Hollywood and the world paying tribute to the great gene wilder. His characters indelible, his natural charm unmatched. Dont forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. What happened . He lived well look back on the life, the legacy and the laughter today, tuesday, august 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. That line from willy wonka gets me every single time. I have three children and have probably seen willy wonka and the times. Hes great. So much love and warmth for him. We will start this morning with politics and the personal. Morni third sexting scandal. The ramifications reverberating throughout the political world as Hillary Clintons closest aide, huma abedin huma abedin. We have two reports this morning and we will start with kristin welker. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you today. The Clinton Campaign is grabbling. Anthony weiner. Hillary clinton and abedin are so close at one point she referred to her as a second daughter. This morning Anthony Weiner seen in this photo from daily mail. Com on his own and out of work. Leave from new york one as the New York Daily News says it will no longer publish his opinion columns. The news coming hours after huma abedin announced her split with wiener saying after long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, i have made the decision to separate from my husband. Adding the two remain devoted to doing what is best for our son. It follows a New York Post report that wiener sent messages to a woman online including a picture of wiener in his underwear laying instead to a toddler who the post says is his son. Wiener saying he and the woman have been friends for some time insisting their conversations were always appropriate deleting his twitter account on monday. Donald trump trying to capitalize on the news saying in a statement huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well and shell be far better off without him. Trump also have had access to classified information from his wife. Clintons campaign firing back at trump. Were not dignifying that with a response. The saga began in 2011 when a text sing scandal cost wiener his house seat. It is a shame. Two years later his comeback bid for new york city mayor was derailed by more revelations of inappropriate behavior online as abedin stood by her husband. It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where i could forgive anthony. Reporter behind the scenes a documentary filmmaker captured her private pain. Even as wiener told savannah he was a changed man. I think that with help of my wife, with help of professionals reporter now its abedins turn to move abedins turn to move on. We reached out to weiner so far, and wiener. He returned here to manhattan once the story broke, and abedin continues in the hamptons. Thank you. Andrea mitchell joins us now with more on the fallout. How did this play out behind the scenes . Behind the scenes what changed everything, despite their long troubled marriage, friends say this was coming for a long time, and what changed was the picture in the child, for the child to be included in an inappropriate message on line to this woman really broke it. Yes, he was in the hamptons and they were trying to continue with this facade of a marriage. With this facade of a marriage. She was devoted until the second episode and documentary which was devastating. They were hoping to at least get through the campaign through the election. But then it became untenable. Deeply personal situation. Its a family situation. But she is also a top aide to Hillary Clinton. Is there a political fallout that we can expect from this as well . Of course there is. There are so many tensions involved. She is the most powerful figure political figure and personal figure in Hillary Clintons circle. And there are people who fear her. There are people who respect and adore her. The inner circle certainly. There are criticisms this led to Hillary Clinton not getting other insights, not having press on the plane, not having press conferences they say those interviews are more controlled situations and the fact she needs to this coming just as theyre preparing for those debates. This is a problem. It resurrect all of those old conversations that some voters might be having especially swing voters. The those moms in superba. Theres a lot of love and affection from huma. Also a concern about the campaign. Andrea mitchell, thank you very much. Lets stay on politics and turn now to the mounting backlash against a top trump surrogate to tweeted a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in black face. Hes now apologizing for that post but standing by his criticism of clinton and her outreach to black voters. Hallie jackson joins us now with that part of the story. Reporter look at the timing of all of this. Its as donald trump is trying to deliver more hallie, good morning to all of you. He only has about 1 support from that group right now according to our latest poll. Tho closer look at the controversy surrounding one of his top surrogates, but first a warning about the tweeted cartoon. Viewers may find it offensive. An apology from a top trump surrogate, pastor mark burns. The tweet was not designed to anger or stir the pot like it did. That tweet showing Hillary Clinton in black face, and now deleted, burns saying he is sorry live on campaign. The campaign is not making me do this. Ns who leads the trump campaigns outreach to the africanamerican community. Didnt you do the opposite of what donald trump says hes trying to do . The picture is designed to draw attention to the very fact that Hillary Clinton do pander to black people. She do pander. Policies are africanamericans. Burns a frequent presence at trump rallies where lately the gop nominee has been aiming his message at black voters. What the hell do you have to lose . But its a message delivered in front of mostly white audiences. That will change this weekend when trump is set to visit detroit with dr. Ben carson and speak at a predominantly black church. 2012 gop contender herman kaine campaigning with mike pence. We dont have a Race Relations issue in america. They do. Reporter and this morning we have a look at our new nbc News Survey Monkey online tracking poll numbers showing clintons lead over trump has narrowed from eight points down to six in just the last week. And among registered independents who dont lean toward either party, trump is ki clintons lead from 12 points to 4. Savannah . Hallie jackson, thank you. Lets turn to trouble brewing off the east coast. Floridand facing the threat of really heavy rains and heavy winds. Dylan is in for al this morning. What is going on. All of a sudden the tropics got extremely busy. Hurricane gaston is out over the water, but tropical depression number eight and number nine. Those are likely to become tropical systems later on today. Number nine already produced rainfall over cuba, and we will see this most likely develop into a Tropical Storm today, and then by the time we get into thursday producing several inches of rain, and some areas, especially near tampa, could end up rain that could lead to flash flooding. And we have Tropical Storm warnings on the outer banks of North Carolina, and its looking like it should produce rough surf and we could see one to three inches of rain and gusty winds and its the storm in florida that could bring us the biggest flooding threat. The fbi is telling nbc news that