The kindness of strangers. The couple trapped in that overturned truck with their babies, meets one of those that saved their lives. Thank you very much. Were there for the emotional reunion. And big night in the big apple. The stars come out and push the fashion envelope at new yorks met gala. Even at the oscars you dont get this mix. We have the looks, from the elegant to the outrageous. Today, tuesday, may 2nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a Tuesday Morning. Its kind of the fashion oscars. Did you check out some of the outfits last night . The super bowl of people watching. I almost wore that this morning. A little uptown at the metropolitan museum of art. There are celebrities waking up planning next years outfit. Pretty amazing. Meanwhile, how about the video at the top of the show. People on planes need to sit down and fasten their seat belts. This was a wild scene on a passenger plane. As you saw, a fight broke out, just ahead of a flight from tokyo to los angeles. This video emerging, as some of the top Airlines Executives are about to face questions on capitol hill today about the state of their industry. Tom costello covers aviation. He has the latest on all of it. Good morning. Reporter its happening nearly every day. Something happens on an aircraft and fellow passengers grab their cell phone and start recording. This morning, an allout fight. One passenger charged with assault. This morning, another disturbing Airline Incident caught on camera. Two passengers throwing punches at each other, on a flight about to depart from tokyo to l. A. This guy is crazy. Reporter the passengers started fighting after the man in the red shirt, who was reportedly drunk, was asked to leave the plane after acting in an unruly manner. The man resisted and chaos ensued. After the fight seems to be over, the man in red returns, taking another punch to the face, before the video abruptly ends. The passenger who took the video tells nbc news, the man in red yelled, you think im crazy . The government is crazy, before leaving the plane. Its the latest in a series of viral videos. A united passenger dragged off a plane in chicago. An american Flight Attendant nearly coming to blows with a customer in San Francisco. I am being asked to leave the plane. I had to use the restroom. Reporter and a delta passenger removed from a flight for using the rest rook, after being told to be seated. Some Top Airline Executives will get a grilling today, with members of congress suggesting it may be time to pass a new passenger bill of rights. Passengers have inadequate compensation and recourse for the clueless and careless misconduct of the airline. Reporter it was just last week that united Ceo Oscar Munoz told lester holt the Industry Needs to recover. We have a black eye. Reporter Many Airlines announced policy changes. No longer involuntarily bumping seated passengers. Offering more cash as an incentive, up to 10,000. Southwest says it will stop overbooking flights. Meanwhile, with 83 of seats full, Flight Attendants say the entire Flight Experience can be stressful. People are spending little for these tickets. Theyre getting packed in a confined space. Humans are closer together and it creates conflicts. Reporter with so few airlines to choose among, passenger rights advocates are skeptical anything will change. I think were stuck with that for a while until someone comes up with a new way of approaching the public. Reporter this morning, passenger rights advocates and unions say recent incidents are symptomatic of an industry running near capacity, under strain, and passengers who are often just fed up and sometimes, as you saw, drunk. Savannah, matt, back to you. Still cant get over that video. Tom, thank you very much. An interesting phone call taking place at the white house between President Trump and russias president , Vladimir Putin. Its their first direct conversation, since trump declared relations between the two countries at an alltime low. Kristen welker has more on all of this. Good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to you. It is high stakes for that call today. With President Trump and president putin, expected to discuss a range of topics from syria to the fight against isis. It comes as mr. Trump has set off alarm bells for comments regarding some of the most brutal dictators, including kim jongun. Tensions mountsing with that country today amid reports that north korean state tv saying the situation in the peninsula is being driven to a point close to nuclear war because of the United States recent provocations. This morning, white house officials will confirm that President Trump will speak with russian president Vladimir Putin on the phone. Its the third call between the two leaders since mr. Trump took office in january. And the first since the recent air strikes in syria. That strike, linked to a suspected chemical attack of bashar al assad, was criticized by putin. Striving to salvage ties amid a fierce dispute over syria, secretary of state Rex Tillerson met with the president last month. Theres a law level of trust between our two countries. The worlds two foremost Nuclear Powers can not have this kind of relationship. Reporter today, as trump is facing backlash about other world leaders. Saying he would meet with kim jongun. If i would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely, i would be honored to do with it. Just hours earlier, his own chief of staff said the opposite. The answer is not. I dont see that happening. Reporter under fire, press Secretary Sean Spicer forced to explain why meeting with kim jongun would be an honor. He is a head of