>> yes. >> that's what's happening today in the bay. we are back at 7:25. >> join us at 11:00. get out and enjoy this tuesday. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. good morning, wicked weather coast-to-coast, some storms trigger dangerous flooding in the east. emergency declared. a popular theme park shuts down. 34 million people from the carolinas to new england bracing for even more heavy rain while out west another 40 million facing yet another day of record breaking heat. out of control. more than 60 people killed overnight as wildfires rage along the greek coast. tourists trapped by flames forced to flee into the ocean. emergency evacuations near athens creating a traffic nightmare during the peak summer season.

we're live with the very latest. unprecedented move uproar on capitol hill as president trump threatens to revoke the security clearances of former officials who have criticized him. >> that is exactly what you see in authoritarian regimes. >> this morning why the white house is doubling down and gearing up for a fight. those stories plus -- that young soccer team in thailand taking part in a special ceremony overnight as they pay respect to those who rescued them. no laughing matter. >> drop the gun, or i'll touch you. usa. >> new controversy surrounding sacha baron cohen's show after duping an elected official into using racial slurs and dropping his pants on camera. >> get your tickets out, the

mega millions and powerball skyrocket to three-quarters of a billion dollars combined. hey, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on tuesday morning. we did see three-quarters of a billion dollars. >> a billion dollars. i know. that's when we start getting excited. >> we're going to get to that a little later. we're going to start with dangerous weather impacting tens of millions across the country. in the east relentless rains out west. a new round of record breaking heat on tap. we're going to talk to alain minute. first, nbc's catie beck in baltimore for us. hey, catie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda thchl july could be the soggiest. this city has seen 10 inch of

rainfall and more in the next few days. people are bracing for flooding. wild wildfire coast-to-coast. here in maryland heavy downpours trapping people in cars, leading to a number of water rescues. in pennsylvania, pounding rains producing dangerous flooding. >> got ready for work. next thing you know, i go down and my basement starts flooding. >> this high school in schuylkill county turned into makeshift evacuation center for devastated residents. zachary scrambling to the roof of his jeep during flooding, live streaming before being rescued by firefighters. >> i can't swim in the first place so i wasn't jumping into those waters. >> hershey park forced to close due to excessive rainfall over the last few days and localized flooding. this video showing a creek just below a roller coaster track. a woman killed in fairfax county, virginia, after a large

tree crashed into a house. ripping rooms off homes and flattening fences. up the coast in myrtle beach, vacationers coming face-to-face with a waterspout this. bystander video showing it turning into a tornado, whipping its way onshore. >> there is a message from the city of houston. >> other parts of the country are dealing with oppressive heat wave. >> heat advisory extended for monday afternoon. residents seeking relief may access city cooling centers. >> sweltering conditions out west putting californians on high alert. >> excessive heat warning. valleys, mountains, desert. >> reporter: parts of arizona are facing dangerous heat. in phoenix set agnew daily record at 115 degrees. folks there are interesting urged to stay indoors and stay hydrated. meanwhile a much cooler story here in the northeast. savannah and hoda. >> all right, catie beck in

bald. thank you. any relief from the heat out west, rain on the way? al is tracking things in maine this morning. >> hey, you guys. the answer is no. we've got a foggy morning here. we are looking at rain not too far away. in fact, we've got flash flood watches and flash flood warnings a huge swath of the east. the ground is saturated. any heavy downpours could cause flooding. the flood threat along carolina coast, pennsylvania, back into virginia. tomorrow it moves east and north. we've got a moderate risk from philadelphia down to new york city, hartford, connecticut, slight risk down the seaboard. 3 to 5" of rain total by friday. could see rainfall rates 2 to 4" per hour and locally inch of rain. heat into texas, 42 million

people at risk today for dangerous heat. we're talking about temperatures that will reach well over 100 degrees from texas all the way into the southwest. we'll have more on that coming up in the next half hour. guys. >> all right, al. thank you so much. breaking news right now, the death toll is climbing from out of control wildfires near athens greece. residents and tourists forcing some to flee into the ocean as crews struggle with flames. keir simmons has the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. people trying to enjoy their holidays. terrible stories, families fleeing. one of the victims hitting a six-month-old baby. hitting a vacation resort. people on the beach trapped by flames. >> raging in fern oss sweeping across greece, flames tearing across hillsides, ripping across

