right? okay. well today's show is coming up next. we continue today in the bay, also on roku and other streaming platforms at 8 a.m, we're speaking one on one with the managing director of the washington institute about the push for a ceasefire amid the ongoing war in gaza. you can also watch online at nbcbayarea.com or on our smartphone app. and that is what's happening today in the bay. the today show starts right now. that's right. always turn to nbcbayarea.com, where we're constantly updating news there for you. thanks so much for starting your monday morning with us. come back for tuesday, wednesday, friday. we're always here for you. have a great one. good monday morning. the start of a crucial in race fo >> the democratic national convention kicking off in a matter of hours.

good morning. it's august 19th. this is "today." in the spotlight. dams gathering in chicago for a convention few anticipated a month ago. president biden passing the torch. kamala harris looking to define herself as the head of the party. >> when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. >> in chicago, demonstrators already making their voice heard. while on the campaign trail, donald trump takes him at his opponent. coverage, including what the polls show about where the race stands. breaking overnight, flood emergency. heavy rain soaking much of the east coast. nearly a foot in the northeast in just a few hours, washing out roads and leading to dramatic rescues. some highways still shut down this morning. and there is more rain on the way. we're live with the very latest and your full forecast. pushing for peace. secretary of state antony blinken in israel this morning making the case for a cease-fire.

>> this is a decisive moment. probably the best, maybe the last opportunity to get the hostages home. >> just ahead, where the high stakes talks now stand, and the potential impact of a deadly air strike in gaza over the weekend. breaking news, the legendary phil donahue, a pioneer of the daytime talk show has died, his wife marla thomas making the announcement, and now leading the tribute. all that, plus party on. labor day weekend set to be one of the busiest ever. tens of millions gearing up to travel. what you need to know and how to score the best deals as the holiday weekend approaches. speaking of records, caitlin clark making even more history. >> swing ahead. on dime. and mitchell lays it in. inside the wnba record that

stood for more than two decades that she just broke. today, august 19th, 2024. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morni welcome back to "today" on a monday morning. >> did you hear the thunder last night? >> did i hear it? yes. >> severe storms overnight affecting highways and roads all across the east coast. clean-up still going on with more rain expected today. more on that story in a moment. >> travel a mess as well this morning. but, first, our top story. the democratic national convention kicking off today in chicago with a packed lineup of top democrats set to take the stage. tonight president joe biden passing the torch to his successor. tomorrow, former president barack obama and michelle obama both giving speeches. on wednesday, the spotlight will be on former president clinton and vice presidential candidate

tim walz. and then thursday, the main event, kamala harris will formally accept her party's nomination. overnight, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of show preparing to make their voices heard all week long. >> we have it all covered for you. let's start with peter alexander in chicago for us. hi, peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning to both of you from here inside the united center where the ceremonial roll call begins hours from now. for democrats, this is the start of a week-long convention. it looked like it would be defined by discord and doubt. instead, the party arrives here energized and enthusiastic about its new nominee. this morning vice president harris is preparing to accept her party's nomination. but not before democrats first honor president biden tonight. punctuated sources tell nbc

news, by a pass the torch moment, but in the sign of lingering divisions within the democratic party the convention is embracing protests with the israel-hamas war. thousands of demonstrators gathering. a protester rushing the stage at a dnc event. the new democratic ticket touring pennsylvania sunday. >> when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. >> reporter: harris and governor tim walz revealing their new campaign buses and responding to president trump's latest personal attacks. >> anybody that was about beating down other people is a coward. >> reporter: mr. trump in the late earlier bashing democratic policies as fascist. calling immigrants who enter the u.s. illegal savage monsters and lashing out at his rival, insulting harris' appearance. >> they said, no, her biggest advantage is that she's a beautiful woman.

i'm going, huh, i never thought of that. i'm better looking than she is. >> reporter: trump ally lindsey graham warning the former president should focus on poll policy, not personal swipes. >> donald trump, the provocateur, the showman may not win this election. >> reporter: for now trump's attacks are still drawing headlines, including this moment from an event last week with mr. trump saying that gop mega donor's congressional medal of freedom is better than a medal of honor. >> it is actually must better because everyone gets the congressional medal of honor. they're either in really bad shape or they're dead. she gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful, woman. that's right. >> reporter: mr. trump addressing the comments in a new interview. >> when you get the congressional medal of honor, i always consider that the ultimate, but it is a painful thing to get. >> reporter: it comes as new

polls show a very tight race with harris narrowly leading trump among likely voters nationwide, though still within the margin of error, and they're neck and neck in the key battleground states. >> i'd very much consider us the underdog. we have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the american people. >> reporter: and looking ahead to this week, the dnc will have a series of celebrity hosts here, including kerry washington and mindy kaling. this is not the convention that president biden had planned where he was initially expecting to accept his party's nomination on thursday night while detailing his plans for a second term, still in the words of one party insider, he is expected to receive a thunderous ovation tonight where some of the words from his recent oval office address abandoning his own reelection bid like history is in your hands, are expected to be part of the visual backdrop here, savannah. >> peter, thank you, and starting with hallie jackson, president biden will get that thunderous ovation in the hall, but conventions are never about

just who's watching in the hall, but who's watching from home. biden is not popular, so they want to give him a proper sendoff, but they want to thread that needle that kamala harris actually represented change. how are they going to do that? >> with a lot of support, with a big show of unity in the room, savannah, this is not president biden's convention, but tonight it will be his moment. it's a really interesting dynamic here because keep in mind, the audience there, many democrats had either pressured the president publicly or privately to step aside, to come off the ticket. there's a lot of symbolism in what's being described as a pass the torch moment tonight in this big show of unity that the democratic party, despite what you described, savannah, of the lack of popularity for president biden nationally as compared to what we're seeing in the polling for vice president harris, democrats want to show they have a united front, that they can move forward together and the moment to watch, i think, is going to be when president biden and vice president harris are expected to share the stage later on tonight, savannah. >> let's talk about the state of the race, kamala harris is now leading in many battleground

polls, although within that margin of error. she's still calling herself an underdog in the race. what are the facts? what's the dynamic? >> the state of play here, the goals of this convention week, first goal is to introduce vice president harris not as vice president but as the presidential nominee, as one campaign source put it to me, the function of this week is to define her. the other big goal here is to try to capture and keep momentum moving forward. democrats i've spoken with, there's some excitement, they're feeling happy, feeling a lot of energy at this convention and the polling helps. you heard about that national polling out this weekend showing harris gaining ground on former president trump. she leads him on the issue of, for example, abortion access, look for that to be in the spotlight tonight, you've got three women expected to share personal stories about the impact of reproductive rights, but kamala harris trails former president trump on the issues of who people trust to handle the economy and immigration, and we know, savannah, we've talked about this a lot, those are the two biggest drivers for folks

heading to the polls come november, also watch for some of those protests to potentially have an impact on the overall vibe of the dnc as well, depending how big they get. >> let's talk about former president trump, very, very busy week on the campaign trail, he's getting advice from allies like lindsey graham or nikki haley saying, look, stay on the message, get off personal attacks and talk about policy. that's the way to win. >> that's not what he's doing, savannah, that's where you're seeing this frustration from trump allies, you mentioned some of them publicly. a lot of them want him to focus on policy, to draw that contrast on issues where he leads, like the economy, like immigration, on what they see as kamala harris' too liberal record in the eyes of republicans but instead the former president is going after her appearance, her intelligence, her background. he's making controversial comments about medal of honor winners. this is not the reset moment that people in his orbit want to see, at least not right now and it comes as he's heading into

the busiest weak of his campaign so far politically. he and his running mate are also trying to define harris, savannah, and obviously a different way than democrats are trying to do. >> lots to cover this week, hallie, thank you, we'll see you in chicago as well. nbc news will bring live this w convention coverage of this week's . get started at 10:00 eastern here on nbc and, of cour democratic convention, includin streaming on nbc news now. tonight's speech from president biden, 10:00 eastern here on another major story this morning. we're talking about the weather. nbc, and streaming on "nbc news now." another major story this morning, we're talking about the strong weekend storms pounded weather, strong weekend storms heavy downpours here in the northeast overnight.ast coast, including heavy downpours here in the northeast overnight. they've caused flooding, road they've caused some flooding, closures, even road closures. mud slides. even mudslides. meantime, ernesto is meantime, ernesto is still sti churning on atlantic beach churning up dangerous surf on e. nbc's george the atlantic beaches, george su solis joins us from danbury, connecticut. >> reporter: this is the power s now from hard-hit danbury, connecticut. >> reporter: this is the power of a one in 1,000-year flood of a one in one thousand year . you can se flood.e this it's completely washed away dows here onto the road, and check

completely washed away. check out the signage into the out the signage, tossed around neighborhood, also tossed arou like a toy.st like a toy. buildings here buildings here also flooded, fl. roads roads here in connecticut, abou a dozen of home closed, looking closed, looking similar to this, just flooded out rigust flooded out right now.ht now. this after an estimated 12 inches of rain hit parts of the state. this, after an estimated you can see right there, these 12 inches of rain hit parts of crews the state.are in position, see as the crews are in the clean-up position, the cleanup about to under way. overnight, heavy rains battering the mid-atlantic and northeast, get under way. overnight, heavy rains, floodin subm battering the mid-atlantic and u northeast, flooding connecticut roads. towns, submerging cars, and washing out roads. in connecticut, a good samaritan coming to the rescue of a driver in southbury, connecticut, a good samaritan coming to the rescue of a driver and their dor stuck in flood waters. and their dog stuck in floodwaters. paul's dog got caught in the this man's truck got caught in water. >> they said the water was going over the hood of my truck at the deluge when he was trying to get his dog. >> the water was going over the. >> reporter: some roads becoming hood of my truck at some point. unusable, and traffic backed u >> reporter: some roads becomin on others as waters rose unusable and traffic backed up towns. the wild weather over the on others as waters rose in towns. weeken but wild weather over the d acr weekend across the country, including intense winds in alabama even blowing this bounce house over alabama, even blowing this .

meanwhile, the impact of hurr bounce house over.icane ernesto felt along the east coast. meanwhile, the impact of hurricane ernesto also being strong rip currents posing a felt along the east coast, threat to beach goers. strong rip currents posing a new york city closing beaches in city closing beaches in brooklyn brooklyn and rockaway. >> i know it was dangerous for the kids. they were blowing the whistle and stuff, and they told us to to swimmers today because of the currents. >> i know it was dangerous for the kids. they've blown the whistle and stuff and told us to get out of the water. >> reporter: on the coast of of north carolina's water banks, north carolina's outer bank, the the waters waters washing a house out to t sea, it was unoccupied at the time. to sea. it was unoccupied the national weather service at. 29 water rescues in north counted 29 water rescues in carolina on saturday wilmington, north carolina on saturday. men drown in hilton head, south carolina, because of powerful rip currents on friday in hilton head, south carolina because of powerful rip currents on friday.. yeah, and unfortunately, it looks like more rain might be yet, unfortunately, it looks ad afternoon making the cle like more rain might be headed into this area this afternoon making the cleanup here even he. i want to leave you a look at more difficult and, again, i the power of the water again just want to leave you a with . just take look at the power of the water. areas completely ripped apart. take a look, some of the these so makeshift areas ripped apart, makeshift waterfalls in these waterfallst neighborhoods, no injuries to a. fortunately, no injuries to report here in danbury, but the report in danbury, but the

damage assessment is still very damage assessm much under way. hoda?ent is still very much under way. >> george, thanks. >> george solis for us there, thanks. a lot to talk about with those storms and what's to come. you had a storms, angie lassman is in for al this morning.busy weekend. >> we sure did you had a busy weekend. >> we sure did.. the good news is that the rain the rain we just talked about is on the way. we just talked about is on the way. we will see a we're going to see a couple of across p spots dealing with that this ar. eventually, we will see a little morning across parts of the cape. bit of dry time before that next eventually we'll see dry time before the next round of thunderstorms. some of them will become severe, round of thunderstorms gets go wind gusts is what we're ing. concerned about in that regard it is the rain fall on those already saturated ground but it's the rainfall on alread will leave us for a potential for flash flooding saturated grounds that will . burlington dow leave us with potential of flas. we will have t flooding, burlington to ill not flooding hartford, over a foot of rain i. notice the total amounts we're these spots, not hard to see the flooding. expecting, maybe an inch the total amounts we're expecting, an inch, two inches, inches. when we've already got so much rain e in a short period of time, this not be hard for us to see this is not going to be hard for us to see this flash flooding, ladies. flash flooding, ladies >> angie, thank you, we'll chec. >> angie, thank you. back in a bit. also this morning, secretary of also this morning, state antony blinken is in antony blinken is in israel israel, attempting to help close attempting to close a cease-fire and hostage release deal a cease-fire and hostage release deal..

it is a trip that he says comes as a decisive moment for t at a decisive moment for the he entire region potentially as he says t entire region, potentially as hr peace. says the best and last opportunity to create a path to peace. but just hours before his but just hours before his arrival israeli forces carried strikes in gaza. out new strikes, air strikes in gaza. nbc's raf sanchez is in tel aviv nbc's raf sanchez is in tel aviv with the latest. with the very latest. raf, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning, after nearly a year of after nearly a y stop-start talks and with the ed the time ticking down to the clock ticking down to the u.s. u.s. presidential election, the white house says this week may e be the last best cha house says this week may be thea deal to end the war in gaza and last best chance to get a deal bring the hostages home. to end the war in gaza and bring but with israel and hamas still the hostages home, but with far apart, closing these negotiat israel and hamas still far ions. apart, closing these this morning, secretary blinken negotiations will not be easy. back in israel, meeting benjamin this morning, secretary blinken netanyahu on what may be his back in israel, meeting prime highest stakes visit yet minister benjamin netanyahu on . >> this is a decisive moment, what may be his highest-stakes visit yet. probably the best, maybe the >> this is a decisive moment. last opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease-fire probably the best, maybe the last opportunity to get the hostages home.. >> reporter: after more than ten

months to get a cease-fire. of war and >> reporter: after more than ten round of negotiations, the u.s. hopes to clinch months of war and round after a round of negotiations, the u.s.e hopes to clinch a cease-fire w. >> it is time for everyone to deal by the end of the week. get to yes and to not look for >> it is time for everyone to any excuses to say no. get to yes, and to not look for >> reporter: last week the u.s. laid out a d any excuses to say no.etailed pn >> reporter: last week the u.s.. fo laid out a detailed plan for a . but while israeli negotiators say they're cautiously hostage deal, but while israelin negotiators say they're g the plan saying it makes too many concess cautiously optimistic, hamas iol criticizing the plan, saying it. prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling his cabinet makes too many concessions to israel. prime minister benjamin we're conducting negotiations netanyahu telling his cabinet at give and give. we're conducting negotiations a key sticking point, control of and not a scenario where we just give and give. the egypt-gaza border. a key sticking point, control of israel says its troops must remain there to stop hamas the egypt-gaza border. israel says its troops must . from smuggling remain there to stop hamas from. smuggling in weapons.ding that forces withdraw. hamas is demanding that israeli the families of israeli hostages forces withdraw. the families of israeli hostages back on the street back on the streets, calling fo an agreement to bring their loved ones an agreement to bring their hos loved ones homes after 318 days in hamas captivity.

and every day without in hamas captivity.a deal there is more grief in gaza. hospital aut and every day without a deal ri there's more grief in gaza. members of the family were killed by an israeli strike. hospital authorities say 18 among the dead, 11 children. members of a family were killed by an israeli strike. witnesses say the attack happened at 1:00 a.m. while the among the dead, 11 children. family was sleeping. witnesses say the attack happened at 1:00 a.m. while the family was sleeping. happened at 1:00 a.m. while the the idf did not respond to our the idf did not respond to our requests for comment but says request for a comment. but ha hamas deliberately hides in masa civilian areas.tely hides in civilian areas. now, here in tel aviv, police say there was a now, here in tel aviv police sa attack last night. a powerful bomb went off there was a failed terror attac. the only person killed appea last night, a powerful bomb wen to be a terror operative off but the only person killed appears to be a terror . according to an israeli official. haerative, according to an israeli security official.mas cn hamas confirms this was an attempted suicide bombing. attempted suicide bomb, but it's it is not clea not clear at this point if it r was deliberately timed to coincide with secretary blinken's visit. hoda? >> raf sanchez for us in tel aviv, thank you. 17 minutes after the hour, craig joins us on a monday morning. good morning. >> savannah, hoda, good morning. we have sad news to bring you this morning.

just a short time ago we learned that television icon phil donahue, a pioneer of the daytime talk show, died, he died after a long illness. he was 88 years old. nbc's joe fryer joins us now with more, on a look at his life. joe, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the legendary talk show host passed away sunday night. in an exclusive statement to "today" his family said he was surrounded by his wife of 44 years, his sister, his children, grandchildren and his beloved golden retriever charlie. donahue was 88 years old and passed away peacefully following a long illness. donahue was a pioneer of the daytime talk show format. his show debuted in 1967 running for 29 years, one of the longest running talk shows in tv history with 7,000 episodes. he did not shy away from controversial issues and paved the way for programs like the oprah winfrey show. oprah once said if it weren't

for phil donahue there would never have been an oprah show. during his career he won 20 emmys and just this year he received the highest honor for an american civilian, the presidential medal of freedom. he was honored for creating one of the most influential television programs of hits time. he met marlo thomas in -- they . wrote a book about the secrets to a long marriage, love and listening are essential. another check of the weather, angie is in for al. >> hello, guys, nice to be with you. we've got a couple of good spots across the country, not just the flooding we're worried about. that's impactful for folks today. heads up for that. the mild conditions, if you're looking for those, centered across the great lakes, 70s, 80s the nice temperature forecast for you but it's the record highs that will get your attention across parts of texas, the heat continues there across the southern plains. sunshine out west or across

parts of the ohio valley but strong storms across parts of the rockies. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. ♪ i'd wanna be me too. ♪ ♪ i'd wanna be me... ♪ ♪ too. ♪ ♪♪

and that's a look at your forecast forecast, guys. >> angie, thank you so much. just ahead, new details and fallout from those high-profile arrests, tied to the death of "friends" star matthew perry. chl ch chloe melas. >> the doctors still able to practice medicine. and major airlines are now saying labor day weekend will be their biggest and busiest ever. we'll break down everything you need to know including where you can find last-minute deals, but

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woman who lives near that parking lot in san francisco. it's expected to be cool, kind of warm for the rest of us. cynthia. yeah, definitely a mild monday in store for our inland valleys, and we go on into a toasty tuesday, so feeling like summer as we get our first half of the week started. then into the second half, it's more like fall as we get a little bit of a cooling trend and actually start to track some showers to our north. chris, back to you. thank you so much. don't forget, you can watch our today in the bay streaming newscast coming up at 8:00. we're going one on one with an expert on the middle east to break down the latest push for ceasefire in gaza. you can watch on roku, amazon fire tv and most plac that youes

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back now at 7:30 with indiana fever guard caitlin clark. she made history yesterday at a game against seattle. that assist that you saw was a record breaker. number 225 on the season. that, by the way, the most assists by a rookie in wnba history. she had nine zys in the game to go along with her 23 points as the fever win it 92-75. you don't often take note, i mean viewers, of the assists. how many points did they score? but it shows she's banking it in both departments. >> oh, they're taking note and breaking records. cool. we have a busy half hour ahead. we will start with the death of "friend" star matthew perry. >> new details on the five people charged in his fatal overdose, including two doctors. chloe melas is here with the part of the story, chloe, good morning. >> good morning, we're learning

more bedetails of the unraveling tragedy. despite facing charges that they provided matthew perry with thousands of dollars of in the months leading up to perry's dooet. while the investigation is still ongoing, authorities say they believe they know who's responsible for matthew perry's death. in all, five people have been charged with the ketamine overdose that killed the actor last october, including mark chavez and plasencia. >> these defendants took advantage to profit for themselves. >> reporter: this morning, nbc news learning that chavez's license is still active, the california medical board saying the board is aware of the charges, is investigating the matter, and will take appropriate action. while chavez has agreed to take a plea deal, plasencia pleaded not guilty, the judge agreeing to allow him to keep running his medical practice but he must

disclose the charges he's facing. authorities show how they believe the two doctors worked together. in which they say plasencia met with perry's assistant a month before he died instructing him how to inject the actor with ketamine. days later he gave perry a large dose of the drug which caused him to freeze up and a significant spike to his blood pressure. despite the episode, he left with vials. >> these two doctors violated that. >> reporter: still, investigators say it was the alleged ketamine queen who provided the dose that ultimately killed perry. the dea says she was still running a drug emporium when they raided her apartment earlier this year. the beloved actor had long been open about his battle with addiction and his struggle that haunted him behind the scenes.

>> if you worry that you're having this problem, or you know somebody that is, raise your hand, find somebody who's starter than you about this and talk to them and be honest about it. because, the secrets are what kill us. >> it's so sad. what comes next in these cases? >> that is the question that everybody wants to know. so, as the medical board is reviewing dr. plasencia's and dr. chavez's licenses, three have taken plea deals. when it comes to sangha, she's the ketamine queen, and dr. plasencia, the lead defendants. they have the court case this month, and a trial date set in october. they could take plea deals as well. this is changing by the minute. >> of course. thank you very much. >> thanks, chloe. coming up, the new box office history, that "deadpool,"

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look, you will expect 9% increase in traveling over the labor day weekend from last year. and costs are down a little bit. deals to be had. airfares declined, and hotels declined as well. and gas prices are less this year than they were a year ago, quite a bit. look at that. you will save money if you are hitting the roads and driving for this labor day weekend. >> let's talk about that because when you are traveling by car on labor day weekend, you are always trying to game out, do i go thursday, friday? what are the best times? >> there is a real trick here. you have to be flexible, but you have to be very, very strategic here. if you are leaving in a car, the best time to leave is thursday before 11:00 a.m. if you are going to leave friday, do it before noon, but then after 7:00 p.m. because friday there will be a crush on the roads. and then saturday, if you're going to leave saturday, you better do it afternoon. there will be a lot of people on the roads saturday morning as well. and best time to return, if you are coming back sunday, trying to get away from the monday crowd, do that before noon. monday come back before 10:00 a.m. as early as you can.

if you can't come back early monday morning, wait until tuesday in the afternoon and come back after that. a lot of people are on the roads. all the airlines are telling us they have added flights. they are expecting record numbers in the air, too. >> everyone is flying. everyone is driving. where are we going, christine? >> seattle. that's the number one spot according to aaa. new york. right here in new york. chicago. you can have a pizza-off, decide which has the better pizza. orlando. anchorage, alaska, did you know the cruise lines to anchorage, alaska, those cruises are booked this year. if you are thinking about an alaskan cruise, very, very popular. now is the time to book for next year because guess what? everyone says next summer no one is giving up their vacation next summer either. you can expect a lot of demand next summer as well. >> we have a few days before actually it is labor day. so can we still squeeze in a deal somewhere? >> yes, you can, and the fares are down. if you look at the travel website hopper, chicago to

denver, very cheap, those flights. l.a. to vegas. >> $52? >> it costs more to park at the airport. that's round-trip. these are the best round trips. los angeles to san francisco. and if you want to get creative and you are right here in new new york on the east coast, reykjavík, iceland. really good deals. so i think the bottom line here is finally for the first time since the pandemic, the last-minute trip will not cost an arm and a leg, and you will be able to pull that off. >> i love it. americans traveling. >> thank you, christine. >> americans love to travel. >> thank you. >> thank you. let us get a check of the weather. the travel weather has been iffy over the weekend. >> it has, guys. it will start to wind down and things will be quieter. but an alaska cruise looks good because boy is it hot. we still have heat alerts. these have been up for a while. we still have 31 million people included in that.

notice dallas is included with temperatures potentially record breaking in some spots. triple digits on tap or the actual temperatures in houston. notice that heat index value for houston later today, 111 degrees. not much better in el paso, we're into the triple digits and the record potentials will last even into tomorrow, too. here is a look at your day for tuesday. dallas heads to 103. feels like 106. we've got 100 degrees for albuquerque. lake charles. really no relief across the region. even as we get into late week, we will see temperatures wind down a little bit wednesday and thursday for oklahoma city, but we're back to the mid-90s by friday. notice san angelo, 108 on wednesday, 107 on thursday. not much improvement across the region. lubbock, the same goes for you.

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new school portfolio announcement on september 18th, that new school portfolio will include closures, mergers and co-located campuses. this, as the district currently has over 100 schools, around 110 schools within the district. the superintendent of sfusd says they need to make the tough decisions now for a more stable tomorrow. thank you ginger. let's get back to school forecast with cynthia. we're playing catchup this morning. up there in the north bay, scott, santa rosa and through parts of marin county. started off in the 40s. now we're in the mid 50s. plenty of sunshine there and through the livermore valley as well. we start to get more 50s and some low 60s on the board through san jose. as we go on and plan our morning back to school work, whatever, we will be going into a sunny day ahead. temperatures climbing into the 80s for san jose, but we've got an even warmer forecast for tomorrow. those details at eight. scott. all right. our today in the bay streaming newscast starts in minutes. 8 a.m. breaking down the latest on

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nomination later this week. >> very much consider us the underdog. we have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the american people. >> from the high-profile speakers to potential demonstrators. we're live in chicago with the latest. and on the field. kaylee hartung kicks it with the dallas cowboy cheerleaders. >> stand up, five, six, seven, eight. how do you dance with your hair down? this is my most pressing questions. >> from the locker rooms to the turf, they show us what it takes to be one of america's sweethearts. then beetlejuice, beetlejuice. it's showtime for the beloved 1988 film. the highly anticipated sequel. >> don't ever say that name. >> and one of the stars is joining us live in our studio. all that, plus singing in the rain. from cold play's record-setting tour to adele's biggest fan

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>> from tuscaloosa, alabama. >> anna's turning 10! much to celebrate. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." cute faces out there on our plaza. we are glad to have you with us. on a monday morning. >> can't wait to get outside in a few minutes. by the way, be sure to come back tomorrow because we will celebrate our guy in a big way. al roker is turning 70. >> tomorrow's the day. >> you can bet, guys, we are going to turn it out for the big milestone. we have tons of funs, tons of surprises. then mr. roker has a gift for us. his great conversation with oprah. she turned 70 earlier this year. the two of them sat down. they talked about what the milestone meant. oprah even shared her life add vine, and one thing, the one do-over she wishes she could have. >> that's going to be a good conversation. >> al cooked dinner as well. >> i love it.

