Right. Here comes jones for the first time tonight. Baltimore orioles star adam jones gets a rousing ovation at fenway park, a day after being taunted by racest slurs by fans there. Theres bigger issues in the world than a baseball game. This is purery entertainment. How jones turned an ugly scene into a positive outcome. And first on today. Brad pitt breaks his silent about his split against angeline ja jolie. Today, wednesday, may 3rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Anyone who has had the chance to interview brad pitt over the last 10 or 15 years knows he doesnt love to talk about his personal life. Thats why this interview seems so candid and revealing. Yeah. He gets introspective. Its interesting to hear that. Were going to have that in a couple of moments. Man, you would think its november 2016. Its clinton versus trump all over again. Were going to talk about that in a second. Were going to start with a wave of headlines coming out of the white house. Fresh obstacles to the health care system, to his phone call with Vladimir Putin. And as savannah just referenced, a war of words with Hillary Clinton. We have complete coverage, starting with peter alexander. Good morning. Reporter hey, matt. Good morning to you. The two president s, putin and trump, eyeing a possible personal meeting. While Top White House aides have shied away from setting another artificial deadline, as they describe it, for a health care bill. House republicans may be running into another wall. Looking for lastminute tweaks, with new indications they are short with the necessary votes to pass it. This morning, the latest republican attempt to overhaul obamacare, appears to be in critical condition. 21 now oppose the bill. With no democrats onboard. Republicans can only afford 22 defections. President trump in the rose garden, still searching for his first major legislative victory. How is health care coming, folks . We moving along . I think its time now, right . Reporter during a ceremony to celebrate the air force Academy Football team, boasting about the budget compromise that avoids the government shutdown. This is what winning looks like, something you folks really know a lot about. Reporter the spending bill does not include more than 1 billion the president wanted for a border wall. The budget director saying the president came through on his promises. Were building this. Reporter mr. Trump venting his frustration with democrats. The government needs a good shutdown to fix the governments mess. He negotiated in good faith with the democrats and they went out to try to spike the football and make him look bad. Reporter following that highstakes call between Vladimir Putin and trump, word of a russian rendezvous today. The leaders are trying to schedule what would be their first facetoface meeting at the g20 summit in germany this july. Matt and savannah . Peter, thank you very much. Overnight, President Trump fired back on twitter comments from Hillary Clinton on the president ial election. He said she was on her way to winning before two major outcomes changed the election. Reporter good morning, savannah. Hillary clinton in her most candid comments about her loss. Not holding back about the man who defeated rs tuesday night a planned parenthood event. Forwards, resist. Insist. Persist. Enlist. Reporter earlier tuesday, declaring she is back. Im now back to being an activist citizen. And part of the resistance. Reporter a noholdsbarred clinton, taking on donald trump. You know, health care is complicated. And so is foreign policy. Reporter including the president s talk of meeting with north koreas kim jongun. Negotiations are critical. But they have to be part of a broader strategy, not just thrown out on a tweet some morning, hey, lets get together and see if we cant get along. Reporter clinton almost taunting the president to tweet at her instead, while taking a jab of his repeated references to winning the electoral college. He should worry less about the election and my winning the popular than doing some other things. President trump taking the bait. Tweeting overnight about his victory. Fbi director comey was the best thing that ever happened the Hillary Clinton. In that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. The phony trump russian story was an excuse used by the democratic as justification for losing the election. Perhaps trump just ran a Great Campaign. But clinton deflecting blame for her loss. Oh, of course. I take absolute personal responsibility. I was the candidate. But i was on the way to winning, until a combination of jim comeys letter on october 28th. And russian wikileaks raised doubt in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me, but got scared off. Reporter clinton never mentioning her failure to inspire voters in former blue states like wisconsin, michigan or pennsylvania. Or why she lost a majority of white collegeeducated women . Did i make mistakes . Oh, my gosh, yes. Youll read my confession. But the reason i believe we lost were the intervening events in the last ten days. Reporter comey is testifying today and may well being asked about clintons charge. But even some former clinton aides say she is not really confronting her own political failings for her unexpected defeat. A loss from which, they say, she has not recovered. Savannah . Andrea mitchell in washington. Thank you. Lets bring in Nicolle Wallace and steve kornacki. Good to see you both. Let me start with both of you and the same question. And fairly simple. Did Hillary Clinton strike the right tone . Did she draw the right line in terms of the blame she took and the blame she laid at the feet of others . I think she got it halfright. It was the most honestly ive seen her describe the process in