2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on monday morning. I am Savannah Guthrie. Carson you said you were a morning person. You filled in hoda all last week. Thats a whole other ball game by the way. No alcohol here. Youre sober right now. I am. Ready to work. You all have good news cred. Im going to try and keep that intact. We have a lot to cover. The dangerous storm system claimed at least two lives. Dave gutierrez is following this story just outside of florida where flooding is a big concern today. Gabe, morning to you. Good morning, savannah. Fortunately the rain has stopped, but all that rain from over the weekend is rushing downstream. There are plenty of sandbags behind me and thats because the nearby river crested overnight about seven feet above flood stage. North carolina just the first stop for a major storm system moving up the east coast this morning. The state beginning to dry out after some of the its worst flash flooding over decades. Were hoping we dont get any more rain. Reporter two deaths are blamed on the surging waters. A 10yearold girl and 48yearold man were swept up while swimming in a creek about 100 miles northwest of charlotte. The slow moving system knocked out power to thousands of residents and shut down dozens of roads. Rescuers warn that although the rain here is over theres still a threat. The water is up and its dangerous and we have been warning people not to get in the water because its so high and dangerous. Reporter and that threat is now extending up the east coast. Philadelphia broke its daily rainfall record on sunday. Parts of the city are still underwater while pounding wind and rain are drenching millions this morning from connecticut to maine. If we deal with any of these tropical downpours midweek for the same areas that saw the 5, 8, 10 plus inch totals on saturday we could see more flash flood flooding issues. These are areas well have to watch closely. Reporter back here officials will be spending the day assessing the damage. Were expecting a dry day today but more rain later this week. Savannah . A lot to clean up. Gabe gutierrez in North Carolina for us. Thank you. Lets turn to al for more on the storms and what you can expect today. The good news is finally we will see some drying, but areas from the northeast down into the mid Atlantic States dealing with the heavy rain. Philadelphia, also new jersey getting the heavy rain. The good news is the system is pulling up and away. The heaviest rain over new finland, heavier rain offshore. Not a big problem. Now our eyes turn to the midwest where we have a combination of a dipping jet stream, cool air coming in and a lot of moisture to the south. We have a risk of strong storms from kansas down into oklahoma. You can see the heavy thunderstorms firing up. Were talking about flash flooding a problem there today with anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain between wichita and salina. Savannah . Thank you very much. Theres new developments in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal. He is facing more pressure to drop out of the new york city mayors race and over the weekend his Campaign Manager resigned. Good to see you savannah. A new kind of fall out after the shock and outrage swirling around his latest admissions about sexual conversation with women online. He is taking new hits within his own team and about his record on the job. Reporter the drama for Anthony Weiner entered a new act this weekend when one of his own called it quits. Weiners top campaign official, his Campaign Manager, danny kedem, resigned after the latest fallout from the former congressmans online conversations with women. You know we have an amazing staff but it isnt about the people working on the campaign. Its the people were working for. He will keep pursuing his ambition to become new york city mayor facing criticism and flat out claims that he is done by prominent political voices. He may still be in the place but his campaign is over. Hes not qualified, not psychologically qualified to be mayor of the city of new york. At this point its absurd. Hes not the next mayor of new york. Hes wasting time and space. Reporter his trouble and declines in polls shifted attention to other democrats in the race. Christine quinn used the National Platform of meet the press to question his track record even before the controversy. Has he disqualified himself . Yes. But not just because of the scandals. He didnt have the qualifications when he was in congress. Reporter while opponents and outside critics have been piling on, weiner found himself with a back and forthwith an upset voter. Weiner could not sway this woman, a woman upset about his conduct, the texting chats where he used the name carlos danger to send messages to women. If i conducted myself in the way you did yours, my job would be gone. He claims he will still keep trying to talk about issues that matter to new yorkers trying to keep himself in this race. There have been so many surprises along the way, and we can only see what happens when he gets back on the Campaign Trial today. Six weeks to go and no announcement about a new Campaign Manager. At the moment he is staying in. Okay. We want to bring in andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Good morning. As we all know huma abedin, Anthony Weiners wife is very close to Hilary Clinton. Clinton