Passenger plane to make a risky landing in the middle of a corn field. The split second decision by the pilot that saved hundreds of lives. All that, plus free fall. The markets post their worst drop all year as worries about a recession get real, and trumps trade war has no end in sight. On the same team. I think we passed craigs there as jayz and nfl commissioner Roger Goodell make their first joint appearance. And modern family, two male penguins and the adorable adoption story making headlines all around the world, thursday, august 15th, 2019. News this announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Nice to have you with us, real overnight developments in that terrifying situation in philadelphia. Its ended. Theres been a surrender of the gunman who opened fire on police in philly ending a tense standoff and a hostage situation that gripped the city for hours and terrified a neighborhood there. Nbcs ron allen is there for us. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. An incredible scene here. For many, many hours a neighborhood on lockdown, an army of police, bullets flying as they exchanged fire with a suspect barricaded in a building down behind. It all started when officers tried to serve an arrest warrant and they were met by a hail of gunfire, six officers wounded, two trapped inside a building desperately trying to escape. Shots fired coming from the second floor. Reporter overnight a terrifying standoff playing out in this philadelphia neighborhood. Shots fired, shots fired at police. Reporter radio traffic frantic and officers desperately calling for backup, pleading for everything youve got. Give me s. W. A. T. Asap, long guns, asap. Reporter hundreds of police and s. W. A. T. Teams, converging on this house, taking cover as the suspect barricaded in this building fired round after round. Home security video across the street appears to show officers entering the building. Later in the video, gunfire. Shortly after, an officer crawling out the front door. Officers fired. I got officers shot at this location. Reporter at least six officers were wounded, many of them hit while attempting to serve a warrant to the suspect identified overnight by his lawyer as maurice hill. All said to have nonlife threatening injuries. Shooter fired multiple rounds. Officers returned fire, many had to escape through open windows and doors. Reporter somehow two officers got trapped inside along with three uneye fayed hostages. A s. W. A. T. Team rushing in to rescue them. Its nothing short of a miracle we dont have multiple officers killed today. Reporter the firefight and effort to free them stretched for hours. Hills lawyer telling nbc news the suspect called him desperate for a way out. It did come to a point where its like, listen, man, were going to go into the house, if he doesnt come out by a certain time were going in, and then, you know, god only knows what will happen. Reporter terrified residents watched with horror. Over 100 shots, rounds and rounds. Gun powder smell, terrible. Reporter philadelphia is amazed they were able to hold off the fire for so long. They need help keeping these guns out of peoples hands. Reporter more than seven hours after the first shots rang out, it ended, the gunman surrendering to police. The suspect is likely to face many charges, including six counts of attempted murder for shooting and wounding those police officers. Officials say he has a very long criminal history. It seems like from what we just saw, ron, the suspects own lawyer played a big role getting him to surrender. What more do you know about that . The lawyer said the suspect called him and said hey, im the guy on tv. Come and help. He was in a panic. The lawyer came down here police gave him a bulletproof vest and escorted him at the scene where he talked to the suspect through a bull horn and microphone. Basically saying the police were running out of time and running out of patience and he should surrender, and thats what he did. Wow, incredible scene there, ron. Thank you very much. Also we have new information on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, the investigation into how it happened. That investigation is now expanding. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk was on it from the very beginning. She joins us with the latest twist in a strange and bizarre case. Each day seems like a new one, guys. Good morning. A source close to the case told nbc news an unidentified man claimed Jeffrey Epsteins body from the new york city medical examiner. Were also learning hoar about what was discovered ats a autopsy. This as the investigation into his apparent suicide zeros in on what happened inside that jail in the weeks and moments before he died. A federal judge wants explanation. This morning new details about the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who died by apparent suicide last weekend. An autopsy revealing that epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. Two people familiar with the findings told the washington post. Among the bones broken in epsteins neck was the hyoid bone. Near the adams apple. Nbc news has not verified the information. The president of the association of medical examiners told the post if that bone is broken that would generally raise questions about strangulation, but it is