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Well [ bleep ] kill these people if we have to. Mystery solved. A potential breakthrough in the 12year old disappearance of Natalee Holloway. This morning her father speaks out in a live interview. All that and eclipse fever breaking out coast to coast. This may be the biggest weve ever seen. Honoring elvis, 40 years after his death. He broke the mold. He broke the mold. Were live at graceland with Priscilla Presley. And the new necklace that live streams your life. Today, wednesday, august 16th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. We have got an awful lot to get to, so lets start with our top story. President trump at the center of a new firestorm after pivoting back to his original wake on the weekend violence in virginia. The president saying both sides of protesters were to blame and that very fine people took part in the rallies that were organized by White Nationalists. His words sparking immediate outrage. Well have full coverage of the fallout, as we said, well talk about it with republican Governor John Kasich of ohio who ran against donald trump in the republican primaries, but let us begin with nbcs chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Reporter this morning, donald trump finds himself in an unpres tented position for an american president. Slammed by fellow republicans as he is praised by White Supremacists. Its more backlash from that extraordinary exchange with reporters here at trump tower. Although, not everybody in the gop is speaking out or calling out President Trump by name, some leaders like mitch mcconnell, still silent so far after the president blamed both sides for saturdays violence. It is a return to his original remarks on charlottesville. And something thats once again has put him at the center of an explosive controversy. This morning, new fallout from inside the president s own party. Blasting what they see, not just as a political failure, but a moral one. After the violence in charlottesville. You had many people in that group other than neonazis and White Nationalists, okay . Reporter the president , combative and defiant. Unleashing and unscripted. I think theres blame on both sides. And i have no doubt about it. And you dont have any doubt about it, either. Reporter john mccain writing, theres no moral equivalency between racists and americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. The president of the United States should say so. And from marco rubio. The White Supremacy groups being assigned only 50 of a blame as a win. Overnight, protesters, led by michael moore, demonstrated outside trump tower. What about the altleft, that came charging at, as you say, the altright, do they have any semblance of guilt . Reporter police say both protesters and counterprotesters came for a fight in charlottesville with some demonstrators carrying nazi and confederate flags. And chanting racist and antisemitic taunts. You had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter the president s extraordinary exchange with reporters stunned even his own advisers. One senior white house official telling nbc news, the president went rogue. He was originally set to talk infrastructure then leave his advisers to answer questions. Instead, he did himself, as john kelly, new chief of staff, stood to the side. Appearing to visibly flinch, lowering his head and crossing his arms. You had a group on one side that was bad and a group on the other side that was also very violent. Do you think that what you call the altleft is the same as neonazis . All of those people excuse me, i condemned neonazis. I condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neonazis. Believe me. Not all of those people were White Supremacists, by any stretch. What nationalists these people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue robert e. Lee. So this week its robert e. Lee. I notice that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and Thomas Jefferson the week after. You really do have to ask yourself where does it stop . Reporter now, the former grand wizard of the kkk is thanking the president for his honesty and courage. Altright leader Richard Spencer tells the atlantic hes proud of President Trump. Just hours later, the head of the marine corps posted a tweet, writing, theres no place for racial hatred or extremism in the marine corps. Our core values of honor, courage and commitment frame the way marines live and act. And now yet another defection from the president S Manufacturing council. The latest, the head of the aflcio, the Largest Group of labor unions in the country. Richard trum trump ka. Saying he refused to accept any tolerance of bigotry and domestic terrorism. The president , who left the lobby after 20 minutes, walking away after that blistering back and forth. When asked if he would visit charlottesville, pausing for a final thought. Does anyone know i own a house in charlottesville . I own one of the largest wineries in the United States thats in charlottesville. Reporter you saw the president s advisers surrounding him there, flanking him at the lechturn but not steve bannon. When asked about his controversial chief strategist, President Trump simply responded we will see what happens. Two sources close to bannon says he seems confident that he will survive this latest round of questions about his political future with the president. Matt, savannah, back to you. Hallie jackson, outside of trump tower just down the road from us here in new york. Hallie, thank you. What are the facts . How does the president s latest take of what happened, square with what took place in charlottesville over the weekend . Nbcs tom costello is there with a fact check and hes also got actual video of the protests. Tom, good morning. Reporter hi, guys. Good morning to you. Since the weekend, witnesses have told us that both sides were antagonizing for a fight. On the one hand, you had members of the kkk, neonazis and White Supremacists who were screaming ideologies responsible for the deaths of millions of people in the past century alone. On the other hand, you had young people, many who were students who were standing up to racism and antisemitism. Friday night in charlottesville. Blood and soil. Blood and soil. Reporter if you look, they were people protesting very quietly. The taking down of the statue of robert e. Lee. Reporter but in fact, fridays march on the university of virginia campus was anything but quiet, as White Nationalists and neonazis carry torches in a scene reminiscent of 1930s germany. Jews will not replace us. Jews will not replace us. Reporter chanting racial and religious hatred. Some even throws the nazi salute. Many locals say it was terrifying. The mayor denouncing the march calling it intimidation and saying it was unsanctioned. The next morning, they gathered again, targeting the robert e. Lee statue, that the city wants to take down. You had very bad people in that group. You also had people who were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter in fact, the event was organized by White Nationalists, many dressed in paramilitary garb, with clubs, nazi flags, shields and semiautomatic weapons. Vice news interviewed one man who said he had no problem being violent. I am trying to make myself more capable of violence. I carry a pistol. I go to the gym all the time. Im here to spread ideas, talk, in the hopes that somebody more capable will come along and do that. Somebody like donald trump who does not give his daughter to a jew. So, donald trump but more racist . A lot more racist than donald trump. Reporter police say the White Nationalists failed to stick to an agreement on where to demonstrate. Soon they were doing battle with counterprotesters. If you do not disperse immediately, you will be arrested. What about the altleft . What about the fact they came charging they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs in their hands . Reporter thats true. In fact. Witnesses tell nbc news, there were people on both sides who seemed ready for a fight. And some counterprotesters were armed with clubs, some with pepper spray. They maced me. Reporter who . I dont know. Communists. Reporter who is to blame for the violence . Charlottesville police chief al thomas. Do you believe that one side was more responsible for instigating the violence than another . This was an altright rally. Reporter and a White Nationalists killed with a car Heather Heyer. The president suggeheyer. The president said both sides said both sides. Mr. Prump trump is mistaken, there are no nice neonazis. I think theyre in favor of bringing our society together. Reporter this morning Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffe is out with a statement saying this was not both sides. He says neonazis, clansmen and White Supremacists came heavily armed and spewing hate and one murdered a young woman in the act of terrorism and two of our final Police Officers were killed trying to serve this community. Incident amy the memorial for Heather Heyer is here today in charlottesville. Tom, thank you. Ohio Governor John Kasich has been a vocal critic of President Trump. He ran against him, food to see you. Good morning. Reporter pathetic, isnt it . Just pathetic, listening to this, hearing these marchers. Think if you were an 8, 9 or 10yearold, getting ready to go to school like they are in ohio. You happen to come from a jewish family or you are africanamerican and you hear this kind of hatred. We know about bullying that goes on in the schools and what are we doing to our children . Theyre not condemned, these people who went there to carry out violence and to somehow draw some kind of equivalency to somebody else reduces the ability to totally condemn these hate groups. I know about them savannah and matt. I know about them. Let me tell you something. When you listen to the president speaking yesterday and you we heard his comments, saying blame on both sides and there were some very fine people who took part in that neonazi White Nationalist rally in your heart and in your gut, what did you feel . Its terrible. You know, this is terrible. The president of the United States needs to condemn these kind of hate groups. Think about what you have seen. You know, as one of the reporters said, reminiscent of what we saw in germany in the 1930s. The president has to totally condemn this. And this is not about winning an argument. This is about the fact that now these folks apparently are going to go other places. They think they had some sort of a victory. There is no moral equivalency between the kkk, neonazis and anybody else. Anybody else is not the issue. These folks went there to disrupt. I was unveiling a Holocaust Memorial right here in ohio and we had to put the ceremony inside of a theater because we were worried that people from the neonazi, the kkk, would come and throw concrete at the people who were gathered to honor those people who were slaughtered and not just the people in the jewish communities, but across the board and we had to move it inside the theater because of