Supporters of the move arguing it will be a boost to the economy. This morning, the fallout over one of the president s most controversial moves yet. Out of it. New video released of tiger woods in a foggy state of mind and taking a breathalyzer test following his dui arrest. Sir, would you, please, state your full name. Tiger woods. A court date now set in that case. And, queen of the bee. That is correct. Congratulations a 12yearold from california crowned the National Spelling bee champion and shes celebrating with us today, friday, june 2, 2017. Announcer 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 very busy friday morning. Thanks for joining us. Hoda is in while savannah has the day off, and weve got a breaking story to get right to. The soaring death toll in that disturbing attack on a casino in manila. Nbc kelly cobe ayah has the details. Good morning to you. Reporter they thought it was a terror attack, that turned out not to be the case. The death toll is high. 36 people killed. Its not clear yet if americans were among the hurt. Victims are still being identified this morning, but we know employees and guests of resorts world manila are among the dead after this lone gunman stormed in after midnight, turning the casino into a death trap. New video this morning showing the panic in manila. A lone gunman opening fire in a casino. I can hear gunshots. Reporter isabelle hessa watching from her apartment. This man, running for his life, but he got out. 36 others did not. They died not from the gunshots but from smoke inhalation. A fire engulfing part of the building. A hotel mall and casino. Smoke still rising from the roof this morning. Police said the gunman seen on security cameras didnt shoot anyone. Instead, firing at a tv screen, stealing 2 million in poker chips, and tragically pouring gasoline on casino tables and setting them on fire. Survivors confused and covered in black soot from the intense smoke. Firefighters brought many out on ladders from second floor windows but werent able to save anyone. Nearly all the victims were found in the casino. There was only one gunman involved in this senseless, senseless attack. Reporter more than 20 were hurt. Most of them injured in the stampede to get out. Police say the gunman was found dead early this morning in a hotel next to the casino of an apparent suicide. They have not yet identified him. Said he had no identification on him, but they do say he does not appear to have any ties to terrorist groups. In their words, this was a criminal act by a disturbed man. Matt, hoda . A senseless act and terrible story. Kelly, thank you very much. Also this morning, the world is reacting to President Trumps decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. It is sparking protests here at home and overseas, but supporters say the move was a necessary one. We do have complete coverage on the fallout and in a moment well speak about it with President Trumps commerce secretary. First, nbcs National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house with more. Hey, peter. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning to you. The president s decision to definitively unify critics overseas and here at home, already a new drive sticking to u. S. Commitments combating Climate Change despite President Trump with 30 mayors at least 3 governors and more than 100 businesses partnering and negotiating directly with the United States. Among those leading the way, michael bloomberg. His company volunteering to donate millions to help cover the costs. Protestors turning up the heat on President Trump. [ chanting ] after his announced withdrawal from the paris climate agreement. So were getting out. Reporter the president letting a landmark u. S. Commitment go up in smoke, arguing it put americas businesses at competitive disadvantage. We will see if we can make a deal thats fair. And if we can, thats great. And if we cant, thats fine. Reporter mr. Trump speaking thursday with four key allies, including the new french president , rewriting trumps favorite phrase. Make our planet great again. Reporter the president defying his daughter ivankas advice, siding instead with his National Strategist steve bannon. I was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. Reporter president obama calling on states, cities and businesses to help protect for future generations the one planet weve got. Already, californias launching its own Global Coalition with canada and mexico, and virginia set new standards for power plant emissions. The u. S. , the worlds second largest polluter, had pledged in paris to cut emissions by more than a quarter. What President Trump has done today is walk away from American Leadership over decades. Reporter so tesla found e elon musk and Disneys Bob Iger walked away from the president s jobs council. The Weather Channel, blanketing its web page in articles about Climate Change. The paris accord would undermine our economy, hamstring or workers, weaken our sovereignty. Reporter the move and apparent appeal to President Trumps base. The senates Top Republican praising the president for protecting middleclass families by taking action to rebuff then president obamas regulatory rampage. But these big American Brands and four large Oil Companies all backed the climate deal. The president claiming the paris accord would cost the u. S. 3 trillion in lost economic activity, and 6. 