Her kayak capsizes. And suiting up. Dylan scores a role on the hit show suits earning one line. I couldnt turn it down. Now im nervous will it be stardom for dylan or will the scene end up on the cutting room floes . The forecast a little overcast today, sunday, august 9th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Francis Rivera and dylan drier. We better enjoy you while we can. I thought you were on hiatus. Yeah. I guess maybe like 30 minutes. More like 15 second. I love the show and it was so fun to be on the set. Well get to that in a bit. The top story now. Mounting turmoil for donald trump this morning. A key member of his inner circle is out. Its not clear whether he quit or was fired. Kelly odonnell has more for us. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. After a sold out threeday miniconference known as the red state gathering. Some of the conservatives here told us they were disappointed to not hear from donald trump directly. As you might expect, trump has plenty more to say. The party went on without donald trump. This tailgate bash, part of the conservative convention, would have been trumps place to rail against political correctness. Instead top president ial candidates fired away at him. Mr. Trump ought to apologize. Jeb brush addressed the controversy directly on the attack on megyn kelly after she challenged trumps comments about women. Come on. Give me a break. I mean, are we do we want to win . Do we want to insult 53 of all voters . Trumps invitation had been revoked, but questions about him persisted. Other candidates, like mike huckabee, were tired of talking trump. Im running for president. Im not running for the social media kritdic for somebody else running for president. Trumps turmoil turned inward saturday. A new fight turned into public view. Long time advisor robert stone is out. He turned in his resignation letter. More controversy the campaign claimed they firer mr. Stone. Saying roger wanted to use it as his benefit. When he becomes the president , of course his tone will change. Right now if you go after him, hes sending in the missiles. Reporter and that has been the donald trump method when hes attacked he attacks back. So some of the candidates have been reluctant to go after him. Criticizing his words, perhaps, but not wanting to discourage him from participating in the race. Many of the conservatives weve talked to say the people should decide his fate over time and not organizations like the party or some of the official groups. Craig . Kelly odonnell for us this morning in atlanta. Thank you. Donald trump will be among chuck todds guests later this morning on meet the press. Chuck, good morning. Good morning, erica. These are far from the most inflammatory things donald trump has ever said. Yet, the reaction seems to be different. Why is the tide turning at this point . The tone or the target . I think its a little bit of everything. I think its the accumulation, number one. If you look, hes been growing the amount of people hes insulted over the years starting during the Birther Movement moving to disparaging hispanics with the comments about mexicans and veterans with john mccain women with megyn kelly. I think it adds to the angst of conservatives that megyn kelly is the star on the fox news. Put it together it has a last straw feel to it. The Republican Party, having many leaders, knows that trump is consuming them right now. At a time when they have got to figure out how to unite. Theyre demographically challenged going up against democrats in 16. Kelly talked about the fact in the past any targets have been reluctant to respond in any way to donald trump because he attacks back. That seems to be waning a little bit, too. Jeb bush was clear when he said the real issue here is that he could push aside voters specifically women voters. How much of that is a part of the equation at this point . I think thats the issue now. Its sort of all the candidates, many of them, i dont want to say all because not all are taking direct shots but behind the scenes they say this. At first, it was trump is trump. They think the American People swing voters would separate trump from the Republican Party. Now theres a concern that trumps problems will now bleed into the Republican Party here and start to stain them even for the longterm. I think thats what jeb bush is talking about. I think many of these candidates are saying to themselves, if Donald Trumps words are used against them if theyre the nominee think jeb bush and scott walker. What they said in this moment will matter. Theres been a lot made about the phone call that happened between former president clinton and donald trump. In recent days both camps denied the phone call the president ial race was discussed the all. It hasnt silenced the speculation. The timing here is kind of interesting. What do you make of the renewed buzz about the call . Theres plenty of conservatives who believe that donald trump isnt a real conservative. He doesnt really hold true conservative positions, at least on things Like Health Care and even on taxes who think that hes nothing more than some sort