Did facebook revolutionize the robot revolution. And the split that nobody saw coming. Today, monday, august 7th, 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. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning. We have willie in for matt. Good morning. Good to have you back. Tan, and rested. Vitamin d. A lot to get to, including escalating tension with north korea. Defining the sanctions, as a heinous plot. This as secretary of state Rex Tillerson condemned north korea and its missile launches. Lets start with andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. At the asianpacific summit in the philippines, a rare display of unity, the u. S. On the same page as china and russia, taking a stand against north korea and its threatening missile launches. But the rogue nation, not taking it well. Lashing out. Overnight, kim jongun regime, saying it will launch thousands fold revenge against the united states. He will stifle north korea and adding it will launch thousands against revenge in the united states. At a summit in manila, Foreign Ministers from 25 nations dressed in local garb, toasting each other at a dinner, all except Rex Tillerson who was a noshow. Aides denied that tillerson was trying to avoid interacting with the envoy of north korea. Saying he did not attend to prepare for todays session. At a News Conference, tillerson for the first time saying what the u. S. Must do about north korea in its talks. The best thing they can do to give us an indication they are russia, and the u. S. Are providing a united front, voting unanimously this weekend for 1 billion in punishing u. N. Sanctions against north korea. These sanctions will cut deep and in doing so will give the north korean leadership a taste of the depravation they have chosen to inflict on the north korean people. Afterwards the president tweeting, very happy and impressed with 150 United Nations vote on north korean sanctions. At the asia summit, chinas foreign minister warning north koreas representative they must stop their missile advances, something President Trump has been pressuring china today. North korea was also the top concern in talks with Russian Foreign minister lavrov, but in this first meeting since putin announced hes cutting 755 u. S. Diplomats and government staff from the u. S. Embassy in moscow, retaliations for u. S. Sanctions against russia, tillerson also stressing how seriously the hacking has damaged the u. S. Russia relationship. That has created mistrust between our two countries. And we have to find some way to deal with that. Reporter secretary tillerson also told the russians that the u. S. Would respond the Embassy Expulsions by Vladimir Putins september 1st deadline, and despite the claims of the united front against north korea, they are pressuring the u. S. And russia instead of secretly propping up kim jonguns regime. Savannah and willie . Devils in the details as usual. Thank you. President trump is beginning his first full week of a working vacation, while the white house undergoes repairs, but its Vice President mike pence people are talking about. Amid a new report he denies, saying pence is eyeing a 2020 president ial run. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander has more on that. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. President trump marking the 200th day of his presidency. A little downtime at his golf club, weather permitting, and its a rainy one already today. No Public Events on the schedule, but this does come as Vice President mike pence is slamming that New York Times report that says that he is positioning himself for a possible 2020 white house bid. Mr. Pence calling that report laughable and absurd. Settling in for his Summer Getaway in new jersey, President Trump leaving the white house in his wake. The west wing now under renovation, the oval office empty. The president insists hes working, tweeting this is not a vacation. Meetings and calls. Still, the only public sighting so far, mr. Trump in golf attire greeting guests at his new jersey golf club. Everyone having a good time . And playing wedding crasher in chief. Even away from washington, the president and his aides cant escape questions about the russia investigations, including whether the president would try to fire special counsel robert mueller, now working with multiple grand injuries. Juries. Hes not even discussed firing bob mueller. Reporter the deputy overseeing muellers team, could expand beyond russia election interference. Rosenstein wouldnt say he had. Rob mueller understands and i understand the specific scope of the investigation, so, no, its not a fishing expedition. Reporter the Senate Taking steps to protect muellers job. Blocking President Trump from being able to make any appointments while lawmakers are away, as well as introducing a bipartisan bill to shield special counsels from political influence. Is some of this directed at President Trump . Well, theres no question that it is. Reporter still, backing his boss, despite the russia cloud and the president s dwindling approval ratings, Vice President mike pence is publicly denouncing a New York Times article addressing that he is among a handful of republicans who are positioning themselves for a 2020 president ial bid, in case mr. Trump isnt on the ballot. The v. P. Blasting the report as disgraceful and offensive. Dismissing the allegations as categorically false. Just the latest attempt by the media to divide this administration, and pledging his support for President Trumps reelection. Its the greatest privilege of my life to serve as Vice President to a president who is fighting every day to make America Great again. Reporter Kellyanne Conway calling any discussion of a pence Shadow Campaign complete fiction. It is absolutely true that the Vice President is getting ready for 2020 for reelection as Vice President. Reporter President Trump this morning attacking the New York Times on twitter as totally enept. Lawmakers will decide whether or not theyve been successful. Today is the first town hall of the august recess. Willie, savannah . Adamant denials there. Peter, thanks so much. A lot more to get to, including a rare august tornado that devastated parts of tulsa, oklahoma. It ripped through a shopping district early sunday and injured 30 people, causing widespread damage, as well. Nbcs catie beck is there for us. Catie, good morning. Good morning, savannah. The damage here is just unbelievable. So many businesses along the path of this tornado had their windows broken out. Businesses like the one behind me left destroyed. And witnesses saying this terrifying tornado came with very little warning. This morning, midtown tulsa is in shambles. A rare august tornado, tearing through the heart of this normally bustling shopping area. Many buildings and businesses, destroyed. The roof of this home shattered after a tree tore a hole through the living room. Toppled power lines, leaving thousands in the dark. Perhaps the saving grace, the twister touched down just after 1 00 in the morning, when most people were home. You can see two tables were pushed together right here. Reporter the roof of this t. G. I. Fridays, collapsed with patrons and employees still inside. Sounded like an explosion going off. A family of six, sitting below. Trapped beneath the rubble. I ran to where i heard the screaming and yelling. Reporter a Police Spokeswoman said its a miracle no one died. What was your reaction when you saw daylight and you saw this . I knew people were trapped in a restaurant. You have a concept of stuff falling on them. And you see that and youre like, holy cow. Reporter the tornado formed so quickly and unexpectedly, it touched down before warning sirens had a chance to go off. This just happened too quickly. It was just all of a sudden its there. We didnt have any rampup time. Reporter tulsa now facing the damage that has been done. Its a miracle that we can stand here right now and talk about this happened. Its over with. And now were moving toward recovery. Reporter 24 hours after this twister touched down, officials are still surveying the damage here, asking people to stay out of these areas as much as possible. The records say only three times in the past 50 years has a tornado touched down in tulsa in the month of august. Willie and savannah . Pretty incredible to see those images behind you, thank you. New developments in the investigation of a weekend bombing at a mosque near minneapolis. The powerful explosion shattered windows and damaged an office. And now, officials are trying to sort out whether or not it was a hate crime. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest. Blake, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The fbi is now involved, trying to figure out who set off a bomb at this mosque over the weekend. Minnesotas governor is calling it an act of terrorism that will not be tolerated. Broken glass and scattered debris at a bloomington, minnesota, mosque. This morning, the fbi trying to figure out who, witnesses say, tossed an explosive device through a window into the office of the imam. Minnesotas governor visiting the Islamic Center sunday. Also on hand, representative keith ellison, the only muslim member of congress, who represents minnesotas large muslim somali population. I wish i could tell you this is some isolated thing, but we have seen an uptick in antimuslim hate crimes, and its happened. Reporter there were people in the building when the blast happened saturday morning, but no one was hurt. If you changed the circumstances just a little bit, it could have resulted in death or serious bodily injury. The imam says he would have been in his office at the time of the explosion, but thankfully, was running late. It looks like hate crime. Some person hate muslims in general because i dont have specific problem with anybody. Reporter federal agents have collected fragments from the bomb in hopes of tracing its origin. Investigating an act of hate as this Community Res message of solidarity. Weve seen outpour of love. We have seen cries for tolerance. The attack on a synagogue is an attack on a church, its an attack on all faith communities. Reporter a 24,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. And the executive director here says he saw a pickup truck take off immediately after the bombing. But no suspect description has been given. Guys . Thank goodness no one was hurt in that explosion. Blake, thanks so much. Now, to a terrifying flight for hundreds of airlines passengers. At least ten people were injured when an American Airlines jet ran into extreme turbulence on the way to philadelphia. A new video out shows what its like at those moments. Heres nbcs gabe gutierrez. This is your captain. We apologize for the bumpiness. Reporter for passengers