>> we call them alperol spritzes. let's get to your news at 8:00. we begin with the race for the white house. the democratic national convention getting underway in just a matter of hours in chicago. president joe biden will get ready to pass the torch to vice president kamala harris. nbc's chief white house correspondent peter alexander is at the united center this morning with a look at what we can expect this week. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys, savannah, hoda and craig. the ceremonial roll call is a matter of hours away. for democrats, this really is the start of what's going to be a week-long celebration, and also an opportunity to try to define vice president harris on the democrats' own terms. but it is also not the convention that president joe biden had initially anticipated where he was expecting to speak thursday night, detailing his plan for four more years before being forced to abandon his re-election bid. he is going to be honored tonight. he will be introduced by the first lady, jill biden, and will share a pass-the-torch moment with harris. new polls show that harris has surged highway of mr. trump

nationwide, still within the margin of error. they are basically neck and neck in those key battlegrounds. former first lady michelle obama, barack obama himself set to speak tonight. still, a sign of ding lingering divisions, they're bracing for protests over the israel-hamas war. there is a massive police presence here, impossible to miss all the officers. one protester rushing the stage at a dnc event. for president biden, this really is a night to enjoy the gratitude of his party for both his accomplishments and the sacrifice of his stepping aside. savannah? >> peter, thank you, and nbc news will bring live coverage of this week's democratic national convention, including tonight's speech from president biden, gets started at 10:00 eastern here on nbc and will be streaming on "nbc news now". let's move on to the dangerous storms in the northeast. nearly a foot of rain falling in a few hours, washing out roads and leading to some very dramatic rescues. george solis is in danberry,

connecticut with the latest for us. hey, george. >> reporter: good morning, hoda, again, the picture worth a thousand words. you can see where the road actually washed away. it is cascading like a waterfall. this is some of the images here we're seeing in the danbury and connecticut area. more than a dozen roads closed. the mideast and north atlantic getting hammered. and neighboring oxford, connecticut, there are reports a man may have been missing as a result of the storm. some pretty dramatic images of a good samaritan coming out to try to rescue a man and his dog caught in those flood waters, and those rescues are a common theme. in wilmington, north carolina, the national weather service reporting 30 rescues in the general rare alone. today, some of the headlines, some of those dangerous rip currents along the coast. the intense winds are also a big factor in a lot of the storm coverage. and alabama, one of those bounce houses actually flying away as a

result of those intense winds. back here in danbury, some of machinery around me, the crews around here beginning to assess some of the damage here. the roadways completely impassable at this point. the bad news in all of this, there is some rain in the forecast for this afternoon, but the residents out here are just grateful that the damage was not worse. hoda? >> all right. george solis for us there. thank you. former republican congressman george santos is expected to plead guilty today to multiple charges related to campaign finance fraud. it comes less than a month from when his trial was set to start. the disgraced former lawmaker faces a 23-count indictment including charges of wire fraud, identity theft, making false statements to the federal election commission. santos had previously pled not guilty to all those charges. now to a frightening scene at a musical festival in germany. take a look. part of the ferris wheel caught on fire over the weekend. the ride's operator said that no passengers were in the gondola

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we are back at 8:11 with our inside the game series as we count down to the start of the nfl regular season, just a little over two weeks to go. >> i'm so excited. the teams have been working hard to prepare all summer long, of course. and that includes the legendary dallas cowboys cheerleaders as well. >> kaylee hartung got to spend the day at their practices. >> you have been looking forward to this one. >> i have. you know i have. well, i think kick is the operative word here. to join the dallas cowboys cheerleaders for the day, you have to be prepared to do a lot of them. they're known as america's sweethearts, but there is nothing sweet about their grueling practices, and there is a lot of heart. this is the 62nd season of the dallas cowboy cheerleaders. >> seven, eight. >> these women represent generations of blood, sweat,

tears and tradition. and the stakes are high at this practice. >> great energy on kickoff. i could see you 50 yards away. >> we are just one week away really from our first home preseason game. although it's preseason, for the girls it is their first game and that's extremely important. >> reporter: kelly is a former dallas cowboys cheer leader herself has been director of the dcc for 33 years. >> right behind sophie. >> reporter: she is fiercely protective of her team, but just as protective of their craft. perfection is required. >> the standard is the standard for dallas cowboy cheerleaders. how do you think each season, as you head into this one, about leveling up? >> that's why i don't sleep at night. i'm a chronic improver. one of our main goals is performance excellence. if it's wrong, we want it right. >> reporter: and to get it right, these women rehearse almost every night, after wrapping up their full-time day jobs in careers like nursing,

marketing and real estate. >> okay. who went to work today at a job that is not involving being a dallas cowboy cheerleader? everybody almost. >> staying busy is the common thread between us. >> reporter: eyes have always been on the dallas cowboys cheerleaders. but maybe now more than ever with the success of their recent netflix show "america's sweethearts," which follows the cheerleaders on and off the field. how has just opening the door to their lives impacted them and started new conversations among you all? >> this is still all real new to us. we don't know what the netflix effect can do. people might see the cheerleaders at a football game, and it is just a small part of the show. now it is like, wow, i know that girl. i know her journey. and people now really, really identify with those stories of success. >> hi! >> hi! >> welcome to our locker room. >> reporter: most nights the

cheerleaders arrive to their locker room around 6:00 p.m. carly, a three-year veteran, and chandi, a six-year vet, show me around. and i spy their signature white boots. >> so we like to have a pair on hand and a pair at home because you never know what could come up. >> reporter: there are 36 spots on the team, and even the veterans have to re-audition every year. now that those emotions are behind you, what is the challenge right now as you get ready for game one? >> i think the challenge would be stamina. at least for me. it is a four-hour game. and we have a practice before. so you really have to be fueling and preparing your body for that amount of time. >> reporter: but to me, even their warm-up was intimidating. >> i guess i'm not the only one here who dreamed of being a dallas cowboy cheerleader. >> around. five, six. >> reporter: and with some great coaching, that dream was about to become true for a few whole

minutes. >> stand up. five, six, seven, eight. how do you dance with your hair down? this is my most pressing question. >> reporter: the ladies were kind of to teach me a few counts from their most iconic routine. so i could really feel that dcc magic. >> oh, my gosh! that wasn't terrible. >> reporter: with the season fast approaching, this team is ready to take center stage. >> this is such an honor. >> one, two, three. dcc! whoo! [ applause ] >> really good. >> i wasn't going to go that far. >> you were right in there. >> i think we're safe. i think my day job is safe. >> did you cheer in high school or college? >> i danced growing up. i was back on my high school dance team. although, i really tried to lower expectations when i walked in. >> you were holding back. >> that was awesome. >> that looked like fun.

