Morning. Outrage and an apology. I went way too far. Comedienne Kathy Griffin says shes sorry for posting graphic photos, holding a decapitated head in the likeness of the president. The secret service not laughing. Was her post technically a threat against the commanderinchief. And awkward incident. A professional tennis player banned from the french open for groping and forcibly kissing a reporter on live tv. What he an she are saying about one very uncomfortable interview, today, wednesday, may 31st, 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. 7 00 on the west coast for and. Thank you for joining us. Unfortunately we start with a horrific story coming out of afghanistan. Theres chaos in kabul, as an explosion rocks one of the most heavily guarded areas of that capital city. Nbc chief correspondent Richard Engel joins us with morning. Good morning to you. Good morning. This is one of the worst bombings theres been in afghanistan recently. The death toll according to afghan officials stands at 80, over 300 wounded. No claim of responsibility. The taliban says it is not behind the blast which makes isis the most likely prospect. First responders were quick to arrive. This is supposed to be the most secure part of kabul, the massive bomb in a vehicle detonated by the gate of the german embassy, the American Embassy shaken but undamaged is just a few blocks away. So is an entrance to a fortified military base that serves as the headquarters for american and nato troops. The baste wasnt breached. The blast went off around 8 30 a. M. , as base employees were headed to work. The Trump Administration is struggling to come up with a new policy for afghanistan. The country is more unable than its been in years and bombing alone isnt fixing it. After recently dropping the socalled mother of all bombs on what the u. S. Military called an isis tunnel network, u. S. Officials say the administration is considering sending up to 5,000 more american troops to the country. That could bring the number of american troops to well over 10,000, fighting a war once said to be all but one. Turkey says its embassy in kabul was damaged, diplomats inside the Japanese Embassy were also injured, apparently light injuries. This is right in the Diplomatic Center of kabul, and it sent shutters throughout the country. Richard engel, thank you very much. According to reports, President Trump is set to pull the u. S. Out of the Historic Deal meant to strengthen the Global Response to the threat of Climate Change, the paris accord. Overnight, the president himself lit up the internet with a very strange tweet. Nbcs National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house for us. Peter, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. This morning two Administration Sources tell nbc news that right now President Trump is leaning toward pulling the United States out of the paris Climate Change agreement. They insist no final decision has been made. One source notes that this is something the president campaigned on, and if he does go forward on it, it should come as no surprise to americans. Reporter this morning axios is reporting that President Trump is planning to withdraw from the paris accord, rolling back the landmark agreement made during the obama administration. Axios came to the decision after more than 20 republicans, indiana colluding mitch mcconnell. Nicaragua and syria not supporting the deal. The president tweezing ill be announcing my decision on the paris accord over the next few days. On the topic of tweets, President Trump is speaking out this morning after confusion on at tweet. Despite the constant negative press followed by the word covfefe. The tweet remained up for most of the night, followed by this tweet from the president just after 6 00 a. M. Who can figure out the true meaning of kovfefe. Hes been urging counterparts from canada, mexico and france to call him directly, breaking diplomatic protocol. Raising concerns about the security of the u. S. Commanderinchiefs communications. The a. P. Also reporting that so far only canadas prime minister, Justin Trudeau has taken the president up on the offer. Also this morning, the russia inquiry is expanding. We learned that ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn will be and is willing to turn over personal and business documents related to the russia investigation to the Senate Intelligence committee. Congressional investigators also want information from the president s long time attorney. Peter, back to the climate agreement. If the president pulls the u. S. Out of the paris accord, he puts us basically at odds with every other country. The pope, his daughter, his soninlaw Jared Kushner urging him, but he doesnt seem to be swayed. Reporter nearly 200 countries are on board with this voluntary agreement. Among the outliers, nicaragua and syria. The u. S. Would be joining their ranks. Internally this would seem to be a win for folks like steve bannon. Ivanka trump, Jared Kushner, Rex Tillerson have pushed for the deal to stay in place. To give you a sense where the americans stand, last month we asked this question in our poll. 67 of americans say they believe in immediate or some form of action to combat Climate Change, matt and savannah. Peter, before we let you go, lets go back to this tweet. A typo is a typo, not the end of the world. The president had some fun about it this morning. Is there a larger concern in the white house continuing about this tweeting . Reporter it is funny for a moment, but it also does raise serious questions, for one, about account security. Was it the president that tweeted this, his social media director. Which aides here have the president s twitter account password and do they have it on their personal hackable phones, broadly speaking . The other question this raises right now is one specifically about what if the president had been tweeting about something much more serious here . You can remember all the damage, the distraction caused by the president s tweets a matter of months ago when he talked about president obama wiretapping him and how that pulled the white house off its message for weeks at a time. Its notable this comes at a time when the white house is saying he wants o a vetting process put in place to make sure. One aide told me yesterday, he said, you met this president. Do you think that will ever happen . Back to you. Peter alexander, a lot going on, thank you. Frightening moments aboard a jetblue flight. The crew forced to make an Emergency Landing after a laptop battery caught fire. That incident coming amid the growing debate over whether most electronics should be banned from the cabins of planes. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is at atlantas hartsfield airport. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. We should start by saying this incident has no link to terrorism, but comes as Homeland Security officials are debating how best to handle electronics on planes. The potential ban would mean laptops, cameras, anything bigger than a cell phone would need to be placed in checked luggage on planes from europe to the u. S. All those lithium ion batteries could pose their own risks. This morning passengers are still reeling after a jetblue plane from new york to San Francisco was forced to land in grand rapids, michigan, after smoke started coming from a carryon bag holding an electronic device. Looked back in row 25 and saw everybody standing up and smoke coming around. We didnt know what was going on. Reporter none of the 158 people on board were injured. Jetblue releasing a statement saying in part the flight landed safely. The aircraft is being inspected by maintenance crews before customers continue on to San Francisco. While theres no reported ties to terrorism, the stint comes as the department of Homeland Security says an extended laptop ban is still on the table, despite the fact that the u. S. Nixed the idea. Contemplating extending the ban. Reporter dhs secretary john kelly said he would implement any and all measures necessary to secure aircraft flying to the United States, including prohibiting large Electronic Devices from the passenger cabin if the intelligence and threat level warrant it. Thats really the thing theyre obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if its a u. S. Carrier. Reporter why the delay . It would be no small change. A similar ban is already in place on flights from ten airports in the middle east arnds north africa, expanding into european airports would affect as many as 429 flights and 105,000 passengers a day. If this goes into effect, it will be an inconvenience for all passengers across the board. Peoples laptops and electronics are indispensable reporter all unresolved if there could be a gate check system for passengers that forget to put the electronics in checked luggage. And how about those lithium batteries in the cargo hold. A final decision could take weeks. Matt and savannah. Thanks very much. A historic test comes in the wake of growing defiance from north korea. On tuesday the pentagon successfully tested a longrange intercepter missile over the pacific ocean. It intercepted, hit and destroyed a missile fired from a test site in the pacific to the u. S. It was meant to simulate a missile that north korea might launch against the u. S. This test comes two days after kim jongun watched the launch of a shortrange missile into the sea of japan. This was the regimes ninth missile test this year. Heres a story a lot of people are dealing with this morning, a controversy swirling around comedienne Kathy Griffin after she posed pictures of herself holding a severed head in the likeness of President Trump. Stephanie gosk is with us. Kathy griffin has spent a career pushing the boundaries of comedy. But her critics say the images she posted are more than a failed attempt at humor. They are disturbing, offensive and the backlash keeps growing. This morning, she is apologizing and asking for forgiveness. A warning to our viewers, the images are graphic. This morning, Kathy Griffin is allapologies. I sincerely apologize. I went way too far. I understand how it offends people. Reporter after facing a groundswell of condemnation over a Controversial Photo shoot showing the 59yearold comedienne holding a bloody likeness of Donald Trumps head. Griffin said she was taking the images down. Im shooting with tyler shields, who is wildly talented. This is fake blood, just so you know. Reporter the behindthescenes video begins with a warning. I wont give away what were doing. But tyler and i are not afraid to do images that make noise. Reporter and then reveals the disturbing images. She joked about the reaction the photo shoot would get from Law Enforcement. Were going to go to prison. Federal prison. Reporter online, the reaction was swift. And there were very few laughs. Inappropriate, disgusting, upsetting. Some calling the stunt dumb. The president tweeting this morning, Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. Chelsea clinton weighing in, this is viral and wrong. It is never funny to joke about killing the president. Reporter there were immediate calls for griffin to be fired from the new years eve show she hosts on cnn. Her friend and cohost Anderson Cooper tweeting, for the record, i am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate. Cnn echoing his reaction. Saying its, quote, evaluating new years eve. Without specifically mentioning griffin, the secret service tweeted threats made against protectees receive the highest priority in our investigations. She wrote i dont condone violence by my fans. Im mocking the mocker in chief. Followed hours later by the full apology. I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I made a mistake and i was wrong. Reporter forgiveness may not be an option for some. After the images were posted, it wasnt just fierce reaction online. Federal Law Enforcement received a flood of calls from people both outraged and concerned about the president. Sometimes when we cover stories like this, it seems theres a gray area. It doesnt seem theres any gray area with this one. This morning were hearing from a man accused of killing two people and injuring two others. Jeremy christian made his First Court Appearance but not without several outbursts. Free speech or die. Hes charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of aggravated murder. He attacked two women on a train who he thought were muslim. Michael fletcher, the only stabbing victim to survive was in that courtroom on tuesday. Christian did not enter a plea. Hes expected back in court. A portion of Orlando International airport locked down late last night during a tense standoff. Police responded to a disturbance in the rental car area. A man in mental distress pointed what looked like a gun at them and then at himself. After a threehour standoff, negotiators got him to surrender. The gun, it turns out, was fake. Some flights were delayed but the airport was back up and running last night. Lets turn to al. The west coast map looks good. We have showers in central california. We or watching the frontal system make its way toward the coast. We have a disturbance from west of los angeles up into medford and central oregon. Also looking at a few hitandmiss showers through the southwest. Nothing too terrible today. We look for wet weather in central california. San francisco, though, partly sunny, 64. Los angeles looking for sunshine, 72 degrees. Vegas partly sunny, 96. Starting to warm up in phoenix, 101 degrees while denver will be looking nice with partly sunny skies. A scoured, temperature about 80 degrees. Great way daye as you make your way from the west to the east in the plains. Severe storms. Tropical downpours, one to three inches of rain in the central gulf coast areas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms along the southeastern coast. Tomorrow finally in the east well see some sunshine just like youve been seeing out west. Heavy rain making its way through the gulf today. Plenty of sunshine through the great lakes. Look for showers in the Pacific Northwest and then sunshine continues. Los angeles will have a great day tomorrow, 75 degrees and vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Good wednesday morning. Im meetiologist kari hall. Were getting clearing skies around the bay area and our temperatures are mild to start. In the upper 50s for the south bay and the peninsula. The trivalley now at 54 degrees with some breezy winds. And mostly sunny in San Francisco. 53 there, and also in the north bay. For this afternoon, expect High Temperatures that will feel very nice and comfortable. But the winds will be kicking up. Well see a high of 72 in the peninsula. And the east bay today up to 68 degrees. 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