Once. But twice. Before making an emergency landing. This morning, rattled passengers speaking out. All that plus a frightening Amusement Park fall. Theyll catch you, honey. Go ahead. Oh. John mcenroe courts a new controversy. Jordan spieth with a great day at the beach. Right at the hole. Hes done it again. As he shows the world why hes a champion, today, monday, june 26th, 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 monday morning. Thanks for joining us. Hoda is here. Savannah is enjoying a week off. How was the weekend . It was terrific and yours . It was great. Batten down the hatches, it will be a busy morning and what could be a busy week in washington. Senate republicans are beginning the final push towards a likely vote on their new Health Care Bill coming up this week. But some gop lawmakers were pushing for that vote to be delayed. At the u. S. Supreme court, it is the last day of the current term. We could see a decision on President Trumps travel ban. And theres speculation that Anthony Kennedy may announce his retirement. And trump, after failing to admit the meddling in the election happened for a long time, is now accusing the Obama Administration for failing to do more to stop it. Were beginning with peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The Senates Health care overhaul is going to need major surgery if its to pass by the end of this week. Sources familiar with the president s role tell nbc news, hes been making personal calls to a handful of republican senators. One official saying, dont discount his ability to persu e persuade. Still, his is more of a support role in a Party Negotiating with very little room for error. This morning on the senates Health Care Bill, the president providing his prognosis. I dont think theyre that far off. Famous last words. But i think were going to get there. Reporter and his prescription. I want to see a bill with heart. Health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way, this group doesnt like it. You have a very narrow path. Reporter the challenge balancing the competing interest on reluctant republicans on the right and those in the center, anxious about medicaid cuts. The gop can only afford to lose two senators or the bill fails. Five oppose its current version. And both sides are voicing reservati reservations. Theres no way we should be voting on this next week. I have a hard time believing wisconsin constituents or myself will have enough time to evaluate this. Its hard for me to see the bill passing this week. Thats up to the majority leader. Right now, im undecided. Reporter for the senates Top RepublicanMitch Mcconnell and the white house, the tight timetable is part of the plan. Compelling republicans to deliver on a sevenyearold programs to repeal obamacare. Additional funding if the Opioid Epidemic and budgets for hospitals. Were going everything we can because its so devastating for the middle class. Reporter President Trump now not just attacking democrats of obstructionists, but accusing mr. Obama of stealing his words when mr. Obama criticized the meanness of the bill. He use midterm, mean. That was my term. I want to see speak from the heart. I want to see a bill with heart. Reporter confirming he called the bill mean, doesnt make it easier for the republicans to vote for this bill. Its noted that a critical review from a Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is expected today. The Number Two Senate republican john cornyn said the real final deadline isnt until the beginning of august. Peter alexander, at the white house. Thank you. Theres new developments of russias meddling in the president ial election. President trump accusing the Obama Administration, accusing the president of failing to act more forcefully. Kristen welker has more on that part of the story. Reporter good morning to you. Despite the Intelligence Community agreeing that russia meddled in last years election. President trump has been reluctant to acknowledge that, calling it a hoax at one point. But over the weekend, he seemed to finally acknowledge it, and student stop talking about it, using it as a reason to go after his predecessor, barack obama. President trump accusing his predecessor of not responding to russian hacking during the election. I heard for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time before the election. And he did nothing about it. Reporter the president may have been referencing a Washington Post article about russian president Vladimir Putin directly influencing that countrys Cyber Attacks of the dnc. The report says how the Obama Administration struggled to respond. One top official telling the Washington Post, i feel like we sort of choked. If he had the information, why didnt he do something about it. He should have done something about it. But you dont read that. Its quite sad. Reporter the president unloaded on twitter, slamming the former president on the russia matter in a series of tweets, despite the fact the Previous Administration announced sanctions against russia back in december. With mr. Obama saying he discussed the issue of russian hacking with president putin himself. Our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others, not to do this to us because we can do tough to you. Reporter even some democrats are questioning the Obama