coastal communities. while states of emergency has been dlaueclared in parts of th city of athens, dozens have died, 26 in one villa alone since the blaze broke out on sunday. as many as 100 homes destroyed. this man says the fire began from the mountain peak. when i spotted the fire the wind was blowing. just in 10 minutes, the fire swept all over the place. armies of fflts from across the country are battling multiple wildfires that officials say are the worst to hit greece in over a decade. greece's prime minister under pressure. we are doing everything humanly possible to try and tackle these fires. what concerns us is that there are fires occurring simultaneously. evacuation orders caused major traffic jams as residents and tourists fled the flames. the greek coast guard deploying boats to rescue nearly 100 people trapped on a beach by one raging fire.

we went into the sea, this man says, because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water. it burned our backs and we dived into the water. i said, my god, we must run to save ourselves. officials say an extremely dry winter and warm summer created tinderbox officials. greek officials reaching out to other countries in europe including italy, germany and france now assisting with support from the air and on the ground. but with temperatures set to soar again, there is now a desperate race to get the deadly fires under control. the greek prime minister just announce add three-day national mourning period. guys, i've certainly not heard anything like this. one survivor who was on the beach said he grabbed a beach towel, soaked it, used it to protect his wife and him. he thinks that quick thinking saved his and his wife's life. >> wow. all right, keir simmons.

keir, thank you. also, is president trump using his office to exact revenge on his critics. he's now considering pulling the security clearances of several former top national security officials who have harshly criticized his leadership. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has our report from the white house. peter, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. former national security officials routinely keep their security clearances so they can share their expertise with their successors. the president's detractors say it's another effort to detract from mueller vgs. it signals the willingness to use powers of presidency to retaliate against vocal critics. this morning new backlash following unprecedented threat following fiercest critics. >> this is a feeble attempt by this white house to change the conversation. >> the white house it may revoke security clearances from six former national top security officials who served democrats and republicans. >> as they politicize and in

some cases monetize their public service and security clearances making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by the president -- >> the list senior security analyst john brennan. following last week's summit with vladimir putin brennan blasted the president for openly questioning his own intelligence agency's conclusions that russia interfered with u.s. elections calling it nothing short of trees treasonous. >> i equate it to -- >> james comey lost his security clearance when he was fired lass year. comey on twitter to challenge americans to identify all the public figures president trump has criticized. writing, ask your self, why is putin missing from the list. president trump has repeatedly targeted his political critics. last week asked whether u.s. intelligence agencies are out to get him. >> you look at brennan, clapper hayden, you look at comey.

very hard to have confidence in that group. >> former security officials keep their clearance so they can talk about sensitive matters with successors. hayden tweeting, i don't go back on classified briefs, won't have any affect on what i say or wright. president obama's james clapper calling mr. trump's threat petty. >> if he chooses to do it for political reasons, well, i think that's a terrible precedent and sad commentary, abuse of the system. >> 24 hours ago we woke up to the president's all caps tweet telling iran not to threaten the u.s. or else. has iran now responded? >> yeah, iran did respond late monday on twitter. this is from javad zarif from iran, "color us unimpressed. the word herpd harsher bluster a

few months ago. we've been around for millennia. in all caps, be cautious. the president was pressed on his warning to iran monday. take a listen. >> mr. president, concerned with provoking tension wall street iran. >> not at all. not at all. >> sarah sanders was asked about this in the briefing yesterday. she would not discuss whether the president is deploying the same tactic he used with kim jong-un of fkz trying north koro force a meeting earlier this room. >> peter alexander, thank you so much. to the tragic duck boat accident. it is back in the hands of federal investigators. more survivors of the deadly accident are sharing their stories for the first time. nbc's ron mott has the latest. hey, ron, good morning. >> good morning to you. this duck boat is now the centerpiece of evidence in this case. its records are going to be poured over, those safety records, as officials try to

first determine why it sank and perhaps if then is to blame. >> the duck boat pulled from the bottom of the boat, unused life jackets dangling from its canopy. this morning new questions being raised about whether it should have been on the lake with severe weather approaching. fourteen people survived the disaster including tia coleman. her husband glen and three children children, aria, evan and reese among the 17 killed. >> somebody told me that when they found my husband he had all three of my babies. so the reason i couldn't find them is because he was protecting them. >> despite near hurricane force winds and rough waters tia says passengers were discouraged from using life jackets. >> we were also told there are life jackets and they are above you. you don't need to know where they are because you won't need to use them. >> the captain, 51-year-old kenneth mckee seen in a picture of dailymail.com survived.