>> the girls were so generous, so kind and patient with me, for sure. but kelly the director i thought gave me the best piece of advice. i said, when you are performing, what advice do you have for me? she said picture your celebrity crush in the second row. don't dance for the front row. look up. she said when she was dancing in the '80s she'd perform as if tom cruise was sitting there. >> that was really cute. way to go. >> really fun. >> i didn't realize they all had full-time jobs and they do their own hair and makeup. >> yeah. >> that's impressive. >> kelly asked me if i did my own and i shook a little in my bones. >> i have a question, did they mention savannah and jenna? >> oh, your video is playing in the cowboys facility. on a loop. >> thanks, hoda. >> we're on a loop. >> are you serious? >> from the "today" show,

younger and hotter. jenna and i have been fired, we've been replaced. >> you wore the uniform. >> you could wear the uniform. well done. >> we should mention, kalee, that's the nfl season kickoff is on nbc peacock, the ravens and the chiefs, date already, thursday, september the 5th. followed by the next night, the packers and the eagles. there you go, exclusively on peacock. >> that game is in brazil. >> i'll be going. >> i'll be on the sidelines. >> go to eagles cheerleaders camp. >> they won't allow that. angie lassman is here with us for al. >> love seeing that from you, how about ernesto? we've got this system to talk about a little longer before it starts to weaken, winds at 85 miles per hour. it's still maintaining hurricane strength, moving at a pretty good pace, 21 miles per hour to the northeast. it's going to start to enter cooler waters. we'll slowly but surely see it weaken.

but along the east coast, and parts of atlanta, and canada, high risk of rip currents, rough surf, not great boating conditions for the next couple of days. one note, maybe newfoundland will get a little bit of rain and wind as well here as we go through the rest of the beginning of our workweek. otherwise, great conditions across the great lakes, mild highs there. record highs to contend with across parts of the south, triple digit temperatures on tap. and coming up, flooding with all of that rain for partsf the northeast. o

>> and that's a look at your forecast. back t >> and that's the look at your forecast. guys, over to you. >> do you still remember how to do "popstart"? >> i can it do it in my sleep. we will start with deadpool. and wolverine, breaking a huge box office record. >> trust me, kid. i'm no hero. >> you were an x man. you were the x man. >> that movie is so good. if you hear nsync "bye bye bye," it is in the opening credits for that. spoiler to say that. that's why it's having a big resurgence. great movie, after three weeks in theaters, marvel's greatest hit is the highest grossing of all time. ryan reynolds and hugh jackman grossing over $1 billion to dethrone the previous record holder which was joaquin phoenix "the joker" in 2019. the top spot in the box office goes to "alien: romulus."

seventh installment of that sci-fi series, winning the weekend with over 100 million in worldwide ticket sales. big fans to my right. aliens. >> i'm still scared of alien one. the thing comes out. >> there is a lot of that in seven, too. >> no. next up, another dynamic duo, eugene and dan levy. they are bringing this chemistry back to the small screen. >> do you even know what a write-off is? >> yeah. it is when you buy something for your business and the government pays you back for it. >> oh. and who pays for it? >> nobody. you write it off. >> who writes it off? >> i don't know. >> the emmy-winning father-son team just landed a very big gig. next month the levys are set to host the annual emmy awards. and in a press release, papa eugene joking, for two canadians that won their emmys in a literal quarantine tent, the the idea of being asked to host this year in an actual theater was incentive enough. >> they're going to crush that.

next up, coldplay. right in the middle of a third european leg of their tour, the music of this year's world tour, and according to to billboard, it is the biggest rock tour of all time. they sold nearly nine million tickets since launching in march of '22. we visited chris martin as that tour was getting kicked off. here is what he had to say. >> a long time ago, i had bruce springsteen say that you have to remember this could be someone's first show. it could be someone's last show. what i think that does to me is it reminds me it's not really about you as a band or as a singer. you are just there in service of someone else having a good time. >> that is breaking the record. rock. rock. look for taylor fans. >> their show, though, is epic. years ago down in d.c., they did this thing. they had already gone for two hours. the lights go down. they were like, you know what, just because you spend a bunch of money on your tickets,

doesn't mean you shouldn't get the best seat in the house. minutes later, they're in the rafters. >> who was here when they were playing in the rain that day. >> he goes, we're making memories. >> love him. next up, adele taking over munich, performing a series of special shows all month. and there's been some pretty crazy celebrity cameos. by the way, speaking of our plaza, maggie rogers was there. they were doing a thing on stage with a post-concert fan karaoke jam, and here's maggie. ♪♪ ♪ >> one camera behind maggie. wish we could have gotten another angle. it was her, i swear. sorry. it is like the director in me. that -- >> no one had a cell phone. >> right.

they don't have cell phones. that was the song unwritten. also, lebron james was there. did you see lebron? >> no. >> yeah. lebron james was there as well. pouring down rain. >> better camera angle for you. >> there you go. that is lebron, i promise you. good stuff from adele. "vogue", the magazine, has gone to the dogs. literally. celebrity puppies are in "dogue" digital series. you might recognize these guys. that's glen powell's rescue dog. that's brisket there. and there is this teeny tiny little girl. that's demi moore's best buddy. pilaf. dog. >> the actress revealing she oh, tiny in the corner there, yeah. >> a small dog. >> the actress revealing she brings her everywhere, broadway shows, shopping, the french open. nobody knows she has pilaf. >> she could put her in her pocket. >> and here is one. does this look familiar? this is a chihuahua. this is adebarry's grommet. i know that little dog. remember when she won the emmy? i hold her purse and that was

her screen saver. i was holding her phone and her parents were holding her dog. finally, the olympics. do you remember this social media star from paris? you must. ♪ >> yeah. the norwegian swimmer, the man there took over tiktok, singing the praises of that muffin from food hall in the olympic village. you guys had one? >> delicious. >> if you can't make it to paris, good news, it is here now in new york city. hundreds lining up in the east village pop-up to taste this delicious muffin. how good? >> 11 out of 10. it was very moist and chocolatey.

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♪ hey, everybody. welcome back. it is 8:30. hey, girl! 8:30 on a beautiful monday morning. we're giving some extra camera time to this wonderful crowd. we are kicking off the workweek with a stop on our plaza. before we get to all of this, ms. guthrie, there is a young lady here, her name is jasmine, she wanted to meet you because she wants to follow in your footsteps. >> yes. i just graduated law school from the university of notre dame. i also have a bachelor of journalism from the university of missouri. >> let's go! i'm so proud of you. >> i'm so excited. my dream has always been to be on the "today" show. i'm excited to start my legal career and focus on intellectual properties but hopefully to get in your feet one day.

