Express, ends in flames. Emergency crews rushing to the tarmac. This morning, what went wrong . Maria menounos blessing in disguise. The celebrity host speaking out for the first time about a terrifying health scare, in an exclusive interview. For me, i saw it as a huge blessing and a huge gift because i needed to change my life. Her ongoing ordeal and the major life lessons she wants to share. All that, plus Fireworks Safety 101. Chris christies controversial day at the beach. And reunited. The American Family stranded for days on a mountain in mexico gets a happy holiday homecoming, today, monday, july 3rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this holiday monday morning. Thanks for joining us. Sheinelle and i are in for matt and savannah today. A beautiful start to the day but a busy one. Dylan is standing by with your holiday forecast. First, President Trump, setting off fireworks of his own this fourth of july weekend. On sunday, the president posted this video to his twitter account, that shows him wrestling a figure with the cnn logo on it. Hes been ramping up his attacks against the media in recent days. And thats not all. Still insisting his november victory was tarnished by voter fraud, the president also took aim at some states that refusing to hand over their voter rolls. We have it all covered this morning, beginning with nbcs chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. While its quiet at the white house today, not so much on twitter, where donald trump is decryi ining coverage of his presidency. His advisers would rather be talking policy, one day after that clip of a president slamming the Cable Network, literally. This morning, a fake fight with what the president calls a fake news network, generating real controversy for the commander in chief. I dont think anyone would perceive that has a threat. But i do think hes beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. Reporter the throwdown. Shown here, back to Donald Trumps wwe cameo, modified to show a cnn graphic, instead. A spokesperson for the Cable Network said, it is a sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence from reporters. Citing this comment from the press secretary just last week. The president , in no way, form or fashion, has encouraged or promoting violence. If anything, quite the contrary. Reporter the video appeared on the online forum reddit, where supportersnotoriety. And another tweet that took aim at msnbcs morning joe asked questions. Your program, with the history of meet the press and thats what you want to talk about . I dont. Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, youre blaming me for what the president of the United States has spent his entire week focused on . No. Listen to me. With all due respect. The American People are concerned about a Health Care System thats not providing choices. Why isnt the president as devoted to this as you are . Well, i think that he is. Absolutely. The fact of the matter is, he can do more than one thing at a time. Reporter in the last five days, the president has tweeted 11 times about the media, just once about health care. With republicans still conflicted on how to move forward with repealing and replacing obamacare and when that might happen. Were getting close. I dont think were getting anywhere with the bill we have. Were at an impasse. Reporter as republicans grapple with that, some democrats definant with somethig else. The elector commission, fighting voter fraud. Some states refusing to turn over information like dates of birth and last four digits of Social Security numbers. Some worried about voter suppression. The white house calling that backlash, a political stunt. While the president has tweeted about that this weekend, hes tweeted about whats happening on the Foreign Policy front, too, hinting it calls, today, with the leaders of germany and france, with plenty of headlines coming up this week. The president spoke with the heads of china and japan about the threat from north korea, something that will almost certainly come up when he leaves for his Second International trip this week to the g20 summit in germany. That will also be his first facetoface meeting with Vladimir Putin. A lot going on this week. Hallie jackson, thank you. For more on the president s latest jacksons, were joined by elise jordan. Good morning to you. Hi. The president has gone after the media via twitter. And occasionally cnn specifically. Whats different this time . This is really his favorite twitter activity media critic m criticism. And its a great punching bag for him. The medias Approval Rating is hovering below his. This is a battle, a fight he wants to pick. Whats different this time is there were some in the white house who were actually upset that the president has chosen to engage in a spat with the host of morning joe. And it deflected from cnn. So, this is a way to bring it back to cnn. Lets talk about health care for a moment, as the republican plan to deal with Health Care Fell apart last week. Trump had a plan of repealing and replacing it. The