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Transcripts For WCAU Today 20160915

This morning what the agency is saying about those alarming results. And, too hot to handle. Dramatic video of a car engulfed in flames. The owner claiming it was his Samsung Galaxy 7 phone that sparked the fire and the company once again urging customers to power down and trade in their devices today, thursday, september 15th, 2016. Announcer 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, it is a thursday morning. We got willie in for matt this morning. So much unusual about this campaign. Add another thing. Here we have a candidate for president releasing medical records. Thats normal. But doing it on a tv show. Dr. Oz is here. Hes in the building. Hes going to tell us exactly what was in the papers handed to him by donald trump and give his assessment of Trumps Health in just a few minutes. The state of the race today, with the election now in 55 short days, after her bout with pneumonia, Hillary Clinton returns today to the campaign trail. Her first stop North Carolina. Shell also join president obama for an awards gala in washington. Donald trump starts his day right here in new york before heading to a rally in New Hampshire later. His appearance on the dr. Oz show opening up about his health actually airs today. A new poll shows trump leading among likely voters in the key state of florida. Hes topping secretary clinton by three points there. 47 44 . Weve got it all covered. Lets start with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Well talk to dr. Oz in a moment as well. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Hillary clinton back on the campaign trail today. It couldnt come too soon nor democrats with donald trump for the first time in this race really gaining momentum. Within the last 24 hours, weve seen another clear contrast between these two candidates and their campaigns on strategy and transparency. With clinton releasing detailed medical records to the public, donald trump releasing more limited information to dr. Oz. Donald trump in ohio while Hillary Clintons recuperating at home. Taking new shots at his opponents stamina. I dont know, folks. You think hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this . I dont know. I dont know. I dont think so. Reporter but later adding in all fairness, shes lying in bed Getting Better. We want her better, back on the trail. Reporter in flint, michigan, trump interrupted by the pastor at an africanamerican church as he began to blast his rival. Now Hillary Clinton mr. Trump reporter after three days off, clintons back campaigning today. Her doctor reported shes recovering well with antibiotics and rest. Her campaign trying to reassure voters about her health releasing a fuller look at the 68yearolds medical history. Clintons physician detailing her medications, including one for her thyroid and a common blood thinner prescribed after suffering multiple blood clots since 1998. Her doctor concluding clinton remains healthy and fit to serve as president of the united states. And for the first time adding with be she is in excellent mental condition. For her former reality tv star rival, a more flashing reveal with tv physician dr. Oz. Why not share your medical records . Why not well, i have really no problem in doing it. I have it right here. I mean should i do it . Reporter sharing the results of a recent physical. His diet, trump favors fast food, he told oz, because he says he knows whats in it. His workout routine, all those hand gestures during speeches, he joked. Youre 63, 236 pounds. In my mind im thinking your body surface area and your bmi is high. Yeah. If i had one thing, id like to lose weight. Its tough because of the way i live. But the one thing i would like to do is be able to drop 15, 20 pounds. Reporter underscoring the importance of this conversation about the candidates health, the fact that if elected, donald trump would be the oldest firstterm president ever at age 70. Hillary clinton the secondoldest. She turns 69 next month. But both these candidates really hoping the pass of their travel, their campaigning, will demonstrate that they each have the endurance needed to serve. Peter alexander, thank you. Lets bring in dr. Oz. Good morning. Seems like it was a genuine surprise him handing you this piece of paper with medical results. Didnt give you a big chance to really look at it before land. Was that a disadvantage . Or could you tell just by looking right then and there whether it was legit and xree hence sniff. The letter is a typical document one physician would give another regarding a patient. Every time i see a patient i get letters like that. You process them pretty quickly. It was a comprehensive battery of tests. Some from last week. Other tests hes had traditional screening tests, colonoscopies, with hard scans, and the like. I invited both candidates on to the show. Mr. Trump agreed to come. I was surprised when he produced the records. All i really wanted to do was the checklist of the typical things that a doctor would want to ask somebody. You asked additional questions. Head to toe, just give me a quick idea whats going on in every part of your body. I wanted to try to help with some clarity with the help of the candidates. Again, im hoping secretary clinton will accept the invitation. But we are a much more informed country today than we were yesterday about the health of our candidates. A lot of people expected donald trump to release these publicly. Are you able to say with your reputation, the trust people have new, unqualified that donald trump is healthy enough to be president . The records that i got, without question, indicate hes healthy enough to be president. If i as a doctor had a patient like him, i would think say he is in good health for a man of his age and i