>> reporting live, we've got jasmine on the plaza. >> hoda, how are you doing today? it's great to see you. >> we're proud of you. >> jasmine, keep us posted. guess what, you're on the "today" show. >> congratulations. >> so cool. >> it will be interesting to see if savannah's card key works tomorrow morning. >> yeah, exactly. interesting to see what happens. get here early enough. >> coming up, one of the movies everybody's excited for right now. "beetlejuice," the ghost with the most is back after 36 years, and mixing it up with a great cast, including jenna ortega, here in studio 1a, looking forward to chatting with jenna. coming up here in just a little bit. >> also ahead, guys, look who's here, expert with a list of apps and gadgets to help your family ease into the start of the new school year. just made her year. and after that, third hour of "today," an important warning in

our consumer confidential. online prescription scams that look very, very real, crooks mailing out fake pills. >> jasmine, are you going to come backstage with me, come watch the rest of the show. >> bring your pass. >> jasmine is having her moment. every now and then, you have a moment, this one's yours. >> oh, the control -- hey, jasmine, the control room wants to meet you. >> oh, yeah. >> they want to see the future. >> of course. >> she's coming in. >> all right, get a check of our weather, angie lassman, with her beautiful mother nearby. >> say hi to my mom liz, guys. a very proud mom today, to say the least. let's talk about that forecast, we've got a couple of spots of rain, of course, across the northeast, the interior new england we'll have to track through the day today and notice the rain across parts of the south as well. great conditions across the great lakes, we'll see some really mild temperatures, 70s, and even 60s in some spots for the interior northeast. the triple digits will get your

attention here across parts of texas, record highs possible for folks there, 103, 102. it's going to be steamy. plenty of sunshine out west and we'll see those stronger storm for me? 33 past the hour. kicking off a new school year in san francisco and a new workweek. mild as we go on through today and tomorrow. temperatures getting into the low 70s and then after that, it's a bit of a cooler trend as we head through midweek and on into thursday and friday, temperatures dropping back down into the 60s as we track. also the chance of some showers to the north. our inland valleys also take a wild temperature swing 80s to 90s and back down and that is a look at your forecast. savannah, carson, back over to you. >> thank you. two legends in the world of competitive eating, joey chestnut. these two have a rivalry that

will be settled once and for all. nanette flix -- a netflix special event. it is live from the hyper x arena in las vegas. >> gentlemen, good morning. great to see you. jaws, start with the 4th of july, seeing you at coney island this. what happened? >> they wouldn't let me compete. it's made my hungry. i'm going to be eating hot dogs on labor day like never before, breaking records. maybe i'll make it back to coney island next year, but i'm just focused on dominating this contest. >> kobayashi, this might be your final event, this final faceoff with joee, what does that mean to you? >> oh, it's -- it means a lot. so i haven't competed for five years, and so literally, i'm back for one day. >> one day only. >> yes.

>> how have you been training for just one day? just hot dog eating? >> yes, that's it. simple, very simple. >> savannah, this is -- put it in context for people. in the early 2000s t it was kobayashi, world champ, and 2006, the record, 50, joey comes in as the new champion and for 15 years we don't see the mike tyson holeyfield of competitive eating. on monday, labor day, all watching it. >> every time we did it, numbers go up. we're pushing each other. competing against him for the first time in a long time u we're going to make it crazy numbers. >> what's the record right now. >> 76 hot dogs. >> it's yours. it's my record, but if anybody's going to push me, we're going to push each other, the rules will be different. he's asked for some changes in the rules and i think we're going to make world records. >> by the way, the rivalry is real. you want this title, you're coming back to beat him? >> yeah.

>> still has me blocked on instagram. >> yeah, he's blocked. >> because he -- he -- very -- talk back to him. >> he's amazing. he's an awesome eater. we're going to eat some hot dogs for real on labor day. >> the real question is, do you eat hot dogs when you're not competing? >> i love them. absolutely. if i go to a baseball game, i'm trying to eat -- nine hot dogs, nine beers, nine innings. >> oh, my gosh. >> do you still like hot dogs? >> yeah. >> i said how long would it take you to eat that, five minutes, he said, two. >> labor day new york for ten years. >> well, if you had any interest in competitive eating like i

have over the years this is the matchup we've been waiting to see a long -- >> you have an astonishing level. >> you two have not gone at it in 15 years, and they are on netflix. it is chestnut versus kobayashi, unfinished beast, check it out, labor day, september 2nd, good luck to you both. >> thanks, guys. >> hoda. >> hoda? >> yeah, i hear you guys, thank you. up next, what a lovely human being sitting right next to me, the very busy jenna ortega, she's telling us about her role in the highly anticipated "beetlejuice" "beetlejuice," what's next for wednesday and her all around being a great human being, we'll talk to her about all that stuff, but first

and we're back with one of hollywood's brightest rising stars, jenna ortega. you know her and you love her from "wednesday," which earned her an emmy and golden globe nominations.

now she's starring in the highly anticipated movie "beetlejuice beetlejuice." of course it is the sequel 36 years in the making. take a look. >> hey. must be pretty noisy up here, yeah? i can hear it, too. listen, if you ever need to process your emotions, i'm here for you. >> emotions processed. >> did you say disgusting? >> disgusting. i love it. it was so fun. all day i got to just burp in justin's face, it was beautiful. >> everyone is waiting for this. a lot of anticipation. 36 years in the making. when you got tapped to do this, were you like, wait, what? or were you an immediate yes? >> immediate yes.

there were pressure to maybe there was five minutes of hesitation, but really tim threw me off guard when he told me this news. i didn't know what to do with it. he gave me the script. i pulled over on the side of the road and read it as soon as i could. >> let me adjust your mic. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> within two hours, i called my team, i can't tell you what this is about. >> i mean, there are legends in this cast. >> i know. i know. it is like -- >> you don't list them all. >> i never thought i was going to be able to work with michael keaton, and winona rider, and willem defoe. all these incredible people. as inspirational and inventive, seeing michael in person, it was unbelievable. >> what is it with you and the scary? do you get scared? >> i don't know. when i was younger i was scared of everything. >> like what? >> the dark. i was scared of "beetlejuice." i loved the gremlins but i hated them at the same time. so i was always very confused. but i got older and realized

that excitement was the same as fear. when i'm scared, i would tell myself i was excited. you can do the same vice versa. i just tried to place it somewhere else. i hated being scared all the time. >> and then there is "wednesday," which is that again. >> yeah. well that one came out of nowhere because i was known as an expressive child when i was younger. so to be known for this dead pan persona, it is so funny to my family. >> like the opposite. i love your family, by the way, you're the fourth of six kids. your mom listened to you when you were a little girl and you said, i really want to be an actress. you were like 6 or 7 when kids don't know anything. what made your mom say, okay, i will drive you hundreds of miles to all these kinds of auditions and things, what made her do it? >> i have no idea. she's insane, just like me. but really, she's -- she's so loyal and so loving, and i think she wants -- she always uses that phrase, what is it, you're only as happy as your least happy child. the fact she saw i was so passionate about this thing for years and i was discouraged i

