Flying, turbulence hospitalizes people. Did facebook revolutionize the robot revolution. And the split that nobody saw coming. Today, monday, august 7th, 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. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning. We have willie in for matt. Good to have you back. Tan, and rested. Vitamin d. A lot to get to, including escalating with north korea. Defining the sune ing thing heinous plot. And Rex Tillerson condemned north korea and its missile launches. Lets start with andrea mitchell. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. At the asianpacific summit in the philippines, a rare display of unity, the u. S. On the same page as china and russia, taking a stand against north korea and its threatening missile lunches. But the rogue nation, not taking it well. Lashing out. Kim jongunregime, saying it will launch thousands fold revenge against the united states. At a summit in manila, Foreign Ministers from 25 nations dressed in local garb, toasting each other at a dinner, all except Rex Tillerson who was a noshow. Aides denied that tillerson was avoiding the envoy of north korea. Saying he did not attend to prepare for todays session. At a news conference, tillerson saying what the u. S. Must do to talk. The best thing they can do to give us an indication they are prepared to talk is to top the missile launches. Reporter the u. S. , china and russia are providing a united threat, 1 billion in punishing sanctions against north korea. The sanctions will cut deep and will give the north korean leadership, giving them a taste of the devastation they inflict on the north korean people. Reporter afterwards tweeting, very happy and impressed with 150 United Nations vote on north korea sanctions. At the asia summit, chinas foreign minister warning north koreas minister they must stop the missile advances. North korea was the top concern in talks with russian minister lavrov. This is the first meeting since Vladimir Putin said he is cutting staff from the American Embassy in moscow, retaliations for sanctions in russia. Tillerson saying how much the hacking has damaged the u. S. russia relationship. That has created mistrust between our two countries. And we have to find some way to deal with that. Reporter secretary tillerson told the russians that the u. S. Would respond to the expulsions by Vladimir Putins september 1st deadline. And despite the cliaims of a united front against north korea, they are pressuring the u. S. And russia, instead of propping up kim jonguns regime. Thank you. President trump is beginning his first full week of a working vacation, while the white house under goes repairs. But its Vice President mike pence people are talking about, amid a new report he denies, saying pence is eyeing a 2020 president ial run. Peter alexander has more on that. Reporter good morning to you. President trump marking the 200th day of his presidency. A little downtime at his golf club, whether permitting. Its a rainy one already today. No Public Events on the schedule. This does come as Vice President mike pence is slamming that New York Times report that says he is positioning himself for a possible 2020 white house bid. Mr. Pence calling that report laughable and absurd. Settling in for his Summer Getaway in new jersey, President Trump leaving the white house in his wake. The west wing under renovation, the oval office empty. The president insists hes working, tweeting this is not a vacation. Meetings and calls. The only public sighting so far, mr. Trump in golf attire, greeting guests at his new jersey golf club. And playing wedding crasher in chief. Away from washington, the president and his aides cant escape questions about the russia investigations. Including whether the president would try to fire special counsel robert mueller, now working with multiple grand juries. Hes not even discussed firing bob mueller. Reporter the deputy overs overseeing muellers team, could expand beyond russia interference. Rosenstein wouldnt say he had. We understand the scope of the investigation. Its not a fishing expedition. Reporter the Senate Taking steps to protect muellers job. Blocking President Trump from making appointments while lawmakers are away, as well as a bipartisan bill to shield special counsels from political influence. Is some of this directed at President Trump . Well, theres no question that it is. Reporter still, backing his boss, despite the russia cloud and the president s dwindling approval rating, mike pence is denouncing a New York Times art announcing that he is among a handful of republicans who are positioning themselves in 2020 president ial bids, in case mr. Trump isnt on the ballot. The v. P. Blasting the report as disgraceful and offensive. Dismissing the allegations as false. The latest attempt of the media to divide this administration. Its the greatest mission of my life to serve as Vice President , to a president who is fighting every day to make America Great again. Reporter Kellyanne