. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. as we come on the air, a hurricane is about to make landfall in the state of florida for the first time in 11 years. hurricane hermine is packing and there are fears of tornadoes, torrential rain, flooding and a dangerous storm surge, which has already gun. tonight multiple states of emergency across as the massive storm closes in. millions are on alert. gabe gut air says in the florida panhandle for us tonight. how are things going? >> reporter: good evening. the wind and the rain is really starting to pick up here as shore. it has really strengthened throughout the day. now florida's governor is saying that 6,000 members of the national guard are ready to mobilize if needed. tonight the outer bands of hermine are lashing the panhandle. torrential rain pounding the coast as authorities warn of devastating storm surge. >> this is life-threatening. we have a hurricane. >> you can rebuild a home, you can rebuild property, you cannot rebuild strengthening into a category 1 hurricane this afternoon had already dumped more than a foot

prevent and manage diseases. coming up savannah guthrie will sit down and talk with them about this initiative. >>> does it look like autumn? >> some of the trees in my neighborhood are starting to turn. >> okay. >> but the trees just might be really drive. >> i do not want to go there. >> i like the way you went with the fall. it is a great season and it sleeves. it is feeling like summer. 60s as we start the day ended up in the 80s again. fall starts 10:21 this morning. we get more seasonal in the seven-day forecast. but today it is going to feel like summer. upper 60s at 9 am. 80 at lunch and 85 for the high. record high today in the low 90s so we will terrific once again. and transitioning into a perfect warm afternoon. it has been a treat this week to get outside. sunshine and lots of sunny smiles across northeast ohio. the warm weather continues and it looks like through the week. we said monday this entire week we would have temperatures 10+ degrees above normal and it is the cold front to the west will have an impact on our weather but i don't think in the rain factor as muc

from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. here now, savannah guthrie and chuck todd. >> and good evening, everybody. nice to have you with us. chuck, after all the gamesmanship from both campaigns this is it, we're literally minutes way from the start of the first and all important presidential debate on a stage behind us. we've already seen the candidates tonight hillary clinton and donald trump arriving here a bit earlier this evening. they're waiting backstage. and chuck, we've had a moment tonight. >> yeah. >> president bill clinton is in the house. and met mrs. melania trump. they just shared that handshake. we've got the whole families assembled here. >> we do. and i think one thing we ought to remember as big of personalities that they are, we know this of big personalities, this is also a clash of two competing visions of america. hillary clinton embracing the many cultural changes, diversity, acceleration of globalization that's happening. donald trump embracing a vision that says whoa, let's slow down, let's slow things down, let's look inward a little bit. let's n

lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. as we come on the air, a hurricane is about to make landfall in the state of florida for the first time in 11 years. hurricane hermine is 75-mile-an-hour winds and there are fears of tornadoes, torrential rain, flooding and a dangerous storm surge, which has already gun. tonight multiple states of emergency across as the massive storm closes in. millions are on alert. gabe gut air says in the florida panhandle for us tonight. how are things going? >> reporter: good evening. the wind and the rain is really starting to hermine gets closer to shore. it has really strengthened throughout the day. now florida's governor is saying that 6,000 members of the national guard are ready to mobilize if needed. tonight the outer bands of hermine are lashing the panhandle. torrential rain pounding the coast as authorities warn of devastating storm surge. >> this is life-threatening. we have a hurricane. >> you can rebuild a home, you can rebuild property, you cannot rebuild a life. >> reporter: strengthening into a category 1 hurrica

they amazing? that's going to do it for us on a thursday night. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching, and have a it is here now. we can we build a home, we can rebuild a business. we cannot rebuild your life. >> hermine slams florida. three states declare a s emergency. we've got team coverage. >>> thousands take to the streets many complaining they are hungry as venezuela looks for stability. >> kaep nick continues his anthem protest. >>> and it's this comment from msnbc that set the twitter on following this explosive set back in the space race. and a warning for parents of kids who take school buses and a whole lot more on a business friday, "early today" starts right now. good to be with you this morning. hurricane hermine is pounding florida's gulf coast after making landfall just hours ago. the category one hurricane is the state's first in over a decade bearing down with torrential rain, threatening storm surges. the gulf coast is standing as new jersey braces for hermine. weave got cover

evening i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight as night falls in charlotte, north carolina, officials there are bracing and hoping there won't be a repeat of last night when this was the scene. violent over the police shooting of an african-american man. the officers say he was holding a gun and did not respond to their commands. but some witnesses are telling a different story. and tonight a community is torn apart and on edge. nbc's gabe gutierrez starts us off. >> after a night of chaos, charlotte officials are now pleading for calm as conflicting stories emerge about the death of keith lamont scott. >> police say they were trying to serve a warrant tuesday to a different man at this apartment complex when they encountered scott, who had a gun. >> they were instructing the subject, once he got out of the vehicle to drop the weapon. >> did you see any gun on him? >> i did not, no gun, it was a book. >> this woman says she watched the shooting from her second-floor balcony and took a cell phone video of the aftermath. she said scott was reading a book waiting for his son's ho because

