Worth the list . Plus, wild for coco. The 15yearold american taking wimbledon by storm. Will she extend her cinderella run to Stevie Wonders surprise. Three mor shows and then im going to take a break. The midconcert announcement about his health and future that stunned fans. And on top of the wo team usa wins the womens world cup. Itsd econd straight and recor and a historic kicker tape pade is awaiting their return , hometoday, monday, july 8th, from nbc ws, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live fdim stuo 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on aay mond morning after the long holiday weekend. So much to celebrate. Go usa. Go usa. World cup champs again. Backtoback wins for the women. There she is, ms. Rapinoe, mvp. Thats right. A ticker tape parade later this week. Well tell you about theat celebrns, but lets get to the top story. Millions in Southern California still reeling after the onetwo punch of major earthquakes. They should serve as a wakep callor the entire country. Well talk aut that with al, but lets start with lester holt. In california when the quakes hit. He feltit. Od morning. Good morning. Like millions of others here in Southern California, we felt it pretty strong. Friday eveng, we we in a Movie Theater in santa monica and knew right away it was bigger than the day before. Everybody stays calm at first but then the shaking got stronger and a lot of us decided selfevacuate. We got out. Pretty scary, especially considering we were over 100 miles away from the worst of it. Lets go for thosehe living near t epicenter of the massive 7. 1 magnitude earthquake, a size mm shift in more ways than one. I dont know if any of us f willl safe here again. Housands of small after shocks have hit since fridays quake, which followed a 6. 4 shock the day before. Some families s haverted sleeping outside as a precaution. Its traumatizing to be inside. The quake felt as far away as l. A. , las vegas, phene, even salaamento. Png out on the tremor sparking fires, damaging structures, and leaving a fiscr. Giving a small glimpse of the energy vibrating from below, but thankfully, no lives were lost and no major iuries reported. I dont like the fear. Had a quake this size happened in a more populated area, Officials Say the loss of life could have been devastating. On the lang run, well have a lot more earthquakes and a lot stronger shaking. You have to go over this huge cracks and crevis in the road. In a small town, around 50 homes sustained damages. These high desert communities had beenvetruggling en before the quake. This may now, some are looking to rebu hoping this wont proveild tnd be a lasting setba. Any time we can go through a 7. 1 earthquake without a fatality, without a major injury, to not suffer structural damage thats significant, thats a blessing and a miracle. Experts hope it serve as a wae prepared at any moment. Ma people in Southern California doing exactly that this morning, shopping for emergency supplies, refreshing their go bags and rehearsing what to do when, not if, when another quake hits. That must have been something sitting in the dark theelter and eling the earth move beneath you. Thank right now, lets go to al. And mr. Roker, whats been driving these earthqllkes . We basically, those tectonic plates of shifting, and again, the problem is you cant forecast when. Once theypp ha, we do know there will be many aftershocks. This was a 7. 1 earth quake. It was fel as far away as 400 miles in a radius from San Francisco out to phoenix. Interesting e thing. We have seen a lot of aftershocks. 2400 aftershocks of 2. 0 or better, but look at this. Since friday, there have been over 500 aftershocks, 527 aftershocks, 3. 0 or better. And there could be ones that are at the same magnitude as the original quake. So were not done yet. The problem is nobody knows when and how many of these aftershocks there are going be, but people, as you heard from lester, are going to be standing by on alert for the next several weeks. Absolutely, al. Thank you. Now to a new developme inhe immigration battle. President trump says he will open some migrnlt Detention Centers to members of the media to what he calls are fake news reports about conditions inside the facilities. Hallie jackson has the details thismorning. Good morning. Hey, savannah. Good morning. Nresident trump and members of his administratre defending conditions at those border ttrol facilities after reports they were crowdey were unsanitary, all of it, raising the stakes in the fight over the president s immigrationcy poli. Already a signature issue in his 2020 campaign. A battle over bad conditions and bad headlines at the border this morning. The trump admintration pushing back against reports Migrant Children were being held in horrific contions in federal Detention Centers. During a briefit q a w reporters before boarding air force one, President Trump p saying hns to open some of those detention facilities to the media to try to prove that recent reports about the conditions there are not true. I want the press to go in and see them. Were going to send people in. The president also calling a report from the New York Times describing crying children and inadequate medical care inside the clint, texas, facility, a hoax. The New York Times, it f really ise news. On sunday, acting director of the department