of democratic plan. The clinton phone call feeds into that narrative, whatever that phone call was about, and i think that its sort of just nervousness. Here he is he sort of did a belly flop into the republican pool and suddenly dominating the race. So conservatives who would wish somebody else would do it are wondering how did it happen . Why is he doing this . Theyre going to conspiracy. All right, chuck. Thank you. Well see you again in a little bit when donald trump joins you on meet the press. Police in texas asked the fbi to join the investigation into fridays deadly shooting of a 19yearold College Football player. A case that sparked a fire storm of outrage online as a critical new piece of evidence emerges. Mark potter has that story. Reporter in a Security Camera video from outside a car dealership in arlington, texas shooting victim Christian Taylor can seen jumping on a vehicle and breaking out the windshield, which police say he did before his fatal encounter with officers. Later on the tape, he can be seen driving his vehicle through a locked gate there and then in the distance driving through a glass door on to the showroom floor. Reporter shortly afterward, police can be seen arriving a the dealership with taylor ro roaming inside the building with, they told him to lie on the ground but he refused. During the arrest there was a confrontation between officers and mr. Taylor, which lead officer brad miller to discharge his weapon striking mr. Taylor. Reporter police say 19yearold taylor a Football Player at Angelo State University died at the scene. He was not carrying a weapon. The officer, 49yearold brad miller, just graduated from the Police Academy in march was was being supervised by a training officer. Police say details of the kron frontation with taylor and the shooting are being gathered. The fbi has been asked to join the investigation. Our pledge is to provide these answers in the most thorough and expeditious manner possible. Reporter taylors family, which held a vigil saturday night questions whether he actually had to be killed. He was by himself and unarmed. I think that would have been other methods or manner you could have done to, you know, take him down or whatever. Reporter the police say they await autopsy and toxicologist reports and will be public with their findings. For today, mark potter, nbc news. Meantime in missouri today marks one day one year to the day since the death of Michael Brown. The unarmed black teen was shot dead by a white Police Officer in the city of ferguson. Browns killing sparked months of protest and violence. Overnight at least 200 protesters took to the streets outside police headquarters. Nbc ron allen has been covering the story for us from the beginning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. During the past year ferguson has become more than the death of Michael Brown at the hands of darren wilson. Many say it raised National Awareness about Deadly Police encounters in minority neighborhoods in places like cleveland, baltimore, and new york. A year later much has changed. For others progress has been slow and there are still cries for justice. Reporter on this painful anniversary, Michael Browns family still mourns. He never came back. I dont know how you explain it. Reporter browns father, leading marches through the streets. Streets still scarred by reminders of battlefield ferguson became is this street bad . Its not bad were working on it. Reporter westerly bell is one of the three africanamericans on the city council. The new police chief, city manager, and top judge, also, are black. In a city where the Justice Department report said the police and courts were biassed againstminorities. Fergusons leaders reject the allegations. All officers wear body cameras. Do you think kids feel different . Trust has to be earned. Reporter a Citizens Group set up by the governor to look into the underlying causes of the anger and rage has some 150 calls to action for raising the minimum wage to improving local schools. Are you satisfied with where ferguson is now . Its a long process that has been decades in the coming. Reporter despite of fears of flight, most of the 200 businesses damaged by the unrest have stayed. Queen green showed us her damaged salon. Everything is water damaged and smoke damaged. Youve been busy the last year or so. Reporter mary, with a newborn, finally hoping to reopen a new location by labor day. I mean, like i said im hopeful. Reporter overnight there was a shooting incident in Ferguson Police say one man was injured, one man hospitalized. The rear window of a police car shattered by the cross fire. Criminal activity, apparently unrelated to the ferguson anniversary. More events are planned today marking the anniversary. Unlike a year ago, so far things have been peaceful. Ron allen this morning, thank you. To francis with more on just a gruesome in texas. Police doing a home welfare check called in the swat team after seeing the body of a dead boy through the window. When the negotiators help they were final able to enter finding eight people shot to death five were children. The suspect