Housekeeping, miss eating machine. Back in the headlines, a new documentary on the amanda knox murder case reigniting questions over her guilty or innocence. Either im a psycho path in sheeps clothing or i am you. This morning, well talk to the team behind that controversial project. And error on the diamond. A guy try toes pop the question during a baseball game, drops the ring. Look at this poor guy. Captivating fans in the stadium and at home. Well tellel you if it all turned out happily ever after today wednesday, september 28, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. We saturday with sad news, the breaking news is the death of one of the defining political figures in the world. Former israeli president and Prime Minister shimon peres. Nbc looks at his life and his legacy. Kelly, good morning to you. Matt, good morning. A man of vision and peace, the essence of israel. Just some of the tributes pouring in this morning for shimon peres. He was weeks ago after suffering a stroke. The elder statesman, the eternal optimist. Overnight, shimon peres lost his last fight, dying from complications of a stroke, his family by his side. From sale, from the very first of today from the state to the last day of his life. Peres, born in poland, served alongside israels founding military nuclear program, a strong supporter of jewish settlements in the west bank. And later, a dove, peace with israels arab neighbors became his lifes mission. Peres led secret talks with the palestinians, ending in the 1993 oslo peace agreements. And this his storied handshake between sworn enemy the israeli ime minister and Palestinian Leader yasser arafat, all three awarded the nobel peace prize. Today, former president bill clinton called peres a genius with a big heart who used his gifts to imagine a future of reconciliation, not conflict. And from president obama, a light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever. Peres retired two years ago, but stayed involved, recently criticizing president ial policies. The rules will not separate people. People are stronger than the rules. This morning, israels Prime Minister led a moment of silence for the man who served his country for seven decades as both Prime Minister and president. Israels warrior for peace gone at 93. This state funeral now planned for friday in jerusalem. And Israels Foreign Ministry say they expect leaders and dignitaries from around the world to be there. Tt kelly, thank you very much. Former president george w. Bush also released a statement saying his family will mess peres, his grace, dignity and optimism. Hard to overstate his impact on world affairs. We move now to politics and the state of the president ial race. 41 days left to go until the election. Donald trump will hold back to back rallies today. The first of this afternoon begins in iowa and follow dollars by wisconsin later tonight. Hillary clinton and her long share the same stage in New Hampshire. Theyll appear at a College Event and theyll be discussing the cost of education. And the numbers are in from mondays debate. An estimated 48 Million Viewers tuned in. That makes it the most watched president ial debate ever. We have a lot to get to. Our 2016 team is ready. Well start with peter alexander. Good morning. Hey, savannah and matt. Good morning to you. Donald trump now has 11 days to try to impro fueling new questions about his judgment and temperament, all of it about a new feud with a former Miss Universe. 20 years later, still criticizing her as overweight. And the Clinton Campaign thinks it can capitalize. Donald trump back on the trail and back on teleprompter, trying to frame monday nights debate as a win, touting unscientific online surveys. Almost every single poll had crooked Hillary Clinton. Big league. Trump insisting he intentionally went easy on his rival. I watched her very carefully and i was also holding back. I didnt want to do anything to embarrass her. Hillary clinton enjoying her own victory lap. Did anybody see that debate last night . Oh, yes. One down, two to go. Performance. Instead of personal insults, she ran it on issues and i was tickled to death. President obama tweeting her vision and command showed that shes ready to be our next president. Clinton mocking trumps claim that he was given a faultsy microphone. Anybody that complains about the microphone is not having a good night. This morning, for the first time, were hearing from alicia who says trump bullied her over her weight. What were the names that he called you . Miss piggy, miss housekeeping, miss eating machine. All to your face . Yes, all the time. The Clinton Campaign unleashing this new web video where machado says she was forced to work out in front of the camera. She weighed 118 pounds or 117 pounds and she went up to 160 or 70. So this is somebody that likes to eat. Trump on fox news making no she gained a massive amount of weight and it was a real problem. The political discourse taking the low road. Former president ial candidate howard dean highlighting trumps