Tiger woods speaks out, blaming his dui arrest on Prescription Medications, claiming alcohol was not involved. What will the police report, expected to be released today, say on that subject. And the prisons grief. Prince william opens up about the death of his mother, princess diana, in his most candid comments yet, today, tuesday, may 30th, 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 on a Tuesday Morning. After memorial day. The president s back from his overseas trip. But some of the same headlines persisting. Thats right. Were back to the same sto storylines in washington as people shake off the holiday weekend. Theres new overnight developments recording the investigation. And reports that Jared Kushner tried to establish a secret back channel with moscow before the inauguration. Well start with National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Reporter President Trump and his advisers are gearing up for an aggressive effort to push back on allegations involving russia and his president ial campaign. Their plan to establish a war room to deal with all things russiarelated. The effort will be headed by Jared Kushner, steve bannon and reince prebus, as some are edge couraging kushner to lay low, with questions raised about kushn kushners dealing with russia. I believe that god has a special place in heaven, for those who laid down their lives so others may live free from fear. Reporter but heading into summer, the president and his team are already feeling the heat. Mr. Trump fending off critical headlines. The New York Times reporting Jared Kushner was looking for a, quote, direct line back to Vladimir Putin back in december during the transition. Mr. Trump telling the times earlier this week, he has total confidence in his soninlaw. The Washington Post reporting, kushner asked about using russian facilities. The newcomer is under fbi scrutiny into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Hes not a target of the inquiry. Mr. Trump writing, jared is doing a great job for the country. He is respected by virtually everyone. Adding, he is a very good person. The back channel effort getting mixed reaction. The head of security downplaying it. I dont see a big issue relative to jared. Anytime you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether theyre good friends or not so good friends, is a smart thing to do. Reporter but republicans disagree. I dont think its standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a president of the united states, by someone who is not in an appointed position. Reporter senator john mccain offering this striking assessment of Vladimir Putin. I think he is the premier and most important threat, more so than isis. Reporter the man heading up the Justice Departments investigation, former fbi director, robert mueller, speaking for the first time. Here at a prep school graduation, never mentioning the pro probe. You can be smart, articulate and persuasive. But if youre not honest, a reputation can be lost. And once lost, a reputation cannot be regained. Reporter that shakeup has begun here in the west wing. The first to depart is the communications director, a man by the name of mike dubke. As for the war room, President Trump is considering bringing in other names, as well. Among them, the former Campaign Manager corey lewandowski. That could deepen the divisions within the fankss ctions of thee house, as more folks take sides. Peter alexander, thank you. Lets turn to josh earnest and nicolle wallace. The president is back from nine days overseas. Whats going to drive headlines this week . Right before i came on, they sent a note saying, remind people of the historic moves we made in the middle east. Nobody will talk about the good things on the trip. Theyll be on cleanup on the stop in nato. People both sides of the aisle consider to be a debacle, that the president did not confirm to na nato. Thats on the Foreign Policy said. And on the domestic side, what peter just laid out. They have a defcon 4 political crisis on their hands with the russian investigation. And it goes not just to the top echelons of the senior staff, it goes to the deep inner circle of the president s family. A perfect segue to talk about Jared Kushner. The soninlaw, senior adviser, and now reportedly someone who tried to set up a secret Communications Channel with the russians before inauguration. The white house has not denied this. The president said hes a good person and defended Jared Kushner but not denied this took place. How significant is that . Its quite significant, savannah. It raises a big question. Why was it so important for senior trump officials, not just the president himself, but the president s soninlaw, to be in secret communication outside of the listening of the communication and communication of the military. And why did that have to take place before Trump Took Office . That raises questions about new reporting that mr. Kushner sought to use that channel to meet with a russian banker who himself has a close personal relationship with Vladimir Putin. They say it was talking about so syria and other National Security issues. Youre not buying that . Im not buying that. Why would you talk to a russian banker about whats going on in syria. If you want to set up the channel, you want President Trump to have the advice from his intelligence advisers, military advisers, diplomatic advisers, who could help him formulate the policy. Thats what you would use that secret channel for. It seems obvious they had other intentions. Jared kushner is not a normal political adviser. Hes family. Hes