surrendered at the scene. In florida a 37yearold woman is recovering after losing her arm in a vicious alligator attack. Witnesses could only look on in horror as the woman was mauled by gator. This is how big around it was, you know, from the mouth. Then you see it hanging. Paramedics rushed to the scene at the river in Central Florida saturday afternoon. She was totally naked. Her arm was gone. The 37yearold victim was swimming with a group of people when she went off alone to a more remote area of the river. Thats when the gator struck biting her and dragging her underwater. Blood everywhere on the kayaks and canoes. Reporter conservation mem r members say a friends heard the screams and rushed to save her. Canoers were able to get her to shore and she was quickly taken to the hospital. Trappers are still looking for the gator. I was so scared. I have three kids up there. They were in the water but not as deep as she was. It was scary. A really scary moment. Keep in mind its the second alligator attack in Central Florida in many weeks. A worker was bitten while in a deep water pond at the florida adventure park. Rangers in Yellow Stone National park say a hiker was killed in what appears to be a grizzly attack. The man was found off the popular trail in the lake village property. He worked on the clinic. He may have run into a bear protecting cubs. In new york the daughter of singer annie lenox survived a kayaker accident but they are looking for her boyfriend. Kelly lenox was in a kayak on the hudson river with boyfriend ian jones when it capsized. She was picked up by a passing boat but he hasnt been found. The two werent wearing life jackets. Talk about life on the edge. Spacex and e lon musk is on the edge of that plane there in england. Do you see it . He was spending the day with the english rocking team. While doing so up there they spent some time yes, as everybody does a instagram self selfie. What could possibly go wrong . Wow. You got a selfie. Its true. Its the important thing we captured it. Dylan is here with a check of the weather. S it it is dangerously hot down south. Temperatures themselves will be well over 100 degrees. We have excessive heat warnings in effect through the south. Fort worth 106. Little rock 102. The feels like temperature is nearly 115 degrees. Keep in mind you want to check on the elderly, keep the pets indoors. Good sunday morning. Ath im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Pleasantly warm today. A lot like yesterday. Mix of sun and clouds, 83 to 87. Changes on monday. A chance for thunderstorms later on monday. Better chance for storms on tuesday. 82 degrees. Wednesday, the sunshine returns. Sunny, breezy, 85. Looking great on thursday. 84 degrees before that warm weather returns on friday, 86. Hot and humid, 96, have a great atest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Nascars tony stewart returns to an upstate new york track in a few hours. Very close to the race where he struck and killed a fellow driver a year ago. This friday the drivers family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against stewart. Kristen deahlgren has more. Reporter good morning. Legal experts say its no coincidence the lawsuit was filed before the weekend. The fallout is far from over. Tony stewart is ready to race at watkins glen in weekend. After last years tragedy, hell carry a heavy burden. I dont think ill ever be the same. I dont know how you could be. I dont know how anybody could be back to exactly the way they were. Reporter it was this weekend 2014 when stewart struck 220yearold kevin ward junior on a nearby dirt track. The video posted on youtube shows ward getting out of his car to confront stewart when hes hit. Ward had marijuana in his system. A grand jury investigation cleared stewart, who called it an accident. But in a civil suit filed on friday, wards parents call it malicious. The lawsuit claims other drivers slowed and avoided ward, but not stewart. The standard is was he negligent . Was he reckless . Should he have slowed down. And really, you know, theyre asking to speculate on what was in his head and what he was thinking. Reporter in a statement, wards parents call kevin the light of their lives adding they hope to hold tony stewart responsible and show him there are real consequences. For stewart, often viewed as a hot head on and off the track, there is already been a cost. Its been the worst season. Hes been in a huge slump. He hasnt had many races in which hes been contender to win. Reporter as he gets ready to race again, many couldnt help but go back to that night one year ago. Im trying not to think about it. I have a feeling its going to get brought up a lot this week. It doesnt help you continue to move forward with it that was stewart talking on wednesday before the suit was filed. He hasnt commented since. The representatives had no comment as well. Thank you. Ladies, ready . I think so. Its back back with a brilliant and manly new ad campaign. Manly. Kind of a bro mance there. Old spice ads were all the rage awhile back. A familiar face is back. 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