Things moving faster at other airports around the country . The whisper. What did oj simpson say to his attorney after the not guilty verdict was announced . Robert shapiro has finally revealed the answer. And golden girl. A 100yearold woman attempting to set a world record in the 100 meter dash. Gets off to a rough start. But she gets back up and makes her way to the finish line. A triumph for the ages today, wednesday, may 18th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning, where my new hero is ella may colbert. Running the race, falls down and gets right back up. This story will warm your heart. We promise. Well have more on that later on. Lets start with the president ial race. Bernie sanders not going anywhere after he topped Hillary Clinton in the org oregon prima. Clinton is declaring victory in kentucky. One of the tightest races in the Campaign Season so far. Clinton remains on track to secure the democratic nomination early next month. Donald trump won oregon, as he marches toward the republican nomination. Another major headline in the democratic race, new turmoil within the party in the wake of an unruly Democratic State convention in nevada. We have it all covered, beginning with nbcs Kristen Welker. Shes at Hillary Clintons Campaign Headquarters in brooklyn again today. Kristen, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. The democrats are as divided as ever this morning. Secretary clinton had the narrow win in wn. S kentucky and sanders had the win in oregon. Contesting the kentucky results, all of this complicating clintons efforts to focus on the fight against donald trump. Reporter Hillary Clinton is trying to put Bernie Sanders away and turn her full attention to donald trump. The apparent winner in kentucky but losing in oregon overnight. On twitter, her campaign thanked voters in the bluegrass state saying, were always stronger united. Bernie, bernie reporter the vermont senator is refusing to go quietly. We are in till the last ballot is cast. Reporter campaigning in california late tuesday, sanders is forging ahead, even though the democratic nomination is likely mathematically out of reach. But now, some democrats are expressing concern about clintons ability to unify the party, after chaos broke out in las vegas over the weekend. Recount reporter sanders supporters lashing out during nevadas state convention. What kind of democracy is this . Reporter their anger aimed at Democratic Party leadership. Please take your seats. Reporter claiming the Convention Rules were unfair. I got threatened, my family, grandson, husband. Reporter state chairperson saying she received death threats. People like you should be hung in public execution. Reporter in a statement, sanders said he condemns any and all forms of violence, but ad defiantly slammed the party. Party leaders are calling his campaign dishonest, saying he has failed to adequately denounce the threats of violence. Overnight, sanders took on the Democratic Party process. I say to the leadership of the Democratic Party, open the doors. Let the people in with the partys Convention Set for july, the Clinton Campaign is expressing confidence that, ultimately, democrats will unify. Meanwhile, donald trump and Hillary Clinton both releasing their personal Financial Disclosure forms. Trump saying he made more than 550 million last year. Secretary clinton saying she netted about 1. 4 million in paid speaking fees. The Clinton Campaign using this moment to hammer trump for failing to release his tax returns. Something he says hell do once an audit is completed. Kristen welker, thanks very much. Talking about the republicans, donald trump and fox news anchor megyn kelly try to bury the hatchet. They sat down facetoface in an interview that aired last night. Peter alexander is outside trump tower here in new york with that headline and many more. Peter, good morning. Good morning. Overnight, donald trump announced a shift in strategies of sorts. A fund raising deal with the Republican Party thatll allow him to solicit bigger checks than any president ial candidate in history. More than 449,000 per person. He also, as you noted, is trying to set aside the differences with foxs megyn kelly. Trying to show a softer side, but still reluctant to acknowledge any mistake. It has been a long time. Reporter at times, the longawaited donald trump sit down with fox newss megyn kelly felt like a therapy session. Asked if hed ever been emotionally wounded. When im wounded, i go after people hard. Okay . And i try and unwound myself. Reporter often criticized for being a bully, donald trump had little sympathy for bullying victims. You have to get over it. Fight back. Do whatever you have to do. Reporter kelly calling trump out for repeatedly retweeting ugly comments about her. Bimbo . Well, there was a retweet, yeah. Did i say that . Many times. Oh, okay. Excuse me. Not the most horrible. Over your life, you have been called a lot worse. Reporter trump says hes planning to address past controversies, like his wild gestures seen as mocking a disabled reporter. I dont know what i said. I dont remember. Reporter trump telling the washington post, i would never say anything bad about a person that has a disability. Ive spent a lot of money making buildings accessible. Meanwhile, trump is again raising eyebrows on foreign policy. Telling reuters, hed have no problem speaking to kim jongun to try to stop that countrys nuclear program. Back home with Hillary Clinton announcing hell put her husband in charge of revitalizing the economy, trump is unleashing a new wave of attacks. Tweeting, will he bring the energizer to d. C. . Referencing tabloid reports about a female friend of the former president. Clinton later asked to respond to trumps claim that he is an abuser of women. No, i dont. I think people are smart enough to