Tribute to the great gene wilder. From willy wonka to frankenstein. His characters indelible, his natural charm unmatched. Dont forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. What happened . He lived happily ever after. Well look back over the legacy, the life and the laughter today, tuesday, august 30th 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That line from willy wonka gets me every single time. I have three children. I have probably seen charlie and the Chocolate Factory a thousand times but also Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Life of gene wilder in a bit. Hes great. So much love and warmth for him. Well start with politics and the personal. Anthony weiner waking up this morning out of two jobs after a third sexting scandal. The ramifications reverberating throughout the political world as Hillary Clintons closest aide, huma abedin announces her split from weiner and donald trump using the opening to attack his rival. We have two reports this morning. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Today the Clinton Campaign is grappling with the fallout of huma abedins split from Anthony Weiner. Hillary clinton and abedin are so close at one point she referred to her as a second daughter. Now this deeply personal matter is political fodder. This morning Anthony Weiner seen in this photo from dailymail. Com on his own and out of work. Leave from his pundit from channel new york one as the New York Daily News says it will no longer publish his opinion columns. The news coming hours after huma abedin announced her split with weiner saying after long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, i have made the decision to separate from my husband. Adding the two remain devoted to doing what is best for our son. It follows a new york postep including a picture of weiner in his underwear laying instead to a toddler who the post says is his son. Weiner saying he and the woman have been friends for some time insisting their conversations were always appropriate deleting his twitter account on monday. Donald trump trying to capitalize on the news saying in a statement huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well and shell be far better off without him. Any evidence that weiner could have had access to classified information from his wife. Clintons campaign firing back at trump. Were not dignifying that with a response. The saga began in 2011 when a text sing scandal cost weiner his house seat. It is a shame. Two years later his comeback bid for new york city mayor was derailed by more revelations of inappropriate behavior online as abedin stood by her husband. It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where i could forgive anthony. Reporter behind the scenes a documentary filmmaker captured her private pain. Even as weiner told savannah he was a changed man. I think that with help of my wife, with help of professionals, i have got it behind me. Reporter now its abedins turn to move on. Some child care expert and one weiner for possible negligent. One democratic source tells me that he was with abedin in the hamptons over the weekend and returned here to manhattan once the story broke. Abedin continues in the hamptons where Hillary Clinton is on that fundraising swing. Savannah, matt . Kristen welker, thank you. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell joins us now with more on the fallout. Andrea, how did this play out behind the scenes . Behind the scenes what really changed everything despite their long troubled marriage and that friends say this was coming for a long time, but what really changed everything of course was the picture of the child in this latest episode for the child to be included in an inappropriate message on twitter, online, to this woman, really broke it. Yes, he was in the hamptons and they were trying to continue with this facade of a marriage. There was deep love for the child. Episode and documentary which was devastating. The fact that he was taking care of their toddler while she was out on the campaign trail. It worked for them for now. They were hoping to get through the campaign and election. But then it became untenable. Deeply personal situation. Its a family situation. But she is also a top aide to Hillary Clinton. Is there a political fallout that we can expect from this as well . Of course there is. There are so many tens she is the most powerful figure political figure and personal figure in Hillary Clintons circle. And there are people who fear her. There are people who respect and adore her. The inner circle certainly. There are criticisms this led to Hillary Clinton not getting other insights, not having press on the plane, not having press conferences they say those interviews are more controlled situations and the fact she needs to expand her circle and this coming just as theyre this is a problem. It resurrects all of those old conversations that some voters might be having especially swing voters. The those moms in suburbia. About Hillary Clintons own choices 20 years ago. It is not a good situation. Theres a lot of