of Homeland Security disputed the accounts of squalid conditions. Im not denying there are challenging conditions at the border. What can can tell you there is accurate food, water. It comes days after some democratic members of congress toured two texas border facilities, furious over wha. This is them on their best behavior, and they put them in rooms with no running water. And these women were being told by cbp officers to drink out of the toilet. A gump rowatchdog last week released images of what they describe as dangerous a overcrowding those facilities, and across the country, protests under the hashtag closethecamps demanding those centers be shut down. Senator jeff merkley said hes stunned when trump administrationicials say reports are unsubstantiated. Im like, what world are they living in . From every directioee you s the children are being treated in a horrific manner. And theres an underlying philosophy tha its okay to treat refugees in this fashion. This is a fight that will head to capitol hill in a few days. Congressional democrats want two top officls including the akding dhs secretary to appear before them. At least one democrat said she would sua suba if thestratie Administration Officials dont show. Theres a new poll the white house is feeling good about. The president s Approval Rating has ticked up about five points over the last couple months to 44 . This is according to a New Washington post abc news poll. Why . Well, its driven mostly by the good economy. Still, a majority of Americans Still do not approve overall of how the president has been doing. He jackson, thank you. Tensions once again running high between the whi house and the British Government after two years worth of comments about President Trump wered to the media, and they could damage the relationship between the allies. Nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has more on that this morning. Good morning. Good morning. That unprecedented leak of devastating memos from the British Ambassador to the United States about President Trump has created a firestorm between london and thehite house. Potentially even complicating an already escalating crisis with iran. Just as the frosty relationship between the president and the British Government waslt meg, in the glow of that glittering state dinner, a diplomatic l. Bombshel the British Ambassadors brutal critique in donald trump. In two years o secret tables to downing street, saying mr. Trump radiates insecurity. Advising officials innd lo, you need to make your points simple, even blunt, and calling his administ inept and uniquely dysfunctional. Even writing in an early note that the president e indented to dodgy russians. As first reported by britains tab out daily mail, President Trump was clearly not happy. The ambassador has not served the. Uk well i can tell you that. Were not big fans of that man. Britain is now invesgating the embarrassing leak. Its a job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions abou whats going on inhe countries they operate, and our ambassador was just doing his job. But those are personal views. Wseyre not the vie of the British Government. This diplomatic flap comes even as the u. S. And britain are dealing with a big new challenge from iran. An nouncing sunday that its taking a major step to break out of the 2015 iranuclear deal President Trump abandoned a year ago. Iran saying it will start en iching uranium that can be used to fuel a Nuclear Weapon if it ds not get release from crippling economic sanctions. Iran better be careful. You enrich for one reason, and i wont tell you what that reason is, but its no good. Experts say it could take a year before irance could produ a bomb, but the u. S. Warned more sanctions could come. Meanwhile, iran also comes up in those leaked memos. The British Ambassador writing he does not believe the president s explanation for callg off that attack last month, instead writing its was more likely mr. Trump was more worried how it would affect his reelection. The leaked documents are indeed authentic. Ndrea mitchell for us in washington. Thank you. In the million, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein is set to appear in Court Following his weekend arrest on new sex abuse allegations. Jeffrte eps will be charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex, according to lafor enforct officials. Hes bng held in a manhattan jail and is expected to be brought to this courthouse for a bail hearing in front of a federal judg Billionaire Hedge Fund manager Jeffrey Epstein first publicly acsed of sexu abuse on minors more than a decade ago is back in court this morning and will be charged whereederal sex crimes for the first time. The counts will include sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex. The 66yearold financier who counts among his powerful friends President Trump, former president clinton, and britains prince andrew, was arrested saturday aer he flew in from paris. Authorities also raided epsteins manhattan home, the new charges come on the heels of a reexamination of the case by the miami herald. Epstein allegedly inviting High School Girls to his palm beach mansion. Theseiroung g who were 13, 14, and 15, thought they were going to get there to get paid to give him a massage and . Stead what he did was he pressed hem further and