which shes going to confess all the things she did wrong. But i dont think it servesi mean hes the worst winner ive ever seen. And shes very publicly going through the ten stages of grief. Which will not her supporters are still upset. But shes not winning over any converts. What did you think . If thats truly how she assesses the situation, she thinks she was all set to win except for james comey, give her credit for being honest about it. Yes. She didnt grapple with some of the bigger things with this election. The simplest one is i cannot think of an election in modern american history, where the climate was more antiestablishment than it was in 2016. And Hillary Clinton had 25 years of experience, not just on the National Political stage but at the center of it. And i think that was a major ingredient. I didnt hear her grapple at all with that yesterday. What about President Trump. I mean she kind of trolled him a little bit by saying i won the popular vote. She all but dared him to tweet to her. And he took the bait. Shes making the same argument she made in that debate where she said, we cant have a commander in chief who cant be baited with a tweet. The voters of michigan and wisconsin thought it was a risk they could take. She got little stuff wrong, like logistics. Her plane didnt land in the right states. She needed to make the places where ive been interviewing trump democrats, michigan, wisconsin, you know, the states that the she lost are states where democrats have not made any gains. And im not sure her appearance yesterday is going to help them there. Lets pretend the election is over because it is. And lets get to the business of running the government and funding it. If youre a republican member of congress, steve. Youre one of the majority in the house and the senate, how do you feel about the president s tweet where he says quote our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess . This is donald trump responding not just to democrats taunting him. But hes got talk radio. Hes got Rush Limbaugh on conservative radio saying hey trump got rolled on this budget deal and donald trump doesnt like to hear that. The only thing he can come up with is hey the next time this funding comes around were going to do it differently. Were going to give them the shutdown. If youre a republican on capitol hill, what do you want to do between now and september . You want tax reform done. Thats where you want your focus. Thats where you want your emphasis. Hes side tracking you with talk of a shutdown. Good to talk to you as always. Throwing it back to november 2016. Thank you. Breaking overnight, a suicide car bomber struck a u. S. Military convoy in afghanistan, killed at least eight civilians and injured three American Service members. Afghan Officials Say another 25 afghan civilians were in the wounded in the rush hour attack that happened near the u. S. Embassy in kabul. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. Theres shock waves this morning. New developments tied to a number of policeinvolved shootings across the country. Lets begin in baton rouge, louisiana. Where the Justice Department has decided it will not bring charges against two White Police Officers who shot and killed an africanamerican man back in july. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is outside the Convenience Store where that shooting took place. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. This city had been bracing for the Justice Departments decision for days. Following last years protests. Attorneys for the family of alton sterling thought they would be among the first to know but they now say they have yet to be officially notified. Word leaked out, outrage was immediate. The news spread quickly overnight. That no charges would be filed against the two Police Officers who shot alton sterling. Through the night black lives matter. Reporter protesters holding an emotional vigil, at the Convenience Store where sterling was killed. Its been almost a year. And were still suffering like it happened yesterday reporter last july police were sent to the store after a 911 caller told them someone matching sterlings description had pulled a gun. On the video, the officers can be seen wrestling sterling down to the ground and holding him down. But what happened before the graphic recording of the shooting is unknown. Shots fired. Reporter an officer can be seen pulling something from sterlings pocket. Police say it was a gun and sterling was reaching for it. Back then, i talked with the owner of the Convenience Store. Did you see mr. Sterling reach for that gun . Or threaten the officers with that gun . No. No. Reporter for days after the shooting, protesters filled the streets. Dozens of arrests were made. Almost immediately the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation. Now, sources familiar with the case tell nbc news, prosecutors concluded there isnt enough evidence to bring charges. But sterlings sister, reached by phone, says the officers should be arrested. Its not okay with me. Because now yall are going to let these two officers walk, and thats the end of it. I guarantee you, if i shot somebody, and they didnt even point the gun at me on anything of that sort, id be in jail. So, why they [ bleep ] not in jail . Reporter city officials are now pleading for calm. Overnight there were peaceful protests in and around this Convenience Store. The state could still bring charges against those two officers. But that decision would be up to louisianas attorney general. Matt and savannah . Gabe, thank you very much. Now, to texas, where police have fired the officer who shot and killed a 15yearold boy as he was leaving a party. Police Officials Say roy oliver violated several departmental policies in the shooting death of 1y0rden edwards. The teenager was killed on saturday night when oliver fired multiple rounds at the vehicle he was riding in. The police said he was driving aggressively toward the officer. Officials changed that account, after viewing body camera video that showed the vehicle driving away from police. Edwards family is calling for criminal charges against the officer. In South Carolina a surprise plea deal for the former North CharlestonPolice Officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed motorist. Michael slager pleaded guilty. To violating the civil rights of walter scott. Slagers murder trial ended last december. In a hung jury. And part of the deal, the state of South Carolina will not file new charges. Slager was fired after cell phone video of the 2015 shooting went viral. Outside the courthouse tuesday, scotts brother said his family was very grateful that the process is over and that they have justice. Back to that amazing video we showed you at the top of the show. A Small Plane Crash north of seattle. Ow. A Small Plane Crash north of seattle. This incident caught on a dashboard camera. Watch the right side of your screen. The plane plummets to the ground over a busy intersection. As you see it crashes into the power lines and a massive explosion is set off. Officials say the pilot had just taken off from a nearby airport when the plane lost power. Neither the pilot or anybody on the ground was injured. But the crash did knock out power to thousands of homes in the area. Now, to a disturbing incident at a baseball game that has the Boston Red Sox in damage control mode. The organization apologizing for racist taunts from fans at fenway, aimed at an opposing player. Today, craig melvin joins us with more on this. Reporter good morning, guys. Earlier in the season, the red sox and the Baltimore Orioles got into heated arguments over controversial slides and close call pitches. The bad blood between the teams took a dark turn monday night when Baltimores Adam Jones claims he was being targeted with racial slurs by a small group of red sox fans. The fallout was swift. But some of the red sox fans tried to diffuse a tense situation. Baltimore orioles allstar, adam jones receiving a gracious round of applause from red sox fans at fenway park. Taking the feel of being the subject of racist slurs. Jones heard the n word from stands. One person threw a bag at peanuts at him. That fan was quickly ejected. St throwing things on to the field is unfortunate. Our backs are turned. We dont know what you have. We dont know the intent. Adam jones over. Reporter jones says hes endured racial taunts in boston before. And back. Another great catch. Reporter but called this the worst hes seen during his 12 years in the league. My Immediate Reaction was of disgust. It was sickening, maddening. Reporter red sox president , sam kennedy, met with jones before the game and delivered a heartfelt onair apology. What he heard is unacceptable behavior at fenway park. It will not be toll rall rated. Reporter mookie bets, urged his support. Saying we are better than this. The citys mayor lashed out whomever was responsible for the racial taunts. A fool. Im going to call him a fool. Her a fool. I like to say worse. Reporter through the uproar, jones is being praised for his handling of the controversy. Fwh its bigger than the game. This is a game. This isnt life or death. Theres bigger issues in the world than a baseball game. This is purely entertainment. This controversy in boston is happening as the league itself celebrates the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. The number of black ballplayers has dropped significantly. The current percentage, single digits. It was a nice gesture for fans to understand that moment and make sure they sent along a loud message. Agreed. Lets check in with mr. Roker. Hes doing a road show. First, al, some pretty serious flooding in the midwest. Yeah. Absolutely, guys. Theres more on the way. In fact, as you look, this is eureka, missouri, a town just outside of st. Louis. And theyve been dealing with massive flooding. 20,000 sandbags have been deployed to prevent more flooding. And the bad news is, theres more heavy rain on the way. We look down the river, down the Mississippi River right now, where were going the be looking at severe flooding. 19 Million People under flood watches. Well be right on top of this. An enhanced risk from houston, including new orleans and parts of mississippi. 19 million folks for the chances of tornadoes and louisiana, on into texas. The heavy rain, upwards of six to ten inches of rain in that area is going to be falling over the next several days into thursday and into friday. Thursday and into friday. Were going to get to your youll be amazed what happens when you pu your red nose on. You help ensure that children in the u. S. And around the world are safe, healthy and educated. This red nose day, swing by walgreens and get your noses on to help end child poverty. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. Good wednesday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We start out with temperatures already in the 60s in the south bay and peninsula, and we have upper 50s in the trivalley. As our temperatures have been starting out in the 50s today, were heading into the 90s inland. Expect a high of 93 degrees in the trivalley. Peninsula up to 88 degrees, and in the south bay, 90 degrees today. 78 degrees in San Francisco. Very warm day, but up to today in the north bay. And that is your latest weather. Guys, we hope in the next half hour to be making history. The first live broadcast ever from the venice Orient Express. Were in italy and on our way to paris. Its a onceinalifetime t