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KNTV Today July 10, 2017

While another republican lawmaker warns pass it now or face consequences. Bulls eye, a bad day for americans during the annual running of the bulls. I kind of figure is this really happening. All of that, plus wildfires ravage the west. What nary calling the summer of heel begins for commuters at the nations busiest train station. And the stuff of camping nightmares. I woke up to a crunching sound and a lot of pain. A teenage bear attack survivor speaking out today, monday, july 10th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today where matt lawyer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Glad to have you along wus, and you too, craig. Happy fifth anniversary. Thank you very much. July 10th. We is a lot to get to. We will start with new controversies tied to russia facing President Trump and his oldest son. We will start with Peter Alexander who is at the white house for us this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. With President Trump facing fooerls criticism in the wake of his meeting with vladimir putin, there are new indications this morning some within his campaign, including his oldest son, donald trump jr. , were at least willing to accept potentially damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin. This morning revealing new details about why the president s son, soninlaw and his thenCampaign Chairman met privately june 16th with a russian lawyer. As first reported by the new york times, donald trump jr. Acknowledges he was promised information about Hillary Clinton that might be helpful to his fathers campaign. Before agreeing to the meeting just after trump clinched the information. In a statement provided to nbc news, mr. Trumps son says an acquaintance suggested the meeting where he was told, that individuals connected to russia were funding the Democratic National committee and supporting ms. Clinton. But trump jr. Further states the russian lawyers comments were vague, ambiguous and made no sense and that she had no meaningful information. Trump jr. Says she did talk about russian adoptions. The president s son and his outside Legal Counsel say donald trump had no knowledge of the meeting. Back at the white house after the g20 summit where at one point his daughter ivanka filled in for him at the main table stirring controversy, President Trump is coming under fire with for his new relationship with president putin. On twitter stating. His chief of staff trying to sharpen the point. The president absolutely did not believe the denial of president putin. Reporter President Trump adding he wants to move beyond the election interference controversy, highlighting a bold proposed Partnership Already drawing fire. Putin and i discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that Election Hacking and negative things will be guarded. Several Top Republicans expressing disbelief. It is not the dumbest idea ive ever heard, but it is pretty close. Vladimir putin could be of e enormous assistance in that effort since hes doing the hacking. Reporter marco rubio mocking it partnering with putin on a Cyber Security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. This is about having capabilities to make sure we fight cyber together, which i think is a very significant accomplishment for President Trump. Reporter but just 13 hours after the president first boasted about it he quickly dismissed the whole thing. The fact that putin and i discussed a Cyber Security unit doesnt mean i think it can happen. The president added, it cant, but a ceasefire can and did referring to south western syria. As for donald trump jr. He is tweeting in his own defense writing, im obviously the first person on a campaign to take a meeting about an opponent, went to nowhere but had to listen, adding, no consist ens in statements, meetings about adoptions and i just provided more details. Thank you, jeremy. Bash is an nbc National Supreme court analyst. Lets pick up where peter left off, donald trump jr. And this meeting with links to the kremlin. It is devastating to their narrative they never met with any russians and they had no intent to collude with russian government operatives to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. I will say that campaigns oftentimes look for Opposition Research but we are talking about a foreign adversary government working with a u. S. Campaign. It is unprecedented. This idea they didnt think that the meeting itself may have been campaign related, you would have Paul Manafort, you would have donald trump jr. Together with this attorney in a room, does that smell right to you . No, it doesnt. In fact, the meeting was billed leagues on the campaign, to the Campaign Chairman and to the president s soninlaw as a way to work with the russian government operative to effect the outcome of the election. This ever everything in effect is what theyre looking for. I think it is potentially incriminating. Lets talk about the meeting the president had with putin at the g20 summit because we now have conflicting stories. The russians say one thing and now secretary of state Rex Tillerson said apparently he didnt think that the president pushed him all that hard on the election meddling. The secretary of states narrative was effectively the president checked the box, that he walked into the room and said, hey, i have to raise this issue so i will. Now the president s trying