couldn't do it, she finally succumbed and, you know, let me do it. >> when did she know you'd made it and what did she think of the fact that oh my god, my little girl, she actually did it. >> we have this thing where we manifest these situations, one time i auditioned and didn't get it and now i'm working with tim. i told them when they didn't want to let me be an actress, i said i'm going to be on disney channel one day, and i did it. >> you say it out loud. >> i strangely manifested a lot of what happened in my life. and i think that that -- all of those milestones are really important to her and me. >> the other thing, carson daly told me his son interviewed you for the kid "nightly news" thing, and he said you were a lovely person. i sat with you in the commercial and i could have talked to you forever. you're like grounded to the earth. >> oh. >> a lot of hollywood celebrities don't feel that tethered. what are you doing to kind of maintain that? >> well, it's definitely the five siblings that i have, reminding me to wash the dishes

and not really being interested in my work. still supportive. and then i think another part of that, too, is like this is insane, i'm on a morning show and there's people waiting outside and it's new york, and, you know, the press. you come on something like this, the energy is so big and -- and then you go back to a quiet hotel room. there's always balance. can't look at the good too good and the bad too bad. >> your mom did good, real good. that's what she did. >> thank you. >> jenna, thank you so much. everyone's going to want to see it. it's coming out, and al sat down with jenna's "beetlejuice" co-stars, we'll have that full conversation, al loved the movie so much. it happens to be his birthday tomorrow. >> happy birthday, al. >> and you were giving a outshout-out to jasmine. >> you are so cute. i can't wait to watch you in the morning one day, you killed that. >> see. >> meant to be. where's jasmine? >> come here, really fast. >> you are killing it. >> this is insane. >> yay. >> jasmine.

she said he's going to see you one day. is this crazy? >> i can't wait, i can't wait. >> good morning, on a monday. nice to meet you. >> and jenna manifests, and it happened. >> i heard that, i said it out loud. so i'm right here. >> it's all happening. >> we're all going to check out the movie. it hits september the 6th. savannah, to you. >> jasmine, we have a tease, you want to know what it's like, you've got to run, run u run. up next, jazz mine's here, we've got an app that's good for your kids, back to school, talk about all of it. >> this is "today." >> on nbc. z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business five-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value

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>> we're back at 8:47. back to school "today" series is on. having the right tools can set the whole family up for success. whether you're a student getting ready for the new year or a parent trying to navigate this season. tech expert katie is here. she has some must-have apps and gadgets to help us start.

i never heard of any of these. they all sound so cool. first of all, you have an app that will connect students to tutors worldwide. >> worldwide. i love this app. i have used it for many years. it has over 65,000 tutors in over 300 subjects. if you are struggling from chemistry to calculus, you can find a tutor that's good for you. you can check by their reviews, decide if you want to do it virtually or local. you pay as you go. i found the world's best guitar tutors i have been with for many years on wyzant. i also found my niece a vocal coach. it is not just subjects in school, it's also skills. if you're struggling with anything. >> you don't have to be a student. you could just be somebody that wants to learn. >> i love that. >> language pod 101. a lot of us love our language apps. what do you like about this one? >> if you are looking to learn a new language, no matter where you're at, there are so many apps. which program should you use? it is like which program should i use.

i love languagepod101. they have over 34 different languages from spanish pod to greek pod. i used it for russian pod. i'm using the greek pod right now. i like it because there is activities. there is tests on here. they keep it fun with vocabulary. no matter where you're at on your language journey, it is an awesome way or a fun way to engage. >> okay. kids or adults. >> absolutely. >> math can be a challenge. i have to say, the way they teach math today, i can't even help my kid. they don't do it the same way, so you have a good app for that. >> you have to see this to believe it. this is photo math. what is crazy about it is it can solve any math problem. if you are struggling on a problem, you can use your smartphone's camera. take a photo of the actual equation. it will tell you instantly using an a.i. behind the scenes how to solve it, step by step. i'm using a pretty tricky math problem here and as you can see there's no problem. i'll go ahead and scan another problem and you can see instantly -- >> how is it teaching you and not just giving you the answers. >> that's the best part about it. it works backwards.

the steps to solve, one by one. it doesn't just give you the cheat answer. you can actually see how you get there. sometimes even with my nephew. eighth grade math, i can't figure this out. >> show your work. that's what they always say. the next app is called quizlet, taking tests. >> this is a fun way to study, an efficient way to study. 60 million users, every single month, two out of three high school students are using it. you take all the notes you have from your classroom and you upload it to quizlet, and automatically using a.i. it makes you flash cards to study with and practice tests. >> what? >> so students are loving this, they do better test prep and also teachers are using it as well. by the way, over 700 million study sets on quizlet, if you need help in biology, there's probably already flash cards made for you. >> where was this when i tack a bar exam. i wrote all any flash cards one by one. i love this, it's cute, this is important, but it's a portable printer. >> portable printing.

we think of them as big and bulky. only a pound and a half and i just printed this from my phone while we were talking. instantly connects to bluetooth, if you have a small dorm room, print something on the go. it's under $100. and you have there, an instant printout. go ahead and tear it, and instantly, there you go. >> that's incredible. does it have a paper roll inside? >> it comes with paper rolls. so very easy to use, and again, using bluetooth. you don't have to be connected to your computer. >> look at you, it says savannah, it's back to school time. katy, you're so cute. back in a moment.

mr. daly, roker is not here. can you do the honors. >> i should get jasmine over here to do it. i'll be happy to do it. >> let's spin those smucker's jars. happy birthday to irving getz.

his secret to longevity includes dancing, especially when mambo number 5 comes on. >> i love that song. the song turns 25 this year, actually. leila hills is 100. she enjoys listening to gospel music and spending time with her families. and happy birthday to bill mills from modesto, california, a busy guy. bill loves camping and fishing and photography. happy 102nd birthday to mary williams. from walkertown, north carolina, this bird enthusiast spends her time painting nature pictures on canvass. bernard indelicato. from new jersey, he's 100. this world war ii vet is also celebrating his 76th wedding anniversary with his wife. congratulations and thank you for your service. happy 100th birthday to milka bamond. she proudly served as a rosie the riveter. working in a factory during world war ii. here's to you, happy birthday, and, of course, thanks for your

service as well. >> you made roker proud. >> nice job! >> don't forget tomorrow we're doing roker fest right here, celebrating his 70th birthday tomorrow. in just a few minutes, coming up on the th"3rd hour of today," country star josh turner is going to perform live. yeah, yeah! >> and on the 4th hour, we're chatting with the world's go-to guru on relationships. did you know that? it's going to be big, y'all. >> your one last chance. here she is. >> okay. right there, coming up. >> coming up, we have your local news.

good morning. it's 856. i'm kris sanchez. nearly 50,000 san francisco students are returning to the first day of school today. but it comes as the district is expected to announce plans for school closures less than one month from now. the announcement is not the closures. families, of course, are already expressing concerns, with some parents telling the district why their schools should not be among those on the final cut list. the district is not revealing how many schools will be closed, nor whether how many will be realigned or partnered with other schools. happening now. our ginger conejero saab is talking not only with concerned families, but also with the superintendent of schools, as she will have a live report ahead in our midday newscast. you can also head

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