Going up, temperatures soar with the summers most dangerous heat wave set to expand across much of the country today. How hot will it get, and how long will this last . Als got the answers. Miracle in the mountains. Search and rescue. The california woman found alive after four days lost in the woods reunites with her family overnight, and shares a dramatic story behind her disappearance. Right away we ran into trouble. This morning shell join us live to tell us how she survived those stories plus confronted in court. Two accusers come facetoface with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Dont even think about it, the militarys stern warning over a Viral Campaign encouraging people to storm the secret of area 51. And moon shot, the apollo 11 mission changed the course of history, and were celebrating its historic launch 50 years ago with an inside look at what made Neil Armstrongs one giant leap possible, today, tuesday july 16th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning, everybody, welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. Willie, good to have you here and thinking about 50 years ago how people must have felt when they saw apollo 11 make that launch. Weve been looking up at this big beautiful moon the last couple of nights and still 50 years later it blows your mind that we pulled this off, and weve got a look from Cape Canaveral and al come up in just a bit. This new outrage over President Trumps go back attack aimed at four Democratic Women of color in congress. This is coming as his administration makes a move this morning that will make it harder for migrants to request asylum at the southern border were going to have all of this covered. Well start with this new outrage over the president s tweet. Nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house for us reporter good morning to you, from birtherism, to charlot charlottesville President Trump has a long history of stoking racial tensions and again this time he is not backing down. The president seeming to relish this latest fight with those four prominent progressive democrats, all of them women of color. Is an effort to exploit the divide among the moderate and liberal wings of the democratic party. This morning those democrats are united in their outrage. The selfstyled squad collectively calling out President Trump. He does not know how to defend his policies, so what he does is attack us personally reporter it comes after the president escalated his attack on the four freshmen democrats. These are people that in my opinion hate our country. Reporter expressing no regret for his incendiary weekend tweet arguing liberal lawmakers while not calling them out by name should go back to their home countries, though all but one was woborn in the u. S. House democrats drafting a resolution condemning the president s words writing president Donald Trumps racist comments have legitimized fear and hatred of new americans and people of color. Pressed whether hes concerned people view his comments as racist and that White Supremacists will embrace his words. It doesnt concern me because many people agree with me, and all im saying, they want to leave, they can leave. Reporter the four progressive democrats accusing the president of inflaming racial resentments. This is the agenda of white nationalists. We are grateful for your solidarity, your encouragement and your support in the face of the most recent xenophobic, bigoted remarks from the occupant of our white house. I urge house leadership, many of my colleagues to take action to impeach this lawless president today. The lawmakers arguing the president s remarks were designed to distract from his controversial policies, including the separation of migrant families former Vice President joe biden on morning joe denouncing the president s comments. What president s say, theyre the face of america, like it or not. Theyre the face of america, and the idea that donald trump says and does the things he does is just absolutely despicable. Reporter some republicans have called the president s remarks racist. I think those tweets are racist and xenophobic. Theyre also inaccurate. Reporter but most have steered clear of using that word. A lot of people have been using the word and my own view is that what was said and what was tweeted was destructive, was demeaning, was disunifying and frankly was very wrong. Reporter and while from gop leaders theres been silence, the four congresswomen say other there were many people who approached me and who said i disagree with some of your policies, im an independent, im a republican, and i think what he did was wrong, and he wont apologize but i am going to apologize peter you had mentioned this House Democratic resolution condemning the president what are they hoping to accomplish with that reporter that resolution, savannah is expected to be voted on by the house as early as today, again, condemning the president for those comments about the freshmen congresswomen. In his tweets this morning, the president is arguing the house should rebuke them for system of their past comments. By itself it doesnt mean much, but with their strong statements yesterday, the congresswomen reignited this conversation over impeachment, still Democratic Leaders have not expressed any change in view on that savannah and willie. As you said, peter, republican response to the president s comments has been tempered or absent altogether. Do you expect that to change Going Forward . Some republicans have spoken out, but House Republican leaders who come to the white house this afternoon to meet with the president alongside their Senate Colleagues are on message again today. Their