Game of thrones hacked. Redemption for the infamous fan. And a class trip to celebrate a teachers big day. August 1st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this Tuesday Morning. Hoda is in for savannah, while savannah enjoys some vacation time. Good morning, everybody. John kelly is showing its not going to be business as usual as the white house. He immediately dismissed newly minted Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci. Five Senior Administration officials have been given the boot since President Trump was sworn in five months ago. Were going to talk to Lindsey Graham to get his take on all this. Nobody likes Morning Hours more than senator graham. Its good to have him here. We have a lot of other news to cover, as well. Lets start at the white house. Nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, has the latest goings on. Reporter sean spicer quit becau
And the incredible rescue. Firefighters swooping in using a ladder truck to save a driver and his dog stuck in their car in this terrifying flood. 123450 have. Good morning, america. We hope you had a good weekend. That was some rescue. Absolutely. A great rescue. Those flash floods came on quickly in colorado and some Good Samaritans also jumped in to help with the rescue. Ginger is going to have the very latest on that in just a bit. Also this morning we are following new developments out of washington. Overnight President Trump spoke to japans Prime Minister about tensions with north korea in the wake of that missile launch. President putin has ordered the u. S. To cut 755 members of their diplomatic staff in russia. This comes as President Trumps new chief of staff, retired general john kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, starts his new role as white house chief of staff this morning and replaces Reince Priebus who was forced out last friday. Much more on that in just a mome
Autodetailing studio. The National Hurricane center. They totally got struck. They were out there being goofy. The car alarms. Thats how you know its real. You can hear a couple going off in the background. I dont think they were struck by lightning, but i think the Lightning Strike is real because if they were struck, theyd been on the ground. I dont buy it. Another reason this could be fake is because right when it shows the detroit autodetailing sign is when you see the strike so you know this could be used as like a viral marketing campaign. Totally true. The camera was turned away. You didnt see any lightning. We talked to the owner of the clip. Hes a cool guy and he told us they were just messing around with the camera watching the monsoon come through and got that lucky Lightning Strike on camera. Were going real on this clip. Yeah. All right. Thanks, mac. See you next week. Thats all for now. Well see you on the next brand new rtm. New video from los angeles where a driver repe
A good tuesday morning. We begin with the shakeup at the white house. The Communications Director forced out just days after taking the job. Anthony scaramucci was reportedly escorted from the white house grounds. His 11day tenure coming to an abrupt end as general john kelly is sworn in as chief of staff. Scaramucci is the fifth senior aide to resign in just six months into the trump presidency. Three of them including press Secretary Sean Spicer and chief of staff Reince Priebus stepped down in just the last week and a half. The president tweeting a great day at the white house. Abcs Kenneth Moton is following the developments including the president s role in crafting that russia meeting statement. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, the mooch is out after he rubbed a number of white house staffers the wrong way. It appears that this was all the doing of the president s new chief of staff who wanted a clean slate day one. West wing chaos. The Trump White House now dealing with
First he was booed and then getting right in the face of the cubs fan. What caused this confrontation in the first place. Dont drop the nachos. It is 7 01 on this monday. Last day of july. Yes, byebye july. True. That means it will get hotter. Yes, absolutely. We are in the middle of the dog days. Yesterday was one of the nicest days of my life. It was beautiful. We can keep it going. Interestd in the number of the day. I really a. M. You should be, because it is double digits. A 10. yah. Oh, for the love. Right. We will love it. Dont forget your sun screen because on a day like today you will want to spend time out of doors. Bus stop buddy celebrating phillies winning streak that they hope to keep going to day we have an afternoon game for the phillies and it should be excellent weather, look at that sunshine 66 degrees and we will head after a delightful sunday and a high of 83 of 88. That is high, but not too, too humid. Yet. That is humidity coming back and the 90s are coming back