The impact for the entire planet and the bitter dispute over who is to blame. All that, plus, elevator tragedy. A horrifying accident kills a man in his new york city highrise. Boycott . Controversy over sean spicer joining dancing with the stars. What hes saying to his critics. And lining up. Our biggest crowd of the year has tu name in music right now. Lizzo is here to do her thing. Today, friday, august 23rd, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza hi, everybody. Good morning welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a friday morning that is a crowd. To steal a line you used earlier, it is going to be lit it is the crowd has been lined up around 6th avenue and 52nd street theres lizzo. Lizzo doing her sound check right now. Hair toss, check your nails the concert will start in a few minutes. Shes a phenomenon in music right now. I think we were a little surprised. We were. People wrapped around the block here in new york city. Well get to that in a moment. Lets start with the breaking news. Scary situation. Hawaii Airlines Plane makes an Emergency Landing when the cabin filled with smoke. Blayne alexander is on the story. Reporter the flight took off from oakland and was almost at its destination when passengers started seeing that smoke inside the cabin. Overnight, Airline Officials are pinpointing what they say led to those terrifying moments please be seated. Stay low, breathe through your clothes. Reporter the emergency call came shortly before landing. The cabin of Hawaiian Airlines flight 47 from oakland to honolulu suddenly started to fill with smoke. All of a sudden, the cabin just filled up with smoke. So we just all had to kind of go like this to breathe. Reporter terrified passengers snapped these pictures as the plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing a runway shut down First Responders standing at the ready, as crews deployed emergency slides, rushing passengers to safety it is something you never think youre going to do, but you go very fast the firemen are down there catching you and helping you out. Reporter the evacuation itself took less than 60 seconds. The evacuation was done orderly, and i think its the best result we could have asked for. Reporter seven people were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation amazingly, of the 191 passengers and crew on board, no serious injuries there was a few bumps and bruises that you would see, but nothing major. Reporter later, the airline offered this explanation for the smoke. Saying, a seal failed in the aircrafts left engine, causing oil to leak on to hot parts of the planes engine and airconditioning pressurization system a terrifying ending for passengers beginning a trip to paradise guys, of course, in an emergency, you might expect to see those oxygen masks deploy inside the cabin well, that didnt happen in this case the airline says they did not want to pump oxygen into the cabin in case there was a fire so they chose not to deploy them but the crews did wear protective masks very scary moments. Thankfully everybody is okay. Thank you. After a dizzying week of domestic headlines, President Trump turns his focus to Foreign Policy as he heads to the g7 summit in france today nbcs White House CorrespondentKristen Welker has the latest on that kristen, good morning. Reporter craig, good morning to you President Trump is gearing up for what could be a contentious g7 summit. For context, these gatherings are typically a chance for the leaders of the Worlds Largest democracies to come together and to look for common ground. But as President Trump pushes his America FirstForeign Policy, deep divisions are already looming large. This morning, President Trump is preparing to travel to the serene seaside resort in france for his third g7 summit, but theres already diplomatic discord on the horizon at the top of the list, the president is pushing for russia to be readmitted to the group. We spend a lot of time talking about russia at those meetings, and theyre not there. I think it would be a good thing this russia were there, so we could speak directly. Reporter but the summit host, french president Emmanuel Macron is already pushing back, arguing russia violated International Law when it annexed crimea in 2014 and cant be readmitted until theres progress thats sure to be a hot topic when those two leaders meet. And all eyes will be on another meeting, the president s first facetoface with britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson since he took office in july he is an outspoken, populous leader, often compared to President Trump. Mr. Trump Offering High praise. I spoke with Boris Johnson. I think hes going to be a great Prime Minister i think hes going to do a fantastic job. Reporter other key topics at the summit will include recent provocations by iran and north korea, and the economy, with fears of a global recession deepening. On thursday, President Trump was asked if hes concerned about revelations job growth was slower than originally reported. The job numbers have been really good. We have unemployment at a level that it hasnt been at for many, many years fantastic numbers. The economy has been really fantastic. Kristen, the last few g7 summits, theyve been a pretty tense affair between