Complaints about what she was wearing. Whats going on . You want me to put this on . Why . Because its cold . We got a lot of emails. What . She says it was all in good fun, but its still generating a storm of controversy. Today, monday, may 16th, 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 monday morning. It seems a bit odd to have done that to the weather caster on live television. It does, indeed. We know what its like to have these problems with the weatherperson. We have our eyes on al roker, who will cover up, we promise, just in time for his the other direction. Sorry. A lot to get to. Lets start with what was a difficult weekend for dd trump. Hes facing new questions over his treatment of women and his taxes. And then president obama is waking wake i weighing in on the race. Well begin with Peter Alexander. Good morning. Good monday morning. Nearly two weeks after becoming his partys presumptive nominee, donald trump is on the defensive on several fronts after reports of his past behavior to women. A lukewarm evaluation from the nations most powerful republican. Attacks from the president. Reporter for donald trump, the hits keep oncoming. In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. Reporter president obama taking a shot without ever dropping trumps name. Its not cool to not know what youre talking about. Reporter trump is attacking his critics, dismissing the New York Times as dishonest and lame, after its front page expose on his treatment of women. Detailing unwanted advances and workplace conduct over decades. Trump told one executive, you like your candy. Other employees praised the candidate. Saying his decision to promote women was a daring move for a developer at the time. Paul ryan refused to answer whether the presumptive nominee is someone his kids can look up to. Im not interested in going to the past. Reporter this should not be a hard question. Trump telling the times, ryan wants me to be me. Clintons campaign is hammering trump over his refusal to release his taxes. If i run for office, ill produce my tax returns, absolutely. I am officially running for president of the united states. Reporter even as nine Gop House Committee chairs are endorsing trump, many prominent republicans remain so repulsed, theyre recruiting Third Party Options. Mitt romney recently contacting john kasich and nebraska senator no chance. Who can out trump trump . Maybe another billionaire. Mark cuban taking calls, acco according to the washington post, but declining, saying there isnt enough time. In an interview with television this morning, trump is hitting back at david cameron, who mocked trumps muslim ban from the u. S. , calling it divisive, stupid and strong. Number one, im not stupid. I can tell you that right now. Just the opposite. Number two, in terms of divisive, i dont think i am a divisive person. Im a unifier, unlike our president now. Already this morning, trump is chiming in about the democratic race again. Tweeting, Bernie Sanders is being treated badly by the dems. The system is rigged, he writes. He should run as an independent. Run, bernie, run. Sanders expressed no interest as running as an independent. Peter, thank you very much. Lets bring in mark er bloomberg politics. Good morning. Donald trump is taking incoming on six fronts. On the New York Times front page story, on how he treats women, it was a mixed bag. On the one hand, you saw a picture of somebody who, in some cases, was demeaning to women. On the other hand, someone who promoted women and put them in high positions. What is the net effect . Bill clinton when he ran in 1992 said, if you want a perfect candidate, vote for someone else. We have no perfect candidates. The New York Times story got a lot of attention. Things he did in the story, inappropriate. No one would say, thats the ideal for a president. On the other hand, donald trump and others are saying, if thats the best youve got, my conduct with women, bring it on. Hes on the defensive for that article. He goes on the offense on the other side. This shows how important the womens vote is going to be in this race. Former president bill Clinton Hillary clinton was an enabler of that behavior. How will this weigh out . Voters will look at both things. Basically, itll be who ends up with more baggage on their freight car with them . Not inspiring, by the way. Its not. I think youre going to see maybe, at times, both candidates look and say, do we want a truce . The reason trump has an advantage, i think, in the fights is because trump goes hard without any sense of shame or remorse or feeling about his own behavior that projects negatively. When Hillary Clinton deals with the issues, you see the weight on her. Trump doesnt deal with weight. The political reality is, i think trump relishes the fights. Hes not afraid of them, and she is. One advantage he has. Lets talk about trump continuing to beat the drum as sanders running as an independent. Sanders says he wouldnt do it because it would hand the election to trump. Does trump realize in a trouble . Trump looks for every advantage. In a twoperson fight, Hillary Clinton is the favorite, for now. I think he mostly is making mischief. He wants to discord. The press focuses on divisions within the republican party, and those are real, but there are divisions because Bernie Sanders is still running. You talk about making mischief. It was most peoples understanding that the stop Trump Movement was on life support, that it was gone. We have word over the weekend that mitt romney and maybe others are dangling a carrot in front of people, perhaps saying they should go for a third party one. One name that comes up is the billionaire owner of the dallas mavericks, mark cuban. Why him . Why are they still trying . It shows the desperation of people to say, is there any way to stop him . One is to get a third candidate in the race and hope the person can, if not win, stop either trump or clinton from a majority in the electoral college. Theyre hoping for a convention. Is there something they can do with the rules its a small group, its shrinking, but it shows how much they dont want donald trump to be their nominee or president. Mark halperin, thank you. We appreciate it. In other news this morning, stormweary parts of the south are dealing with even more downpours and heavy flooding. Al, whats going on . We do not have good news for our friends in texas. There have been torrential downpours around Corpus Christi. This is video from the last few minutes. Streets turned into rivers. A lot of stalled cars. They have rescues going on. People being rescued from their home. School and street closures. It is a mess there, and its going to continue. Right now, areas have picked up 6 to 10 inches of rain around the Corpus Christi area. We have flash flood watches in houston, texas. This will continue later this afternoon, making their way through houston. Also seeing heavy activity through oklahoma and st. S. Were also going to be watching another area of strong storms firing up again along this system. Its going to continue right on into the beginning and the end of this week. Look at the rainfall totals. Some areas may pick up 6 to 8 inches of rain, guys, before its all over, from shreveport to victoria. Flooding is going to be a big problem right into the weekend for Corpus Christi on to houston. Thank you very much. By the way, Officials Say the heavy rain may have played a roll in a bus rollover accident in laredo, texas. 