his attorney tells nbc news neither he nor his client is speaking publicly at this time. the questions about safety continue to swirl. the associated press reports the boat was pulled from operations for four months in 2015 by the u.s. coast guard for a, quote, hazardous unsafe condition. in 2011 the boat lost steering on this same lake with 30 passengers aboard, although in that case it was able to make it back to shore safely. >> holding this family up -- >> in indiana a vigil for the colemans who lost nine family members, all of them posing for this happy photo shortly before this ill fated boat. a chaplain who visited with tia and another family, all nine survived, questions about why one perished and others survived. >> why one had nine die and another had nine live. that is difficult to understand

and comprehend, so they are all wrestling with that. >> funerals for the 17 people who died are planned if the coming days. meantime ripley entertainment, the companies that own the duck boats said it is going to pay for medical and funeral expenses for those families affected. it also said safety is the top priority. hoda, savannah. >> ron mott in savannah. ron, thanks. a lot more to get to. we'll shift gears. tell you about the young soccer team rescued in thailand. they took part in a really special ceremony overnight. lucy kafanov has been covering that. lucy good morning to you. >> hey, savannah, good morning. the boys and their coach survived an unimaginable ordeal thanks to that miraculous rescue. most come from devout booedist families. before life gets back to normal, they are doing something very special as a gesture. this morning they are shaving their heads, putting on traditional robes and entering a british monastery to honor those who saved their lives. this morning medication and

reflection for boys lucky to be alive. eleven members of the soccer team rescued from the thai cave taking their first steps towards enlightenment, trading to become buddhist novices while their coach will be ordained as a monk. their christian teammates staying home. they will spend nine days in a monastery, a form of spiritual cleansing steeped in thai tradition. this monk says it's an auspicious and devine ceremony. their mission now waking up at dawn for prayers and meditation, cleaning the temple grounds and fasting. it's a traditional thai way for giving thanks for the safe return and praying for the soul of the thai diver who lost his lifesaving theirs. the boys spend ten days trapped in a dramatic cave. the dramatic moment they were found captured on camera. >> how many? thirteen. brilliant. >> their days spent in terror trapped in darkness by flash

floods. their coach teaching them to meditate to keep their spirits high and help them cope. their extraordinary three-day rescue mission was followed by millions across the world. each boy was tethered to an expert diver to get through narrow and dangerous passages. the boys carried out on stretchers, flown to hospitals to recover for days. now grateful to be alive and taking time to reflect. they will be living inside the monastery for almost as long as they were trapped, nine days. that's considered to be a luckn number in thailand. they could have gone on longer, guys. as one boy's mother said, they have to study, prepare for exams. there's a lot for these incredible teens have to catch up on. >> i'm sure their moms and dads want them home. thanks for the update. >> we'll head to maine for the rest of al's forecast. good morning, al. >> good morning.

georgetown, maine. can't see much of it. tides coming in, a little on the foggy side. craig melvin, i'll have to wake him up. he's in our rv now. meantime let me show you what we've got today rest of the country. flood threat northeast, mid-atlantic states, record highs out west. we'll look at that in detail coming up in the next half hour. that's what's goi good tuesday morning.

i'm kari hall. here is a look as you get ready to head out. it's nice and sunny. temperatures in the low 60s. heading up to 88 degrees. it is 95 in livermore and 97 in concord today. oakland high of 76 and 69 in san francisco. our temperatures continue to go up over the next couple of days peaking tomorrow and dropping a few degrees in time for the weekend. craig still aleap inside. >> is sneh or is he doing hair and makeup? >> no. he's asleep right now. we're going to go wake him up in just a little bit very gently. very gently. >> i can't wait for that moment. >> i left a mint on his pillow. >> and a comment card we hope as well. al, thank you. >> coming up sacha baron cohen takes on establishment.

while politicians he's duped for his show are all under fire. >> an nbc news exclusive. is china sending students to the u.s. to steal our technology. this is the so-called elon musk of china. he's at the center of growing tens making road trips.

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the golden gate bridge right now with low visibility in spots. there the high temperature will reach up to 69 degrees and 76 in oakland. mid-to upper 90s for some of the inland valleys. north bay 89 degrees. temperatures hot today it will be hotter tomorrow then gradually coming down for the weekend with upper 80s for the valley while san francisco sees more low clouds and fog during the early hours keeping temperatures cool throughout the rest of the week. roads are moving nicely. south bay has slowing here. here is an issue south at 680. your left lane is left by a crash. still slow in general through alamo. heading towards the bay bridge a pretty pleasant drive. down towards the bay bridge all

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we're back at 7:30. there's a scene straight out of nature. al enjoying the foggy morning up in maine. look at the little campfire. >> where is craig? where is craig? >> be very, very quiet, still sleeping. >> craig is in our winnebago. >> parentapparently he's not th morning person we thought he was. >> al is going to do a fun wakeup. >> we're going to do a check of today's headlines. president trump is threatening to revoke security clearances of several top former national security officials that criticized his leadership, john brennan and former director of

intelligence james clapper. also named former fbi director james comey who lost his security clearance when he was fired last year. sarah sanders accused the former officials of having politicized, and in some cases monetized their public service. >> breaking news in greece overnight. more than 60 people died in forest fires sweeping through popular seaside areas in the greek capital. nearly 200 people have been hospitalized. the fires are spreading rapidly, too, right into inhabited areas preventing people from getting out of their homes and cars. greece has requested help from other european countries. a building that was scheduled to be torn down suddenly collapsed in miami beach on sunday sending a man to the hospital. cell phone video captured the moment it tumbled to the ground in a cloud of dust and debris. a 46-year-old man hurt while he

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some little nope names in the news. undercover cohen convinced him to do some pretty outrageous things on camera. take a look. who is america? sacha baron cohen's new show becoming must-see tv for all the wrong reasons. politicians and newsmakers in the cross-hairs of a provocateur into tricking people into outlandish interviews. the controversial comedian known as borat now back with all new characters including conspiracy theories who interviews bernie sanders and ted koppel in a new show on showtime and israeli gun expert to convinces gun advocates to participate in arming children. >> remember point puppy mouth in the middle of the bad man. >> he gave a fake training class to a republican state lawmakers

from georgia telling him to scream a forbidden n word to ward off a terrorist attack. >> are you crazy? the n word is -- this is disgusting. >> got it. >> back in 2016 spencer came under fire for proposing a ban on burqas. he came under fire for upskirting people while posing as a chinese tourist. he also convinced spencer to drop his pants saying terrorists would be scared of becoming gay. >> i'll touch with you my buttocks. you better drop the gun or i'll touch you. usa. >> immediately after the show spencer facing calls for resignation. the governor of georgia saying there is no excuse for this type of behavior ever. spencer apologized, they took advantage of my fears that i

would be attacked by someone using this against me. later in the show it was dick cheney's turn. culminating in asking cheney to sign a waterboarding kit. >> that's a first. first time i've signed a bottle used for waterboarding. very valuable. >> has there been any pushback to the lengths he's gone to dupe people in a certain way and wondering who else might be on a list. >> a lot of pushback, particularly make of the people he's duped but haven't been featured on his show. sarah palin, joe arpaio speaking out against trickery and deceit. former senate candidate roy moore threatened to sue. no word on when the episodes featuring those politicians will air. we've reached out to sacha baron cohen but so far no response. >> gadi, thank you. >> thank you, gadi.

7:35, let's get a check of the weather. let's see if al has woken craig up yet. no, still hanging out by the grill himself. >> you want to see craig? he spent the night in this fantastic winnebago. mr. melvin, good morning, sir. good morning. how are you? you look great. >> nice to see you this morning. here is the thing, savannah, hoda. we're going to do this road trip, rough it, america. >> you know where this guy slept last night? >> where? >> gray haven's inn, spectacular. >> won of the fanciest in all of maine. craig melvin slept right here. >> you did? >> craig mel vip is a man. i'm very proud of you. >> wowsa. >> craig, i'm proud of you. >> al, i'm not proud of you. >> i can believe that and i own