state. Theres a diplomatic piece. Reporter overnight, backlash from some of his republican republicans. What you do is a legitimize a person who is one of the really bad actors in the world. Reporter and the president surprised some officials of his own administration by inviting another brutal dictator to the white house, philippines president rodrigo duterte. One topic on the agenda, north koreas recent provocations. That invitation, despite wide condemnation of duterte for executing thousands of his own suspects in his own country. Does the president have a thing with the totalitarian leaders . The president understands the threat that they pose. Reporter its not just foreign policy. This morning the president is threatening a shutdown in the fall tweeting, either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules to 51 . Our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess. Matt, savannah . Kristen welker, thanks. May day protests turned violent in portland, oregon, last night. Protesters throwing molotov cocktails and other items at police officers. The group of selfdescribed anarchists also set fires in the streets. Multiple people were arrested and downtown businesses were damaged, including a police car which was destroyed. In the meantime, speaking of protests, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of paris to protest marine le pen. Demonstrators there threw molotov cocktails at security three officers and several protesters were injured. Were learning more about the university of texas student accused of going on a stabbing rampage on the austin campus. The suspect surrendering to police after killing one person and injuring three others. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has the latest on the investigation. Kerry, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, matt. There are many heavy hearts here on the campus at the university of texas, where classes are expected to resume today. The president of the college canceled classes after a freshman was knifed to death, in what witnesses say was an unprovoked attack. Beefed up patrols on campus at the university of texas in austin. Students anxious and confused by 19yearold harrison browns killing. The freshman was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a busy campus plaza. I am a little bit of mad. Reporter jeffery haslet has been best friends with the victim since they were in day care. He was funny, outgoing. He was a friend to everybody. Reporter harrison brown, killed. Three others slashed by the attacker. One white male college student. Hes been stabbed a couple of times. He is conscious. Reporter police say this man, another u. T. Student, inexplicably went berserk monday. Witnesses say at first, the stabbing spree seemed unreal. He grabbed this guy by the shoulder and stabbed him in the back. Reporter as video posted on social media shows, Campus Police wrestled the suspect to the ground. Officials say the arrest coming two minutes after the police were first called. In custody this morning, 21yearold kendrex white. Still unclear, a motive. The individual didnt attack people that were right there. He walked a little ways. Then he stabbed another individual and so forth. Reporter one classmate of the alleged knifewielding attacker said he noticed a personality shift after white was arrested for a dui for last month. He was missing from class for a month. He was pretty depressed. Reporter harrison browns former School District remembering him this morning, as an inspiration to everyone around him. One of the wounded was admitted to the hospital and treated over. The other two were treated and released. Later this morning, the police say the suspect who is in charge is charged with, among other things, murder. Matt . Thank you very much. With the Summer Vacation season just ahead, the state department has issued a traveling alert covering all of europe. It says americans should be on guard for terrorist attacks, especially in tourist spots, transportation centers, hotels, clubs and houses of worship. It applies to Great Britain sweden and russia. It advises travelers to have a plan for contacting family members in an emergency and says they should monitor local news reports, check the websites of u. S. Embassies and consulates for any security updates. There is more news at fox news. Stephanie gosk is here with the latest on this. Reporter first, the Networks Chairman and ceo, roger ailes. Then, star anchor, bill oreilly. Now, the copresident of fox news, bill shine, has called it quits. Pushed out amid criticism of his handling of the Sexual Harassment scandal. Shine, who replaced roger ailes, as head of the network was forced out after mounting pressure on fox to change its corporate culture. With three big names now gone, fox may never be the same. This morning, another shakeup at fox news. Copresident bill shine resigning as the network scrambles to deal with a string of negative headlines about Sexual Harassment. In a recent tweet, one of shines most highprofile defenders, sean hannity, responded to reports that shine was being pushed out. Saying, i pray this is not true because if it is, thats the total end of the Fox News Channel as we know it. Overnight on his show, hannity stayed silent about shine and not addressing rumors after his own potential departure from the network. Special thank you to all our friends in the media that are tuning in tonight, maybe for the first time. Reporter shines departure may signal a makeover for the network. After roger ailes left, shine was a continuation of the old fox news culture. The murdochs are slowly deciding they need to answer