Silent. Raids under way. The immigration round ups began in major cities coast to coast, but at a much slower pace than anticipated. Whats expected today just ahead. All that, plus, missing camper mystery the desperate search for a california woman who vanished without a trace. I was gone no more between five to seven minutes, and i came back over here, and she was gone this morning, why her husband suspects foul play. Americas power problem . New concerns surrounding the power grid in the wake of that massive blackout in new york city and match for the ages there we go Novak Djokovic outlasts Roger Federer in an epic, recordshattering wimbledon finale the longest mens single final in wimbledon history, and one of the greatest of all time today, monday, july 15th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a monday morning if youre wondering about the wimbledon match, yes, it is too soon to talk about. As soon as the match wrapped yesterday, i thought, how is my friend savannah doing . Not great not great. Roger federer, Novak Djokovic. I mean, it is great for tennis fans what an epic finale. They both played near perfect matches. Yes, i cant be expected to be neutral about this no. I was devastated that roger lost, but we move on barry, the first hurricane to make landfall in the u. S. Pushing inland, causing new problems and soaking the gulf coast. Well get to als forecast in a moment first, Kerry Sanders joins us with the latest from louisiana there. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Much of louisiana is now drying out. Because this is the bayou state, and even a little rain can cause a flood, you can see the streets here behind me, the homes there, theyre built up on stilts they do that because they know when it rains or when there is a hurricane, this can happen so while there is a moment now where people are waiting for the waters to finally fully recede, very few homes, if any, are waterlogged this morning this morning in louisiana, evacuated residents are heading home its very tiresome. Im tired. Reporter some finding their neighborhoods underwater. Im happy to be home, even though there is water in our yard might come up more who knows, but im happy to be home. Reporter barry blew in at a category 1 saturday, dumping up to 15 inches of rain in some flooding streets, uprooting trees, and knocking out power to nearly 200,000 customers but louisianas governor is glad it wasnt worse. I, for one, am extremely grateful the forecasted rains and flooding did not materialize. Reporter statewide, over 90 people needing evacuating, including the coast guard rescue of a dozen people and their pets stranded by the rising waters on saturday in terrebonne parish. Water rushed over the levees. Power started going out, and people were panicking. Reporter now in plaquemines parish, the Lieutenant Governor warning even with the storm passed, flooding could still be a threat. When the rain and the storm is gone, is it over . Its not over. Because because that water is coming south. Its got to get out in the gulf of mexico some kind of way reporter this morning, local governments will spend their day calculating how much this storm cost so they can apply to the federal government fema for financial assistance. Kerry sanders leading us off, thank you. Kerry is in plaquemines. And we saw the water behind him, al the initial impact wasnt as bad as we were expecting, but flooding is the story now. It is cropping up again we have flash flood watches and warnings there is this feeder band north of houston coming to lake charles and up into mississippi. Heavy rain falling at this hour. Miles west southwest of little rock 25mileperhour winds north at 9 00 high water rescues were going to be watching that. This system pushes slowly up to the north. Heavy rain through the Mississippi River valley today isolated tornado threat tomorrow heavy pockets of rain from minneapolis to little rock well watch that as the afternoon wears on rainfall amounts generally 1 to 3 inches locally, louisiana through arkansas, upwards of 5 inches of rain so the threat, not quite done yet. Savannah al, well check back in in a moment. In the meantime, the president is under fire this morning for a tweet storm aimed at democratic congresswomen, some branding his comments as racist this morning, hes doubling down well start with chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Reporter good morning. Top republicans have been mostly silent on this, as the president defends himself and, again this morning, goes after the group hes calling the radical left congresswomen. It comes after a tweet telling some democrats, americans, to go back to their home countries, triggering a furious response from those who believe he is targeting four freshmen lawmakers with an offensive and racist attack. The fallout coming fierce and fast this morning after a president ial tweet his opponents are blasting as ignorant and hateful. It is racist and unamerican. The president is a sick man right now, we have a racist president who is demeaning female members of the house of representatives based on the color of their skin and their cultural heritage. Reporter it started when the president , on sunday, referenced progressive democrat congresswomen who, he says, originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe. The president then suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places from which they came, and come back and show us how it is done he seems to be targeting the freshmen congresswomen, ocasiocortez, pressley, tlaib, and omar only omar was born outside the country in somalia all four are u. S. Citizens all are women of color ocasiocortez firing back, you are angry because you cant conceive of an america that includes us. In the words of pressley, this is what racism looks like, she writes we are what democracy looks like, and were not going anywhere while the president appeared to be trying to exploit the divide between the four progressive women and how Speaker Nancy Pelosi after days of infighting, his tweet may have done the opposite. Beautifying democrats against him. Speaker pelosi tweeting the president s plan to make America Great again has always been about making America White again. Adding, our unity is our power on defense, the president is now tweeting, it is so sad to see the democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our country. Whenever confronted, they call their adversaries, including nancy pelosi, racist if democrats want to condone that behavior, we look forward to seeing you at the ballot box in 2020. Were getting 2020 matchups with various democratic contenders what is it looking like . Reporter the latest wall street journal and nbc news poll shows some of the democrats pulling ahead of President Trump in a hypothetical head to head matchup. Were talking joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, who would beat the president according to the numbers. It would be a dead heat with harris trump is performing worse than obama did in his reelection year in 2011. Hallie jackson, thank you. The Trump Administrations muchdebated raids, targeting thousands of undocumented immigrants, are under way. But there has been a late change with how that operation is being rolled out nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in atlanta, where one of the one of the cities where the raids are expected gabe, good morning. Reporter good morning. The roundups have begun, but a Senior Administration official says theyve started slow. We dont have solid numbers at this point, but so far, they appear to be much lower than what was