Schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. So what happens if some schools say no . And screening nightmare. Thousands of checked bags pile up in the parking lot of the Phoenix Airport after missing their flights. The tsa blaming it on an unprecedented glitch. This as the agencys chief gets an ear full on capitol hill. You cannot trade. You cannot retain. You cannot administrate. How are they going to fix it . Today, friday, may 13th, 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 friday morning. Friday the 13th, yes. Boy, we have a busy morning. Lets get to it. Beginning with breaking news. Manchester, new hampshire, for an alleged gunman. Victoria warren from our affiliate joins us now. What can you tell us . There is an intense man hunt that has been going on, and police this morning are looking for a suspect they consider armed and dangerous. Telling everyone to be on the lookout for a white man wearing a green trench coat, carrying a black backpack with long hair. They believe this man is responsible for shooting two Manchester Police officers overnight in two separate incidents. The first one around 2 00 in the morning, police were called out for reports of an officer that had been shot. Then a short time later, nearly a mile away, a second Manchester Police officer was also shot. Both of those officers rushed to the hospital, injured. The great news, we got an update a while ago, theyre expected to be okay. They have shut down schools in these neighborhoods today, and they toldol neighborhoods to stay inside. Dont go out. Try and just keep those doors and windows locked while they consider to search for the suspect. A man they consider to be armed and dangerous. We are live this morning in manchester, new hampshire. Now back to you. Victoria warren, whdh, thanks very much. Breaking political news overnight. A recording reportedly from Donald Trumps past that has surfaced this moment. Well talk to donald trump live in a moment. First, Peter Alexander with the latest. Good morning. Hey, good morning. This is donald trump like you have never heard him before. The Republican Partys presumptive nominee, who has masterfully utilized the media to capitalize his campaign, caught on tape years ago, pretending to be his own publici publicist. All designed to inflate his own image. Reporter the voice may sound familiar. Hes doing tremendously well financially. Repor t obtained by the Washington Post, capturing a 1991 conversation between a People Magazine reporter and a man claiming to be john miller, trumps publicist. What is your name again . John miller. What is your position . Im handling pr because he gets a lot of it. Reporter the voice sounds almost unmistakingly like trump himself. Boasting that celebrities like madonna wanted to date trump. She wanted to go out with him. The people you write about really are they just call, actresses, to see if they can go out with him. Reporter bragging about having three other girlfriends while living with marla. And explains why he dumped marla for frances future first lady. He didnt want to make a commitment. Reporter in 1991, it was verified that the voice was trumps. Trump admitting it was a joke gone awry. Trump r for decades, pretending to be someone else, while planting stories about himself. The former People Magazine reporter telling the post, the calls said something about the control he wanted to keep with the news cycle flowing with this story. I cant believe he thought hed get away with it. The post says trump didnt respond to their request for comment on the article. This come s on the heels of trumps meeting with paul ryan. Itll be a little process burks itll come along prech, p sure. Reporter ryan, complimentary. Trump and i have differences, and we talked about the differences today. I believe were planting the seeds to get ourselves unified. Reporter no indication an endorsement is coming any time soon. Meanwhile, the secret service says itll investigate comments made by trumps former butler, calling for president obama to be killed. He for 30 years. Saying the president should have been shot as an enemy agent in his first term. Hes standing by his comments with nbc news. I think he should be hung next to hillary clinton, and i think it should be public. I think it should be televised. Reporter he says he never discussed his thoughts with trump. The Trump Campaign provided nbc news with following statement. Senecal does not work at marala go and hasnt in many years. We condemn those statements. The People Magazine recorder plrecord reporter played the recording for marla. She burst into tears. Also this morning, the wall street journal is reporting that former president bill Clintons Foundation dolled out 2 million to a Power Company thats owned by julie mcmahon, about whom the journal says questions have been raised whether she is a frequent visitor to the clintons home. Mcmahon denied having any intimate relationship with clinton. Theyre simply family friends. Clinton says there are Foundation Participants who he considers friends. Secretary clinton did not respond to the journals request for comments. Peter alexander, thank you. As we mentioned, well be talking to donald trump when he joins us live in a moment. Lots to talk about this morning. Lets bring in Mark Halperin and steve kornacki. Lets start with the Washington Post, apparently conversations recorded 25 years ago. John miller, assuming it is now trump. What do we make of it . Its not the first time its been reported that donald trump but he was handson about his image. The context of this campaign, itll raise the question, is