violence. This is a very serious matter. I kept thinking about our Politics Today and how everyone is so divided. You are wearing a trump teeshirt or you are not. But isnt this on a totally different level . I mean, you are talking about an ideology that people died in this country to fight against, the nazis. And here you see a video of this rally, theyre saying things that the nazis said. Reporter it, look, when you have when there is no human decency, it leads to disorder. Which is what we saw down there and disorder leads to death. And we saw three people died t. Young woman hit by the car and we also saw two state troopers died trying to monitor the crowd. There is no place for politics here. Its being unanimously condemned by people from one end of the spectrum to the other. But theyve condemned before. Lets be honest about it. What should republicans do . What do you do if you work in the Trump White House . What should you do . Well, look, you know, i dont work in the Trump White House. I didnt endorse the man, because i felt that he was a person of division and i have been hoping and i have been restrained in wanting him to be better. See, whats happening, the presidency is being reduced to another ceo job. The presidency is the most important job in the country. And there is a bitterness setting in that may not be able to be removed. Look, i want him to do well. I want donald trump to understand its not about winning an argument. Its about bringing the country together. It is not about having some argument trying to justify these people on the left who went to a sweet town like charlottesville for purposes of bringing violence. He needs to make it clear, i mean, hes got to fix this and republicans have to speak out. Plain and simple. Who cares what party you are in. You say you want him to do well. There are people saying you know what, this is the moment the president has crossed the line. Its not a fine line, its a big, fat definitive line and republicans and democrats, by the way, you are a guy by the end of the campaign, people said incredibly good things about your character and your message and what you stood for, would you be willing to be the guy that goes around to Republican Leaders and says, this is our moment, we will tell this president , we no longer support him, period . Reporter well, matt, hes our president. Okay . Im here this morning speaking out as aggressively as i can. I hope that it will provide some courage to other people and there are great numbers of people now speaking out. He is our president. But i want to say that he needs to correct what he has said. Hes got to understand what the people of this country want and hes got to bring us together. But you are not going to turn your back on the president. You are going to speak clearly, bluntly, say, get your act together. I lost a big Ballot Initiative here in ohio. Something i felt strongly about, about labor unions. I got beaten soundly. You know what i did that night, i said i we heard the people, trump the President Trump needs to listen to the people before he takes this presidency in a place that is not acceptable for our country. Governor john kasich. Governor, thanks for your time this morning, we appreciate it. Thank you, sir. God bless america. Lets bring in chuck todd moderator and meet the press nicole wallace. Chuck, kind of the same question i asked of governor kasich what do republicans do now . Is this a line or yet another thing that people get outraged about and a few days later it goes away irks its onto the next outrage . Look, i think every Republican Office holder had their own line. Yesterday you saw that, i think you cant assume that everybody says enough is enough on the same time table on this. But i have to say in listening to governor kasich here, i dont know that the president can fix this anymore. Monday he had the ability to fix it. He read something from a teleprompter. He undid that ability to fix it. So i think that while i hear what governor kasich i think is trying to say. He doesnt want to go there yet. We know what his line is, hes not there yet. I dont know how the president fixes this, in the ability if are you a republican, you decide. You maid this decision, well, when im with him, ill be with him, when im not, ill call it out. I dont know if thats enough anymore for people. You traveled around over the last six months. You talked to people that supported donald trump during the campaign and support him now as president. Youve we heard their reasons, one of the reasons by the way you told us so many times, they like the fact he speaks his mind. Right. Does this change anything . The people i interviewed were two time obama voters. These are the part of the Trump Coalition that are likely to be the most deeply aumpboffended b the comments yesterday. I think when you paint any group with a monolistic brush, neonazis and White Supremacists are a part of his coalition and he places their political ambitions ahead of the needs and the true economic despair of the rest of his base is what is so galling and so appalling, and so i think chuck is talking about, you dont recover from the leader of the free world standing there like he did yesterday, making them equal, making neonazis, peoples grandparents have died fighting against neonazis. This is not about red lines or rhetoric, this is making fool of the people who work for him. This is about degrading the people standing next to him. This is about demeaning the office of the presidency to a recoverable degree, uncoverable degree. Cluck and nicole, thank you very much, we appreciate it. Hows this for a transition . We need a check of the weather, mr. Roker. All righty. We went a little further than we do this hour. Lets get to other things that need to be talked about. Some of our Severe Weather from the dakotas into parts of kansas, into nebraska. We actually have a strong risk of storms stretching from iowa into part of wichita, parts of kansas, the lateday storms will redevelop. We look for anywhere, especially up into the Northern Plains and up into the upper Mississippi River valley, threetofive inches of rain him some areas as much as six inches. This system pushes into the east coast bringing showers and thunderstorms. We will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Its proteinrich, grainfree and made with more meat to satisfy the wolf spirit that lives in every dog. Right now, buy one select blue wilderness bag at petsmart and get 2 free cans or tubs. Because every dog still has a little wolf in them. And now, when you buy any bag of dog or cat food we give a meal to a pet in need. Its that simple. Petsmart for the love of pets. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Some kids heading back to school today in san jose, and it is a cloudy start with some mild temperatures. As we look at our highs later today well be in the upper 70s in the south bay, palo alto at 76 degrees. 86 degrees in concord. For the north bay upper 70s to lower 80s. In San Francisco a high of 65 degrees. And temperatures hold steady here in San Francisco over the next several days but heating up for the inland areas. And that and thats your latest weather. Thank you, very much. Coming up the new lead in the Natalie Holloway case. We will talk about it with her father in an exclusive interview. A tourism boom in the path of the Great American eclipse. How crowds are preparing for a big event. First on a wednesday morning this is today on nbc. Crowds the big event. First this, is to da hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our Subaru Outback. avo love. 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The idea is just a proposal. Buses would cover that first hour. B. A. R. T. Estimates about 2,400 riders would be affected. Lets see whats happening in that Weather Department with kari. Another nice day even though we do start out with some clouds. Well see that all clearing out by late morning and right now as you head out we are feeling temperatures in the 60s heading up to 79 degrees in san jose. Oakland at 70 degrees for the high and San Francisco at 65 degrees. More 60s in the forecast over the next several days. Morning clouds and fog. The warning trend begins today. Upper 80s by the rest of the week and into the start of the weekend. For sunday it starts to cool down and more air in the forecast as we continue to watch mondays forecast which at this point looks like it will be clear inland. What does it look like on the roads, mike . We do have a south bay build. 280 at 17 and 101 approaching the northbound direction. Recovered but a crash thats finally cleared from the roadway, mild slowing. Into and out of San Francisco. A slower drive across san mateo and the dumbarton bridge. A high rise so be careful. Well track that. Back to you. All right, thank you very much. Ill be back with another local news update in half an hour. See you then. 7 30. Protests raged outside of trump tower for a secondstraight night. Reactions to President Trump laying blame on both sides of protesters for violence this past weekend in charlottesville, virginia. Republicans and democrats have lined up to criticize the president s, including marco rubio, who said the white house should label the violence a, quote, terror attack, by White Supremacists. Overnight, baltimore took down four confederate stat chue. Monuments are slated for removal in lexington, kentucky and san antonio, texas. And four Union Members are been acquitted of threatening the cast of top chef. The cast said the men tried to stong arm the cast. And Padma Lakshmi said she was terrified. But a federal jury found the men not guilty after 20 hours of deliberations. We turn back to the president s controversial comments about the violence in virginia and the strong reactions they are attracting from all sides. Gabe gutierrez has that story. Reporter good morning. The president is drawing fire from many members of his own party. But reaction is running the gamut, with reaction on the far right, that those on the far left share the blame for the violence. This morning, the president s stunning News Conference earning praise from some White Supremacists who took it as a sign of acceptance, david duke, thanking President Trump for honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville. Altright leader, Richard Spencer, said the president s comments for fair and down to earth. Breitbart, President Trump blasted reporters. President trump is telling the people the truth. The elite media hates it. Reporter ann coulter tweeting, President Trump is the first person weve seen speaking the truth on tv in three days. The Republican National committee praised the president. The president has condemned White Supremacy many, many times. Reporter but many republicans are outraged. What trump did today was a moral disgrace. Yes, there were bad guys on both sides. Thats not the point. The ride began over a nazi riot. A nazi rally. And the only killing occurred by one of the pronazi, prokkk people. John mccain, mitt romney and paul ryan echoing similar messages. I cant believe it