Run. Friday night. San francisco. Now, they are back behind bars and facing fresh charges. Plus, a controversial change coming to the vmas. Major new challengers to airbnb. And not even close. Katie ledecky finishes 20 seconds ahead of her closest competition, proving once again she is the most dominant swimmer, july 26th, 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. Thank you for being with us. We have carson in for matt once again. Its a busy morning. President trump and senators are facing new setbacks on their latest attempts to repeal and replace obamacare. Theres new fallout tied to the russia investigation and the president s attacks with his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions. Were going to break it all down, starting with peter alexander. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Hours after republicans squeaked through with barely enough votes to start the debate on overhauling obamacare, they came up well short of passing a plan. They needed 60 votes but got 43. Raising new questions, whether republicans can deliver on their promise to reshape what remains the Health Care Law of the land. Overnight, another setback for Health Care Reform. The senate decisively rejecting a republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. On this vote, the yaes are 43, the neas are 47. Reporter sending the senate back to the drawing board. The latest signed health care will be a tough sell, as gop leaders try to find a path their party can agree on. Just six hours earlier, Senate Republicans try to breathe new life into efforts to overhaul obamacare, with another nailbiting vote. Senator john mccain making a dramatic return to the senate floor, 11 days after brain surgery, in time to cast a yes vote, even though hes not satisfied with his partys effort so far. I will not vote for this bill as it is today. Its a shell of a bill right now. We all know that. Reporter president trump, back on friendly turf, holding a campaignstyle rally in ohio. Hailing the senate vote and warning republicans. Any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare. And i predict they will have a lot of problems. Reporter the president touting his achievements with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what weve done in his first six months. Reporter and mocking his opponents. Its time for democrats to stop resisting. Thats their term. Resist. Resist. Reporter mr. Trump at the white house tuesday afternoon, ramping up his public feud with his own attorney general. Blasting Jeff Sessions recusal from the russian investigation. He should not have recused himself. Almost immediately after he took office. And if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office. And i would have quite simply picked somebody else. Reporter amid speculation the president s trying to replace sessions with an a. G. That would be willing to shut down the russian inquiry, the president refusing to say whether hes going to fire sessions. Very disappointed with the attorney general. But we will see what happens. Time will tell. Time will tell. Reporter sessions showing no signs of quitting. Even as sources close to the attorney general says hes hurt by the president s comments. Sessions former senate allies, standing by him. I hope the attorney general doesnt resign. I hope hes not fired. Reporter the president and his attorney general appear to be playing a game of chicken right now, frankly. Also this morning, another revealing reminder about the dangers of working around microphones. Hes your senate edition. A hot mic picking up a conversation between Susan Collins of maine and jack reid, discussing the budget and criticizing the president. I know. I dont say that not lightly. As a kind, you know. A goofy guy. Reporter senator collins may be one of the hardest holdouts on health care. She doesnt seem likely to come around anytime soon. Carson . Savannah . Peter, thank you so much. Senator mccains return began with a standing ovation. He delivered a speech with candid messages for his colleagueses and president trump. Chief White House CorrespondentHallie Jackson is on capitol hill. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. We expect senator mccain to be back on the hill. Just to give you a sense of the mood here, its been a heros homecoming for him. Even with the scars still visible with the recent surgery, he has been in the hallways joking with senators with both parties, after lashing out in a lecture on the senate floor. An extraordinary moment in an unusual day. Or a day packed with drama, it was the maverick delivering most of it. John mccain, arriving in washington with his wife, creating splitscreen suspense. This is a tremendous fight he is in. Reporter in the senate, mid vote, the wait, then the welcome. Followed by one of the most memorable moments in the senators 30year career. I stand here today, looking a lilt worse for wear, im sure. Reporter after the surgery, that led to his brain cancer diagnosis, some bruising by his eye. But his focus, sharp. His words, too. Stop listening to the bombastic loud mouths on the radio and television and the internet. To hell with them. Reporter himself, an institution, mccain pushed his colleagues to remember, they serve one, the senate. Sometimes called the worlds greatest deliberative body. Im not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today. Were