Showing off their time on the run. Friday night in San Francisco. Now, theyre back behind bars facing fresh charges. Plus arc controversial change coming to the dma. Major challenges to air bnb and not even close. Katie ledecky finishes 20 seconds ahead of her competition, proving once again why shes the most dominant swimmer in the world, today, wednesday, july 26, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody, welcome to today. Its a wednesday morning, thank you for being with us, we have carson in more matt once again. Republicans are facing new setbacks this morning in the late st attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. There is also new fallout tied to the Russian Investigation and the president s ongoing attack against his own attorney general Jeff Sessions. We are ready to break it down with National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, hours after republicans squeak through with barely enough votes to start the debate on overhauling obamacare, they came up well short of passing the plan. They needed 60 votes but only got 43. Moderates and conservatives raising new questions whether republicans can deliver on their promise to reshape what remains the Health Care Law of the land. Overnight another setback for Health Care Reform, the Senate Rejecting a plan to repeal and replace obamacare. On this vote the yays a 43, the nays are 57, the amendment falls. Reporter sending the Republican Controlled Senate back to the drawing board t. Latest sign health care will be a tough sell as gop leaders try to find a booth they can agree on. They just voted to overall obamacare. For john mccain making a dramatic return 11 days after broken jurnlg up surgery, just in time to cast a critical yes vote, even acknowledging he is not satisfied with his partys efforts so far. I will not vote for this bill as it is today. Its a shell of a bill right now. We all know that. Reporter meanwhile, President Trump back on friendly turf holding a late Night Campaign style rally in youngstown, ohio, warning wavering republicans. Any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare and i pediatric theyll have a lot of problems. Reporter the president boasts touting his achievements. With few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what weve done in his first six months. And mocking his opponent. Its time for democrats to stop resisting. Thats their term, resist, resist. Mr. Trump in the white house tuesday afternoon ramping up his public feud with his own attorney general, blasting Jeff Sessions recusal from the russia investigation. He should not have recuse himself, almost immediately after he took office, if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking officer, and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. Amid speculation the president is trying to replace sessions with an ag to shut down the inquiry the president refusing to say whether he will fight sessions . We are disappointed with the attorney general. We will see what happens, time will tell. Time will tell. Sessions showing no signs of quitting. Even his sources close to the attorney general say hes hurt by the president s comments. Sessions former Senate Allies standing by him. I hope the attorney general doesnt resign. I hope hes not fired. R. The president and attorney general appear to be playing a game of chicken. Also this morning, a revealing reminder about the dangers of work, around microphones, heres your senate edition, a hot mic picking up a conversation between republican Susan Collins of maine and democrat jack weed of rhode island discussing the bug and criticizing the president. Know. I dont say that not lightly. As a kind, you know. A goofy guy. Reporter senator collins may be one of reporter for collins may be one of the strongest holdouts on health care, she doesnt seem to come around any time soon. Thank you so much. A bipartisan standing ovation a short time later, he delivered a speech for his colleagues and President Trump. Halle jackson is on capitol hill with more. Reporter hey there, carson, go remember to you. Today we do expect senator mccain to be back on the hymn. J you to give you a sense of the mood here, its been a kind of a heros homecoming for him. Even with those scars still invisible from that repeat surgery. Hes been in the hallways joking with senators from both parties after lashing out in a leg cure from the senate floor. An extraordinary moment in an unusual day. On a day packed with drama, it was the maverick delivering most of it, john mccain arriving in washington with his wife creating flip screen suspense. This is a tremendous fight she innio. In the senate, midvotes, the wait the welcome, followed by one of the most memorable moments in the senators career. I stand here today looking a little worse for wear im sure. Reporter after the surgery, after his brain cancer diagnosis, bruising by his eye. His focus sharp. His words, too. Some listening to the bombastic loud mouths on the radio and television and the internet. To hell with them. [ applause ] reporter himself, an institution, mccain pushed his colleagues to remember they serve one, the senate, sometimes called the worlds greatest deliberative body. Im