Airport where that teenager snuck onto the tarmac and stowed away into a flight to highway. The tsa is changing its procedures. And watch your step. A mans leg gets wedged between a train and the platform. A crowd of commuters rushes in as video shows the power of the people. Today, august 6th, 2014. 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 a wednesday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. Can we put that video up again . All those people helping to push that train off that man. That could have been a horrifying story. It is really heartwarming. We will tell you about that in a little the while. We want to talk about the top story. The massive theft of 1. 2 billion user names and passwords from hundreds of thousands of websites. Pete williams is nbcs justice correspondent. Pete, 1. 2 billion user names and passwords. This is like the keys to the kingdom. Pete, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. The simple answer to that is no. The company that discovered this is a Milwaukee Company called hold security. It is not naming the sites compromised, but its fair to assume it affected an enormous portion of the worlds websites when you consider its more than 1 billion user Name Password combinations. And the entire internet has Something Like 3 billion users even though many of us use as many different combinations for different sites. I read an article in the New York Times and it says many of these web sites and companies are still vulnerable. Have the websites been notified . Reporter some of them have, those that are the clients of this company. But were not going to know which these firms were. The company isnt saying which of its own clients were affected because of confidentiality agreements it has with them and it doesnt want to single the others out. But this is a reminder if we needed one that its best to assume that very little on the internet is secure. The bulk of the stolen data is not things like credit card numbers or names and home addresses. Its user name, password combinations, emails. All of which can be changed. So the experts say the best thing to do is assume the sites you visit have been affected and change your log in information even though that can be a big pain if you have a lot of them. Thanks, pete. I remember the target issue breach. This is bigger. Unfathomable. We have another Security Breach to talk about at the airport. Rehema ellis has more. Reporter this woman boarded a plane without a ticket. The same airport where the teenager stowed away in the wheel well of the plane. This cant happen. It happened again. Reporter but it did happen again. On monday, 62yearold Marilyn Hartman bypassed the document checkpoint at San Jose International airport finding a way to get onto a Southwest Airlines flight headed to los angeles without a ticket or a boarding pass. After the southwest plane landed at l. A. X. , the flight crew conducted a head count. Thats when they discovered hartman did not have a ticket. She was taken into custody by Airport Police and arrested. Certainly san jose has training issues that i think it needs to fix. Reporter turns out hartman has tried this before. At least six failed attempts at San FranciscoInternational Airport in the past few months where she breached tsa security twice but never made it on board until now. Its the second major Security Breach at san joses airport this year. In april the airport made National Headlines when a 15yearold jumped a security fence and flew to hawaii in the wheel well of a plane. Surviving subzero temperatures during the fivehour flight. Usually they would not survive for hours on end up there. So it just boggles the mind. Reporter on tuesday, the tsa released a statement about the most recent incident saying the individual was screened along with the rest of the aircraft. The agency initiated minor modifications to the layout of the document checking area to prevent another incident like this one. Now, Southwest Airlines released a statement as well saying they are working with all relevant regulatory agencies and their number one priority is the safety and security of their customers and employees. As for hartman, she faces misdemeanor trespassing charges and bail was set at 500. Matt. Thank you, rehemma. Other big story were following this morning, we are now hearing from the family of the army twostar Major General who was killed in an insider attack in afghanistan. Major general Harold Greene was gunned down at a military base, the highest ranking u. S. Officer to be killed in a combat zone since vietnam. Nbcs Jim Miklaszewski has been following this story from the pentagon. Mik, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. In his first 34 years as a soldier, this was general greenes first combat tour. His death sent shock waves through the army and the pentagon and a Strong Military family into mourning. Outside his home in virginia, general greenes family issued a statement through an army spokeswoman. They believe that the army as well as afghanistan and america has lost a true hero today. He really believed in what he was doing over there. Reporter general greenes mission was to train afghan soldiers, but it was one of those soldiers who shot and killed him. Greene led a group of american and Coalition Forces to this Afghan MilitaryAcademy Outside kabul. They were gathered in a courtyard inspecting a new water tank when an afghan soldier concealed in a nearby barracks opened fire with a machine gun. General greene was cut down and killed. Eight other americans were wounded. The assailant was killed by return fire. U. S. Helicopters flew in to retrieve the dead and wounded. Its a terrible day, terrible tragedy. We havent seen in the course of the last year. Reporter more than 100 american soldiers and marines