Did you actually totally exonerate the president . No. While President Trump claims vindication. This was a devastating day for the democrats. But is the battle still far from over those stories plus final Images Police release video of ally kostial from the night of her disappearance. Tiny stow away, a young boy recovering this morning after sneaking onto a conveyer belt at the atlanta airport. And trouble in paradise. Why dwayne the rock johnson is lending his star power in the fight against a massive telescope in hawaii, today thursday, july 25th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thanks for joining us on this thursday morning, craig melvin, alongside Kristen Welker, who is filling in for savannah this morning a busy news day. Busy indeed lets get to the breaking news overnight involving Jeffrey Epstein found injured inside his new york city jail cell this morning. Investigators are looking into several possible explanations including a possible suicide attempt. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has been covering the story what do we know . Reporter we know Jeffrey Epstein is said to be back in a jail cell on suicide watch the incident comes just days after a judge ordered he remain behind bars until his trial on sex trafficking charges. Investigators working out to figure out what happened this morning conflicting accounts about what took place inside Jeffrey Epsteins jail cell sources close to the investigation say he was found in a secure area of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, semiconscious, in a fetal position, with marks on his neck two sources tell nbc news that epstein tried to hang himself. With a third person noting the injuries were not serious. It may have been an attempt by epstein to be transferred to another facility but the possibility that epstein was attacked by someone else is also being looked at another inmate, a former police officer, charged with murder, was questioned according to a fourth source. An attorney for that inmate says his client had no involvement. This week epsteins attorneys appealed the decision to keep the wealthy financier at the jail until his trial the judge ruled there was clear and convincing evidence epstein is a danger to the community, a point echoed by two of his alleged victims who spoke in court. He will never stop sexually abusing children until he is in jail. He fought for house arrest at his 77 million new york city mansion. His current home, a temporary high security stop for hundreds of inmates, including accused terrorists and white collar criminals. Another former inmate at the jail, notorious mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo guzman recently described his detention there as torture and inhumane. Epstein has been there since his arrest nearly two weeks ago. The 66yearold has pleaded not guilty to federal se trafficking and conspiracy charges. He faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted. We reached out to epsteins attorneys for comment but have not heard back stephanie, keep us posted. A stunning reversal in puerto rico. Overnight the embattled governor announced his resignation. Touching off wild celebrations on the island after two weeks of protest. Gabe gutierrez was there as it all unfolded good morning, gabe. Reporter kristen, good morning. It was an incredible scene, thousands of protesters packed into the street. They have been expecting the governor to resign all day but rumors were swirling it might not happen then came the moment so many here had been calling for. Overnight puerto rico danced like it never quite had before. My skin is just like i cant even describe it weve been waiting for this for so long. Reporter just before midnight came the alert from the Governors Office that he deliver a pretaped message on facebook protesters scrambled to find a cell phone signal. Others gathered around a restaurant patios speakers. To hear Governor Ricardo Rossello they waited for word of his resignation all day. They just heard it seconds ago. Reporter overnight pop star ricky martin posting this video, puerto rico we did it and we did it in peace with no guns in the last few days hundreds of thousands of people have been calling for the governor to step down police had tossed tear gas at some protesters, all in the wake of hundreds of pages of private chats between rossello and several close aids that were uncovered and leaked to the public the messages including derogatory and homophobic comments, even jokes about the dead after Hurricane Maria rossellos support evaporated as demonstrations spread from the island to new york but here, this scandal was more than political it was emotional. Everybody very sad with the government because everybody needs, and theyre doing nothing. Reporter teresa had no water or power for seven months after the hurricane. This was the moment when the island of 3 million american citizens was heard rossellos successor will be wanda vazquez, who is controversial herself. Many protesters here on the island, they say that this is more than just about one scandal. They see this as a victory over a long history of corruption kristen, craig gabe, thank you for that report. Turning now to the fallout from the muller hearings President Trump said it was a great day. But democrats say even with