critics by turning a page. Reporter in a memo to staff, 21st century fox chairman and ceo Rupert Murdoch wrote in part, i know bill was respected and liked by everybody at fox news. But some former employees might disagree. Shine has not been accused of Sexual Harassment. But has been named in two lawsuits against the network and roger ailes. Im andrea reporter one of ailes accusers claims that shine told her when she complained that ailes was a very powerful man, and she needed to let this one go. Shine denies all of the accusations. Now, his replacement is a woman, suzanne scott. She is a product of the roger ailes culture. Women at fox news are looking at this moment and saying, this is not cleaning house. Reporter 21st century fox is in the middle of a bid for british broadcaster, sky, worth tens of millions of dollars. Industry insiders believe the recent departures at fox news are at least partly driven by the desire to get the takeover by the british government. Among the criteria is whether or not the company is fit and proper. Steph, thank you very much. Youre welcome. Thank you. Now, to a reallife hollywood cliffhanger. A Writers Strike averted overnight. The Writers Guild reached a threeyear deal. It was announced an hour after the midnight deadline. The agreement prevents a costly strike that could have sent Television Shows to immediate reruns. Heres Important News for parents this morning. The Trump Administration now rolling back some School Lunch Rules that had been championed by former first Lady Michelle obama. The Program Required more fruits, veggies, and whole grains, but many School Districts were complaining that Healthy Foods were ending up in the trash. Under the new standard, schools wont have to cut the salt in meals just yet. They will keep the whole grain requirements and not demand that all pastas and breads go whole grain. Schools could serve 1 milk instead of the nonfat required. These new rules will take effect in the fall. An update on what has been a traffic nightmare for commuters in atlanta. Transportation Officials Say theyre confident that the i85 bridge that went up in flames back in march will be reopened by memorial day weekend. The initial completion date was supposed to be midjune. The 24 7 work schedule is being credited for accelerating the progress in construction. A light moment from the nba playoffs. Cavs superstar lebron james almost started celebrating a little early. Cleveland up in the third quarter. Lebron grabs a bottle of beer from a court side waitress. About to take a sip. Remembers hes still on the job. Gives it back. Still on the job. The cavs go on to beat the raptors. 116105. Plenty of time to tip one back after the game. Cleveland takes a 10 lead in that series. I love how he was scampering over. Looked happy. Looked good. Youre not al. Im not. Whats going on . Can i borrow your dress for my weather report. Does it fit the forecast . It does. A Beautiful Day in some parts of the country. But through the midwest, the sky will be featuring sunshine. We have residual flooding because of the recent rain that trickles into the rivers. All of the diamonds, those are the rivers in major flood stage right now. Overflowing their banks and causing some flooding in communities. The Merrimack River has broken the highest crest that river has been. And the mississippi at chester is getting close to flood stage. We have flash flood watches for this general area across parts of the midwest because of the fact that water needs some place to go. Unfortunately, it is over the banks. In the next. In the next 24 hours, we will see another area of rain develop. Some areas picking up an inch and a half to two inches of rain across southern kansas. A second storm system will regenerate. Were going to see two different areas. One up near st. Louis, where we could see three to four or five inches of rain. And along the gulf coast. We could see another three to four inches of rain. That will be mostly as we go into wednesday and thursday. Thats the weather across the country. Your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. Even when were not there to keep them safe, our Subaru Outback will be. vo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Good Tuesday Morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We have a nice and mild start to the day. Anything you need to get done outside, you want to make sure you do it in the next couple hours. 60 degrees in San Francisco and the north bay. For the east bay, also at 60 and going to see High Temperatures up to 90 degrees in the south bay. Trivalley seeing a high of 92. Well be close to setting some records in the east bay as well. Up to 85 and 82 in San Francisco. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Coming up, the family rescued by Good Samaritans when their truck flipped over in a storm is speaking out for the first time. And we were there for their emotional reunion with one of the rescuers. We showed you the video monday. Airline passengers tossed from their seats and injured after hitting turbulence. This morning, how you can stay safe the next time youre flying in less than ideal conditions. First this, is today nbc. On coming up inside the met gala from the chic to the what was that . The fashions that ruled the night. And we have a live concert from one of the biggest hi guys. Its great to be here. In the desert. At the mall. On the mountain. At school. At the beach. In the big easy. Yeah. Yeah. Today i want to show you guys the nextgen chevy equinox. What do you think . Thats pretty. Pretty sexy. Its allwheel drive. Look at that. It looks aggressive. But not overbearing. Its