Why the fbi is warning parents about popular smart toys and the flying sharks that send a surfing competition back to the beach. Today, wednesday, july 19. Willie is in for matt. Its going to be hot today. You thought you were going to say harry styles is here. And the ring of fire. You know its real when a meteorologist drops the meteorological term and goes with ring of fire. More on the weather. Another russia controversy for President Trump. His facetoface with Vladimir Putin at this months g20 was hugh lly scrutinized. Lets go to Kristen Welker. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. We are learning that President Trump and president putin had a second encounter at the g20 summit earlier this month. The white house is pushing back strongly this morning against criticism it should have disclosed that second encounter. The meeting lasted an hour by some accounts. Officials here say it was shorter and part of a social gathering. Still, its creating another a russia related flap. A white house official telling nbc news President Trump had a previously undisclosed conversation with russian president Vladimir Putin at this dinner held for World Leaders at the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. According to the Washington Post citing a Senior Administration official mr. Trump left his seat and sat next to mr. Putin. Critics say the undisclosed meeting is unusual with no american aides to witness it and no official u. S. Government summary of that encounter ever released. The only russian english interpreter available provided by putin as each couple was allowed just one translator. The american translator accompanying president spoke japanese because mr. Trump was seated next to the Prime Minister of japans wife. Still, critics pounced. A basic failure in terms of National Security protocol. Theres only one person who really knows exactly what was said in the of the conversation and its the russian translator. Reporter the white house pushing back noting the president circumstanlated freel spoke to many leaders adding the insinuation that the white house is trying to hide a second meeting is absurd. The president tweeting late tuesday story of secret dinner with putin is sick, insisting the press knew. The Evening Exchange happening on the same day the two lead er had their First Official meeting. It lasted more than two hours. Had their First Official meeting, that lasted more than two hours. The new disclosure comes as nbc news learns there was an eighth person that attended the meeting with donald trump jr. And russian officials at trump tower. That person, a Senior Vice President at the Real Estate Development company run by a former Business Partner of trump. In 2000, he was the subject of a government investigation of mown laundering into u. S. Banks. His attorney telling nbc news, the reality is, he has never been accused of any wrongdoing. Period. But on capitol hill, mounting concern. Its disturbing to me that its taken this long for this information to come out. Reporter and this morning, special Counsel Robert Mueller has given the green light for th e senate to hear from donald trump jr. , and from Paul Paul Manafort was also at that meeting. Reporter the attorney tells nbc news special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview him. He plans on cooperating. No state has been set for that or for trump, jr. , to testify on capitol hill. Meanwhile, overnight the white house announced its new ambassador to russia, john huntsman, a 2012 president ial candidate who was at times critical of mr. Trump when he was a candidate. All right, Kristen Welker, thank you. Lets bring in Kristen Wallace and nbc news contributor michael mcfaul, good morning to both of you. Mr. Ambassador, ill start with you. Let pe be devils advocate. This is one of those occasions where there is a lot of heat around this second encounter that the president had with Vladimir Putin a. Lot of people watching might be thinking, whats the big deal . Its a social dinner, there is all these World Leaders around, why all the fuss . Why all the storm and fury . I agree its a good thing when the president of the United States having facetime to develop the ideas they had in the first meeting. We should applaud that. Whats strange about this particular meeting, to the best of our knowledge is a reporting that weve seen that he just focused on one leader for an hour. You know, thats not a good format at a dinner party, right . You need to work the room. How about a little time with the host, for instance, Angela Merkel our closest allie . I think others were so concerned about it thats why they decided to report it out. Thats why we are talking about it. You have been in a lot the second thing. Go ahead. As somebody that staffed those meetings for president obama when i worked at the white house. I want him to have his talking points. You want him to know if putin says this you say this anything a president utters in a meeting like that becomes policy. So those are the things you dont like to have happen without staff. Yeah, thats exactly where i was going. You have been in these meetings with putin had likely confined the cat to like vacation homes and kids or do you think he would have had a policy agenda . Exactly. She not a big chit chat guy. She not there for small talk. He will take advantage to push his agenda, which in this case is concessions from the United States, things like lifting