. >>> good evening, i'm savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation's attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after african american man there. and in tulsa, oklahoma, late word today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc's blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. >> reporter: video from a police helicopter shows moments before being shot and killed by tulsa police last friday. >> shots fired! >> reporter: tonight the officer who fired, betty shelby, is being charged. >> i determined that the filing of the felony crime of manslaughter in the first-degree against tu

"nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, i'm savannah guthrie, in for lester. tonight the world is getting its first glimpse into the tense and chaotic moments that unfolded in charlotte, north carolina, this week, and set off three consecutive nights of sometimes violent protests. police shot and killed a man they claim was failed to respond to commands. his wife tells a different story, and as it turns out, was shooting cell phone video of the incident as it happened. video that nbc has now obtained, as official police footage of the incident still isn't public at the police chief's command. we start with our gabe gutierrez and a warning, the video you're about to see is graphic and disturbing. >> don't shoot him. don't shoot him. >> reporter: tonight, recorded by keith scott's wife rakeyia, for the first time shows the moments before the 43-year-old was fatally shot. >> don't shoot him. he has no weapon. he has no weapon. don't shoot him. [ bleep ] don't shoot him. don't shoot him. he didn't do anything. >> scott's wife, pleading to officers as police yell this orde

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a rainy thursday morning. >> remember earlier in the week labor day weekend. not looking so good. >> we're going to confront al. i mean, talk to al. it's our top story. the weather. a state of emergency in florida. tropical storm hermine expected to make landfall later today. it's already brought heavy rains to the gulf coast. could strengthen into a category 1 hurricane and, yes, the entire east coast is now looking at a wet holiday weekend. let's go right over to al. he's following the storm's path. we'll get to him in a second. let's start gutierrez who is in florida this morning. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. we've already seen some rain on and off here throughout the morning and as you mentioned hermine is strengthening. the national weather service now saying it's expected to make landfall here in florida either later tonight or in the overnight hours as a hurricane. now, dang

, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is a monday morning. we've got willie in for matt this morning. >> yesterday on that 15th anniversary of september 11th, the focus suddenly became on hillary clinton and her health when that startling piece of video came out. >> everybody is talking about it. let's talk about the state of the race today. the election just 57 days away. as we mentioned, hillary clinton's health scare at that campaign trail. her running mate, tim kaine, heads to ohio today. >> as for donald trump, he'll be in maryland meeting with national guard leaders, his first trip to that state since winning the republican nomination. he also has a rally planned later in north carolina. >>> and our latest polling shows the candidates in a dead heat in four more battleground states. in arizona, trump has a one-point lead among likely voters. 42-41. and a three-point advantage in georgia, 46. 43, while clinton is up b point, 45-44 in nevada. check out new hampshire

hitting a so 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is a tuesday morning. willie is in for matt once again. wow, what a scene last night. >> two people were arrested when ryan lochte was dancing. more protests in the crowd. lately in politics and sports, competitive dancing, not somewhere we've seen it. >> we'll have more on that in a minute. >>> politics now. right to the state of the race. donald trump hosting a rally in iowa now this afternoon before heading to pennsylvania for an event there tonight. it will be his fourth visit to those states since becoming the republican nominee. >>> hillary clinton getting help from her husband as she recovers from pneumonia. the form california today. meanwhile, president obama hits the road for the former secretary of state as well. he's got a stop today in pennsylvania. >>> and clinton's lead in this race is narrowing according to our latest nbc news/survey monkey poll. 48%-44% compared to the ten-point a

savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> morning, everybody. welcome to "today," wednesday morning, willie for matt again. and hacked e-mails. starting to be the story of this election. >> yeah, this time general colin powell, tough words about donald trump and also about hillary clinton. we'll get to that in just a second. let's get to the state of the race. with the election now just 55 days away, donald trump starts off in flint, michigan, his first visit there. they'll tour the treatment plant behind the water crisis and meet with residents. >>> hillary clinton off the trail for another day as she recovers from pneumonia. president clinton will fill in las vegas and chelsea clinton makes several stops in north carolina and virginia. hillary clinton is expected to resume campaign activities tomorrow. >>> and take a look at this new bloomberg poll out just this morning, focused on the race in the state of ohio. it shows trump now leading by five points. 48-33. in a state that may swing this election. >> a lot of moving pieces. let's kick off national correspon