44 were injured, 8 killed. Janet shamlian has the latest on the investigation. Reporter investigators are hoping to learn what caused this charter bus to lose control. We are conducting a safety investigation, and we will look at the highway, the vehicle, the driver and company operations. Reporter owned by oga charters, it was peop people. The charter was traveling on u. S. 83 when the crash happened saturday morning. There was heavy rain in the area when the bus rolled over on its left side, 42 miles north of laredo. Reports from the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shows oga, who owns two busses, has 15 inspection violations since 2014, including brake and emergency exit problems. Investigators havent said whether the 17yearold bus in saturdays crash had prior violations. Oga hasnt replied to nbcs request for comment. This is the worst commercial vehicle accident ive seen in the ten years ive been here. Reporter this 5 theyear2 was one of eight People Killed in the crash. A colleague describing her as kindhearted and always making people laugh. 44 were injured, including the driver, who hasnt been named. Ezekiel has six relatives who were hurt. Broke ribs, punctured lungs, blood in the brain, ear trauma. I was extremely grateful that theyre still alive. Reporter a weekend get away turned to tratragedy. Now, a search for answers. For today, janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. Want to look at a nightmare for travel going on at one of the nations busiest airports. Youre looking live right now at security lines at chicagos ohare airport. Officials say that shortage of tsa staff weve been telling you about is to blame. The problem was so bad last night, some passengers missed their flights, and American Airlines had to provide cots for them to sleep on. The tsa struggling to get Staffing Levels back to normal in recent months, with more than 100 agents quitting each week. Itll be a long morning there. Fugitive on the fbis most wanted list was killed last night during a wounded an fbi agent. The 35yearold pendleton was wanted for murder in the shooting of an officer earlier this month. Officials say pendleton fired shots at police. One agent suffered nonlife threatening injuries. Police in Great Britain are calling for an investigation this morning after a fake bomb forced the evacuation of a soccer stadium. This happened just minutes before Manchester Uniteds last match of the season. The realistic looking device had been left behind by a private company after a training exerci exercise. Before officials discovered it was fake, the match was called off. Disappointed fans were sent home. A controlled explosion was carried out. Manchesters Police Commissioner called the incident a fiasco and is demanding to know why the device was left there in the first place. Now to frightening moments for a beachgoer in florida. A 23yearold woman was bitten by a small shark. When emergency crews arrived, they found the twofoot shark was dead but still attached to the womans arm. She was taken to a hospital with the shark still attached. Shes currently in stable condition. See this . Flying sunday night. A baseball game between the rangers and the bluejays. This all started when bluejays outfielder, bautista, was hit in the ribs. He was awarded first base. Moments later, hed attempt to take out rangers second baseman odor on the slide. He didnt appreciate it and punched bautista directly in the face. The bases cleared, and the brawl was on. Eight players and coaches were ejected, including bautista and odor. No doubt, suspensions are on the way. That was a shock. By the way, the ball was still in play. Unbelievable. By the way, on the topic of baseball, rene safety after an incident at fenway park. Look at this. A piece of broken bat threw over the protected netting and hit a fan in the head. Nbcs joe fryer is outside fenway for us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Fenway is one of many ballparks where the protective netting behind home plate has grown. Despite that, the fan was hit by a broken bat over the weekend. Now, there is a growing debate. Are the nets too little or too much . Broken bat. Reporter the new swath of protective netting at fenway park was not high enough to block a broken bat that hurdled over the net, hitting a fan in the fifth row and cutting him above the eye. It doesnt happen often, but when it does, youre worried. Reporter the netting at every Major League Ballpark now extends 70 feet beyond home plate. At funw at fenway, the netting is nearly 10 fee 2014 found 1,750 spectators are hurt each year by bats and balls at major league games. Then the close calls. Like this father calmly saving his son this year at a spring training game. I didnt have a lot of time to think about it. The only thing i can describe it as is dad mode. Goes flying into the seats. Reporter last year at fenway, Tonya Carpenter was seriously injured when she was hit by a bat. Over the weekend, carpenter expressed gratitude for the larger nets but adding, there are serious questions regarding the decision to limit the protection for the patrons to only those seats within 70 feet of home plate. On the flip side, author stephen king, a red sox season ticketholder since the 1980s, questioned the netting in an oped last month. When do safety precautions steal away the pure joy of being there, he wrote. I understand the red sox bear some responsibility, but care of myself to the best of my ability when im at the ballpark. The red sox continue to warn fans, keep an eye out at all times for balls and bats. Especially this day and age, when so many are looking down at their phones. Back to you guys. That they are. There are signs everywhere at the ballparks that say that. You have to look up to see them. Joe fryer, thank you. Lets get the rest of als forecast. Mr. Roker, good morning again. Lets show you what we have going on. To the north of texas, we have a risk of Severe Weather right now for oklahoma on into nebraska. The panhandle of texas, as well. That wet weather stretches all the way up into the pacific northwest. Beautiful day in los angeles today. Sunshine, temperatures 75 degrees. Here in the northeast, temperatures a little on the cool side and breezy. At least weve got the sunshine finally. Washington, d. C. , youre starting to see the sunshine, as well. The flood threat continues down through the eastern make that coast. Thats whats going on in a world held back by compromise, businesses need the agility to do one thing another. Thats your latest weather. Al, thanks. Coming up, the coast guard suspending the search for a missing cruise ship passenger who fell overboard. This morning, her family is speaking out. On rossen reports, our Police Body Cameras as reliable as you think . 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