donald trump the right person to be president . Honesty and temperament. And seriousness. The clintons will say, this is not a serious person,s a and th job is too important. Meanwhile, the wall street journal has an explosive story, alleging the Clinton Foundation gave this money to a for profit corporation, run by someone reported to be a close friend of president clintons. Is this a problem for them . The company had a lot of primary investors, including this woman, as well as other officials. This comingles a lot of things republicans want to highlight. The Clinton Foundation, maybe intermingling personal and financial commitments. And the relationship to president clinton, described as a close friend. Itll get scrutiny from there was a meeting on capitol hill yesterday we want to talk about, as well, between donald trump and speaker of the house paul ryan. No endorsement from speaker ryan coming out of the meeting, although he did say, its the start of a pathway to reconciliati reconciliation, which sounds a little like a 12step program. What came out of that meeting . A lot of people say republicans are working through a lot of steps here, in terms of accepting trump as the nominee. It sounds like though, paul ryan is now on course to endorse donald trump. I think two things are driving that. One is the pressure from Members Around him. Hes only speaker of the house because republican members of the house let him serve as speaker of the house. Want him to serve as speaker of the house. Youre seeing more enthusiasm for trump among the members. Some want to get together. Another reason, a competitive race in swing states. The more you see polls like that, the more from the bottom up, the appetite in the Republican Party is going to be, lets stop fighting with ourselves. We have a chance to beat hillary clinton. We need t the question for clinton is how shell handle donald trump. Do you think clinton world settled on an approach, how to take him on . They cant feel great about the battleground polls that show a tighter race than the democrats expected. Donald trumps meeting yesterday, his phone call with lindsey graham, it was one of his biggest critics. Trump is more quickly, than i thought hed do, and the democrats thought, is consolidating support amongst republicans. The clinton need to try to damage his reputation. They are by saying he is an unserious person. Theres also a risk in that for donald trump. Hes just run an entire campaign on saying, i am the outsider to those people who are now starting to embrace him. Couldnt that hurt him with the base hes developed . Thats the interesting thing. One of the reasons you didnt get an endorsement from paul ryan is hes testing donald trump. Can he play the game of politics in a more conventional way . You put the bland statement out. Dont talk about it at the rallies and take a shot at him. Thats bn trade. I think ryan is having him ease off. You can do it, it just takes political dexterity, and thats what trump has shown this week. A lot to chew over. Were waiting for donald trump, planning to call in in a moment. Well bring it to you when we get it. Other news, controversial announcement from the white house today. The Obama Administration directing schools all across this country to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. Nbcs ron allen is at the white house with more on this. What can you tell us . Good morning. President obama has been an outspoken advocate for transgender rights. This morning, hes getting more deeply involved in the locker room and bathroom issue. His Administration Planning to issue a sweeping directive thatll impact every Public School and student in america. Reporter transgender students must be allowed to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Schools the loss of federal aide. That comes from the departments of justice and education to Public Schools nationwide. The letter first reported by the New York Times says educators have an obligation to provide equal access to all students under title 9, including everything from restrooms to locker rooms. Officials say the guidelines are an attempt to clarify civil rights protection for transgender students, an issue that left educate skpeors and p frustrated. Students in missouri walked out in protest when a transgender student used the girls bathroom. Parents were upset there was not a clear policy on the issue. There is no rule set forth. I think we can all agree that changing in the locker room or going to the restroom are private activities. Reporter the new guidelines come days after the Justice Department and the state of North Carolina sued each other over a state law restricting access to public restrooms. A law that attorney general Loretta Lynch says we stand with you, and well do everything we can to protect you going forward. Please know that history is on your side. Its important to point out the administrations directive is not a legal requirement. The impact is because of the threat of cutting off billions of dollars of money that schools rely on. The president s critics saying this is another example of his administration dealing with matters that should be decided by states and local communities. Ron allen, thank you very much. Donald trump is with us on the phone. Mr. Trump, good morning to you. Morning. Not sure if you have been made aware of this Washington Post report thats out this morning, but they have obtained a recording with a voice of someone that they say is, in fact, you. Someone who is pretending to be a pr person. This is from 25 years ago. Let me play a portion of the tape for