Test and slurring through his words before being placed into handcuffs and taken to jail. And foul ball. The new york mets beloved mascot caught on camera making a vulgar gesture to fans. And the team is looking for a new mr. Met, today, thursday, june 1st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Its nice to have you along with us. As mr. Matt would say, were number one. Well have more on that in a little while. The big hands really make an impact. Let us begin on a thursday morning with the eyes of the world on President Trump. Later this afternoon hes going to announce whether the u. S. Is pulling out of the historic Paris Climate Accord. And there are new developments in the russia investigation as well, including word of key testimony to come from fired fbi director james comey. Were covering all of it for you and well start with White House Correspondent kristen welker. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. This morning an Administration Official tells nbc news later today many the rose garden the president is expected to announce that hes pulling out of the landmark paris climate agreement. But there will also likely be caveats. This official also stressing nothing is final until it comes out of the president s mouth. Im hearing from a lot of people both ways. Reporter everyone from the pope to the president s daughter and his secretary of state, a former oil executive, want President Trump to stay in the 2015 paris climate agreement, aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. But top strategist steve bannon and epa chief scott pruitt want the u. S. Out, arguing it hurts business and could embold an environmentalist to fight the president s policy. And with almost a fifth of the worlds emissions, could a u. S. Withdrawal make it all go up in smoke . Jean claude, the european commissioner, said not everything in International Agreements is fake news. We have to comply with it. And this morning the president is hearing from these big american brands, arguing the paris deal is good for business with Even Oil Companies including exxonmobil and bp offering their support when the earth had its hottest year on record, a trend that will only worsen if the president pulls out. When we talk about heat waves and major storms, were talking about people losing their lives here in boston. And we cannot let it happen. Reporter the only other countries who arent a part of the paris deal, syria and nicaragua. The president once called Climate Change as a hoax, but has since softened his language. Still the move would be a Campaign Promise kept and would overturn one of former president obamas biggest environmental achievements. Kristen welker leading us off. By the way, nbc news will have live coverage of the president s announcement this afternoon on most of the nbc stations. Let us talk now about new developments on the russia investigation. Fired fbi director james comey has now been cleared to testify on capitol hill. And lawmakers are now issuing new subpoenas to some key figures tied to the Trump Campaign. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander has more on that. Peter, good morning. Reporter hey, matt, good morning to you. The russia questions are mounting just as the white house says its done answering them ahead of james comeys upcoming testimony, the press Secretary Sean Spicer has announced hes now going to refer all questions about russia to the president s newly appointed council. This morning james comey is ready to share his story, a source close to the former fbi director tells nbc news that comey has been, quote, cleared for takeoff by special Counsel Robert Mueller, getting the goahead to testify before congress as early as next week where hes certain to be asked what President Trump said to him about the russia investigation. Nbc news has previously learned comey told friends he felt pressured by the president to back off the investigation. It comes as the russia inquiry grows with new subpoenas issued for ousted National Security adviser michael flynn, the president s personal lawyer michael cohen, and both mens companies. Subpoenas also sent from the republicanled House Intelligence Committee related to possible improper unmasking of trump associates. The committee seeking information on requests made by three top obama officials. National security adviser susan rice, cia director john brennan, and u. N. Ambassador samantha power. Rise is vigorously denied any wrongdoing. I leaked nothing to nobody. And never have and never will. Reporter also this morning the Washington Post reporting the Trump Administration is considering giving russia back a pair of luxury retreats near new york city and on marylands eastern shore. Diplomatic compounds, the Obama Administration said were being used for intelligencerelated purposes. Shutting them down last december to punish russia for interfering in the election. A state Department Spokesman says the u. S. And russia have reached no agreements. And the former top National Security adviser to president obama tweeting, what possible explanation could there be for this . It only enables russia spying on the United States. As for the russian compounds, notably last week the Russian Embassy here in washington tweeted the following, they wrote, russia is seeking to return its diplomatic property in the United States asap, otherwise we will have to take counter measures. On a separate topic, as for the indecipherable tweet from the president 24 hours ago with the made up word, covfefe, sean spicer had a word on it. This is his chippic explanation. Why did it stay up so long . Is no one watching this . No, the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant. Spicer said he wasnt concerned about the president sending out those overnight tweets. Back to you, matt and savannah. Peter, thank you very much. President trump, james comey, russian interference were all targets of Hillary Clinton in her most outspoken interview yet about the president ial race. She now says she suspects the president s campaign gave direct guidance to moscow. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell with more on that. Andrea, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. As Congress Launches the russia investigation and accelerates it, Hillary Clinton is trying to connect the dots about her up expected loss. And putting a lot of the blame on fake news circulated by a sophisticated republican internet operation. The candidate still trying to explain what went wrong. We thought we were going to win. Reporter and placing blame, not on herself but on the Democratic National committee. I inherit nothing from the democratic party. What do you mean nothing . I mean, it went bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency. Reporter and that private email server . This was the biggest nothing burger ever. It was a mistake. Ive said it was a mistake. Reporter she says the press made too much of it. They covered it like it was pearl harbor. Reporter but primarily blaming james comey for reopening the email issue just before election day. My momentum, particularly among women in the suburbs, stopped and dropped. Reporter and she argues while comey revealed everything about her emails, he never disclosed he had been investigating the Trump Campaign and russian hacking for months. Comey was more than happy to talk about my emails but he wouldnt talk about the investigation of the russians. So people went to vote on november 8 having no idea that there was an active Counter Intelligence investigation going on. Reporter Late Wednesday the president as though the campaign were still underway tweeting, crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself. Refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits facebook and even dems and dnc. And clinton tweeting back, people in covfefe houses shouldnt throw covfefe. Reporter theres that covfefe again. And Hillary Clinton said donald trump had a way to rally men in a way they couldnt accept from a woman candidate. Today joe biden is launching a new Political Action committee saying what he calls the negativity of todays politics drives him crazy. Matt and savannah . That sets the table nicely for james baker who served as secretary of state under president george h. W. Bush and chief of staff to Ronald Reagan and president bush. Hes with us along with tom brokaw, secretary baker, secretary brokaw, great to see you both. Later well find out if President Donald Trump is going to pull the United States out of the paris accord. He said he would make no decisions that wouldnt put America First and wouldnt be what is best for america before it is best for others. Is pulling us out of the Paris Climate Accord the best for america . I hope he doesnt pull us out of the paris accord. On the other hand, it is important to have something to point to that would fulfill our obligations under the accord rather than this. I proposed to the white house a carbon dividends proposal where we would impose a carbon tax but reinvade it to the American People so it doesnt grow government. Its conservative, free market, limited government and internationally competitive. That would put us in compliance with that accord. Tom, mitt romney tweeted yesterday, he said, affirmation of the paris accord is about remaining a Global Leader do. You think we have to stay in to change the future of the world . Well, i feel very strongly about the reality of global Climate Change and we have to acknowledge that jim also has an idea that has had real merit, not just have the white house make the decision, but we talked about pumping it over to the senate. This is a treaty that needs radification and need a debate on that. I think president obama didnt submit it to the senate because he was afraid it wouldnt get approval. So he called it an executive agreement. Why not submit it to the senate . If the Senate Ratifies it as a treaty, then we know the American People are behind it and see what happens. Im not sure it would get through the senate. Interesting. Because, of course, the senate is controlled by republicans. I have to ask you about another big topic we just talked about, james comey, the fired fbi director set to testify perhaps as early as next week. If you had been in the white house, comey has detractors on all sides, but would you have advised the president to fire the fbi director in these circumstances . Or did he make this situation worse for himself . I dont know the answer to that because i dont know everything that was going on at the time. But i will say this, i think director comey made a huge mistake back in july when he stepped down and held that press