Are you feeling lucky . Those stories plus the new report card on the airlines that will surprise you. The man accused of groping taylor swift takes the stand. And remembering the Rhinestone Cowboy. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy the tributes pouring in for music legend, Glen Campbell, today, wednesday, august 9th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, mpb. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Were happy youre joining us. Lets get to the rapidly developing north korea crisis. The ominous threats being exchanged by the u. S. And the north korean regime. The latest salvo, north korea saying it is seriously reviewing plans to launch missile strikes on guam. Thats a u. S. Territory and home to a Key Air Force base. What was the timing of this . It followed a harsh warning from President Trump, that any threats from kim jongun would be met with, quote, fire and fury like the world has never seen. Our team is ready to break in all down, starting with nbc chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. Andrea, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The north korean threat, frighteningly routine for the rogue regime, was a thrilling response to thunderous words from President Trump, as kim jongun has a weapon that was closer to reaching the u. S. , than previously thought. Prump, trying to stop north korea from hitting the u. S. They will be met with fire and fury, and frankly power. The likes of which this world has never seen before. Reporter drawing a red line, just reports after a Major Nuclear advance by north k. Pre tough talk, north korea issued a threat of its own. Announcing in a statement it was carefully examining plans to attack the u. S. Territory of guam, creating what it called an enveloping fire. Troops are stationed on the remote ireland,ete island, alon than 160,000 guam residents. A new brief tells nbc news, kim jongun may have a miniature Nuclear Warhead, small enough to fit inside one of his new longrange missiles. A missile that could reach the u. S. Mainland. North korea has to overcome technical hurdles. Experts say that is a matter of when, not if. There is a growing consensus that the pace of the program is increasing steadily. The effectiveness of the program, missile and nuclear, is getting better. Reporter now, President Trump is strongly hinting at a military option, a preemptive strike. But the u. S. Does not know where all of north kroreas facilitie are hiding under ground. And north korea could retaliate against people in seoul, including 100,000 americans and 28,000 troops stationed there. The u. S. Has successfully tested missile defenses from the west coast, hitting a test missile over the pacific. But the system is not foolproof. Meanwhile, the president s Strong Language is being criticized by leading lawmakers of both parties. Democrat Dianne Feinstein calling his rhetoric bombastic. And john mccain cautioning against making empty threats. The great leaders ive seen, they dont threaten unless they are ready to act. And im not sure that President Trump is ready to act. And so, maybe it will turn out all right. Hes the president. Im not. But i dont think that some of the great leaders that i have admired would have taken that same path. Reporter and as for the threat to guam, u. S. Officials are discounting it as part of north koreas continuing anger over b1 bombers who are flying from the island over the korean peninsula. But the real fear is that the rhetoric is escalating from both sides as they draw new red lines. And President Trump faces his First Military crisis. Savannah and matt, back to you. Andrea mitchell on this story for us. A scary story. Thank you very much. Lets bring in Nicolle Wallace and nbc news military analyst, retired army colonel jock ja jack jacobs. Lets talk about the rhetoric. Is this the president giving kim jongun a taste of his own medicine . Or is it going to make a bad situation worse . I think its irrelevant, actually. I first heard the remarks, i somebody read them to me, i thought that kim jongun had read the remarks. Is it dangerous . Do the words matter in this context . The words do matter. But the president has a tendency to be bombastic all the time. And to the extent this is about war, its important. But to the extent, it broadcasts what were going to do, its not. Lets not dismiss the words so quickly. Fire and fury, as a military guy, jack, what do you read into fire and fury . Is this conventional weaponry . Or is he threatening Something Else . The suggestion is hes going to use Nuclear Weapons. Theres a difference between using Nuclear Weapons and shock and awe, using nonnuclear means. Its just to scare north korea and see what they do next. Nicolle, when someone says what President Trump said yesterday, he drew a line in the stand. Do our adversaries cross the line . Shortly after he said that, North Koreans said theyre looking at plans to attack guam. A u. S. Territory. By the fact they said that, didnt they cross the line . Sure. And this president ran as someone who was going to almost in a seinfeld like way, be the opposite of barack obama in every way, shape and form. Over and over, he criticized president obama for drawing that red line in syria. He has drawn a far more stark, a far more inflammatory, a far more dangerous red line. And hes the kind of guy who would be sort of shamed into sort of keeping up with his own words. So, the language is so stunning because it contradicts all of the traditions of American Military history. You talked about shock and awe. Those were words used after the military phase had begun. By the media. Those were not words when we were engaged with