Democrats relaunch their investigation into the Mueller Report with a famed figure from the nixon white house. The last time i appeared before your committee was july 11, 1964. President trump dismissing it as a stunt. Were live ingt washinon. Those stories plus, still no sign. The search intensifies in the disappearance of that missing mother of five in connecticut. Thrill of victory, agony of defeat. E warriors stay alive winning a nail biter in the nba finals but lose kevin durant to a devastating injury. Hes a good teammate. Hes a good person. Its not fair. And readywo for the d. I love the big stage. The women ofh team usa dis to us on their quest for a second straight world cup title. I will literally do everything in my power to help this team with that trophy. As they look to make history, today, tuesday,un j11th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us. Our ladies of the usa, they have got the eye of the tiger for sure. The best socr team on the planet going for two in a row. Look out, thailand. Here we come. I wouldnt want to be iny th waf them because they really want to reach this goal. Well get to them in a minute. Former red sox sr david ortiz flown to a boston hospital overnight by the red sox on ae privatlane sent by the team. Hes recoring, of course, from a ambush shooting at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Ron mott joins us with thest la on this. So many questions. Good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. I just lost ears with you. I apologize for that. But david ortiz i is back boston. The president of the Boston Red Sox says he is in serious condition but was stable enough to board that private jet ast night bound for boston. Arrived here at mass general with a Police Escort bac in the city that absolutely adores big papi. This morning former red sox superstar david ortiz is recovering in boston after being shot in the back in his native Dominican Republic. The man affectionately known as big papi flown to mass general monday night on a red sox team plane after a sixhoursurgery. Spokesperson for ortiz saying doctors had t remove his gallbladder and part of his intestine to stop internal bleeding. The entire Red Sox Organization pullinor him. It was a horrific incident. Our focus right now, our exclusive focus is on his w heah anl being. All of us were shocked by st ghts news of david ortiz. Reporter the team and fans paying tribute at the home game. He is loved at our nation and beyond, yet to us he is our own adopted son. Reporter the act caught on surveillance video. A man known as eddiela vrdig c ortiz and soting him at close range. Authorities believe two people were involved in the attack. One of them badly beaten by an angry crowd before police took him into custody. The other suspect still at large. Pitch on theway. A towering fly ball. Reporter the 43yearold father of three is one of the most beloved athletesn bostons history helping to reverse the curse by leading the red sox to three world series championships. He is a perhero without a cape. Thats the way we see him. Hell be okay. Reporter President Trump tweeting, i want to join many others inishing him a speedy recovery of his own. Get well soon, papi. And new England Patriots star b tomdy writing, papi defines boston strong. Get well soon, my friend. Ortizs family hopeful. His father thanking god and saying bigi pap will be around for a long time. The doctor who tended to d id ortiz in the Dominican Republic that the first thing he said was when can i see my family. The doctor says hes in a good mental state and that he was looking forward to reuniting with his wife tiffany and former teammates here in boston. Ron, thank you very much. Another major story this morning. The century for answers after that deadly hicopter crash in the heart of new york city. The accidentled i on the roof of a skyscraper. People inside andurrounding the building scrbling for safety. Kathy park was there yesterday. She joins us this morning. So many questions here as well. Yeah. We were out there yesterday, witnessed some tense moments. The chopper slammed into a 54story skyscraper justlocks from times square. One witness said her whole office shook. For others the jolt brought back memories of 9 11. Officials are stressing this was not an act of terror and they are trying to figurhy out w the pilot was in air space over new york city thats supposedo be off limits. Reporter investigators are pouring over the roof of this 54storyhekyscraper in t heart of new york city hunting for clues into what may have caused helicopter dly crash. We have what appears to be a helicopter that crashed into th. Ro the helicopter is on fire. Reporter the chopper pil Timothy Mccormack who was flying alone was. Killed a senior Law Enforcement official telling nbc news that they believe thisideo shows the chopper flying erratically e moments befor impact. But that information still needs to be confirmed by the faa. These images show pieces of the aircra aircraft scattered over the roof. The impact was so intense, it stted a fire. Employees felt the building shake. Not like an earthquake. Li it was going to fall. Reporter confusion leading to moments of chaos. You get in the lobby and you have people screaming at you, get outside get outside noits ary. Reporter workers began pouring outside into the rain. Just