Who killed cecil the lion and the guide expresses remorse but calls the charges against him crazy. One year to rio, the open ceremony exactly 12 months away, natalie is on cope pa ka ban na beach. Today, wednesday, august 5th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, one year from today well be saying good morning d. , thats two years of the college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. Well tell you more about that later on. Well start with the top story, the field of ten now set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning it leaves one candidate not be on the big stage is slamming that process. Peter alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt, good morning to you. Youve got the main event in prime time tomorrow night, the under card hour earlier. One candidate put on the earlier ticket is calling the entire process pro posterous. John kasich is in and rick perry was out. They say what separated kasich from perry is the opinion of 50 people. Front and center Donald Trumps at 23 . The billionaire developing mapping out his strategy overnight. Im not looking to hurt anybody or embarrass anybody. If i have to bring up deficiencies, ill bring up deficiencies but certainly im not looking to do that. I would rather go straight down the middle. We dont know whats going to happen. Reporter breathing a sigh of relief after barely making the cuts, Chris Christie and john kasich appearing on home turf. The happy hour debate, hours earlier with fewer viewers. Santorum calling it a flawed election process, saying they should not be picking winners and losers. And also missing the cut, two republican vifales who hit trump the hardest, rick perry. It is the cancer on conservatism. And lindsey graham. Reporter tomorrow jeb bush will be asked to clarify his position on Womens Health issues. Im not sure we need a half billion dollars for Womens Health issue. Reporter late tuesday, Hillary Clinton pounced. Got no problem giving billions to powerful super corporations but i guess Womens Health isnt a priority. Reporter in a statement bush said he misspoke noted he favors providing critical women aegs Health Service but federal money should not be spent on planned parenthood. Also, overnight, jeb bush released his personal Financial Disclosure forms and while he is not a billionaire, like donald trump, he does have estimated net worth between 19 and 22 million. Savannah . All right, peter alexander, thank you so much, reince priebus, chairman of the of the Republican National committee. Good morning to you. Good morning. The debate stage is set and anticipation is high and viewership is supposed to be enormous and right center stage, donald trump as the run away favorite the are republican voters. Did you think this is how you would introduce voters to your republican candidate . We have a lot of them, no question about that. Hes been doing quite a job in the polls but youve got governors and successful Business People and neurosurgeons, obviously members of congress. Look, theres a diverse field. Its a young field. Everyone is brings a Little Something different to the table. I think its going to be a great night. Thats really what we did anticipate of our party. How do you explain the phenomenon of donald trump . Hes doubling up the competition. No one is even coming close to him. One of the candidates, rand paul, has called it a temporary loss of sanity in the Republican Party. Do you agree with that . Well, look, what i think is that theres a lot of people out there that are pretty frustrated with government and both parties. And i think that donald trump has tapped into some of that and i know its early. I think donald trump knows it is early and everybody understands it. Its going to be a long process but ultimately the real issue here is Hillary Clinton, barack obama and the fact that the country is really not in a good place right now and Hillary Clinton had a lot to do with it and shes got a lot of questions that people are asking her, including i think yesterday the fbi is now asking questions of Hillary Clinton. So thats really savannah, what the focus is. Were not going to focus on each other. I think youre going to see a Republican Party unified, talking about how to get the country back on track. In fact, the fbi, according to a report in Washington Post is looking into the setup of her email server. Were going to get a report on that in a moment. Not looking into Hillary Clinton herself. I think any time the fbi is sniffing around your computers and your home, its probably not a good thing. Who knows what the fbi is looking at. Lets talk about mr. Trump and this final issue. Last time you and i spoke on this show, you said you didnt think trump would mount an independent campaign and yet hes still hinting it it as recently as monday, saying right now the Republican Party has been treating me well but he wont rule out an independent run. Its almost like hes dangling this out there. Be nice to me or else. Well, look, ive had great communication with donald trump. Weve had good communication with his campaign. We dont see it. I dont see it. Hes a person that wants to win and obviously winning requires someone to run as a republican against Hillary Clinton or joe biden or whoever it is. He gets that and everyone understands that running as a third party is a death wish. And i dont see anyone doing that that expects to be a winner in the end. He gets it. Finally theres speculation, that Vice President biden might get into the democratic side of the race. Would you welcome him to the race . Well, look, you look at these numbers for Hillary Clinton and just a casual observer, obviously something is wrong. Joe biden is far more likeable. Is