figure this out. Reporter Melania Trump standing up for her husband. We know the truth. Hes not hitler. He wants to help america. He wants to unite people, she says. Even with the muslims, its temporary. Melania trump in the article also spoke about furnishing her first apartment in manhattan in the 90s. 2500 a month, by the way. She told the magazine, i went to crate and barrel. Adding, does that still exist or no . Oh, it does. I can report that. Peter alexander, thank you. Lets bring in msnbcs steve kornacki. Good morning. Lets start on the democratic side. Hillary clinton loses oregon by a pretty wide margin to Bernie Sanders, but squeaks out a victory in kentucky. This isnt the way she wanted to seal the deal, is it . Right. Reminiscent to barack obama eight years ago when he ran against her. By this point in the process, it was clear he had the numbers to beat the nominee but ended on a losing streak. For Hillary Clinton, it is good news they won kentucky. You say, this probably should have been a sanders state. It was a closed primary with no independents. More than 30 points in 2008. Shes certainly on course to hit the number, but probably going to suffer more losses along the way. For the talk of need for unity on the republican side, it seems the democrats could use a shot of unity themselves. We hear about what happened in nevada. Sanders supporters getting very, very upset with the Party Apparatus there. How does this end, and is this all leading to a convention that could be contentious . When Bernie Sanders spoke, he was a defiant speaker. He called out the leadership of the Democratic Party. It raises the question, this happened in nevada at one state convention. Do sanders supporters show up in philadelphia this summer . You can think back, go decades back to 72, 68, chaotic scenes at democratic conventions. Do sanders supporters show up at the convention, intent on cau causing trouble . That would be a nightmare for the party. I need you to get up and do walking here. When we look at donald trump and the general election, his strategy involves getting white, working class voters in the socalled rust belt. Walk us through it. If you want to look at a rust belt, upper midwest strategy, basically here is the redblue map. Obama and romney, obama got 332. Lets start clinton there. 206 for romney, start trump there. What are the blue states in the midwest, in the rust belt, that trump is targeting . Ohio, pennsylvania. Theyre saying michigan. Wisconsin, minnesota, iowa. These are sort of the targets. When you look closer here, its sort of a mixed bag for trump. Start in ohio. We always talk about ohio. This really is a right, natural, obvious target for donald trump. Its been close every election the last three. There is basically no scenario you get donald trump to the white house where this is not part of the bedrock foundation. He has to flip ohio. Thats one thing. It is doable but the numbers weve seen recently. One poll last week had him up there. Pennsylvania is interesting. Republicans make noise about pennsylvania all the time. They havent carried it since 1988. In 2008, obama won it by double digits. It came down to five points in 2012. One of the reasons is when you look closely at pennsylvania, in the philly area, strongly democratic. The suburbs there. The rest of the state though is becoming more republican. The trend favors republicans. One of these years, this thing really could flip. Thats a natural target for trump. The problem is, when you look at a michigan, a minnesota, when you look at a wisconsin, its a steeper hill to climb. As trump, look at it this way. If you can take ohio, doable, 224, add in pennsylvania, now 244. Now it gets tough. Iowa, thats probablytarget. Now youre at 250. Youd still need wisconsin plus michigan. More realistically if youre donald trump, this is a real stretch, this is a stretch. This would be doable to get you to 250. Then what . Florida. You have to get florida. If you do get florida, 279. Now youre open it. Florida plus in roads in the rust belt would do it. Didnt someone once say florida, florida, florida . You crushed that board. Fantastic. That was great. Steve, thank you. Thanks. Also this morning, the tsa is apologizing and sending dozens of additional screeners to Chicagos Ohare International airport where hundreds of passengers were stuck in lines over the weekend. What about other airports across the country . Tom costello is at ohare with the latest. Heres whats going on this morning, savannah. They are flooding the by the way, this is the end of the line. Flooding the zone with tsa personnel because they want to avoid a repeat of a couple days ago, with two and threehour delays. This is about a 30minute wait. I talked to one woman who got here four hours before her flight. This is going to be the summer of discontent. Reporter at one of the worlds biggest airports, an immediate focus on relieving the gridlock inside the terminal. We have clearly the busiest Aviation Systems in the country. This was why its unacceptable, its predictable. Reporter the anger hitting a crescendo for thousands of passengers. Frustrating. Ridiculous and unnecessary. Reporter now, a tsa Rapid Response team sent by headquarters is on the ground. In the coming days and weeks, 58 extra officers and 5 canine teams will arrive, in an effort to speed things along. Anything wrapped in foil . Reporter tsa chief offered an apology. I tell people, i wont apologize for doing our job well, but i do apologize for the people stranded in chicago yesterday. Reporter the hourslong lines have gotten members of congress threatening the tsa. Illinois senator calling on neffenger to resign. And the Homeland Security secretary says airlines have to play a role in moving things a i long. We asked airlines to possibly consider eliminating the checked baggage fee, to encourage people to check their baggage rather than carryon. Reporter the airlines say theyre not cutting baggage fees and believe a better focus is the tsa to have adequate staffing. My focus is getting as many people in checkpoint lanes as possible because i expect large travel volume over the summer. What we have here are the airlines helping to move people along in tsa lines. A woman in a red coat a moment ago walked back to the end of the line. Theyre trying to help funnel people through. Savannah, seconds ago, i got this email. The air lyline industry is projecting 231 Million People will travel this summer. 