says she is like a daughter. It has a lot of people wondering, where are the clintons on all of this . How do they feel about this campaign . They care about her but this is to the point where its splashing against the clintons. People are making comparisons to the way hilary handled issues in the 1992 campaign and its only going to reach a further point if he stays in this race. They are not at all happy, and they are oil to huma, and mutual friends are saying why is she letting this happen to hillary clinton, her mentor. Speaking of Hilary Clinton, she has a lunch today with president obama. You dont know whats on the menu foodwise or otherwise. Foodwise or otherwise. They say this is just a catch up. They met three times since she left the cabinet but the timing is auspicious. Its the day when the middle east negotiators are arriving in washington. John kerry made six shuttle trips to the region and finally getting them here. Its the resumption of talks after three years. Theyll talk about that and egypt blowing up and Vladimir Putin i suspect. Maybe he wants her opinion about who to put in as the new fed chair. Thats a big fight in washington. And you cant imagine this conversation taking place without the elephant in the room being addressed which is what to do about getting weiner out of the race. Clinton doesnt want to what the Hilary Clinton supporters dont want to appear is she tries to get him out of the race for herself and is disloyal to huma. That would be even worse for hillary clinton. Never a shortage of topics. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Natalie is here following a deadly tour bus tragedy in italy. Good morning. Good morning. A tour bus plunged off a highway in southern italy killing at least 38 people. Workers used a crane to lift the wreckage of the bus. As many as 49 people were onboard when it tore through a guard rail after hitting cars and heavy traffic. The plunged 100 feet off the highway into a ravine. More than 70 people were killed this weekend after violent clashes between Egyptian Security forces and supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi. Were joined with the latest. Good morning. Egypt is bracing itself for another rally organized by supporters of the ousted president , mohamed morsi. The toll is close to 120 but officially the death toll stands at 85. These are clashed all across the country that erupted between supporters of the president and the security forces. That has many people here afraid that in the coming hours egypts military and police could attempt to try and break up this sit in thats been in a part of cairo since the president was removed from power on july 3rd. Theres also efforts to try and resolve this peacefully. The top Foreign Policy advisor is in the country and will be meeting with representatives in an attempt to try to stave off further violence. Thank you. And update now on an amazing story about a young boy who was beating the odds after literally being swallowed up by a sand dune in michigan. 6yearold nathan is being called the miracle boy. We have exclusive video of nathan back at home with his family just after two weeks of the frightening ordeal where he fell in a sinkhole and became trapped for hours in the sand dunes. Nathan, whats the best thing about being home . To get to see my family. Well, nathans mother said in a statement she would like to thank everyone that played a role in the rescue and to all the medical personnel that treated and nursed her son back to health. Good news there this morning. Pastor rick warren took the pulpit for the first time this weekend since his sons suicide. The founder and pastor of Saddleback Church in california was greeted with a standing ovation. Its okay to ask why but the real test is what are you going to do when you dont get the answer . He delivered a formal speech, but ae often broke off to talk about his son. Lets head to wall street and a big merger in the ad world. Jackie joins us. Good morning. Good morning natalie. Lets start with the markets. July has just three trading days left and despite concerns about Earnings Growth the s p 500 set to have its best month in nearly two years. Back to that merge theyre merging to form the Largest Ad Company in the world but still no match for google which rakes in 50 million in revenue last year. And finally gas prices rising more than 8 cents in the last two weeks. The National Average now 3. 67 a gallon. Natalie. Fast food workers in seven cities including new york and chicago are staging a one day protest strike today to call for wages of 15 an hour. Thats more than double the federal minimum wage. Representatives for the fast Food Industry say most of the restaurants operate on slim Profit Margins making it impossible to hike wages. You are uptodate right now. Its 7 12. Back to you guys. Thank you. Busy day for you, al . Yeah. In arizona, they are seeing flash flooding. This bus carrying 21 folks went down about 30 feet down this wash and flipped over. Fortunately everybody got out okay. And further to the west, out in the pacific, we have got flossie. Right now a Tropical Storm making its way to the west at 17 Miles Per Hour. The good news is its dying down with winds at 50 Miles Per Hour. Should not cause too many problems. Clears the big island and the rest of the chain by early Tuesday Morning hawaiian time with winds of 35 Miles Per Hour. Well have your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Which means they can find the perfect pair that fits great. And its affordable. Oh, and its got all the other brands they have to have. Ive been told this stuff can make or break your entire year. But im not even going to pretend to know what cool is. Ill just take em to the sales and leave the rest to them. [ female announcer ] select arizona jeans on sale now. Style. Quality. Price. Now at jcpenney. 