happened. Reporter some conservatives said it is possible to denounce bigotry and preserve history. Do you feel your legacy is being hijacked by White Supremacists . I think thats a fair statement. Reporter barry eisenhower has fought against removing charlottesvilles statue of robert e. Lee. What do you say to the people that argue its become a symbol of White Supremacy . Thats a 21st century view. Reporter he says, he agrees there were violence on both sides. It looked like everybody was out there with violence on both sides. Reporter eisenhower said his group decided not to attend this weekends rally. He strongly denounces the kkk and neonazis. He cautions you shouldnt lump in all of the groups fighting to keep this statue here. And he also says, he describes the racism on display here over the weekend as lunacy. Back to you. Gabe, thank you. Nbc news special correspondent, tom brokaw, joins us from montana. You have covered president s all the way back from richard nixon. Put this in perspective what were seeing from this administration. What does it compare to . From timetotime in this country, obviously, reaching back to richard nixon, we have been divided by the war in vietnam and other issues. But all president s attempt to pull the country together. When i go around america, i find that republicans, democrats and independents alike, say we have to find a way to work together. And then, we have an astonishing statement by the president yesterday, in which he divided america. He refused to condemn the hateful hate groups that have assembled in charlottesville. Thats how it began. Shouting antisemitic roaremark demanding that white people have a right to rule america, in effect. David duke, calling the president out saying, we elected you. You owe us. The counterdemonstrators should learn something about how to be more effective. In my years as a reporter, the most impressive thing i ever saw was the Nonviolent Movement of dr. Martin luther king. They moved this country because they were able to concentrate on the moral questions that were there. Everybody has to look at whats going on. But most of all, there has to be widespread condemnation of the hate groups that went to charlottesville that now feel empowered by the president s remarks. Tom, where do you think it goes from here . How do we move on from this point . I dont know. You know, it really does require president ial leadership of a higher order, to bring the country together. And now, the question will be, how many members of his administration will feel that they have to leave because they cant support his policies . Does he read some kind of a statement . Thats not going to be enough. Hes going to have to find a way to stitch the country back together again. And frankly, i dont know whether hes capable of doing that in his own mind. This is the donald trump that everybody in new york came to know when he was a business man. He would see things through his own prism. But now hes the president of the United States. And its always somebody elses fault. Its Mitch Mcconnells fault because they didnt get health care. Its someone elses fault. He is the moral authority, by the office that he has and its about time for him to exercise that. Tom, do you think were going to see more charlottesvilles going on around the country as the months go on . I hope not. That would be an outrageous commentary on where we are, in the 21st century. Last night, i was at an event in bozeman, montana. It was a tribute, citizens. It was a big ranching issue and the use of land. Farming in kansas and fishing in the gulf coast. And it was a demonstration of how citizens can come together and solve the problems that are important to them. And i think the country really does have to rise up. Well see what the republicans in the congressional areas have to say about all this, as well. All right. Tom brokaw, joining us this morning. Thank you for your perspective. We appreciate it. Good to see you. Thanks, tom. My pleasure. All right. Lets swing over to mr. Roker. Back with another check of the weather. Thats right. Something we dont have to talk to our kids about, as well. In the meantime, something we can get behind, the eclipse. Places to watch. Monday, sun valley, ohio, looking good. Pocatello, not looking too bad. As we move to the east, scottsbluff, not bad. Kearney, nebraska, looking good. A few clouds. Columbia, into nashville, dayton, knoxville. Breaks in the cloud. Not too bad. For the rest of the country, warming up in the northeast. Afternoon storms through florida. Looking for more heavy rain in the gulf. Looking at flooding around new orleans. Nice and comfortable. L. A. , sunshine, 76. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We will have some comfortable weather today but still cool in San Francisco. At times some mist and drizzle. Well see more of the same weather the next few days while the inland areas will get some sunshine and the warming trend begins today with some low 80s inland, in the upper 80s for tomorrow as well as friday. On saturday also some warm temperatures but it does cool down as we go into next week looking at lower 80s for next monday and tuesday. Get the weather anytime you need it on the Weather Channel on cable. Thank you. Coming up, Natalee Holloways father will join us exclusively and reveal a new and Important Development tied to the disappearance of his daughter. First, ellipse fever across the country. What some small towns lets see, there are the wildcats til we die weekenders. The watch me let if fly. This i gotta try weekenders. Then weve got the bendy. Spendy weekenders. The tranquility awaits. Hanging with our mates weekenders and the its been quite a day. So glad we got away weekenders. Whatever kind of weekender you are, theres a hilton for you. 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Its a onceinalifetime opportunity that was handed to this little community. Reporter as the eclipse moves east, caspar, wyoming, expects 100,000 visitors. Carbon dale, illinois, and hopkinsville, kentucky, are in the longest. They are hoping for a boone. The last city to fade to block, charleston, south carolina, at 2 46 p. M. Ipt its the stuff that makes astro citizen cysts geek out. And alex is wearing his solar shoes. When the moon blocks out the son, daylight becomes nighttime. Reporter and it only lasts a few minutes. The last Solar Eclipse that moved partially across the u. S. , was in 1979. Good morning from goldendale, washington. Reporter and the today show was there. We have to wait around until 2017 until we do that again. Reporter you will risk permanent eye damage if you look at the sun would proper eye protection. Even with sunglasses, you should not be looking at the sun. Thats right. These glasses are made specifically for looking at the sun. 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Lets get an update on the roads from mike. Kari, we have a smooth flow of traffic 101. Really slow across the dumbarton bridge where the arrow is. A disabled vehicle still blocking one lane and nobody had cleared that or can clear it just yet. The san mateo bridge looks better right now. South of there we talked about the airport and 237 westbound of course slowing to sunnyvale and theres the bay bridge. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Happening now b. A. R. T. Considering a later start for daily train service. If the board approves of the plan trains would start running at 5 00 a. M. More details on our home page including reaction from Early Morning risers. Monuments tied to americas confederate past were removed overnight in maryland. On all lanes open again on interstate 880 after a shooting last night in hayward. The driver of one car shot at another. Luckily no one seriously injured but this is the second time in two days shots have been fired on 880. Another local news update in half an hour. Its 8 00 on today and coming up new fallout. President trump under fire after that combative and unscripted News Conference. You had a group on the other side that was also very violent and no one wants to say that. But ill say it right now. This morning the latest on the impact and the outrage. Plus, break in the case. The 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway taking a dramatic turn. Well sit down for an exclusive interview with her father. And remembering the king as fans flock to memphis 40 years after elvis death. Were live at graceland with Priscilla Presley to talk about his life, music and enduring legacy. People loved his voice when he sang. It was like he was singing to you. Today, wednesday, august 16, 2017. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof what do you guys have to say . All the way from massachusetts i think i found my favorite sign. You know what it says . Be kind. Be kind where are you all from . Hello from texas. Welcome back, everyone. Thanks for joining us on a very busy wednesday morning. Thanks for the people outside gathering. Well say hi to them in just a little while. We will, indeed. News at 8 00. Provoking strong reaction this morning. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker is at trump tower down the street from us here in new york. Kristen, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. President trump will, once again, try to turn the page on one of the rockiest moments of his presidency. Later trying to put the focus on veterans. But after that combative press conference yesterday, the anger and criticism is only growing. Take a look at these new york papers. These are the headlines. Th this morning, the backlash against President Trump growing. Ohio Governor John Kasich speaking out this morning on today. Pathetic, isnt it . Pathetic listening to this. Reporter it comes after the commander in chief to embolden White Nationalists during an impromptu press conference tuesday. You dont have any doubt about it either. Reporter President Trump reigniting widespread anger repeating his controversial stance that everybody shares responsibility for this weekends dedeadly violence in charlottesville and not just the White Nationalists who organized it. You had a group on the other side who was very violent and nobody wants to say that. Reporter unscripted and defiant. The president repeatedly calling out counterprotesters with a term he dubbed the altleft. What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs. Do they have any problem . I think they do. Reporter and he denied a moral equivalency between White Supremacists and the far left. Even though many marchers carried nazi and chanted antisemettic taunts. The president defended rally atte attendees. Ive condemned neonazis and many different groups, but not all of those people were neonazis. Believe me. Not all of those people were White Supremacists by any stretch. Reporter the reactions swift. Prominent republicans rebuking the president. Senator john mccain tweeting, theres no moral equivalency between racist and americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. The president of the United States should say so. House speaker paul ryan. We must be clear. White