for first day, sunny breaks. Chance of storms by the afternoon and by evening we are looking at chamber of commerce weather tonight right on through the rest of the convention. Thats whats going on. Well get to your local forecast good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Now its 59 degrees in the east bay. We see a lot of clouds pretty much everywhere as you head out the door. At least temperatures are nice and cool. Well stay there, especially in San Francisco as we go through the day. A high of 65s expected there. Up to 76 degrees in the north bay. We will have some sunshine and 70 degree in the east bay. 75 in the peninsula. The south bay and the trivalley will reach into the low 80s today and cooler weather as we head into tonight. A little cleveland history for you. Thats the arcade. Built in 1888. The first enclosed Shopping Mall in the United States. Want to do a little shopping, nice little place to go. Thank you for the tip. Coming up, well have a lot more on that ambushstyle attack on Police Officers in baton rouge and the trail of disturbing social media posts left by the killer. Politics, passion and the police. What you can expect over the next four days here in cleveland at the Republican National convention. Is the city ready . Well talk to the mayor. First, this is today on nbc. Just ahead on a monday morning, Donald Trumps wife taking center stage at the convention tonight. 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He majored in Environmental Science and taking part in a four week Study Abroad Program in france. Students will gather on campus for a vigil this afternoon. Leslie is the second call student to die in a terrorist attack this month. Attackers killed tarishi jain after she was taken hostage in a bangladesh bakery a few weeks ago. The vigil at 4 30 today. A view of emoriville. As you head out the door its 59 degrees. Temperatures in the upper 50s and then well spread out as we go through the day. Some 60s along the coastline. And some 60s and 70s for the inner bay. San jose up to 78 degrees. Lower 80s for spots like fairfield toward concord and livermore up to 80 degrees. Morgan hill a high of 84. Lets head to mike to see what is happening as you head out for the morning commute. We see the flow of. No big surprises but were looking at toward 680 southbound. A new crash reported south of the dublin interchange. We may see more of a back up but far clear. Westbound 84 thats the dunbar bridge slows quite a bit toward east palo alto. That started a little bit earlier around the peninsula side. 92 Holding Steady. The top of the screen. Thats the san mateo bridge. Well send it back to you. Mike, thank you very much. Thatll do it for us now. Well see you in a half hour with more. It were back now 7 30 on a monday morning. Its the 18th day of july. We are here at the center of the political universe. Its cleveland, ohio, where the Republican Party is holding its national convention. The site quicken loans arena. We dropped the rain tarp because the weather has cleared up. In a moment, well talk to the mayor of cleveland about how his city has prepared for a really big moment on the national stage. We want to begin this half hour though down in louisiana and the investigation into sundays ambushstyle attack on Police Officers in baton rouge. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there. Gabe, good morning again. Reporter matt, good morning, again. As the city mourns its fallen officers, investigators search the gunmans home in kansas city, missouri, to try to find any information that might shed light on a motive. Officers killed range in age from 32 to 45 years old. One sheriffs deputy this morning is in Critical Condition after being shot in the head and torso. The chaos erupted just before 9 00 a. M. Sunday when someone called 911 to say a man dressed in black fatigues carrying a rifle. The gunman identified as gavin long. He was a marine sergeant once deployed to iraq for six months and on a website where he calls himself cosmo, he describes himself as a freedom strategist, a mental game coach and a nutritionalist. Two weeks ago on a video he advocated a violent response. 100 of revolutions, of victims fighting their oppressors have been successful through fighting back. Through bloodshed. Zero have been successful with just simply protesting. It has never worked and it never will. You got to fight back. Thats the only way a bully knows to quit. Reporter he was also part of an offshoot of the moment known as sovereign citizens who dont recognize the authority of the federal government. Investigators looking through all this to try to piece together a more precise motive. Back to you. Gabe gutierrez, thank you. Security was already high here in cleveland ahead of that shooting and in its wake of other attacks in the u. S. And around the world, new measures are being put in place. Stephanie gosk with that part of the story. Good morning to you. Reporter one of the big concerns following that terrible attack in nice, france, was that something similar could happen here. The police chief here in cleveland said theyve included blocking key roads like this one. Thats what these huge trucks are doing here. Very little will be able to drive through when protests occur and thousands are on the street. The other concern that police have are that people will come here carrying their guns. Theres a long list of banned items but because of ohio law, they are allowed to bring guns. You have the head of the police Union Yesterday calling on Governor John Kasich to declare a state of emergency to suspend that law but the governor says thats beyond his authority. Now, the other factor youre going to deal with today when these protests really begin in earnest is going to be the weather. This morning you had these severe thunderstorms coming in. There are more forecast for today. Youre going to have thousands of people out here both protrump and antitrump and Law Enforcement knows one of the best ways for crowd control is with a little bad weather. Back to you. Stephanie, thank you very much. Frank jackson is the mayor of cleveland. Nice to see you. Good morning. Good morning. I want to talk about the readiness especially of the police force here. We know that in the wake of the Police Shootings down in dallas the open carry laws created some confusion. You have similar laws here. Are you worried about it . Should that law be suspended temporarily . If you ask my preference, of course. Thats the law of the land. Well enforce the law. As my police chief tells me, theres also a condition and responsibility to those who are engaged in open carry. We enforce that side also. Obviously it is within an individuals right here in ohio to carry a weapon if he or she is licensed. Are you or your police chief making a request, folks, if you wouldnt mind leave your weapons at home, it would make things f more clear for officers trying to monitor the protests. Its been very clear. We havent done it specifically. As know, those who are intent on making their point around open carry will make that point regardless of what we say and we recognize that. Just yesterday we had a small protest with open carry. Nothing happened as a result of that. So were prepared for it. Weve done everything that we could and should do and so now its about execution, implementation. It does seem ironic, mr. Mayor, some of the things you cant have around that convention center, a water gun, umbrella with a metal tip, tennis balls, mace, canned goods, glassed bottles. One thing you can have is a gun. Its a contradiction, thats right. Before we had what happened in orlando, in nice, in baton rouge, in dallas, it was a security challenge. Have you made adjustments to your security in light of what weve seen recently . Thats a better question for my police chief. He has briefed me and what he has said is as we have prepared for things, that we tweak those just like you saw the snowplow trucks. We know that in one city where they drove into a group of people so they made some adjustments and tweaks. Of course they dont tell me everything and wont tell you anything. You also want to walk a line. Youre the mayor of a great city of cleveland, ohio. You want this place to be safe for the convention but you dont want the image people take away on television that this is an armed fortress. Its a challenge. We knew when we asked for a convention that we would have these challenges. Of course these challenges get magnified when there are external things that happen, but thats part of being successful when you want something and you want something of this magnitude, you just have to deal with it. You have a busy few days. Good to have you here. Thanks for having us here. Well take a turn and go to weather and al is here. You lived in cleveland for a while. I did. Five years. A great city. Ive seen this thing just blow up as far as the food scene, the economics. Its just a terrific major world class city. Lets also show you things are heating up here. Things are heating up around the country. Were talking about a huge dome of High Pressure thats going to expand. 