Police now saying david ortiz was the target of an 800 hit. This morning the video of the shooting and the overnight arrest connected to the case. And a stanford coach avoids prison time in the collegeio admissns scam. My actions were wrong. I see that now. Will it iact the case of lo Lori Loughlin. A knox back t, ama in italy. Why she returned to the place she vowed the never woulsp and the irit of st. Louis. The st. Louis blues win stanley cup. The first team in history. And it sets off one of the biggest parties that city has seen. 2019. Y, june 13th, announcer 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 on a thursday morning. Its a first fort. Louis bringing home the stanley cup. They are bleeding blue down in st. Louis this morning. Again, halfway through theas se, the blues last in their division. Cinderella story, indeed. More on that in a bit. Hats history now. Lets get to this breaking news. The u. S. Navy this morning rushing in to assist two oiler tankers afthey were attacked near the strait of hormuz off the coast of iran. The incident is coming at a time ofeightened tensions. Reporter oil prices rocketed ring after the incident last night. One of the ship saying it was hit by a shell. Thats true, it is stunning. Justs the Prime Minister is in iran. On japanrelated tankers tweeting suspicious doesnt begin to dibe what happened this morning. This morning the u. S. Navys the fleet rushing to help tankers off the coast of iran in the gulf of iman saying u. S. Navy ships are in the area rendering assistance. Iran state tv reporting 44 cre evacuated from the vls accident. The two tankers damaged around the strait of hormuz are sailini from saurabia to singapore. And the crude oil tanker headed to taiwan from the emirates. Sinking according toranian stat media after it was afanme d adrift near the strait of hormuz. Its owners reporting an explosion on board. This mornings events coming just weeks afterra saudi aa accused arch rival iran of striking four oil tankers in the gulf. A preliminary investigation blaming an unidentified state actor. Iran has denied the accusations and at time played down the aspec aspects. When i came here, they were all over the place causing problems. Theyre not doing that right now and i think they respect the United States right now much more than they ever have. Reporter this morning the region on a knife edge again. Irans Supreme Leader saying america could not do anything to stop them getting an atomic bomb. This has been a time of escalating tensions, keir. Have we heard anything from the white house . Reporter not yet. But there will be reaction. The administration has already taken multiple steps going way back to last year pulling out of the Nuclear Agreement with iran. Ramping up sanctions on iran. And me recently amid those tensions sending more u. S. Including he region an Aircraft Carrier strike oup. The aim has been to deter iran. The urgent question this morning, what happened here. There will be cool heads in washington who will be asking this morninghy would iran attack japaneserelated ships just when the japanese leader was therein workng for peace. But if it was iran, it will strengthen the hands of those in the Trump Administration that are urgg a tough approach like john bolton. Again, were in the early hours of trying to find out wt really occurred. Without doubt, this is a dangerous moment. Keir simmons on this breaking news, thank you. Re now to that stunning admission from pdent trump revealing in a new interview that he would listen to information on his 2020 rivals from Foreign Governments. Peter alexander joins us with moren what theresident had to say and the reaction as well. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Youre right. These were remarkable comments especially after an investigation that consumed nearly two years of Donald Trumps presidency focusing on that in 2016. The president he might not necessarily alert the fbi if Foreign Governments offered damaging information on his 2020 opponent suggesting he would pun his o political future ahead of the rule of law. President trump asked by abc news whether hed accept information on his 2020 opponent from a foreign power or call the fbi. I think maybe you d both. I think you might want to listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. Ifod someb call ed from country, norway, we have knformation on your opponent. Oh. I d want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our election . Its not interference. They have informat if i thought there was something wrong, id go to the fbi if i thought there was something wrong. T when somebody comes up with oppo research, they zroent enough to take care of it. Reporter just last month Christopher Wray made his thoughts clear. If any fficial of any campaign is contacted by any nation state or anybody acting on behalf of a nation state bout influencing our interfering with our election, then thatsomething that the i would want to know about. Eporter the president disputing that. Call the vefbi. E a break. The fbi director says thats what should happen. The fbi director is wrg. Reporter it follows donald jr. C testifying behindlosed doors. The president s oldest son hosted that trump tower meeting between Campaign Officials and russians. The president defending his son who was not charged with a crime in connection with the mueller okay. Ation. Lets put yourself in a position. Youre a congressman. Somebody comes up and says, hey, i have information onour opponent. Do you call the fbi . If its coming from russia, you do. I dont think in my whole life ive ever called the fbi. In my whole life. You dont cal thefbi. You throw somebody out of your. Offi reporter it comes as one of the presents most trusted confidants hope hicks will testify investigating the president tried to obstruct justice. What she will be permitted to say remains unclear. Sense thede presi may assert executive privilege related to her time at the white house. And earlier this month directed hicks. Peter, lets go back to the comments from President Trump about accepting information from governments. Has there been reaction yet and do we suspect there will be some fallout . Reporter strikingly, republicansave been silent. But democrats from the campaign trail, they condemned the commentser chuck schum calling them disgraceful. He tweeted, theres no wonder Mitch Mcconnell is blocking bipartisan eorts to secure our elections from foreign interference. I think the real question perhaps right now is what if anything, the the president s latest comments