supremacy is repulsive and senator marco rubio unleashing a tweet storm against trump ending with the White Supremacy groups will see being assigned only 50 of blame as a win. We cannot allow this old evil to be resurrected and among the far right extremists, praise. Former ku klux klan leader david duke tweeting, thank you President Trump for your honesty and condemn the leftist ha terrorists. The president was supposed to be making an announcement on infrastructure. Aides not expecting him to take questions. Instead a senior white house official telling nbc news the president went rogue. Just off camera new chief of staff john kelly arms folded. Looking at the floor. Appearing to wince and shake his head. All caps one of the most tumultous moments. On saturday President Trump first suggested all sides share blame in the violence. On monday he back tracked. Tuesday explaining why he waited 48 hours to first condemn White Supremacists. I couldnt have made it sooner because i didnt know all of the facts. Frankly, people still dont know all of the facts. Reporter the president also questioning the removal of confederate statues that initially prompted the rally. This week its robert e. Lee. I notice that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week and Thomas Jefferson the week after. There is breaking news out of the white house this morning. Hope hicks will be named the interim Communications Director until a permanent replacement is named. That comes after Anthony Scaramucci was ousted last month after only ten days on the job. Meanwhile, President Trump was asked about the future of his controversial top adviser steve bannon. His response, well see. Guys, back to you. Kristen welker here in new york city on the story. Thank you very much. Stephanie ruhle is here to talk more about the impact of weve seen ceos leave thiS Manufacturing council. Do you expect more to follow and how does big business look at what unfolded over the last few days . Big business does not want to be involved in big or little politics. Council did it for the greater good and wanted to work with the white house on different initiatives. Now that weight is getting too heavy. Getting calling from people like me every day. How do you feel about nazis is not a call. Weve already seen four ceos leave. Last night many more have said just no more noise. They want this to quiet down, to focus on work. Its a big difference because remember a week or so when dow crossed paths and a lot of people said, why is business booming and why is wall street booming despite all the controversy surrounding this white house . One ceo said you know why business is booming because people in business dont care about whos talking to who in russia. But this they care about. This they care about because this goes directly up against their core values. Every corporate leader has to think about what do i represent and what does my company represent . A very clear line when youre talking what do my customers care about . Your customers, shareholders, board. President trump hasnt had to be accountable like that, they have to. Key economic advisors inside the white house and a couple of are jewish and standing right there during those remarks. What is your sense of what happens in terms of their future at the white house . Gary cohen specifically, gary cohen has Jewish Centers in his name in his home state of ohio. Theyre shocked. President trump was not even supposed to answer questions. Now theyre at an inflection point. Yesterday should have been a win talking infrastructure. The question is, are they ever going to get to their agenda and can they stand silent with all of this . Its a tough one. Stephanie, thanks very much. Now to the latest growing tensions over north korea. U. S. Bombers conducted air maneuvers with japanese jets southwest of the Korean Peninsula as north korea is considering whether to file missiles towards the u. S. Territory of guam. The usair force says the training flights with japan demonstrate the solidarity and resolve we share with our allies to preserve peace and security in the region. Thats a quote. North Korean Leader kim jongun ignored warnings from the west and from china to halt its nuclear and missile tests. Lets switch gears. This morning were nominating for a nobel prize the person who came up with hodas morning boost. We need one. Yesterday we issued a challenge. I asked you guys to rekindle fun in your life. When was the last time you slow danced . We put out a call saying, hey, why dont you go to your kitchen and slow dance and do something with your husband, boyfriend, puppy. Doesnt matter. We got a great bunch of submissions. Take a look. Got this feeling deep down in my soul that guess im on my way and the way i feel about you i guess ill be with you to the end guess im on my way mighty glad you stayed you feel a little bit better. Yeah. Good song. People got into that. Thats cool. A little slow dance to do at home is good any night of the week. Tomorrow we want you to fast dance. No. Just ahead on a wednesday morning, were going to have a major change here. We have what could be a big break in the 12yearold disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Well talk about that with her father exclusively. 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After 12 years of false hopes and dead ends, Dave Holloway and his hired private investigator appear together in a new oxygen series the disappearance of Natalie Holloway to investigate the latest lead into the where abouts of her remains. We have a person who states that he was directly involved with disposing of natalies remains. I thought, there may be something to this. Reporter the lead came from a man named gabe rel who says his man helped dispose of natalies remains and knows where she was buried. If natalies remains are found, it could lead to a conviction and finally justice for natalie. Weve chased a lot of leads, and this one is by far the most credible lead ive seen in the last 12 years. Dave and t. J. Are with us now. Good morning to you. Good morning. We should mention from the outside that nobody has ever been charged in connection with natalies disappearance, now this investigation has yielded something significant. What is it . Over a period of 18 months t. J. And i have been working together with an informant who has given us some information through a friend of yoren vabder sleuth. We followed it for 18 months. We did an 18month undercover investigation with an informant who was friends with an individual who was had personal knowledge and gathered information which took us to a spot where remains were found, and we took those remains and had those remains tested and they just returned last week that theyre human remains. When they talked to you about the place where natalie may have been buried, did you find the remains immediately . Was it trial and error . Did you have to look for days or weeks. Weve been back there several times back and forth. Hes taken us to different places, but they went there and went to a place behind a house that we were had under investigation, and went behind the house, and dug some remains up, and those remains were turned over to us, and we had those remains tested, and they have just come back as human remains . We know theyre human remains. Will there be a test to answer once and for all whether this is natalie . Were in the process of a dna test. That test will take several weeks to a month. And hopefully well know at that point in time. Whats your level of confidence, dave . Throughout all of this process, over the last 12 years weve had a number of disappointments, and ive put up a wall trying to find something thats not going to disappoint me. And when we determine these remains were human, i was shocked. I know theres a possibility this could be someone else, and im just trying to wait and see. What would it mean to you . To have that answer . It would be finally the end. Were going to say in a second that you guys are taking part in a new show on oxygen, and the reason im bringing this up is i think there may be some people who are going to hear what youre talking about and say wait a second, they have a new show remering and now these remains, and is this a promotion for this new show . And youre going to feel that this may be a little unsettling. How would you respond . T. J. And i started into this 18 months ago, and we decided that at that point in time, whether we have cameras or no cameras, oxygen came on with us and decided that we decided that, look, you guys just watch us, we want to document this. And in this series, youll see in several instances where if the camera was not on us and them, we would never be where were at now. Ever. Dave holloway, t. J. Ward, thank you very much. Good luck with your work. Well have more with them next hour. You can see the premier of the show saturday night on our sister channel, oxygen. Let us move over to al now. Al . We continue to watch the tropics. We have hurricane gert right now. 90 Miles Per Hour winds moving northeast at 21 Miles Per Hour. Again, maybe some rip currents as you get closer to long island and the coast of new england. Otherwise not a big problem. We are starting to see the tropics heating up. The waves coming off of africa. Weve got this next wave over the next five days, maybe 35 development. A 40 chance of development in the next five days the one we told you about yesterday, 91 l, has a 41 chance. Heres the path of development for the three systems. Well be watching them very good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. Our temperatures will be heading up into the mid60s today for San Francisco and half moon bay. Not a lot of clearing until later this afternoon, while oakland will be up to 70 degrees and san jose looking at a high of 79 degrees. For San Francisco, each day well still see those clouds lingering and highs in the upper 60s. While we have some warmer temperatures for the valleys, into the upper 80s for the end of the workweek. And that is your latest weather. All right. Thanks. Time for whats trending today. There you go. Youre going on a plane trip. You go to the airport . Who likes a drink before you get on the plane . No . Sometimes. If i have a lot of time to spend. Here a story getting a lot of attention. Europes biggest Budget Airline is cracking down on booze before boarding. Theyre asking airports in the uk to limit passengers to two drinks. The way it would work is you get a boarding pass. Every time you go into a restaurant or a bar at an airport, you have to present the boarding pass. They mark that boarding pass. After two, youre cut off. One of the reasons is they say this is an attempt to curb unrule unruly behavior in the skies. What if your boarding pass is on your phone . I dont know. They give you a letter on your forehead. A sign. Youre drunk. What if youre at the airport for several hours . What if youre really afraid of flying and you use a drink or two or three to relieve your anxiety in. Yeah. I dont know. Im mixed about it. On one hand i think its a decent idea. Do you really need more than two drinks but everyone is different. They serve booze on the plane . They do. And some people are saying this is their way of stopping people from buying booze at the airport so theyll buy it on the plane. So they dont pregame. Have any of you ever gotten drunk while flying . When you say im drunk yes . Yes. Coming home from a Bachelorette Party in mexico with my best friend. You probably hadnt sobered up. Had you ever been subjected to someone elses drunk behavior. Thats the worst. Yes. Thats why im torn. What do you think . You didnt give your opinion. I think two drinks is enough before you get on a plane. I do. We asked people online what they thought. Should airports limit the number of drinks passengers can buy before boarding . 