Mccain continues. And historic flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. All that plus what was she thinking . Why the wife of treasury secretary is now apologizing. Espn under fire for pulling this announcer from the game. You wouldnt believe the reason. And are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits a staggering 700 million with the drawing just hours away. Today wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. This is today with matt lau lauer. As he was speak, protests were raging in the streets outside of that arena. We have both sides of this story covered starting with Kristen Welker. Get us started. Good morning. Matt, good morning to you. President trump waking up here in arizona after delivering a 77 fiery, divisive speech overnight. He took aim after many of his detractors, a complete reversal after he called for the country to come together just one day earlier. As protesters lined the streets outside the Phoenix Convention center, inside a very fired up President Trump waging his own battle, abandoning his carefully scripted remarks from a day earlier, mr. Trump was unerestrainuner unrestrained, against defending his highly criticized response to the clashes in charlottesville. What happened . Charlottesville strikes at the core of america. Reporter but the president quickly turned his remarks into an allout assault, accusing the press of misrepresenting his usual statements. They dont want to report that i spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry and violence and strongly condemned the neonazis, the White Supremacists and kkk. Mr. Trump never mentioning the most controversial part to the virginia violence. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter words that prompted criticism from both democrats and republicans as well as business and military leaders. Still the president arguing overnight his initial statements were clear and on point. I didnt say i love you because youre black or i love you because youre white. I love all the people of our country. Reporter the speech, which lasted for more than an hour filled with red meat for his staunches supporters. The president threatening to shut down the government over the border wall. If we have to close down the government, were billing that wall. Reporter and hinting that he would pardon arpaio. I want do it tonight because i dont want to cause any controversy. Is that okay . But sheriff joe can feel good. Reporter mr. Trump even suggesting the massive trade deal, nafta, could soon be a thing of the past. I dont think we can make a deal. I think well end up probably terminating nafta. Reporter no one was spared his sharp barbs, including members of his own party from arizona. Without mentioning them by name, he took aim at senator john mccain for voting given the Health Care Bill and senator jeff flake, who has been deeply critical of him. Nobody wants me to talk about your other senator, who is weak on borders and weak on crime. I wont talk about him. Nobody knows who the hell he is. Reporter claims cljames cla blasting the president and questioning his stability. I really question his fitness to be in this office. Reporter clapper also suggesting the president could be a threat to national security. I worry about, frankly, the access to the nuclear codes. Reporter President Trump taking yet another swipe at senator jeff flake this morning. Tweeting phoenix crowd last night was amazing. Not a fan of jeff flake. Weak on crime and bored arder. There are no signs that the relationship between President Trump and the majority leader. The two havent talked in weeks after the two had an all outshouting match over health care. And stephanie goss, good morning. Reporter the goal of the police was to separate the protesters from the trump supporters. They were largely successful. This street was a kind of barrier. But when trump wrapped up his comments, thats when the trouble began. All together, four people were arrested, no one was injured. While it started out as a peaceful protest for thousands outside the Phoenix Convention center tensions quickly escalated into pockets of chaos following trumps speech. Groups of protesters and detractors started arguing with each other. Protesters down the street outside of the Convention Center started hurling objects at police and they decided it was time to quickly disperse the crowd. We heard bangs and then quickly thereafter felt the effects of tear gas. I saw someone right next to me being hit in the lip with a rubber pellet, bleeding very profusely. Afterwards they fired more and more tear gas until everyone dispersed. Reporter city officials denied there were rubber bullets used. Im going to say we were prepared, we were decisive and immediately responsive. I received information that we were to tear gas first. Reporter earlier President Trump told the crowd of supporters there was no cause to worry outside. Just so you know from the secret service, there arent too many people outside protesting, okay . That i can tell you. Reporter phoenix mayor greg stanton was concerned that the scenes we saw play out in charlottesville will play out here in phoenix. This morning theres relief that that kind of violence didnt take place. Guys, back to you. Stephanie, thank you. A lot more to get to this morning, including a new fallout in the deadly collisions, the latest off the shore of singapore. Andrea mitchell has more. Reporter a stunning act of discipline and no confidence today in a top naval officer. The removal of the commander of the seventh fleet as the Navy Investigates why there have been four incidents this year alone, including this weeks with the u. S. S. John mccain which left sailors dead as the search for the missing continues the missing continues today. Vice admiral joseph youaucoin h been the fleets commander. The navy said his removal was due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. He are will be replaced immediately. The last two collisions involving u. S. S. Fitzgerald and u. S. S. John s. Mccain leading to the death of some of the crew. Tuesday inside its flooded compartments, drivers discovered human remains. Just this morning an unidentified body was recovered and now were beginning to learn from the families who lost some of the missing men. Like petty officers John Hoaglund and jacob dreg and kenny smith. His mom messaging, were all rooting for you kenneth, the entire country is rooting for you. The family of petty officer logan palmer is praying he might still be alive. Everywhere i look i see the opportunity that ill see my