initially anticipated and feared in immigrant communities. After protests this weekend across the country, today, planned roundups by immigration and Customs Enforcement are under way, though apparently smaller and quieter than what was widely expected. People come into our country illegally. Were taking them out legally. Its very simple its not something i like doing, but people have come into our country illegally. Were focused on criminals. Reporter arrests had been expected in ten major cities, including los angeles, chicago, miami, and new york. Small raids were reported in two new york neighborhoods on saturday but it is not clear if it was part of the crackdown some mayors are defiant, refusing to cooperate. Were working to do everything we can to push back against what the Trump Administration is doing. Reporter volunteers in North Carolina even patrolled neighborhoods, looking for i. C. E. Officers. We are out today doing i. C. E. Watch. Reporter on sunday, a top immigration official refused to say whether children caught up in deportation raids would be separated from their parents im not going to say yes or no to anything like that because then certain people out there can write themselves off the list or find a way to play a loophole. Reporter it all comes as the battle over the border intensifies. This video inside a Detention Center in mccown, texas, drawing outrage. Migrants shouting they had no showers, as Vice President mike pence toured the facility. One journalist on the tour described a horrendous stench. Youre at your capacity here. Reporter a second facility at donna, texas, was less crowded. I couldnt be more impressed with the compassionate work our customs and Border Protection are doing at this facility. Reporter a Senior Administration official says the goal of arresting 2,000 undocumented immigrants could still be reached in the coming days it is important to note, back in 2012, under the obama administration, there were more than 1,000 i. C. E. Arrests across the country, on average. A number that high is not unheard of still, back then, families were not being targeted, as they are now. Savannah and craig Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta, thank you. Another major story were following this morning, a key Court Appearance for Jeffrey Epstein tied to his arrest on sex trafficking charges. Prosecutors are detailing steps the billionaire allegedly took to cover his tracks. Stephanie gosk is at the courthouse for us in new york. Good morning reporter good morning. There is, as you say, a lot at stake here with this hearing the judge will decide whether or not Jeffrey Epstein has to remain in jail as he gets ready for trial, which could take months if he doesnt get bail and is convicted on these charges, Jeffrey Epstein could be in jail for the rest of his life this morning, Jeffrey Epstein is hoping to trade a jail cell for his multimillion dollar mansion. A judge expected to decide whether the convicted sex offender will remain behind bars until his trial. Epsteins attorneys argue he poses no flight risk, suggesting house arrest at his luxury 77 million new york city home electronic monitoring and even offering to ground his private jet. But prosecutors, who want him to stay in prison, say that is woefully inadequate, calling epstein a serial sexual predator who tried to influence possible coconspirators by paying them 350,000 just days after the miami herald published a bombshell expose on him last year epstein is accused of sexually abusing underage girls between 2002 and 2005, and paying some alleged victims to recruit others. Many of the underage girls that epstein allegedly victimized were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Reporter a description Jennifer Araoz told savannah fit her, when she was lured into epsteins world and raped by him. What do you think of that little girl . Youre 14 years old, still a little girl. Yeah, i was, for sure very impressionable. I cared so much about what people thought at that time. I had, like, i guess daddy issues, you could say, you know. So i was very easily manipulated. Reporter araoz never contacted authorities to tell her story and is not part of any criminal case against epstein. Epsteins attorneys have questioned araozs credibility in previous discussions with her legal team their client has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex. Have they heard from any other accusers reporter they say this case is growing stronger by the day several new women have responded to the call. Each one of them is a potential new witness against epstein. Guys, back to you. Stephanie, well be watching today. Thank you. We have an update now on the grounded boeing 737 max planes theres increasing speculation they may not return to the skies again this year. Nbcs tom costello has been following the story from the start. Tom, whats the latest reporter well, you may recall that this all follows the two fatal plane crashes overseas that killed nearly 350 people, and the plane has been grounded since march. The latest now is that the airlines are now looking at the very real possibility they will not have the 737 max in their fleets for the thanksgiving and Christmas Travel holidays. That means able to fly fewer passengers American Airlines and United Airlines have cancelled the max flights. Say they dont think they can rely on the max, at least until early november southwest expected to do the same the problem, boeing needs to submit a list of software and potential hardware fixes to the faa for approval that would hopefully come, at the earliest, in september the faa, however, will take some time to certify the plane, and its list of concerns continues to grow. The airlines are saying, listen, we know that it is going to take time to train our pilots at the earliest, bestcase scenario, the plane is back in fleets in early november aviation sources we talk to regularly say, listen, this is now likely to impact thanksgiving and Christmas Travel rush, which means the plane may not fly again until january. Craig . Wow tom costello for us there, thank you. 7 15 lets get the rest of our forecast. All right lets see what we have going on around the rest of the country youll see weve got plenty of sunshine in the northeast, on into new england and the southeast, as well the flood threat from the remnants of barry. Southwest heat will be building across the rest of the country well look at that the next half hour well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. {ti { eching} truck honking} avo life doesnt give you many second chances. But a subaru can. dad you guys ok . You alright . Wow. avo eyesight with precollision braking. Standard on the subaru ascent. The threerow subaru ascent. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. Good monday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Inland areas will be heating up again today, reaching into the mid 80s, with some breezy winds but all clear skies and wear not going to see any major changes in our weather as we go throughout the week. As we check out San Francisco, a nice sunny start to the day. Well get more sun into the afternoon but some really gusty winds picking up throughout the day. So well be windy with a high of 67 degrees, going throughout the week. Only some minor cooling in time for the weekend. Thats your latest weather. Savannah al, thank you. Savannah al, thank you. Coming up, overnight developments in the desperate search for a california woman who disappeared during a camping trip and why her children suspect foul play. 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