Hollywood and the world paying tribute to the great gene wilder. 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. Good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That line from willie 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. Well talk about the legacy and life of gene wilder in a bit. 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 wiener and donald trump using the opening to attack his rival. We have two reports this morning. Well start with kristen welker. 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. This morning Anthony Weiner seen in this photo from daily mail. Com on his own and out of work. The disgraced excongressman on leave from 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 wiener 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 Post report that wiener sent messages to a woman online including a picture of wiener in his underwear laying instead to a toddler who the post says is his son. Wiener 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. Trump also suggesting without any evidence that wiener 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 wiener 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 wiener told savannah he was a changed man. I think that with help of my wife, with help of professionals reporter now its abedins turn to move on. Some child care expert and one state senator are calling on authorities to investigate wiener. 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 . 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. She was devoted until the second episode and documentary which was devastating. They were hoping to at least get through the campaign through the 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 tensions involved. 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 preparing for those debates. This is a problem. It resurrect all of those old conversations that some voters might be having especially swing voters. The those moms in superba. 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 surrogate to tweeted a cartoon 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. Hallie jackson joins us now with that part of the story. 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 surrounding one of his top 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. The campaign does not make me do this. Reporter burns who leads the trump campaigns outreach to the africanamerican community. 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. Burns a frequent presence at trump rallies where lately the 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 kaine campaigning with mike pence. We dont have a Race Relations issue in america. They do. Reporter and this morning we have a look at our new nbc News Survey Monkey 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 toward either party, trump is making inroads there too cutting clintons lead from 12 points to 4. 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 gaston. Thats over the water and will pull away. Its these two storms. 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 that could lead to some flash flooding. 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 their election security. U. S. Intelligence officials are telling nbc news that Russian Hackers were behind two recent 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 car fully engulfed in flames. A pileup 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 truck overturned on a bridge 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 has led to mylan saying they will produce a generic version for half the price. Tom costello is in washington with more on this. This may be both a pr move and financial move as Mylan Pharmaceuticals found itself in the bulls eye of controversy over what many believe is excessive company drug pricing over its epipen. Mylan pharmaceuticals say it will offer a generic version. Rather than 600, 300 for the generic. A 50 discount but not the common 90 discount with generics. The evidence, say critics, two moms in two 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 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. They negotiate prices because there are drug plans so they buy in bulk and governments negotiate prices so they try to bring prices down. Epinephrin has been around for years and cost just 3. The plastic auto injector is also cheap. Last week mylan ceo Heather Bresch blamed it on middle man. Our health care is in a crisis. No different than the Mortgage Financial crisis. 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 couple months but consumer 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 willie wonka and so many other iconic characters. If the good lord intended us to walk, he wouldnt have invented roller skates. Reporter 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. That magic extended to wilders chemistry with the late richard pryor. I loved him. I still love him. We were very close. After his wife died of Ovarian Cancer he helped develop a support group in her name, gildas club. Hell be remembered most for playing willie wonka. We sat down with the cast all grown up. Five kids clamoring all over you wanting his attention. We must have been pretty tiresome. As jim carrey said, he got the golden ticket. 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 vanity but that children wouldnt have to be exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel. Do you have a Favorite Movie . Willie wonka. Where he says happily ever after. What about you . Blazing saddles. 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 good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A Beautiful Day ahead. Bright, sunny skies. A warm afternoon. Not as humid as yesterday. 89 degrees in philadelphia. Doylestown, 86 degrees, kutztown, a high, also up to 86. Sunny skies in new jersey and for delaware, at the shore, a nice sea breeze blowing. Most of the morning in the 70s, then in the very low 80s this afternoon. Middle 80s for delaware and a bit warmer in evesham township this afternoon. Have a great day. Thats your latest forecast. Latest forecast. All right, dylan. Thank you. 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