a soninlaw. Hes weathered a lot of storms and occupied his own space inside the white house. If his star is starting to fade or if the president starts to doubt him, what does that mean . I dont accept that the president is doubting him or that the president is losing faith in him. At 25yearold, he took over a family empire. That hardens, just at the human level. That hardens a human being that most political operatives, you and i included, have not been tested personally. I think hes a tough guy. What continues to trip up this white house, they were unprepared to assume the office of the presidency, they had no staff. I find it hard to believe they couldnt wait a few weeks to start engaging in Foreign Policy. Their excuses are nonsensical. And the attorneys are trying to get their arms around a set of facts to see if the explanations and excuses hold bat wawater. They had no cabinet but they had to rush into Foreign Policy negotiations with russia. It makes no sense. Youre saying its going to be a calm week in washington. Perfect. Happy summer, everybody. Thank you, as well. Good to see you. Now, to breaking news overnight. Word that man well noriega, a brutal dictator, has tdied. Gadi schwartz has more this morning. Reporter he was a drug lord, a dictator and an ally of the united states, playing a key role in the irancontra scandal, until he was overthrown by u. S. Troops in 1990. Manuel noriega was once the powerful military strongman. He served as military intelligence in panama. After the president was killed in a plane crash, noriega installed himself as the countrys leader. Eventually, he became a paid informant for the u. S. , funneling weapons and equipment to groups in south america. He was trafficking drugs and secretly selling american technology. The u. S. Looked the other ways for years because of the importance of the panama canal as a strategic and economic waterway and because of noriegas usefulness for covert operations. Noriega is bad news for panama. Hes bad news for the region. Reporter amid growing unrest, president george h. W. Bush approved the invasion of pana panama, saying noriegas rule threatened lives and property. 28,000 troops took part in the mission. Noriega captured as a prisoner of war and flown to miami. In 1992, he was convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering, in what was dubbed the drug trial of the century. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He was extradited to france in 2010. And a year later, sent back to panama, where he was imprisoned for the rest of his life for crimes committed during his rule. Overnight, panamas president confirmed noriegas death in a tweet. He had been in a medically induced coma for two months. Isis has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed 17 people outside of an ice cream shop in baghdad. A surveillance camera captured the explosion last night on a treelined street filled with cars. Dozens of people were injured, it came after day after ramadan, when people fill cafes at night. And a second car bombing killed 14 people during rush hour in downtown baghdad. British police are turning to the public for help in the investigation of last weeks concert bombing. They have released this picture of the suicide bomber, hoping for more information on the blue suitcase you see. He was seen with it on the day of the attack. Louis s lucy khavanov is with us this morning. Reporter salman abedi returned to england on may 18th. Theyre trying to piece together how and where they assembled that bomb. This morning, British Police are asking for the publics help. Releasing this photo of the manchester bomber wheeling a large, blue suitcase. He was spotted with it at two different locations on the day of the attack. Authorities scrambling to piece together abedis movements in his final days. The chilling video obtained by the bbc, appears to be abedi shopping near at the convenient score near the place he did the bombing. This is the point he put together a device he had spent several days making. Where the suitcase went before him manufacturing the explosives and coming here to put the bomb together, is the final bit that the police are trying to work out. Reporter the investigation, not slowing down. In their hunt for clues, police combing through nearly 13,000 hours of cctv footage. 600 pieces of evidence. Searching 21 location and counting. A Forensic Team on monday, scouring this landfill. Could authorities have stopped the attack. Mi5 warned about abedi, is now investigating why it failed to act. Were there opportunities to thwart this attack . Well, the bomber had been on their radar a couple years earlier. There were certainly opportunities. Reporter its been exactly one week since the attack claimed the lives of 22 victims, 7 of them children. Last night, manchester stopped to mourn and to reflect, to honor and remember. Manchester is all about being together at times when we need to be. And honestly, there was nowhere else we were going to be tonight. Reporter and for the First Time Since the attack, victims families returning to the Manchester Arena for a private vigil. The city grieving alongside them. And, savannah, theres been grief, obviously. But so much inspiration, too. People have been coming here day after day, to pay their respects. The makeshift memorial growing before our eyes. This is clearly a united community, one that will not cower in the face of terror. Savannah . Lucy khavanov, in manchester, thank you. The man accused of the stabbing in oregon due in court today. The victims were Good Samaritans, trying to stop his