unfairly. and this morning nbc news learning robert mueller is now in direct talks to testify on capitol hill. historic flooding. an emergency in the midwest. the mississippi river reaching record levels after days of heavy rain and it s still rising this morning. the region bracing for more severe weather today. all that, plus banned. why facebook is banishing several high-profile individuals it calls dangerous. the big changes coming to some of the nation s most popular beaches. and the gentle giant. star wars fans and co-stars fondly remembering the man who brought chewbacca to life. today friday, may 3rd, 2019. announcer: from nbc news this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to today. so many of us who loved star wars are really sad to see the man who played chewbacca and brought him to life has passed away. that wookiee warrior gone. here is the thing. tomorrow
it is urgent problem that we need to bear down on. it s from outside here and it s very, very cold out and very unseasonal. mr.president, catch this. this morning we ll report on the challenge of climate change. the science, the damage to our environment, the cost and the politics. welcom to sunday and this special edition of meet the press . nbc news, the longest-running show in television history. this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. goo sunday morning and a happy new year s weekend to everyone. we will do something that we don t often get to do. dive in on one it s obviously extraordinarily to do this as the end of this year has provene era of trump, but we re going to take an in-depth look regardless of that at a literally earth-changing subject that doesn t g t talked abous early on television news, at least, climate change, but just as important as what we are going to do this hour i what we re not going to do. we re not going to debat
administration in washington didn t deny science. but the politics is not. climate change is real, and it is urgent problem that we need to bear down on. it s from outside here and it s very, very cold out and very unseasonal. mr. president, catch this. this morning we ll report on the challenge of climate change. the science, the damage to our environment, the cost and the politics. welcome to sunday and this special edition of meet the press . nbc news, the longest-running show in television history. this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning and a happy new year s weekend to everyone. this morning we will do something that we don t often get to do. dive in on one topic. it s obviously extraordinarily to do this as the end of this year has proven in the era of trump, but we re going to take an in-depth look regardless of that at a literally earth-changing subject that doesn t get talked about this early on television news
the science is settled. it would be easier if washington didn t deny science. climate change is real and it is an urgent problem that we need to bear down on. it s a snowball that just from outside here. so that s very very cold out, very unseasonable. here, mr. president, catch this. this morning we report on climate change, the science, the damage to our environment, the cost and the politics. welcome to sunday and this special edition of meet the press. l edition of meet the press. from nbc news, the longest running television show in history. this is a special edition of chuck todd. good morning and happy new year s weekend. we will do something we don t often get to do, dive in on one topic. it is often extraordinarily difficult to do this as thhas bn proven in the era of trump. we will talk about one subject that doesn t get talked about enough, climate change. it s important as what we are not going to do. we re not going to debate climate change, the ex
i m katy tur. 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where a current white house official and decorated war veteran said he was on the july 25th call and he was worried the president was manipulating ukraine for his own domestic political benefit. it is day 36 of the impeachment inquiry and here is what s happening. army lieutenant colonel vinman the national security council s ukraine expert is behind closed doors with lawmakers. he s the first person to testify on who was, excuse me, who was actually on the call between president trump and zelensky. according to his opening statement, he will tell lawmakers quote, i was concerned by the call. i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and i was worriy eied about the implications of the support of ukraine. that statement says he c confronted gordon sondland after a meeting at the white house with ukrainian officials and told him that a the request to investigate the