president may want to get something done, anything at this point. But what are the political implications for all of this and the realities an consequences for a member of congress and for the Trump Administration . Congressional members are going them to to their states this week and seeing the impact that the senate bill would have on their constituents. Theyre facing pressure at home that President Trump is removed from. And hes disengaged from the policy process. You see how Vice President pence is quarterbacking this on the hill. Keep President Trump out of this. He is not engaged on policy. He would rather engage in media spats on twitter. Thank you so much for coming by this morning. New jersey governor chris christ christie, stirring up controversy of his own this weekend, following a visit to the beach. Its all centered around these pictures. Take a look. They show the christie family, lounging in the sand at Island Beach State Park on sunday. Heres the issue, that beach is closed and its closed because the State Government shut down in new jersey. The governor ordered a budget standoff. Other beachgoers turned away by police. The christies staying at a beachside residence there. And the governor is using a state helicopter to travel back and forth between island state beach park and his office in trenton. This morning, the ninemonth battle for mosul is in its final stages as iraqi forces backed up by the u. S. Get closer to securing a major victory over isis. Richard engel is in mosul, iraq. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. It seems that they are now very close to finishing this operation. But the last segment, the last few hundred yards is proving to be the most difficult. Im now on a joint u. S. iraqi fa base. Thats an american vehicle behind me. We just returned from the front line. The front line is in the center of mosul, the old city of mosul. Iraqi troops were fighting housetohouse. They were firing into houses just across the street, just across a narrow alley. And iraqi troops were moving out, trying to clear houses. Some of the iraqis we were with were talking casualties. As the fighting, sometimes housetohouse, sometimes roomtoroom fighting under way, the iraqi civilians left in the old city are taking the opportunity to leave. Isis had been holding many people, thousands, as human shields. As the iraqis advance with american help, some of the human shields are being liberated. Some are being carried out. Some are injured. We saw women. We saw children. While we were in the old city, we had an opportunity to visit the nuri mosque. And the reason this is so important is the nuri mosque is the place where the leader of isis declared the establishment of isis. It was in that mosque that he announce head was going to be the calife of the socalled islamic state. Instead of a humiliating defeat to the americans and iraqis, isis decided to blow it up. Richard engel, thank you. To a shocking road rage incident in pennsylvania where a 28yearold man is in custody and facing multiple charges in the death of a recent High School Graduate. Police say david desper shot and killed Bianca Roberson as the two tried to merge in a single lane. Morgan radford is here with us this morning. A positive development. A positive development in a tragic story. A desperate manhunt ended in what police call the savage, senseless and brutal shooting death of a young woman who had just graduated from high school. Were here to announce murder charges against david desper. Reporter this morning, the mystery man at the center of a fourday manhunt is behind bars. Charged in the death of bejanica roberson. Her parents hugging investigators, as Police Describe how david pesper all e allegedly jackied with their daughter for one lane of a pennsylvania highway. Police say he shot her in the head and then drove away. This defendant wasnt happy with the way it was going. So, he pulled out a gun and killed this young woman. Reporter robersons family, devastated. This person that took her, took so much out of this world. Reporter just as authorities got close to identifying the suspect, desper turned himself into Police Sunday morning. Investigators recovered his red pickup truck and a gun like this one at his home. His anybodies, stunned. I never put two and two together. I didnt realize thats the vehicle they were searching for. I would never think david would do Something Like this. Reporter late sunday, a note outside the home desper shared with his dad, reading, our hearts go out to the roberson family. That family, just miles away, in shambles. Whats wrong with peoples minds today that we flip out like that . She wasnt the type of person that would cause a person to want to shoot her. This morning, desper is held without bail, facing a slew of charges, including first and thirddegree murder. His preliminary hearing is july 13th. We reached out to his defense attorney, who recognizes this is a tragic case, emphasizing that his client voluntarily turned himself in, guys. Morgan, thank you. The busy travel weekend took a terrifying turn at