have been killed by socalled insider attacks. Afghan soldiers turning their guns on americans. As American Forces withdraw from afghanistan, the number of attacks has declined. U. S. Military officials warn it will never be eliminated. If we leave 5,000, 10,000 u. S. Forces widely scattered across this gigantic dangerous country, we risk an escalation on insider attacks and abductions. Reporter as a twostar general, greene was a soldier and a scholar with three masters degrees and a ph. D. He was the highest ranking active duty soldier to be killed in a combat zone since vietnam. Greenes entire family has devoted their lives to the military and the army. His wife is a retired army colonel, a son, an active Duty Army Officer at ft. Sill. The u. S. Military investigation into general greenes death is well underway. Matt, savannah. All right. Jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. We have new numbers on the ebola outbreak. The two americans treated for the disease in the u. S. Are showing signs of improvement today. We have nbcs kate snow with more on where they are treated in atlanta. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Nancy writebol and dr. Kent brantly are both waking up in the same Isolation Unit here this morning. This as Nancy Writebols two sons were waiting for her here in atlanta tremendously relieved when she got off that plane. One son saying he just needed to be with mom. This was the worlds first glimpse of Nancy Writebol as she was wheeled into an Isolation Unit on a stretcher encased in protective gear. Her husband david was watching on skype still in liberia. The head of the Relief Organization she works for came to be with her in atlanta. Nancy has arrived safely. Let me just take a pause here. And samaritans purse and s. I. M. Are so grateful. Reporter writebol is a personnel director, but when ebola hit, it was all hands on deck. She would spray down the hazmat suits doctors like kent brantly wore when they treated patients. Johnson says he doesnt know how either of them got sick. For her to be a stretcher is not an indication of where she is with ebola, its an indication she is very, very weak. Reporter still she has walked and ate a yogurt before boarding the plane home. And that may be thanks to an experimental therapy. Zmapp is grown inside modified tobacco plants in kentucky. Other ebola patients havent had access to it and the epidemic is only getting worse leading British Airways to temporarily suspend flights to and from liberia and sierra leone. Delta advised passengers flying out of liberia and into nigeria to allow extra time for health screenings. Experts are very worried by the spread of ebola to nigeria, one of the most populated countries on earth. I think that we started our remedy or preventive measures rather a bit late. Reporter a liberianamerican who died of ebola after flying to nigeria was not immediately quarantined and now more people who had contact with him have symptoms. And this morning were learning that a nurse who treated that man has died and one in saudi arabia suspected of ebola has passed away and a spanish priest is flown to spain and suspected of being treated for ebola. Savannah and matt. Kate, thank you very much. For the first time former taliban prisoner Bowe Bergdahl will be formally questioned by an army investigator today about his disappearance and eventual capture in afghanistan in back 2009. This is the first picture of him since his release. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is at ft. Sam houston in san antonio. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Sergeant bergdahl returns for regular duty here at ft. Sam houston last month assigned to a desk job. His lawyer says hes had no problems with any of his fellow soldiers. But today he will be grilled about his intentions the day he disappeared five years ago. These new pictures are the first public glimpses of sergeant Bowe Bergdahl since he was released from captivity in exchange for five taliban militants more than two months ago. I think its been a smooth transition for him particularly when you consider the fact not long ago he was living in unimaginable set of circumstances. Reporter today for the first time bergdahl will share his side of the story with Major General kenneth dahl, appointed to investigate bergdahls 2009 disappearance in afghanistan. I dont think he thinks of himself as a hero. Reporter eugene fidel is bergdahls attorney. At least some things people have said about my client have been unfair and outright false. Reporter did he desert . Thats a question were not going to get into because were not going to try the case on television. Reporter former sergeant and platoon mate josh horner told Savannah Bergdahl abandoned his post. He became disillusioned with everything. Reporter he now says he spoke by phone with general dahl last week. General dahl was very specific about my entire service history, about bergdahl and all of my interactions with him. Reporter military officials still dont believe bergdahls met with his parents though its hard to say for sure since hes been allowed to leave the base freely. If its true he hasnt, i find it extremely odd. Maybe says a lot about either him or his family or both. Reporter his attorney wont say whether bergdahl has met with his parents calling it a private matter. He did say bergdahl wants to get on with his life and perhaps go to college. After this round of questioning, the investigating general will make a recommendation about whether bergdahl should be charged. Matt and savannah, back to you. Gabe gutierrez in san antonio. Gabe, thanks. Natalie is here now with some relative calm in the middle east. Yeah. Lets hope that 72hour ceasefire appears to be holding so far. The egyptian brokered truce into the second day is remaining in tact unlike several before. Israelis have pulled their forces out of gaza. But they havent gone far. Many taking defensive positions in case things flare up again. Vladimir putin says his government is preparing for retaliation against western countries. In response to recent sanctions. Putin said the response should be carefully crafted to avoid hurting russian consumers. Russias been recently hit by sanctions by the United States and the European Union as punishment for its support of the separatists in eastern ukraine. Well, some tense moments for passengers on a plane out of newark tuesday night. United Airlines Flight was en route to brussels but it was forced to land in nova scotia after a fire broke out in the galley area. The boeing 777 landed safely and crew members used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames before landing. 