it and i'm happy with it. we had a great time. you're going to see all that coming up. we drove from boston to maine. craig was complaining about my driving because i guess maybe i drove a little fast. >> he drove it like he stole it. it was like nothing you've ever seen. it was 90. >> this thing can haul, baby. >> it's amazing we're not in jail this morning. >> all the way to the little inn. >> maine's bed and breakfast. >> that's right. i got the main event, our weather to talk about. it's foggy here, cool here, but a lot of heat out west. we've got a big heat dome over the west coast. it is bringing in this upper level high. we're looking at temperatures well above 100 degrees. we'll probably see a record in san diego, los angeles 97. phoenix will see records as will tucson, also into yuma, arizona. look how hot it gets as we get

into the pacific northwest. portland. portland, oregon, not portland, maine. 95, through the week will temperatures way, way above normal. >> good morning. our ocean breeze is just fluff to keep our coastal areas cool. in san francisco expect a high of 69 degrees. starting to warm up as you head down to san jose with a high of 88 degrees. upper 90s possible for concord today with livermore reaching 95 degrees. our hottest day comes in tomorrow and we'll be up to 95. gradually cooling down for the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. ladies, by the way, you're going to see a side of craig melvin you have never seen before in the next hur. >> here is the thing. >> a hint.

>> no hint. no hint. i will tell you this, al roker is a national treasure, undeniable. savannah, hoda, if people knew the real al roker he would not be a national treasure. >> you're going to see. >> he would not be. >> you're going to see what this guy -- you give him a clam hoe and some sand, it's ugly. >> wow. >> the worst of me. >> that's right. >> not going to take that bait. not taking the bait. >> nice talking to you guys. >> we need this job. >> thanks, al. we'll get to you in a little bit. plus who has helped your career along the way. we're going to pay tribute to mentors and show you how you can pay it forward. >> what has prince harry and sir elton john sharing the stage in amsterdam today. >> big news about "frozen" 2, the emmy and golden globe winner you could see in the upcoming movie. >> the elon musk of china. was he sent to the u.s. to s

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turned billionaire who came to study in the united states and returned home with more than just a degree. nbc investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has this one and it's a doozy, cynthia, good morning. last week they called china biggest threat to the u.s. open espionage investigations into the china, get, this in all 50 states, high-tech, agriculture and academia with over a million national students in the u.s., many worry intellectual property developed here is being stolen by some of those students and taken back to their countries. we went to duke university to investigate a case where a professor, who invented special invisibility technology learned his research walked out the door with one of his chinese grad students. that student a tech billionaire agreed to talk to us. so we begin in china. meet the man dubbed china's elon

musk. ruopeng liu. like musk, he's working on sending people into space and has already sent them flying. he's the man behind jet-powered surfboards. at 35, he's a multi-billionaire. the latest numbers coming out say you are worth $2.7 billion. true? >> i won't comment on that. >> he specializes, he tells me, in disruptive technology. we met him recently at his company's headquarters in china. >> actually we call ourselves future studio. >> future studio. >> a lot of inspiration really come from science fiction movie. >> science fiction hasn't been his only inspiration. ruopeng liu owes much of his success to this american scientist. >> this is how you do it. >> this is how we do it. >> dr. david smith, considered one of the world's experts on

something called meta materials. liu came here to duke university to study in dr. smith's lab. some believe he was on a mission from the chinese government. >> did you know about dr. smith, david smith before you went? >> yeah, for sure. he's very famous before. >> fame us for something that captured attention of late night comedians and even made it on jeopardy. >> $200, innovative. >> duke university has developed a prototype for a cloak that grants this power just like harry potter's. >> the truth is dr. smith's invisibility cloak is not exactly like harry potter's but it is ground breaking enough for the u.s. military to have invested millions in his basic research. liu enrolled in duke in 2006. >> very smart, yes. >> very directed, though. >> very directed, very likable. a sweet kid basically. you'd almost describe him as

bumbling a little bit. >> though he was extremely focused when it came to getting his colleagues back in china involved. >> did you start to get a little bit alarmed? >> the real metric is productivity. for a time he was being very productive, more productive than most graduate students. >> liu talked dr. smith into bringing his old colleagues from china into his lab. >> they took pictures of the lab. >> they did take pictures of the lab. >> then what did they do? >> we have a certain apparatus that allows us to measure the cloak. they came in and took pictures and measurements of all the equipment that was used to fabricate that and actually sent that back to china. one was built in ruopeng's old l lab. >> is that ethical? it sounds like theft to me. >> it sounds like theft. if we were a company you might think so. >> the former assistant director for counter-intelligence at the