President Trump and other world leaders. Reasonable to expect it is going to be the same this time reporter oh, absolutely reasonable, craig. In fact, at last years summit, mr. Trump stunned allies by pulling out of a joint statement just hours after agreeing to sign it. Take a look at this photo. Remember this one . This was captured during one discussion this was an epic stare down between mr. Trump and german chancellor Angela Merkel it captured the deep differences between the president and other leaders on a range of topics, from trade to the environment. Things are so tense this year, president macron has already scrapped the idea of a joint statement. Craig and savannah Kristen Welker from the white house, thank you. Another story thats being closely watched by the world, the wildfires ranging in the amazon rain forest and wreaking havoc across south america there is worry the fires will impact the entire planet Kerry Sanders joins us with the very latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah the fires have been burning for three plus weeks not only are they devastating but their cause, controversial this morning, growing calls for protection of the amazon rain forest, which has been burning for nearly a month frances president macron calling it an international crisis, tweeting, our house is burning. This year, there have been close to 73,000 fires in brazil, up a whopping 83 since last year more than half in the amazon the smoke plume from the wildfires so vast, it can be seen from space. Nasa scientists worrying about the impact on air quality worldwide and Climate Change the amazon rain forest covers more than 2 million square miles, about 2 3 the size of the continental u. S. The cause of the fires, a subject of controversy brazils president , who has advocated developing part of the region, saying the International Community should not get involved pointing to nongovernmental groups as possibly setting the blazes environmental activists say farmers set the fires to clear the land, inspired by the president s leadership the impact of the fires could be devastating. Scientists call the amazon rain forest the lungs of the world. It releases 20 of the planets oxygen any reduction could add to Climate Change and the outcry on social media has been huge. With the hashtag pray for the amazon trending, oscar winner and environmental activist Leonardo Dicaprio speaking out in a series of spokes on instagram. The lungs of the earth are in claims singer cabaeo saying, were literally destroying our miracle of a home. And gisele saying, we cant close our eyes to what is happening in the amazon. Reporter the amazon is a world treasure kerry, thank you. A tragic elevator accident at an apartment highrise here in new york is making headlines this morning kathy park joins us for this this is terrible. This is a shocking story, guys good morning this happened as people were leaving for the morning. In an instant, Authorities Say the elevator moved, and a man got pinned between the elevator car and wall and couldnt get out. We are not going to show you that moment, but some of the video youre about to see may still be disturbing. Reporter this morning, a horrific nightmare and a search for answers. Sam waisbren was killed thursday after the elevator he was riding in at this 23story luxury building in manhattan suddenly dropped. Surveillance video shows another man is seen exiting the elevators just before it malfunctions as the car begins to fall, waisbren tries to make an escape. As he was exiting, the car moved, trapping the patient. Reporter six other people were on the elevator but no other injuries were reported that specific elevator had not been the subject of any formal complaints in recent years, but the buildings other elevator was cited for problems as recently as may. Horrified residents claim there have been issues for years theyre always down people are getting stuck honestly, it is more about safety i dont know if ill feel comfortable putting my kids in an elevator here again. Reporter the new York City Department of buildings said in a statement that it is investigating this inciden aggressively and will take appropriate enforcement actions. Waisbren shared an apartment with his girlfriend and worked in sales for a software company. His heartbroken father devastated. Fantastic boy he was full of life. Very, very sensitive, conscientious. Funloving million friends. Everyone loved him. Tragic story. We reached out to Building Management but are waiting for a response waisbrens father said it was a disregard for safety the department of buildings is still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong thank you, kathy. Sounds like a fantastic young man. A warning for all parents. New Police Body Camera footage shows the rescue of a baby accidentally left in a hot car and the arrest of the childs mother shes facing serious charges heres correspondent Miguel Almaguer im freaking out. Im sorry. Reporter before stacey holly was arrested i dont know. I honestly dont know how it happened reporter she told police in goodyear, arizona, she forgot her fivemonthold daughter was in the backseat of her car because she was distracted as she went shopping with family. We went to target and didnt look in the backseat i