That why dont you tell me . Strongly denying any collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia during the election. It is an appalling and detestable lie. But why did he refuse to talk about his private conversations with the president . All that, plus another ugly incident for the airlines. Bill cosbys tv daughter speaking out in an exclusive live interview. And a fathers day promotion strikes out bigtime. Today, wednesday, june 14th, 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. Its a wednesday morning. So glad to have you with us. Craigs in for matt this morning. Its a busy morning. A lot going on in your world. We start with the breaking news in london. Wire r fire ripping through a highrise Apartment Building while people slept. The images are horrifying. Some had to jump to safety. Others waving towels and flashlights, trying to signal for help. This is a live shot of the building. Smoke is pouring out. Firefighters in there, battling the hot spots. Lets go live with bill neely. Good morning. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. The tower block is burning behind me. 24 stories high. Firefighter going floortofloor. Six dead at this time. But police say that number will rise. Nightmare in the dark. A london tower block consumed by fire. Hundreds trapped inside. Fire fighters battling for hours to get them out. Trapped residents waving from windows. People flashing their lights. Reporter one woman dropped a baby from the ninth floor. The baby dropped in a straight line. And a guy just went forward and the baby fell into his arms. Reporter survivors told me, they could hear people screaming for help. You know theyre there. But the fire just went and just took them. Reporter theres 200 apartments in the block, up to 1,000 residents. Theres many people dead. How many is not known. At this time, i am sad to confirm that there have been a number of fatalities thies thif. Reporter dozens have been taken to hospitals. This mans hospital was inside. My mom screamed that the house was on fire. Reporter luckily, she made it out. Nearly nine hours on in this 24story tower is still blazing. Theres fears that the block could collapse. The cause of the fire is not known. But residents say they have been warning of fire safety for years. The renovation was 11 million. People say there was no central fire alarm this morning. There was no fire alarm. We dont have an integrated fire alarm system. Reporter serious questions for authorities after a catastrophic fire thats still being fought. This smoke can be seen across the capital, london. Although the police say the official cause isnt known, we have heard from several residents that one man reported his refrigerator had caught fire and the flames had spread very quickly, indeed. And very bad news expected later in the day, as police say the number of fatalities will rise. Savannah . Craig . A heartbreaking scene. We want to turn to one of the residents we heard from briefly in bills piece. Masrab was on the 17th floor of that building. He escaped with his girlfriend and his aunt. So good to see you. Im glad your family is okay. Can you tell us what happened last night . We were up watching a movie. And we heard the sirens of the fire trucks. There was no alarm in the building. Theres no alarm system. We looked outside. I checked the lifts to see if there was activity. Seemed quiet. But i could smell the smoke. We went inside. I looked out the window. And i could see the flames coming out from underneath. Really rapidly. We tried to get out of there. I woke up by auntie. With the help of my girlfriend, we moved fast so we could move slow down the stairs. And i tried to warn my neighbor. Him and his wife. They were behind us by a couple of minutes. We were able to move with some order. Right behind us, chaos broke out. I feel like we were minutes away from real disaster. My aunties an elderly lady. Masra, did everything you know in the building get out . I dont know. I dont know everybody in the building by name. But we know each other by face. We see each other every day. People are really nice. A lot of families, a lot of children. Weve all come together. Theres a lot of people i havent seen. I dont want to think the worst. But its worrying. What do you see through the night and this morning . You were one of the lucky ones and smart to get out of that building so fast. It sounds like so many people were trapped on the higher floors. Yeah. When we got outside, the initial fire i saw underneath me, by the time we got down, 10 to 12 minutes, had risen the length of the building. The building caught fire like a candle. We were outside. We were looking up. We could see people inside waving at us. We were telling them to come down, but they were waving back, which makes me feel like maybe they couldnt. There was smoke when we were going down the stairwell. I think maybe the smoke got worse and people were stacared take the risk of suffocation. Really roaring stuff. Thank you for spending time with us this morning and telling us your story. Our hearts go out to you and