not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today. We are getting nothing done, my friends, we are getting nothing done. Reporter his own declaration of independence. Whether or not we are of the same party, we are not the president s subordinates. We are his equal. Reporter after a bipartisan empractice is. It was great to see him back, strong as he was and if anyone thought that he had lost any integrity, all they had to do is listen to that speech. Reporter and its that vote to start debate that has his critics condemning the senators crosscountry trip we are action online, mccain came back to the senate to take away from his own constituents, the kind of health care thats keeping him alive. Protests at the capitol, none at the white house, where the president is no longer disparaging him, hailing him as a hero. I want to thank senator john mccain, a very brave man. He made a tough trip to get here and vote. Reporter now, some of the praise from the president could be a little pre mature. While mccain was not one of the republican no votes in that first bill overnight, he still has not committed to supporting whatever the senate ultimately comes up with on health care. Halle, thanks. Nicole wallace host of ms nbc is here with us now. Hi, guys. I will ask you to talk about this health care, Jeff Sessions started ten days ago or so. What itself the ends game . I honestly dont understand what the president s motive is, what he wants to, do if he wants him gone, why not fire him . Reporter well, public shaming is good, jeremy bash called it cyber pause. Hes shaming a city sitting member of his own cabinet. The fight he is having with sessions is so different from all of his fights with the media, his fights with establishment republicans. His fights with the former president and opponent this is someone who is as popular as she with that this is someone with more trust and deeper friendships in the senate than he does. This is a fight where i dont think sessions has any motivation to blink first. As peter described the game of chicken, i think thats exactly whats happening. It raises the question, lets say you get rid of sessions tomorrow, whether he resigns or is fired, the presumes, it would seem, is the president thinks hell get someone in there who will blow off the russia investigation. Whats the possibility of that . Here is the thing. No one that would do that could be confirmed by the senate. In the country at this moment where people are so nervous and anxious about the stability of the federal government, especially the executive branch, i cant imagine them appointing someone to oversee the russia investigation. It would be political suicide. Health care, youre surprised republicans are still at it. This is the good news for donald trump. Health care is still alive, still alive thanks to john mccain getting on the plane, flying back and keeping the debate going. As everyone reported this morning, there isnt any support for what the plan is in its current form. The die namics are the same. Make it more appealing to the moderates, you lose the moderates. A game of jenga and a game of chicken. Thanks, nicolle. Officials believe natalie moraless ability to strike the u. S. Is there are troubling signs today that north korea may be getting ready to test another long range missile as soon as tonight. Even as u. S. Intelligence now believes the regime could be able to strike the u. S. Mainland with a Nuclear Armed missi early as next year. North koreas First Successful longrange missile test at the beginning of this month. Catching u. S. Intelligence off guard. And now, the new intelligence assessment that the regime is making dramatic progress, developing a Nuclear Warhead small enough to mount on the missile, two years earlier than previously thought. The chairman of the joint chiefs another a recent security conference. In my judgment, its academic if its 6 months, 12 months, 18 months or 24 months from now. Theyre on a path and seems an irreversible path to develop that capability. Reporter kim jongun, awarding medals to the Missile Defense team has alarmed the u. S. Ands allies. The u. S. Is testing Missile Defenses from alaska, as japan steps up training. But they are not foolproof. Whats unimaginable to me is allowing capability for a Nuclear Weapon that will land in denver, colorado. My job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesnt happen. Reporter meanwhile, overnight, harsh words from north korea. Saying it will launch a, quote, powerful Nuclear Hammer at the heart of the u. S. , if it attempts to remove kim jongun as supreme leader. The threat comes after these words from cia director mike pompeo. As for the regime, im hopeful we will find a way to separate that regime from this system. Reporter saying the Trump Administration needs to find a way to remove kim from his growing nuclear stockpile. The north Korean People are lovely people and would love to see him go as well. To ramp up pressure, the house on tuesday night approved tough sanctions on north korea as well as russia and iran. Despite opposition from the white house and the state department. The white house fought that bill, especially the sanctions on russia, arguing it sharply limits the