not definitive and does not exclude suicidal hanging. Nbcs dr. John torres adding it can happen during strangulation and hanging but occurs more often in strangulations. Studies showed it occurred about onethird of the time in strangulations and 25 in hangings. Meanwhile, a source close to the case is confirming the federal judge in charge of epsteins prosecution says epsteins earlier apparent Suicide Attempt has never been definitively explained and wants more information. According to a letter from the prison warden obtained by nbc news. I realize what i am. Im very comfortable in my own skin. Reporter also this morning were hearing from the fencier on his caribbean island with a newly released audio interview before 2003 sex allegations surfaced. On my own island or on my own ranch, i can think the thoughts i want to think. I can do the work i want to do. And do what i see fit. Did Jeffrey Epstein rape you . Yeah, no, he raped me, forcefully raped me. Reporter a month after speaking exclusively to today, Jennifer Araoz is suing Jeffrey Epsteins associate ghislaine maxwell. Maxwell denied allegations she helped epstein creating what prosecutors described as a sex trafficking ring of underage girls. Rose writing in a New York Times oped standing up to the Entrenched Network of power and wealth that surrounded epstein is scary but i am no longer afraid. Shes in this for the long haul. Shes committed to seeing justice being done, not just for herself but for all the other victims of mr. Epstein and the victims of the enablers. Steph, Jennifer Araoz isnt the only one, right . There is another one. Follow me on this. It gets somewhat complicated. An uneye fayed plaintiff is filing a suit against the company that owns epsteins mansion here in new york city. She says she was abused in 2001 and she said people connected to that company should have known more about what was going on at that mansion and should have done more to stop it. Legal strategy. Thank you, stephanie. More breaking news overnight, a bird strike forced a passenger plane to make an emergency landing. It happened near moscow and the whole thing was caught on camera. Kelly cobiella joins us. Reporter good morning to you. It was terrifying for those on in packed plane. Families on board and children as well got into trouble almost immediately. One passenger said it began to shake just five seconds after takeoff and he could smell something burning. A miracle over moscow. Euro Airlines Flight 178 had just taken off when a flock of sea gulls struck both engines, severely damaging them. A passenger sitting next to the engine taking this video of the moment of the strike, a bird seen here and then the thud of the impact. The pilots reacting quickly, just half a mile from takeoff they shut down what was left of the engines, and found the closest landing spot available, a corn field just beyond the runway. Without time to even lower the wheels the pilots skidded the plane to a safe landing in the field. Screams from the cabin, but only 23 reported injuries among the 234 people on board. On the ground a surreal scene, the plane dwarfed by corn stocks, the passengers dazed. But overcome with relief. This passenger says some people were running barefoot through the field to get away from the plane but that everyone helped each other safely evacuate. Today the pilots are being lauded as heroes. The landing was good, says this injured woman. The pilots did a great job. Everything is all right. In addition to that bird strike one of the engines reportedly caught fire but the flames did not, thankfully, spread to that cabin. Nine of the injured were children but we understand all but one of the people hospitalized have been released this morning and the kremlin says it will give state awards to the hero pilots. Savannah, craig . Well deserved, kelly, thank you. Now to some troubling new signs for your money. This morning nerves are frayed on wall street in the wake of the dows first day of the year, a loss of 800 points. The markets shaken by fears of worldwide economic trouble. Were going to talk about the situation with jim cramer in a moment but first nbcs Peter Alexander joins us with more. Peter, good morning. Reporter hey, craig, good morning to you, this morning President Trump is arguing that the economy remains strong, despite new concerns that it is actually weakening. And a loud signal that a recession could be on the horizon. Fresh off that market meltdown with stocks plunging in one of their worst days all year fears of a recession are rising. The major stock selloff following a sounding of the alarms on wall street. The flashing red warning sign, a key Economic Indicator thats preceded every recession since 1956. Its called a yield curve inversion. Heres what that means. When the economy is strong you can expect to be paid more for longterm treasury Bond Investments than for shortterm investments. But on wednesday that flipped with shortterm Treasury Bonds paying more than longer term ones, warning that investors are losing confidence in the economy. It comes amid signs of a global slowdown and growing fears about President Trumps trade war with china. Even after the president delayed imposing a new round of tariffs until middecember. Acknowledging they could hurt american consumers. Were doing this for christmas season, just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on u. S. Consumers. So far there has been none. Reporter the president blaming Jerome Powell for not cutting Interest Rates more aggressively. Tweeting we should easily be reaping big rewards and gains but the fed is holding us back. We will win. Tonight President Trump will hold another campaign rally, this one in manchester, new hampshire, a state boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. This latest indicator warns a recession could be more than a year out but if it happens it would be the first to hit the u. S. Since 2007. Savannah . Peter, thank you. We want to bring in jim cramer, the host of cnbc mad money. The stock market seems to have stabilized somewhat. What is your read . I think we got new information that says inflation is not deaf anily the key, from walmart, and i like that. With the various drops this year in all of the significant inch dexes, how significant is that . I think its a reaction to the bond market. The bond market is twice as size as the stock market. When the bond market is erratic and the rates go down too fast, it scares people and says things are uncertain. I think the commentary is a little misplaced i hear down here. People will say boom or recession, savannah, we will probably be in between. Nobody wants to say in between. People bounce to extremes. Im not an extremist, if i thought we were going to have a big slowdown or recession, i would shout it from the rooftops. I see some trading, and Federal Reserve does what President Trump says and they should, we wont be talking about an recession. So maybe things will be better. Rates are low. People are buying houses. So it doesnt need to be as nearly as negative as some people are crafting it. And the trade war seems to have no end in sight. If theres no exit strategy, thats got to have a drag on the economy. It will be. I know thats not what President Trump is saying, especially the leaders. I had the president of cisco, one of the Largest Companies in the world, tell me look, things are slowing and july was bad. And china is terrible. China is a giant country. We would love to say you know what, we dont care about china. I think the president should recognize we have to care even if we dont want to because it is a big market for us. Obviously, were a bigger market for them. But we need some resolution or some sort of truce where they can be behind the scenes nontweeting work try to come to some sort of satisfactory compromise. I have about 30 seconds. The Federal Reserve is the third big player here. It has boosted the economy with lower rates but the economy thought it should be lowered more than it was. What is in play here . What should they do . Powell feels good and jay may come out and say numbers are good but we stand ready to make if anything turns, we will prevent a recession. If he did that, people might say why didnt i do buying . The problem is he wont do it. He should listen. He should listen to jim cramer, right . Dumber people listen thank you very much on the new york stock exchange, 7 16 on the west coast. The latest on the markets, of course, on mad money on cnbc. The field of democrats getting a bit smaller. Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is expecting to announce hes dropping out of the race. Hickenlooper struggled with fundraising and developing a message that grabbed attention. Democrats, many nationally, encouraged him to run for the senate against republican incumbent cory gardner. Lets get to the weather. Look whos back in town from greenland. Hi, good morning, guys. Thank you for getting your First National weather from us. You can see we dont have a lot going on. Heavy showers and thunderstorms moving through the plains. Damaging winds. Cant rule out a tornado or two and heavy rains upwards of three to five inches smack dab in the middle of the Mississippi River valley. Stretching from North Central california down to the southwest, temperatures will be tarti starting to decline. The heat in the southwest, some pliss seeing record heat. 100 in sacramento, 116 in tucson, phoenix 113. Fridays still more of th ie good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were still under a microclimate weather alert as we get ready for another extremely hot day. San francisco starting out with some hazy skies and temperatures that will continue to warm up throughout the day, reaching into the mid80s. Now, our forecast shows that well see a high of 84 there, 99 in san jose, up to 106 in antioch today. And tomorrow were still very hot, but we do have some relief in our forecast coming this weekend. Valley temperatures on sunday reaching up to 85. Thats your. Thats your latest weather. Good to have yo thats todays weather. Good to have you back, we missed you. Thank you its fascinating, this is as one scientist called it, greenland is the canary in the coal mine when it comes to Climate Change we got to see first hand how the ice sheet in greenland and glaciers are melting the question is, can they come back so were going to bring you all of that coming up in september as we look at whats going on. Looking forward to those reports. Yes thank you. We did miss you. Coming up jayz defending his Surprising Partnership with the nfl. 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