130 Million People will expect heat indices of 100 degrees or more. Today it will feel like 100 in oklahoma. 106 in little rock. 96 in atlanta. 102 in tampa. Look at tomorrow. St. Louis, feel like 105. 102 in omaha. This goes right into the latter part of the week. Relatively high humidities. Look at the temperatures. These are air temperatures. Des moines by friday, 100. 102 in st. Louis. Minneapolis, 98. And that moves east as we get toward the end of the week. Look at these temperatures. Hottest temperatures of the year, washington saturday, 100. 98 in richmond. Near 100 in new york city. Heat indices, the way it feels is going to feel like its over 105 throughout much of the northeast and parts of the midwest. So it is dangerous heat. We are going to have to watch this very, very closely. Thats w. Were enjoying a nice cool start to the week, but also low clouds and fog as we take a live look at San Francisco. The temperatures at 57 degrees. And will see the visibility improving as we two through the day. 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Its the professional home of lebron james and the nba champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Youve got to mention the champs. Throughout the city authorities have designated several special protest sites hoping to keep things in order. In all, nearly 2500 delegates are here to take part in the convention. Every night has a theme that builds on the Trumps Campaign slogan or mantra of make America Great again. So the theme for tonight is make america safe again. Focus will be on National Security and immigration, but the headliner tonight will be someone with a more personal connection to trump. His wife, melania. For more on that lets go to nbcs hallie jackson. Shes already inside the arena scoping it out. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah and matt. New this morning, we are learning donald trump will be here at the convention site. Normally they dont show up until the last night. Trump wants to be here to support melania when she takes that stage. It will be her biggest turn on the national stage. Many are aware that shes a former model or she met her husband at a party. Heres five things you may not know. The spotlight almost always on her husband but tonight its melanias turn. He will be the best president. Reporter a rare presence on the campaign trail. Still somewhat of a mystery to many. We will make America Great again. Reporter so heres what you may not have known about Melania Trump. First, if her husband wins the white house, she would be the one making modern history, not because of her former modeling career. Its certainly rare to have somebody whos posed wearing almost nothing on the cover of a magazine be the first lady in the white house. Reporter instead Melania Trump would be the first foreign born first lady since john adams wife growing up in communist yugoslavia before coming to the u. S. In 1996. Second, shes not as shy as she seems. She gets a little upset when you call her shy. She says, i just want to speak when i have something to say and thats not that often. Reporter like when gq reported on a half brother her father has never acknowledged, a furious trump took to facebook blasting the, quote, Dishonest Media and defending her parents as private citizens. Trump not afraid to push back when she has to. Fiercely protective of her family and that brings us to number three, glitzy and glamorous in public, shes actually kind of a home body. Like her husband, trump doesnt drink and prefers to stay in with 10yearold son baron. Im a fulltime mom but i support my husband 100 . Reporter number four, 5, thats how many languages she speaks. And finally in her free time heres something you may not expect. The jet setting couple with their own private plane relaxes with road trips. They go to moralago. When they want to relax and get away from all the staff they just drive their bentley into the countryside. Reporter both ready to step on the gas gearing up for the campaigns most critical week yet. Just to give you a sense, this is the vip box will watch Melania Trump speak tonight. This will be their view of the stage. A top aide tells me the speech will be probably under ten minutes. Expect to hear mrs. Trump talk about her path to this country as an immigrant and share personal stories about her husband hoping to show a different side of him. Thats the theme of the speakers taking stage all week long. When you look at the breakdown, its half washington insiders but the other half, nonpoliticians like trumps friends and family. Hallie, thank you. Well have more coverage from cleveland just ahead. First, we thought it would be interesting to share some memorable moments from conventions past and what the wives of other nominees have had to say about their husbands. They say that parents often have to get out of the house when their kids go off to college. 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Lets head to mike to see what is happening on the roadway. Yeah. We see the maps. And the south of dunbar it shows the most congestion. Northbound 280 is flowing out of san jose. Reported at 85 and 280. There may be something here at the interchange here. Judging by the pattern southbound 101 toward University Just shy of there, though i checked the camera. And just to the north side to the right you can see traffic stops, basically. Theres a jam just north of willow. A crash on the southbound side getting more details from chp there and another live look shows you the left approach looking good. The right approach a little slow for cash. Happening now the cal students are getting ready to gather and remember a fellow student who died on friday in nice, france. You can link to more on the circumstances surrounding his death on twitter. A Mountain Lion spotted in San Mateo County strolling down the street. Check out the story and the photograph on our home page. The Republican Convention is Getting Started a few hours from now. Link to behind the scenes images in decision 2016 section. Summer. Things are heating up for the wta. Time to play when the Emirates Airline us open series hits stanford for the bank of the west classic, join the celebration of summer where the action off the court, is just as hot as the action on it. Now through july 24th. Its time to shine brighter than you ever thought possible. The Emirates Airline us open series. Were serving up the best of summer. Dont miss the wta action while its in stanford. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up on alert. Tensions rise in cities across the nation in the wake of the shootings of Police Officers in baton rouge, and dallas. Keep moving. The latest on the gunman, the victims, and the investigation. Plus, ready, set, gop. Day one of the rnc. Were on the ground in Cleveland Agency we look at how donald trump is putting his stamp on the tradition of political conventions. And taylors new tiff. Taylor swift finds herself in yet another controversy, this time with kanye west and Kim Kardashian. The battle over lyrics, permission and the truth monday, july 18, 2016. From austin, texas. Celebrating moms 50th. My 70th birthday in new york city. Celebrating our 13th birthdays in the big apple. Today is my 18th birthday. Celebrating special birthday. Welcome back everyone to today on a monday morning, 8 00. Some people in cleveland on east Fourth Street down the block from the q where the convention gets under way today. I like this town and i need to know what time that barbecue joint is open. Michael simons place. Can you make the call . Im on speed dial. Good. Weve got to do research later. Well have a lot more on the start of the convention. Lets begin with the investigation in that deadly attack on Police Officers in baton