those short answers from the former special counsel, his much anticipated testimony helps their case weve got all angles covered this morning and we start with nbcs justice correspondent pete williams, pete, good morning. Craig, good morning mueller for the most part obeyed his own plan, sticking to whats in that 480page report. He did frustrate democrats who were hoping his testimony would bring those pages to life and he pushed back against republican attacks on his investigation and the special counsel staff. After watching Robert Mueller sometimes hesitate during five plus hours before two house committees. Im sorry, whats the citation, sir . Say that again, if you could i would have to look at the quote from the report if you have it. Sure. Reporter President Trump gave him a negative review. The performance was obviously not very good. He had a lot of problems but what he showed more than anything else is that this whole thing has been three years of embarrassment and waste of time for our country. Reporter but mueller said his investigation uncovered the depth of russias election meddling, stealing then revealing hacked emails from Hillary Clintons campaign and spreading phony social media posts seen by millions. Would you agree that it was not a hoax, that the russians were engaged in trying to impact our election that was not a hoax that aspect of our investigation that has and would have longterm damage to the United States that we need to move quickly to address. When donald trump called your investigation a witch hunt that was also false, was it not it is not a witch hunt. Reporter mueller resisted efforts by democrats to get him to read parts of his report laying out potential acts of obstruction by President Trump, declining to answer questions nearly 200 times but he pushed back at how President Trump and his defenders characterized muellers work. The president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction, and that it completely and totally exonerated him but that is not what your report said, is it . Correct, it is not what the report said. And what about total exoneration, did you actually totally exonerate the president . No. Republicans pounced on that answer and said the report took away President Trumps presumption of innocence. Donald trump is not above the law. Hes not but he damn sure shouldnt be below the law. And despite the claims of obstruction republicans said the president never stopped muellers investigation. Were you ever fired as special counsel, mr. Mueller no. No. Were you allowed to complete your investigation unencumbered . Yes. Reporter but mueller said President Trump refused to be interviewed by special counsel investigators, instead submitting answers in writing, though he didnt answer every question. Where he did his answers showed he wasnt always being truthful there i would say generally. Pete, youve covered bob mueller for a long time, as i understand it. The mueller that we saw and heard yesterday, was this the bob mueller that youve come to know reporter well, he wasnt a forceful witness, as he was when he was the fbi director. Hes older now he turns 75 in two weeks and he did struggle at times. But he didnt allow himself to be used by the democrats and he was like that earlier bob mueller when, for example, he defended his team saying he never asked anybody who worked for him about their political affiliation, craig. Pete williams for us there in washington pete, thank you. Lets bring in chuck todd, moderator for meet the press, and former democratic senator Claire Mccaskill great to see both of you. Good to see both of you guys. Chuck, you said something on the air yesterday that got attention. Substance, democrats got what they wanted. On optics it was a disaster. If the point of the hearing i think part of this is what was the point of the hearing . That has not been was it about to try to galvanize the country around the idea of impeachment . Was it about trying to and, i think that in some ways that not knowing full if you come at this assuming this was about building the case for impeachment and you needed mueller to do that he didnt do that that was the point of that on the substance, though, they got mueller to confirm what they wanted to do its interesting if the House Democrats wanted to declare mueller a success yesterday regardless of how he testified they would have announced last night the next step is opening an impeachment inquiry. They didnt do that. Theyre sitting there hand wringing again thats something they need to be careful of the more they hand wring, the more political that looks. Senator pick up on that point if you would, this was a contest for impeachment. Did it add any fuel to that battle or did it suck the life out of discussions the idea, i think, was to bring the report to life no, that did not happen. It was very difficult to follow because he was such a reluctant witness. Now, i can dress this up and say, listen, you can tell he wasnt out to get anybody. This was not a flame thrower this was somebody who was not trying to, you know, win the day for one side or the other. He was clearly reluctant, cautious and conservative in his answers. I do think that it is very difficult now to do anything with this president other than defeat him in 2020 we have a republican senate, and thats