strategy really right now is to try to tie the president s inflammatory tweets to this broader fight they view against socialism. Privately, though, many republicans complain that the president cant resist voicing these thoughts, but politically the majority of them know that their success is tied to him willie and savannah. Peter alexander at the white house, thank you. Now to new developments in the immigration battle in this country. The Trump Administration has announced new rules that would all but end asylum request for Central American migrants. A keyboarder patrol official is speaking out to dispute reports about conditions at u. S. Detention facilities nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is el paso with more on that. Reporter good morning, the number of Migrant Children in these facilities continues to drop now, whether thats due to the Trump Administrations policy changes, increased security in mexico, or just the hot summer months is unclear, but now were hearing from a Border Patrol official at the center of it all, and he makes no apologies with heated protests in new york and atlanta over immigration raids, new outrage is mounting over the Trump Administration making it harder for migrants to seek asue lumbar in the u. S. The new rule means those coming from Central America cant apply for asylum here without doing so first in mexico. We want a president who continues to want to erode the legal system of asylum. Reporter the president firing back in a tweet, the Obama Administration built the cages, not the Trump Administration democrats must give us the votes to change bad immigration laws. How overwhelmed was this system over the past few months . Well, it was definitely overwhelmed. Reporter we spoke exclusively with aaron hall, the chief Border Patrol agent in el paso who oversees the station in clint, texas, at one point the facility heltd about 700 children it was only built to hold 100. What happened simply a volume issue we dont want to hold those people anymore than we have to. A scathing report by the New York Times alleges the agencys leadership knew for months that some children had no beds to sleep on, no way to clean themselves, and sometimes went hungry. Even at this point, you still dispute the characterization of the care that these children were receiving inside the clint facility absolutely. Weve added showers. Weve added laundry facilities. Should this not have been added months ago before it got that bad keep in mind its the u. S. Government we have an entire contracting process. The illegal alien traffic is always going to be one step ahead. At the border with juarez mexico we met this group of migrants from cuba. Youre desperate . Martinez told us shes desperate. She tried for two months to apply for asylum at a legal port of entry but was told to keep waiting, she says after watching three people murdered in mexico, she and her husband decided to cross the border and turn themselves in to the officers here in the u. S. Reporter as for the asylum policy changes, chief hall believes they will help reduce the flow of migrants here to the southern border, but critics are expected to challenge the new rules in court willie and savannah. Gabe gutierrez down along the border in el paso. Thanks. The mornings big weather story, the most extreme heat wave of the season is set to expand today from the midwest to much of the east coast als down in florida as mentioned. Hes at the Kennedy Space center where the temperature is already soaring. Hey, al, good morning. Good morning, guys. Well get to why were here had just a little bit we are launching some really hot temperatures that are going to be dangerous weve got 41 Million People right now under a heat warning, heat watch or heat advisory, and that is going to be expanding as we move into the week. Weve got a giant dome of heat, High Pressure moving eastward, plus an upper level high pushing the jet stream way up into canada, and so for today weve got heat indices, a combination of heat and humidity, triple digits in jacksonville, tallahassee, mobile wilmington and for tomorrow it moves into the northeast, philadelphia, new york, richmond, raleigh, charlotte all in triple digits and as we move into the late week period, 32 states heat indexes above 100, 200 Million People will be feeling the heat and humidity going into the weekend. Heat index, triple digits for kansas city, dallas, tupelo on into chicago, and heading east were looking at triple digits for new york, d. C. , charlotte, nashville, cleveland, and indianapolis if we dont get a break, savannah until we get toward the end of the weekend. Those are some huge numbers. Jaw dropping numbers there. A lot of red on that map. Al, thanks so much well be back to you shortly. A judge is now considering whether to grant bail to Jeffrey Epstein after a dramatic day in court tied to the wealthy finan finance ears sex trafficking. There was an expectation the bail hearing would be brief. It was anything but, with prosecutors introducing new details about what was found in Jeffrey Epsteins home and two accusers testifying that they think the man they met as teenage girls shouldnt be let out of jail at all. Reporter this morning stunning revelations in the case against Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier now accused of sex trafficking. Fbi agents found piles of cash, diamonds and an expired foreign passport inside a safe in his new york city mansion according to federal prosecutors the passport from the 1980s appears to show epsteins photo, but under a different name his residence listed as saudi arabia in federal court on monday, prosecutors argued epstein should be denied bail because these items along with his wealth of more than 500 million make him an extreme flight risk. They also say he is a risk to the public two of epsteins accusers testified in court confronting epstein facetoface for the first time. Both believe not only is he a flight risk for the obvious reasons, but also that that is the only way to secure the safety of the community. Reporter courtney wilds says she was 14 when she was abused, annie farmer, 16 when she says she met epstein. These were girls who were procuri procuri procuripr cured, transported across state lines. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to sekx trafficking and experiences and allege he tampered with witnesses paying 350,000 to coconspirators after the miami heralds bomb shell report about him last year epsteins defense says theres no proof the money was a bribe his lawyers are fighting the charges and offering conditions for epstein to be released on bail, including house arrest inside his 77 million manhattan mansion, pointing out that the 66yearold isnt accused of committing any crimes since he pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting minors for prostitution more than a decade ago. The federal judge in this case says he will announce his decision on mail thursdabail on and theres new attention on new mexico where epstein owns a sprawling ranch. Several new accusers have come forward alleging they have been abused those names will be passed along to prosecutors here in new york. You mentioned tw of those accusers appeared in court yesterday, confronted mr. Epstein. How unusual is that . It is unusual in a bail hearing, although occasionally it does happen legal experts tell us that its an indication of how federal prosecutors are going to be deliberate and careful through every step of this process and allowing accusers at each step the opportunity to have their say. All right, stephanie gosk, thank you very much. Officials in Southern California are searching for answers after a deadly gas explosion. It happened at a home in murietta the force of the blast so powerful it launched debris onto vehicles across the street, blew out the windows and surrounding homes. Officials say gas workers were already at the home to fix a ruptured gas line when that explosion occurred a spokesperson for the company says it appears the gas line was initially danlmaged by a contractor working at that home. Now to an incredible display of team work that may have saved two peoples lives this was the scene in panama beach, florida the current was so strong, two swimmers were having a hard time getting back to the beach. They were out in the water despite a double red flag warning. Dozens of Good Samaritans formed a human chain that stretched from the floor out into the ocean. Eventually the swimmers were saved. Officials say it serves as a good reminder to obey those warnings when you see them on the beach. Lets get back down to al at Kennedy Space center hes got the rest of the forecast, and al, that shirt can be seen from space well, i figured, you know, im on the space coast, i may as well kind of dress like these folks. You should see the shorts. No thanks lets show you whats happening around the rest of the country, and we are looking out west at a real southwest sizzle, temperatures will be rising, of course, theyll be joined by the rest of the country later. Pacific northwest not too bad, some severe storms in the northern plains. Flood warnings are going up now with the remnants of barry were going to take a look at that coming up in the next half hour, sunshine into the northeast, but some showers along the midatlantic coast thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Well our San Francisco camera covered in drizzle right now, and low visibility in a few spots. Meantime, inland its all clear but looking a little hazy in the trivalley. Well see a wide range in temperatures and sky conditions as we go throughout the day, so we are going to see those high temperatures in the valleys reach into the upper 80s. A gradual cooldown by the end of the week, into the weekend, with San Francisco staying in the 60s with times of fog. Reporter guys, this is very guys, this is very exciting were down here, of course in a. Guys, this is very exciting. Were down here, of course, in a little more than two hours 50 years ago on launch pad 39b, apollo 11 lifted off, a saturn 5 rocket on its way to the moon. Its an historic occasion. I am thrilled to be here were going to talk about that more coming up in the next couple of hours. Always where the action is, al thats so cool thank you, well see you in a little bit. Also ahead this morning, weve got some overnight details on the disappearance and rescue of a california woman lost in the woods for four days. Shes with us live, and well share this dramatic story, including her encounter she says with a knife wielding man. Plus, have you seen that Facebook Event calling on people to storm area 51 to see whats really inside the top secret site weve got the st all morning we are celebrating the landmark launch of all morning we are celebrating the landmark launch of apollo 1150 years later, and just ahead harry smith with the first look at the conserved space suit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. Then j. Los response to hodas dance or donate challenge, plus savannah is about to answer the call after your local news. Is that net carbs or total . Eh, not enough fiber. Chocolate would be good. Snacking should be sweet and simple. The delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. Glucerna. Everyday progress but i can tell you Liberty Mutual customized my Car Insurance so i only pay for what