rouge, louisiana. This morning were learning more about the shooter and the victims. Lets bring back nbcs Gabe Gutierrez. Good morning again. Reporter good morning. Investigator s poeing over vide. In a recent post he advocated violence following the death of sterling. Shots fired. Reporter calls over police radio came in before 9 00 a. M. Sunday. Gun fire at a batten runl gas station less than a mile from police headquarters. Three officers killed, three injured in what police are calling an ambush. All of these guys. Reporter the fallen officers, montrell jackson, matthew gerald, and brad garafola. The gunman gavin long shot dead by police, say the former marine was armed with a rifle and a strange twist, sunday was his 29th birthday. Overnight investigators swarmed his home in kansas city, missouri, some federal Law Enforcement officials are looking at whether he was associated in the past with a Sovereign Citizen Group that holds antigovernment beliefs. We want to make sure he wasnt working with any one else. Reporter on july 8 he posted this message on his youtube pain though its unclear if what he says is related to the shootings in baton rouge. I stand firm and i stand for mine. Till the end. To the last day on this in this flesh. But im not the flesh. Im not the body. I have a body. Reporter late sunday president obama urged americans to avoid hateful rhetoric. Everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country, rather than divide it further. Reporter this latest attack on Police Officers comes less than two weeks after the shooting death of alon the sterling thrust baton rouge into a conversation about the use of police force. Days later five officers were shot and killed in dallas and in the days since, threats reportedly been made against police in at least seven states. Batten runl now the latest city mourning its Police Officers. This morning Law Enforcement forces confirm that the rifle used in the shooting was an ar15 style weapon. Sources also confirm that it was purchased more than a year ago in missouri. Gabe. Thank you. That is further heightening security at the rnc in cleveland. What is being done to control crowds and manage demonstrations . Nbcs Peter Alexander is here, more on that angle of the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. We are inside the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers and we can say its game time. Donald trump himself who doesnt speak until thursday this week this morning revealing he will be here in cleveland when his wife melania speaks as the republicans get ready to kick off the partys pageant. This morning all eyes on cleveland, as delegates and Party Officials arrive. This is a great time for cleveland and northeast ohio. To shine. Reporter in the wake of the terror attack in nice, and the Police Officer shootings in baton rouge and dallas security is very tight. More than 400 additional officers have been sworn in and trained to spot any potential threat. During the planning process we planned for anything and everything that can happen. Reporter on sunday the rnc unveiled program of speakers. The focus, make america safe again. After a nasty primary and questions over their presumptive nominee the main focus will be on party unity. We got five days. Were going to pull everybody together. Were going to educate everybody. Were going to come out of this thing very strong. Reporter outside the Convention Hall its all things trump. Tshirts, hats, everybody bobble heads. Inside 150,000 balloons are waiting to be dropped with republican heavyweights including House Speaker paul ryan, rehearsing their prime time speeches. The head liners include retired general michael flynn, u. S. Senator joniers and Melania Trump. For the next week cleveland will be at the center of american politics. Were very excited that clevelands got this opportunity to be in the spotlight. Trump is the nominee. Hes got the delegates. I think the Republican Party is going to come together. Reporter there are protests and demonstrations planned outside. Security as we noted will be significant here. 3 1 2 miles of steel security fence wrap around this arena and speaking of some of that anxiety over the last 24 hours the head of the Largest Police union in cleveland asked the governor to temporarily suspend the law that allows people to legally openly carry firearms on the streets. Govern john kasichs office saying no can do, they are just powerless to change that. All right. Peter alexander in the Convention Hall, thank you. You can catch complete coverage throughout the day on msnbc and live prime time coverage here on nbc 10 00 eastern, 7 pacific. Well be especially nice to you because you are doing double duty. On prime time with lester and chuck and then waking up early. You are afraid im going to be crouchy. Have the coffee happenedy. Lets head to new york for the other top stories from sheinelle jones. Good morning. Another american has been identified among the 84 People Killed when a driver plowed his truck through a crowd thursday in the french city of nice. Nbcs bill neely is in nice. A moment of silence was observed today. Yes, a profound minute silence here but anger too. The Prime Minister was booed at the end t french are not feeling safe today. Its been confirmed that a third american is among the dead, a student from the university of californiaberkley. Days of grief and dozens of dead marked in a minute of motionless silence, in nice, and across france. Mourning among others american student nick leslie, who was 20, now confirmed dead. He posted his love of nice on social media, before going to the doomed thursday celebrations with friends. In texas, memorials to the two other americans killed, Sean Copeland and his 11yearold son brodie. All of them victims of mohamed lahouaiej, cameras filmed him rehearsing driving the rented truck along the same road twice in the two days before his rampage. Survivors met still in shock. The terror of not knowing what was going to happen. The shock. It was just hell like it was just something coming toward me. Then the people were lying there like rag dolls. He was going totally intention high speed ramming on the people. People spat their fury at the place where the truck driver kyed. The anger, shock and grief wont fade easily. The police are still questioning six people about the attack, the french government said this morning that so far the investigation hasnt shown that the attacker had any links to isis which said he was one of their men or to any terror network. Thank you. Religious leader accused by turkey of orchestrating a failed coup attempt. The u. S. Says it needs proof. More than 200 were killed in the attempted power grab friday by members of the military. Turkish president responded with a purge of the security forces. Thousands of suspected coup supporters detained including 100 generals and admirals. Four people charged with helping a florida murder suspect escape. 21yearold dyante is still on the loose and police say he may now have a weapon. He was seen on camera running from a ft. Lauderdale court house friday during a hearing. Investigators say two of his alleged accomplices were in the courtroom and signaled when his getaway car arrived. Then they phoned the driver and his partner to let them know that the fugitive was on his way out. Two people heard a puppy crying in a storm drain had to be rescued in phoenix. They climbed into the drain system and got stuck. The Good Samaritans never did find the dog but had to crawl several miles until their own cries for help were heard by a passing cyclist. Took about an hour to cut open the drain and get them out. Goodness. Lets send it back to matt and savannah in cleveland. 