getting nothing done, my friends. Were getting nothing done. Reporter his own declaration of independence. Whether or not we are of the same party, we are not thesubor. We are his equal. Reporter after, a bipartisan embrace. It was great to see him back, strong as he was. And if anyone thought that he had lost any integrity, all they had to do was listen to that speech. Reporter its that vote to start debate that has the critics condemning the senators Cross Country trip, with reaction online, like, mccain came back to take from his constituents the kind of health care thats keeping him alive. Protests at the capitol. But none at the white house. Where the president is hailing him as a hero. I want to thank senator john mccain, very brave man. He made a tough trip to get here and vote. Reporter now, some of the praise from the president could be a little premature. While mccain was not one of the republican no votes in that first bill overnight, he still has not committed to supporting whatever the senate ultimately comes up with on health care. Carson . Hallie jackson on the hill for us this morning. Nicolle wallace, host of deadline white house on msnbc, is with us. Im going to make you explain this health care thing. Lets talk about the attorney general. Jeff sessions. The public shaming continues. It started about ten days ago. Whats the end game here . I dont understand what the president s motive is, what he wants him to do. If he wants him gone, why not just fire him . Public shaming is one, germany bash called it bullying. We have to look at whats happening. Our president is shaming a member of his own cabinet. Thats never had before. The fight hes having with sessions is so different with all of the fights with the media, his fights with establishment republicans. Because this is someone as popular as he is with the solid trump base. This is someone more popular than he is, with Rush Limbaugh and the talk radio audience. He has more friends in the senate than he does. This is where i dont think sessions blinks first. Peter described a game of chicken. Thats exactly whats happening. Lets say you get rid of sessions tomorrow, if he resigns or hes fired, the presumption is that the president thinks hes going to get someone in there that will blah oow off th russian investigation. No one would be confirmed by the senate. I cant imagine in this country where people are nervous and anxious about the stability of the federal government, especially the executive branch. I cant imagine them reappointing a attorney general that would oversee the russian investigation. Lets go to health care. Are you surprised that republicans are still at it . This is good news for donald trump. Health care is still alive. And its alive thanks to john mccain getting on the plane and flying back and keeping the debate going. As everyone has reported this morning, there isnt support for what the plan is in its current form. And the dynamics are the same. The game of jenga. You make it more appealing to the moderates, you lose the conservatives. Make it more appealing to the conservatives, and you lose the moderates. Well get it done. Thank you so much. Much more to get to this morning, including a chilling warning on north korea and new assessment. The regimes ability to potentially strike the u. S. Is advancing rapidly. Andrea mitchell, good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. Theres troubles signs that north korea may be getting ready to test another longrange missile as soon as tonight. Even as u. S. Intelligence now believes the regime could be able to strike the u. S. Mainland with a Nuclear Armed missile as early as next year. North koreas First Successful longrange missile test at the beginning of this month. Catching u. S. Intelligence offguard. And now, the new intelligence assessment that the regime is making dramatic progress, developing a Nuclear Warhead small enough to mount on the missile, two years earlier than previously thought. The chairman of the joint chiefs at a security conference. In my judgment, its academic if its 6 months, 12 months, 18 months or 24 months from now. Theyre on a path and seems an irreversible path. Reporter kim jongun, awarding medals to the Missile Defense team has alarmed the u. S. Ands allies. The u. S. Is testing Missile Defenses from aalaska, as japan steps up training. But they are not foolproof. It is imaginable to have a Nuclear Weapon that will land in denver, colorado. My job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesnt happen. Reporter meanwhile, overnight, harsh words from north korea. Saying it will launch a, quote, powerful Nuclear Hammer at the heart of the u. S. , if it attempts to remove kim jongun as supreme leader. As for the regime, im hopeful we will find a way to separate that regime from this system. Reporter saying the Trump Administration needs to find a way to remove kim from his growing nuclear stockpile. Im sure the north Korean People would love to see him go. Reporter the house tuesday night, approved tough sanctions on north korea. Despite opposition from the white house and the state department. The white house fought that bill, especially the sanctions on russia, arguing it sharply limits the president s lawyers. Now, mr. Trump will have to decide whether to veto a measure passed by a vetoproof bipartisan majority. Carson and savannah . Stay tuned