everyone you shared that building with. Thank you. Also breaking overnight, Otto Warmbier is back on u. S. Soil. Carried off the plane in a coma. Gabe gutierrez is at the hospital in cincinnati where he is being treated. Gabe, good morning. Reporter good morning. Warmbier is being treated here at the cincinnati medical center. And no details are being released about his exact condition. Parents say he has been in a coma after imprisonment. A bizarre turn of events for an American College student, caught up in a nightmare. Otto warmbier, carried off of this plane in a coma. Reunited with his family and taken to the hospital. A stunning homecoming after 17 months in imprisonment in north korea. The department of state has secured the release of Otto Warmbier. A question about how he ended up gravely ill. They say warmbier contracted botulism and fell into that coma of taking a sleeping pill. His family says, we want the world to know how we and our son have been terrorized by the regime. I made the worst mistake of my life. Reporter the university of virginia student had been on a tour of the reclusive country, when in january of 2016, he was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Since then, the u. S. Worked with swedish officials to secure his release. But not until this month, did they learn of his medical condition. Ribbons of support. The surprise announcement coming on the same day that former nba star Dennis Rodman touched down in north korea for his fifth visit. Hoping doors. Reporter but the state Department Said rodman had nothing to do with the release. It came amid rising tensions with the secretive regime and kim jongun. North koreas rhetoric and actions continue, despite United Nations censure and sanctions. Reporter the hospital has not released any details abltd h about his condition. But warmbiers family expects to speak at a News Conference tomorrow. Gabe, thank you. Lets turn to bill richardson, who has worked to secure Otto Warmbiers release for more than a year. As i mentioned, you were working on this for more than a year. Apparently Otto Warmbier has been in a coma for a bulk of the time. Were you shocked to learn that . I was absolutely shocked. My foundation has been meeting in the last year, at least 20 times with the North Koreans in new york, to secure the release of otto, find his conditions. Make sure the swedish government, which represents us in north korea, have access to him for a lot of medical reasons. They never said anything about his condition. I think their actions are unconscionable. I think their excuse of botulism and taking a sleeping pill is spurious. I think its wrong. I think theres a coverup going on. We spoke to the family. They called our Foundation Spokesman yesterday morning. Gave us a headsup of what was happening. This is a wonderful family. This is a fine, young man. But hes in a coma. And the question is, why didnt the North Koreans disclose this, under International Norms from the United States to the swedish government. Why has he been in a coma for 17 months, not just notifying his parents, the International Community and the United States . This is very, very serious. I cant believe im asking this question. But Dennis Rodman arrives there yesterday, the same day of mr. Warmbiers release. And the state department insists theres no correlation between the two. Do you buy that . Well, yes. I think Dennis Rodman has been there before. I dont think his visits have been productive. Hes the only game in town. They may have been telling him something about ottos condition. But hes the only american thats ever spoken to kim jongun. So, what we have is a situation thats totally uncertain. But i think the focus has to be not just on Otto Warmbier, but theres three other americans and a canadian that are detained. The North Koreans, as aagoodwil, humanitarian gesture, should let them go. Thank you. Please give our regards to the family. Theyve been through a lot. Much more to get to today, including fallout from Jeff Sessions capitol hill testimony. He strongly denied any contacts with russians about the president ial election. While President Trump says sessions did a, quote, very good job, some law imakers say he didnt answer enough. Peter alexander is at the white house. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Some democrats say Jeff Sessions was bobbing and weaving. The president is praising sessions performance. This was a dramatic day of testimony, highlighting deep divisions. The top prosecutor often indignant. Promising he never crossed a line with russia. But less worth coforthcoming ab conversations with the president. Defending himself on coordinations with russia. The suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, is an appalling and detestable lie. Reporter and on the prompters of his recusers from the russian probe. I did not recuse myself from defending my honor and scurrilous accusations. Reporter often contentious. I am not stonewalling. Reporter including this testimony from ousted fbi director james comey. Suggesting there were problemmatic