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No one would know this better than you. Its a glamorous photo. Yes. And normally these pictures look like a Christmas Card picture. Weve done them for our cards. This is so donald trump. Maybe when you are married to someone as beautiful as melania, you want her looking at you with all of her love. This is just so trump. It works. Theres a new saying going around speaking of couples. Okay. Got melania and donald. The saying is drink together and youll stay together. Thats what a new study from the university of michigan is claiming. The studys author found that in particular if one spouse drinks and the other does not, that couple is probably more dissatisfied in their marriage. Marriages in which each spouse drinks are reported being happier. One reason for this could be that couples who take part in leisurely activities together, you could try i feel like ive been hacked. I love you, man. Youre beautiful. I love you. In moderation it is nice to have a glass of wine with your honey or whatever. Dont want to get sloppy drunk. Exactly. Summer Vacation Time in full swing. We have a parenting contributor who wrote a blog that brings up an interesting point. It will be controversial at this table. Is it really a vacation if you have to bring your kids with you . She says before kids she and her husband took Exciting Vacations could lie on the beach all day long and now its fretting about where their kids are and keeping an eye on them, et cetera. Do we agree . Do kids ruin vacations . No. The. I would have to say some of my greatest vacations ever, top five, were with the kids. My 60th birthday with my children was the best vacation ever. I love taking my little guy everywhere. I would bring him here if i could. Its different. That doesnt mean you shouldnt travel with your spouse by yourself. The idea of standing at a ski slope with your entire family is great. I love it. Lets do pop starts. Carson is holding down the studio. We have a lot to cover. Lets get to it. First up, the taylor swift and kanye west saga rolls on. Have you heard about this one yet. Spurred by new video Kim Kardashian uploaded to her snapchat account. When kanye released famous it contained a lyric calling taylor a not so nice word and taylor lashed out but Kim Kardashian said thats not the case and posted proof. Heres video kim recorded of the phone conversation that kanye had with taylor swift to get approval of the lyrics. I feel like me and taylor might still have sex. Yeah, i mean, go with whatever line you think is better. Its tongue and cheek either way. I appreciate you telling me about it. Thats really nice. I thought i had responsibility to you as a friend. Thanks for being so cool about it. So it appears at that taylor was aware of the song and did give approval there but in her latest tweet she says that kanye in that conversation never mentioned calling her the b word in the song and thus is not supportive of it. She wrote furthermore being falsely painted as a liar when i was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination. I guess kanye told her he would play her some of the song, that never happened. Up next, we move to Marilyn Monroe. Never before seen video released exclusive to today captured by a fashion photographer who took behind the scenes footage from the sidelines of various movie shoots such as prince and show girl and video of her wedding to arthur miller. Green attended the backyard reception and captured these moments showing us a sign of Marilyn Mondroe we have never seen before. The exhibition runs through the 24th of july. A quick look back at time at celebrities first instagram photos. Youre looking at Martha Stewarts blurry photos of muffins that look delicious even blurry. Justin timberlake took this photo. And surprisingly, kyle jenners first picture was of a fireplace. Back to you in cleveland. All right, carson. Thank you very much. Lets get a check of the weather now from mr. Roker. Okay, guys. Thanks so much. A nice group of folks all clevelanders coming on down. Lets see what weve got going on and we are talking about again some heavier showers and thunderstorms that will redevelop here in cleveland. Right now some heavy activity through central and southern iowa. Out west, weather looking gorgeous. The big story will be heat today. 100 stretching from almost coast to coast. 90s as you get into the southeast, midatlantic states. 70s into the plains. For today, we do have a risk of strong storms northeast up into new england and the ohio river valley. Sunshine along the west coast. Do look for showers down from florida all of the way into the thats your latest weather. Guys . Al, thank you so much. It would not be a convention without nbc special correspondent tom brokaw covering every election and Convention Since 1968. Good morning. Good to see you here in cleveland. Go ahead to be here. I mentioned 1968. Theres something about this time and how unsettled we are as a nation that reminds us. There was a different dimension in 68. We were in a big war. The president of the United States was forced to step down. And then in chicago, it was a running riot for every day of the convention. There was a deep divide about what the party should be. There are echos of that here. Donald trump is taking over the Republican Party. Its a party from the ground up given delegates he has here. Two pages of prominent republicans who are not going to be here. Senators, governors, congressmen. That kind of thing. This will be a real struggle for the soul of the party. One thing weve spoken about a lot with the mayor and security in the wake of what we expect to be wide scale protests here in the streets of cleveland. I want your take on what is our responsibility as the people covering this convention and covering these protests to make sure we get it right . I think be even handed is the big issue. In 68 it was an emotional time because kids captured a lot of people. When you look back on it, the kids did a lot of things that were out of line. There was no social media and there werent images that could be flashed immediately. There are were going to do a story this week on social media. It has taken a very prominent place underappreciated by Mainstream Media and impact of social media on voters and moved a lot of what donald trump has realized here. We do our job. People will look in on us and we have to tell story best we can about what is going on and motivation is and how police are responding to it. There were no preparations in 68 for this thing. They had a line of Police Officers outside. They didnt have long lines and credentials and everything. It could be a pivotal moment. You mentioned how donald trump is redefining the Republican Party and his supporters would say hes moving it closer to where the base of the party is where people are opposed to establishment folks that may not come to this convention. Hes moving it to a piece of where the party is. The fact is we see in the polls, women and hispanic are not as inclined to them as White Working Class males and that will be the test. If hes successful in the fall, hell have a hold on the party. If not, theyll come back and say we want our party back. Well see. I. Im haeni toy. Pvo cast will gather to remember the loss of another student killed in an overseas terror attack. Nick leslie was one of 80 people who died last friday. He majored in Environmental Sciences at cal and was taking part many a four week Study Abroad Program from france. Students will gather on a campus for a vigil this afternoon at 4 30. Hes the second cal student to die in a terrorist attack this month. Attackers killed jane after she was taken hostage a couple of weeks ago. Its been a very heavy couple of weeks. Lets go back home now. Mike is looking at your roads. Last time we saw the traffic jammed up. You continue couldnt see any traffic flow here. We just saw it thinning out now. The map still slows it a slower drive out of redwood city. Things kind of clear up. The lane shift is a bit of break now. 280 into 101 smoothed out. An earlier crash coming has things backed up. Now its just jamming up. More traffic thereby at the toll plaza. Back to you. Thank yous very much. That will do it right now. See you in 30. Sfx turbines revving up, getting louder and louder you hear that . 