on board the flight, a terrifying moment. The captain apologizing for unexpected severe turbulence that shook passengers and crew. Flight 759, from athens to philadelphia, rocked by severe, unexpected turbulence over the atlantic, just 30 minutes before landing. The winds shaking the plane so violently, ten people were injured in the chaos. There was more than a second or two that i did think that the plane might go down. And the thought in my mind, when a plane goes down this, is what it feels like. Reporter the seat belt sign was on. But attendants were serving drinks. The jolt sending people and liquid into the air. With coffee on the ceiling. Moments later, people are seen cleaning up the cabin that is littered with debris. In all, seven crew members and three passengers were hospitalized, taken by First Responders after the plane landed safely on saturday. With you on final for 27 right. Runway 27 right, good to land. Reporter while American Airlines didnt provide details about the severity of the incident, the airline said, in part, were taking care of our passengers and our crew members at this time. And want to thank our team members for keeping our passengers safe. In 2016, there were 44 injuries reported due to turbulence on domestic flights. Double the amount from the year before. In june, passengers were carried away on stretchers. In may, 27 injured on a flight from moscow to bangkok. Severe turbulence leaving blood and debris in the cabin. Saturdays incident, the latest passenger plane to be rocked by unexpected extreme weather. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. To a tragic story from east texas. Two boy scouts were killed, another hospitalized, after their sailboat hit a power line. They were riding in a catamaran when it collided with a transmission line overhead. A 16yearold and 18yearold were found in the water. Official says they were likely electrocuted. An 11yearold boy was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown. Breaking overnight. A manhunt under way for an escaped inmate in ohio. Brandon powell overpowered a sheriffs deputy on friday, after the two were leaving a psychiatric hospital. They were heading back to the palding county jail. When investigators say powell grabbed the deputys gun, calved him to the wheel of his squad car and ran. Authorities say powell is armed and dangerous. The fbi has joined in the search. An arizona man is sharing his story of survival. He was in the wilderness for two days in tripledigit temperatures after his car broke down. He documented the frightening experience with his cell phones camera. Hi. This is mick ohman. Im leaving this message. Hopefully nobody has to see this. If you find this phone and i didnt do so well, please please tell my sisters how much i love them. It all started when he decided to take the scenic route back to his phoenix home. But the road was more of a rugged trail, filled with ravines and boulders. He ruined his cars transmission. He was stranded 16 miles from the nearest town with no cell phone reception. He was left with one bottle of water and two beers. After two days under blazing sun, he came across a man on a dirt back. He hopped on the back and is thankful to be alive. In an arizona desert two days. One bottle of water, thats incredible glad hes okay. Speaking of weather, what do you have on your map . We had a lot of rain in new orleans over the weekend. Look at the flooding in that area. You can see, it is take over some towns with some areas picking up close to nine inches of rainfall. Thats area footage of what that much rain does to some of these towns. Certainly an issue down that way. And more rain is possible, as we go through the day today. That could lead to additional flooding, when some of the heavier downpours set up one area over a period of time. Most of that rain fell in a few, short hours. It didnt take long for that to happen. You can see most of our heavy rain is down there texas this morning. We have some of the heavier downpours in southwestern louisiana. Through the appalachians and the midatlantic. Thats the area we will see more potential for flooding today. Two rounds of storms moving through. First round this morning in the midatlantic for the morning commute. And a second round of heavier rain this afternoon. 30 Million People are under a flash food watch across the midatlantic and northeast. All with a frontal system that will move through this area this afternoon through the overnight hours. This extends back through the gulf coast, where we see more rain likely in that area. Thats your weather for today. Your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. Struck me was how it looks. It starts up very quickly. Its instant, in fact. Powerful. Takes you by surprise, because it breaks from the norm. My name is brodie neill, and im a furniture designer. Good monday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Right now we are going to start out with mild temperatures and then see our highs had in observing reach 70 degrees. San jose up to 82 degrees and some upper 60s for San Francisco while the interior valleys will reach into the mid to upper 80s. Livermore up to 86 degrees. For San Francisco well see morning clouds and fog with some afternoon sunshine, highs in the 60s. Inland areas in the mid80s but heating up. All right, dylan. Thank you. 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