mean, we didnt do it on purpose, obviously reporter captured on body camera by police, the 37yearold mother was with her sister and daughter when she realized the baby was strapped in the car seat as temperatures soared to 102 degrees in june. We left the baby in the car reporter as paramedics rushed the baby to the hospital, officers were shocked the child was in stable condition. I cant believe the kid survived that long. Reporter the baby, they say, was left inside the sweltering car for 50 minutes its a long time. Little, little baby. Reporter charged with one count of child abuse and one count of endangerment, holly pled not guilty, saying this to police. She said this during interrogation. I think the people who do it, who you see on tv, oh, my god, how stupid are they to leave their kids in the car, and then it happens reporter with vehicles heating up, up to 20 degrees in ten minutes, so far this year 35 children have died in hot cars police in arizona say this mother was lucky she didnt lose her little girl. There was no reason it just happened reporter a reminder, one mistake could cost a life. For today, Miguel Almaguer, nbc news we see hot car deaths in the spotlight. Congress is considering a law that would mandate new cars have a reminder system for drivers to check for passengers in the backseat. A follow up on a story we brought you on today yesterday. It is about a family that was caught up in the middle of a bison stampede in Yellowstone National park. Oh, look at the big one in front of us. Oh [ bleep ] holy [ bleep ]. Yeah. Oh, my god. This morning, were actually hearing from the delle chiaie family about that Close Encounter and about that vacation they will never forget. Total fear. You have 2,000pound animals rushing at the front of your car. It was actually like being in a car accident you know how you get that afterwards, like i cant believe that happened . The only thing we could have done different was went to disney or universal. Yeah. The family goes on to say that if a big repair bill fo the rental car is the biggest problem. Maybe it wasnt as bad of a vacation yesterday, we saw the animal that didnt look like the rest of the bison apparently, it was a baby bison. Couple people on twitter said that i thought it had lighter fur saw it out of the corner of my eye. It is a baby bison. Thank you to the internet for clearing that up. The internet is always there for us like that. Lets go to the weather now. Dylan is in for al with the forecast how is it looking for the weekend . The weekend looks nice if you like the cooler weather. If you are sick of the heat and humidity, the cooler air is working in from the north thanks to the area of High Pressure there are spotty showers to the north edge of the cold front thats kind of stalled through the appalachians and extending back into the midatlantic we are going to feel a completely Different Air mass start to work in almost a little bit fall like. For some of you, thats a perfect weekend. Personally, id like it to stay a little warmer. Were looking for a high of 73 degrees today in pittsburgh. 79 in washington, d. C. And boston 78 in cincinnati temperatures are below average 65 of the country will see temperatures below average going into the weekend tomorrow, highs only in the 70s in new york city richmond, charlotte, 82 on saturday 82 in charleston cleveland, only 75 this cooler air will be sticking around through the weekend and going into sunday. We are looking at temperatures to stay mostly in the 70s to lower 80s. Baltimore, a high of 79 on monday boston will stay fairly chilly this weekend sunday and monday with a high of only 69 degrees. Temperatures will begin to warm up by the time we get to the middle and end of next week. Thats a look at the weather across the country well get to your forecast in the next 30 seconds. On everything i buy. Earning on my favorite soup. Got it. Earning on that eclair. Dont touch it. Dont touch it yet. Let me get the big one. Nope. This one . Nope. This one . No. Let me get them all. Im gonna get them all. Its just the basics. Can you double bag this right here . Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Can you also tell me what it is . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Its foggy now at the golden gate bridge, and other parts of San Francisco, but skies will clear quickly as we go throughout the day and our temperatures will be heating up for the inland areas. Our highs for the valleys reaching up to 95 degrees. As we go into the weekend, expect some very hot temperatures, getting hotter by sunday into monday but coming down into the upper 80s by the middle of next week. San francisco staying in the low 70s for today. Thats your latest forecast all right dylan, thank you so much just ahead, new developments this morning in the high profile case of a connecticut father accused of killing a hotel worker in what he had to say to us. Also, the fire storm ove sean spicers casting in dancing wh the stars. The new calls overnight to drop him from the show. What he and his former boss are saying about the controversy first, this is today on nbc. Saying about the controversy. First, this is today on nbc. We are here to discuss jessies online time. 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