Administrations handling of the issue, with the top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee now saying president obama did not go far enough. I think the Obama Administration should have done more when it became clear that not only was russia intervening but it was being directed at the highest levels of the kremlin. Reporter while the president deals with persistent allegations that mr. Trumps associates may have colluded for the win, mr. Trump tried to stay on the subject, accusing his 2016 rival of collusion, tweeting Hillary Clinton colluded with the Democratic Party to beat crazy bernie sanders. Is she allowed to collude . Unfair to bernie. The question for President Trump now, what will he do to prevent russia or any other country from meddling in future u. S. Elections . A number of lawmakers including republicans want him to get him tougher on russia to back a new round of sanctions, for example. All eyes will be on an upcoming meeting on a with Vladimir Putin next week. Kristen welker, live at the white house. Thank you. A lot of eyes on the u. S. Supreme court this morning. Its the last day of the current term. Theres two important unanswered question ps whats going to happen with President Trumps controversial travel ban . And will justice Anthony Kennedy retire . Nbcs justice correspondent, Pete Williams, is there. Pete, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The usual trdrama on the last d when the remaining decisions are announced. This year, it doesnt involve the rulings, its all about the travel ban and whether Justice Kennedy is staying. Two Lower Court Rulings have blocked the administration from carrying out President Trumps plan to issue visas for 90 days from 6 muslim countries. Its a matter of national security, says the white house. A 90day pause to look at the visa background in those countries associated with terrorism. Lower courts cited candidate trumps own words. Donald j. Trump is calling for a shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Reporter the Justice Department wans a hold on the rulings so the government can enforce the travel ban while its an appeal. And the courts last day comes with speculation about a retirement. This year, friends of justice Anthony Kennedy says he has been thinking about it. He turns 81 in a month after 29 years on the Supreme Court. With four mostly conservative justices and four mostly liberal ones, kennedy is often the decider, the man in the middle the kennedy plus the conservatives loosened the reins on corporate money campaigns, and strengthened gun rights. Kennedy upheld abortion rights and use of the death penalty. Candidates like ted cruz have cream dreamed about when he would step down. The next vacancy we have the ability to get back and restore our constitutional protections. Reporter groups that helped with the neil Gorsuch Nomination say they doubt kennedy will retire. The coming hours may provide the answer. Pete williams for us. We have a little bit to chew on with Nicolle Wallace and josh earnest. Good morning to both of you. Lets start with health care. How is Mitch Mcconnells strategy playing out . And with the tugofwar going on between moderates and conser conservati conservatives, who has the upper hand . I think peters piece lays it to bear. If you make it feel like a repeal of obamacare, it tumbles bauds of the moderates. Not just the moderates, they worry about the medicate dollars. They fall off. You if you put things back on top, it falls over from the weight. Who has the most power right now . I would say theres more moderates. And people like ted cruz and rand paul are looking ahead to 2020. And its almost like a staring match. I dont know if theyre gettable. The president used the word mean in an interview to talk hes branded the Health Care Bill. He used that for the house bill. How does this undercut his efforts to push this through using that word mean . It totally undercuts the efforts. We pinned our hopes to the idea that as the bill got implemented in 2009, the bill would become more popular as people understood what was in it. The republicans have the opposite dynamic now. Theyre trying to ram through this bill before people know whats in it because as people understand whats in the bill and how theyre affected by it, it will be less popular than it already is. You get the cbo score before the vote takes place. There will be more information for them to chew on. Mcconnells strategy is clear. Hes trying to rush this before the fourth of july recess because it will take on more water. For a very long time, perf m President Trump does not admit that the russians meddled in the election. Now, hes willing to say, they meddled and if they did, its your former boss fault, president obama. Looking back and according to this Washington Post story, president obama was aware that Vladimir Putin himself was directing some of that meddling. Did president obama do enough . Well, matt, what is what makes it hard to take President Trumps critique seriously is that we know what response was mobilized by the Obama Administration is something President Trump was trying to undermine before he took office. Even democrats are saying not enough happened. You have a top official quoted in the Washington Post story saying we choked on this. Matt, the thing that people need to