love and affection from huma. Also a concern about the campaign. Andrea mitchell, thank you very much. Lets stay on politics and turn now to the mounting backlash against a top trump of Hillary Clinton in black face. Hes now apologizing for that post but standing by his criticism of clinton and her outreach to black voters. Nbcs Hallie Jackson joins us with this part of the story. Good morning, hallie. Reporter look at the timing of all of this. Its as donald trump is trying to deliver more of a message to africanamerican voters. He only has about 1 support from that group right now according to our latest poll. This morning were taking a closer look at the controversy surrogates but first a warning about that tweeted cartoon. Viewers may find it offensive. Working fast to put out a firestorm, an apology from a top trump surrogate, pastor mark burns. The tweet was not designed to anger or stir up the pot like it did. Reporter that tweet showing Hillary Clinton in black face now deleted burns saying hes sorry. Live on periscope. Reporter burns who leads the trump campaigns outreach to the africanamerican community. Defending his tweet in a fiery interview with kristen welker. Didnt you do the opposite of what donald trump says hes trying to do . The picture is designed to draw attention to the very fact that Hillary Clinton do pander to black people. She do pander. Policies are not good for africanamericans. Gop nominee has been aiming his message at black voters. What the hell do you have to lose . But its a message delivered in front of mostly white audiences. That will change this weekend when trump is set to visit detroit with dr. Ben carson and speak at a predominantly black church. 2012 gop contender herman cain campaigning with mike pence. We dont have a race reporter and this morning we say arguing for human rights should speak for itself. And this morning we have a look at our nbc news surveymonkey online tracking poll numbers showing clintons lead over trump has narrowed from eight points down to six in just the last week. And among registered independents who dont lean savannah . Hallie jackson, thank you. Lets turn to trouble brewing off the east coast. Florida and the carolinas facing the threat of really heavy rains and heavy winds. Dylan is keeping an eye on it all in for al this morning. Whats going on . The tropics got extremely busy and were keeping an eye on the two tropical depressions. Not so much the category 2 hurricane gaston. Thats over the water and will pull away. Tropical depression number eight and tropical depression number nine are the ones likely to become tropical systems later on today. Lets first focus on nine. Already produced more than a foot of rainfall across parts of cuba. Its starting to bring some pockets of heavier rain through florida. We will see this most likely developed into a Tropical Storm today and takes a turn producing several inches of rain. Some areas near tampa could pick up 10 to 15 inches of rain and we also have Tropical Storm warnings across the outer banks of north carolina. This could become Tropical Storm ian at some point and it is looking like it should produce rough surf as it approaches cape hatteras. We could see one to three inches of rain and gusty winds. Its that storm down near florida thats going to bring us our biggest flooding threat. Thank you very much. The fbi is warning state officials this morning to bush boost election security. U. S. Intelligence officials are telling nbc ne t attempts to breach state Voter Registration systems and in one instance data from 200,000 voter records was stolen in illinois. In arizona, the attempt was unsuccessful. The breaches are fueling concerns that the russian government may be trying to interfere with the u. S. President ial election. To a dramatic rescue caught on camera. Several motorists jump into action to save a woman from a on a highway in upstate new york. You can see a tractortrailer plow into several vehicles. A white car on the left of your screen bursts into flames. Several people rush over to try to pull the door open and free the driver. Others attempt to put that fire out. Eventually they break the passenger side window and pull the woman to safety. Incredibly, she suffered only minor cuts and bruises. An investigation into the crash is now under way. Some high drama in rhode island yesterday after a bucket leaving two workers dangling over the river below. Look at that. The workers were in the bucket inspecting the bridges underside when the truck fell over on its side. Rescuers brought in another bucket truck and pulled workers to safety. There were no reports of any injuries and the cause of that accident is now under investigation. A public firestorm over the skyrocketing price of epipens announcement from the pharmaceutical company. Mylan saying they will produce a generic version for half the price. That is three times the cost from years ago. We have nbcs tom costello in washington with more on this. This may be both a pr move and financial move as Mylan Pharmaceuticals found itself in the bullseye of controversy over