62 said yes. Wow. All right. Thats interesting. All right. Good. Shall we pop start . Please. We begin with min dy kaling. She talked about her pregnancy for the first time. Take a look. How are you feeling about mother hood . Really excited. Its really its so unknown to me. Im kind of i have a lot of control over a lot of aspects of my life. This is one where im like okay, its out of my hands. Which is kind of a fun feeling. Kind of true. Mindy also opened up about what kind of mom she hopes to be. The full interviairs september 10th. Taylor swift, there werent any cameras in the courtroom, but we were able to catch a glimpse of taylor thanks to one sketch artist, however, his sketches were part of criticism. Hes defending his work. He said a person like taylor swift who is very pretty has perfectly proportioned dimensions on the face and is harder to sketch. He admitted nervous and did practice sketches for weeks. He got better, i think as the days went on. All right. The early days his early work. Finally celine dion was spotted at her sons hockey game. This is a video going viral. She is out of her seat and dancing and singing and clapping in the stands. Thats her sons jersey. She is now being held as the ultimate hockey mom. What did her son think . Uhoh. Not a bad problem. Finally, today did you know is National Tell a joke day. Excuse, elmo. Good morning, everybody. Hi, elmo. What a surprise. Were kind of in the middle of something. Elmo is sorry j but elmo has a very important question. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. Where do where do cows go for fun . I dont know. Where . To the moovies. Are you celebrating tell a joke day too . Yes. With a special share the laughter challenge. Elmo heard the funniest joke in the world from miss kate mckinnon. You know . And elmo loves sharing jokes with elmos friends. And making friends is one of elmos favorite ways to be kind to people. I agree with that. Look at the fun were having. Heres my question. Can we do it too . How about the people at home . Everybody can join in, sure. Yeah. Its called share the laughter, and you tell a joke and make sure to hash tag share the laughter kw laughter. Elmo, thank you so much. We need you today. What a treat. Elmo, why didnt the skeleton cross the road . Why . No guts. [ laughter ] . That was hilarious. No guts. Thank you,good morning, it . I m. Topvo bart Board Members are now considering a later start for good morning. Its 8 26, im marcus washington. Board members are considering a later start to the weekly train service. If the idea gets approved, trains would start at 5 00 a. M. Cruise need to do overnight maintenance work. B. A. R. T. Also wants more time when the crews begin the seismic work on the transbay tube starting next year. Right now its just an idea. Board members will have to approve this. B. A. R. T. Estimates about 2400 riders would be affected. For a look at whats going on with the traffic, lets head over to mike. Right now no delays on b. A. R. T. But well talk about that as they continue with that decision. We have a recovery for west 84, the dumbarton bridge, the disabled vehicle clears from lanes about 15 minutes ago. Good recovery, still slow over on the fremont and newark side. Heres that stretch of west 237 where well have the metering lights extended for an hour but theyll be on green as you talked about over the course of the morning. A smooth ride toward the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are alternating green and red. Just 25 minutes from highway 4 to the backup. Send it right back to you. Thanks, mike. Ill have another local news update for you in half an hour. Whoooo. Going somewhere . Heres some advice. Tripadvisor now searches more. Than 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want and save you up to 30 . Trust this birds words. Tripadvisor. Welcome back to today. Its 8 30 on a wednesday morning. 16th of august, 2017. Great crowd in our plaza. The sun shining down. So happy to see everybody. Doesnt elmo make you happy . I love elmo. And i loved your skeleton check. He makes he giggle. Are you ready for the crowd moment . This is going to be an epic crowd moment. All right, were going to play a song. And we want to see the biggest crowd slow dance we can get. Lets hear some lionel richie, please. Can you hear it . Pick your partner. I want to see a big slow dance. Come on. Aw. Oh. Everybody wants me to be were breaking a record. Are we breaking a record right now . Im not happy look at matt. Everybody. Here we go. Get in here. Ready . Thats why im easy easy like sunday morning we should have had lionel back. Yeah. What is the record, by the way . I think we set it. I dont know what it is. But were awesome. Thank you for that slow dance. Thank you for the dance. Es this is like al setting the world record for freeze tag. Yeah. He i remember. Coming up, were happy to have katie holmes with us. Were going to talk about her new movie. E. Its called logan lucky and how shes feeling. An now that in one, what about a year and a half, katie, youll have a teenager in the house. Oh t my word. That will be fun. Yikes. And then, theres a big celebration going on at graceland. This is the 40th year of elvis death. Jenna is there with Priscilla Presley. Y. Shes going to talk about his impact on the world. And we have backtoschool season on the brain. New ways the whole family can gett involved to set up the kid up for a Successful School year. First, lets get a check of the weather. See if we get a successful forecast for you. Tarting off today we are looking at beautiful weather here in the northeast. High surf due to gert. Along the new england coastline. And sunshine along the west coast. Heat advisories in texas. Wet weather in the gulf. For tomorrow, more storms in florida, the southeastern atlantic coast. Look for severe storms making their way into the ohio river valley. He and the upper Mississippi River valley. Heavy rain, lots of sunshine, s western twothirds of the country. Thats whats going on around ey the co we do still have clouds all around the bay area, temperatures now in the lower 60s as you head out the door, looking at the trivalley from pleasanton, its 60 degrees there and 56 degrees in the north bay. Now we are going to see some sunshine again today with some breezy winds. Its going to be a very nice and pleasant afternoon, still cooler than normal in san jose. While the east bay will be turning into the mid to upper 80s inland, oakland will be at 70 degrees. 79 in santa rosa and San Francisco today up to 65 degrees. Dont forget. Get that weather anytime you need it. Check out our friends at the Weather Channel on cable. Mr. Lauer. Mr. Roker, thank you very much. In logan lucky two brothers attempt to pull off a heist on one of the biggest events of the year in the nascar circuit. And katie holmes stars as one of their skeptical exwives. Take a look. Asking about the for sale sign . Yeah. Moody is expanding. His family opened up a new dealership in lynchburg. Thats across state line . Hell no. You cant tell me that like i dont got no say in the matters. You will still get your days. Well be in lynchburg. You can drive across state line to pick her up. I have full custody. Its not happening. Im getting a lawyer. With what money . Katie, welcome back. Good to see you. Thank you. I lived in West Virginia. Thats a West Virginia twang. Youre from ohio, which isnt twang country. How did you pick that up . Right. Well, we all worked with the same dialect coach. It was daunting, im not going to lie. You didnt find it easy . No. You want it to feel natural. And not feel like too much. Give me a word that would help you. What was a word that you would work on to get the accent just right. Tough. Something like that. And did you find the accent tough . I did. You did . I have to tell you living in West Virginia i thought you did a really good job so congrats on that. Thank you. Whats it like to get a call from Steven Soderberg that he wants you to be in a movie . He loves casting. It was exciting. I met with him. I had just finished directing my first film. We spent most of the meeting talking about directing. He was so generous. And i was like, i hope i get to work with him. And he emailed the next day. Wed love to have you. Wow, really . And he was its fun to be on his set. Theres an ease that he knows what he wants. It moves quickly. And just feels a lot of fun. And this movie is so much fun to watch. And i want to make the point, this isnt the biggest role youve ever had. Right. You played bobbie jo logan chapman, is that correct . Bit of a mouthful. Why is she important to the plot . Shes important to the plot because i play channings exwife. And our daughter grounds him. And is the reason why hes going to do this heist and wants to be a better man and a better father. Can i tell you, i love heist movies. All kinds of heist movies. Youre going to do another heist movie oceans eight. The whole oceans series. Im going to quiz you. Whats the greatest heist movie ever made in your opinion . Oceans 11. Really . I loved it. Thats got to be in my top five. What about the sting . Yes. I dont disagree. Bonnie and clyde. Youre hitting all of them. Why do you like heist movies . I like heist movies because they its a fantasy. It takes you on this ride. Its fun. With logan lucky, i felt entertained the entire time. And just it wasnt too serious and exactly what we need right now. I think, can i pull that off. I made a reference outside. Have you ever pulled it off . I have some heists on my resume, absolutely. I mentioned outside suri is 11 1 2 right now. Is that right . Uhhuh. Shes going to be a teenager soon. Do you were about the time she does the teenager thing that pulls away from mom and is not as cool to hold moms hand or say i love you or hug you . You know, she is 11 1 2 and shes a great girl. And shes doing so well. Im enjoying this time. And im not so worried yet about the teenage years. I have a 13yearold daughter. Its different. Dads not as cool as dad used to be. Just a warning. I hope you dont go through that period. I never was cool. So, im like you have nothing to lose. I got nothing to lose. Im totally ready for this, yeah. We look forward to seeing you in this. Nice to have you here, katie. Nice to be here. Pleasure. We should tell you that logan lucky opens on friday. Coming up, were going to graceland with Priscilla Presley for all things elvis. First this, is today on nbc. Scilla presle y. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. And im an arborist with ipg e in the sierras. The drought in california has killed trees on a massive scale. Any of those trees that fail into power lines could cause a wildfire or a power outage. Public safety is the main goal of our program. Thats why were out removing these hundreds of thousands of hazard trees. Having tools and Technology Gives us a huge edge to identify hazard trees. My hope is that the work were performing allows that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. Together, were building a better california. Welcome back, everybody. Its hard to believe. But today marks 40 years since the death of elvis presley. And every year, fans gather at graceland to pay tribute to the king of rock n roll. And jenna is there, with Priscilla Presley, at the newly opened complex. Good morning, ladies. Yes. Im here with the one and only, Priscilla Presley. Here in this trophy room. And we all know that elvis has sold more records than any other artist ever. And hes adding to his collection. Is that right . Thats right. This was installed yesterday. If i can dream went triple platinum, and the wonder of you gold. Why does this music still resonate . Its amazing. Isnt it . People connected with him. He had that beautiful voice. And like i said many times before, you get a feeling that hes singing to you. I experienced that being in the audience. I always thought he sang to me. Im sure he did. Thats elvis is still king. Thousands flock eed here yestery to pay tribute to him. Since my baby left me reporter with the stage as his throne, he became the king of rock n roll. Known all over the world by just one name. Knock them down he broke the mold. Not just in singing or in music, but in style. Reporter the recently released photos, from the graceland archives. What do you think the allure is, with someone who is just falling in love with his music . Its his voice. When he sang, it was like he was singing to you. He wasnt bad to look at, either. You had a crush on him . Everyone had a crush on him. Theyre still having crushes on him. He woke up beautiful. I used to stare at him. I used to look at him. Like, oh, my gosh. You looking for trouble reporter all that and still one of the most talented and influential performers of alltime. 40 years after his death at the age of 42. Still reaching the top of the charts, selling more than a billion records worldwide, more than anyone ever. 179 records certified gold and platinum. Nominated for 14 grammys. What do you think is his biggest legacy . How can you say what is his biggest legacy . He was good at whatever he did. Take my hand reporter inspiring a slew of new artists. Including Country Singer brett eldridge. Elvis paved the way for everybody thats playing music now. He has a little hand in all of it. Reporter his home, graceland, declared a national monument. Its been four decades since his passing. But for priscilla, the heartache and memory of that day never fades. Today, 400,000 people visit here every year. Bestlooking man. I loved him. Just loved him. Reporter how long have you loved elvis . Wincesince i was born. Reporter how old are you . Im 9. I cant explain it. But hes everything to me. Love me tender reporter remembering and celebrating the man, the legend, the king of rock n roll. What would you say to him now . If he were here today, looking outside and seeing all of the people that still loved him, missed him, he wouldnt believe it. I love you and i always with reporter so, priscilla, today is the day of his passing. What goes through your mind on a day like this . Well, you know, you cant help but think, you know, about the day that it happened. But we have so much here to, you know, remind us of all of the good hes done and all of the entertaining he did and all of the great things that keeps his memory alive. And many people, as you know, comes here just with that. And you share your grief with a lot of people. There were thousands of people at the vigil last night. Yes. More than we ever had at the 40th. 40 years after. Excuse me. Theyre still coming. And this has been our biggest yet. There was a little criticism for the first time ever, the vigil needed to be paid for. Well, theres a lot of misinformation about that. Everyone was allowed on the streets to enjoy the vigil at no cost. Reporter were here in front of the jumpsuits. I hear that people come from australia, asia, to look at the jumpsuits. I went to so many shows. You look at the jumpsuits. And you cant help but envision him in them. And me enjoying all of the shows. Reporter to be at an elvis show. To be Priscilla Presley at an elvis show. Were heading over to 1968. A flashback, a big year for the two of yall. When elvis had his Christmas Special on nbc. What was that like for you . I had to admit, i never had seen elvis live before. You had never seen reporter that was my first time. When i came here, i was in l. A. , he was contracted three movies a year. Thats all he had. And he hadnt performed in ten years. The 68 special was the opportunity for touring again. I never saw him. Reporter and 1968 was the year you gave birth to your daughter. She was here last night. How is she doing . Shes doing well. And she loved it. Its great to come here and just walk around when everyones gone. Just look at everything. And just, you know, share memories. Reporter thank you for sharing memories with us. I love being with you. Thank you. Guys . Thank you so much. You got us humming here, by the way. You can see more of their information at today. Com. Coming up next, clever ways to get your kids and yourself organized for the new school year. First this, is today on nbc. This morning, backtoschool on today. Already . Were focusing on organization. Its very important if you want your kids to have a happy and successful year. How do you do it . Today contributor Elizabeth Mayhew has some tips. Hello, elizabeth. This is about starting off on the right foot. If you get started off on in the beginning, it unvalves. Reevaluate what happened last year and now is time to make changes. Lets get organized as a family. Create a system together. Work with your kids. If your get them involved, theyre more than likely to participate. What kind of system . You want a family command center. In your kitchen, is a great place. These are called wallys. They are strips. They wont damage anything. You can put them. You can create anything you want. Theyre repositionable. Look at you. Im not type a. Theyre dryerase and chalk, from wallys. Com. Everybody can see what is needed and write whats important on here so things do not get forgotten. And realize that the systems, if theyre not working, change them. Great. A lot of kids have trouble with keeping track of their belongings. And you say theres an easy way to prevent them from losing things. You want them to label things. In life, if you want to find it, you need to label it. You will always be looking. I think this is fantastic. Its a ptouch label system. You download an app. Its wireless. It takes two seconds. The little thing prinlts o prin. You can get it at office depot. You can go oldschool. I love this. Duck brand duct tape has a dry erase tape. My son has do not disturb, across his wall. Thats easy. We want to keep kids safe. From rayovac, it has a flashlig flashlight. It charges the phone. And it also has an alarm that is very loud. We actually pushed it last night. Its 100 decibels and you can hear it 200 yards away. Stranger danger, awesome. And these are great. This is birdie. And its from a Company Called oleka light. And it is a hand sanitizer. Its cute. I know, matt, this is for you. What is so cool is you just can open it. Little hand sanitizer. But then, it has dry wipes in the bottom. Miniwipes, matt. Be still my heart. Youre going to keep them away from flu season. A way to get your kid on time is to get them organized the night before. I say also involve your kids in clothes shopping. This is onestop shopping from target. Com. If they like the clothes, they can put it together. Pick an outfit. And pack the backpack the night before. And check the command center. Do they need their soccer ball . Do they need the cleats . All this the night before. And pack lunches before. Do the kid s pack their own lunches . Do it together. The whole point is you want to get to independence. You want them to do things. Where are my i got you superhealthy. Where are my twinkies . This is not a good lunch. I say study at the same place. The same time. Always start with the harder subjects. Once the kids are done with that, it will be easier. Allow them study breaks. Research shows every 25 minutes, you need to take a little break. And most importantly, i say, check your phones. I like to have a Central Command system. I would not put this on the desk. Everyone in the family. Keep it away. Girl, you did it, as usual. You can find more of elizabeths tips on today. Com. Were back in a moment. First, this is today on nbc. We have one big story we have to get in right now. Huge. Breaking. Today is Kathie Lee Giffords birthday. Happy birthday. Were going to have so much fun. Celebrating at 10 00. Buckle up. Were going to have fun. We have Carly Ray Jepsen this morning. What is it . Its couscous from a drugstore. Im not doing it. Its already made. Ill do it, if you eat it off my i m. Topvo in the wake of the charlotil good morning. Its 8 56. Im marcus washington. In the wake of the charlottesville unrest, tensions are growing in the bay area over plans for two upcoming rallies organized by White Nationalists. Counterprotests are also being planned as well. One rally is at berkeleys Martin Luther king jr. Civic center park. Berkeleys mayor is condemning the rally saying that the city will not tolerate White Supremacists. A separate rally is being planned that same weekend in San Francisco at crissy field. Mayor ed lee is trying to get that permit rally revoked for safety reasons. Happening now, pete is talking with berkeley residents about the issue. Hoo hell have a live report on our midday newscast. Confederate monuments were removed overnight and our Facebook Page linked to the images. All lanes are open on interstate 880 after a shooting in hayward. The driver of one car shot at another. No one was seriously injured, but this is the second time in two days shots have been fired on 880. Im marcus washington. Im have another local news update for you in a half an hour. Make sure you tune in midday starting at 11 00. Hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our Subaru Outback. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get 0 apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 Subaru Outback models. Now through august 31. This morning on todays take, summer surprise, grammy winner, brandy, stepping back into a role with a lot of moxie. Carly rae jepsen making the move from music to movies. And the move thats shaking up the internet, right now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to a wednesday morning. It is august 16th, 2017. Love little mix. Theyve been on our show. This is touch. Our pal, dylan, is off. And wasnt kieir simmons supposd to be here . He was supposed to be here. He was on vacation traveling the world. I think he sent us a video. Hey, al. Hey, sheinelle. Here i am on this amazing greek island, about to make the 5,000mile trip to you. This is what im leaving behind. I made it to london. Now, all i have to do is catch that flight to new york. New york city, baby. Yeah. Im here. I think i better have a shave, though. Did he make it . I dont think he should save. I like that. Is keir here . He is here. Yes. Here i am. How are you doing . All right. All clean shaven. Clean shaven. Look at you. Can i get a cuddle . Good to see you. Its beautiful. And i know that you feel bad not to be there. This is up for it. I brought you two, i love mykonos tshirts. I know it was hard for you to leave all that and come and do this. This was a conversation we started that was supposed to stay off the show. Weve all been there. We played around together before. But we never did the full thing before. You have never been together. Weve never been together. We never have. Wow. And its the way i feared it would start. I think its fantastic. I love being here with keir. Its great. The story is, i hope that my wife doesnt see this. The story is, that im on the island with my wife and my kids. And also with my there they are. Amazing. And there is their cousins, too. Im also on the island with my brotherinlaw and sisterinlaw. Its nice for a few days. But after a few days, im ready to cant get a good nights sleep. When youre covered in kids, ive got water in my eyes. Youre a pool toy. Right. They call me the climbing train. Ive been there. When your kids are that age, and youre away, its time that you wouldnt trade for the world. But its not bad to get a little daddy time. Im on vacation. You trade greece for us . And i brought you some avocado toast. The tshirts that say, my friend went to mykonos, and all i got was this lousy tshirt. You made this. Did the food stylist do this . I try to start breakfast a little healthy. I know you made these a little while ago. This is amazing. Im impressed. Little olive oil. Little garlic, on the toast. Thats really good. Yeah. You brought the flakes and everything this morning. A little red pepper and microarugu microarugula. I feel like i should exchange the favor. You dont really have to. I do. I just like to give. Keir, you missed this yesterday. Guess what i have for you . What do you have for keir . One of my favorite dishes of alltime. Its gourmet. Israeli couscous is extra fancy. Should you open it . Im fine. Ill open it for you. We need a wow. I found it. I ran to the cvs in my neighborhood. And i love the couscous there. I love this. It sells out so quickly, you cant buy it. I get three or four. I videotaped myself. Going to the score. I looked. I didnt think they had any. And right there in the back corner. Yeah. When did you buy that . Yesterday. Its still fresh. It says sell by august 19th. Whats today . 16th. You got plenty of time. You dont know when they made it. He should try the couscous, right . Should he try the couscous . Ill open it. I have to do it first because im not eating after you. How do you get couscous . I dont know. Keir, you have a folk over there. Try it. This is a good time. Use sheinelles fork. Im happy to share your fork. Use your fork. Tell him how good it is. As the color from the beans bleed in. Black beans, corn, red pepper. Try it. Mm. Its very good. Its so i get it. I see why you like it so much. But i dont want to eat it all. Let me give it to al. Im going to tell you, that looks hideous. Im going to say. And im not eating it. Not on a fancy plate. Fancy plate. So judgemental. No. I have a general rule of thumb. I dont know how i feel. I can see why. Im going to make some and bringing it in tomorrow. Were going to do a hash tag battle. Trytoday. Donttrytoday. If america says try today im not doing it. How are you going to let the country down . I think me not trying couscous, well be okay. You want a spoon full of sugar . How bad can it be . Maybe it would help that if you know, what you eat makes how attractive you are as a guy. That is true. Really quickly you will keep going with this. Al posted a picture of what you had for dinner yesterday. Yes. I made dinner. And im sorry. A little salmon. A little grilled corn, and zucchini. Microgreens. You put this couscous and i didnt tell you, and i put it on the side of that, you would have never known. It looks mushy. Look at the way al presented that food. If i put that on a plate. Notice the colors are running together . Someone else try this. Zach . Come here. Come on over. Use als. Well be really quick. This is so good. I want your honest opinion. Its really good, sal. Dont you forget it. It tastes like new York City School lunch. Wow. And i rest my case. Thanks, sal. Oh, look. You know the best part about it is . What . Sometimes you throw up in your mouth a little bit, this is already there. Youre halfway there. This is not right. Really . Today is National Tell a joke day. Well save this for at the end of the show. I know youre going the vote for al to try it. You first. Do a joke. This is my goto. This is the first joke leila told me. How come the pirate couldnt get in the Movie Theater . Why . It was rated r. Want to hear a joke about a piece of paper . Yeah. Never mind. Its tearable. I dont have a joke i can tell. I have been trying out jokes. And none of them apparently im not kidding. Theyve given me a piece of paper with jokes that im allowed to tell. Wow. What kind of bagel can fly . I dont know. A plane bagel. [ laughter ] you see what i did there . Speaking of british james bond. Yeah. Bond. Once again, is being played by daniel craig. I love it. Daniel craig, he confirmed he is playing the iconic character one more time. Craig took over the iconic role in the 2006 film, casino royale. It will be his last time playing bond. He wants to, quote, go out on a high note. The opening seen of this movie. The parkor is one of the best bond sequences ever. I dont get it. Every man on the planet wants to be bond. Heres what i get. Hes not a spring chicken. In great shape. But that has to be one of the most physical movie to do. Taxing. He has to be beaten up at the end of that. Hes a very fit guy. Hes in great shape. But its got to be tough. Im glad hes giving this one more go. My, gosh. Were going to reveal the foods you should be eating to be attractive to the opposite sex or anyone else. Different species. Anybody. You try this. All right. When we come back, not a when we come back, not a snowballs ch the moments that connect us dont happen overnight. They happen one morning at a time, and one cup at a time. Folgers, the best part of wakin up. Advil liquigels minis. Our first concentrated pill that rushes powerful relief. A small new size thats fast, cause its liquid. Woohoo youll ask, what pain . New advil liquigels minis. 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Freshly shaven. Do you wear after shave or cologne on . I use cream. After shaving cream. He smells good. Thats the first thing i told him this morning. Yeah. The first thing you said. Before i knew about this story. A recent study from australia, says women prefer men who eat a certain diet. Women prefer the smell of men who eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. They had guys do a food exercise and in a white tshirt. This is the most disgusting study. They sweat and take their tshirts off and hand them to the women and say, have a sniff of that. And they take a deep whiff. I hope theyre paying these women. You take a whiff. And the women liked the men who ate more fruits and vegetables. The men who ate meat, were more attractive to women. I eat both. I eat meat and veggies and fruit. Youre a mix. This will make you sell like a saint. Should i come around there . If you eat this, i will tell you. Its not that important. Lets show you you dont want to do the experiment live on air . Lets do some weather. Show you whats happening. For today, were looking at strong storms firing up out of nebraska, into iowa and into parts of northern kansas and missouri. You got a risk of strong storms there later today. That will be pushing to the east. Right now, the temperatures stay hot in the southwest, much of texas through the gulf coast and into the southeast. Everywhere else, temperatures below average. As far as the precipitations concerned, warming up in the east. High surf advisories wity ies g. Good morning, im kari hall. Clouds in downtown san jose. Clearing in the next hour or two and temperatures warming up to 79 degrees today. For the inland areas, mid to upper 80s. Antioch up to 87, 81 in napa. San francisco in the mid 60s and thats where we will stay in the next several days. Morning clouds and fog each day while the inland areas will start to heat up into next week and cool down early next week. Thank you, america. Up next, School Supplies for a penny . 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More topvo in the wake of the charlottesville unrest. Tensions are growing in the bay good morning everyone, it is 9 26. Plans for two upcoming rallies organized by nationalists are coming up and counterprotests are coming up as well. One is at the Martin Luther king civic center back. The other one is supposed to happen here at chrissy field. That will be the same weekend in San Francisco. Major ed lee trying to get the permit for that rally will vote for safety reasons. And bart is considering an earlier start for daily weekday service. Training would start running at 5 00 a. M. In the morning. Bart also wants more time when they begin work on the transbay tube next year. Right now it is just a proposal, buses will cover the first hour. Bart estimates about 2400 riders would be affected. Well look at weather and traffic after the break. Whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over. 200 sites to find you the. Hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazi, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Good morning, im kar eerks ha hall. Well see some clearing into the nx couple hours. Reaching 79 degrees, 76 in palo alto and 70 degrees. Very nice, San Francisco keeps more of the same weather in the next several days while well have warmer air working into the inland valleys. Upper 80s for the next couple days and nice weather for saturday. Whats happening on the roads now, mike. You see the traffic coming toward us, the southbound 101, a crash just south of here cleared a few minutes ago. Red means it feels like it stops as youre traveling between marsh and university. Folks are coming into the congestion there. Also taking you up to the upper east shore free way. A merge off of that ridge monday bring and past golden gate bridge. Well have another local news update in half an hour, well see you then. Grammywinning singer brandy burst on to the scene with her hit single i want to be down. Four years later, her record the