Childs seat to a standby passenger. The childs mother forced to hold him for the entire flight. I lost feelings in my legs and left arm. Less than three months after this ugly incident. Oh, my god. Look what you did to him. The airlines forced to apologize once again. All that plus new evidence that this really could be Amelia Earhart. George and amal step out with the twins. Sheeran madness. The crowd lined up for blocks and blocks and blocks overnight as music superstar ed sheeran gets set for what could be our biggest concert of the summer thursday july 6th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on thursday morning. So glad youre with us. You, all you thousands of people, here to see ed sheeran. Wow. This is an enormous crowd. They have been lining up for about a day now. The line goes down 48th street, down 6th avenue past radio city music hall, through the lincoln tunnel down to the jersey shore. [ laughter ]. Thats a little exaggeration, but its a very big crowd. Yes, eight or nine city blocks, incredible. Of course, ed one of the greatest stars in the world going to treat us to a concert in a few. We have a lot of news to get to first. Lets start with breaking news overpass. The president speaking out in poland on day one of his much anticipated trip abroad. The president with some harsh words for russia, north korea and the american press. Weve got it all covered with nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander who is traveling with the president in warsaw, poland. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt and savannah, good morning to you. The president during a brief News Conference this morning addressed two of his domestic obsessions, fake news and what he says is his big electoral win with polish americans. But the real focus is much farther east, north korea. In the wake of that rogue regimes use of that intercontinental ballistic missile, the president calling on the International Community to show that there are consequences for the north koreans dangerous behavior. President trump this morning enjoying a warm welcome at the role castle with polands president but eyeing the growing crisis with north korea, vowing to take the threat on very strongly. The president and i call on all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to north korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. Reporter whats the u. S. Considering . I dont like to talk about what i have planned, but i have some pretty severe things that were thinking about. That doesnt mean were going to do them. I dont draw red lines. President obama drew a red line, and i was the one that made it look a little bit better than it was. Reporter the comments coming after mr. Trumps tweet expressing frustration with beijings unwillingness to pressure kim jonguns regime. So much for china working for us. At an emergency meeting at the u. N. Security Council Ambassador nikki haley warning the u. S. Is prepared to act. One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military. Forces. We will use them, if we must. But we prefer not to have to go in that direction. Reporter meantime, arriving in germany for the g20 later today, the president has a full plate, oneonone with Angela Merkel and dinner with leaders of japan and south korea that today fired a barrage of missiles off the east coast is part of another military exercise. But the trips main event will be President Trumps first ever facetoface with Vladimir Putin. Were working with poland in response to russias actions and destabilizing behavior. Reporter nbcs Hallie Jackson asking repeatedly about moscows meddling during the 2016 election . Will you once and for all, yes or no, definitively say russia interfered in the 2016 election . I think it was russia and it could have been other people in other countries. Mistakes have been made. I agree, i think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and or countries, and i see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really knows. And before elected president , are you talk about being angry at president obama, mr. President thank you, very much. Reporter thats how the News Conference ended. White house officials have not said whether President Trump will raise the issue of russias meddling in the 2016 election during his one on one meeting with Vladimir Putin tomorrow. A short time ago, President Trump wrapped up a speech with the white houses billing as a major address before thousands of polls here in a square that also holds the memorial to the warsaw uprising. The president in his remarks really delivering a rallying cry for western civilization saying that our values will prevail, adding the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive. He is now off to the g20. Savannah . Peter alexander starting us off in warsaw. Thank you. Lets turn to Nicole Wallace for analysis. Lets talk about north korea first. Were going to hear how fraught the options are with michael. In terms of the president s mindset, we hear this tough talk. Yeah. Is the white house really prepared to take action that president s before have decided arent worth the risk. Looks like the military are counselling him against doing so just because of how grim a but the president s messaging seems to have that in mind in that hes using that as the stick to entice china to eat the carrots. Lets talk about russia. Obviously friday is the big meeting with Vladimir Putin. Who is known as a master manipulator. I mean this guy studies up. He knows his subject. He certainly will know how to press the president s buttons. How should the president for this . Listen. If Donald Trumps brand is the author of art of the deal, Vladimir Putins brand is former kgb spy master. I think this is really where the rubber meets the road with everything donald trump thinks he can do to an