conference saying, weve seen a lot of bad activity here on the part of Hillary Clinton but nothing that would result in her being charged. He assumed unto himself the prosecutorial discretion that should rest in the justice department. You can say Loretta Lynch was disqualified because she met with bill clinton on her airplane, but there was a Deputy Attorney general who should have made that decision. The fbis investigative agent. If it was a fireable offense, should trump have done it on day one . Well, again, i dont know everything that happened. But the president has absolute power to fire the fbi director any time he wants to. You are often seen as the Gold Standard when it comes to white house chiefs of staff serving in that position twice. When you look at what is going on in the white house right now, and assess the dynamic, whose running the show, is it the right person . And are there too many competing interests . Well, i said back on february 9th to politico, i did an interview and said the one thing that worries me about the way theyre set up is there are five or six competing Power Centers with broad overlapping authority and mega responsibility. And thats not a good recipe because thats contributed to all the fighting going on in there. He needs to empower one person, make sure everybody understands thats the guy or thats the lady, and give them the authority to run the white house. And make it a strong chief of staff. He needs that. They badly need, also, a message discipline in that white house. You know, you cant run something as big as the government unless everybodys singing from the same hymnal. It was a lot tougher to cover them than it is to cover this white house, by the way, because there are so many competing in this white house. Everybody wants to get their message out. Thats why you see the stuff coming out 24 7. Jim baker was chef of staff of Ronald Reagan and it was a tightly run ship. And you dealt with a single or a couple of people in key positions and he was always very straight with us. He didnt give up anything he didnt want to. Sometimes i was pushing him pretty hard at that point but he wouldnt give it up. But in this white house, its not just about the public image of it but the chaos behind the scenes ive never seen before in any ways. A lot of the power struggle playing out publicly. Secretary baker, thank you for being with us. Nice to see you, and tom, to you as well. Appreciate it. Now to the shocking video we showed you at the top of the show. A shooting inside a texas car dealership that involved two Bounty Hunters and the fugitive they were looking for. This morning all three men are dead. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is here with that story. Steph, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The Bounty Hunters waited hours to arrest the suspect. And when they finally approached him, a scuffle led to a shootout right in front of employees and customers. A terrifying and deadly shootout caught on camera. New cell phone video released overnight shows the chaotic moment when two Bounty Hunter ace approached a fugitive at a texas car dealership. The suspect opened fire sparking a short but intense gun battle that sent customers and workers diving for cover. Oh, my gosh, where is he . Greenville 911, whats going on . I dont know where he is Reporter Police say two investigators from Corpus Christie gabriel burnall and fidel garcia tried to arrest ramon hutchison. There was a warrant out for his arrest. The Bounty Hunters approached with guns drawn. Hutchinson tried to pull a pistol from the waistband. After a brief scuffle, all three men unloaded their weapons. Police say 20 shots were fired in just six seconds. The bullets shattering glass and sending terrified customers running for their lives. Get down hold on greenville 911, whats the address of the emergency . Jesus, in greenville at the nissan dealership. Theres been a shooting. Im hiding in the bathroom, please hurry. Reporter all three men suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene. Incredibly, no one else was hurt in that shootout. You may wonder how often Bounty Hunters get involved in cases like this. Theres a surprising statistic, 90 of the people who jump bail in the u. S. Are picked up by a Bounty Hunter. Ramon Michael Hutchinson had an joust standing warrant for failing to appear on a firstdegree judge charge in minneapolis. Scary stuff. That got way out of hand. Stephanie, thank you very much. This morning were seeing some chilling new video that was taken by Police Inside the pulse nightclub on the night of that deadly mass shooting. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in orlando for us. Gabe, good morning. Reporter savannah, a warning to our viewers, these videos are disturbing. They have been edited not to show any of the people who died inside this nightclub, but they offer us our closest and most detailed look yet at what many in this community are calling a heroic actions of the officers who rushed into the line of fire. The dramatic videos posted onlicne by the Orlando Sentine show the Amazing Police officers. A barrage of gunfire leading out of the pulse nightclub as police sweep the building. One officer yelling commands at the gunman, omar mateen, who had taken survivors hostage. After a threehour standoff, mateen wa