: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today," it is a thursday morning. we got willie in for matt this morning. so much unusual about this campaign. add another thing. here we have a candidate for president releasing medical records. that's normal. but doing it on a tv show. >> dr. oz is here. he's in the building. he's going to tell us exactly what was in the papers handed to him by donald trump and give his just a few minutes. >>> the state of the race today, with the election now in 55 short days, after her bout with pneumonia, hillary clinton returns today to the campaign trail. her first stop -- north carolina. she'll also join president obama for an awards gala in washington. >>> donald trump starts his day right here in new york before heading to a rally in new hampshire later. his appearance on the dr. oz show opening up about his health actually airs today. >>> a new poll shows trump leading among likely voters in the key state of florida. by three point

is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> what a pretty day. good morning, everybody. it is friday. we've got willie ending the week for us with matt off. he'll be back next week. >>> another busy morning in politics. head again as donald trump is asked whether president obama is born in the united states and will not answer the question. >>> there is a lot more to get to. starting with the battle for the white house. the election, by the way, 53 days away. this is the state of the race. hillary clinton beginning her day of campaigning in washington, d.c. she's speaking at the black women's agenda symposium. and michelle obama will attend an event for hillary clinton in virginia. >>> donald trump starts off with an event at the heading down south for a rally in miami. >> frump now leads in likely voters nationwide, a one-point advantage, 46%-45%. >>> lots to get to on a friday morning. this is our decision 2016 team. starting with nbc national correspondent, peter alexander. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good mo

jokes "today," monday, september 19th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on this monday morning. and it is a busy one. we want to start with some breaking news overnight. five explosive devices discovered in new jersey near a busy train station. this is just a day after a device exploded here in new york city. and this morning, police are searching this building in elizabeth, new jersey. they say it is in connection with this investigation. we have complete coverage beginning with nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: good morning. that fbi activity that you were talking about a short time ago is taking place just a mile away from where we are standing. we can tell you investigators have been there for the past several hours. they're very interested in a local residence there. law enforcement officials tell nbc news they are concerned an active terror cell may be working in this area. neighborhood after two men say they came across a back pam, opened it up, loo

and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this friday. the start of labor day weekend. we're going out in style with great concert out on the plaza. >> if you have to say good-bye to summer, this is the way to do it. alicia keys will be on our plaza. >> we'll get music in before the weather turns bad. that's our top story. hermine slamming into the florida coast making landfall overnight. watches and warnings extend from the south all of the way up to the east c we've got you covered from all angles and we'll get to al's forecast in just a moment. but let's begin with nbc's gabe gutierrez in the storm zone. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the water here much calmer than it was a few hours ago as hermine roared through making landfall to our east. many parts of florida's gulf coast are flooded this morning and almost 200,000 people are overnight hurricane hermine slammed into florida's panhandle packing winds of up to 80 miles an hour. this morning storm surge and the possibility of isola

," september 20, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. tuesday morning. savannah's on her way back from an assignment on the west coast. she just landed. she will join us very shortly. >>> in the meantime, let's start this morning with overnight developments on the investigation into the bombings here in new york and new jersey. the first charges have now been filed against ahmad rahami, five counts of attempted murder. want to be clear -- those are for the gun battle he had with police in linden, new jersey that led to his eventual take-down and rahami was shot several times down that encounter and he is recovering in a hospital. bail set at $5.2 million. the 28-year-old is a naturalized u.s. citizen. was not on any terror watch list at the time of these bombings. senior officials say he traveled to afghanistan as recently as 2013 and made several trips to pakistan as well. we have every angle of this case covered beginning with nbc almaguer. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good mornin

is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. it's another busy news morning. let's get right to that breaking news down in charlotte, north carolina. protests over a deadly police-involved shooting there setting off a wave of angry protests. chris, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the scene here far different than what it was just a few short hours ago. protesters remained on the streets into the wee hours of the early morning following the shooting of an african-american man that police say was armed and dangerous. but family members say was disabled and carrying nothing more than a book. chaos charlotte, north carolina. after a 43-year-old black man was fatally shot by police at an apartment complex. >> we got shots fired. one suspect down, legacy court. all officers 10-4, one suspect down. >> reporter: authorities say officers were trying to serve a warrant to a different man tuesday afternoon when they encountered keith lamont scot