adversary. Vladimir putin has already done it, and then some. So i think that the white house has successful lowered the bar so low that if it were any lower it would be underground, oh, hes winging it, theres no agenda. I dont buy that. Obviously there is a plan to exceed expectations which are less than nothing. But the fact that hes going into a meeting as a representative of this country and hasnt sort of affirmed that he will do what jeremy bash describes as poke a finger in Vladimir Putins chest and say, hey, when it comes to our democracy, i got this, vlad, is disturbing. I think the answer to Hallie Jacksons question was obviously meant to manage expectations to say that he will take it to russia a little bit. But the fact that he insists on throwing other people into the mix when we know that simply wasnt the case continues to be a disturbing sign that this cloud about collusion with russia will hang over him no matter where he stands. There are so many clouds hanging over the world stage right now. North korea, russia, to say nothing of isis and terrorism. Thank you, nicolle. Savannah, thanks. What options are on the table for President Trump when it comes to north korea . We are joined now by nbc News Senior National security and counterterrorism analyst michael leiter. Michael, lets start by talking about why this test of an icbm was game changing. It is not so much because the north koreans fear they will attack us first, but they will soon have the ability to retaliate for any we or our allies take. Thats right. Theyve had a Nuclear Weapon since 2006 but no ability to miniaturize it, then deliver it to the u. S. Homeland. This now shows they have the missile ability to potentially reach. That simply takes options off the table for the United States. Lets talk about the options that are still on the table. The first one is called a military or surgical strike. What would it look like, what would the targets be . Well, this is really hard. But you could go after a number of sites. You could go after mobile missile launchers and other missile sites in north korea or nuclear facilities. But the problem is they are very deeply hidden and we are very vulnerable to counter attack. As you talk about counter attack, there are enormous risks associated with any military strike we conduct. Thats right. Within 50 miles of the border you have 26 million koreans, 130,000 americans. Japans within range of numerous missile systems. This is really hard. Lets say military strike is a bad option at the moment. Terrible. Lets talk about sanctions. Weve imposed sanctions for years, and yet kim jongun continues to act badly. Why arent they, woulding . Working . Mostly because 85 to 90 of north koreans trade is through china and china has not clamped down. Until china does that on oil and other critical matters, it probably wouldnt affect them. Weve also seen them be aggressive on the cyber front as well in the u. S. And in the region. Sanctions keep us vulnerable as well. This is why you hear people say, these are bad options, sanctions and a military strike. So what about diplomacy . Theyll say, why dont we sit down face to face with the north koreans and talk about these issues . But isnt that what kim jongun is looking for . He probably is, but we are getting closer and closer to being willing to. But i think at this point we cant get into his provocation. On that front we have to make clear that were going to continue this training with the south koreans and show that we are one, because kim jongun wants to separate us from south korea. And eventually, we may simply have to accept that we are going to live with a nucleararmed korea. Face to face diplomacy. What message does that send to other rogue regimes who say, wait a second, if i act badly, i can get face to face negotiations. Absolutely. With all of this diplomacy we have to work hand in hand with south korea. And then also make sure china moves along with us and doesnt align north korea. Michael, thank you very much as always. A concerning update, matt, to report this morning on the condition of House Majority whip Steve Scalise who was shot during practice for a congressional baseball game three weeks ago. He was readmitted last night to this hospital. This is a live shot. Tom costello has the latest on the congressman. Reporter good morning. He was 1 of 5 people shot on that baseball field three weeks ago, shot in the hip, youll recall, and trauma surgeons said at the time it was a very serious injury breaking bones, hitting internal organs, causing significant bleeding. And now doctors say they are concerned about an infection. This morning, a setback for congressman Steve Scalise admitted back into intensive care after the 51yearold was shot in the hip at a Congressional Baseball Team practice last month. Med star Washington Hospital releasing a statement overnight, reading, in part, congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the intensive care unit due to new concerns for infection. His condition is listed as serious. The louisiana congressman and four other people were injured june 14th when a gunman opened fire on a republican baseball practice in alexandria, virginia. U. S. Capitol police and other officers returned fire and killed the gunman, later identified as james hotchkinson. Scalise who was seriously wounded has undergone several surgeries and had been improving in recent weeks. Capitol hill staffer zack barth and two capitol hill Police Officers were also wounded. They are all expected to make a full recovery. Overnight politicians from both sides of the aisles sending scalise good wishes via social media. Dr. Roger marshall, congressman from kansas and member of the republican Baseball Team tweeting, please join my family in praying for steve, jennifer and their kids. And House Democrat jamie raskin from maryland wrote prayers and thoughts with congressman scalise and his family. Scalises staff is down playing the gravity of the situation being moved back to icu insisting it is really a precautionary move. Doctors are expected to release more information later today. Tom costello, thank you. This morning we are learning new information about the man who shot and killed a female new York City Police officer in an unprovoked attack after the citys fourth of july celebrations. Nbcs ron allen is outside that officers precinct where theres been an outpouring of support. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The 46th precinct where was the officers home was away from home, especially respected and well known because she grew up in the neighborhood. She protected them where she gave her life. Trib duutes in cards and flower are being left on the doorstep in a community that is heartbroken. No officer should ever being ambushed trying to do his or her job. Reporter prayers of comfort for the distraught family of officer familia. So determined to wear the blue she left her job as a nurse in her mid 30s to become one of new yorks finest. Usually working the night shift in the mobile command center where a gunman shot her in the head at pointblank range through a passenger side window. My partners shot my partners shot whe reporter what police say was an unprovoked random station, a mother with 11yearold twins and a 19yearold daughter. She did her job and it was sad for her to go this way. Reporter new details about her killer, alexander bonds, 34, twice convicted felon. Out on parole. Armed with a stolen gun. Shot dead by police as he tried to escape. Senior nypd officials tell nbc news theyre now investigating whether bonds is the man in these videos making antipolice statements, posted on a facebook page, believed to be his. You say you about justice . I want justice. Reporter on the streets where the officer died, plagued by guns, gangs and drugs, grateful residents said she and her colleagues were making a difference. They had gotten better since the command center was posted there. Reporter and in the aftermath of this horrible tragedy, residents now vowing to step up their efforts to support the officers there to protect them. New yorks governor has ordered flags flown as halfstaff. The nations top Law Enforcement officer, the u. S. Attorney general, has praised the officer. An endless sea of blue is expected to arrive here once arrangements are announced and made to lay the fallen officer to rest. Matt . Savannah . Ron, thank you very much. Breaking overnight, a powerful earthquake roused people from their sleep in western montana. It was a 5. 8 quake, struck 11 30 local town near the town of lincoln, montana. This is an area of the country not known for earthquakes. It was felt as far away as spokane, washington. No immediate reports of injuries or major damage but there were scattered Power Outages in the area. Hobby lobby has agreed to pay a 3 million fine to settle a federal case over smuggled iraqi artifacts. The arts and crafts chain has agreed to forfeit thousands of artifacts. Prosecutors say those items were brought to this country illegally in packages that bore shipping labels that inaccurately described their contents as ceramic tiles. In a statement hobby lobbys president said they didnt know the items were from iraq and has put safeguards in place to ensure future acquisitions are properly vetted. Now to the story we told you about at the top of the show. United airlines apologizing once again, this time for giving a toddlers seat away to a standby passenger and forcing the boys mother to hold the baby in her lap for entire flight. She says she bought two tickets for her trip from hawaii to boston but during a layover in houston a standby passenger came onboard and told her that her 2yearold son was in his seat. Well, she notified a Flight Attendant about the confusion but apparently was told the flight is full. So the teacher held the toddler in her lap for the flight, which was 3 1 2 hours. United says gate agents incorrectly scanned the boys boarding pass showing that he was not on the flight. The airline says it is going to refund that ticket and provide a travel voucher. Time for now the first check of weather. Hey, guys. Pouring rain down in the nations capital. No severe storms but you can see how heavy the rain is indicated by yellows and oranges in that area. This extends into maryland, too, and will continue to affect the area through the morning, then well see scattered showers and storms redevelop this afternoon all because of this frontal system slowly making its way to the east. That will trigger some of these storms up across upstate new york, back through pennsylvania, too. As those move eastward we could see as much as about two to three inches of rain from some of those heavier downpours. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Your local forecast is in the next 30 seconds. Which is such a dad thing to do. After he gave his name the woman from capital one said mr. Garner, are you related to jennifer . Kind of joking with him. And my dad was so proud to tell her, as a matter of fact, she is my middle daughter. So now dad has the venture card, hes earning his double miles, and he made a friend at the company. Can i say it . Go ahead whats in your wallet . Nice job dad. Good thursday morning im meteorologist carrie hal as we take a look looking over San Francisco you can see that we have some low clouds rolling by. Done to about 1,000 feet with the marine layer today. All clear in the south bay, san jose looking at sunshine. High temperatures will be up to sixtyism degrees and then mid60s even into the weekend. Inland areas are going to be hot making it up to 94 today and 97 degrees tomorrow. R latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Coming up, mo