Allegedly groping her. Did her testimony hurt or help . Plus the driver behind the wheel in this sevenstory plunge. The Police Officer caught on camera. And the scholarship surprise you wont want to miss. Today, friday, august 11th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. And that scholarship story is just what the doctor ordered for this friday. Cant wait to tell you about that. It certainly is. Lets tell you about our top story. New developments in the north korea crisis, while President Trump toughened his message to kim jongun, his defense secretary seems to be stepping back from trumps dire warnings. We have coverage starting with peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter one week into his working vacation, President Trump is clearly in a talkative mood. Yesterday, when his press secretary held up a sign that said one more question, the president plowed ahead and took one after another, for minutes more. Defied his critics, stepping up his rhetoric against north korea. And calling the repeal and replace of obamacare disgraceful. President trump, doubling down on his fire and fury threat against north korea. Later, sharpening his words for kim jongun. He disrespected our country greatly. He said things that are horrific. Reporter the president upping the ante, saying he would strike guam. If he does something in guam, it will be an event, the likes of which, what nobodys seen before. Its not a dare. Its a statement. Reporter late thursday, james mattis with a different tone than the president s tough stance, arguing american diplomacy is working. Its gaining diplomatic results. I want to stay right there, right now. The tragedy of war is well enough known. It doesnt need another characterization beyond the fact it would be catastrophic. Reporter the president at his golf club in bed minister, meeting the press, not once, but twice. Unplugged an unfiltered. Saying he has no plans to fire robert mueller. I want them to get on with the task. But i want the senate and the house to come out with their finds. I didnt whip because of russia. Reporter on vladimir putin, saying 750 diplomats, retribution for sanctions. I want to thank him because were cutting payroll. Reporter on banning transgender in the military. I think im doing the military a favor. Reporter but saving his top dig for mitch mcconnell, who he blasted for not repealing obamacare. Im disappointed in mitch. Reporter that public wipe, following this from mcconnell earlier this week. Our new president has not been in this line of work before. And i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen. Reporter the president here wa waging war on the Opioid Epidemic, calling it a national crisis, blamed for the death of hubs of americans every day. Back on north korea, he is expected to meet with nikki haley at his bed minister property. Lets look more closely at this crisis, with north korea. One of guams top government officials is issuing a call for calm, amid north koreas threats to attack that u. S. Territory. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is there this morning. Reporter here in streets and the beaches are busy at this hour. Taking the threats in stride, saying theres nothing they can do but sit and wait. Ballistic missiles said to be aimed 20 miles off of the sunkissed beaches of guam could be coming in a week, according to the latest threats from north koreas military. Today, after another day of fiery rhetoric maybe it wasnt tough enough. Reporter its business as usual, on an island dependant on tourists. Im not too worried about it. Im confident that the u. S. Will protect us. Reporter 20 miles offshore, where the missiles can fall, tour boat owners worry that even a threat can hurt business. Theyre grateful the military the nearby. Nearly 7,000 u. S. Service members are stationed here. The air force, navy and coast guard all have facilities on an island only 30 miles long. The stronghold is known as the tip of the spear, the most western military base on u. S. Soil. Also protecting the island, thaad, an incoming Missile Defense system, that in testing has a 100 success rate. Our motto is ready to fight. Our wing mission is to provide President Trump any options and air power across all of the spectrums of the battlefield. Reporter this morning, its not just guam under threat. Im bill neely in seoul, where people are relieved the u. S. Wont act against north korea without consulting them. But theyre debating whether they shouldnt have their own nuclear weapons. Theres no panic here. But theyre desperate for all of the tough talk to stop. Reporter back in guam, there are new concerns for many who live in this u. S. Territory. I dont know whats going to happen and im scared. Reporter there is no new Warning System in place. For now, guam relying on 15 sirens like these. Alerting those in lowlying areas, like beaches, they must quickly find safer ground. But if north korea launched four ballistic missiles, a threat they are examining, they could hit guam just 14 minutes. Still, the governor says, no need to panic. Do you sleep well at night . I sleep very well at night. Reporter this morning, a plea to stay calm. For a small island in the crosshairs of a serious global threat. With tourists hitting restaurants and bars, some hotels including our own, are testing internal paging systems inside guest rooms. That are looking for a way to notify the public in the event of an incoming threat. Savannah, back to you. Im sure thats unserving. Miguel, thank you. This morning, theres new developments into the investigation of what could have caused u. S. Diplomats in cuba to lose their hearing. Now, the canadian government is saying some of its staff may have been victimized by whats called acoustic attacks. Kerry sanders is in miami with this. Good morning. Good morning. This morning, there are more questions than answers in the strange case of the mysterious hearing loss among some u. S. Employees at the u. S. Embassy. As well as others who have complained of feeling nauseous. This morning, its unclear how many staff at the u. S. Embassy in havana have lost their hearing and if the damage will be permanent. We dont know exactly where this came from. Okay . We cant blame any individual or a country at this point yet. An investigation is under way. We take that very seriously. Reporter former spies and Intelligence Officers tell nbc news, it sounds like a misuse of cold war technology. Sound waves that can cause people to lose their balance and feel ill. It sounds like something, where our diplomats in cuba were being harassed by cuban intelligence. And the Technology Just got out of their hands a little bit. The intent was not necessarily to harm american diplomats. It was to make them feel uncomfortable. Nauseous, and dizzy. Reporter the cuban government announcing it is not responsible and now is investigating. How is it someone might be targeted but not hear the attack . If you can hear this tone, raise your hand . Reporter by age 10 we lose our ability to