savannah guthrie live from studio 1a. >>> as we come on this morning, unfortunately, another really hard night in charlotte. >> that's our top story. demonstrations there turned violent for a second night in a row. one person was shot in what police are describing as a protester on protester violence. several officers have been injured. a number of stores vandalized. >> north carolina's governor has saying he is calling in the national guard and state troopers to help restore order. nbc's gabe gutierrez has all the overnight developments. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the nascar hall of fame, one of the buildings damaged in the chaos. what started out as peaceful protests quickly spiraled out of control right in the heart of downtown charlotte. the governor now bringing in the national guard. overnight, a rampage in north carolina's largest city. demonstrators clashing with officers in riot gear for a second straight night. teargas used to push the crowd back, protesters tossing the canisters back at police. the omni hotel forced to lock its guests inside. >> the

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is friday morning. got willie here while matt has the day off. >> good morning, savannah. perhaps the most watched debate in the history of american politics. >> this is a big weekend for the candidates. >>> but our top story -- charlotte. this new wave of protests there. for the first time a curfew was in effect overnight. did it work in nbc's gabe gutierrez has the very latest for us again this morning. hi, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. this night was much more peaceful. the mayor imposed a midnight to 6:00 a.m. curfew to try and restore order, and the police did not strictly peaceful. they did. so while the violence has eased. now the debate is raging over whether local authorities should release videos of the death of keith scott. >> release the video! >> reporter: for the third straight night demonstrators took to the streets in charlotte but overnight no major violence while nati

. >> announcer: 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 a monday morning. that wasgh to this morning, one of my not only golfing icons and idols but idols in general, arnold palmer dying. >> he did so much for the game and we are going to look back with a lot of affection in just a couple of minutes. >> we certainly will, but we want to get right to the state of the race, 43 days to go until the election as we said the stage is set for tonight's first presidential debate. hillary clinton and donald trump facing off over at hofstra university on long island, the moderator "nbc nightly news" higher. look at this, brand new bloomberg politics poll just out this morning. here is what it shows, clinton and trump tied at 46% among likely voters nationwide. >> the audience expected to be massive, up to 100 million viewers might tune in. that will rival the super bowl, it would easily surpass the 80 million for the highest rated presidential debate ever, jimmy ca

. >> announcer: 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 a wednesday morning. we start with sad news coming out of the middle east. the breaking news is the death figures in the world. former israeli president and prime minister shimon peres. nbc's kelly cobiella has a look at his life and also his legacy. kelly, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning. a man of vision and peace, the essence of israel. just some of the tributes pouring in this morning for shimon peres. he was 93, hospitalized two weeks ago after suffering a stroke. the statesman, the eternal optimist. overnight shimon peres lost his last fight, dying of complications from a stroke, his family by his side. >> he worked tirelessly for israel, from the very first day of the state to the last day of his life. >> reporter: peres served along israel's founding fathers. first a hawk building the military and nuclear program, a settlements in the west bank, and later a dove. peace with israel's arab neighbo

responsible >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> it's 10:30 here on the east coast, 7:30 out west. this is an nbc news special report. there's y unfolding right now in hoboken, new jersey. a new jersey transit train crashing into the terminal there. at least three people confirmed dead, more than 100 others injured. we're told that a number of them are critically injured. >> this of course happened at the height of rush hour earlier this morning. we're already seeing images of terrible destruction. witnesses are speaking out this morning and sharing stories of chaos and panic. >> everything was typical. everyone to get into the first car, so fortunately i was stuck in the middle. myself and about six other people were in between the cars. we approached the station, and the train just felt like it never stopped. it didn't slow down. it didn't -- it didn't brake. i mean, i don't know for sure if it didn't brake or what was happening. so as soon as the train just kept going, there was -- the lights shut off. people started yelling. and the

savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. we have breaking news. it's the search for a motive in that school shooting in south suspected of fatally shooting his father at home and opening fire at an elementary school play ground two, students, one six-years-old and a teacher were wounded. gabe gutierrez is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, i don't have night the suspected gunman was questioned at length. we will hear incredible stories of survival and heroism. a volunteer fire fighter took the suspect down and teachers who prevented him from getting inside the building. for a motive after shots rang out at recess. >> townville school board, a shooting. >> reporter: a 14-year-old opened fire wounding two students and a teacher. the unarmed fire fighter stepped in and tackled him. >> we've got a gun on the playground. we got to keep everyone from here. >> reporter: they say he shot his father two miles away. grandmother in tears. >> she could not make out what he was saying. he was crying and upset. >> reporter: the young gunman had drive

