It beat him once. But with the help of jennas training, can he get over it this time . The pressure is on today. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt with jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. Welcome back. Thank you very much. Had a nice random day off and now im back and raring to go. Well, everyones raring to go this morning. I saw that video of lester. I had to come back. Somebody had to come back. But, yeah. There it is, the wall. A technique issue. Is it taller than last time . From that angle, that looks nearly impossible. I thought it was a technique issue. Jenna said, no, your form was wrong. Little bit. And you needed some training. I went to camp jenna. Listen, lester worked this guy is really strong. He works really, really hard and he put his mind to it. The video kills me every time i see it. But now well do it in slow motion. Look, were going to later on this morning, ill go out there and try it again. If i dont succeed this time you will, you will. I was going to say, if i dont succeed this time, theyre going to put little well shoot it from a different camera angle so we cant tell were pushing you up. Lets do that. Anyway, a lot to talk about this morning. Also ahead, a really great story about how bruno mars music helped a young girl after a terrible car accident. Doctors feared she wouldnt recover. But she had an incredible turn around and well tell you how the popular singer helped her get better. Such a great story. We begin with this mornings top story, thats the great white shark attack off a popular california beach. A terrifying scene there on saturday. This morning, that swimmer who was attacked is telling his story of survival. Kristen dahlgren has more for us. Kristen, good morning. Good morning. This story might make anyone head to the beach today think twice about going into the ocean. Shark attacks along the california coast are quite rare. This one happened on saturday morning, and the victim is now speaking out about the moment he was caught in the sharks jaws. You can feel the whole body shaking with the shark. The video captures the moment it happened. A swimmer with no idea a 7 foot great white is nearby. Look at that. There he is. Look at him. Right the shark tacks, thrashing, fighting to escape a fishermans line. He got bit. The guy is, like, never mind, get the lifeguard. Shark attack. Shark attack. The victim who suffered a bite to his torso and hand is now out of the hospital. And telling his story. It surfaced up to the very top, and i saw it eye to eye. And it made a very sharp left turn and just lunged right at my chest. Some witnesses say the bloody scene could have been avoided. A fisherman hooked the shark, okay. And he was fighting it for about 40, 45 minutes. Theyre trying to get away, and the fishermans trying to pull him in. Fishing for great whites is prohibited. And fishermen are required to cut the shark loose as soon as it is identified. Whether he was trying to unhook him and snap the line or not, im not sure. One of the fishermen told knbc they were not fishing for great whites and noted they alerted swimmers to get out of the water. Hey, get out of the water shark get out of the water shark. Officials kept people out of the water until they were able to spot the shark in deeper water. The shark is injured. When an animal is injured you dont know how theyre going to behave. Were not taking any chances. As for the 40yearold who is recovering this morning i dont know what to think right now. I really dont. Im just still in shock. I nearly died today. Now, police have banned fishing off the pier for at least the next several days. As for just how common a shark attack is off the coast of california, there have been 39 shark attacks there in the past dozen years. Only five of them fatal, erica. But still very scary stuff. That will make you think twice. Can you imagine someone yelling shark, get out of the water, and youre in the water . No, i cant. Lets talk about the flooding fears in the midwest, rivers throughout the area starting to crest. And the rain just keeps on coming. Dylan is tracking this one for us. Good morning. Good morning. Thats the problem. The rain is relentless. And we did have some flooding in clarksville, missouri. Look at some of these streets and roadways, everybody getting together and sandbagging, just sort of trying to help where the floodwaters are going with the mississippi flooding and several reservoirs flooding. And in illinois, theyre handling the same situation, you know. You can see how high the water levels are along the banks of those rivers. Here is what is setting up as we go through the next couple of days. It is not going to be a deluge of downpours, but it is going to be relentless rain. Every single day we have the threat of some showers. You can see in minneapolis, were seeing more of these showers passing through. We have lots of severe storms we had overnight and down through missouri, where more flooding rains are expected. We have got this cold front that is draped across parts of the midwest. And since june 1st, cedar rapids, iowa, 13. 