Tourists, where planes get frighteningly close. A woman killed by the blast of a jets engine, leading to an urgent, new warning. All that, plus its go ahead. Americans keep on rolling at wimbledon. A surprising rescue in the middle of the ocean. And beyonce breaks the internet with a big reveal, today, friday, july 14th, 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 friday morning. And thanks for being with us. Nice to have you along. We want to get right to the exclusive information tied to donald trump jr. s russian meeting. We know he met with a russian attorney and that soninlaw Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort were there. This morning, we find out theres another person in that room. Lets start with nbc chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson, in paris. Hallie, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to you. Nbc news is not naming this man. But we have learned that some u. S. Officials suspect him of having ties to russian intelligence, something he denies. This is the latest twist in a story that has dogged the president in paris, as he now returns home, after being forced to confront this russiarelated controversy here in france. This morning, a major revelation in that meeting between donald trump jr. And a russian lawyer during the campaign, aimed at getting dirt on Hillary Clinton. Now, nbc news has learned more about who else was in that room. A russianamerican lobbyist, a former soviet counterintelligence officer, suspected by some u. S. Officials of having ongoing ties to russian intelligence. Nbc news is not naming that lobbyist, who denies current ties to russian spy agencies. His presence, likely to be of interest to investigators. Natalia veselnitskaya was accompanied by someone was denied to identify him. The president , before bastille Day Celebrations in paris, defended the young man. My son is a wonderful young man. He took a meeting with a russian lawyer. Not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. Reporter trump jr. Took the meeting with someone explicitly identified as a russian attorney. I think from a practical standpoint, most would have taken that meeting. Nothing happened from the meeting. Zero happened from the meeting. And i think the press made a big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. Reporter the president argues, its politics as usual. Opposition research is. Whats not, is when it comes from someone claiming to represent a Foreign Government anded a stair adversary, at th. The president calls his son, a good boy and a good kid. Trump jr. , who is 39, is ten days younger than the french president , who stood along President Trump, at a paris News Conference. Seeming to stifle a smile, when his counterpart was asked about his remarks after a terror attack in france. Paris is so out of control. We dont want to end up like france. Reporter now . Im coming back. You better do a good job, please. Otherwise, youre going to make we look very bad. Reporter as for our new, exclusive reporting this morning, nbc news has reached out to the representatives of those involved in that june 2016 meeting. So far, no comment from any of them. Matt . Savannah . Back to you. Hallie, thanks. Lets get more on this. Nbc News National security analyst jeremy bash joins us. Jeremy, good morning to you. Now, nbc news is reporting that the russian attorney was accompanied by a russianamerican lobbyist who some suspect of having ongoing ties to russian intel sequence. A former soviet intelligence officer. Whats the significance of that . Big deal . Small increases the likelihood this was a russian intelligence operation, aimed at collecting information from the Trump Campaign at that meeting andflu. This vinindividual, if they ha s historic ties, they may haves pr life. If they have current and ongoing connections to russian intelligence, this is going to be a major lead for investigato. If youre donald trump jr. And youre involved in this meeting and the news of it breaks and youre forced to reveal the email chain that led to that meeting, why dont you always reveal who else was in the room . Why are we just finding out about this . Its possible that the individuals in that meeting, including Paul Manafort, who has a long history of working with russians and working with individuals from overseas countries, that he knew lontand soviet intelligence. That would be problematic for them to moment. Again, it would show that the Trump Campaign had knowledge and detailed knowledge. But a drip, drip, drip, is not clear who was in the room. They had a lot to hide about this meeting. Jeremy bash, ourexusive. Theres mounting pressure for Jared Kushner, trumps soninlaw and senior officer, to resign over his participation in it. Peter alexander with this piece of the puzzle. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Once hailed by his fatherinlaw, as a plrodigy, sy they he is full steam ahead. Theres a growing chorus of democrats calling for the soninlaw to lose his access to the nations secrets or simply to be fired. Not beside the president in paris. Instead, Jared Kushner and his wife, ivanka trump, were in idaho. This morning, kushner is the focus of renewed questions in the light of revelations that he, Paul Manafort and donald trump jr. Met with a kremlin lawyer. A kushner confidant telling nbc news that kushner has amended that three times. Adding 100 foreign contacts, all of them undisclosed, including the Russian Ambassador and head of a russian stateowned bank. Kushners lawyer says the form was prematurely entered with errors. The 36yearold is drawing fire from democrats, calling for his security clearance to be revoked or kushner to be removed. Any other white house, somebody that had this breach of trust with the american public, likely wouldnt have a job any longer. Jared kushner should be fired or he should resign. Reporter in fact, experts say the president is the only person who can fire him of his soninlaw or trip him of his clearance. The russian questions arent clearing up. Investigators are examining if the Trump Campaigns digital operations, cooperated with russian operatives spewing bogus news stories about Hillary Clinton in key swing states. The use of data analytics, if there was cooperation, coordination or collusion, is part of our investigation. Reporter this morning, looking to protect their client, arce with direct knowledge tells nbc news, the lawyers for the president , his son and soninlaw, have agreed they and their clients need to be more disciplined when discussing the russia case. Newly released exerts of remarks on air force one, whether he was going to invite Vladimir Putin to the white house. I would say, yeah. I dont think this is the right time. But yes, i would. Peter alexander, thank you. More news out of washington. The revised Senate Health care bill is being met with some opposition from key republicans. The bill aims to win conservative support while at the same time, placating hesitant moderates. Its not clear if Mitch Mcconnell has achieved the delicate balance he needs. When he unveiled his bill on thursday, he lost two key votes. Senator Susan Collins of maine and rand paul of kentucky. That leaves no room for error in terms of defections and puts the bill in jeopardy. The vote is set for next week. A setback for the travel ban. A federal judge in hawaii has ordered the government not to enforce the ban on close relatives, such as grandparents, who are legally in the country. At issue, is the president s executive order, who restricts entry into the United States for 90 days from 6 muslim nations. The ban includes not grandparents, uncles, aunts, nieces and cousins and people legally in the u. S. We want to go back in the stunning confession of the disappearance of four in pennsylvania. A man being held as a person of interest in that case, has admitted to taking part in their murders. This morning, were learning more about him. Stephanie gosk has the latest developments. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Cosmo dinardos Attorney Says his client admitted to participating in the murders. Now, were learning that police in that city are questioning a second person of interest. The other remaining question is motive. We dont know why these four young men became targets. Cosmo dinardo, shackled and escorted into a van thursday, had one message. Im sorry. Reporter the 20yearold is talking todetectives, after confessing to taking part in killing these four young men. He admitted to being part of or actually committing the murder. . All four . Yes. And he gave the location for all four. Reporter in exchange for his testimony, prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty. Cosmo was spared life in terms of giving all of his relevant information that he possibly could. Reporter forensics teams have been painstakingly removing remains. Dean finocchiaro is the only one identified. The disappearance of the four men triggered a massive manhunt in pennsylvania. The investigation focused on a prowling multimilliondollar estate, owned by dinardos parents. Law enforcement brought in Police Recruits to comb the property. Now that the search nearly over, families of the victims are trying to makece sense of what happened. Mark sturgis mother said, the loss of him is indescribable. The grandparents of jimi patrick, say he was an athlete. An excellent pitcher and hitter. He was awarded academic recognition after his first year at loyola. His College Friends are shaken. Theres no explanation to what happened to this kid. Reporter the confession does not mean that this investigation is over. Police are still on the scene. This jittery community has witnessed a terrible crime. They are, no doubt, hoping to get more answers. Back to you guys. Stephanie, thank you very much. Breaking overnight. Two Israeli Police officers were killed in a shootout into jerusalems holiest site. Arabs armed with guns and knives opened fire at the temple mount. The three attackers were shot and killed by officers who pursued them through the streets. Police evacuated the compound following the attack. Disturbing information on a really close call at San Francisco international airport. We told you about this earlier this week. Investigators say the air canada plane that nearly landed on a ta taxiway, came within 100 feet of plowing into a line of other planes filled with passengers. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us. Good morning. Reporter we could be uk tag about hundreds of people dead, had another pilot on the ground not raised the alarm of getting the attention of the sole air Traffic Controller in the tower. The plane was just 100 feet, the distance between the bases on a baseball field. This morning, pilots and aviation experts say theyre baffled how an air canada pilot came so close to disaster, while radioing a plane on the ground. Where is this guy going . Hes on the taxiway. Reporter air canada flight 759 was arriving from toronto last friday. Runway 28l had been closed for weeks. But the pilot seemed confused on final approach. We see some lights on the runway there. Can you confirm left . Clear to land 28 right but you. Reporter the lights were the other planes lined up to the right, fully loaded with fuel and passengers. Canadian Authorities Say the air canada crew flew a quarter of a mile over the top of the taxi way, coming just 100 feet over the first two planes and pulled up over the top of more. Air canada flew directly over us. I saw that, guys. If this accident was not averted, i cannot imagine the extent of the mayhem. Perhaps the worst aviation accident in history. Reporter how did the air canada crew make a basic and deadly mistake . They have instrumentation that tells them if theyre lined up with the runway. Why they didnt use that instrumentation as a backup is going to be a question for investigators. Reporter there was only one controller in the tower handling arrivals and departures at the time. The other was on a break. The sole controller was distracted talking to another facility. Investigators from canada, ntsb and air canada will be reviewing this case. So far, the ntsb has not released an update. Thank goodness for the pilot on the ground that sounded the alarm. We want to go to the video that we showed you at the top of the show. An elephant stranded nine miles out to sea and rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy. They were able to tow the animal back to land. They used ropes. That rescue operation took about 12 hours. A Sri Lankan Navy spokesperson said, the elephant probably got caught in a riptide and was swept out to sea. Heres another fact i didnt know. Experts say elephants are some of the best swimmers of any land animal. Can you imagine, nine nimiles o to sea. I got to see the elephant against michael phelps. Come on, al. This is right in your wheelhouse. Its friday. Im going to pack my trunk and Start Talking about the bad weather. Hebron, ohio, look at this. Not an elephant at sea. But folks who were stranded by heavy rain. Five to seven inches in a few hours. And folks had to be rescued by highwater rescuers. It continues today. Luckily the water has started to recede. We have flood watches and flash flood warnings out, stretching from ohio all the way to new york. Were watching another round of strong storms. We have 24 Million People at risk for afternoon storms developing. The ones we have going right now this morning. But theres more coming later the afternoon as the system pushes to the east. The showers will linger into new england on through saturday morning. In the meantime, were looking anywhere from two to three inches of rain, stretching from knoxville all the way up to new york city. Parts of pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, three to four inches. Four inches. Were going to get to your here ya go. Awesome, thank you. Thank you. Thats. Not your car. Your cars ready wrong car. This is not your car . I would love to take it, but no. Oh, im so sorry about that. You guys wanna check it out . Its someone elses car. This is beautiful. What is this . Its the allnew chevy equinox. This feels like a luxury suv. 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