Conway calling a pence Shadow Campaign fiction. Its true that the Vice President is getting ready for 2020, as reelection of Vice President. Reporter President Trump tacking the news. Lawmakers will find out whether americans think theyve been successful. Today is the first town hall of the august recess. Adamant denials there. Peter, thanks to muff. A lot more to get to, including a rare august tornado that devastated parts of tulsa, oklahoma. It ripped through a shopping district early sunday and injured 30 people, causing widespread damage, as well. Nbcs katcatie beck is there fo us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. The damage here is just unbelievable. So many businesses along the path of this tornado, had their windows broken out. Businesses like the one behind me, just destroyed. And witnesses saying this terrifying tornado came with very little warning. This morning, midtown tulsa is in shambles. A rare august tornado, tearing through the heart of this normally bustling shopping area. Many buildings and businesses, destroyed. The roof of this home shattered after a tree tore a hole through the living room. Toppled power lines, leaving thousands in the dark. Perhaps the saving grace, the twister touched down just after 1 00 in the morning, when most people were home. You can see two tables were pushed together right here. Reporter the roof of this t. G. I. Fridays, collapsed with patrons and employees inside. Sounded like an explosion going off. A family of six, sitting below. Trapped beneath the rubble. I ran to the screaming, yelling. Reporter this Police Officer said its a miracle no one died. What was your reaction when you saw daylight and you saw this . I knew people were trapped in a restaurant. You have a concept of stuff falling on them. And you see that and youre like, holy cow. Reporter the tornado formed so quickly and unexpectedly, it touched down before warni ining sirens had a chance to go off. Its there. We didnt have rampup time. Reporter tulsa facing the damage that has been done. Its a miracle that we can stand here right now and talk about this happened. Its over with. And now, were moving toward recovery. Reporter 24 hours after this twister touched down, officials are surveying the damage here. Asking folks to remain out of this area as much as possible. According to the records, this is only the third time in 50 years that a tornado has touched down in tulsa, in the month of august. Willie and savannah . Incredible to see those images behind you. Thank you. New developments in the investigation of a weekend bombing at a mosque near minneapolis. The powerful explosion shattered windows and damaged an office. And now, officials are trying to sort out whether or not it was a hate crime. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest. Blake, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The fbi is now involved, trying to figure out who set off a bomb at the mosque over the weekend. Minnesotas governor is calling ate an act of terrorism that will not be tolerated. Broken glass and scattered debris at a bloomington, minnesota, mosque. This morning, the fbi trying to figure out who, witnesses say, tossed an explosive device flu a window, into the office of the imam. Minnesotas governor visiting the Islamic Center sunday. Also onhand, representative keith ellison, the only muslim member of congress, who represents minnesotas large muslim somali population. I wish i could tell you this is an isolated thing. But weve soon an uptick in antimuslim hate crimes. Reporter there were people in the building when the blast happened sunday morning. But no one was hurt. If you changed the circumstances just a little bit, it could have resulted in death or serious bodily injury. The imam, says he couwould have been in his office at the time of the explosion, but thankfully, was running late. It looks like hate crime. Some person hate muslims in general because i dont have specific problem with anybody. Reporter federal agents have collected fragments from the bomb in hopes of tracing its orig origin. Investigating an act of hate as this Community Responds with a message of solidarity. Weve seen outpour of love. We have seen cries for tolera e tolerance. The attack on a synagogue is an attack on a church, its an attack on all faith communities. Reporter a 24,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. And the executive director here says he saw a pickup truck take off immediately after the bombing. But no suspect description has been given. Guys . Thank goodness no one was hurt in that explosion. Blake, thanks so much. Now, to a terrifying flight for hundreds of airlines passengers. People were injured when an American Airlines jet tran into extreme turbulence on the way to philadelphia. A new video out shows what its like at those moments. Heres gabe gutierrez. This is your captain. We apologize for the bumpyness. Reporter a terrifying moment for passengers. The captain apologizing for unexpected severe turbulence