understand about this is its totally unprecedented. Its not unusual for russias russians to engage in trying to destabilize our democracy or mess around in cyberspace. It is unprecedented for them to hack the emails and release them with a clear political motive. Whats important is that we learn theless lessons of what happened in 2016. We allowed people to cast their ballots to register and to have the votes counted without interference. But we need to go back and take a look at this hack and leak strategy that the russians used that did have an impact on the 2016 election. They cant do it again. Anything else . Real quick. Theres rumors that the Supreme Court judge may retire and announce it today. What kind of battle will there be to replace him . Describe what will happen . There were some democrats that thought the fight over neil gorsuch was a wasted one. The real fight is the next one. Kennedy is a swing voter that sides with the democrats. His vote is really important if youre on the left or in the middle. Im hearing the rumors that Pete Williams is hearing. The thing that gives kennedy backers some confidence that a resignation would be sound under this president is the comfort that all sort of conservatives feel about the caliber and the quality of the man that donald trump already picked, neil gorsuch. But it terrifies people in the middle and on the left. Were reading tea leaves on this. Tea leaves is all we got. Nicolle, josh, thank you very much. A deadly ferry disaster. A packed tourist boat began to take on water and rock back and forth. That happened before it zonk. Gadi schwartz, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. It was supposed to be a day of fun in colombia. The weekend destination wascolos celebrated a long, holiday weekend. But things took a deadly turn as that ferry took on water and went under in minutes. This dramatic video posted on social media, shows a fourdeck ferry with 150 passengers onboard, rocking from sidetoside, as it started taking on water. Translator we were with our family when we started to hear screams and noise. And people started telling us about a boat four levels high that had gone out with a lot of people. Reporter people scramming to the top deck as the boat started to sink. Everybody should be rushing out there. This video sped up, as jet boats race to try to help. And chaos, as the ferrys bottom decks collapse. Translator people began to climb on to other people to get out. There were a lot of injured people. Reporter 99 people were rescued. Dozens remain unaccounted for this morning. Translator it was incredible to see all of the survivors start arriving. Everyone pulled together and started to help. Reporter divers spent the afternoon searching for missing passengers. Survivors say the ferry was overcrowded and there were not enough life jackets for everyone onboard. Divers are expected back in the water today to search for the missing. Officials in colombia say they are still investigating the cause of the accident. Hoda . Matt . Back to you. Gaudi thank you very much. A nervous flight we showed you on the top of the show. The plane was shaking so violently, the pilot told passengers to start praying. Travelers aboard the flight from australia to malaysia, said they heard a loud bang before the shaking started. The bonerattling vibration went on for two hours before the plane turned back and made a safe emergency landing. It was shuddering, shuddering. We thought it was going to go down. Lots of people crying. Lots of people pulling out the life jackets and preparing. We thought there was a good chance we were going to go down. Airasia says the engineers are examining the plane for a technical issues. The passengers were transferred to the next available flight. Can you imagine, two hours . Two minutes is a long time. Can you imagine sitting there for two hours . No. Thank god they landed safely. Lets get a first check of the weather. Dylan is in for al today. Good morning, guys. We have heat out west. Its part of the reason we saw this fire acres. This is santa clarita, just north of hawal. A. It was a car crash that ignited the brush. That fire jumped over a bridge and continued to spread. Temperatures out there above average. And without a lot of rain it remains very, very dry. So, very unfortunate conditions. But 50 contained at this point. In the southwest, we have 16 Million People under some sort of heat advisory or heat warning for the heat thats going to continue for one more day, with High Pressure in control. Temperatures still coming across the land. It keeps things very, very hot. Palm springs, 117 today. Las vegas, 108. Thats five above average. Phoenix should make it to 113. Temperatures will cool off to closer to average. Well drop by five degrees or so by the middle. Good morning. Beautiful day. A lot of sunshine. Not a lot of humidity. Temperatures climb up to 81 degrees in philadelphia this afternoon. Suburbs aide in the high temperature. Keeping humidity nice and low. New jersey up to 80 degrees inland. Westerly wind warm air also reaches the shore. 79 degrees. Nothing, but sunshine for the Lehigh Valley. Nice warm up. Low humidity for delaware high of 81. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. All right, dylan. Thank you so much. 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