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We will not miss out on that here in cleveland. Well check out some of ohios finest foods behind us in a little while. First, carson joined by hoda and sheinelle on the plaza. Nice to see you all. Lets hear it for the b team. This morning, well expose the biggest Financial Fears and how to face them. Todays olympic moment. Were just 18 days away from the rio olympic games. And on this day 40 years ago, a 14yearold gymnast got the first ever perfect 10 for uneven bars routine. I remember that. Back to cleveland. Al, a first check of the weather here. Lets show you whats going on. This heat is going to be very dangerous as we get into latter part of the week. Upwards of 133 Million People expecting heat indices of more than 100 degrees. It feels well over 100 from tampa all of the way out to st. Louis and back out to san antonio. Tomorrow, more of the same. That heat really centered in the midsection of the country and as we get toward the end of the week, it just gets worse. Were looking for extreme high temperatures combined with relative humidity. Air temperatures will be over 100 through a wide swath and as you move to the east, were going to look at again temperatures that will feel like its well over 105 degrees with actual air temperatures close to 100. This is very, very dangerous. We have some low clouds all across the bay area and some mild temperatures to start. Were in the upper 50s to lower 60s pch well be at 70 today in the east bay. 75 in the peninsula and also more about the same in the north bay while the south bay and trivalley reach into the low 80s. Well see our temperatures gradually warming up. By the weekend some of the i inland spots could hit the low to mid90s. Thats your latest weather. Now to a special series we call living legends. This morning one of the most influential people in television history. Thats right. Al got to sit down with the legendary norman leer. It was a thrill for me. It was over a pastrami sandwich. Norman and i had a chance to talk about his career, things that are tearing our culture apart that were happening 40 years ago and why he believes theres a chance for a brighter future. I know you wanted a peastrami sandwich. Norman lear is called the most prolific producer of the small screen Dominating Television in the 1970s with Ground Breaking hits like all in the family, sanford and sons and the jeffersons. Lear says he still has a few things left to say. When you look at the body of your work, what are you most proud of . Often i hear my dad and how he laughed. He had a touch of argentinean in him. We laughed together. As human beings were versions of one another. Your shows delved into race. Why have we not progressed . We dont have leadership that gets us into the proper conversations. My daughter is married to the white guy over here. Could you make all in the family today . I think given the amount of cable networks, yes. Could i for the four networks as we know them . I dont think so. When you look at whats been happening in this country and especially in the last two weeks, if you were on the air today with a sitcom, would you address these issues . Absolutely. I think they should be addressed. Absolutely. It should be a national conversation. What the hell is going on . The importance of sharing what is common to us in our own humanity. Every version of it. Ladies and gentlemen, norman lear. Lears name is back on the screen in a new documentary based on his life and career set to be released nationwide later this month. My Bumper Sticker has read for some years just another version of you. Thats where they got the title. Norman, that hat. Is that your favorite hat . Youre known to wear hats. In the world this is my favorite. Not just my favorite hat, this is my favorite garment. Whats the origins of the hat . The simple origin of the hat when i was writing 16 hours a day, i would scratch my scalp. My wife at one point threw a hat on me and said dont take that off. I loved it. I fell in love with it. Here is where i am today. Doctors tell me im in Excellent Health looking down my arm what my fathers hand is doing hanging out of my sleeve. Going to be 94. Whats the secret . I think it has as much to do as living in the moment as anything. Its taken me almost 94 years. 93 years, 11 months. Sometimes minutes and seconds to get to this moment where i see smiling opposite me and pastrami that separates us. Maybe we ought to think about that racially. Its all about pastrami. Its just a meat sandwich between you and me. Do you think about your legacy . Im forced to think about it because people are asking me. I would say he mattered but only if i could help people understand thats true of all of us. Every day is another production. Hell be 94 in a couple weeks. We remember back in 2000, he paid over 8 million for the declaration of independence. Took it on tour across the country. Truly a great american. I love the comment he said to me looks down and says whats my fathers hand doing hanging out of my sleeve. Great guy. Lets send it back to new york. Hoda is there. Carson asked if al ate the sandwich. We both did. Okay. Coming up, jean chatzky on the top fears most women have been money and best way to handle all of that. First, what is it . This is today on nbc. Were back at 8 40 with our brand new series her two cents. All about women and our relationship with money. Youre one of the girls. This morning top five fears. Jean chatzky, good morning. Money is one of those things we as women im guilt of this, too dont love discussing. Twothirds of the women and there were 2,000 of them who answered our survey said we dont talk about this. We either dont like to do it or we simply dont do it, wihich i one of the big reasons i launched my new podcast called her money. Its a continuing conversation weekly on itunes so i hope people will subscribe. Number one fear is we worry well run out of money as we get older. Theres a reason for this. The life span of women is going up and up. Women outlive men by seven years. That means 90 of us will be alone at some point in our life. The thing you have to do sooner rather than later is look at your numbers. Are you on track to have ten times your income put away for retirement before you retire . Ten times . Ten times. If youre not, right size your life now. Look at housing, transportation, other big expenses and start to shrink them. Another big fear is losing a spouse. How do you start that conversation now if youre not aware of your own familys finances. Sit down with your spouse and say i need to know. Chances are im going to outlive you. We need to talk about who the important people are in our financial life, where the money is held and if youre the person paying all of the bills, i want to sit down with you and do it with you at least a couple times a year. If what youre fearful of is not information but in fact the income, it would be nice to go out and earn extra money but that takes time. Look at the amount of Life Insurance that youre carrying. Term Life Insurance is reasonable. Cover eight to ten times your income and cost of paying off the mortgage and college. Tough conversation. You have to have it. Number three surprised me, it was becoming a bag lady. Its a real fear. It comes from a place of seeing another woman in your life struggle. A mother, an aunt, an older friend. You have to separate whats going on in your head from reality of your financial life. Look at your own data points. If youre putting away 10 to 15 of your retirement, paying down your credit card bills, if you have health insurance, youre doing okay and should be able to dial back that fear. Fear number four, losing your job. 2008 was not so long ago. Many of us know people who came through the recession and lost jobs and had trouble getting back on your feet. You have to have a reality check about how youre doing at work right now which means looking at your prior reviews and being honest about it. You cant really control it. Sometimes youre totally blindsided. I think we always need to look for plan b. Prepare for what if i lose my job. You want to make sure youre Linkedin Profile is always up to date and resume is up to date and if youre not in habit of networking, once a week out for coffee. One thing so many people i know, youre in Credit Card Debt. Am i ever going to get out from under this. If you would solve this problem, others would take care of this. Were on track to hit 2008 levels in the near term. And the average family that carries Credit Card Debt has 16,000 worth. It cost 2,400 a year just to pay the interest on that debt. What do you pay first . Do the avalanche method. Line up your credit cards. Highest Interest Rate first. Try to reduce the Interest Rates on any of them that you can and pay all of your extra money toward that highest Interest Rate card make minimum payments on the rest. Playing solitaire with your cards. Line them up. Exactly. Jean, thank you so much. Thanks so much. Coming up tomorrow, the biggest fights that we have over women. Us ladies. Find this great advice that jean has throughout the week at today. Com. The newest products for your hair, face and skin. All the things were interested in. First, this is today on nbc. You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Coming up at 8 47, with hundreds of lipsticks, shampoos and mascaras on the market, how do you know which one to spend your money on . After trying and testing this years newest beauty buys, redbook has come up with the most valuable products. Hi, victoria. Good morning. You guys go through a lot of products. Hundreds of products. 