diplomacy. Those werent words when the debate about iraq was at the u. N. Security council, which is where this conversation was over the weekend. And this is a president thats now used language he cant put back in the toothpaste tube. Theres a theory that this is all by design. The president uses the hot rhetoric so the North Koreans feel like, he might be willing to actually use that force. And thats the deterrent effect. Do you buy it . No. This president was few things by design. He shoots from the hip all the time. And i think his words are taken with a grain of salt. Also, if youre going to do anything, you have to convince the military establishment to go along with it. We have pretty cool heads there. And i think it will be difficult to convince them to do preemptive attacks. Nicolle, jack said the words were designed for the consumption of each other. They got the attention of the North Koreans. Get the attention of our allies, as well. And gotten the attention of people in congress. What do you expect to see over the next couple of days, in terms for support for the president on this issue . Anytime a country goes to war, the president typically enjoys support because men and women are in harm. Not only our military families and soldiers, but other countries. This is such an extraordinary case that on the day he elevated the chances of that happening, he was rebuked by no one currently serving in the military. But Barry Mccaffrey talked to us. The cooler heads, are the secretary of defense, are the generals serving on his own staff. And they seem to believe this is language that will not be matched in the moment by military action. We will continue to watch, of course. Colonel jack jacobs, great to get your perspective. You, too, nicolle. Breaking overnight, an apparent ambush on soldiers in a paris suburb. Officials say a driver rammed his car into the group. They believe he did it deliberately. Keir simmons has the latest on the investigation. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Nbc news letting the french prosecutor has opened an official terrorist investigation. Witnesses described seeing a car with one person inside, waiting to strike. Then accelerating towards the soldiers. This morning, police are checking Video Surveillance to identify the vehicle, a bmw, and find the driver. Paris, again, on high alert today, as police are hunting a suspect car that rammed into a group of soldiers, injuring six. Three are in a series condition, after the latest accident in levallois. The mayor describing it as deliberate and odious act of aggression. To target soldiers who were there to protect against attacks at 8 00 in the morning is cowardly. The soldiers coming out of the barracks this morning, were part of a contingent to Counter Terror attacks. This, the latest in a series of incidents in and around paris, targeting Security Forces that are keeping one of the worlds most visited tourist cities onedge. Among the attacks this year, a muslim extremist shot dead after pretending to grab a weapon at the airport. A man shoutingally akbar and wielding machetes attacking two soldiers at the louvre. Another shot down outside of notre dame with a hammer. And a Police Officer killed and two seriously injured, after a gunman opened fire on a police car in the champselysees. This latest incident, using a vehicle, one of isis favorite attack modes. This all happened in an area of paris thats home to the main french intelligence service. While france is under a state of energy, dating back to when people were killed in a string of terror attacks. The prime target, the very authorities working to prevent attacks. Matt and savannah . Keir simmons in london for us. A lot more to get to this morning, including the search, its over for a man suspected of killing a missouri Police Officer. Ian mccarthy was taken into custody last night after somebody called 911, to report a person walking on the highway. Police say he shot and killed officer gary michael on a routine stop on monday night. Michael was able to return fire and wounded mccarthy. Hes in stable condition. President trump is vowing the u. S. Will win the fight against the growing opioid crisis. Nobody is safe from this epidemic that threatens young and old, rich and poor, urban and rural communities. Everybody is threatened. The president met with Administration Officials at his new Jersey Golf Club on tuesday, to discuss strategy on this. But he stopped short as his Opioid Task Force had recommended. The president said they will meet the crisis with early preventi prevention, to keep drug supplies from having this country. Now, the growing excite over two jackpots. Mega millions is closing in on 400 million. And tonights Powerball Jackpot has ballooned to 300 million. Kerry has been wracking up the tickets. Reporter didnt win. As did zero people won. As we look at the drawing last night, dont throw away your tickets in the Mega Millions just yet. If you purchase a ticket in florida, georgia, new york or california, there were each 1 million winners there. Check your tickets. The statistics of winning, look at the odds here. You have a chance of winning this 1 in 258 million. To win it. And so, if you win it, you get to walk away say you take the lump sum of 238 million. Lets look also at not just the megamillions but also the powerball because you mentioned, its a huge jackpot there. People dbuying tickets. If you were to win both of them. Look at the odds of this. Its mindboggling. Thats one in 75 quadrillion. Matt and savannah, you have a bert chance of being struck by lightning ten times and surviving all strikes than winning both of these. Youre saying, its not impossible, right . Theres still hope. Okay. Kerry, thank you so much. All right. Now, a big shakeup in the world of entertainment. Disney announced on tuesday, it will pull all of its content from netflix and start its own streaming service set to launch in 2019. It will feature disney as well as Disney Channel tv. That content will be removed from disney will launch a espnleaning service. Legendary singer Glen Campbell died after a long battle with alzheimers. Cynthia mcfadden looks back at his unforgettable life and career. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy reporter this morning an outpouring of love and affection for Glen Campbell, the man known around the world as the Rhinestone Cowboy. Riding out on a horse in a starspangled rodeo reporter and so many more. By the time i get to phoenix reporter from dolly parton. Glen is one of the greatest voices that ever was in the business. Southern nights reporter he was one of the greatest musicians. And yet, he never learned to read music. Born dirtpoor in arkansas during the depression, he taught himself to play the guitar. Going from small town bars. Im Glen Campbell. Reporter to the heights of stardom, with his own hit tv show and acting in major motion pictures. And he appears on today as part of our summer concert series. But his life had sour notes, too. He battled cocaine and alcohol. Was married four times. And in 2011, he received the devastating news. He had alzheimers disease. I aint done yet. Reporter but he kept on singing. Im still here but yet im gone reporter his daughter, ashley, swetweeted. Heartbrok heartbroken. I owe him everything i am and everything i will be. He will be remembered so well and with so much love. Ive been walking these streets so long reporter over his remarkable career, he won six grammys. And a Lifetime Achievement award. A celebration of his music and his courage. For today, cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. Remember in a younger period of his lives watching his specials on tv. And the special show for the smothers brothers. I was reading about him and he was talking about how he viewed Country Music. And he didnt like to call it Country Music. He called it people music because it was the stories of people in their everyday lives. Hes one of the legends of it, for chsure. Mr. Rocker, a check of the weather . The southern nights, and southern days soggy. Flash flood watches from texas all the way into alabama. We could be looking from some places getting three to five inches of rain. You can see the heavy showers and thunderstorms, firing up along this stationary front. Going to be today, into tomorrow. A repeat of rain causing flooding and problems. Flooding and problems. Were doggi i vo unlimited is only as good as the network its on. And only one network can be the best. Verizon. Just named number one in the nation by rootmetrics, the largest independent study. In call, data, speed, and reliability. And awarded number one Overall Network for the eighth time in a row. Because only verizon has the best network and the best unlimited. And thats your latest weather. Guys . Al, thank you very much. Coming up, what is his side of the story . The man at the center of the taylor swift trial takes the stand. And in the wake of some good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A Beautiful Day, lots of sunshine. A warm day but the humidity will stay low and the winds will be light. 85 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. Plenty of sunshine in the suburbs. 83 the High Temperature with low humidity during the day. And new jersey warms to 85. The inland areas mostly sunny skies at the shore and 79 this afternoon. Middle 80s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Just ahead, is that hbo cyber attack about to get worse . The new ransom video set to music of game of thrones. And birthday girl. Were going to save you money were going to save you money with backtoschool shopping. Hi. Oh, hi welcome to the neighborhood. I brought you this pie to see if youre weird. Wow, that smells intrusive. It is. Did you want to come in, maybe snoop around a bit . Thats why im here. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . Oo i the citi® double cash card does. Only citi lets you earn 1 cash back when you buy, and 1 as you pay. The citi double cash card. Double means double. Real energy harnessed from the earth. Nature valley. During the love askfor color sale. Ms august 11th through the 14th save 35 on paints and stains. Theres a store in every neighborhood. Find yours at sherwinwilliams. Com save. Did any bag of dog or buy cat food at petsmart we give a meal to a pet in need . Help us reach our goal of donating more than 60 million meals so hungry pets across the country get to eat. Buy any bag, we give a meal to a pet in need. Petsmart for the love of pets. This i can do, easily. I try hard to get a great shape. Benefiber® healthy shape is a clear, tastefree, 100 natural daily fiber. Thats clinically proven to help me feel fuller longer. Benefiber® healthy shape. This i can do when youre close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment . If you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz. Taltz is proven to give you a chance at completely clear skin. With taltz, up to 90 of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. In fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. Do not use if you are allergic to taltz. Before starting you should be checked for tuberculosis. Taltz may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Tell your doctor if you are being treated for an infection or have symptoms. Or if you have received a vaccine or plan to. I