reasons for sessions recusal. What are they . Why dont you tell me . There are none. There are none. I can tell you that for absolute certainty. You tell this is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me. And i dont appreciate it. Reporter sessions contradicting comeys account, that he did little following the request that he no longer be left alone with the president. He did not tell me any details about anything that was said that was improper. Reporter having acknowledged two undisclosed brief meetings during the campaign with the russian ambassador, sessions denied there was a third at the may flower hotel. But agrees he and kislyak could have crossed paths. Nothing improper if i had a conversation with him. And its conceivable. I just cant remember it. Reporter democrats pouncing on what sessions wouldnt say. Youre impeding this investigation. Reporter sessions saying it would be inappropriate to discuss his private conversations with the president. I need to be as connect as i can. I want you to be honest. Im not able to be rushed this fast. It makes me nervous. Reporter also this morning, the white house is knocking down speculation, largely fueled by one of the president s own confida confidants, that he might look to fire robert mueller. Aides have been defending against this idea. Sarah Huckaby Sanders saying, while the president has ever right to fire him, he has no intention to do so. Craig and alexander . Peter, thank you. Now, to the ugly incident caught on camera at an airport. You can see what appears to be a passenger, being pushed to the ground by an Airline Employee in houston. Tom costello covers aviation for us. Good morning. Here we go again. Reporter good morning, savannah. This occurred back in 2015. Nbc affiliate obtained the video of the airline shoving a 71yearold man. It was just two months ago that dr. Dave dao was roughed up and drugged off a plan by Security Officers in chicago. This morning, United Airlines is back in the headlines for not in a plane, but inside a terminal at Bush International airport. It shows a 71yearold man being pushed to the ground in the ticketing area by a Customer Service representative. He laid there lifeless for several minutes. They left him there like a peegs of garbage. Reporter that man is suing united. The lawsuit claims the Customer Service rep laughed and cursed at him. Thats when he says [ bleep ]. And shoves him to the ground. Reporter after lying on the floor for nearly a minute, his Attorney Says he got help from another passenger. But when the United Airlinesed say the man was pushed. Theres a 70yearold male who had fallen down. Is he awake right now . I dont know. Do you know the cause of the fall . No. Reporter we have seen the video from 2015 that shows unacceptable behavior from an employee. The employee is no longer with the customer. This does not show our values or commitment to treat all customers with respect and dignity. Another incident at Newark Airport involving United Airlines flight 170 pound for venice italy. As they were pulling back from the gate, passengers began to notice fuel gushing out of the wing. It almost looked like a fire hose. They notified the crew. The crew called in the personnel to check it. They were dealing with a significant fuel leak. They thanked those passengers were speaking up or saying something when they saw something. That flight was canceled. And all those passengers spent the night at newark, rebooked on flights later today. A close call averted by those passengers who spoke up. Tom, thank you very much. Lets get a first check of the weather now. Mr. Roker is on the road again. In kentucky this morning. Good to see you, al. Good morning, guys. Were at ft. Campbell, kentucky. 101st airborne. Well be staging our fathers day surprise for one deserving dad. Well get to that. We want to talk about Severe Weather thats going to be firing up today. Were looking at strong storms throughout the plains already. It will be pushing to the east as it does. We have strong storms stretching from chicago, cincinnati, oklahoma city. 31 Million People at risk. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. We started the day with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Thats a possibility this afternoon. Most of the day, a combination of clouds and sunshine. Partly sunny this afternoon in the lehigh valley. 84 degrees. Up to 82 degrees with just a chance of an afternoon shower in delaware. For philadelphia and the suburbs, normal for this time of year, into the low 80s. Cooler temperatures can be found at the shore with partly sunny skies this afternoon. Up to 70 degrees. Have a great day. And that is your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Thank you. Coming up, a desperate rate manhunt under way for two escaped georgia inmates, accused of killing their guards. Also ahead, as a jury continues to deliberate bill cosbys face, Keshia Knight pulliam speak out in an exclusive live interview. First this, is today on nbc. The world is not flat. 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