blocks from times square and trump tower. There is no indication at this time that this was an act of terror. Re and the is no ongoing threat toew york city. Reporter but many new yorkers held their breath as initial reports triggered memories of the september 11th attacks. As soon as you hear an aircraft hit a building, i think my mind goes where every new yorkers mind goes. Reporter officialsay the helicopter took off from the helipad on manhattans east side after dropping o a passenger. The deadly crash occurring just 11 minutes later. This morning its still uncleaw y the pilot was flying under such Poor Visibility in a zone thats been restricted ever since President Trump took ofoce. To g in that area, a helicopter would need the apoval of la guardia tower. We need to find out if that happened or not here. What more do we know about the pilot here and about tse moments just before the crash . So according to Law Enforcement, theyre saying the pilot thought he had a clearing in the skies and could make the flight after leaving theip helad but radioed that he may need to return. The pilots brother issued a statement saying Tim Mccormack had years of experience as a pilot and flit instructor and saved lives by managing to land on the roof. He has years of experience in the manhattan area as well. The investigation goes on. Thank you. New developments this mueller ied to the report after weeks of negotiation to the Justice Department. Providing congress with more evidence from the special counsels investigation. An a key figure from watergate took center stage on capit hill. Peter alexander has that story. O reporter gmorning to. The house is expected to go to vo to force subpoenas for the entire Mueller Report as well as for testimony and documents from key witnesses. Most notably the former white House Counsel don mcgahn. Democrats call for that critican figure john d from the nixon era to testify about similar tis between watergate and now. As democrats launch a new round of hearings on the Mueller Report we have a responsibility to do this work to follow the fact where is they lead. Reporter President Trump seemsfi t. You cant impeach somebody when theyve done nothing wrong. Whenou look at past impeachments, i dont leave. Theres aig i difference. Nt leave. Reporter the 45th president invoking Richard Nixon over watergate. It comes as democrats called on the man who helped bring down nixon. John dean to testify. The lastime i appeared before your committee was july 11, 1974. Reporter dean pointing to parallels between the special counsels report and theag case nixon. In many ways the Mueller Report is to preside t trump what socalled watergate road map was to president Richard Nixon. Stated a little differently, special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. Reporter republicans mocking democrats decision to invite dean, a vocalti cric of the president on cable news. This committee is now hearing from the 70s and they want their star witness rback. Orter President Trump attacking him. John deans been a loser for many years. Or repr still democrats are touting progress after the Judiciary Committee reached a deal with the Justice Department to hand over some key underlying evidence about possible obstruction of justice by the president. The democrats say for now they will hold off on a vote to find willm barr in contempt of congress. But will push ahead preparing for a possible court battle to get more documen and force witnesses to testify with a vote on that today. Vice president pence tellingkr ten welker hes not worried that that will make impeachment more likely. I really dont have concerns about that. Meantime,iowas seen aot of Political Action these days. The president s headed there. And former Vice President joe biden as well. Reporter youre right. Today americans will get a split screen, what might be a preview of the 2020 general election race. Both the president and joe biden have Campaign Events today in iowa. And bidens aides tell nbc news look for the former Vice President to hit the president with a series of swipes including bashing President Trump for his recent twitter attacks while oversees last pek. Accusingresident trump of a stunning display of childishness for all to see. Peter alexander in washington, thank you. More to get to this morning including the ongoing search for a missing connecticut mother of five who vanished nearly three weeks ago now. Herba estranged husnd and his girlfriendng appeari in court today in connection with the case. Anne thompn has more on that. Good morning. This is the 18th day of the sech for Jennifer Dulos and the focus returns to a connecticut courtroom and the two people who police think may know what happened. This morning its back to court for Jennifer Dulos estranged husbandnd his girlfriend. 