hatefilled rant. Miguel almaguer is in oregon. Good morning to you. Reporter the suspect well known to police, was caught on tape spewing hate speech. Some say he was a ticking time bomb waiting to kill. Call the police. I dare you. Reporter the day before the deadly train attack in portland. We got a christian or muslim [ bleep ] bus ride. Ill stab you, too. Reporter cell phone video has surfaced that police says shows Jeremy Christian on a hatefilled tirade. Police say the next day, christian yelled antimuslim and ethnic slurs at two young female passengers on a train before stabbing three men who tried to come to their defense, killing two. First thing i thought about was, were sitting ducks here. Reporter michael kennedy, a former paramedics reached the two victims, giving bass cpr as he slipped away. He was surrounded by people smoothing him. Reporter christian was cornered by police. Shoot me then. Reporter detectives are investigating the alleged white supremacist. Im here to be heard. Reporter who has a history of hate speech and was seen at a rally just last month, appearing to give the nazi salute. They lost their lives because of me and my friend and the way we looked. Reporter she told fox 12 her friend was wearing a hijab when three men came to their defense. I want to say thank you to their family. That i appreciate them. Without them, we probably would be dead right now. Reporter late monday, 21yearold mica fletcher, who risked his life to help strangers, was released from the hospital. Ricki past, a military veteran was a hero. The 24yearold was a recent graduate. His sister addressing a sea of mourners through a stream of tears. Everything that he did in his life, he had purpose. Reporter this morning, a growing tribute for the victims, as the troubling past of the suspect comes to light. After the bloodshed here in arkansas, the presidear oregon, the president sending out this tweet the i vooi lent attacks in portland on friday are unacceptable. The suspect will be in court later today, where he will face two counts of murder. Miguel almaguer in portland. Thank you very much. We go to texas, where a scuffle broke out on monday between lawmakers on the house floor. This was on a contentious final day of the session. One lawmaker said he called immigration authorities on a group of people who were protesting a ban on sanctuary cities. That angered hispanic lawmakers. One state departmentive report think threatened to shoot one of his colleagues. But that comment was inself defense after that was met with violence. You call this a scuffle . This is a scuffle after a baseball game. It happened after Hunter Strickland plunked harper on the mound. The benches clear. Fists are flying. The two players apparently had bad blood after harper hit a couple of homelands off of stickland in 2014. Cant we just move on . Players were ejected. The nationals go on to win 30. Thats baseball. Lets go to hockey. All was calm on monday night. Game one of the stanley cup final. The penguins scored an early lead to hold off the nashville predators, game two wednesday night. You can watch it on nbc sports network. Hockey is the calmer sport . Hockey was fine. Baseball, a fight. More trouble. Lets get a check of the weather. Unofficially in summer now. Yes, we are. Were looking at severe weather. Look at what happened in north carolina. Strong storms taking down power poles. Also, flipping over some builds. Causing problems. Straight line winds. Well be checking that for today. Were looking at strong storms firing up, stretching from new england all the way down into the gulf coast. We look for showers and thunderstorms, firing up this afternoon. Western new york, on into new york city, down into washington. Threat of strong storms, heavy rain and winds. The first front moves out. And wednesday, we get another one. And down to the south, were looking at strong storms also today, with gulf moisture fueling these storms, causing some problems today, right on into storm. Anywhere from one to three inches of rain, from the gulf coast all the way into the northeast. Thats whats burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a coupe soup. [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 morning, im meteorologist bill henley. Another gray day ahead. Lots of clouds, scattered showers, possibly a thunderstorm. 69 in the suburbs, up to 68 for philadelphia. New jersey, youll see clouds and some showers this morning moving up through delaware. Some of the showers will reach the shore. Just 64 degrees this afternoon. The lehigh valley, fog will disappear, but the clouds remai with a chance of some lateday showers and thunderstorms. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in delaware up to 67. And thats your latest weather. Matt . All right, al. Thank you very much. Coming up, tiger woods speaks out in the wake of his dui arrest. Why he says alcohol was not involved. And the way that atm fees are stealing your card information and your p. I. N. Number. The rossen experiment you need to see. First on a Tuesday Morning this, is today on nbc. We started service dogs for heroes because we know how important a welltrained service dog can be in improving veterans lives. We want every veteran to get this help. Petsmart charities and blue buffalo share the same values in helping others. Thats why were partnering with the goal to raise 1 million to support service dogs for heroes. Help us reach our goal by visiting petsmart between now and july 4th to donate at the register. Petsmart for the love of pets. 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