9 inches of rain, thats well above average for this time of year and in davenport, iowa, we picked up nearly 9 inches of rain. Any additional rainfall is going to add to those flooding concerns. Watch as we go through the next couple of days. Through the day today, another half an inch or so. Monday, another half an inch. By the time we get to tuesday, looking at about an additional two inches of rain. Thats the concern for everyone who is already dealing with that flooding. Erica in. Dylan, thanks. Going to the on going boarder crisis. Many migrants are women and children looking to start a new life. And to stop the violence theyre leaving behind back home. Miguel almaguer has more. Reporter the flow of immigrants shows no sign of slowing. With texas facilities filled to the max, another Border Patrol flight lands in san diego. Mothers and children bused off for processing. In tucson, this 23yearold, one journey behind her, plans another to find her sister. She left two children behind in guatemala, in hopes of getting the medical care for her youngest son henry. This blanket and the clothes they wear are all they have. The smugglers made sure of that. We brought more clothes, she says, but when we crossed, they said everything had to stay. And that was it. Many immigrants choose the treacherous journey to escape unrest in their native countries. And nbcs Stephanie Gosk is covering the story this weekend in honduras. Im here talking to steven and kimberly, both teenagers, younger than 18, they dont want to show their faces because they live in one of the most violent neighborhoods in honduras. Every single one of their friends talks about leaving this place and going to the united states. And the principle reason they want to leave is because of violence. Reporter but some find strife in the u. S. As well. Here in marietta, a quiet holiday weekend, after buses of immigrants were turned away by protesters last week. Meantime, back in arizona, it is one more bus ride for norida and Henry Martinez to georgia to find family and maybe a new home. For today, miguel almaguer, nbc news, marietta, california. David gregory is moderator of meet the press and he joins us with more on this. David, good morning. Good morning, erica. We know immigration is a hot issue in washington. Your guest this morning is Homeland Security jay johnson who visited around mothers day some of the border facilities and came back and said he was determined to do something. Here we are in july. Why is it so difficult to see any movement or get anything done when it comes to Immigration Reform . Well, Immigration Reform is really a separate issue, which is about dealing with the millions of Illegal Immigrants now in the country and what do you do with them Going Forward . This is a flow, a migration flow, that has exploded. Twice as many this year than last, maybe up to 90,000 before the end of the year of especially children coming across the border who have to be detained, put through proceedings to ultimately deport them. And many of them may ultimately stay. That is its own separate debate. What the president wants what secretary johnson wants is the ability to turn these children away at the border. There is a distinction, if you come from mexico, you can be turned away right away. If you come from another country, guatemala like many in miguels piece, you are have to through a proceeding before being deported. The struggle is the humanitarian civil rights issue and the more legal and political aspect of it. Is that one of the main issues when it comes to the issues along the border . Do we look at it from a legal standpoint or do we look at it from the story of some of the families like miguel shared . I think both. I think the government looks at it as both. If you look at some of the reporting by the government, it may be be that 80 of these children end up staying in america. So thats a humanitarian approach. But there is another side of it too for families who live in california, may live in texas, who look at the resources spent to apprehend these young people, to process them, maybe to house them, school them, educate them, all of these things are a real drain on resources, some communities creates a lot of resentment. Well check in with you again in a little bit and see what else you have coming up on meet the press. Lester . Ericerica, thanks. A new development in a scandal. The arizona newspaper that broke the news about the poor treatment of our nations veterans is offering some strong and controversial advice about how to fix the va. Kristen welker following that story for us this morning. Kristen, good morning. Reporter lester, good morning. In the Arizona Republic, it calls for the va to get back to its roots and focus on its quote historic mission, treating veterans who have Service Related injuries. One Veterans Group sharply disagrees saying the paper doesnt understand the needs of vets. In arizona, the epicenter of the va scandal, a rare front page editorial, published by the Arizona Republics editorial board. It calls on bob mcdonald to downsize the agency, writing, by returning to the vas roots and treating only war and Service Related injuries you will enhance care for all veterans. The board argues veterans with nonService Related issues should seek private sector care. In an interview with nbc affiliate kpnx, the opinions page editor says noncombat issues often apply to older vets, who are usually prioritized last. Get them off the bottom of the list, and put them some place where they can get proper treatment on a timely basis. Most of the stuff in this article is quite frankly ridiculous. Reporter tom tarantino, says older vets could still be suffering from warrelated injuries and worries theyll fall through the cracks if pushed into the private sector. The answer to fixing Va Health Care isnt screwing over more veterans. The answer is actually to fix the health care system. Reporter the paper also recommends the va enhances what it does best, like treating post Traumatic Stress