58yearold William Lambert has been charged with driving while impaired. The force sent the traffic light crashes to the ground injuring several on the sidewalk. Investigators are still trying to figure out how it happened. Take a look at the video. It is called power in the numbers. A man was trapped between the train platform as we showed you earlier. The platform at train station in perth, australia. The gap was so tight, the man could not remove his leg. Some crew members rallied passengers to get out and push the train. It worked. The man wiggled free and was not hurt in all that. Hopefully, you see that gap and i tell my kids, stay far from the gap. Big step over it. I would love to see everybody coming to his aid. A lot of thank you notes. Jimmy fallon might be able to help. Right. Mr. Roker. Double barrel trouble in hawaii . That is not easy to say. For the first time in three decades. Two tropical systems about to hit hawaii. Hurricane iselle right now 745 miles east of hilo. 90mileanhour winds. Moving west afternoon 13. Then hurricane julio. 1750 miles east of hilo. Moving west northwest at 17. Iselle comes across the big island and hit thursday afternoon at 8 00. 65mileanhour winds. A lot of rain. We are going to be looking at storm surge and looking at anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain plus 5 to 6 foot swells today. Rip tides. Heavy rain on thursday. Then julio should stay to the north and that would be good news, but again, we will continue to watch this as the day progresses. By sunday it should be out of day progresses. By sunday it should be out of harms way. Hanes. A perfect fit for every body. Now in colorful new styles. Right now, watching light rain pushing away from san jose. Showers west of the golden gate and all activity will slide on off towards south and east, giving way for mostly cloudy skies to clearing as we head through the afternoon. Skies clearing passing lunchtime north to south, later today, high temperatures climbing into the low 80s near san jose. Mid 80s near saratoga. Low 70s San Francisco. And santa rosa, highs in the low 80s. Mid80s near trivalley. Thats your latest weather. Carson, so exciting to see you. Youve got a guest in the orange room. We do. We have the results of a new nbc wall street journal poll. And weve got a special guest. Our political director, chuck todd is joining me in the orange room. Good to have you here this morning. Lets start right into the poll. What was the overall sort of takeaway or the general sentiment . Its not just an angry public. Its not just a frustrated public at washington. Its almost an exasperated public. We use this poll to try to understand how hard was it to dig out of the great recession. These people are angry and fed up with washington and throwing up their hands. There was one question asked in particular that caught your eye. It did. We asked are you so upset you would carry a protest sign for a day. 57 said they would. We also said, okay, what would that sign say. Lets break it down into parties. Well start with the democrats. What was the word cloud to represent that . This is what democrats, most democrats would put on the sign. They said a lot of things. The biggest thing, do your job, congress. Stop republicans, focus on our own country. That has to do with foreign policy. Check out what republicans would put on their signs. Enforce laws and impeach obama. The whole idea of impeachment, something republicans are talking about. Thats a staggering number. To get off your couch and get out for a day and hold a sign. People are fed up. They are. And theyre upset washington is not doing their job. Over 70 thinks washington should be doing more for the economy. The question from the orange room, what would you put on your sign . Let us know protestsign. Back to you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Coming up, how much do you like your boss . Why employees of one Supermarket Chain are walking off the job. Some even being laid off now to get their fired ceo reinstated. Then did a champion power boat racer fake his own death . Why Police Believe he staged and accident and could be on the run this morning. But first this is today on nbc. T this is today on nbc. Seen images of jfk jr. And his as the people who knew them best open up about their relationship. For the first time in 13 years, well sit down live in our studio with actress katie holmes. But first your local news and weather. Hey, mom get everything turtles at target. You would need like a bunch of those to clean this mess. [ kc ] youre probably right. Hi, cascade kitchen counselor. 1 pac of cascade complete cleans tough food better than 6 pacs of the bargain brand combined. Cascade. Beyond clean and shine. Every time. With one small catch. En usebrand dove bar for 7 days . No mirrors. Everyday they wash with dove beauty bar but can only feel whats happening. On the seventh day Beautiful Skin is revealed. Dove i