further each time to have sexual and intimate relations. Several of those then teen girlhe also spoke to t miami herald. Th accused epstein of giving them money for massages. Which some say quickly escalated into molestation. It ended with sexual abuse and intercourse. And then a pat on the back. Youve done a really good job. Heres 200. In 2008, epstein pleaded guilty in florida to state charges ofg solicitinnd procuring a minor for prostitution in exchange for avoiding more serious federalch ges. He served just 13 months in jail. The plea deal widely criticized as too lenient worked out by epsteins attorneys and agreed to by former u. S. Attorneyr alexan acosta who is now President Trumps labor secretary. Acosta did not respond o a request for comment but has previously defended the deal, saying it was the best possible based onhe evidence at the time. The charges do not mean that this investigation is over. The fbinly just searched epsteins home. That could uncover new evidence and all this attention on the case could sppotentially ine alleged victims, new alleged victims, to come forward. Back to you. Stephanie gosk at the courthouseor us, thalo you. A more to get to on this monday morning, inuding those celebrations still going strong after the u. S. Womens soccer team won its record fourth world cup and second in a row. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in france. Kelly, good morning to you. Good morning, aig. Yeah, a long night in a good way, said some of the players today. These players, their fans, always believed this team was the best in the world, and now they have yet another trophy to back it up. Thas it. U. S. Wins their fourth world cup. This morning, the u. S. Wipen players are still on a high afte the teams unecedented fourth world cup win. Loud nine. It was a tough win against the netherlands. Not a single goal in the first half for either te. Then, an hour in, a penalty on alex morgan set up this nerves of steel goal from cocaptain megan rapinoe. Minutes later, rose luonl scored all her o. Whent was over, cheers from frce to the u. S. And online, congratulations from the firstlady, former president s, and spos legends. Then, this demand in the stands. Fans shouting for equal pay. Which american women have been fighting for. Meg mega awarded player of the match, the golden boot, and golden ball for c best world player, saying its time for change. The u. S. Womens team is suing the u. S. Soccer federation for gender discrimination. The women bring in more money, play more games, and have way more trophies than the american men. Their epic fourth trophy comg amid controversy over how they win, how they celebrate, and what they fight forff the field. President trump last week criticizing rapinoe for not singing the national them. She fired back. No, not going to the white house. Saying she would not accept an invitaon to visit the white house. On sunday, the president tweeted his congratulations. But declined to say whether an invitation would be extended ton u. S. W inspiring young and old, women and men. So good at what they do. The women have overtaken the men in terms of popularity. This morning, heading home to a heros welcome. That heros welcome, a ticker tape parade in new york, planned for wednesday morning. And guys, the only mom on the team, jessica mcdonald, celebrated with her 7yearold son, jeremiah. She posted a few p soci med and sai heoesnt g it rightn now, but shes hoping he looks back on these pictures and says wow, i was there, and my mom really is cool, just like she said. Yeah, shes cool. Thats for sure. Kelly, thank you so much. Thats going to be great for the parade. Good. On the field, but they have come to represent so much more off the field. And its fun to watch with your kids. How is the weather looking . We could be looki at a tropical system in the gulf before the week is out, but first, we have a lot of wet weather to talk about from pennsylvania virgin , washi d. C. , we f the risk ofsh Flood Warnings. Also Flash Flood Watches. Heavy rain into the northeast. This frontal system is going to sag to the south,ringing locally heavy rain, isolated flooding, and then heres what were looking at. Today we havesshis low pree system over the southeast. Thats generating some of this wet weather, but it starts to sag into the gulfs we get toward the end of the week. By midweek, we could be looking at a potent system. The National Hurri center gives this an 80 chance for tropical development, would be barry if it happens, but in the meantime, e way or the other, the west coast of florida could see upwards of five inches of rain by friday. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 goin down the only road ive ever known ike a drifter i was born to walk alone youre a drifter . I thought little bit of both. If you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. A weather alert for you this morning. Two flash flood warnis in ace now. One in frederick county, maryland. That goes until 9 30, and this one just came in. Ud it incl a large portion of central and northern Montgomery County. That Flash Flood Warning goes until 11 15, and the rain is coming down hard. Blinding rain coming straight down 2 here, moving into gaithersburg. In northwest washington and the northern sites of the b soon. 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