he a tougher opponent . I think that hes i think hes probably tougher. I think Hillary Clinton has a lot of problems. I think she is an opponent easy to define, a lot of problems being associated with the state department that didnt get things done overseas and a lot of problems generally. If you look at the polling numbers, even women are really not even gravitating towards Hillary Clinton. So i think joe biden is someone that a lot of people, whether they like his politics or not, they like him and likability, whether you can analyze politics all you want, likability is probably the number one issue on the ballot. Reince priebus, i know youll have the popcorn out tomorrow night when republican candidates take this stage. Thank you. You bet, thank you, savannah. Well be staying up to watch that tomorrow night. Absolutely. Savannah just mentioned that democratic frontrunner and Hillary Clinton and emails as secretary of state back in the news. Andrea mitchell has more on the new fbi investigation. Good morning to you. Good morning, mat matt, there is fallout about the private email server. A Government Official confirms the fbi is looking into how the system at her home was set up. As part of this investigation as to how secure it was. This is in response to the two inspectors general who asked the Justice Department to look into how classified information was handled. The private system was first set up by a political staffer during clintons first run for the white house. It was later turned over to a private company after several system failures while she was secretary of state, including during super storm sandy. The official told nbc news, this is an investigation of the system, not of any person. In a statement the Campaign Said that clinton did not send or receive any emails that were marked classified at the time. But this of course has now emerged as a Campaign Issue and could have contributed to the sharp decline in our new polls in clintons favorable ratings. Andrea mitchell, thanks. Crews in Northern California are finally getting a better grip on the stubborn rocky fire. The states largest wildfire, but they still have say long way to go. Joe fryer is live once again. What is the latest there . Reporter good morning, savannah, cooler weather is helping firefighters slow the spread of flames. The fire 20 contained but temperatures should rise today. This thing has behave the so erratically, they say no one is safe until the fire is out. As the rocky fire rages on this morning, thousands of ee vak cue ees are waiting and worrying. Im going, oh, my god, that could be one of our homes. Reporter in the town of clear lake, the parking lot of the moose lodge has turn into an Evacuation Center filled with temporary homes. No Everyone Wants to sleep in a tent but youre not complaining, are you . Not at all. Im grateful for my life and community and everything theyve done for us. Reporter but not everyone is willing to flee. I just decided to stay. I dont want to leave my home. Im too old to start over again. Reporter the fires fury is clear in this time lapse video taken over the weekend by film maker jeff frost. It was like waves of fire just going over everything, covering entire hillsides in seconds. And it was incredibly intense. Reporter two dozen major fires are burning in california right now but the one named rocky is putting up the biggest fight. Were not out of the woods on this yet. Weve done a lot of really good work but weve got a work to go from here on out. Reporter the commander here says hes worried about whats to come this fire season, typically a massive fire like this one does not happen until late august, september or even october. Savannah . Joe fryer, thank you so much. We could soon find out if the piece of a wing found on a Remote Island off the coast of madagascar was indeed from flight 370. Its now in france where specialists are beginning to examine it. Nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely is there. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We know that the part thats inside here is from a boeing aaa. The experts will be trying to answer two questions, is it from mh370 and can it tell us anything about how or why or where that aircraft crashed. The answer to the first question is simpler. Is there paint or serial number on the wing flap that could identify it as being from malaysian airlines. The second one much, much harder. Theyll use a machine that can magnify 100,000 times to look at the damage on the wing flap and rips and tears to see if it hit the water at speed. And from that to work out is the plane intact, largely or did it disintegrate on impact. Theyll look at the shells, the barnicles on the wing flap to work out the temperature and chemical composition of the water. That might pinpoint exactly where the plane is. One leading expert told nbc news do not expect miracles. We might know soon if its mh370, the rest will have to wait, perhaps until the black box recorders are found. Hopefully those answers will come very soon. Tamron is here fortunate lee. Two air men were killed monday during a military free fall training in florida. 