In this week's Sunday Sitdown, Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger grabs pizza with Willie Geist to talk about her dazzling run in "Sunset Boulevard," her music with the Pussycat Dolls and working with the late Liam Payne on his last major TV appearance before his tragic death. An American Airlines pilot quickly aborted takeoff after a tire fell off and rolled away as the jet was speeding down the runway in Denver on Saturday. Passengers and crew evacuated using the emergency slide and one passenger went to the hospital with a minor injury. Dangerously hot weather is gripping much of the country, with more than 125 million people from the Plains to the Northeast under heat advisories between Sunday and Monday. Meanwhile, air quality alerts are in place from New Jersey up to Maine because of smoke coming down from Canadian wildfires. Just days after Stephen Colbert, one of Trump's loudest critics, announced his popular late-night show has been cancelled by CBS, the FCC approved Skydance's $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, CBS' parent company, in a deal that includes conditions for the network's news division. NBC's Erin McLaughlin reports in this week's Sunday Focus. A photographer in Altadena, California, who lost her lost her home in the devastating Eaton Fire, is documenting her neighbourhood's efforts to rebuild using a centuries-old craft called tintype. NBC's Steve Patterson reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist runs through the Highs and Lows of the week including Pope Leo being gifted a custom 'Da Pope' T-shirt, Astronomer, the company at the center of the Coldplay Kiss Cam frenzy, hiring Gwyneth Paltrow as their "temporary spokesperson," and more. 

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Aug. 10 to discuss Gaza's famine, the hostage crisis and Israel's plan to take over Gaza City. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a press conference before the UN's emergency meeting to discuss the country's planned takeover. NBC's Molly Hunter reports for Sunday TODAY. Four astronauts who raced to the International Space Station to relieve the stranded Boeing Starliner crew are back on solid ground after 148 days in space. The SpaceX capsule — which included two Americans, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut — splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little nailed an impressive 70-yard field goal as time expired at the end of the first half of the team's preseason-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. While the Jaguars celebrated Little on the field, the staggering kick will not go into the record books since it was not a regular season game. After months of threats and pauses, President Donald Trump's new tariffs have gone into effect, impacting both American trading partners and domestic consumers. In this week's Sunday Focus, NBC's Christine Romans breaks down the administration's economic strategy and how it affects Americans. "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert stunned viewers last month when he announced that CBS has pulled the plug on the show, effective May 2026. In this Sunday Sitdown Lookback, Colbert joins Willie Geist for a conversation reflecting on his early struggles in comedy, finding security in "The Colbert Report" and taking over for David Letterman. In the early morning hours of July 4, flash flooding caused the Guadalupe River to swell and surge rapidly through Texas Hill Country, killing at least 135 people. Among the victims were family members of country singer Pat Green, who is now working through his own grief the best way he knows how — with music. NBC's Ryan Chandler reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight.