Open up in an emotional interview. Why they call the Fraternity Brothers involved in that incident their sons killers. What they think should happen to them. And why they were appalled by what penn state officials didnt do. Today, monday, may 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Did you logon this morning . Im too scared. You might want to be careful. That is our top story this morning. A worldwide ransom world attack that already seized hundreds of thousands of Computer Systems and with a new workweek getting under way the problems are just getting worse. Kelly cobia has the story for us. Kelly, good morning to you. This is far from over. More cyder chaos. Those who are logging on only finding that the virus is still spreading. The cyberattack, unprecedented. This morning carmaker nissan and hitachi struggling. The biggest cyberattack in history started friday. Freezing computers at Britains NationalHealth Service forcing Emergency Rooms across the country to close and even stopping surgeries. The malware known as wannacry causing chaos across the globe. 200,000 systems in 150 countries. Germanys National Rail and the Russian Interior Ministry and fedex in the u. S. Weve seen the rise of ransomware being the principle threat in the last two years but nothing on this scale. Reporter the virus first infects a computer through a bad link in an email and then quickly spreads through an Organizations Network encrypting files and demanding 300,000 in bitcoin. The cyberthieves used a hole in microsoft security that was made public by hackers who stole it from the National Security agency last summer. Over the weekend, this 22yearold British Cyberresearcher, known as malware tech says he accidentally found a kill switch for the virus. I was surprised it wasnt as sophisticated as i expected. Reporter he along with american darion huss slowed the attack, but didnt stop it. Anybody could modify their code and rerelease it in the wild. Reporter the only way to guard against it it, experts say, update your Computer Software and avoid emails with strange links. Chinese officials detected a new version of this virus that spreads more quickly, they say. They also say it isnt affected by that kill switch. Some Industry Experts say this looks like the work of russian speaker cybercriminals and intelligence agencies around the world are investigating this. They say they simply dont know at this point whos behind it. Matt, savannah . Kelly, thank you very much. Sean henry is a former executive assistant dreirector with the fbi and now chief security officer. Sean, good to see you. Good morning. Good morning, matt. I understand this is complicated because these codes are coming from different sources in different places. So, whats it going to take for cybersecurity experts to track down whos doing this . Well, tracking down whos doing it is going to be very, very difficult. What youve got is hackers who have accessed these networks. Theyre using this code and it may be reconstituted and utilized by different organizations. Once that code is out there, hackers can grab it. They can make some changes. It makes it much more difficult to detect. And then they relaunch it and they actually impact additional organizations, even some who may be protected. Theyre also using bitcoin which allows them to remain anonymous. When people are actually paying these ransoms, its difficult, if not impossible for Law Enforcement to actually track it, matt. My question was just that. What is the advice here . Should people pay this ransom to get their documents back or not . What are they supposed to do . You know, ideally, you have your system protected. You dont suffer this type of attack and you dont have to pay. But, of course, what were seeing here, particularly througho against asia is attacks against software that is not updated. They have pirated software or using Legacy Software that is not supported. Microsoft has put out a patch and people have to get to that and they have to go to microsoft and download that immediately, savannah. Lets make sure we can say this in the simplest, most possible terms. Three things you would urge all device users and computer users to do today . Thei simplest thing is go to microsoft and download the patch. Go to microsoft and anybody who has that operating system. Make sure your network or system is actually backed up. If you are infected and your system is locked up, youre going to be able to reconstitute your network and recapture your data and start over again new. The third thing is, matt, you have to learn to detect and get Security Software that detects that types of attacks because the attackers are going to constantly make changes and even if you find today a patch, theyre going to exploit new vulnerabilitie vulnerabilities. You have to make sure you have Security Software to identify these attacks before your system gets locked up. Im no expert. Dont click on the funky links. Appreciate it. To the white house now and the search for a replacement for ousted fbi director james comey. The controversy over his firing is not quieting down in washington. We have complete coverage. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander starting us off this morning. Peter, good morning. Good morning. You said it. President trump now searching for a new fbi director and a Senior Administration director telling nbc news the president has not yet conducted any inperson interviews that he is expected to meet with a few finalists but President Trump said this could be a fast decision suggesting he could make the call before his first foreign trip later this week. This morning, less than a week after fbi director james comey ebrupt dismissal including Andrew Mccabe and senator john cornyn. On capitol hill, wide agreement the next director should not be a partisan politician. I think its now time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or such a reputation that has no political background at all that can go into the job on day one. Reporter weighing in, the Group Representing current and former agents backing mike rogers who once served as an fbi special agent himself. He understands the agency. He understands the agent families. The agent what we do for a living. The life and death situations that agents are put in. The investigative efforts. Reporter heading up the search, Rod Rosenstein and attorney general Jeff Sessions who pledged to recuse himself from any russia investigation, but now will help choose. All from the president s twitter storm on friday. James comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. The president refusing to talk about any possible tapes over the weekend. What about the idea in a tweet you said that there might be tape recordings. That i cant talk about. I wont talk about that. All i want is for comey to be honest and i hope he will be and im sure he will be, i hope. If theyre not provided willingly, congress should subpoena them and if theyre not in existence. Another fabrication by the president , he needs to come clean about it. Reporter the president ignoring a growing chorus of critics addressing critics at liberty university. There will be times in your life that you want to quit, you want to go home. You want to go home perhaps to n that wonderful mother sitting back there and watching you and say, mom, i cant do it. I cant do it. Just never quit. Reporter mr. Trump opposes a special prosecutor or independent commission to handle the russia investigation. But nearly 80 of americans support the idea, including the senate top Democrat Chuck schumer saying he would back an effort to block any nominee until a special prosecutor is named. I think a lot of democrats who feel that way. Reporter also this morning this striking warning from the former director of National Intelligence about threats from overseas and from President Trump himself. Our institutions are under assault both externally and thats the big news here is the russian interference in our election system. And i think, as well, our institutions are under assault internally. Spoke to some white house officials this morning. They do not have any Immediate Response to that comment, but several of the president s top cabinet officials are backing him up. The u. N. Ambassador nikki haly saying he can hire or fire anybody he wants. Rex tillerson said he is devoted to help the president achieve his direobjectives. Thank you. Steve cornacky is with us now with a closer look at the contenders for the next fbi chief. Lets talk about who may be on top of the list and who some of the dark horses might be. A big list perspective candidates. More than a dozen. A couple different categories we can put these in. First of all, politicians. Now, this would be very unusual. Basically unprecedented tahave an fbi director who comes from the ranks of elected officials. John cornyn is supposedly part of this process. The criticism here is simply there is supposed to be a wall between the fbi and between politics. This could be a fight if trump wept with any of these names. Much more traditional, somebody who fits the mold weve come to think of. A department of justice background and a background on a federal bunch. Michael garcia from new york. He fits both of those. That is somebody traditional you might look at for this job. Lindsey graham said you want someone who can get a running start. Someone who knows the fbi or who is already there or will have that kind of background. Andrew mccabe is in the mix. The problem could be the question of loyalty to trump. He came out and backed comey last week. Would trump want to turn around and give him a tenyear term. Mike rogers, the former congressman and also former fbi agent and he was endorsed over the weekend by the association representing fbi agents. That might be a name, as well, to keep an eye on. Well done, mr. Kornacki, thank you very much. Tightening the screws on nort korea after its newest test of a ballistic missile. The regime releasing new video overnight. The launch supervised by kim jongun himself. Bill neely with the latest now. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. Another week, another launch from the North Koreans, but this one was different. From a start, it didnt fail and it appears to be a new type of rocket with a longer range. One that north korea says can carry a Nuclear Warhead. It was north koreas seventh test this year of a missile it says can reach u. S. Military bases in the pacific. It flew high and long. The pride of leader kim jongun who was pictured with it and applauding its launch, according to north korea. This rocket can carry a large and heavy Nuclear Warhead. It was different because it flew high. More than 1,200 miles up and more than 400 miles out. Close to russia. Suggesting, say experts, that north koreas missile range is growing and sparking condemination of the launch and of the leader who ordered it. I think get into kim jonguns head. Which is he is in a state of paranoia and concerned about anything and everything around him. I think this was a message to south korea after the election and what were going to do is continue to tighten the screws. He feels it. He absolutely feels it. Reporter banned from any rocket launch by the u. N. But it ignores that. Four tests in two months have failed put its arsenal is growing and so to the pace of its tests and carry out a seventh nuclear test. The strategic patience with north korea is over. Even hinting at a preemptive strike. But President Trump also said hed be honored to meet kim jongun under the right circumstances. And just before this rocket test, north korea said its prepared for direct talks with the u. S. , if the conditions are right. I can tell you, he can sit there and say all the conditions he wants. Until he meets our conditions, were not sitting down with him. Reporter expect new sanctions against north korea, although it says nothing will stop its nuclear program. Now this rocket wasnt powerful enough to reach the west coast of the u. S. And there is no evidence it can carry a Nuclear Warhead as the North Koreans say. But military analysts believe this was another technic logical advance. North korea, as ever, defiant and dangerous. I was going to say, here we go, again. What can the world do . The u. N. Security Council Meets tomorrow to know exactly what to do. The white house says because the rocket landed closer and the president cant imagine that russia is pleased. In china and he is saying we need to talk to north korea and stop scaring it. President trump, of course, is pressuring china, north koreas only ally to do more because one thing is clear, u. N. Sanctions arent stopping kim jongun. The question, as you said, is what on earth will . Exactly, bill neely in london, thank you. President trumps revised travel ban goes back to court in seattle today. The administration wants an Appeals Court by a federal judge in hawaii. That judge blocked the ban from going into effect. The president s order would bar entry to foreign nationals. President trump says the restrictions are a key part of his plan to keep out potential terrorists. The state of hawaii contends the order is a thinly ordered ban on muslims. Now to a new problem for United Airlines. It is issuing a security alert to pilots and flight attendants worldwide saying its procedures for gaining access to the cockpit. Hi, savannah, good morning to you. United like all airlines safeguards about key pad codes and procedures to get on to a cockpit and that information got out over the next few days. The airline is trying to fix that problem and reminding its employees under no circumstances can they share the sensitive information. This morning, United Airlines insists it wasnt a hack, but its confidential procedures for gaining access to the flight deck leaked. Now, the airline is moving fast to shore up its procedures. That could mean reprogramming the keypads on every united cockpit door with new access codes. Veteran pilot captain john cox. Something like this information getting in the wrong hands is something that theyre dealing with very quickly. Reporter since 9 11, every flight deck door on every commercial aircraft has been reinforced with steel. New planes come off the assemly borderlines with tougher, fortified doors. To gain access to the cockpit, crew members must enter a secret keypad code and airlines have their own confidential procedures for opening the door to flight attendants while in the air. If a pilot leaves the cockpit to use the restroom, Many Airlines require flight attendants to block the aisle with a food cart. So, this is undermined all the time. We are trained to be vigilant and, in fact, our procedures are to remain in Constant Contact with the cabin. Reporter in a statement, United Airlines tells nbc news the safety of our customers and crew is our top priority and united utilizes a number of measures to keep decks secure beyond door access information. Critical since united planes take off with passengers 4,500 times each day. United says its notified the faa of the breach. It does not believe and security sources do not believe that information fell into the hands of terrorists, but they say they simply can take no chance. Little scary. Tom, thank you very much. I have to admit i love this story. From kalamazoo who became a baseball legend honored during a mothers day ceremony at yankee stadium. Derek jeter was joined by his family as he retired. Also unveiled a plaque that will hang in the Monument Park and thanked fans who cheered him for decades. I learned that time flies, memories fade, but family is forever. And ill be eternally grateful to be a part of the yankee family. So, i cant thank you guys enough. Thank you very much. Thats a really, really nice day at the stadium. My favorite thing, it was mothers day. One woman in the crowd held up a sign that said i like my mom, i love derek jeter. Apparently couldnt be home for that one. By the way, good job reading that. I thought we might need the tissues for you. So many great memories on the field. The memories will not fade. What a guy. Speaking of classy guys. Some baseball weather this week in the east. Yes, we will. We have to get through a couple of days and a lot of folks in the northeast will experience what our friends in the midwest and the plains have been experiencing above normal temperatures. Boston 61 and new york city about 66. A look at the 80s in the midsection of the country and cooler out west. The jet stream will take a bit of a dip for tomorrow. Boston 75, new york near 80 and d. C. 80 and cincinnati 85 and then the latter part of the week, look at these. Records along the i95 corridor. 80s in boston on thursday and philadelphia and d. C. But then out west, temperatures are a lot cooler with the jet stream dips down to the south. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Te ris above the rest lindt excellence created by our master chocolatiers pure, rich, darkly intense. Made like no other crafted elegantly thin to reveal complex layers of Flavor Experience excellence with all your senses and discover chocolate beyond compare try lindt excellence with a touch of s