32yearold Technical Sergeant timothy officer jun onand marty bedel gs yun were rushed to hospital. The cause of the accident is still being investigated. And now to that deadly circus tent collapse in new hampshire. Authorities are asking for survivors for any pictures and video as they try to piece together the tragedy the circus operators are facing tough questions. Ron allen is in lancaster. Good morning. Reporter good morning, tamron. Investigators say the circus did not have the proper permit to put up the tent and they say its the circus operators responsibility to be aware of Severe Weather warnings like the one issued just minutes before disaster struck, killing a father and his daughter. This morning investigators placing the blame squarely on the walkers brother circus, now accused of not having a permit to set up a big top that came crashing doung on a crowd of 100 spectators. Is that a criminal violation . We need to look at the statute in detail before i can say whether it falls into that category or not. She was really happy and energetic and loved everything. Reporter Jonathan Young lost his sister, 6 and dad, robert, when a circus tent was destroyed by what forecasters called a microburst, winds gusting up to 90 Miles Per Hour and thunder and hail. The tent came down and beam came down on top of my father, crushed his skull. He was protecting my little sister anna bell at the time but unfortunately she didnt make it as well. Reporter then there are survivors like megan marion who escaped with son trevor while her mom was pinned under a huge beam, now hospitalized with head and neck injuries and other bumps and bruises. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head, just scary. Hoping shell be all right. Reporter in the chaos, shes grateful that several people stepped forward to help rescue her mom, lifting a heavy steel beam off of her to free her. No Public Comment from the circus operators why the disaster happened although investigators say they are cooperating with authorities. Thank you very much. The search for a free driving great set to resume with little hope remaining she will be found alive. She disappeared during a dive off a Spanish Island on sunday. Officials say the operation was complicated because the 53yearold russian could have become trapped by weights she was wearing at the time of the dive. She is among the most decorated competitors in that sport. Frightening moments for shoppers when an suv came crashing through the front glass. The incident was captured by surveillance video. You can see the suv plowing through rows of clothing racks, four people were sent to the hospital but they since have been released. The driver of the vehicle was arrested after a brief struggle with police. And the question people have been asking for decades, when are we finally going to get a hover board . This time around i never ask it matt is shaking his head. Lexus has given an answer. It is built from super conductors and magnets but you cant just take it anywhere yet. This is a specially built skate park. Hold off on the trip to the lexus dealer. That is first time ive seen video that makes me think there will be flying cars in the lifetime. You have asked the question . Every day, i love it. I thought we were doing this in trending though. But thats okay. Thats when i saw your brow move and in trending were doing the time traveling delorean. Marty mcfly, where are you . Very cool stuff. Really cool. Mr. Roker, they are still cleaning up from storms in new england. Weefirst of all, look at thi hail, slow motion. Just listen to it. Thats amazing stuff. I love this. But weve also had dangerous weather move through rhode island. Look charleston and state park in rhode island. At least a dozen campers were injured when trees came down on tents causing big problems. This is cranston rhode island. Look at this live. The lawn literally ripped up like a carpet. The tree coming with it. Ive never seen anything like that. Thats natural lawn. Thats not sod. It just got ripped up by the wind. Amazing stuff. You can see it was pulled up like that. Weve also got more strong storms pushing through later today. More in the midwest though from tulsa to memphis and kansas city and strong storms in the northern plains. Damaging winds and tornadoes possible and large hail a problem. Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain from norfolk to to peek ka, kansas. Well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Nice and cool to start out the day but mostly sunny skies and well see more sun as we go into the afternoon. And the east bay will see a high of 78 degrees. Peninsula 81. 84 in the south bay. In the trivalley, look for a high of 87. Temperatures warmer than yesterday. San francisco, high of 75 while the north bay tops out at 85 degrees. We reached the peak of the heat tomorrow. And thats your latest weather. Savannah . All right, al. Thank you so much. Let the countdown officially begin and the songs start playing, because the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro is one year away officially. Were going to celebrate all morning long, and we start with miss natalie herself, whos set up a nice stretch of beach for us there. Natalie, good morning to you. Bone gia, savannah and matt. I know youve been practicing your portuguese already. They call this the marvelous city. Its clearly easy to see why with this stunning backdrop behind me of copacabana beach, but you can be sure that rio wants to not only put on a good show, they want to put on a spectacular show. Everywhere we look, were seeing signs of progress. Of course, there have been major hurdles getting ready for these olympics, but we took a look at some of the venues. And coming up, were going to show you the progress at those venues. Now, clearly, most are halfway complete to being nearly complete. Some are, though, still Major Concerns. And coming up, were going to show you more, take you to those venues where there are some concerns. Water quality at some of the swimming and sailing venues an issue as well that theyre dealing with. But the mayor says for all of the issues that they are on track and on schedule, that they will deliver these olympics on time and in glorious fashion, as they do here in rio. But you can expect to be sur