president s powers. Now mr. Trump will have to decide whether to veto a measure passed overwhelmingly by a vetoproof bipartisan majority. Carson and savannah . Breaking news from President Trump, hes tweeted hes banning transgender individuals from serving in the u. S. Military by any capacity. The president says his decision comes after consultation with my generals and military experts. Thats a quote. He adds, quote, our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cant be disrupted by the tremendous medical costs that transgender would prevail. The link between football and brain trauma. Craig melvin has more on how the nfl is responding. Researchers from the Boston University school of medicine looked at the brains of 202 former Football Players and found evidence of the brain disease cte in all but one. This morning, a devastating blow to the nfl. 99 of deceased players brains examined in a new study, showed signs of cte, a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. This is much more common in Football Players than previously anticipated. Reporter cte can only be formally diagnosed with an autopsy. Doctors examined brains of amateur players and found cte in 91 of former college Football Players and 21 of former high school players. The nfl says it has pledged 200 million for research, and in a statement tuesday said, quote, the medical and scientific communities will benefit from this publication, and the nfl will continue to work with a wide range of experts to improve the health of current and former nfl athletes. You want to have a seat in my car so youre not sitting in the wet road. Reporter the family of former tackle brian price, blame cte for this outburst in front of Police Officers at a michigan Auto Parts Store in april. Price charging full speed ahead into the stores heavy plate glass doors. He tells nbc affiliate wdiv he doesnt remember any of it. I know im not the only one going through this. Reporter but its a window into is a problem over the nfl. Matt talked to commissioner goodell about it last year. Do you think the fans care . Yes. Very much so and i hear from our fans on that. They care about our players. They care about them today. They care about them in the future. They want to know that were taking care of them. And were doing the best we can to protect them while theyre playing and for the years after they get away from the game. Reporter but there are signs that some athletes are still playing with concussions. In may, Giselle Bundchen said her quarterback husband, tom brady, is one of them. He had a concussion last year. He has concussions and we dont talk about it. But he has concussions. Reporter a sign that doctors and families, too, are worried. In an interview, tom brady did not deny his wifes claim, only saying she is a very concerned wife. Meanwhile, the nfl said theres no records of a head injury or concussion as it relates to brady. As far as the study itself, we should note the report does not necessarily confirm that cte is common in Football Players, but only in this particular research sample. Many of the brains used were donated because of the concussions and troubling symptoms before their deaths. It wasnt a random sampling. But staggering results. Really concerning. All but one brain. Stay tuned on that one, as well. We want to hear more about that. Lets turn to al. Al, i have to compliment you on your suit. Looking sharp. Your jacket is fabulous. Were in a blue mood. See if youre in a blue mood because of the weather. Weve got a flood threat for much of iowa into parts of missouri and illinois as we watch a line of showers and thunderstorms pushing in. Weve got a Severe Threat today for four million from kansas city, des moines, davenport, chicago in that. And tomorrow, a wider swath, from new york into nashville and parts of arkansas. 56 Million People at risk. Damaging winds possible, as this front pushes in, the storms will form along the cold front. Chicago, youll see the storms late tonight. Early tomorrow. Then, the shift into the Midatlantic States and the northeast with heavy rain and winds a big problem. In the midwest, three inches per hour possible into today and tomorrow. Five inches through thursday morning. And as we make our way from cleveland, on into washington, atlantic city, beckley, west virginia, richmond, we could be looking at flood risks, storms and a coastal low forming, causing big problems. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Al forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good wednesday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall taking a look at todays High Temperatures, a wide range as we get a look at the cloudy skies as you head out the door this morning. And temperatures up to 75 degrees in oakland. 85 in napa. Lower 90s from concord down to livermore and morgan hill. San jose expecting a high of 85 degrees with our temperatures over the next few days warming up. San fran sfrap in the 70s while the inland valleys will see the highs in the 90s over the next seven days. Thats your latest weather. Savannah . Hand the is your latest weather. Coming up, new interview on a daring and playsen jail break. 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