you. How are you . Whats your name again . John miller. What is your position . Im handling pr because he gets so much of it talks about his dating exploits, goes on about his divorce, things like that. The simple question this morning, are you aware of the tape . Is it you . No, i dont think it i dont know anything about it. Youre telling me about it for the first time and doesnt sound like my voice at all. I have many, many people trying to imitate my voice. You can imagine that. This sounds like one of the many scams. Doesnt sound like me. The post says you acknowledged a couple decades ago that, in fact, it was you, but it was a joke. I dont think it was me. It doesnt sound like me. I dont know even what theyre talking about. Have no idea. The post says this is what you did routinely. Youd call reporters and plant stories and say you were either john miller or john baron. In fact, it was you on the phone. Is that something you did with regularity . No, and it was not me on the phone. It doesnt sound like me on the phone. Ill tell you that. It was not me on the phone. When was this, 25 years ago . In the early 90s. To talk about something that took place 25 years ago, about whether or not i made a phone call . I guess youre saying under a presumed name. Yes, under a presumed name. Okay. The answer is no. Lets get on to more current subjects. I know its wonderful for your listeners, but we have more important things to discuss. This meeting you had with speaker ryan yesterday on capitol hill, you had said, i think, a week ago when he didnt endorse you, it was a mistake and hed change his 3450i7mind. He still hasnt endorsed you, though he says youre on the path of reconciliation. Were you disappointed there was no endorsement coming out of the meeting . No. I know its a process. I was a little surprised but not that surprised. We did, a yos you know, get endorsed by many, many people. Senators and congressmen. We got endorsements yesterday. I think itll come. If it doesnt come, ill go my separate way. I think ill win the election because hillali gets it, on the assumptions shes allowed to run. Speaker ryan said after the meeting there are clearly issues on which you two disagree. We know one of those is on the ban of muslims. He is not for it. You have said you are. In recent days, youve called it more of a suggestion than a proposal. Id like you to clarify that for me. I think millions of people who voted for you across the country during the primary process felt as if you were actually proposing that. Are you softening your stance . Im not the president right now, so anything i suggest is really a suggestion. If i were president , id put in legislation and do what i have to do. But would you im telling you, im looking at it strongly. We have an islamic we have really a problem with radical islamic terrorism, and we have a president that doesnt want to use the term. He refuses to use the term. Even though there are so many problems. He refuses to use it with the world trade center. Are you softening your stance words, simply to be more moderate, to try to attract people like speaker ryan, to get an endorsement . No, but im always flexible onni issues. I think you have to be that way. Im not softening my stance. We have a major problem, and we have to look at the problem. We have to solve the problem. We have a president that doesnt even talk about the problem. He wont use the words. He wont call it by its right name. On another topic, the president this morning directed all Public Schools to allow transgender students to use the public restroom that matches their gender identity. Is this something you agree with . Id leave that up to the states. That and other things, frankly. Let the states decide. Its much better as a local issue. I dont think it is a federal issue, where the federal government gets involved. I see what is happening. Its a big situation. You know what . Everybody has to be protected. I feel strongly about that. Youre talking about a tiny, tiny group o with that being said, everybody has to be protected. I would leave it up to the states. Let me end on something quickly, mr. Trump. We had former Vice President dan quayle on the show and asked who you should consider as a running mate. He said, senator rob portman of ohio. Is he on your short list . I was with him yesterday in the group. We were with the whole group of senators. Frankly, it was great. We had a tremendous talk. I had a great talk with rob. A great talk with all of them. Many of them supported me after the meeting. Is he on your short list . Im not going to say who is on the list, and i have a list of five or six. Possibly expanding. Ill make the decision by the convention and probably announce it during the convention, which will be a very exciting convention. I have to tell you. Okay. Rob portman is a good man. No question about it. Mr. Trump, thanks for your call. Thank you very much. Lets get a check of the adventure out west. Had a good time with my pal matt. It was. We could use the rain in the northeast. We have a frontal system, two fronts, both generating the risk of strong storms from norfolk to charleston. Joplin, 10 Million People at good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. All clouds in washington and rain drops along i81. These are moving towards the metro. Grab your umbrella on the way out the door. Low clouds and fog now will turn into raindrops and a couple rumbles of thunder. 4 00, skies will clear out. Thats your latest weather. Al, thanks. You guys are twins. Bonding experience in new mexico. 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