fbi says lots of valuable research is allowed to walk right out the door into the labs of america's adversaries. the unit opened a case on liu in 2010. >> you worked in counter-intelligence for a long time. what does your dput tell ygut t? was he placed at duke by the government. >> this was more than a grad student taking something that didn't belong to him. did they place him there with that intention, i don't think we'll ever know. was he handled, placed, compromised, recruited, subsidized when he took it back to china, my theory says yes. >> ruopenglyi strongly denies any wrongdoing. >> there are sources at the fbi who believe that the chinese government sent you to duke to learn about meta materials from dr. smith and bring it back here. >> that is ridiculous. >> ridiculous? >> ridiculous. it's far away from the truth. >> the fbi closed their case on liu a few years ago citing a

shortage of evidence, much like dr. smith. >> i didn't have any evidence, and everything that he did was explained away. >> but after liu graduated an e-mail emerged appearing to be from liu to a colleague in china, which dr. smith says shows from the time he arrived at duke, liu had been plotting secretly to take technology developed in the duke lab and commercialize it back in china. >> if you received that e-mail or seen it before he had gotten his phd, would you have tried to stop him from getting a degree at duke? >> absolutely he wouldn't have a degree from duke. >> but he does. he went home to china with his duke phd and launched his tech company. now valued at $6 billion. the first company the current chinese president visited after his election. when we visited there in the lobby of liu's company, an

advanced version of dr. smith's invisibility cloak is proudly displayed. so ruopeng liu recently became a member of china's people of congress. he told me what he's really excited these days is driverless roads where the roads drives your car for you. trust me, that's complicated. finally dan golden and his compelling book spy schools" was the first to report on dr. smith and dr. liu. he says a small percentage of the million foreign students in the u.s. are indeed here to siphon off research or recruit informants and gather intelligence. i should tell you the fbi told us the chinese have a shopping list of stuff they want and this research at duke was on the list. >> how do you study technology at university and take it with you? where is the line? >> it's really complicated. we said to universities, hey, why not crack down here? they said chinese and other foreign students are some of their best grad students.

they don't want to lose them. they full fare for the most part, they pay the full check. they say, look, many foreign universities are now opening branches in china. it's very complicated. >> part of academics where you're supposed to learn and grow and take a theory. >> it would be a theft if it were a company. >> basic research is open. >> cynthia. >> thank you. still ahead the many adventures al and welcome! hi there. so, what do you look for in a vehicle? sleek designs. performance. dependability is top on my list. well then, here's some vehicles that deliver on that. woah! wow. oh jeez! that's our truck! it's our truck! and they're our cars! that's my chevy! chevy's the only brand to earn j.d. power dependability awards across cars, trucks and suvs three years in a row. awesome. i'm proud. it's like a dynasty. it's impressive.

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good tuesday morning. right now it is 7:56. a less sunny start as you get re ready to head out the door. temperatures will be hot. livermore expect a high of 95 degrees, 97 in concord. cooler as you get closer to the coast. just fluff of an ocean breeze to keep it cool in san francisco. inland valleys will continue to get even hotter for the next couple of days with the haeat peaking tomorrow with upper 80s expected on saturday. san francisco no changes here. we'll continue to see morning clouds and fog and some clearing throughout the day. the fog may linger longer on saturday and sunday. let's see how the roads are moving with an update.

>> a slower drive from the south. cement debris blocked. your left lane heading towards the bridge. a distraction for the westbound commute. on the other side of the bay southbound 680 a disabled vehicle in the fast lane there. happening now police investigating a deadly shooting from the bart station. one plan died and another has life threatening injuries. we'll post updates on our twitter feed as soon as we get them. riders expecting relief after a man accused in the a random bart stabbing that killed a teenaged girl and injured her sister. police credit nomtsz tip sters for helping with that arrest.