to say, no, i pressed him hard, but the russians put out a statement saying that the president accepted putins denial and Everyone Wants to kind of move o theres nothing to move on. Either we think it is a big deal or we dont. It seems like the president kind of missed an opportunity to push the russian leader on this. Theres conflicting versions about precisely what else came out of that putin trump meeting. Based on what we know, how would you characterize the muchanlts pated facetoface . I think it was a missed opportunity for the president because he could have pressed him on a number of issues on ukraine, on syria, on meddling. The fact they had a Good Relationship developing out of the meeting, i dont think it is a win for the united states. What about a Cyber Security unit, the notion that they will team up to go after Election Hacking . Thats laughable. The russians are the culprit. To be working with the cull prilt is to undermine american interests. Thank goodness it appears to be the shortest lived president ial initiative in history. The Health Care Battle will be front and center once again. Nbcs Kristin Walker has more on that. Good morning. Reporter hi, craig. Good morning to you. Republicans are returning from their july fourth recess to a harsh reality. Opposition has grown to the Health Care Bill. A frenzy to try to fix it to get it over the finish line and the president weighing in this morning in a tweet writing, i cannot imagine congress would dare to leave washington without a beautiful new Health Care Bill fully approved and ready to go. The stakes couldnt be higher this morning as Congress Returns with one goal, repeal and replace obamacare. This after republicans faced growing outrage from con stitt yenlts. With protests and tense town halls during the recess, the senates current plan scales back many of obamacares tax credits and ends its medicaid expansion. The cbo estimates as many as 22 Million People could lose coverage. A growing number of republicans have opposed the bill, with some openly saying it is going nowhere. In my view it is probably going to be dead. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell pushed back a vote with changes be made to the current draft bill, unleashing a reality check to his party. Pass the bill or work with democrats. If my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action with regard to private Health Insurance market must occur. Reporter but hes now facing pressure from the right and President Trump, who tweed, for years, even as a civilian i listened as republicans pushed for replacement of obamacare. Now they have their chance. On sunday the president s chief of staff seemed optimistic. Yes, they will get a repeal and replace bill done, i believe that. Reporter the president floating the idea if the senate cant pass the current bill, they should immediately repeal and replace at a later date. Thats the exact opposite of what mr. Trump said a few months ago, and some Congressional Republicans tell nbc news that idea is a nonstarter. Now the gop is struggling to come up with alternatives. Senator ted cruz is proposing an amendment that would give Insurance Companies more flexibility, but thats being criticized by those who say it could ultimately limit coverage. And senator Chuck Grassley of iowa unleashing a stern warning to his colleagues on twitter writing, 52 republican senators should be asiemed we have not passed Health Reform by now. We wont be ashamed. We will go from majority to minority. Lots more going on today, including wildfires in california that forced nearly 8,000 people out of their homes now. The governor, jerry brown, has declared a state of emergency for butte county, about 60 miles north of sacramento. At least ten buildings have been destroyed and another 5,400 are threatened by flames. In Santa Barbara county a Boy Scout Camp was destroyed. Breaking overnight, a massive fire destroyed part of londons famed cam ben market. 70 firefighters were called in to battle the flames. No immediate reports of injuries or casualties. The fire damaged three floors and the roof of the building which contains a number of businesses. At this point no word on just how that fire started. To the latest on a story weve been following closely, a case of alleged deadly hazing at penn state university. Many of the Fraternity Brothers who were charged are heading to the courthouse. Gabe gutierrez is at the courthouse. Reporter good morning. His parents had to leave the courtroom. Today we are expecting prosecutors to layout more evidence about a case about greek life being closely watched on College Campuses around the country. This morning former penn state Fraternity Brothers are heading back to court to find out whether theyre going to trial. 