boy is mine, spent 13 weeks on the hot 100 list. And then, took to the stage starring as roxy in the smash hit chicago. For two weeks only, you can catch brand ly back on broadway in the longest running american musical. Good morning. Good morning. He was naming all of the hits. I just had a thought. My first concert i was allowed to go by myself. It was you. And you opened for m. C. Hammer and boyz ii men. I just thought about that. Whats it like when people talk about those hits and what youve done. We can sing along to all hoof those songs. It is awesome. To have longevity. Thats why you do what you do, to be a vessel and inspire people. I love it. Now, youre back on broadway. Yes. Did it give you pause to do this . I love broadway. It completely changed my life. You earn every applause. You connect with the audience right away. I had never done it before. It felt so natural to be on stage. And the cast of chicago was so welcoming. When they asked me to come back, i said yes. Your little one is not so little anymore. She is 15. She loves the musical. She wants me to do it. There she is. Shes so cute. When youre here, whats your life like between shows . Im very disciplined. I try to keep my voice, you know, right. I dont talk much. I eat right. I workout. And just so i can be phenomenal every night. People fly in. Its different audiences every night. I want them to love the show when im on stage. I liked something you staiai. On broadway, you to earn the applause. I never thought of it that way. You do. And it brought true humility to my life. Trying to do everything and the parenting. Thats the big challenge. It takes a lot of balance. Im a single mom. I have a lot of great people in my life that support me when im working. And lately, youve been performing your classic hits. Is there a favorite of yours, that you like to perform . Theres a song called almost doesnt count, that i really love to perform. Thats my favorite to perform. You want me to sing it for everyone . I panicked for a second. Almost doesnt count i love that you know it, though. Of course, we do. Lets talk about new music. Im putting forth my best effort to have the right music when i return to the music industry. You know, people have been waiting for a long time. My diehard fans have been waiting for a long time. So, i just want to give them something very special. Is it pressure . I feel like the fact that we can name the other songs and now, its time to do a new one. No pressure. I choose to be truthful and honest in my music. I dont want sugarcoating. I want my lyrics and everything to be truthful. Go ahead. You do Something Like this. People have a certain expectation of what brandy sounds like. Is there a desire to branch out from that and evolve a little bit more . You give them what they want but something theyre not expecting . Absolutely. I want to give them what they need. 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A story that captivated our country and attracted attention from around the world. Despite leads over the years, natalees remains have never been found. And no one has been convicted in her disappearance. Thanks to a new informant who contacted her father, Dave Holloway, today, there may be a new lead in the case. May 30th, 2005, the day that 18yearold Natalee Holloway vanished from aruba. And the beginning of a nightmare for natalees father, dave, and their whole family. The worst thing to do is to lose a child. Reporter person of interest joran van der sloot was arrested for kidnapping and murder. He was eventually released. But now, vand der sloot is in a prison in peru, after confessing to a murder there. Joran is the last person seen with my daughter. He knows what happened. Reporter after 12 years of false hopes and deadends, dave and a private investigator, appears on the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, has a new lead. We have a person who says he was with joran van der sloot in disposing of natalees remains. Reporter the lead came from a man named gabriel, saying his friend knows where shes married. If the remains are found, it could lead to a conviction and justice for natalee. We chased a lot of leads. And this one is, by far, the most credible lead that ive seen in the last 12 years. With us now is natalees father, Dave Holloway, and his private investigator and friend, t. J. Ward. I was listening to you talk earlier. To lose your daughter and then not know where her body is, thats unimaginable for any parent watching this. Its something i wouldnt wish on anyone. Its hard to deal with it. You just dont know the answers. Well, you try to look for a theory to give you closure. And we had some sort of closure back when joran killed this other girl in peru and he was put in prison. We looked at that and said, its not justice for natalee. But hes in prison. And we feel deeply for the parents of the other girl. But that and then, we declared her deceased. We went through a closure process. Can you talk about your decision to choose the fact that oxygens cameras were going to document what you were finding. And t. J. s investigation, into this new lead. Weve been working on this for 18 months. Ive been involved in this case for 12 years, in my effort to bring closure for the holloway family. We had an individual came forward named gabriel. And he knew an individual that was friends with joran van der sloot. And gabriel brought it to dave and then to me. And gabriel started to give us leads and giving us information that we found to be true. Of course, with that, they went to this area on the island, behind this individuals aunts home. And were able to he took gabriel there. And they dug up human remains. They brought the remains in. We had the remains sent off to be tested. Theyre back to be human. This is the first time we know this. Gabriel was concerned. Hes a parent. And was concerned about dave and his family and information he was hearing from this individual. And took the responsibility of calling dave and had him deal with me. And he was very helpful in the information he shared. Dave, you talked about the fact when you get a new lead, its like reliving this over and over again. Right now, youre in a waiting period to find out this dna. What is it like for you . For 12 years, ive conditioned myself for failure. Every lead we followed, it ends up gono good. I went into this process, very skeptical. Had the wall up. Looking for ways or excuses to say this cant be real. You protected your wife from this, right . In 2015. We had a lead at the marriott hotel. The information gave us information that natalee was buried under that hotel. After t. J. And i worked on it for some time, we realized through the help of the fbi, that was untrue. After that fall on the floor with me and my family, i said i will never, ever lead my family on in a lead that im not sure about. T. J. And i kept it between ourselves and proceeded on to protect me and my family. When do you think you will find out . A week or two . It may take several weeks to learn the information, whether it is natalees remains. If its not, whose remains are they . That needs to be determined. And we hope the government gets back involved and helps us determine who that is if its not natalee. All the best to you. Dave holloway and t. J. Ward. The disappearance of natalee hollow holloway this weekend at 7 00 p. M. Lets go to al and the father. In boise, sun valley, madras, as we make our way to the east. North platte looking a little cloudy. Kearney, nebraska, may scoot between the clouds and youll get a good view. In the central time zone, dayton, tennessee. And again, the tips, you dont want to look at the sun without protection. 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The moments that connect us dont happen overnight. They happen one morning at a time, and one cup at a time. Folgers, the best part of wakin up. She rocketed to fame in 2012 with her pop hit call me maybe and performing it on the program. But carly rae jepsen, released three albums, starred in cinderel cinderella on broadway. And played in grease live. Her new movie, leap, where she escapes with her best friend. She plays the Ballet School custodian. A quiet woman with a complicated past. Lets give you a sneak peek. You lack precision and finesse. Youre without balance, grace and charm. You cant tell all that one jump, can you . You can. You have the energy of a bullet but the likeness of a depressed elephant. Leap up, ring the bell, and land without splashing the water. Thats impossible. I thought it was your dream to dance. Tell us about it. And how you got involved. One of those amazing phone calls. Would you like to play an animate voice character . Doesnt everyone want to do that . I was on two at the time. I had to go into montreal. I didnt get to meet any of the character until next week when we do the premiere. Wow. And that is it can be somewhat disconcerting doing the voice of an animated character. Youre somewhat isolated. Did it take some getting used to . It was like a video game. It was really fun. They i was the last character to put my voice on this. So, the lips were already moving. And i had to emote in time to the slowness or the fastness of it. It became like a video game. I enjoyed it. My girls, watching this, i thought, my girls are going to love this. You know . They love dancing. They love ballet. They love all that stuff. This is the perfect movie for them. I dont know why we dont get more of these movies. Little girls are really something theyre going to enjoy. You know anna green gables. With annie and dancing. That Dance Teacher is like every Dance Teacher. Really mean. And your song, leap, i think is one of the songs of the summer. You think catch the feeling. Catch the feeling yeah. Thank you. Thank you. They said, are you inspiring with this frame . I got you. Yeah. Its catchy. Thank you for coming in this morning. Leap in theaters next friday, august 25th. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. My gosh. The results of our hash tag battle. 67 say try it. 33 say dont try it. Im going to make 33 of my audience happy. Come on. Its couscous from the drugstore. Happy birthday kathie lee. Happy birthday to you happy wirbirthday to you happy birthday dear kathie happy birthday to you the longest day of my life. This will be a great birthday show. I feel ill. Were going to linger. We have surprises for kath. Absolutely stunning. Thank you. Im glad i got in it. I dont think i can get out of it. But i got in. Thats her birthday suit. Spending your birthday today on the program . I dont know. Its a surprise. Oh, wow. At the point in life gee, youre whoooo. 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Cal student set a record for the Worlds Largest c as they formed it with their bodies. From nbc news, this is today, with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Yay its wines day wednesday. And its not an ordinary august 16, it happens to be kathie lees birthday today. Thank you, hodi. I think we should listen to a little bit of love never fails by Kathie Lee Gifford. It lasted about one week on