passengers at denver airport, when a plane burst into flames seconds after landing. With fire spewing from one of the planes engines. Everyone onboard was forced to evacuate. Nbc National CorrespondentMiguel Almaguer has the story. Reporter this fourth of july weekend, not the type of fireworks anyone wanted to see. Visible flames on aircraft. Reporter a skywest flight from aspen catching fire, just moments after landing at Denver International airport. Sheer terer going through my mind. Everyone saying get off the plane. We smelled the smoke. Okay, if this thing blows, you know, were gone. Reporter this video showing black smoke and flames billowing from the planes left engine. The fire quickly spreading to the tarmac. Said to evacuate. We landed. Reporter thankfully all 59 passengers and the crew safely evacuated the plane as emergency crews rushed to the scene to douse the flames. All fire is extinguished. Reporter the passenger who snapped this photo, describing the ordeal as intense. It was a shock, coming off the plane, you know . You feel heat and you look and you see fire. And your instinct is to make sure you move away from that as fast as possible. Reporter a rough landing, now leaving investigators to figure out what went wrong. For today, Miguel Almaguer, nbc news. Anticipation and anxiety are riding high as wimbledon kicks off today, with europe onedge from a recent spring of terror attacks. Establish police are not taking chances. Heavy barricades and a steppedup security presence are around the site in london. Kieir simmons is at the all england club for us. Reporter good morning. And happy july 4th from us on this side of the pond. This week, marking a british tradition, the wimbledon tennis tournament. 7,000 stood in line overnight to get lastminute tickets. In todays security environment, the police has to protect not just the players but all those folks. Increased security at wimbledons world famous tennis tournament. Amid the unrelenting threat from international terrorism. The duchess of cambridge, one of the thousands attending today. Allisons daughter is working at the event. Its scary when your children are involved because, obviously, you have to teach them to be vigilant and make sure that they are always aware of their surroundings. Reporter britain, shaken by multiple attacks, including outside the parliament on Westminster Bridge in march. A suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in may. And another killing spree at London Bridge in june. The lead officer says theyve responded to the current u. K. Threat level. Can i feel safe . I think so. And i would urge you cto feel safe. You look around and you see police officers, visibly. Some arms, some unarmed. A range of specialists working on this event, different times of the day and night. Reporter worldclass mayors, roger federer, rafaeael nadal, andy murray, hoping the tennis will be the only thing making news in the next few weeks. You have to carry and not feel intimidated. Reporter the threat of terrorism changing the face of britain, but not weakening the british spirit. New rules this year. You cant take in a selfie stick or a coffee thermos. I think thats more maintaining the traditions of wimbledon. Keir simmons for us. Good to see you, my friend. Our first check of the weather. Dylan is in for al. Good morning. A big weekend, Holiday Weekend for some people. Its looking like pretty nice weather. We have occasionally scattered showers and storms in the forecast. But most of the country is looking quiet. This morning, a lot of the activity is down across arkansas and into northeastern texas. Some of the storms producing heavier downpours and the lightning, as well. This area of pressure is digging into parts of the central plains. Well see an increase chance of storms moving eastward. Were not looking at a widespread tornado threat by any means. Were looking at gusty winds and large hail. Mainly in this zone, including most of oklahoma, into central and southern kansas. This is where we will see the large hail and damaging wind gu gusts. But no threat of tornados for today. Heavy rain is likely. Were looking at heaviest amounts of rain across tennessee and stretching into central arkansas, where we could see two to four inches of rain. Good morning. Meteorologist bill henley. Beautiful day ahead. Going to be a hot one. Humidity will be dropping. As the temperatures go up. 92 degrees this afternoon in philadelphia. Mostly sunny skies. Look at is the sunshine for the suburbs. Hitting 90 degrees this afternoon. New jersey see a few scattered clouds. 92 degrees. Humidity drops as the day goes on. At the shore, peek at 85 degrees. Right around lunchtime today. Wind kick in. Near 90 in Lehigh Valley. A lot of sunshine for delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Still ahead, youll be shocked when you hear how many kids are injured by fireworks every year. But there are ways you can keep your family safe. Tom costello standing by for a live presentation. And a People Magazine exclusive. 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