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If youre going to Progressive Field and youre going to have a hot dog, you have to put bertmans mustard on it. Its a local mustard. Its terrific. Lay it on me. Ill bite the other end there. Real good. Real good. You happen to be eating a happy hot dog. The happy hot dog here is very, very popular. Over 50 Toppings Including peanut butter. Nothing bland about that mustard. Thats good mustard. Now, we showed you in the norman lear piece, clevelands answer to the deli. These are mile high pastrami sandwiching. Corned beef. Ruben. Terrific with a dill pickle. I saw you eating pickles. Are you pregnant . Im a cliche. I dont think my mouth is big enough for this. Yes, it is. Making it easy for you. You set it up and you kick them through. Thats amazing. Okay. Dont look at me. You know what would be great on this . A little of that mustard. Its a bipartisan sandwich. Both president bush and Vice President biden have been there. All right. You have to have one of these. Jimmy fallon said these are amazing. Okay. You know what washes them down well . Were not quite done yet. You have more. This is from cincinnati. The question is how do you eat your chili . People put chili on it and put it on spaghetti and in buns and top it with a ton of cheddar cheese. 30 seconds left. Great beers here including this last one. They have it back in the studio. This is a fantastic its old city. Its nonalcoholic for me. This is the thirsty dog. Give that a try. Old city soda is good if you cant drink. Cheers, guys. Cheers. Delicious. What do you have coming up . Benjamin bratt coming up and well talk about hidden talents. This is delicious. Cheers to you guys. Baarelawnfoemeofcerresnd th heyo mpblt good morning. Bay area Law Enforcement officers are responding with heavy hearts and solidarity in response to the shooting of baton rouge Police Officers. Some are concerned about a copy cat crime and are requesting to patrol in teams of two. The latest shooting is sparking new calls for change. When law and order breaks down to the point where our nation experiences ten Law Enforcement officers killed over a tenday period, then a serious look at who we are and what we have become must take place. Happening today, there are Law Enforcement agencies from across the state issuing their own responses to the most recent tragedies. Days before he shot and killed one of the baton rouge Police Officers posted an emotional facebook message about what it meant to him to be a Police Officer and an africanamerican man. You can find that compelling story on our facebook page. A new call this morning to ban russia entirely from the upcoming olympic games. Well tell you more about that. You can find a link on our homepage. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded suv of the century. This morning on todays take, Benjamin Bratt on the infiltrator. Wait until you see what we can do when we reveal our hidden talents and guilt free diet friendly brownie coming up right now. Announcer from nbcnews, this is todays take live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome, everybody, to today on this monday morning, july 18th, 2016. Look at us. Who are these people . Why are they on . Im hoda kotb along with jenna wolfe jenna bush hager. I dont feel too hot. She thought she had pink eye from makeup and put plastic gloves on. I dont have pink eye. How do you know . Ill go to the eye doctor after this. I woke up and my eye was swollen shot. Does it look bad . I have to say, she did good. Thank goodness for edna. Heres the thing about jenna, when you come in and dont feel good, you stay home and wine. You could come in with a limb severed. You should wear a mask. If you like Country Music and you like rap music and put them in a blender, this is the song that would come out. Its called vacation. Give it a little. Lets party like were on vacation toes up in the sand cold one in my hand toes up in the sand by the way, this is like your theme song. You just got back from vacation. How was it . It was so great. Usually when i go on vacation, we go somewhere to like a destination. We really didnt. We just kind of hung out. We had a staycation. It was so much fun. And people just kept dropping in on our staycation. I tried to come over. I knocked. You never let me in. We went over kathy ryan is my assistant and lives nearby. We went over to her house and then all of a sudden all of the today show was there. Amanda was there. Thats kathy ryans husband in the back. I like that look on joel. Plaid shirt. Lumberjack. Then we started drinking at kathys house and then it turned into one of those things like alex you know alex from the plaza. He put on his taylor swift tank top which was my favorite thing of all. Thats kathy ryans husband. Me with the slick back looked. Look at alex. Look. Come on. Come on. Did he dance . Funky dance party. I love him. I love his skinny white jeans. Who knew he had a booty like that. This is what happened last night. I went to bed. I was shaking. Can you please sleep on the couch. That happens after a lot of marriage. I took medicine thats breaking my fever. Do you feel better or worse . Im sorry that im sweating. Hoda talk me to blow dry my armpits in commercial breaks. Come here for a minute. One of the first days together. Heres a blow dryer. In commercial breaks i dart out. We moved her to a big girl bed. For anyone with a toddler, you know we trained her in a great way. Her doctor taught her how to stay in that room. She can do things like ride a horse and put on a strange hat. Yesterday morning thats how i found her. Giddy up mama. You are a texan in a new yorker body. So cute and brilliant. Shes the best. Speaking of babies and twins and all of that, theres a beautiful video. Talk about this. This is a photo of twin girls holding hands. They were born 45 seconds apart. When the doctors held them close to each other, they clasped hands. They really did. They shared a sack. Now theyre 2 years old. They are best pals. They still hold hands. If one of the twins is crying, theyll find a way to comfort her. They take care of each other. Dad goes to the store and they have to go together. Was that how you were . Barbara and i, we have slept in the same crib together back in the 80s. When i did an interview with you and your mom, you were talking about your sister who was in the audience. There are things that are palpable. You were eye locked. The two of you were eye locked. You both started crying. I want to cry right now. Is it because im sweating buckets or is it because i love her . I think twins but all siblings are born to love each other. Sissy, i love you. Its similar. I think its parents that can mess it up really. Kids are born to love. I think kids are born to love. So im lucky to be a twin. You are. You both are. As you know, we are sitting here because the real hosts of this show are busy covering real news at the Republican National convention which is where tamron hall is right now. Whats going on . Good to see you. I know that you have been keeping track of all of the events out here and this morning is our first full day of the Republican National convention. I walked the streets this morning. I arrived last week at the end of the week. You see the security presence. Obviously its rather intense given what happened in baton rouge over the weekend. It was expected to be tight security but things have taken on a new tone and new level. The protest route is not very far from where we are. Its about five miles. They expect some 11,000 protesters. 