disorder, concussions and those who have lost limbs. It also calls for a zero tolerance policy for lying and says the new va chief should act quickly. I think he only has about a year or less to really start turning this around or else veterans are going to completely lose faith in the system that is supposed to care for them. Reporter obviously some strong views and language expressed in a very heated debate. White house and va officials declined to comment on that editorial. Congress is considering legislation that would allow some Service Members to seek private care, but the bill does differ in a lot of ways from what the Arizona Republic is recommending. Lester . Kristen welker this morning, thank you. Jenna is here with a look at some of the mornings other top stories. Good morning. Good morning, hi, everyone. We have new details about the disturbing video we showed you yesterday, relatives have identified the woman seen here as marlene pina, she suffered severe injuries when she was beaten tuesday by a california Highway Patrol officer. Police had said she was not hurt. She had been walking on a freeway near Downtown Los Angeles when the incident occurred. She was booked for a mental evaluation, but the family did not say whether she suffers from mental illness. The officer remains on paid administrative leave while the case is being investigated. We go new to the middle east where tensions remain high this morning between israelis and palestinians following the brutal death of a palestinian teenager. Were also learning a 15yearold u. S. Citizen who was arrested and allegedly beaten by Israeli Police has been released. Ayman mohyeldin is in jerusalem with the latest and joins us now. Good morning. Reporter good morning, jenna. It was an emotional scene here not too long ago where 15yearold palestinianamerican from tampa, florida, actually was released to his family. His family was very angry by the decision of the court. And that is because they were forced to pay about a 900 bail fee as well as the restrictions that have been imposed on this young teenager. Hes not allowed to return to the family home. Perhaps the most disturbing of all is that he was released without any charges. Theyre very angry as to why his case required that kind of severe punishment. At the same time, though, his case has drawn International Condemnation from the u. S. State department after the video went viral. That video showed the boy being severely beaten while he was in Israeli Police custody. It led to the u. S. State department to say theyre profoundly troubled by the accusations that he was physically assaulted. Meanwhile, overnight, the Israeli Government carried out air strikes inside the gaza strip. At least ten different respective sites were targeted by the israeli air force. In the past 24 hours, there have been as done rockets fired from gaza by various Palestinian Militants into southern israel. Today, netanyahu said his government will act respondably and calmly to the threat coming out of the gaza strip. Jenna . Ayman mohyeldin, thank you for that. Iraqs military Spokesman Says officials are working to determine the authenticity of this video. Check it out. It is said to be the leader of the sunni Extremist Group isis leading friday prayers at a mosque in mosul. If it is determined to be real, it would be one of the first known appearances of the militant leader to be captured on video. Changing gears a little bit here, big day at wimbledon. Two of the best in todays mens final, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer matching up on center court. Federer eyeing his 18th grand slam title. 17 more than most of us have. In the womens final on saturday, the czech republics the sixth seed beat Eugenie Bouchard of canada. Congratulations to her for doing it in 55. The world cup semifinals are all set. Netherlands and argentina on wednesday for a shot of the title. Argentina is advancing to the semifinals following their 10 win over belgium, who, if you recall, ended the u. S. run. For all, all eyes are on brazil and germany. They will play on tuesday. In the land of happily ever after, Jessica Simpson sits front and center. After four years and two children together, simpson is now officially married to former nfl player eric johnson. This is the second marriage for both simpson and johnson. She was previously married to singer nick lachey, if you recall, and that was chronicled on the mtv reality show newlyweds. So congratulations to jessica and eric. And one of the songs played at their wedding was one of my favorite songs god only knows by the beach boys. I think everyone should at some point have that song. I love that song. Good song. Good tidbit. I love the way you were asking i wanted to make sure i got it right. Dylan has a quick check of the rest of the countrys forecast. Flooding concerns in the midwest. Were going to see more rain today. You can see in red, the slight risk area, wisconsin, illinois and eastern iowa, we could see our heaviest rain and strongest storms today. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. We head to the rest of today with temperatures warmer than yesterday ranging from 84 to 88 sunny and nice. Wind direction shifting out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. As we head to your workweek, big changes on the way. Monday, back to 90s. Theres a possibility we have a heat wave on our hands with three straight day in the 90s. By wednesday storms return. They last until friday. Lester . Dylan, thanks. Up next, how a pop star helped a little girl overcome the biggest up next, how a pop star helped a little girl overcome the biggest challenge of her life. Carmax is the best place to start your car search. E, great for frank, whos quite particular. Russian jazz funk . Next to swedish hip hop. When he knows what he wants. Thank you. Do you have himalayan toad lilies . Spotted, or speckled . Speckled. Yes. He has to have it. A cubist still life of rye bread. Sold. Its perfect. Which is why well ship a Canary Yellow jeep with Leather Seats from dallas to burbank if its the one frank wants. Carmax. Start here. It has been said several times music has the power to heal. This next story just might prove it again. After a horrible car accident, an 11yearold girl was left with injuries so serious, her doctors feared she may not survive. But no one could have imagined it would be a pop star who could inspire her on her road to recovery. Here is kate snow. When you smile reporter bruno mars has been nominated for 18 grammys. For 130 million singles. But for 11yearold zumyah thorpe, hes more than just a pop star. You said there is an accident there . A big one. Reporter last year in cleveland, a drunk driver ran a red light, killing zumyahs pregnant mother and two of her three sisters. She suffered a traumatic brain injury. Doctors told her grandparents she may never speak or walk again. I should have bought you flowers reporter as she lay in a bed unresponsive, they played her favorite song. By last fall, she could walk. But her speech was still limited. So when her pediatric neurologist played some bruno mars on her iphone, she couldnt believe what happened. I pulled out my iphone, found the song that states youre amazing just the way you are, put it on and she started singing and knew every single word. Reporter and zumyah is still singing. The whole world stops and stands for a while reporter her story made it all the way to bruno mars himself. Just the way you are reporter and last weekend, at his show in cleveland, zumyah was there. When i see your face reporter he didnt just play zumyahs favorite song, he serenaded her. Face to face. Zumyah singing right along with him. Just the way you are he gives me so much hope in my heart that i can do anything. Reporter bruno mars posted selfies of the two of them on instagram, saying, tonight you gave my band and i something we never felt before, youre an inspiration to the world. Her grandfather says life has been terribly hard for both surviving granddaughters, but music has brought back a little bit of light. When you smile reporter and when she smiled, the whole crowd smiled with her. Because youre amazing reporter for today, kate snow, nbc news, new york. Such a great story. Still ahead, west point cadets taking on a new mission in the kitchen. When a pro at any 2014 pga tour event sinks a holeinone, quicken loans will pay your mortgage for an entire year. That is how its done. Truly amazing get in the holeinone sweepstakes. Enter today at pgatour. Com quickenloans and you could have your mortgage paid for an entire year. The bhersheys smores, together is hothe unmistakable taste that reminds us that life is delicious. I had no idea i had shingles. Still to come, lester tries there was like an eruption on my skin and burning. Id lift my arm and the pain back here was excruciating. When i went to the doctor his first question was did you have chickenpox . I thought it was something that, you know, old people got. [ male announcer ] hurry in for savings. Get 1030 off major appliances 399 or more, plus 18 months special financing through july 7th at lowes. A regular guy who invented aros. A very smart air conditioner that learns your habits to save you money. This is ben kaufman, the ceo of quirky. Hes rubbing garthens regularguy feet because garthen is far more important than ben. At quirky, real people invent all of our products. Ben just runs the company. Introducing aros from quirky and g. E. Products invented by real people like you. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. Its a few minutes before 8 30 when you head out the door. Lets get a check on the forecast with brittney shipp. Were in the middle of a warming trend thats going to push us into the 90s as we head to work tomorrow. Cape may, beautiful conditions expected down the shore and dedell beaches. Temperatures range 84 to 88 degrees today. 90s next week. New from overnight, weve learned an off duty officer with the Philadelphia Housing Authority opened fire on a car after he was nearly run over. It followed an argument at 8th and lumbar bard streets. Investigators tell us one of the four men inside the car pointed a gun at officer and tried to run him down. Nobody was shot. Police chased down the car and eventually arrested the men. Today in southwest philadelphia, investigators are back at the scene of a fire that killed four children and left dozens homeless. Investigators will be sifting through the rubble looking for the cause of yesterdays blaze. We know the fire started in a couch on a porch. Neighbors tell us they heard fire crackers before the flames ignited. Im rosemary connors. Well head back to the today show now. Brittney and i will see you back here at 9 00 for a full hour and a half of news. Have a good one. You want to save money on Car Insurance . No problem. You want to save money on rv insurance . No problem. You want to save money on motorcycle insurance . No problem. You want to find a place to park all these things . Fuggedaboud it. This is new york. Hey little guy, wake up aw, come off it mate geico. Saving people money on more than just Car Insurance. I