Pray for my journey. Pope francis message to the faithful, as he gets to land in egypt this morning. His arrival within the hour. Security extremely tight. Were live in cairo. And baby onboard. There he is. Utahs Garett Bolles steals the Opening Night of the nfl draft by bringing his infant son on stage. Showing him off to the crowd. Circle of life the touching moment that has fans clearing, today, friday, april 28th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. I love it when future nfl stars go all disney on us. Its so cute. Im thinking i would like to start this show by Holding Charlie up in the air. The crowd loves it. So cute. More on the draft in a little while. We have a busy day. Lets get to our top story. That surprisingly candid interview with President Trump, as he opens up about the challenges facing his administration and the job of being president. And in a moment, were going to have a candid conversation of our own, with attorney general Jeff Sessions. But first, nbc national correspondent, Peter Alexander is at the white house. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Day 99, now, for President Trump. The president , this morning, in a new interview, saying the u. S. Is considering serious action in north korea. Also, offering a personal view of kim jongun. Refusing to say whether he thinks the young dictator isor. Just ahead of his 100th day in office, keeping up tough tack on north korea, offering this ominous warning. Well, theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. Absolutely. Reporter in an interview with reuters, released overnight, the president saying this about north koreas erratic dictator, kim jongun. Hes 27 years old. His father dies, took over a regime. So, say what you want, but that is not easy, especially at that age. Rex tillerson will chair a special meeting of the u. N. Security council today, focused on north korea, signaling an openness for the u. S. To have direct talks with the country. Obviously, that would be the way we would like to solve this. But north korea has to decide theyre ready to talk to us about the right agenda. Reporter tillerson indicating china has asked north korea to stop its nuclear testing. Something a top north korean official swore this week would never happen. Overnight, the country releasing this propaganda film, featuring simulated attacks on the white house, the u. S. Capitol building. The comments come as the white house is pushing back against new accusations it failed to properly vet ousted National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. Saying that flynn received top security clearance long before trump took office. Why would you rerun a background check of someone who was the head of Defense Intelligence agency, that did and had maintained a highlevel security clearance. Reporter but flynn was fired in 2013. And the trump transition did do its own background check on flynn and hired him anyway. Now, the pentagons Inspector General saying it opened an investigation into flynn earlier this month, over payments he received in russia in 2015, and lobbying work for turkey last year. Making news from the reuters interview, President Trump acknowledging he misses life before he entered the white house. Take a listen. I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. I actually this is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. I thought it was more of a im a detailsoriented person. I think you would say that. But i do miss my old life. This i like to work. Thats not a problem. But this is actually more work. Reporter more than five months after his victory, the president says, he misses driving. And now, feels like hes living in a cocoon. Matt and savannah, back to you. U. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is here with us. Good morning. Nice to be with you. Was Michael Flynn vetted by the Trump Transition Team before being named the National Security adviser . They work hard on vetting. They do the best they can. And i dont know what they did in that case. Im not aware and not involved in studying it. Theres investigations under way. If it turns out that general flynn lied on his paperwork for that application, or if he continued to work for a foreign interest while he was the National Security adviser, he may have committed a felony. And it will fall on your department to decide whether to prosecute him or let him go. You have already recused yourself from investigations involving any coordination between Trump Associates and russian officials. Does that recusal extend to this area . To general flynn . My recusal deals with the campaign issues. But i would expect not to be involved in this one. You would recuse yourself from any decision dealing with general flynn . I dont know if theres an investigation or should be. And we dont confirm investigations in the department of justice. Real quickly, his Attorney Says hes got a story to tell. And theyved asked for immunity to exchange for testifying. Will he be given immunitimmunit . Well see. The people to decide that will be the people to decide this. The president talked about this investigation from which you have recused yourself. The russia is a faux story. They use the russia story as a way to justify how they lost. Your department of justice is investigating whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia. Is it a fake story or a real investigation investigation . That is to the matters of the new deputy. I recused myself to make the decisions. Im not going to comment about the case. You know i cant talk about that case. But is it a legitimate area of investigation . Im not going to go into that. Im going to let the officials discuss it. Do you agree with the president its a fake story . Fake investigation . Ill let others comment on that. Were almost at the 100day mark. And the president said, about the job of the president , this is more work than my previous life. I thought it would be easier. What do you think of that . Well, it is a tough job. I got to tell you. And he works so hard. I mean, this man has tremendous strength and energy. And he works into the night every night. And so, it is a tough job. My job is a 12houraday job also. I have to tell you. Its exiting and thrilling. Every now and then you feel like youre making a contribution to america. And im sure the president gets satisfaction for that. He gets point of candor that this is harder than i thought it would be. He is realizing, health care is more complicated th ed than i t. The issue of the dynamic between north korea and china is not as easy. Should he have been more prepared . I think hes prepared and has a good philosophy and approach to it. But carrying out the approaches and going through the minutia and the congress and all of the problems we have to execute change in america, is a real challenge. And it is frustrating, im sure, for businessmen on occasion. Used to getting things done king quickly. The cia director said it was time to call out wikileaks for what it is, a hostile