5,500 Police Officers and Law Enforcement officers assigned here. I see two just to my right here. Every inch that you walk you see a Great Security presence. Yesterdays conversation was surrounding the states open carry law. The governor decided to deny the Police Unions request to suspend open carry. That seems to be the larger tone here, larger question about this open carry. Is it the right thing when you have so many people here and with everything thats happening in the news, the governor says he does not have the authority to suspend that open carry so by contrast, you can have an umbrella without a metal tip but you can openly carry a long rifle. So this is some of the contrast and contradictions of whats happening. Overall, this is supposed to be a celebration for the Republican Party as donald trump becomes the official nominee for the party. The theme tonight is make america safe again. The headliners will include Melania Trump, Donald Trumps wife, michael flynn. If you remember, he was on the short list of potential vp pi s picks. Thats the big list tonight. Headline conversation make america safe again. Overall its been very pleasant. Theres a mix of celebration but concerns and reality of whats happening in our country. It should be an incredible three days for the city of cleveland. Its proven to be a fantastic host in addition to winning the basketball championship. Im going to be run of town if i said that. I want Cleveland Browns to win the super bowl. Im a texas cowboys fan until i die. Its a great city. These people here have been phenomenal here. Especially the Law Enforcement as its been a tremendously painful few weeks for them. It certainly has. Watching the today show this morning, you can see the tone there sounds like a lot of festivities going on. Well check in with al in cleveland for a look at the weather there. By the way, tamron, police told me that actually theyre here to keep an eye on you because they heard about you. You heard about tamron, right . You can tell. They are professionals. By the way, indians are in first place so there you go. I want the Cleveland Browns to win the super bowl. Indians to win. What is that sport . World series. Baseball. Thats right. I worked here for five years. I love this town. My sister and brother live here. Good town. Lets show you whats going on as far as your weather is concerned. We did have heavy downpours earlier this morning. Those are moving out. You can see more activity out over central iowa. Thats going to make its way east. We have strong storms. 21 Million People at risk for these storm. Heavy rain likely out of this. This is what were looking at as far as your day today. In cleveland, look for some thunderstorms again this afternoon but by later today partly sunny and in fact weather for the rnc all week will be Cleveland Chamber of commerce we skies are slowly clearing in the south bay as we get a live look outside in san jose. 64 degrees and mostly cloudy at this point. Its 62 now in livermore. 60 in oakland. Our highs today will be slightly cooler than average. Especially for the coastal areas. Also heading into the inner bay where the clouds will be slower to clear. Well be up to 68 in oakland. Fairfield at 80 degrees. 80 in concorde and livermore. San francisco, 65 degrees. The north bay up to 76. That is your latest weather. Ladies . Al roker in his town. Al, thanks so much. Coming up next, celebrities have shown us their secret talents and you have shown us some, too. Can you guess what we can do . Our secret talents revealed when heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth and fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tumtumtumtumtums smoothies, only from tums. Sfx boop 1 durable binder, durable construction, on rollback for 1. 92. Save money. Live better. Walmart. Jump 50 feet over the rapids and i crash land. Check out my scar. Theres nothing there you didnt jump the creek theres a new neosporin antibiotic that minimizes scars. 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Alabama, alaska, arizona, arkansas, colorado, connecticut, delaware, florida, georgia, hey, idaho, illinois, indiana. I can move my ears. Kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, montana basically i can do any yoga pose in high heels. Minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada. I have nothing. Everything i have is on display and exposed for all to see and sadly this is it. New hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio. Oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south dakota, south carolina. Thats wrong. You know, no. Im pretty dull. Tennessee, texas, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming. [ applause ] one more time bring down the house. If i could have a hidden talent, to be able to play an instrument. I would be a broadway star. I would like to be able to dance. Well. Like fred astaire. I want to sing like aretha franklin. I tried out every year fand failed. What about our viewers . Heres a peek at their sup super skills. Wait. We have to wyoming. Im exhausted by myself. Thank you. Great music teacher. Hoda, its your turn to show off. I was on vacation. This is my hidden talent. The guy in the clip can we bring a coffee cup for her, please. I need a warmup. Wait. Can we bring a coffee cup im sort of scared. Did you see it . Did you see it . My gosh. Is everybody looking . I cant believe how talented you are. Thats amazing. How did you learn at that . I need a coffee cup. Someone get me a coffee cup. Or something. Can she read her notes . Can you read the teleprompter and do it. Coffee cup. Tune in tomorrow to see our three finalists compete here in studio 1a. Up next, do you like scary movies . We have a film for you. Its called lights out. Well talk to Teresa Palmer right after this. Are you ready to take the gel envy challenge . Revlon colorstay gel envy with diamond top coat. 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And now in delicious chocolate. If you love to be terrified, get ready for the very scary movie lights out which takes paranoia to a new level. It stars Teresa Palmer and when a ghost terrorizes her and her family, its a race toward the lights since the spirit only exists in the dark. Take a look. Youre staying . Yeah. Good. Okay. Okay. Please dont turn the lights off. We try not to. She turns them off so she can be there. Are you turned on by these scary movies . They are something you seem to enjoy. Its a fascination. I dont know whats going on. What is the psychology behind that . You seem so sweet and innocent. A ray of sunshine. Pregnant. Beautiful. When youre acting on a movie like this, do you scare yourself . You know what . The woman playing the crazy ghoul, we did practical effects so shes literally there in an outfit in the silhouette. She was petrifying. Do you believe in ghosts . Supernatural . Yes. Something happened to me at my house before i started shooting this. Someone told me there was a spirit in my house. Dont worry. Hes just in your bedroom. Not the whole house. The middle of the night the mirror starts slowly sliding down the wall and then smashes into 1,000 pieces. You made the ghost angry. Did you move . No. The next day my husband was saging out the house. Youre pregnant. Congratulations. Thank you. When are you doiue . November. Number two. This is called lights out. That i play us a song and well guess what it is. Dont turn the lights out. This is how you get it right go like that if you get it right. Go. From exorcist. Halloween. One more. I have a cold. I have a cold. Dont touch me. I have been workg in Oral Health Care for the last 12 years. There is a perception amongst dentists that whitening toothpastes are not good for people with sensitive teeth. Some are quite abrasive. What weve developed in sensodyne true white is a product that is 10 times less abrasive than many of the whitening toothpastes that are out there, and especially designed for sensitivity sufferers. Its different, theres nobody else out there that im aware of that has developed whitening for people with sensitivity in this way. Good morning, Law Enforcement officers in the bay area are responding with heavy hearts and with solidarity to the shooting of three baton rouge Police Officers. Some santa clara deputies are concerned about the possibility of a copy cat crime and they are requesting patrol in teams of two. The latest shooting sparking new calls for change. The san jose Police Officers Association Issue d a statement saying when law and order breaks down to the point they experience killed over a tenday period, we have to look at who we have become. Happening today students will gather to remember this young man, another student ki killed in an overseas terror attack. He was one of 84 people who died last friday in the bastille day truck rampage in nice. He middleaged in Environmental Science at cal and taking part in a fourweek program in france. Students will gather on campus for a vigil this afternoon at 4 30. Leslie is the second cal student to die in a terrorist attack just this month. Attackers also killed a woman after she was taken hostage in a bakery. We have a look at weather and traffic after the break. Weherosso tffitrfic good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. 