5 million industrial jobs. Experts say that studys been widely debunk for making incorrect assumptions about merkel role in the agreement. And overnight here in the u. S. And around the world, local leaders lit their landmarks up in green to show support for the Paris Agreement. The mayors of new york city, boston, montreal, mexico city, among others, joining in the effort. In the weeks ahead im told the white house will begin the process of withdrawing from the paris deal. The soonest the u. S. Could formally exit the agreement, november 4, 2020. Exactly the day after the next president ial election. Matt . All right. Peter alexander. Thank you very much. Were joined now by the secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. Mr. Secretary, its good to see you this morning. Thanks for joining us. Good to be on with you, matt. Before you joined the president s cabinet, youre a business guy. You made a name for yourself and a fortune in the business world. What do you say to your former colleagues in business . What do you say to ceos of Major Companies . What do you say to people like elon musk and bob iger, who have now pulled off the president ial Business Advisory council in protest over this . Why are they wrong . I think theyre wrong, because what the president is not doing is saying hes not going to try to improve climate. What he is saying is this particular agreement does not appeal, was destructive of u. S. Economic growth going out into the future. I think theyre confusing the withdrawal from the agreement with the idea that hes against helping the climate. That is not the case. But when you talk about the impact on the economy, you talk about the loss of jobs, youre echoing what the president said in the rose garden yesterday, and i believe youre both quoting from a survey that was conducted back in 2005 thats been roundry criticized. It took numbers and plugged them in in the worst Case Scenario in about every aspect of the paris accord and came up with a kind of doomsday scenario. You wouldnt use that kind of survey in the world of business. Would you . You should know what your down side is. Thats an important thing, and particularly when youre trying to forecast events many years out into the future, its very, very difficult to be accurate. So while there may be people who say that this particular case is the down side case, that doesnt mean that its wrong, and it doesnt mean that directionally it isnt right. Let me ask you this, secretary ross. Many members of the president s inner circle, im thinking of secretary tillerson and mattis, who argued for staying in the paris accord and one of the reasons they came up with, is that fighting Climate Change is a matter of National Security. So by pulling out of the paris accords, have we damaged our National Security . Absolutely not. Theres nothing that the withdrawal requires us to do that we dont want to do. The country has actually reduced itss quite a little bit, largely due to gas, higher pollute of fossil fuels. So the president hasnt changed any of that. He is an environmentalist. Ive known him for a long time. Hes very proenvironment. How can you say hes an environmentalist, when hes rolled back many initiatives of the Obama Administration, and now hes basically taken a 180degree turn from what the Obama Administration did in signing this paris accord . Well, youre taking as the given that the Obama Administration was right and any other action was wrong. What about 195 other countries around the world . Yeah. Those are the countries, arent frontending burdens the way we were asked to do. This agreement, as i understand it, would have allowed china to keep increasing its emissions all the way out until 2030. Thats hardly climate control. We were giving money up front. Theyre able to continue increasing their emissions through 2030. Is that a balanced deal . I dont think so. No question about it. It was weighted in different ways for different countries, but the chinese had committed to reducing their emissions by about 60 after 2030. Ill leave it on that. Weve got a lot of minutia we could get into. Secretary, i appreciate you joining me. Thank you. Thank you for having me on. Well talk more with host of mountain nbc deadline white house and our political analyst. Start with you, because you were there in the Obama Administration when this accord was written and signed, and in one speech yesterday the president , President Trump, took that 180degree turn from your boss . Yes. Listen, matt, i was there in december of 2015 in paris when president obama travelled to paris to meet with other World Leaders to try to finalize the agreement. Even in the final weeks before signed, president obama was meeting with the Prime Minister of india and other World Leaders to try to get the details locked, and there was a palpable sense history was being made at this conference. Not because global warning would come to an end when the agreement was signed but because the world was finally on the same page to take concrete, specific action, altogether to fight Climate Change, and now the United States is stepping away from that. Nicole, put yourself into those sitting watches the News Conference yesterday. What josh was talking about. What do you think they were feeling from President Trump was speaking . Deja vu all over again. They went through this in nato. Gleefully he took the stage and almost seemed to relish in thumbing what was a decision when it comes to defending nato allies. I