hear ultrahigh frequencies. Its why adriana can hear what i cannot. Even though i couldnt hear the higher frequency, were i exposed to it for a long period of time, it could cause hearing loss and loss of balance. Reporter the constant sound waves were triggered by a third company. Some have suggested even russia, with a recent history of painful harassment against u. S. Diplomats. We did kick out two cuban diplomats. That was to send a message this will not happen again. This seems like a mistake on the part of cuban intelligence. Reporter this morning, u. S. Investigators and canadian investigators are sharing notes back and forth to see if there may have been some listening device that also sent out an ultrahigh frequency. And over a period of time, that frequency may have unintentionally harmed people in its path. Matt . As you said, a lot more questions than answers right now. Kerry, thank you very much. A lot more to get to this morning, including new orleans, under a state of emergency this morning. The citys water pumping system is malmalfunctioning. And with more rain in the forecast, Officials Say some neighborhoods are in danger of serious flooding. The city has only one working turbine, which provides power to trainage pumps. So, schools are closed today as a precaution. There will be more testimony in the case of a hazing death at penn state university. This follows a Stunning Development on thursday, when a detective suggested someone intentionally erased key Surveillance Video from the night in question. Kristen dahlgren is at the white house this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, matt. An attorney for the Piazza Family is calling this a monumental coverup. And the District Attorney tells me additional charges could come soon for one of the defendants expected any minute here for todays hearing. On day four of the hearing, a courtroom shocker. The detective claiming that the Surveillance System from the basement of the fraternity, characterized as malfunctioning, was intentionally destroyed, two days after Timothy Piazzas death. On the stand thursday, the detective asked, what happened to the footage in the basement. Responding, it appears to be deleted. Adding one of the identified suspects is one of the defendants in the courtroom. The fbi is analyzing the security system. The big question becomes what was so bad on it that it needed to be deleted, versus what weve seen that was horrible. Reporter video from other cameras on the first floor of the house has been the crux of the prosecutions case. Allegedly Fraternity Brothers forc forced Timothy Piazza to drink in excess. And ignored his skrinjuries aft he fell into the basement. Its a gamechanger if we see on the videotape the kind of things we see on the first floor, well know what happened to tim piapiazza. Reporter charges for 18 Fraternity Brothers range from manslaughter to evidence tampering, in a case highlighting the darker side of greek life. Penn state is conducting its own investigation. The hearing now entering its fifth day. The defendants have denied all charges. And Defense Attorneys argue any new footage would show nothing more than a tragic accident. Im not concerned because i suspect it will show young people having a party. Reporter so, this morning, four more Defense Attorneys get to crossexamine that detective. If they wrap it up, the judge will rule on whether or not this will go to a full trial. Kristen dahlgren, thank you very much. Theres new fallout connected to the controversial memo questioning googles controversy examining gender relations. Reporter this was a sudden change. Just minutes before it was scheduled to start, the ceo of google canceled an allhands meeting, citing the safety of employees. The meeting was scheduled to address the controversy around an internal memo, written by james demore, saying women were underrespected in tech because of genter differences. He was fired for violatining googles coat of conduct. Hes filed a labor complaint. And he plans to sue google now. And altright groups are threatening to go after them. Some google employees became concerned about openly asking questions at this town hall, given that firestorm and the event was canceled. Now, the ceo says he plans to hold conversations in smaller far rums to get to the bottom of this. Now, more on the shocking video. We showed you this at the top of the show. That neardisaster when a womans car plunged seven stories to the ground. Jacob rascon has that story for us. Jake, what happened . Reporter good morning. The incident happened a couple weeks ago, but police just released the video. It happened behind me in this valley. Police say a woman driving a bmw hit the gas instead of the break, narrowly missing another driver parking below in this alley. Terrifying moments caught on camera. Surveillance video shows a car slamming into the ground, moments after falling from an austin, texas, parking garage. The suv driven by william binrc. I take it you didnt see it coming . No, but i heard it. Reporter the sedan crashing into the pavement before clipping the back end of his suv. I was on the speakerphone with my fam when this happened. I said, i have to go. Reporter the bmw same to rest on its roof. Bystanders frantically kming to the aid of the driver. Police believing the woman driving the bmw mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, causing the car to break through the barriers. Almost a year ago, a similar incident happened at the same garage. In that case, a wire wrapped around his tire and left the suv dangling on the pseuside of the garage. After the first incident, Police Issued a citation, citing unsafe cable systems. After the second incident, the owner installed barriers filled with water. The driver suffered serious injuries but amazingly survived. Guys, back to you. Thank you very much. Seven stories is a long way to fall. In a car. Sounds like shes dealing with injuries. Lets turn to al. Nice to have you with us. Its nice to be had. We have thousand showers and thunderstorms for our friends out west. 10 Million People with flood watches and warnings, from Oklahoma City to atlanta. We have a frontal system pushing down, going to be bringing showers and thunderstorms, especially down through the gulf coast. New orleans, youre going to look at heavy rain. With the turbine failures, thats a big problem. The midwest and the east, as the front moves that way. We are looking for showers, in the midatlantic states, gusty winds into sunday and pressed back down into the southeast. Through sunday, looking at three to five inches of rain along the carolina coastline. And back into the mrab plains, amarillo to paris, grab your sunglasses bullet keep an eye on the sky. Well be in and out of sunshine. Theres a chance of an afternoon shower in the suburbs, better chance of scattered showers possibly thunderstorms in the lee high valley. But they may hold off until this evening. Lots of sunshine up the shore, 77. 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