Russian Hackers were behind two recent attempts. In one instant data from as many as 200,000 voter records were stolen in arizona, but in arizona the attempt was unsuccessful. The russian government may be trying to interfere with the u. S. President ial election. Now to a dramatic rescue that was caught on camera, several motor errists jump into action to save a woman car fully engulfed in flames. Ca. A pileup on a highway in upstate new york. You can see a tractortrailer plow into several vehicles. A white car on the left of your screen bursts into flames. Several people rush over to try to pull the door open and free the driver. Others attempt to put that fire out. Eventually they break the passenger side window and pull the woman to safety. Incredibly, she suffered only minor cuts and bruises. An investigation into the crash is now under way. Some high drama in rhode island yesterday after a bucket truck overturned on a bridge leaving two workers dangling over the river below. Look at that. The workers were in the bucket inspecting the bridges underside when the truck fell over on its side. Rescuers brought in another bucket truck and pulled workers to safety. There were no reports of any injuries and the cause of that accident is now under investigation. A public firestorm over the skyrocketing price of epipens has led to mylan saying they will produce a generic version for half the price. Tom costello is in washington with more on this. This may be both a pr move and financial move as Mylan Pharmaceuticals found itself in the bulls eye of controversy over what many believe is excessive company drug pricing over its epipen. Mylan pharmaceuticals say it will offer a generic version. Rather than 600, 300 for the generic. A 50 discount but not the common 90 discount with generics. The evidence, say critics, two moms in two different keeps three epipens on hand for her son. Two years ago my son had a reaction to watermelon. It was seconds that his throat started to close up. The price 600 each. Meanwhile, in canada all dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, wheat and chicken. His family keeps six epipens on hand. The price at the pharmacy, 100 each. To me it doesnt make any sense for such a difference in price. Its one of those things that make me very happy to be canadian. They negotiate prices because there are drug plans so they buy in bulk and governments negotiate prices so they try to bring prices down. Epinephrin has been around for years and cost just 3. The plastic auto injectors last week mylan ceo Heather Bresch blamed it on middle man. Our health care is in a crisis. No different than the Mortgage Financial crisis. This bubble is going to burst. Mylan makes a billion dollars a year on epipens. This morning it says generic could be on the market in a couple months but consumer advocates say many anxious parents may avoid the generic and stay with the expensive brand that they trust. Tributes are this morning tributes are pouring in for gene wilder. As nbcs joe fire explains, no matter what role he played, watching him work is as though they snagged that golden ticket. Entire courses would be built around gene wilder. From Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein, to the producers, he did some of his best work with mel brooks. He blessed me with his friendship. That magic extended to wilders chemistry with the late richard pryor. I love him. One of his off camera loves, gilda wilder. No life i know more than any other role, he will be remembered most for playing willy wonka. There was never any mr. President wilder, and must have been pretty. Dont forget what happened to the man he suddenly got everything he always wanted. What happened . He was very happy. More so that the countless Young Children that would smile or call out to him, theres willy wonka would not have to expose reference illness. Do you have a Favorite Movie . You are going to say Blazing Saddles. Young frankenstein. We talked about the tropical systems, and we have some flash flooding. Theres a cold front moving in and it could trigger some storms, they are not severe, but could produce a lot of rain in a short period of time. Your forecast is coming up in 30 seconds. Good morning. Headed on out to the bus stops for the kids back in school, temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s now, and its going to be another hot day today. Afternoon highs in the upper 80s to near 90 and tomorrow even warmer, up to 93 tomorrow and that should be the last of this particular heat wave. We will turn a little cooler just in time for the holiday weekend, and friday, turday and sunday and monday look great. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. 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A check on your forecast is next. Stay with us. Sunshine to get your tuesday started this morning and thats the way its going to stay all day long. Plenty of sunshine for you today in the upper 60s in the Shenandoah Valley, parts of maryland, low to mid70s around the metro area, and upper 80s to 90 degrees, and so a hot day. Temperatures near 87 at 6 00, and good outdoor low and mid90s, highs up to 93 for your wednesday. Chuck, thank you. Another local news update in 25 minutes. Now back to the today show after this break. To discover who you really are. Come up for air. Asheville. Discovery, inside and out. Theres the view. Youve gotta stop and look around a little. Asheville. Discovery, inside and out. 7 30 on a Tuesday Morning. The 30th day of august, 2016. Sun shining down on a nice crowd out on our plaza. Well get outside in about half an hour and say hi to them. First, lets look at the headlines this morning. Anthony weiner has lost two jobs and Hillary Clintons top aide, huma abedin has left him. Donald trump wasted no time getting a dig at the hillary Clinton Campaign and Hillary Clinton questioning her judgment. Two big storms are brewing in the atlantic. Both could become Tropical Storms later today. One expected to intensify wednesday making landfall in up to a foot of rain in some areas. The otherould impact the carolina coast later this week. One of the best times of the year. The u. S. Open kicked off in new york monday night with a performance from rock n roll hall of famer fill collins and alison keys winning at 1 49 a. M. In the coming days here, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams looking to dominate after disappointing showing at the olympics. When owen labrie went on trial for rape last year, the case attracted attention nationwide. By law, his accuser was shrouded in anonymity even while testifying. But today for the first time shes revealing her name and face and telling her story for the first time publicly. Up until now this is how chessy a voice disguised in court. I felt like i was frozen. This is the first time youve come out and said publicly what happened. Yes. Why did you want to do that . Well, its been two years now since the whole ordeal, and i feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me. Im going to make sure that other girls, other boys, know that they can own it too and they dont have to be ashamed either. The story starts on the grounds of this beautiful campus in new hampshire. A school where her father, alex, had graduated and her older sister. It was just before graduation when she accepted a date with popular senior owen labrie. A date that she says went horribly wrong and ended with trial ensued. She faced the d