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we're looking at temperatures that will be into the triple digits with records possible being set throughout parts of the southwest for san diego, phoenix, tucson. look for triple digits all the way up spot pacific northwest. unfortunately this lasts right into the end of the week. guys, back to you. >> all right, al. thank you so much. breaking news out of greece this morning. at least 60 people have been killed after two big wildfires roared through seaside areas near athens. dozens of others have been injured. many people fled to the coastline to escape. fleeing flames and choking smoke. boats rescued more than 700 people overnight. strong winds now are fanning those flames. >> a salmonella scare is prompting pepperidge farm for voluntarily withdraw four kinds of gold fish crackers. the company says a powder used in the seasoning of 3 million packages of iconic fish shaped crackers may be contaminated. so far nobody reported sick. some popular ritz products

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as well. so when you start to type, what is your name robot man. it will translate when you go to bed, can you see me. social media users started experimenting to see what else they could drum up here. the translate, what is happening to google translate and that translates to, at the end of the day, it is up to you. another one here writes, gant is my boyfriend and it translates to, it is the end of my life. i gave it a try. i wrote in i am carson daley. and it translates, i am here for a while. >> wow. >> good. all right. that's good. >> experts are saying this is the result of an automatic translator not understanding how to decipher unnatural streams of text. basically if you type in nonsense translate will spit nonsense right back out to you. we reached out to google. they aren't providing official comment at the time. this is a story that's been

everywhere. >> but it's not sending back nonsense. it says you're going to be here for a while. that's not nonsense. >> it's true. >> thank you. >> that's so weird. >> interesting. play with it. see what you come up with. >> "pop start." >> "pop start," sir paul mccartney, almost 49 years since iconic photo of the beatles crossing abbey road. he was on the way for a secret performance mccartney strutted across the street in front of hundreds of fans. they seemed to enjoy the moment. how cool is that? very good stuff. up next, is sterling k. brown joining the cast of "frozen 2"? there's a sequel, repricing roles and sterling may be joining them. into to entertainment tonight saying there's a new character they want to introduce that i kind of auditioned for, and it would be an opportunity to do something my kid definitely can watch so i'm crossing my fingers

and hoping for the best. here is the rub, e.t. caught up with kristen bell, i cannot comment but i love me some sterling. "frozen 2" hits theaters 2019. finally "mission: impossible" tom cruise recently broke his ankle. last night on jimmy fallon he asked cruise about the injury. >> tom broke his ankle, broke his leg doing this one scene. which scene? there's like 20 moments where you go that's where he broke his leg, that's where he broke his leg, maybe the dance hall scene? which one did you break your leg on? do you remember? >> the easy one where i'm running and i jump from one building to the next. >> so easy. >> all jokes aside, cruise takes the stunts very seriously.

he said he trained for over a year just to learn how to fly a helicopter for this particular scene you're seeing there. >> wow. >> "mission: impossible" hits theaters friday and that, my friends, is your "pop start" today. >> thank you, carson. >> let's go up to maine and check in with al and craig. what's up, guys? >> that's right we're just bumping hammocks here having a good time, couple of buddies hanging out. >> doesn't get much better than this, lapping waves, birds. >> complete quiet and isolation except for the entire population of georgetown, maine. man, what a great group. let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. for today we are looking at wet weather up and down the east coast, flooding possible. we've got record setting temperatures in the southwest, heat building and continuing in the pac here's what's happening in your neck of maine. >> good morning i'm

meteorologist kari hall. we'll still see low clouds and fog for the coast. san francisco, high of 69. heats up for the inland valleys today, even hotter than yesterday. livermore, expect a high of 95. 97 today in concord. napa, a high of 89. some upper 80s for south bay as well. as our temperatures get even hotter for tomorrow. then gradually come down in time are foot weekend, upper 80s for saturday and sunday. and here we are. beautiful day here in maine. a little fog but all in all not too bad. you know, out of everybody that goes camping, only 4% of people think they want to come to maine which means 96% of the people are missing out. >> they are missing out,

brother. >> that's right. so we decided to hit the road for the great outdoors today. >> i think i got something. >> i don't think you do. >> okay, guys. here we go. seat belts on. bye-bye. >> maine, here we come, baby. >> two guys, four wheels, and nearly 200 miles of open road. now, i'm not going to tell you how to drive the whole time but i'm going to tell you you're not supposed to be in the intersection. >> i got that. >> i'm not going to be a backseat driver. >> because you're in the front. >> takes a village. >> village idiot. >> the perfect assignment. >> i was supposed to do one that was actually by contract, i had a lobster clause in my contract. >> how many hours in this rv? where are we headed. >> bird watching. >> our first stop taking in