what many believe is excessive company drug png Mylan Pharmaceuticals say it will offer a generic version. Of the epipen rather than 600, 300 for the generic. A 50 discount but not the common 90 discount with generics. This is a convoluted mechanism. Mylan has been price gouging for years. Different countries. In north carolina, tracy bush keeps three epipens on hand for her son. Two years ago my son had a reaction to watermelon. It was seconds that his throat started to close up. The price 600 each. Meanwhile in canada, this child has life threatening allergies. All dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, wheat and chicken. His family keeps six epipens on hand. The price at the pharmacy, 100 each. To me it doesnt make any sense for such a difference in price. Its one of those things that make me very happy to be canadian. Reporter why the price different . They negotiate prices because there are drug plans so they buy in bulk and governments negotiate prices so they try to bring prices down. Reporter the drug itself, epinephrin has been around for years and cost just 3. The plastic auto injector is also cheap. Bresch blamed it on middle man. Who demand bigger and bigger cuts. Our health care is in a crisis. No different than the Mortgage Financial crisis in 2007. This bubble is going to burst. Mylan makes a billion dollars a year on epipens. This morning it says generic could be on the market in a coming months, but consumers and advocates say many anxious parents may avoid the generic and stay with the expensive brand that they trust. Tributes are pouring in for gene wilder. The comedic actor that invited us into his world of Pure Imagination as willy wonka and so many other iconic characters. As joe fryer explains, everybody feels why they feel they snagged the golden ticket. If the good lord intended us to walk, he wouldnt have reporter if they handed out College Credit for courses, they would study gene wilder. From Blazing Saddles steady as a rock. Reporter to Young Frankenstein to the producers. He did his best work with mel brooks writing on twitter he blessed every film we did with his magic and he blessed me with his friendship. Chemistry with the late richard pryor. I loved him. I still love him. We were very close. Reporter one of his off camera loves, wife gilda radner. After she died from ovarian cancer. He started a group called gildas club. Hell be remembered most for playing willy wonka. We sat down with the cast all grown up. It was never any please, mr. Wilder. We must have been pretty tiresome. Reporter as jim carrey said, if there is a heaven, gene wilder got it. To today, joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. Gene wilders nephew said the following in a statement. The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition, alzheimers disease was not va that would smile or call out to him there is willy wonka wont have to be exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel. Do you have a Favorite Movie . Willy wonka. Where he says happily ever after. Young frankenstein. I thought he was amazing. Hell be missed. Dylan is back with the rest of the forecast. We talked about the tropical systems but also some flash floods possible through parts of texas and up through the plains and midwest today. Theres a cold front moving in. It could trigger some storms. They dont look severe but they could produce up to one to three inches of rain in a short period of time. Theres a look at the weather across the country. Your local forecast is coming up and thats your latest forecast. All right, dylan. Thank you. Still to come, a today exclusive. 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The proposed homeless shelter is getting resistance from residents. They say the site and some rules would lead to problems. Lets check weather and traffic with amelia and marty. Looking good from sky9. Cruising around 36 over wadsworth, some drives are going in with a unique perspective for a landing, looking toward wadsworth close 40 minutes northbound and highly unusual. This is why. There is a two car crash blocking a lane. Towards emerson, it will link with slow downs northbound and near to 25 as they link up and connect with one long push. An alternate like colorado university, monaco or evans to the day. Thunderstorms in northeastern colorado and from Summit County to the south, and mountain areas. We could get a light shower after 4 30. Modest for those up to boulder and fort collins. 7 30 on a Tuesday Morning. The 30th day of august, 2016. Sun shining down on a nice crowd out on our plaza. Well get outside in about half an hour and say hi to them. First, lets look at the Anthony Weiner has lost two jobs and Hillary Clintons top aide, huma abedin has left him. Donald trump wasted no time getting a dig at the hillary Clinton Campaign and Hillary Clinton questioning her judgment. Two big storms are brewing in the atlantic. Both could become Tropical Storms later today. One expected to intensify wednesday making landfall in up to a foot of rain in some areas. The other could impact the carolina coast later t