7 13 on a backtowork monday. Overcast sky over most of the bay area right now. Thats going to keep our temperatures from soaring later today. Look at these numbers, 75 degrees in san jose. Thats a really comfortable reading for the 29th day of july. 83 in livermore today and just 58 degrees in San Francisco. Staying nice and steady through. Well drop off for thursday and then heat cranks come this weekend. Thats your latest weather, fiancees best man. Katie has the latest on the investigation. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. That accident left four others injured including the groom. He will be undergoing surgery later today. This as were learning more about the driver. Police say 35yearold jojo john does have a history of drug arrest and they do have reason to believe he was intoxicated at the time of this accident. Two weeks before their wedding day, a tragedy. Lindsey stewart and brian bond were on a boat that slammed into a construction barge in the hudson river. Stewart and best man mark lennon were killed. Bond and three others were seriously injured. I cant talk about it now, im sorry. Reporter stewarts mother spoke to reporters saturday hoping for a miracle but by sunday police had recovered two bodies from the river. I think this is its horrific. I dont think you can put words to the fact of what we need to do to console these families and i dont think you can. Raymond lennon, his best man, mark lennons brother. He was wild at heart. Every day was an adventure for him and thats the way he liked it. Friends since childhood, stewart and bond fell in love four years ago. They were supposed to wed at this church august 10th. Instead, friends gathered here sunday morning to mourn. Everybody has got to be really, really sick over there, i am sure. The reverend spoke with the groom to be in the hospital. Its hard to tell a mother and father that their daughter is not coming home. Its hard to tell a fiancee he lost his bridetobe. Reporter Authorities Say the barge lights were on but the dock master who was out on the water at the same time argues the conditions can be disorienting. Its hard to explain but on the river the lights on the background play tricks on your eyes. While the bridge was lit up all the way around, the barges were not. They might have had a small light on the stop if so but it was a black mass. Reporter jojo john is still recovering from serious injuries. He was arraigned in the hospital on charges of vehicular manslaughter and assault. Police will be looking into pressing more charges later today, carson. Thats terrible. Katie, thank you very much. Now to one of the biggest jewelry heists in the world. 53 million worth stolen from a hotel in france. Michelle kosinski has the story. Michelle, good morning. Reporter this is at the legendary carlton hotel. The most prestigious along the area. Sunday afternoon. Its hard to tell what was more extraordinary, the diamonds or the heist of them . Signs outside the carrolton boldly announced summer exhibition of the mouth watering jewels. Maybe a little too effectively because the thief was as bold. Sunday just before high noon, a man in a mask and hat simply walked into the hotel, allegedly used a pistol to threaten staff and force security guards while the jewels were being set up for display and walked out with them. Possibly 53 million worth, gone. Life. The height of bejeweled glamour, and this crime was clearly organized. He is the professional businessman, and his business is jewel thievery. Reporter there were two heists in may during the film festival. In one case, a necklace worth more than 2 million. The raid of a Harry Winston store in 2008 netting more than 100 million worth. Some of it later found in a home and drainpipe in the suburbs. That, many believe, was the work of the notorious pink panther gang of jewel thieves thought to be responsible for hundreds of millions worth. In the last three months, three members allegedly broke out of prison. One of them just last week. Some suspect this is a sign the gang is back. So who was that masked man . Were there others . How on earth do they get away . If police know at this point, theyre not saying. Analysts say if police dont catch a thief like this in two hours, the jewels are cut down, reset, made untraceable. Carson . Fascinating. Michelle kosinski, thank you. A briefcase, 53 million out of front door. Its almost the plot of a movie. Thats right. Inspector. Who makes a getaway in cannes. Cleveland kidnapping victim amanda berry makes her first public appearance as her captor prepares for sentencing this week. Coming up, Ariel Castros son speaks out. And can hackers actually take over your car and control everything from the Steering Wheel to the brakes . Were going to meet two guys who say yes, and theyve actually done it. But first, this is today on nbc. 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