Facetoface, the accuser in bill cosbys criminal trial takes the stand, saying she was drugged and assaulted, but acknowledging she then stayed in touch with the kmecomedian. Cosby seemed to take it in stride. Were live at the courthouse this morning. Also, a terrifying tipover at the americas cup, and the clooneys famous pals react to the arrival of their twins. Today, wednesday, june 7, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today, 7 00 on the west coast on a wednesday. Thank you for joining us. Its a busy news morning already. A lot going on at home and around the world. Beginning with breaking news out of the white house. The president revealed his pick for a new fbi director. Here is how he did it. He was on twitter this morning saying i will nominate christopher a. Wran, a man of impeccable credentials. Wray would take over for fired fbi director james comey who will be testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee tomorrow. Thats all part of the russia investigation. Weve got this covered starting with nbc justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, good morning to you. What do we know about Christopher Wray . At age 50, one of the younger nominees the president considered. Unlike others, he has Law Enforcement experience in the local and national levels. Graduate of yale and yale law school. After private practice he joined the u. S. Attorneys office early in his career and then came to washington to work in the Justice Department in various senior capacities. He then served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division from 2003 to 2005. That was under george w. Bush. During that time, his immediate boss was the Deputy Attorney general, and that person was james comey. Since then he was in private practice, recently in the headlines serving as defense lawyer for governor of new jersey Chris Christie during the bridgegate scandal. The white house says the only finalist was john pistole, the former number two at the fbi and then administrator of the tsa. Pete, thats the classic resume for an fbi director. What do you know about what went on behind the scenes as the president was trying to make this pick . It is not an easy job to fill. You might ask yourself who would want this. We know the white house talked to at least a dozen people and some of them bowed out. For one thing, accepting this nomination is making a tenyear commitment. Thats the nominal term for the fbi director, assuming they dont get fired. Robert mueller, in fact, served a total of 12 years. Fbi and Justice Department career people like the fact that chris wray has federal Law Enforcement experience, he worked closely with local fbi agents in atlanta and then at headquarters as the assistant attorney general. I think people are relieved the president didnt choose a political figure. Now chris wrays main task in his confirmation hearing will be convincing the senate hell be independent of the white house and the president who nominated him. Then, if confirmed, hell have the delicate dance of figuring out his exact role in the russia investigation being run by robert mueller, who knows more about the fbi than probably any other living person. A big job. Pete williams, thank you. New developments. A report then fbi director james comey asked attorney general Jeff Sessions to keep him from being alone with the president ever again, after all this happened after a tense white house meeting. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house with that part of the story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Insiders are casting tomorrows comey testimony as the political equivalent of the super bowl. Beginning momentarily right now in here in washington, some of the nations top Law Enforcement and intelligence officials are going to testify before that same Senate Intelligence committee. It comes amid new questions about the lengths the president went to try to shut down the russia investigation and new reports that the president s attorney general even offered to resign. 24 hours ahead of james comeys senate testimony, director of National Intelligence dan coats takes his turn in the spotlight. He told associates that trump asked him to intervene with then fbi director comey to get the investigation off the russia, and Michael Flynn. It reports that the president asked everyone to leave the room except for coats and mike pompeo. Coats says he has never felt pressured by the president or anyone. Also this morning, the New York Times reports the day after President Trump asked comey to end his investigation into flynn, comey told attorney general Jeff Sessions he did not want to be left alone again with the president. While comey believed the attorney general should protect the fbi from white house influence, the times reports sessions couldnt guarantee the president wouldnt try to talk to comey alone again. When asked about comeys upcoming testimony, the president said only this. I wish him luck. Reporter sources close to comey tell nbc news, when he testifies thursday, hes likely to detail a pattern of what he believed were inappropriate conversations with the president about the russia investigation, but hes not expected to accuse President Trump of obstruction of justice. White house aides and the president s allies are already looking to contain any potential damage. One protrump group set to air this add attacking comeys credibility. James comey, just another d. C. Insider only in it for himself. Reporter late tuesday the president s son eric lashing out at those who oppose his fathers administration. Ive never seen hatred like this. To