mean for the wider impeachment discussion. Nancy pelosi has resisted calls within her partyeg to b impeachment proceedings. We are going to hear from her this morning. A weekly news conference. Bu its not clear that these comments from the president will change her calculus. Peter alexander, thank you. There is his morning, growing reaction to the first sentencing connected to that Widespread College admissions scandal. It wasnt what a lot of people were expecting from the judge. Miguel almaguer joins us with the. Latest reporter good morning. Prosecutors wanted to send a message with this sentencing at real prison time will happen. But they didnt get it. Its a case being watched by other defendants incding hollywood actresses as they, too, face possible time behind bars. You want to apologize . Any message toour former athletes . They looked up to you. Reporter prosecutors wanted John Vandemore y to spendrs behind bars. But he was sentenced to one day already served, six months house arrest, two years pvd probation, and a 10,000 find. He apologizedde outsi of federal court i have taken responsibility for my actions and am accepting the responsibility of those actions. Reporter after pleading o guilty t federal racketeering in march, he admitted to taking0 6,000 in bribes to get studen from wealthy families admitted into stanford as sailing recruits. But in federal court where hd his family we wapt, his attorneysked for leniency. He used the money to pay for sailing uniforms, boats, equipment, and staff sts, they said. In no way could i have used the money for personal expernss a personal gain. Myions were wrong. I see that now. Reporter after the hearing releasing this statement. We willo continue seek meaningful penalties in these cases. With 22 defendants pleading eeilty or agrg to plead guilty, the jues decision likely got the attention of others like Felicity Huffman who faces possible prison time. The actress this week attendingf rther ige daughte hr whose college trance exams were rigged. But some parents like hollywood celeb lori Lori Loughlin plan t fight the charges. You said there will be many more sentencing hearings. But what about new indictments or charges . Theres always been that notione that perhaps ts more to come. Thats right. We know this investigation is still wide openornd several m parents could be indicted. The court dates remain some time away. But this man is now a felon. Now tohose new arrests and chilling new details in the shooting of former red sox star david ortiz. Prosecutors in the dominican reblic now say he was the target of a murder for hire plot. Morgan chesky is live in santo domingoh more on this. Good morning. Reporter yeah, craig. Good morning. Dominican authorities stressing the shooting suspect definitely did not act alone. In fact, right now six other men are behind bars. Accused of trying to murder a ore than an Ch International sports star. Here in his dominican republic, a national hero. This morning dominican authorities are calling the plot to shoot beloved baseball star david ortiz a sophisticated and coordinated hit. Six suspects are now behind bars. But police say theyre searching for others including one nicknamed the surgeon. The attorney general investigators have been working nonstop to track down those responsible including this man. Who police say confessed to being the shooter. Investigors refuses to reveal the possible motive but that llmebody put 8,000 on the head of the future ha of famer. This video captured the brazen attack. You can see the moment he opens gunfire on ortiz. The bullet going through ortiz and wounding his iend. Authorities say shortly before the attack, this video shows the suspects meeting around the corner in t cars. The motorcycle there, the planned getaway vehicle. Police dination leading to believe the shooting was anything but random. The motorcycle driver eie vladimir feliz garcia captured and beaten by therowd before police took him into custody. Hes now chaed as an ptaccomplice to attem murder. His attorney saying none of the evidence so far implicates his y client in a way. Back in boston, ortizs wife tiffany saying big papi is improving every day. Daif david was able to sit up as well as take some steps. He will remain in the icu for the coming days but he is making Good Progress towards recovery. And this morning, the attorney for garcia, that first suspect arrested says his client has never accepted any money and isf not part o an organized crime ring. Meanwhile when asked, authorities refuse to answer anything on who could have dered this hit on bigpi pa all right. Morgan chesky there in the dr. Thank you. Much more to get to this morning iluding history in the nhl. The city oft. Louis celebrating its first stanley er cup ever aft the blues defeated the boston broouuins i last nights game seven. Kristen dahlgren got to st. Louis because she wanted to be in on this party. Repter thats right. Talk about happy tears. People in st. Louis have had a long timeo plan this party. 52 years in the making. Is is the citys first stanley cup ever. And what a cinderella not just ending a 52year drought but on january 3rd, this team had the fewest points in the league. They went on, they like to say, from worst to first. They did that with a 41 w away game seven in boston. Fans that couldnt travel filled the Enterprise Center here. They watched it on the big screens and ten party w well into the night. The blues not only ending their own drought, but also throwing a wrench intobostons post season success in multiple sports. So a huge day. The title, the stanley cup already back here in st. Louis, guys. All right. Thank you very much. You stay up late and watch . I watched through the Second Period last night. They were up 20 at that point. Looked like they had it well in. Looks like you might have been pulling for the blues bas on your your glasses. Right. Or i want to be like al roker. Al, are you wearing yours today . Ive got purple on today, actually. But provel cheese for everybody. A delicacy in st. Louis. A little fried ravioli also. Weve got wet weatherts making i way through the northeast and a cold front pushing its way to the east making its way through western pennsylvania. Weve got some wet weather out there to talk about. Today that coastal low will. Ing rain and wind its going to bring travel delays. Then weve got this second front that pushes through through friday. L showersgering on into new england. Airport delays may be a problem later this afternoon. 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