case of the sniffles. Accusing him without any evidence of using cocaine. The sniffling, the grandiocity, the dilutions, the pressured speech. This guy has already proven himself to on be unstable. Unstable . Overnight, the Trump Campaign responded to the comments calling them beyond the pale. Michelle obama, one of the most popular women in america will be campaigning today for Hillary Clinton. Shes also part of a new ad praising clinton as a good role model for americas children. Matt and savannah. Peter alexander, that you can. Were going to have a lot more with natalies interview of Alicia Machado coming up in the next half mark halperg is here. Good morning. Good morning. One of the things about the debates, the campaign seems to see what works, what gets traction. Then they go out, the next day the candidates do, and they refine those messages or double down on them. Based on what were seeing, what does each campaign thinks work on for them . Hillary Clintons Campaign likes almost everything. I initially thought there wasnt an oops moment for him, but universe. So their confidence is sky high and you saw in the clip on peters piece, shes as confident as ive seen her as a candidate. Donald trump the is out there doing what a lot of candidates do. They lose a debate and pretend they didnt lose and they sort of bully their way through it. The message of washington change is a good one. The message of attacking a woman for being overweight or eating too much is not and he has to change that. Lets talk about that. You say t in the moment, he was not as strident as he was the next day on a show where he brought it up by himself. He wasnt asked about Alicia Machado. He transformed this into a second day story. He transformed it not into a second day story but a third day story and a fourth day story. This will be a real test. If they think this is going to go away, i think hes wrong and the clinton people have no intention of letting it go away. It affects peoples perception hispanics, but also about whether hes a gracious person. Theres this other thing that he continued to talk about yesterday. This idea that he did not go there, that he showed restraint against Hillary Clinton when it comes to issues in her marriage. Right. Its this thing where you get to go there by saying youre not going there. Its like if i said im not even going to talk about that suit youre wearing and i just can. Right. So is this working . I dont think it is and i think its a distraction from, again, there are a lot of people around donald trump who will say the winning message, shes been in politics for a long time, washington isnt working, washington needs to change. Things like bill clintons personal life, benghazi, even her emails. There are a lot of republicans who say you can talk about about this other stuff, but it has to be about issues. And creating the expectation will he or wont he is, for a lot of people, a distraction. And very quickly, he has demonstrated in the recent past an ability to change. You know, when the polls were in came on as his campaign manager, he seemed to adjust. Do you think thats something to happen again sflp. Were all waiting for the post debate polls to say does he go down. Eye. Ronnicly, the best thing for donald trump and his supporters might be if he does go down. The by the way, theres nothing wrong with your suit. Thank you. Now overnight, officials are pleading for calm after a deadly officerinvolved shooting. Protesters gathered at the scene of the shooting last night, a Shopping Center in el cajon, about 30 miles east of san diego. Earlier today, officers were called in over reports a man was acting erratically. Police say he was not armed, but they say he pulled an object from his pocket and pointed it in a, quote, shooting stance towards the officers and that prompted one of the officers to open fire. The man died several hours later at a hospital. There are some new developments today in a major banking scandal. Investigation into millions of accounts opened without customer consent. And Key Executives are paying up. Jo, good morning. Good morning. Wells fargo succumbing to this public pressure this morning, forcing its ceo and the executive in charge of Retail Banking to forfeit millions of dollars in compensation. And it seems this might only be the beginning. This morning, the major fallout at wells fargo. Here are the transcripts. Capitol hill. Have you returned one nickel of the money you earned by while this scam was going on . And the board will do i will take that as a no, then. Wells fargo said plans to take 41 million away from john stumpfs compensation package. This comes after investigations carrie tolstedt, also penalized. She left the bank ahead of her scheduled retirement with no bonus or receive advance. She will forfeit 19 million in stock awards. But she could still reportedly walk away with 100 million. Wells fargo board of directors has retained a law firm for an independent investigation during which the ceo will not be paid a salary. Theres criminal