me theyre not even people. Its so, so sad. Moverality is just gone, morals out the window. Reporter new details about the president and his attorney general. A source close to the administration describing trumps huge level of frustration with sessions, not just for in his eyes unnecessarily recusing himself from the russia inquiry. But monday morning quarterbacking other things. Sean spicer refusing to say whether the president has lost confidence in sessions. I have not had a discussion with him about that. Reporter again, multiple reports ha the attorney general Jeff Sessions offered to resign at one point in recent months after his relationship with the president grew increasingly tension. The New York Times reporting that sessions told President Trump he needed the freedom to do his job. The department of justice is declining the comment. The white house is declining any questions about the russia investigation to the president s outside lawyer. Matt and savannah. Shaf vannah will travel to washington and join chuck and lester tomorrow morning for james comeys testimony. Well have special live coverage on the nbc stations starting at 10 00 eastern time. This morning, another big breaking story. A pair of deadly attacks in irans capital. Gunmen stormed the building in tehran this morning and then blew himself up. In a second attack, a suicide bomber at the shrine of the ayatollah khomeini. These were the first terrorist incidents in tehran in more than a decade. Isis has reportedly claimed responsibility. Lets get more with nbcs National Security analyst jeremy bash who has been keeping an eye on this situation. Jeremy, as savannah said, is a rarity. We dont see attacks like this inside iran, especially tehran very often. If this is isis, what message are they send . Theyre trying to attack the shia capital in tehran as part of a broader regional conflict between the sunni of isis and the shia of iran. Theyve been fighting not only in that part of the middle east, but in syria. The question is beyond the adversarial nature of their relationship, now that theres actual wli terrorism in the borderers of iran itself, the capital of iran, what retaliation might there be . The concern of u. S. Officials is that iran would retaliate not just against isis elements, but against the Saudi Arabian government, a key u. S. Partner in the region. This could be a spark that could ignite a major regional conflict. A lot of people watching this one closely. Jeremy, thank you very much. Weve got dramatic new video to show you this morning of a brazen attack on Police Outside the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in paris. The suspect armed with a hammer and knives shouting this is for syria before he was shot and wounded. Nbcs keir simmons has that story. Reporter the attack, terrifying and sudden. The assailant armed with a hammer, launches at a police officer. The crowd panics in the Security Camera footage as another officer opens fire. Tourists left fleeing, the assailant shot in the leg, surrounded. Ashley, on vacation from North Carolina took this picture of the attacker on the ground. Lying over there and i wasnt sure if he was alive, if he was dead. Thats the assailant surrounded by armed police. Reporter this morning, a show of force at the world famous Notre Dame Cathedral. Adds its merged, the man was armed with just a hammer and knives. Nbc confirming his first name farid, a phd student in journalism who a french judicial source tells us left a video in his apartment pledging allegiance to isis. Unlike the jihadists in london last weekend, this man was not on the intelligence radar. France under a state of emergency after a string of jihadist attacks, some near Tourist Spots like the louvre and the champselysees. And the 2015 coordinated attacks in paris, 130 dead, more than 350 injured. During this latest attack, hundreds of people sought sanctuary inside the cathedral, ordered to put their hands in the air, while just outside, once again, fear in the heart of par paris. That was once again keir simmons reporting from paris. New fallout to tell you about over the explosive leak of a top secret nsa document that details russian attempts to hack into u. S. Election systems right before voting day. A top lawmaker is warning this is just the tip of the iceberg. Were hearing from the parents of reality winner who is the person charged with leaking the documents. Gabe gutierrez has more. Since february reality winner worked as a security contractor in augusta, georgia. Now shes in jail, the first person arrested in the intelligence leak case under the trump administration. To some, 25yearold reality lee winner is a trader, to others a patriot. The top secret government document shes accused of leaking is setting off a firestorm. I have difficulty in believing that she actually did this, what theyre saying she did. Reporter her mother and stepfather say she is not highly political, although she once called donald trump an orange fascist on twitter. Reporter prosecutors say winner admits leaking the explosive document to the intercept. Any disclosure of classified or Sensitive Information can threaten our National Security. Reporter the top secret document revealing russian intelligence targeted local Election Officials and the Company Providing software for the 2016 election. The top den krat on the Senate Intelligence committee tells usa today he doesnt think votes were affected. The extent is much broader than whats been reported so far. Reporter a week ago she was a yoga instructor, studying to become a massage therapist, an air force vet with top security clearance, she