64 degrees in the south bay. The north bay at a 57 degrees. Patchy fog and low clouds. That clears out for a high of 65 degrees. A nice day in San Francisco. 76 degrees in the north bay and also mid70s for the peninsula. South bay in the trivalue e lee will be hitting the low to mid80s. And in San Francisco over the next several days, it will be Holding Steady but warming up, especially inland. Lets get a look at traffic. We see traffic over in the east bay looking really good. Its the peninsula that sees the late burst. Were still making up for really efficiency southbound 101 still jammed toward willow. Still slow there making up some time. Then southbound towards silicon valley. 85 slow. The earlier crash looks like its cleared. Slow at the 280 interchange. We have more local news coming up for you in just a half hour. Well see you then. Taking a look at the headlines new details about the three Police Officers killed sundayen baton rouge, louisiana. Brad was a 24 year veteran of the sheriffs department. Matthew gerald was a rookie cop with two children and Montel Jackson had a 3monthold baby. Three other officers were wounded. The dead gunman gavin long may have had ties to an antigovernment group. A third american identified among the 84 killed when a driver drove his truck through a holiday youd in nice. 20yearold nick leslie was a student at ucberkeley. Austin, texas hundreds of mourners attended a Candlelight Service for american father Sean Copeland and his son brodie. They had been on Family Vacation in nice. Volkswagen pledging to pay to hundreds of car dealers hurt by the diesel emissions scandal. They are hosting meetings to explain how it will implement a 15 billion settlement agreed to. It will cover the 500,000 affected cars on the roads and 12,000 dealers cant sell. A popular Home Improvement website is now free of charge. For the past 20 years angies list has been a paid subscription website. Its new green plan gives free access to companies and more than 700 service cat kbors and free access to reviews and ratings. Angies list added two membership plans. And ghostbusters scared up 46 million not enough to knock off the secret life of pets for the second weekend in a row with another 50 million. Ghostbusters was second and the legend of tarzan third. Back to al in cleveland. Al. Thank so much. Lets show you what weve got going on. Dangerous heat. Over a huge swath of the country. This dome of High Pressure expands jet streams up to the north, so were talking 130 Million People it will feel like over 100 degrees, plus. For a huge part of the country. Look at these temperatures today. People to like 106 in little rock, 103 in san antonio. Tomorrow the heat continues to feel like 100 from omaha to shreveport down to dallas. Actual air temperatures over the next few days, look at these temperatures. It will feel like over 110 to 120 from st. Louis, tulsa, chicago, minneapolis, to pierre and next week more or should say latter part of this week in the northeast, look at these temperatures. These will be the hottest temperatures of the year. Washington will hit 100 saturday, same in richmond, almost 100 in new york city. Greensboro 98 degrees. Thats whats going on we do still have a lot of clouds across most of the bay area, but it will be clearing out. Temperatures already starting to warm up in the south bay. A look at all the microclimate. San mateo at 70 degrees. Up to 75 in napa. Okayland at 68. Low to mid80s in the trivalley. Fremont up to 78 degrees with some warming temperatures gar e gradually. For the inland areas throw through the workweek. Thats your latest weather. Guys . Al roker, thanks a lot. Benjamin bratt may best be known for playing detective ray curtis on nbcs law order but starred in a comedy and plays the exhusband in modern family. Hes hunky. His new movie, the infiltra infiltrator, a distributor for the drug lord pablo escobar. Its business like any other. Some people come. They leave. The only difference in my business nothing good ever comes in the absence of trust. Benjamin bratt, good morning. This film is terrific. It feels like this role was meant for you. Benjamin bratt convinces you that hes a heartbeat away from escobar. Im scared. Tell your friends. How do you get into this character . You look at the actual story. The film is based on a real event that happened in the early 80s. What you realize in reading the script based on a book by the undercover agent that pulled the caper off, fact is stranger than fiction. This is a true story. Tons of Research Available to you. Does that add a little pressure . A bit of pressure. More responsibility than in playing someone that is still alive and to actually have access to the secret tapes and recordings he made between himself and the man i play. That was gold. So you had a cassette player. I dont know how you found it. Pure analog material. You listened to the tapes. When you went home at night, were you scared to go to sleep and what did you do to get this man out of your mind . My soul objective was to portray this character as honestly and charmingly and intelligently as possible. This is not one you want to mess up. This is also familiar territory for me. I played Cartel Members before. To play someone that actually exists and to have an opportunity to show although we understand very clearly hes a criminal. The more human sides that exist within him. Youre a family man. You have teenage kids. Law order is my gem. When there are reruns on, im on television watching. Do you watch reruns with your kids . I dont. We have a tv as most people do in the kitchen. So when were cooking and my wife is flipping through channels it will come on because it comes on eight times a day. I find it heartbreaking on a couple levels. I see my dear friend, jerry, and we dont have him anymore and then superficial heartbreak, damn, i was young. You look pretty good now. I have to say. Thank you so much for being here. We cant wait for everybody to see this film. Hes adorable by the way. Coming up next, two of the best brownie recipes youre going to try and theyre good for you. You wont believe secret they call you short stack. Half pint. Lil bit. Small fry. Nobody even knows your name. 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He sprinted like he was on fire and finished. Thats how he won. Proud as any kid could been so when tragedy struck our family and he was taken, we decided to honor his spirit and others that were taken and teach people how to help heal themselves with physical activity and exercise. Rebecca and her family started a triathlon and Wellness Program for kids called race for chase. Chase is our ceo in the sky with divine intervention and puts people in our path to just show us the way. Whats the goal . Teach kids how to swim, bike and run and have them feel the way chase felt. The pride and the joy of accomplishing a triathlon. I like it because everybody gets a medal after they finish. It says race for chase on it. Amazing to see kids face which is they cross the finish line. I love races because i get to run and im proud that i did it and didnt forfeit the race. Chase has inspired his mother, too. Rebecca now runs every day and has even done two triathlons herself. Running brought you back. I dealt with depression. We all deal with grief in different ways. For me i needed a reason to get out of bed putting one foot in front of the other sometimes is the hardest part. It clears your head. It just makes you realize how lucky you are to still be alive. With 15 different athletic programs and over 800 participants, race for chase has helped turn tragedy into triumph. These kids are turning healthy and turning it to their parents. Chase is watching you cross the finish line now, what would he tell you . Screaming thats my mom now when rebecca runs, she has a partner. Hes just ahead of me trying to beat me. Im always trying to catch him. Talk about a pillar of strength. Amazing. Find out more about race for chase and how you can help at today. Com. Were back in a moment. First this is today on nbc. Looky, looky, who is back. Our hoda woman is back. 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