, september 30th, 2016. >>> from nbc news, this is savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this friday morning. we should say the "today" show with matt lauer, savannah guthrie and matt johnson who made the putt in the practice round after taunting the european team. >> imagine the pressure. he heckled them, comes out, that putt. >> and by the way, not an easy putt. we'll have more on that in a little while. also, we're going to go out to the golf course later on to watch some members of team usa as they tee off. but let us start this morning with our top story. we're talking about overnight developments on the investigation into that new jersey transit train accident. it killed one woman and injured more than 100 others. we'll talk to the ntsb's vice chairman in a moment. first, nbc's tom costello i good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. investigators now recovered the black box at the rear of the train. they still need to get hold of the black box and the outward facing cameras from th

savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on this labor day monday mornin weekend. i'm willie geist alongside tamron hall. matt and savannah have the morning off. >>> hillary clinton back on the campaign trail with a new plane. look closely. it's hard to miss it. stronger together on the side. her campaign slogan kicking off an extraordinary campaign season and now we're in the last couple months. >> matching plane for plane. we'll have more on the presidential race just ahead. we'll get to dylan's forecast in a moment. first, nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the east end of long island. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. hermine is meandering off the east coast and this area is under a tropical storm warning. not expecting rain but strong winds and rip currents keeping people out of the water on this labor day. after slogging through the south and the mid-atlantic, this morning hermine is the northeast coast kicking up dangerous waves and rip currents. >> the pace of the storm is even slower than they predicted so we can

savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. om tuesday morning. it's september 6th. it's after labor day. i want to tell myself there's another side to that story with those people knocking over that ancient rock sculpture. >> if our show can accomplish one thing today maybe that tape will help authorities figure out who those people are. we'll tell you more about that coming up in just a while. >>> crunch time in the presidential race. just 63 days to go now. hillary clinton and donald trump the finish beginning the post-labor day push by barnstorming key battleground states. we have it all covered. let's start with national correspondent peter alexander. good morning. >> good morning to you. here we finally are post-labor day. alas the start of the homestretch. this is where things stand this morning. our brand new nbc news survey monkey poll shows this race is holding steady. clinton maintaining a six-point lead over trump. 48-42 as you see. as furiously fight for every last vote. just 63 days to go for hillary clinton and donald trump. no tim

museum in new york. and savannah guthrie, live from are rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. intrepid sea, air and museum along the hudson river. this is the site of tonight's commander-in-chief forum, the first joint candidate event of this general election season. i'm going to tell you much more about what we have in store for the candidates here later on. but savannah is back in studio 1a a few blocks from here. good morning to you. >> good morning. what a setting you you have there, and voters consistently say the top of their list in importance. >> no question about it. let me set the stage for you, savannah. during this hour-long event, clinton and trump will appear back-to-back, taking questions on national security, military affairs and veterans' issues from an audience of active and veteran service members. now, last night there was a coin toss. it was held to determine the order of appearance. trump won the coin toss. and has chosen to go second. hillary clinton will go first, savannah. >> okay. and matt, what

nbc news, and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. do anything interesting last night? >> it was a nail biter. i tell you that. serena williams pulled it out in the end. it was really, really good. >> a lot of people were watching something else. in fact, this commander in chief forum on nbc last night. away. we want to get to the state of the race. hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail with a rally this afternoon and tim kaine was there on tuesday. she'll then head to missouri where the latest poll shows her trailing there by ten points. >> donald trump heads back to cleveland for the first time since the republican national convention. this will be his seventh visit to ohio since becoming his party's nominee. so according to a recent poll, the race in that key battleground state is extremely close. trump leading by just three points. >> so we have a lot to get to this morning. in a moment we're going to talk to two generals who were advisers to the clinton and trump campaigns respec

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. something tells me our television sets were tuned to >> that's right. i was watching the serena match. what a shocker. you were watching the home shopping network again? >> again. there's the tennis match right there. boy, the end of that football game was exciting. we'll talk more about both of those things. but on this friday morning, we've got to start with this breaking news. north korea conducting what it calls a higher level nuclear test overnight and it's triggering swift the administration. >> it was powerful and provocative. north korea's fifth and largest nuclear test. kim jong-un moving closer to a missile that could reach the u.s. watched with pride in its it was powerful enough to cause an earthquake measuring 5.3. south korea's president called it an act of fanatic recklessness but this test was aimed at projecting power. the timing deliberate. today is north korea's july 4th, the