brother again. Reporter the cause of the collision on monday between the u. S. Destroyer and an oil tanker is still a mystery. Navy Officials Saying theyre looking at all possibilities. In the wake of these disasters, the navy called a halt to operations to figure out the problem. Scott smith said he spoke with the crew himself and believes they are not suffering from exhaustion. They are focusing on trailing and the role that Crew Communications may have played in this latest tragedy. Andrea, thank you very much. The top u. S. Commander in the middle east said additional troops will arrive in afghanistan in a matter of days or weeks. It came one day after the president announced his decision to boost the military effort in afghan stayed. The president said the u. S. Would take a new approach to the nations longest war. Various reports have put the number of possible additional u. S. Forces as high as 4,000. Also this morning, new arrest warrants have been issued now for one of the white nationalists who took part in those violent rallies in charlottesville over the weekend and was featured prominently in a documentary about the protest. Gabe gutierrez has the latest on this. Good morning. Good morning. Christoph Christopher Cantwell does not deny he pepper sprayed someone but said he did it in selfdefense. One of the organizers of the unite the rally is facing felony violent. Were not nonviolent, well [ bleep ] kill these people if we have to. Hes become the face of hate in this country. I think a lot more people are going to die before were done here. Reporter now they have obtained felony warrants for two counts of illegal use of tear gas and one count of malicious bodily injury. He said in an email he did pepper str pepp pepper spray someone. I thought i was going to die that friday night when we were surrounded. I assumed that i would not walk out of that. Ive been told that theres a warrant out for my arrest. Reporter after the march, an emotional cantwell made this video. Im terrified. Im afraid youre going to kill me. I did not go there for violence, i came i dont care if people are owe funded. Im a shock jock first of all, i dont care if people are upset about the thanksgiving i say. Reporter he said he fears for his safety after getting death threats. Uva police are not giving any more details about the charges, citing the ongoing investigation. Thank you very much. We are getting our first look at Hillary Clintons much anticipated knew book titled what happened. Donald trump looming behind her and staring at her and making faces. Clinton said, quote, he was literally breathing down my neck and my skin crawled. Well, what would you do . Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carryon as if he werent repeatedly invading your space . Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up, you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women. But you cant intimidate me. So, back up. The book what happened is set to be released on september 12th. Another big talker. Do you have your tickets yet . Well the estimated jackpot for tonights power ball drawing has now reached 700 million. Its the second largest ever. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is at power Ball Headquarters in tallahassee, florida. Kerry, it has to be exciting there. Reporter absolutely. Im in the walkin basement vault. And come on over here. Heres the vault inside the vault. And you can see right there under those black blankets, those are the four different machines that they may use for the power ball tonight. Before they actually do the power ball, you can see that they actually have to take the pingpong balls and weigh them to make sure that they are all of equal weight. Theyll randomly choose one of those machines. 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Im meteorologist kari hall. A look outside at at t park in San Francisco still cloudy, misting at times. We will get some clearing and temperatures in the upper 60s. We stay upper 60s as we head into the weekend. Low 70s by sunday. For the inland areas it is going to be much hotter. That heating trend begins today and this weekend in the mid90s reaching the peak of our heat up to 95. And that is your latest and that is your latest weather. All right. Al, thank you, coming up the secretarys wife under fire the controversial instagram posts and her tirade against one critic that has her apologizing this morning. The packet is in the mail as the nations Opioid Crisis grow, how easy it can be for people to get their hands on potentially get their hands on potentially powerful and deadly get 40 off on c oit Residential Cleaning Services including carpet and hardwood, tile, stone, even air ducts and window treatments. And your satisfaction is 100 guaranteed or your money back. 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Weve reached out to the department to ask what the medical emergency was. Theyll get back to us and well let you know. Right now a look at the morning forecast with kari. Its a cloudy start as we get a live look outside in san jose. Misting and drizzling in a few spots. Were 63 heading up to 84. As we check out the temperature trend we will reach the low 80s by this afternoon and mostly sunny skies. Up to 84 degrees there and 72 degrees in oakland. San francisco 68 and santa rosa 82 degrees. A sig alert at monument boulevard. At this point two lanes do remain blocked in the area. We are tracking that. It looks like they have delays. A 45minute delay from highway 4 to danville. An update on the bayville crash. All lanes reopened and traffic recovering. Still heavy in that area. The bay bridge toll plaza still heavy traffic. Thank you, vianey. Another local news update in about half an hour. Join us for our midday news at 11 00 as well. Have a great wednesday morning. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. It is 7 30 on a wednesday morning. Yes, it is. Were going to begin good morning good morning, everybody. Welcome back. We begin with the president of the United States unscripted in phoenix. Protests are up where there were raucous supporters. What a crowd. While inside the combative president took aim at the media, his detractors and political opponents on both sides of the aisle. Believe me, if we have to close down our government, were building that wall. The navy relieves the command erp of the 7th fleet from his duties. The navy is asking profound questions about what is going on. And a warning issued as drug violence surges. And tow truck trouble. A california man squupset with car being towed away jumps on it wi