2. 5 Million People a day. Thats up from 1. 8 million on average last year. This is going to be a very rough summer. Back to you. Lets hope help is on the way in the form of more agents. Speaking of travel, itll be a rough morning for hundreds of thousands of commuters here in the new york city area after a big track fire brought service to a halt tuesday night. It started underneath the metro north tracks in east harlem. Officials say the flames were so intense, it could have blown screws off the tracks. Riders are dealing with delays and crowded conditions this morning, with trains operating with limited service. More than 4 million u. S. Workers will now become eligible for overtime pay under new rules issued today by the obama administration. The annual salary threshold at which companies can deny overtime pay is now going to be doubled from 23,000 a year to more than 47,000. Right now, some workers classified as managers work long hours but are barely paid more than the people they supervise. Hourly workers would still, in most cases, be guaranteed overtime. Want to talk about tense moments in our Nations Capital on tuesday. A man drove a truck on to the National Mall because he believed he had been exposed to anthrax and wanted to warn other people. The man told authorities he saw a farmer spreading a substance on a field in virginia, so he brought some of the unidentified substance with him to d. C. The man called police and was detained by officers a short time later. A robot was deployed to inspect the truck. The man was tested for anthrax. Firefighters determined there was no hazardous material. Now a major milestone for the u. S. Military. Openly gay man confirmed by the senate to be the next secretary of the army. Willie has that story. Good morning. Eric fanning was first nominated by president obama eight months ago. Late last night, the final opposition to his nomination was dropped. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. Reporter history on tuesday night when the Senate Confirmed eric fanning to be secretary of the army. Historic because fanning will become the first openly gay civilian leader of any u. S. Military service. Mr. Fanning is eminently qualified. Eminently qualified to assume that role of secretary in the army. Reporter the vote to confirm fanning came after months of delay, held up by republican senator pat roberts from kentucky, who wanted assurances that prisoners from Guantanamo Bay would not be sent to his state. After dropping his opposition, roberts had nothing but praise for the nominee. He will be a tremendous leader. As army secretary, will do great by our soldiers. Every soldier serving our nation today. Reporter fanning, who held military posts during the obama administration, including acting secretary of the air force, said in a statement, im honored by todays Senate Confirmation and thrilled to return to lead the total army team. The confirmation comes five years after the repeal of dont ask, dont tell, which prevented gays and lesbians in the military from being open about their sexuality. I think it demonstrates not only has the military moved on from this issue, but americans are increasingly accepting of their lgbt friends, neighbors, family, colleagues. This is an important step in that direction. Reporter its a milestone also not lost on openly gay talk show hostelen degeneres, who tweeted, congratulations, eric fanning. The first opening gay leader of a u. S. Military service. Five years, and were already running the place. Yes, this is a historic moment. Senator after senator yesterday was pointing out this man is eminently qualified for the position, from liberal democrats to pat wob errobert, who said h holding it up because of the guantanamo issue. Willie, thank you. There is a dramatic rescue i want to show you about. It was caught on camera. This dash cam video from a police car in anchorage, alaska. You can see the suv overturned after an accident. Smoke is billowing from under the engine. The officer and bystanders worked together to free the driver. Up, up, up, out, left, right together, they were able to rock that vehicle and free the mans arm, allowing him to escape. Soon after, the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. The driver credits that groups team work for saving his life. Does your heart good. Lets get a check of the forecast from mr. Roker. We have more Severe Weather to talk about. Weve been watching it the last several days. This in rankin, texas, yesterday. Golf ball sized hail causing big problems. Hazardous driving. As you can see. Lets move to gulf port, mississippi. Heavy rain and flooding causing big problems there. You can see the stranded vehicles. We tell you all the time, turn around, dont drown. And the rain and storms continue as you look on the radar. Heavy thunderstorms moving through florida. More activity developing in texas. Were going to watch this today. Strong storms with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Reduced risk from earlier this year. Thursday, heavy rain redeveloping again, bringing the storms in. Flash flooding. Friday, it makes its way through the gulf and into the southeast. Rainfall amounts, generally, two to three inches in