would send him on his way. I think thats again reflective of the fact that hes had appropriate screening throughout the years. I did not do the tests myself so i cant confirm that the data was all right but the summary is clear. I think people expect the standard to be a little higher for somebody that wants to be president rather than a routine checkup for someone who would come in to your office, wouldnt you like to see more of the Health Records or perform some of the examinations yourself . He had a stress test done on his heart. Thats the test a ceo of a company would get. The letter i read would be typical for a person thats running a company. I think thats pretty parallel. N not exactly the same but what you need to know if somebody is healthy enough to lead you. Some people looked at this and said what is a president ial candidate doing on a tv doctor show. Were you concerned at all about being, for lack of a better word, kind of used in that way . Well, i invited both candidates to come on a month ago. Mr. Trump agreed last week so, long before secretary clinton became ill. The invitation to her is still open. But i am a real doctor. I still practice medicine. I have a show that reaches millions of people, especially folks who are focused on the health topic. I think it is a very logical thing. Why not release it on a show that talks to people every day about health and have some context put on the results . Youre not just throwing a bunch of numbers in a newspaper or a reporter. You are actually with a doctor who can guide you through what it means. Dr. Oz, thank you. Check your local listings for the show today. Also this morning, were learning more about that cyber attack targeting former secretary of state colin powell. His emails published online revealing scathing takes on both donald trump and Hillary Clinton. And now trump is responding. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has the latest. Reporter good morning, willie. New concerns this morning that russia may have been involved in that hacking of Colin Powells emails. A senior federal Law Enforcement official telling nbc news that u. S. Authorities now believe that the website that obtained powells emails has direct ties to russian intelligence. Reporter overnight donald trump fighting back, tweeting i was never a fan of colin powell after his weak understanding of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. Disaster. It comes as powell is caught in the middle of president ial politics. A trove of personal i males hacked revealing devastating criticism of donald trump and even surprisingly tough comments about Hillary Clinton. In a july 2014 email, powell who had endorsed president obama reveals hes not sure about supporting clinton. Powell writing, i would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend i respect. Describing her as having a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational. Powell then used crude language in referencing tabloid reports about bill clinton. And in march of 2015, powell emailed a clinton backer about how hard Hillary Clinton was pushing herself. On hdtv she doesnt look good, he wrote. She is working herself to death. In an email last month, powell turned his focus to donald trump telling a former aide, all his lies and nonsense just pile up. And dismissing trumps outreach to black voters saying, he takes us for idiots. In emails this summer, powell also called trump an International Pariah and a national disgrace. He called trump advisor retired Army Lieutenant general Michael Flynn rightwing nutty. So far, Neither Campaign has responded to nbc news request for comment. The emails released as part of the hack were obtained by d. C. Leaks. A senior federal Law Enforcement official now telling nbc news that u. S. Authorities suspect the russians either created d. C. Leaks outright or are using it for their own ends. Russia is able not only to use cyber tools but Information Warfare to influence. Thats something significant. Its strategic. And its different. Reporter and this latest cyber attack comes just days after a cyber attack against the dnc which released numbers, cell phone numbers, including tim kaines personal cell phone number. If this is proved, it would be the first known attempt by a foreign power to interfere with an american election. Willie and savannah . Andrea mitchell, thank you. After hammering parts of florida, remnants of Tropical Storm julia now slowly moving up the southeastern coast bringing more heavy rain. Dylan is on that story this morning in for al. Yes, we did have Tropical Storm julia. Now it is a tropical depression but it did produce a lot of rain, especially across South Carolina. Take a look at charleston where cars are trying to drag through some of those flooded streets. Again, never recommended. So they did shut down some of the roads because of the flash flooding. Charleston picked up just over 3 1 2 inches of rain but other parts of South Carolina received as much as 5 1 4 inches of rain. Now the good news is this storm is going to continue to move east at only 2 Miles Per Hour though. It will sit and linger for the next couple of days. Winds are up to 35 miles an hour. We do have some bands of rain but nothing too heavy. The heaviest rain will stay out over the water. Over the next several days, while we arent going to see a lot more additional rain with it, we could see minor coastal flooding at the time of high tide because all of this water will continue to push onshore, especially in south and North Carolina. Here is the bullseye for the heaviest rain. You see out over the water. But we still could see an additional halfinch, up to an inch of rainfall, especially along the coast of North Carolina, but it is really at this point more the rip currents and minor coastal flooding thats the concern. Dylan, well check back with you in just a second for the rest of the forecast. A suspect is behind bars this morning in connection with the arson fire earlier this week at a florida mosque once attended by the gunman in the pulse nightclub attack. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is following that investigation for us. Kerry, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. The sheriff says the man who set fire to this mosque is 32yearold joseph shriber. He lives in a town called port st. Lucie. But this morning he is being held in jail, without bond, charged with arson and whats known as hate crime enhancement. His social media is filled with antiislamic sentiments. This morning, deputies in st. Lucie county say the man who set fire to this mosque has been caught. Hes 32yearold joseph shriber the same man authorities see running from the mosque on this Surveillance Video. Just seconds after flames lit up the house of worship. Deputies took him into custody on the street wednesday afternoon without incident. He was on the radar because of a tip from a community member. Reporter Authorities Say he had multiple antiislamic posts and comments on his facebook page. A july 12th posting reads, if america truly wants peace, safety and the pursuit of happiness, they should consider all forms of islam as radical. All islam is radical, and should be considered terrorists and criminals. Schriber who is jewish attended temp temple bethel, but he was not a member of the congregation. He was very kind, very open and very accessible. Reporter a representative of the Muslim Community says they are relieved schriber has been caught. We will not judge this person based on what religion they are because we know that it doesnt speak on behalf of his religion. Reporter at the home where de detectives say he lived with his parents, they gathered evidence, secluding this motorcycle, which investigators say is consistent with the one caught on video a short distance from the mosque the night of the fire. Meanwhile this morning, much of the mosque is just a burnedout shell. This was harmful to the community. This was a place of worship and it was very important for the community that we brought this individual to justice. Reporter the hate crime enhanced arson charge here carries a maximum 30year sentence if convicted. But because schriber has been convicted on felonies before, he faces whats known as a habitual offender charge which could land him in prison for the rest of their life. His parents are said to be in shock but have had no contact. Kerry sanders, thanks. Other news now. World Antidoping Agency has suggestion hackers have released a second batch of confidence medical information. The group calls itself fancy bears and it published the data of it 25 athletes from eight countries, including the u. S. The Group Alleges the athletes had taken banned substances. However, the documents appear to be related to socalled therapeutic use exemptions which allow athletes to take prohibited substances if they have a verified medical need. On tuesday medical information of gymnast simone biles and also tennis stars venus and Serena Willia williams. More fallout over North Carolinas soen had called bathroom bill. All acc championships will be moved out of North Carolina for this academic year. That includes the conferences football championship scheduled for charlotte in december. The decision comes two days after the ncaa announced it is pulling championship events out of that state. Its all a result of house bill 2, a state law that limits antidiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. A typhoon slammed into parts of southeastern china. The typhoon knocked out power to almost 1 million homes there, shattered windows on Tall Buildings and disrupted water lines. The typhoon has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm and it is expected to weaken more as it moves north. Back to that alarming video we showed you at the top of the show. A florida man says his cell phone exploded while he was driving. He pulled over, got out just in time as his car burst into flames. Owner says it was a Samsung Galaxy 7, not the same one recalled recently over fire concerns. Thats the samsung note 7. The company is telling note 7 owners to stop using their phones. It should be noted, fire officials have still not said what caused the car fire you are looking at right there. Scary pictures. Dylan is back with the rest of the forecast. Whats shakeing . Besides some of the rip currents in the southeast, we will see a really nice day in the northeast. Were done with the record breaking heat. Well replace it with temperatures in the mid 70s. As comfortable as it gets. We also have a chance for severe storms back through the plains. Isolated tornadoes are certainly possible. Up and down the west coast, 70s and 80s with lots of sunshine. Im going to make this as simple as possible for you. You can go ahead and stick with that complicated credit card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. Or. You can get the quicksilver card from capital one. Quicksilver earns you unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. I shouldnt have to ask. Whats in your wallet . Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A Beautiful Day ahead. Still some lingers clouds this morning but well see lots of sunshine this afternoon. And look at these temperatures. 78 degrees in center city. The suburbs, low humidity. 47 for lansdale. Upper 70s for easton with mostly sunny skies. New jersey a few lingers clouds. Partly sunny skies. At the shore, mostly cloudy, sea breeze, low 70s. Upper 70s. Have great day. Latest forecast. All right, dylan, thank you. Coming up, did donald trum spend his charities money to buy a life size portrait of himself. The s

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