feel good i knew that i would i feel good i knew that i would good morning, today. It is our 29th anniversary today. Just 29 . We got 40 years i feel nice lester, we came all the way from chicago to see you. Good morning, manhattan. Were back on this sunday morning, july 6th, 2014. I think for the most part, were all feeling pretty good. Great crowd on our plaza on a beautiful summer morning here in new york city. Were happy to have them. If youre ever in the neighborhood, come on down. We would love to say hi. We have a lot coming up. First, a quick look at this mornings top headlines. A swimmer is recovering after being bitten by a great white shark at a popular los angeles beach. The victim suffered a bite to his torso and hand. Major flooding fears in the midwest where the rain just keeps on coming. Residents are spending the weekend placing sandbags in some of the most vulnerable areas. And then there were four. The world cup semifinals set. Heres where we stand. Brazil takes on germany on tuesday. And the netherlands and argentina battle it out on wednesday. And still to come in this half hour, we have an exclusive look at the latest planet of the apes movie and what goes into making the chimps look to real. Theyre not real . You want to see this. So many. We didnt give you the spoiler alert on that one. Also ahead, an Interesting Exchange program, military cadets, cadets from west point, and students at the Culinary Institute of america swapping roles for a day, learning about each others world and it turns out these are two groups of students who have far more in common than anyone may have imagined. Also ahead, remember this . We certainly havent let lester forget about the time he couldnt make it over our climbing wall. The proverbial wall, lester. This was a real wall. Lets watch you flail about a little bit. But only because we love you, because now you have been able to do it. He has trained. His tenacity paid off. Wait until you see what lester can do coming up in a little bit. Im ready. Did you see this . Did you see this . We did. But now america will. Cant get it. Im ready. I got im ready to go, man. Shorts under too . I do. It is warm in here. Nice. Fantastic. Lime looking forward to being done with it. Keep your clothes on for the moment, lester. We begin with the radio shock jock fighting back. He was fired late last week for some controversial tweets that were posted. Here is joe friar with the story. Reporter shock jock Anthony Cumias twitter page is silent. Comments now deleted. The radio veteran was cohost of the opie and anthony show on sirius xm. A whole decade. Reporter he says he was taking photos in times square when he was repeatedly punched by an africanamerican woman who did not want her picture taken. A twitter rant followed with cumia calling her an animal, savage and other names too inappropriate to broadcast. Among his many comments, there is a deep seeded problem with violence in the black community, trying to address it and youll be exiled to racistville. Reactions were strong, one woman writing, that was the most disgusting racist tirade ive seen in a very long time. On thursday, cumia was fired by sirius, which called the comments racially charged, and hate filled. In response, he was unapologetic, fired for expletive that wasnt even on the air and wasnt illegal, he tweeted. His supporters launched an online petition calling for his reinsta reinstatement. I need to catch something. If the fan backlash is as significant as it was with the duck dynasty situation, i think sirius xm will be in a difficult position because theyre going to have an open backlash from the fans, but they have uphold the values of the company. Reporter the opie and anthony show made headlines before, fined twice by the fcc, once for urging people to have sex in Public Places like st. Patricks cathedral. His cohost, gregg opie hughes, is still on the job, but the future of the show they started nearly 20 years ago is uncertain. For today, joe friar, nbc news. The today show has a relationship with sirius xm radio with the show airing on satellite network. Now to dialen wylan who mad way out to the plaza. Were celebrating 40 years of marriage. What is your secret . I listen to her. That works . Sounds good. Yeah, right . Fantastic advice. Were going to see some gorgeous weather in most across most of the country. Temperatures are starting to warm up down across the southeast. So it is going to be in the 100s in parts of the western plains. 90s down through texas. A little hot. We have to keep an eye out for stronger storms today in wisconsin and illinois, also into iowa where flooding concerns remain in effect. Were also going to see a couple of scattered showers and storms across the gulf coast states. Look at the red area, the slight risk of strong storms spreads from nebraska to West Virginia tomorrow. Not an outbreak, but we could see stronger storms with wind and hail. It remains sizzling out west. Nice and warm up near seattle. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. As we head will through today, temperatures warmer than yesterday ranging between 84 and 88 sunny and nice. Wind direction shifting out of the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. As we head to your workweek, big changes on the way. Warm back to 90s. Theres a possibility of three Straight Days in the 90s. By wednesday storms return. Thats going to last until friday. And thats your latest forecast. Lester . Dylan, thanks. This morning an exclusive look at the high tech making of what could be one of the summers biggest blockbusters, dawn of the planet of the apes with the incredible version of lifelike chimps hits theaters on friday. Nbcs special correspondent ben fogel recently set out to meet one of the men behind the digital mask. Reporter dawn of the planet of the apes, the growing nation of genetically evolved apes, now 2,000 of them, living in a forest outside san francisco. Andy circus puts on his digital suit again for his role as caesar, the leader of the apes. Hes created this utopian society which is now second generation. Hes a father. There are rules and tenets. They can use elements of human now surviving humans are coming to the territory. Reporter caesar who has grown up with humans is trying to find his inner ape. You love humans more than apes. Reporter i met andy circus at his high tech performance capture studio in london. Caesar is a middle aged chimpanzee and carrying a lot of weight and responsibility and worry. So, you know, he is, you know, hes quite furrowed brow. The thing about performance capture technology it subtle. Unlike the original movies, they were covered in layers of latex and very thick makeup. Reporter andy can go ape on comma command. Chimpanzees you have a pan coo, which is reporter and hes promised to show me some moves. You to tuck your pelvis in and then slightly go bow legged. If you rock your hips from side to side, like this, okay, so, okay if youre playing a silverback gorilla, you have to stick your back side out. So that one and that leg. That one and that leg . Yeah. There you go. And then you can start to like this. Reporter so im still struggling to walk the walk. This is a head mounted camera. This you have markers all over your face. Reporter i think i can talk the talk. Thats brilliant. I think well have to get you in the third film. Reporter there is hope then for a career in the jungle. For today, ben fogel, nbc news, london. Fascinating, isnt it . Up next, Lessons Learned when military cadets and culinary students trade places [ brian ] in a race, its about getting to the finish line. In life, its how you get there that matters most. Its important to know the difference. Like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. My doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. And that i had to take action. So he talked to me about xarelto®. [ male announcer ] xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that doesnt require regular blood monitoring or changes to your diet. 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Military academy, west point as we know it, is just across the hudson river from the Culinary Institute of america, north of new york city. The two prestigious schools have never really mixed. That is until professors from both universities had a chance meeting and realized their students have a lot more in common than anyone imagined. From basic kitchen skills im trying to be patient so i can be efficient, but honestly im just making a mess. Reporter to basic training. The lessons are designed to break down barriers and stereotypes. First thing you learn is you have to be able to share. Reporter for these students who on the surface dont appear to have much in common, ya wants to study medicine. Im clearly not understanding at all. How do i hold this . Reporter his partner in the exchange is chef in training jake cohen. There you go. Perfect. It is very relatable when you see someone else who has the equal amount of pressure and responsibility. Reporter the idea to bring the two schools together came from married west point professors terry and major Brian Babcock loomis after a chance meeting. This allowed them to hold up a mirror and have a better understanding of themselves when they compare themselves to something they think would be so different. And then move. They get to see theyre not alone in the world. There are other programs that are just as difficult, just as hard. Not on my line. I didnt expect that the student chefs would actually request to be yelled at. Get on it. Reporter both sides had as realistic an experience as possible. There are some people who have never picked up a knife before and they look completely lost. Reporter does that scare you . It is what we do. Im shocked how similar it is to west point. It is a very hard and rigorous industry. Reporter each school boasts a strong sense of community and teamwork. There is a saying called cooperate and graduate. And definitely if we didnt work together, we wouldnt make it through. Reporter despite their shared values and drive, there is one glaring difference. Meal time. At west point, more than 4,000 cadets and staff eat in just 20 minutes. Do they enjoy what they eat . No. They said if we dont like something, we just put sauce on it. Reporter a far cry from the Culinary Institute where meals are meant to be savored, but an important reminder of the differences both sides have come to appreciate. So there are plans for another exchange next year. And what a lot of the students who participated said they would like to see is an overnight, so they could really get a sense for what it is like to have to get up, have the perfectly shined shoes, 15 minutes to get ready at west point and then at the Culinary Institute, some of the baking classes start at midnight. So they do have crazy schedules and they want it even more of a day in the life. This speaks to the future of mess halls, military mess halls, maybe the food will get better. You got to cross your fingers. And interestingly enough, the head chef at west point is a Culinary Institute graduate. And the Culinary