18 are charged in connection with the alleged brutal hazing death of 19yearold tim piazza. His devastated parents plan to be in the courtroom again. They hope that the death of their son is not in vain and that the death of their son will encourage change. Reporter during the first part of the hearing last month, prosecutors played gut wrenching Surveillance Video of piazza drun drunk, falling head first for hours inside the Fraternity House in february. We have a friend who is unconscious. Reporter it took nearly 12 hours for someone to call 911. That is what made the difference . Yes. It killed him. Reporter now piazzas parents furious at what they call the inappropriate behavior of the defendants in court in june, likening it to a fraternity get together. Slapping each others back, laughing, kidding and joking. That was distressing to the piazzas. Reporter the chas range from evidence tampering to involuntary manslaughter. I dont think he should have been charged. Reporter joey emms is charged with reckless endangerment. They did not participate in jovial back slapping. Reporter he is accused of aggravated assault. With regard to the charges against my client, theyre both factually and legally unfounded, unjustified and unwarranted. Reporter the defendants have pleaded not guilty. Several of their attorneys say there is more of the story yet to be told and they plan to crossexamine the prosecutions witnesses at this hearing, which is expected to last through at least tomorrow. Craig and savannah. Gabe gutierrez at the courthouse for us. Thank you, gabe. Many are calling it the summer of hell, a massive track reconstruction that will impact thousands of commuters at penn station. This is a live look at penn station where the emergency track repairs are getting under way this morning. More than 1300 trains run by amtrak, new Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad travel on the stations 21 tracks every day. Three to five tracks will be shut down until september 1st, forcing some cancellations. Officials are urging commuters to switch to subways, buses and ferries for the next few months. They have discounted some ferries to help easy the pain. Also this morning were hearing from a teenager lucky to be alive. He was sleeping outside his camp in colorado when he was attack by a black beer. Here bear. Reporter the terrifying attack happened at this Colorado Campground while more than 100 children were sleeping. I woik up to a crunching sound and a lot of pain. Reporter 19yearold dylan who asked his last name not be used was rip from his sleeping bag by a 400 pound black bear. I woke up and the bear had my head. Reporter dylan, a wilderness survival counsellor was sleeping outside the main cabins of glacier view camp, a christian cam near boulder. The teenager finding himself in a life or death struggle. I started hitting the bear as hard as i could and found its eye and poking its eye as hard as i could. Reporter and the attack wasnt over. I was laying on my stomach and it reached around and grabbed the side of my face and pulled me into its mouth, like it grapd me with its teeth back here. When it pulled it tore the skin and scraped my skull. Reporter bear attacks on humans are rare but can be deadly. Officials are warning campers to use extreme caution in bear country. With a growing number of aggressive bears wandering into residential neighborhoods or breaking into homes, like this one recently ransacking a kitchen, even opening the refrigerator. I have nine staples. Reporter as for dylan, he feels fortunate to survive this encounter. I feel really lucky. I was laying perfect for it to grab the back of my head and not face or eyes or Something Like that. Reporter this morning Officials Say the bear that attacked dylan is now being tracked and must be put down. For today miguel almaguer, los angeles. What a brave young man to have the presence of mine to do something about it. Yeah, gout to think had it been any other guy. Exactly, because hes a survivalist expert. Either of us. Any of us, lets be honest. We would have offered him a picnic basket and hoped for the best. Heres a starbucks card. Lets take a look. We heard the story about all of the wildfires out there. Right now there are 50 large wildfires stred over 11 states, and weve also got critically low humidity levels. So a high fire danger. Gusty winds spreading these fires, plus this huge heat dome heading to the east, jet stream way up to the north. Denver will get up to 95. Kansas city 95. St. Louis, 8 degrees above average at 97 degrees. Chicago, you will be at 91 on wednesday. St. Louis, you stay in the mid to upper 90s. Atlanta will be in the 90s. That spreads to the east by tomorrow. New york, 92 degrees. Thursday it will be 90. Norfolk stays in 90s, same in washington, charleston and charlotte. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Recast coming up in the 30 seconds. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Youre not taking that. Mom, im taking the subaru. Dont be late. Even when were not there to keep them safe, our Subaru Outback will be. vo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Good monomorning. Im meteorologist kari hall with a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. Foggy and clearing away from the bridge and elsewhere across the bay area, temperatures really starting to heat up today. We have 90 degrees in concord. 92 at livermore and in morgan hill. South bay up to 86. And 91 in santa rosa an San Francisco today with a high of 65 degrees and there will be some clearing this afternoon. And thats your latest weather. Welcome back from vacation. We missed you. Glad to have you back. Coming up, at least seven americans gored during the famed running of the bulls. We will hear from one, including why he decided to race again this morning. Wow. And then reports on protecting the president. A rare look at what it takes to keep the commander in chief safe when he travels. Just ahead, an just ahead, an emotional new look at prison sis diana, a look at a mother through the eyes of her son. Get out this christmas in july. 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