sanctions and remember he had 17 years of experience in doing foreign policy. Our president only has a few months. So nicole, lets take the issue of disclosure, lets say for arguments sake, this was an innocuous meeting, melania is sitting next to president putin, the president goes over and sits and chats with president putin, but when it comes to russia, you would think you should learn put everything out there. They find themselves trapped between willful deliberateness and reality. There is a cloud of suspicion over this white house about suspected alleged some would argue now known attempts to collude with the russian government to tip the election in there president s favor, based on the email chain between don jr. That surfaced about a week ago. So the fact that they dont take a cautious approach to how things look really suggests that either the president , himself, has dug in and defiantly refuses to acknowledge his own political reality or the people around him have also become convinced that his commitment, i mean, it could have been anybody else, we wouldnt be here, you wouldnt have woken up ambassador mcfauls if it was a leader of another allie the fact that the bottom line of all of these stories runs through putp. Its why were always having the same conversation about this president. Few had been communications of the white house, lets disclose it, get it out there . When i was communications director, steve hadley and condi rice always let out these meetings to our press pool. Social gatherings are usually not a lot of risk for any sort of Public Relations fiasco. This is another self inticketed pr crisis on behalf of the team. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Another issue facing the president the collapse of the republicans effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Hes invited Senate Republicans to the white house today to talk about next moves. This as voters sound off on the Health Care Battle and other key issues in washington. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is in wilkesbarre, pennsylvania, where he has been talking to voters. Good morning. Reporter good morning the susquehanna river hein us. Think of this as the epicenter of that earthquake, the jolted President Trump into the white house. They flipped for trump if scent 2016, despite this latest stinging setback on health care, here they still back President Trump but want to see results. The reporting with Senate Republicans stick licking their wounds in their defeat of obamacare. The president is deflecting blame. Were not going to own it. Ki tell you the republicans will not own it. Well let obamacare fail and then the democrats will come to us. Reporter in trump counties that propel the president to power like wilkesbarre pennsylvania the plan never got traction. One in four voters supporting it. 12 overall. I think they need to go back to the drawing board. I think its just stubbornness, lack of cooperation. Reporter at snyders garage, life long democrats barbara and bruce snide rer still betting on trump. You wanted the guy to change washington. Is he changing what ug . Yes, i believe he is. But its going to take more time. Reporter retired marine bob smith another democrat who backed the president. I thought the president would be a flash, like hes going to be a flash. A bolt of lightning. And the belmont of lightning sort of fizzled out a little bit. Reporter when you hear the outrage about this president what do you want to say to those people . Shut up. My biggest frustration is the people arent backing him. Give him a chance. Reporter in trump counties, the policies resonate, his personality doesnt. In our new nbc wall street journal pom he gets high marks for ordering airstrikes in syria and aggressively responding to north korea, most popular his effort to keep jobs in america. Jack says his furniture sales have improved since the election. Why is that . I think they feel better. I think they think theres hope. It seems like we were hopeless before. Reporter what isnt working . The president ed attacks on the media, his refusal to release his tax returns, most unpopular trademark tweets, more than six if ten saying cut ut out. At chucks main street diner its so beneath the office. It gets worse every day. Reporter but supporters are sick of the criticism, including on russia. We laugh about it every day, whats the new joke today about russia . Its a russia illusion not a russia collusion. Reporter six months after the inauguration the breakfast crowd still deeply divided. Clearly, plenty of packs here over breakfast in wilkesbarre, pennsylvania, as for health care the Top RepublicanMitch Mcconnells latest push to repeal obamacare without immediate replacement appears to be on the brinkle of failure. He can only lose two Senate Republicans, three said they opposed it. At the urging of the president , mcconnell says he will force a vote to put all the senators on the record early next week. Peter alexander in pennsylvania, thanks. There is a lot more, including new developments in that Deadly Police shooting of a bride to be in minneapolis. One of the officers involved is now telling his side of the story. But this morning, there are still more questions than answers. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest on investigation. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning, this community and family finally getting some answers. Investigator versus now interviewed the partner of the officer who opened fire in the alley behind me. There is his account of what happened. Reporter this morning the First Official account of what led to the death of australian bride to be justine damon, killed by a Minneapolis Police officer after calling 11 for help. State investigators say she reported what she thought was an assault in the alley behind her home. Two rookie officers responded in a patrol car, mohammed tnoor in the passengers seat, matthew herety, they drove down the alley lights off, herety interviewed by investigators says he was startled by a loud noise right as damon approached the drivers side of the vehicle. He says thats when officer tnorr opened fire, shooting over him, hitting damon through the drivers side wind. I we heard shots down, one down. Rescue is coming. Reporter testify officer says they provided immediate medical attention, she was pronounced dead at the scene, killed by a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to investigators, officer tnorr so far declined to be interviewed saying his attorney quote did not provide clarification on when, if ever, an interview would be possible. Both officers were equipped with body cams, which have to be manually turned on. But they werent. At a late night press conference, city officials addressed public outrage. We do have more information now, though its frustrating to have some of the picture but not all of it. Reporter half a world away in damons native australia. Justine our daughter was so special to us. Reporter her heart broken father has been demanding answers. Justine was a beacon to all of us. We only ask the light of justice shyp down on the circumstances of her death. Reporter as mourners gather for a sunset vigil on a beach near sydney, he joined them paying final respects by tossing flowers into the sea. So when will we hear officer knoors account of what happened . Under the law, he doesnt have to give an interview to state investigators. Keep in minds, he could be facing charges. Its ultimately up to the county attorney here in minneapolis how to proceed. Blake mccoy, thank you. Now to the Massive Wildfire burning in california thats forced the evacuation of nearly 5,000 people. Its let inening 1,500 structures in and around the town of mariposa. Eight structures have been destroyed since sunday afternoon. It is threatening the power lines that feed Yosemite National park. They say a tall grass of winter rains was fuelling that fire. Update now on a story we have been following for several weeks here. Charlie gard the 11 month british boy who suffers from a rare genetic disease has been reportedly granted u. S. Citizenship. That move could pave the way for him to travel to america to receive experimental treatments. The terminally ill baby is on life support and hes at the center of a legal battle now, that has gained world wide attention. British courts ruled his condition as too grave to keep him alive. His parents have been fighting for months to bring him to the u. S. To receive treatment. Now back to that dramatic video we showed you at the top of the show a. Surfing competition in south africa called off tuesday after a shark was spotted junk out of the water. Several surfers were nearby at the time. It happened two years after a world famous surfer was attacked by a shark at the exact same venue the competition is expected to resume today. Thats quite the shot, jumping, leaping out of the water. I dont know if it would be great to hop back in today, one day later. It will be hot. It is, lets do it. It is going to be extremely hot. Especially right through the middle of the country where we do have heat warnings in pink and heat advisories surrounding that. 34 Million People are under some sort of heat advisory. Here is that ring of fire that area of High Pressure producing those hot temperatures, around it is where we will see our strongest storms t. Humidity is high so st. Louis it will feel like 104 today. Jackson, mississippi, 103. In new york city the high about 72. It will feel warmer because of the higher humidity. Then on thursday, d. C. Will feel like 103 memphis, tennessee, a high of 96 will feel like 105. On friday the heat continues, then we see temperatures drop a bit as we go into the week. Thats a look at weather. Your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you. [burke] and we covered it, november sixth, twothousandnine. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum good wednesday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. You can see the low clouds and some sunshine in the distance and that will will clear out as we go through the day. Looking at High Temperatures there 65 degrees and 74 degrees in oakland. San jose and palo alto will will see High Temperature today up to 81 degrees and still some upper 80s for many of the inleft hand valleys up to concord. As we go to the next several is days our temperatures hold steady and then heat up just in time. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you so much. Coming up, the mounting opposition to o. J. Simpsons possible release on the eve of his muchanticipated parole hearing. And the mystery surrounding the sudden death of a 10yearold day that has parents onedge. Did he touch an opioid at a public Swimming Pool . First, this is today on nbc. Just ahead, what your childs favorite smarttoys are part of an fbi warning. 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