Institute has a number of programs where they bring in veterans. Theyre fairly aligned. Great story. Over to dylan now, with the fan of the day. Good morning, lester and erica. We have yor chin. You were here for the fireworks. Take it away. Lester versus the wall. Hes been training hard for this, so will the second time be the charm . Well find out right after these you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. Oh, yes, we do. Jack nicholson from a few good men. We need lester on the wall. His first attempt a few months s ago was not that successful. But hes ready to try it again. Im ready. First, i knew before i attempted this again, i needed a little extra help or the best i could get. Oh. So jenna and i hit the gym to improve my strength and form. Take a look. I think it was humbling because i do work out a lot. I work on my arms and when i couldnt do it, it was a little embarrassing. It was a lot embarrassing. And the good thing is that jenna didnt rub it in my face at all. Lester, in order for us to really dissect and break down what went wrong with your Obstacle Course endeavor, i brought out this telestrator. I set the whole thing up in the gym. Lets break this down in slow motion and show you how you can do better next time. The first step was okay. Your leg was up here. I want your legs out in front of you. Look at mine. My legs are out in front of me. I keep going and keep them there and im leaning back. What youre doing is not leaning back. You see, your arms are all extended, where is your butt . Where is your butt, lester . It is all the way out here. I dont have one, but, yeah, i got your point. Look how much more work you have to do. You are very, very strong as it is. Couple of things we can work on, anything where you have to pull yourself up, pullups, rows, anything along those lines will help you with your upper body to be able to hoist you when you need to get over the wall. The ultimate pulling exercise is the pullup. Good. Body nice and straight. Jump. Turn. Good. Come on. Come on. Whoo as soon as the camera is off, i can collapse. Dont collapse yet. Still rolling, still roll, still rolling, still rolling. And collapse. Oh, geez. So, here we go. Heres the wall. Moment of truth. And dont pause in the middle. Just make it one fluid motion and get to the top. All right. Here we go. Go, go, go, go. Yes. Nice. Yes thats it. Perfect. He did it all my training. Im very proud of you. You put the work in. Obviously it paid off. Im ready to watch you do it live on tv. All right, here we go, live. Why do it live . That was fun. Great job. Come on, lester. Weve been waiting. So we thought you went through with us sort of what was lacking in the technique. What did you feel . Was it everything that jenna pointed out . My angle was wrong. And this is slick. The shoes, the temperature, the humidity level at the time. Im sure he could come up with more if going to creative. May i show you how its done . Show us. I got this. I got this. Yeah very nice. Very nice. Fantastic. All right. Very proud of you. Great. You were an amazing trainer. Oh, thank you. You were. Shes got this all kind of yeah. Your workout with jenna is one of the most amazing and motivating youll ever do. And i love it because youre going to give us some exercises. A couple of tips. You want to really work on your upper body and the ultimate upper body workout is the pullup, pulling your body weight, you need your bar and your body. It is so simple. It doesnt matter what grip you use, youre going to try ill show you what you want is a regular nice easy pullup. If youre alone and cant do it by yourself, dylan, come on up. What im going to have you do with a partner is bend your knees, if you need a little extra help, someone hold the shins right here, come all the way down and now nice, dylan. Good job, dylan. Perfect. All right. Beautiful, also want your lower body to be engaged as well. This is a fun little workout that will get your upper body with your shoulders and lower body, hold on to a bench, if you cant do a bench, do the ground. Kick your legs up and over. Up and over. Just like this. If you cant go that high, thats fine. If you can, come on over, try it. All right. Here . Yes, the first couple there you go. Perfect. Good. Upper body, your back, your body, your forearms. You get the legs. Maybe one time after the break you two. Want to do it . Well be right back after these messages. Theyre doing it. Is how delicious it can be. Hersheys smores, the unmistakable taste that reminds us that life is delicious. 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And the terror alert, security tightened around the world. Are changes in store for u. S. Airports as well . Thats all coming up on meet the press. Thanks. Well look for that then. Thats going to do it for us on this sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Ill see you back here tonight for nbc nightly news. Have a great day, everybody. Thanks for watching. We did it yes we did it new this morning, fire crews are on the scene of a fire that a spread that three homes in trenton. Well have the update on their efforts in a live report. This morning a house fire is to blame for the loss of four children in southwest philadelphia. The neighborhood is grieving and investigators are looking for the cause. Heres a live look at center city where yet another sun drenched weekend continues in our region. A warming trend starts today to turn the heat on for the beginning of the week week. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. Its nbc 10 today at 9 00 on this sunday