that shook passengers and crew. Flight 759, from athens to philadelphia, rocked by severe, unexpected turbulence over the atlantic, just 30 minutes before landing. The winds shaking the plane so violently, ten people were injured in the chaos. There was more than a second or two that i did think that the plane might go down. And the thought in my mind, when a plane goes down this, is what it feels like. Reporter the seat belt sign was on. But attendants were serving drinks. Moments later, people are seen cleaning up the cabin that is littered with debris. In all, seven crew members and three passengers were hospitalized, taken by First Responders after the plane landon on saturday. With you on final for 27 right. Runway 27 right, good to land. Reporter while American Airlines didnt provide details about the severity of the incident, the airline said, in part, were taking care of our passengers and our crew members at this time. And want to thank our team members for keeping our passengers safe. In 2016, there were 44 injuries reported due to turbulence on domestic ligflights. In june, passengers were carried away on stretchers. In may, severe turbulence leaving blood and debris in the cabin. Saturdays incident, the latest passenger plane to be rocked by unexpected extreme weather. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. Two boy scouts were killed, another hospitalized, after their sailboat hit a power line. They were riding in a catamaran when it collided with a transmission line. A 16yearold and 18yearold were found in the water. Official says they were likely electrocuted. An 11yearold boy was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown. A manhunt under way for an escaped inmate in ohio. Brandon powell overpowered a sheriffs deputy on friday, after the two were leaving a psychiatric hospital. They were heading back to the jail, when investigators say powell grabbed the deputys gun, calved him to the wheel of his squad car and ran. Authorities say powell is armed and dangerous. The fbi has joined in the search. An arizona man is sharing his story of survival. He was in the wilderness for two days in tripledigit temperatures after his car broke down. He documented the frightening experience with his cell phones camera. Hi. This is nick omen. If you find this phone and i didnt do so well, please please tell my sisters how much i love them. It all started when he decided to take the scenic route back to his phoenix home. But the road was more of a rugged trail, filled with boulders. He was strand eed 16 miles from the nearest town with no cell phone reception. He was left with one battle of water and two beers. After two days under blazing sun, he came across a man on a dirt back. He hopped on the back and is thankful to be alive. In an arizona desert two days. One bottle of water, thats incredible glad hes okay. Pespeaking of weather, whato you have on your map . We had a lot of rain in new orleans. You can see, it is take over some towns with some areas picking up close to nine inches of rainfall. Thats area footage of what that much rain does to some of these towns. Certainly an issue down that way. And more rain is possible, as we go through the day today. That could lead to additional flooding, when some of the heavier downpours set up one area over a period of time. Most of that rain fell in a few, short hours. It didnt take long for that to happen. Most of our rain this morning is through central texas. We have some of the heavier downpours in southwestern louisiana. Through the appalachians and the midatlantic. Thats the area we will see more potential for flooding today. Two rounds of storms moving through. First round this morning in the midatlantic for the morning commute. And a second round of heavier rain this afternoon. 30 Million People are under a flash food watch across the northeast. All with a frontal system that will move through this area this afternoon through the overnight mour hours. This extends back through the gulf coast, where we see more struck me was how it looks. It starts up very quickly. Its instant, in fact. Powerful. Takes you by surprise, because it breaks from the norm. My name is brodie neill, and im a furniture designer. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Rainy one, first alert for heavy rain and potential for flooding for philadelphia, the suburbs, new jersey and delaware until midnight tonight. Steady rain that will be heavy at times could lead to flooding and flash flooding. And going to keep temperatures cool all day long. Rain coming down in the suburbs and philadelphia will be heavy at times this afternoon. A chance of late day thunderstorms for new jersey and at the shore and delaware could produce damaging winds. Clearing out for tomorrow, have a great day. And thats your your latest forecast. All right, dylan. Thank you. Coming up, a murder mystery in chicago. A crosscountry man jb huhunt. And two men are behind fares. 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