51yearold fotis dulos and 44yearold michel traconas in connection with jennifers disappearance. The motherf five last seen may 24th dropping her children off at a private school in connecticut. As the search for jennifer enters its 18th day, police have launched a new website fi findjennif findjenniferdulos. Com. New Canaan Police say they have is received 75 responses with video surveillanc from homes and businesses. The towns police chief adding we will not rest until we find pnnifer. On monday,ice returned to thisit hartford trash se looking for clues. Ub now pc arrest warrants for fotis and his girlfriend say cell phone records tracked the two to hartford where a man matching fotis description and a woman were tossing garbage bags into bins across the city. In those bags iestigators found clothing and a sponge soaked in jennifers blood. The girlfriend freell on a half n dollars bond met with investigators last thursday. Are you going to do the right thing and help the cops . Rorter dulos remains in jail unable to post bond. On friday as inveigators searched thee farmington hom he shared with his girlfriend, they hired a new lawyer norm pattis. He said there were reasons to ubt he was even at the home the day she disappeared. I am unaware of any evidence supporting the theory he was involved in foul play. Pattis will appear in court with dulos today h where plans to ask for a substantial bond reduction. Jennifers children remain with her mothe in new york city where they have been since she disappeared. Hopefully we learn more after th court proceedings. A 19yearold surfer is recovering this morning after being bitten by a shark on monday. Happened in oceanal beach. Family members say austin reed was bitten on his foot. He was taken to the hospital and treated for laceratioan there is expected to make a fl recovery. This comes after another north nager lost her leg in a shark attack t off coast 130 miles away. Plenty of drama in game five of the nba finals last night. The Golden State Warriors managed toavoid elimination with a comeback win but suffered a major loss in the process. Miguel almaguer has the latest on this one. Good morning. Good morning. Golden evstates k durant returned to the lineup to suffer a more significant injury. And now some are second gecssing the dion to bring him back. Reporter with their back against the wall in an eliminatn game, the warriors came out swinging against the raptors winning 106105. With the massive win comes a huge loss. One of the nbas biggest stars. Kevin durant taking to the court for the first time in over a month. He was cleared by t teams medical staff following a calf injury that forced him to miss most of the playoffs. Der ra durant got off to a hot start. Trying to stay with durant. Durant goes down holding his leg. Reporter but in the second quarter, he reinjured his leg and had to be helped to the locker room while some raptor fans began cheering inesnse to the injury. I dont like to hear the fans cheering. Im surprised by that. Reporter rap star drake a big raptors fan caught on camera supporting durant patting him on the shoulder. Durahowing his frustration as he left the floor. The team s announcing hefered what appears to be a series achilles injury. Durant who left the arena ol crutches wilve an mri later today. The twotime finals mvp just aceks away from free agency will now likely f a long rehab. The warriors president of emotional operations after the game. I dont believe theres anybody to blame. But i understand is this world. If you have to, you can blame me. Reporter durant taking to social media writing in part, m hurting deep in the soul right now. I cant lie. But seeing my brothers get this win was like taking a o shot tequila. I got new life. Durants teammes say theyre devastated. I just feel so bad for him, to be honest. Like, thats nobody should have to go through Something Like that. Thats our brother. To be honest, its very deflating. Its hard to celebra this win. Reporter if kevin durant ruptured his achilles, he could potentially miss all of nt season. Many are questioning his decision to play in that mustwin game last night. But no one is blaming him. I was just about to ask you, whose decision is it . Did it the coaches, the players . The medical staff cleared him. Its a must win. Yeah. Anyway. It was hard to watch. Absolutely. First check t our of the weather. Als over at his post. Good morning. Good morninth anks for getting your First National weather from us. Were looking at wet weather along the coast and midatlantic and making its way into new england. We are going to see more rain, though, coming along the eastern seaboard. Low pressure developing, spotty storms. The greatest risk for heavy downpours. It makes its way tomorrow up the coast joined by a Second System siats going to bring strong thunderstorms posble right on into thursday and friday. Expect a lot of travel delays as we move on toward the end of the week. Rainfall amounts generally about 1 to 2 inch es especially out onto new england. To the south, theea hest rain of the coast. Locally up to 5 inches of rain. Were g tng to geto your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. Im meteorologist lauryn ricketts. Were looking at the last of the cloud cover pushing to the east of i95. Still seeing clouds et i95 but clearing coming your way. The rain is mov og out Southern Maryland too. Eventually we are going to see a dry day out there. Ee this already clearing here in d. C. Es right now. Were headed to right around 80. Main story today, the winds but out of the northwest still lowh dity. Enjoy the day. Thats your latest weather. All right. Thank you. Coming up, what o. J. Simpson is revealing in a rare interview 25 years after the murder of his exwife a her friend. Well ao hear from rons sister. And before the u. S. 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