server embedded in places like russia. Do you agree . Were having problems with leaks. Some of this is very serious. Not just a leak of abuse, a theft, or some whistleblower or government. These are direct threats to the techniques and security procedures our government has. Im worried about it. I think we need to do more to end this. We need to step up our efforts. Do you afree with director pompeo, that wikileaks is a state actor, working at the behealb behest of a state like russia . Were going to do our best ability to analyze these matters. The cia director shares with us, leaks and things that are appropriate. And we investigate them appropriately. It does beg the question, duds bodoes it bother you that candidate trump would say, i love wikileaks . They were putting out information political information im sure he valued. Its okay to embrace that organization if theyre helping you politically . No. There are limits on what you can do to take peoples private information off their computers. Theres limits of what you can do to share intelligence, topsecret information with our adversaries. That what you call a potpourri of poppic topics. Thank you. The latest is promming calls for an investigation, while the inmate shook while strapped to the gurney. A reporter said Kenneth Williams appeared to convulse and jerk 20 seconds after the drug was administered. His attorney described that execution was horrifying. He is calling for a full investigation. A spokesman for arkansas governor called it an involuntary muscular reaction. And says the state is unlikely to call for a review. Now, to the highprofile trip by pope francis. In the wake of terror attacks on christian churches, security is a huge concern. Keir simmons is in cairo. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. On thetinry, a church that was hit by a suicide bomber in december. You can see why many are nervous and excited for this trip. A trip where the pope will meet the president of egypt, leaders of the muslim faith. He toughs down within the hour. Pope francis, leaving rome earlier this morning. Tweeting, pray for my journey. In egypt, preparation. Isis struck churches here two weeks ago. And in february, an isis propaganda video urged follows to Slaughter Christians. The pope recording his own message. I am as a friend, a message of piece. The pope will travel in a closed vehicle, but not bulletproof. We take the necessary precautions and the security takes care of us. Reporter egypts security was criticized after bombs hit two churches in separate cities on palm sunday. 47 died. Another attack before christmas, captured on security footage, a church packed with worshipers and then, an explosion. Egy egypts hardline president , who has met the pope in rome, held a state funeral. More muslims are killed here than any other group. But isis has declared war on Egypts Christian community. A lot of victims. Killed innocent people for what . Reporter catholics are a small minority. We are asking ourself if the pope will come in this conditions. And he himself said, i am coming to egypt. Reporter today, he will reach out to all faiths. Bring joy, peace and love. Reporter christians, fearful but defiant. Despite the isis threat, churches in cairo this week, packed. Officials tell me, isis fighters driven from iraq may be returning here to egypt. Meanwhile, the government here has been criticized for a crackdown on islamists, opposition groups and journalists. You can see why, matt, this is a sensitive and highrisk trip for the pope. Keir simmons in cairo. Thanks very much. Here at home, were learning more about the settlement between United Airlines and the passenger who was dragged off of a flight. Tom costello has been on this one since the beginning. Tom, good morning to you. Reporter hi, savannah. United airlines is opening that the turbulence by this debacle will start to settle. In lightning speed, since the incident occurred. This morning, United Airlines is saying its pleased to have reached an amicable resolution of what it calls this unfortunate incident. That incident, the brutal dragging of dr. David dao off of a united flight, that caused him to lose two teeth and suffer a broken nose and concussion. Details of the subtlement are not being made public. But in a statement, united has taken full responsibility on what happened on flight 3411. United is to be applauded. The airline promising more training for difficult situations. Creative solutions for agents. Fewer overbooked flights. And up to 10,000 for passengers willing to be bumped for later night flights. We breached public trust. Reporter arthur munoz told lester holt, apologies is not enough. There has to be action. Cell phone videos shining a spotlight on almost everything that happens onboard a plane. Like the recent confrontation between a mother and an American Airlines flight aattendant, ove the removal of the stroller from the plane, that left her in tears. A passenger removed from his flight, after getting up to use the restroom, during the critical moments while the plane was waiting to take off. Despite instructions to stay seated. My bladder wasnt anything i had complete control over. Reporter the plane had to return to the gate, delaying takeoff. Hamilton put on another airline for the flight home and refunded half the cost of his ticket. If the plane is moving on the ramp, you have to comply with the flight attendants instructions. Tom, thank you. A lesson on how not to approach a gas station. Look at this Surveillance Video from detroit. A karl comes barreling in. Running into the gas pump, on to the car in the next lane. There wasnt a fire. Police believe the driver was fleeing the scene of another car crash, just minutes earlier. Theyre still looking for the suspect. Something tells me theres more to that story. Lets go to al. We had rain all week. Have we earned a good weekend . Here we have. But other folks in the midsection of the country in rough shape. Were talking about Severe Weather and flooding over the next 72 hours. You can see the storms already, with snow behind it. But look at this for today. We have 24 Million People at risk, from Wichita Falls and louisville, and hail. With the possibility of tornados from indiana to missouri. And tomorrow, we have more people, 33 Million People at risk, for large hail, strong winds, tornado threat from texas to missouri. And a flooding threat, too. Whats fueling all this . You heard about the pineapple express. Were talking about the myan express. The bermuda high moves to the west. That sets up this flow, this Atmospheric River of moisture coming across the yucatan, where the mayan people originated. Coming across the gulf and into the midwest, bringing tons of moisture. Torrential rain, significant flooding, from chicago down to almost dallas, about five inches of rain. But locally, in oklahoma to missouri, there could be 10 to 12 inches of rain, as we get into sunday on already saturated ground. Ground. 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