for more on that. Andrea mitchell, thank you very much. Breaking overnight, one of the most senior members of the vatican made his appearance on sexual abuse charges. Police officers had to form a circle around him, pushing their way through a media scrum. He did not enter a plea. But his lawyer told the court that the cardinal plans to plead not guilty at a future court date. Pell is pope francis top Financial Adviser and the highest ranking vatican official ever charged in the sex abuse crisis. Now, alarming new findings from the largest study conducted on the potential link between playing football and brain trauma. Craig melvin is here with the results and how the nfl is responding. Reporter good morning to you. Researchers from the Boston School of medicine and the v. A. Health care system, looked at the brains of 202 former Football Players and found evidence of the brain disease cte in all but one. This morning, a devastating blow to thenfl. 99 of deceased players brains examined in a new study, showed signs of degenerative brain disease from hits to the head. This is more common than we anticipated. Reporter cte can only be formally diagnosed with an autopsy. Doctors examined brains of amateur players and found cte in 91 of College Players and 91 of former high school players. The nfl says it pledged 200 million for research. And in a statement tuesday, said, the medical and scientific communities will benefit from this publication. And the nfl will continue to work with a wide range of experts to improve the health of current and former nfl athletes. You want to have a seat in my car. Youre not sitting in the wet road. Reporter the family of former tackle brian price, blame cte for this outburst in front of Police Officers at a michigan Auto Parts Store in april. Price charging into the heavy plate glass doors. He says he doesnt remember any of it. I know im not the only one going through this. Reporter but its a window into is a problem over the nfl. Matt talked to commissioner goodell about it last year. Do you think the fans care . Yes. They care about our players. They care about them today. They care about them in the future. They want to know that were taking care of them. And were doing the best we can to protect them while theyre playing and for the years after they get away from the game. Reporter but there are signs that some athletes are still playing with concussions. In may, Giselle Bundchen said her quarterback husband, tom brady, is one of them. He had a concussion. We dont talk about them. But he has concussions. Reporter a sign that doctors and families, too, are worried. In an interview, tom brady did not deny his wifes claim, only saying she is a very concerned wife. Meanwhi meanwhile, the nfl said theres no records of a head injury or concussion as it relates to brady. The study report does not confirm that cte is common in Football Players but in this research sample. Many of the brains used were donated because of the concussions and troubling symptoms before their deaths. It wasnt a random sampling. But staggering results. All but one brain. Stay tuned on that one, as well. We want to hear more about that. Lets turn to al. Al, i have to compliment you on your suit. Looking sharp. Your jacket is fabulous. Were in a blue mood. See if youre in a blue mood because of the weather. A flood threat for iowa and missouri and illinois. We watch a line of showers and thunderstorms pushing in. A Severe Threat for 4 million, from kansas city, des moines, to davenport. And tomorrow, a wider swath, from new york into nashville and parts of arkansas. 56 Million People at risk. Damaging winds possible, as this front pushes in, the storms will form along the cold front. Chicago, youll see the storms late tonight. Early tomorrow. Then, the shift into the Midatlantic States and the middle east, with some of the heavy rain and the winds a big problem. In the midwest, three inches per hour possible into today and tomorrow. Five inches through thursday morning. And as we make our way from cleveland, on into washington, atlantic city, beckley, west virginia, richmond, we could be looking at flood risks, storms looking at flood risks, storms and a coastal looking at flood risks, storms and a coastal good morning. Mostly cloudy day. Some breaks of sunshine. Warm us to 80 in philadelphia and the suburbs. Chance of sprinkle and brief shower is possible in new jersey. Even at the shore where the temperature warm into the 70s this afternoon. Easterly winds keeps the shore a bit cooler today. Near 80s for Lehigh Valley and delaware too. Mostly cloudy skies and chance after a shower. Have a great day. Al, thank you. Coming up, new video of a brazen and daring jailbreak. And this was recorded by the escaped inmates themselves. And how Venus Williams is fighting back after being sued over her involvement in a fatal car crash. But first this, is today on nbc. Still to come, why airbnbs newest challengers could mean big savings on your next vacation. Hoda, what have you got . Natalie morales is going rock climbing with a legend in the this piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like oh, i have to have it. State farm knows that every one those moments, theres one of these. This piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like i have to have it. From renters insurance. 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