think he seems to delight in blowing up the kinds of agreements that knit us together with our longest and oldest allies. And the missed opportunity yesterday was that everything you covered with secretary ross could have been amended. What would have didnt a voluntary agreement. Im going to make it great again. Nothing forced him to stick with obamas target. He could have put his own target in place. The agreement is written to be renegotiated to try to convince people to increase ambitions when fighting carbon pollution. He could have put his own brand and stamp on it. A missed opportunity. Seems to see these agreements through the prism of economics. Everythings about economics with him . It is. Its a false choice to say the people of pittsburgh cynical, stay under the people of pittsburgh or the people of paris and the whole nature is that the people of pittsburgh fight alongside the people of paris, if one any of our countries is threatened. Was this about politics, pure and simple, josh . Its reported steve bannon and his office has that whiteboard and on it written every Campaign Promise, then candidate donald trump made during the campaign and he checks them off. The ones kept and havent. Was this about checking the box near the paris accord, and what does it tell us about who has the ear of the president in the west wing . Yes. 100 politics, pure and simple, full stop. This is all about donald trump trying to change the narrative of this presidency to send a senate to supporters across the country, im fulfilling my promise to come and shake up washington, to shake up the global order. Facts be damned in many ways. Because when it comes to the economy, the truth is over the last eight years we have succeeded in creating more than 10 million jobs in our economy. At the same time we have made doubledigit reductions in carbon pollution. So we can do both. Quickly, real quickly knowing what you know now, what you saw yesterday in the rose garden, back when president obama signed this paris accord, should he have gone through congress as opposed to doing it with an executive order . Unfortunately, matt, there are too many republicans in Congress Also playing politics on this and they would have prevechpr prevented this implementation. Ideally, members of congress focused on facts, yes. A bipartisan consensus around this, as exists in 195 countries around the world would have been preferable. Unfortunately, far too many politics playing with the economy and our plan. Thank you very much. Also this morning, there is new controversy tied to the Russian Investigation as fired fbi director james comey gets set to testify on capitol hill. And today were hearing directly from another big name in all of this. Russian president Vladimir Putin. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has more on that story. Andrea, good morning. Reporter good morning, hoda. Perhaps the biggest name of all, Vladimir Putin, about to speak with nbcs megyn kelly in st. Petersburg and front and center meanwhile in washington, former fbi director james comeys testimony has now been scheduled for next thursday. His first appearance since President Trump fired him. When james comey answers questions next week, the most anticipated Senate Testimony in decades, he will certainly be asked if the president pressured him to back off his russia probe, as the fired fbi director reportedly told friends. This, as Vladimir Putin, after months of denials, is now acknowledging who he calls patriotically privateminded Russian Hackers not connected to the government could have been involved. Although u. S. Intelligence Officials Say the election hackers were directly tied to russian intelligence. Now the white house reportedly plans to return to russia to lavish estates in maryland and new york, that the Obama Administration seized last year, to punish russia for the election interference. Former secretary of state john kerry in his first interview sis leaving office. I would have very simply what is it that russia has suddenly done that would merit that . I mean what is it that suddenly prompts a reward to russia . A new Foreign Policy direction. Reporter and nbc news learned the fbi and congress are scrutinizing this 2016 Trump Campaign event. I believe an easing of tensions, an improved relations with russia, from a position of strength only, is possible. Reporter Democratic Senators asking the fbi to determine whether then senator Jeff Sessions met privately there with russias ambassador sergei kislyak. Something sessions denied. And five current and former Officials Say classified reports suggest they did meet. If if this is true that would be extremely disturbing. Reporter and, meanwhile, two former state department Officials Say when the president first came into office, the white house tried to immediately lift sanctions against russia without getting any concessions in return from putin. But stopped when congress, including leading republicans, pushed back hard. Of course, well hear from putin shortly. Hoda and matt . Andrea, youre right. The eyes of the world are on russia this morning where russian president Vladimir Putin is speaking. Moderated by megyn kelly. Already an appeal to u. S. Business leaders saying help is needed to restore what he called a normal dialogue with washington. Ahead of that forum, megyn met with putin a Prime Minister in india at a dinner in st. Petersburg last night and later today will sit down w