worked for a secretive nsa contractor at fort gordon in georgia. Federal agents arrested her on saturday. Her words to me, she was scared they were going to make hir disappear. Reporter are you scared where this goes . I am so scared. I fear theyre going to make an example out of her. I fear theres anger from the toward toward her and i fear something bad is going to happen. Reporter their daughter is due in court on thursday. She has not yet entered a plea. Former nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden has come out in support of winner, writing online she should be freed on bail. Matt and savannah. Gabe, thank you. Dramatic new testimony at bill cosbys trial. The woman at the center of her case telling her story publicly for the first time, claiming the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is at the courthouse in norris town, pennsylvania. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Andrea constand is back on the stand today. You can be sure her story will be picked apart again by a defense team determined to undermine her credibility. Constand says she saw cosby as a friend, as a mentor and he nodded yes when she asked if the pills he was about to give her reporter outside the courthouse we caught up with her civil attorney. How did it go today . I thought she exited immense composure and bravery. Its very marred to talk about intimate details like that in a room full of people. Reporter constand told the jury soon after bill cosby gave her three blue pills in his home in 2004, i began to slur my words. I said to cosby, i see two of you. Constand says he moved her to a couch, telling the court in a shaky voice, i was trying to get my hands to move and my legs to move, but i was frozen. Unable to fight back, she say, cosby molested her, adding, i wanted it to stop. The defense team will focus a lot of attention on what happened next. Constand maintained contact with cosby, at least 72 poen calls. Mr. Cosby, how are you feeling today. Reporter even accepting tickets for her family to attend one of his shows. She told the jury, i did not have the courage at the time to tell my family. So i just went along with it. After a year she shared her story with her mother. The defense team wanted to know why she looked into civil attorneys before telling the police. I wasnt familiar with who i needed to call, constand said. I reached out to them for guidance and to get advice. Dozens of women have accused cosby of inappropriate sexual contact. The comedian denies all the allegations. After court on tuesday, he least seemingly in good spirits. Slipping into a role that almost everyone remembers. Constand was unrattled by questions about inconsistencies in her statements to police or any suggestion that she was just out to sue cosby for money. But its not over. On her way out, one of the Defense Attorneys for cosby says we are just getting started. Matt . All right, Stephanie Gosk at the courthouse in pennsylvania this morning, thank you. A lot more news to get to this morning including this one. The search for a suspect in a bizarre incident in atlanta. It was caught on a dashboard camera. Watch this. A woman leaving a Grocery Store parking lot monday when seemingly out of nowhere, a man rushes towards the car, jumped on the hood, smashed the windshield with his foot. She drove off to get away. She turned the video over to police and theyre hoping somebody will recognize that man and turn him in. Back to the dramatic video from the americas cup race. We showed you this at the top of the show. Good enough shape for the next race. Thats when youre glad its bestofnine. Thats when youre glad youre wearing life preservers. Look at it one more time. I didnt know they could nosedive right into the water. Now we know. For your next worlds cup. Lots of rain down south. In mississippi, take a look at this video in forest county. This camper swept up in the flooding rain and rushing down what looks like a river there under this overpass. It was flash flooding th, it happened very quickly, the top getting sheared off as it goes underneath the bridge. Lots of rain will continue down south, mostly across florida. Out on the west coast, its been really very nice. Lots of sunshine, temperatures have been running well above average. Seattle should make it to about 80 degrees. Look at the next storm system making its way onshore. First well start with the clouds, then some rain. Well see pockets of heavier rain start to move in as we go into tonight and tomorrow. Today well still salvage. Increasing clouds in medford, oregon. San francisco about 62, l. A. A little cooler at about 73 degrees. Well see dry conditions today, very hot in the southwest, 107 in phoenix. Fire weather watch is a concern with the low humidity and the dry heat out there. Picture perfect right through the middle of the country. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s good wednesday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were seeing a mix of sun and clouds as you get ready to head out the door, temperatures now in the mid to upper 50s. In San Francisco, you see the fog there, 53 degrees. 57 now in the east bay with High Temperatures this afternoon reaching into the upper 70s for the inland valleys. A little cooler than it was yesterday, awell see breezy witness as well. Oakland, 63 degrees and 66 today in San Francisco. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Coming up, did a massachusetts teenager encourage her boyfriend to take his own life . The disturbing Text Messages at the center of a controversial trial. 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