behavior, there theres sometimes simply bad business. Former employees now suing wells fargo in a class action lawsuit. Some telling nbc news the fraudulent behavior was a direct result of pressure from managers. What felt strange was how adamant they were that every customer had to have seven accounts. Some customers say they had to sound the alarm. I have long detailed emails sharing with them some of the things i was witnessing. Northern california saying the fake accounts goosed the stock price, directly affecting the stocks. Thats securities fraud. To give you an idea, the ceo reportedly stood to make an estimate dollars 123 million when he retired. And he is not done yet. Hes going to testify in front of the House Financial Services committee tomorrow. This is only just beginning. The board of directors now saying there could be more a lot of Public Interest in this one, jo. Thanks very much. Former republican president ial candidate Chris Christie speaking to new allegations coming out of that bridgegate scandal. A key witness is now saying christie was in fact aware of the lane closures. Stephanie is in new jersey with the latest on this. Good morning, savannah. The George Washington bridge is so when four of these access lanes were shut down unexpectedly in 2013, this place was a nightmare. When people realized that it had been done deliberately as a form of kind of political revenge, there was an june roar. Now federal prosecutors say that governor Chris Christie, despite his denials, knew what was going on. Two days into the 2013 lane closures on the George Washington bridge with cars, emergency vehicles and school buses stuck in massive t jams, new jersey governor Chris Christie spoke with two former Port Authority officials at this years 9 11 memorial service. In a federal courthouse tuesday, widesteen testified that during that conversation, his boss said, governor, there is a tremendous amount of traffic in ft. Lee. Please know the mayor is frustrated. A democrat, mayor sokolich did not endorse christie for governor. According to the testimony, the using the online pen name. Well, im sure mr. Edge would not be involved in any political. Governor christie has repeatedly denied any involvement or knowledge in what would soon be called bridgegate. Once again this week, the governor was forced to respond to accusations that he knew more than he admits. Christie has not been charged with a crime. I had no role in authorizing it. I had no knowledge of it. And there has been no evidence ever put forward that i wildsteen pleaded guilty to his involvement and is now the prosecutions chief witness in the case against fironi and christies former chief of staff. Bridgegate dogged christie throughout his President Campaign becoming fodder for his opponents. He knew about it. He totally knew about it. Now one of trumps surrogates the new jersey governor has not been charged with a crime. There have been call necessary this state by some democrats to start an impeachment process, but with little time in his term and no substantial evidence, that seems unb likely. Savannah. Stephanie, thank you. Scientists are saying the first baby has been born from a controversial new technique that combines dna from three people. The mother, the father and an egg donor. The goal is to prevent the child from inheriting a fatal disease from the mother who previously lost two children due to that illness. Doctors say its not the first socalled threeparent baby, but it is the first time modern techniques have resulted in a healthy birth. Fertility specialists from the United States and britain did the experimental treatment in mexico. It has not been approved in the United States. Al is here. Time to get our first check of the weather. Good morning. Good morning. View, we are looking at homes threatened quarterback hundre threatened, hundreds of people have had to evacuate. This fire only 10 contained. And in phoenix, arizona, a duststorm, a haboob making its way just a massive wall of dust. They have the threat of that again today. In the east, wet weather over the great lakes thanks to that upper level low. A lot of rain i midatlantic. 9 Million People under the flood risk for hazardous travel, urban flooding as rain starts to develop from the northeast into the Midatlantic States as two surface lows start to bring in moisture from the atlantic. Well look at the heaviest rain from pennsylvania, maryland, dreary conditions through friday. We need this rain in the northeast and new england for drought, but the heaviest rain will be a bulls eye around washington, upwards of 7 inches of rain through Northern Virginia and parts of were going to get to your local forecast, coming up in the next and thats your latest weather, matt. Al, thank you very much. Just ahead, taking on trump. What the former Miss Universe is saying to nbc news about being at the center of the Newest Campaign controversy. And then, an exclusive look at a highly anticipated new documentary. 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