what Nancy Pelosis always been thinking about whatever the house does, as chuck well understands, you get on the senate side Mitch Mcconnell wont even bring up the Election Security for a vote. You think yesterday should end it, the mueller yesterday should end democrats talk of this i dont think it should end it i think they should continue to focus on getting the evidence in and one of the things we talked about is opening an inquiry does give him more legal standing to get the information they need from the white house it overcomes the executive privilege. It gets the documents that the white house is now stonewalling on. The white house acknowledges they would have to turn over a lot more documents if, in fact, they did open an impeachment inquiry. Chuck, the president took a victory last night no surprise, he said hey, im going to win in 2020 now. He took the victory lap because he thought that yesterday gave nancy pelosi the coverage to stop impeachment he doesnt want impeachment. He is afraid of it, he claims in some ways politically i could benefit. Hes afraid of it whether its for his own vanity or whether it could put more legal jeopardy. One more point about history theres a reason muellers report, volume one came before volume two if youre trying to bring a book to life, dont do the second half of the book first and then the first half. It made no sense. You cant understand the obstruction if you dont understand the initial crime the obstruction would have been more startling to people yesterday had they heard about the initial crime first. One of the things that seems to have gotten lost, and also struck me yesterday because i felt like this was the one point where bob mueller really came to life, when he talked about the fact that while we are sitting here, the russians are interfering in our elections. Bipartisan message. Do we think that that came over at all during the hearing yesterday . Do we think that was a takeaway . He was very clear about it. And by the way he said it not just in the afternoon but in the morning. Yes. That in all of his career he has never seen a more serious threat to our democracy than what russia did and what theyre doing right now. So that is why i think there will be pressure building. This bill in the senate is a bipartisan bill. For hardening our election processes. If the republicans continue to block that thats another signal to independent voters that they really like russia putting their finger on the scale for donald trump and thats what the hearing showed clearly yesterday. The russians tried to win that election for donald trump, and i dont care what donald tweets, what the president tweets, that fact was very clear yesterday. And mueller said they are trying to attack our elections as we sit here, very powerful. Senator mccaskill, chuck, thank you to both of you. North korea fired at least two short range missiles into the sea early this morning, kim jonguns first launch since meeting with President Trump at the dmz last month the projectiles flew about 267 miles, u. S. Officials said there is no indication the missiles posed a threat to the United States or its allies it comes on john bolton being in south korea for talks on several issues, including denuclearization lets get a check of the weather, al, good morning. Thank you for getting your First National weather from us how about a nice high from canada cool, dry, crisp air, the dew point, the amount of moisture in the air. Theres a lower dew point in houston than there is right now in raleigh 56 in new york thats nice and comfortable. In fact, were looking at morning lows that are three degrees within a record for 28 cities, 14 cities may tie or break their records, including tupelo, mississippi. For today temperatures are pretty much where they should be at this time, starting to warm up in detroit, chicago, buffalo but cooler than normal in cincinnati and charleston. Tomorrow the warmth continues to build. Were looking, as we get into the weekend and the beginning of next week, temperatures back up a little above normal. 90 in hartford by monday, 90 in cincinnati and st. Louis, and blocking pressure systems. Were seeing this more and more with Climate Change and its happening again in europe, sizzling with records possible, alltime record highs for france, spain, italy, germany and england. In fact as you look at temperatures today 107 in paris. Paris will be warmer today than cairo, egypt, thats how hot it is madrid 99. Even in london getting up to 103 degrees. Were getting to your local forecast in 30 seconds be warme egypt. Madrid with 99 and getting up to 103 drees. Well get to your forecast coming up. Good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Live look outside in san jose. Sun shining and a few clouds moving in and youre probably feeling that humidity. Were going to have some very humid air and the chance of a few isolated thunderstorms across parts of the bay area between tonight and early tomorrow morning. Temperatures reaching the low 90s tomorrow and then up over 100 degrees for the weekend both saturday and sunday will be hot. San francisco milder weather with highs in the 70s over the next few days. Craig . New images of ole miss student ally kostial from the night she was murdered. 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