massachusetts parker river national wildlife refuge. >> see what i see? >> kentucky fried chicken. >> no. i see a bird. and what better way to become one with nature than on a bicycle built for two. >> have you ever done this before? >> i assume you have. >> no, i've never done this. >> ready? one, two, three. >> have you ridden a bike before. >> here we go. here we go. >> we're moving now. >> i can't get -- >> here we go. hold on. okay. >> i can't. stop. we're going to fall. i can't. >> okay. as long as you're pedaling. >> as our bromance hit a bump in the road we realized it's not always better together. >> this is a lot easier than

that tandem nonsense. >> that's ridiculous rainfall the procedures wanted to see us fall. >> we're in new england. you know what that means. >> got to go antiquing. >> buy me some old stuff. >> i'm calling. craig, can you hear me. >> hello. hello. >> i see this in savannah's dressing room. this speaks to me. it says savannah. >> roker, this will be perfect for later. look at that. >> nice. >> back down to the basement and see what i can find. >> look at the mug on this mug. i like it. >> wait until they say see what we brought home. hoda, savannah and carson are going to love this. >> we're making good time at

long last. campground, our home away from home where we dug right in. >> look at that. >> two. >> two clams. >> a two-fer. >> there it is. >> there we go. >> i went with a smaller one so it looks big ir. my catch looks much bigger. >> it's a good thing we don't have to rely on your catch for dinner. >> oh, my. well, this is a lovely end of the day. >> al roker, this is the only way to end the day in maine. >> cheers. >> wow. >> bring back some lobster. >> clams. >> they are talking. >> are you talking? >> theirs mics aren't on, though. >> looks like they are having a good time nonetheless. >> we're bringing your dogs

back. >> can you hear us. >> can now. >> all this stuff is coming back for you guys. we wanted to thank all nice people. >> l.l. bean, winnebago. we wan to thank everybody at the campground and five lobster -- five island lobster company. >> naming the dog georgetown. >> very nice, very sweet. >> by the way, you haven't lived until you've seen craig get really competitive clamming. the guy turns into a beast. it's ugly, not very pretty. >> my favorite part was that tandem bike. i'm sorry. y'all on that bike was too much. >> that was funny. >> roker brought out the worst in me. i'm ashamed of the man i was on the beach. >> i would go with that man anywhere. >> i want to claim -- i want that dolphin coffee table. that's got my name on it. >> that's yours. carson, this is you, baby. >> what did hoda get?

>> free beers in that one. >> i'm bringing the dog for hoda. >> later on we're all going rving. it's going to be fun. >> go rving. >> si )m ... just in to our newsroom a short time ago .. the booking photo .. of the man a good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. just into our newsroom a short time ago, the booking photo of the man accused in the random bart stabbing that killed a teenage girl and injured her sister. police say the suspect attacked the sisters at the bart station late sunday night. police are still trying to figure out the motive behind this. bart police arrested that suspect last night about 6:30 at the pleasant hill bart station. this is video showing officers as they made that arrest. police say anonymous tipsters on the train called and said they believed that suspect was on board. right now, with your morning commute, slow moving traffic on san mateo bridge. >> slow westbound. that is the commute direction.

this is the worst it's been for a while though. we have what's going on on the foster city side. now, there's debris, cement debris on the eastbound direction. that's right up on the center divide. so there's a distraction. that is a tough drive now. dumbarton bridge just to the south is slow but it's a little better moving so you might want to consider that instead of the san mateo bridge. pushing up into the rest of silicon valley, it's west 237, towards 101, typical there. nice smooth flow down through the maze. jamming up west 580, right around 1901 fr01 freeway. fender bender. >> we'll have another local update in an hour.

8:30 now tuesday morning, the 24th of july, 2018. we have such a happy crowd out on our plaza this morning. what's happening here. >> girl scout cookies from the girls in tulsa. savannah, someone made you a bracelet. >> thank you. sweet. >> i'm looking for a birthday girl who happens to be turning

64. what is your name? >> sheila wallace. >> where are you from, sheila? >> albany, georgia. >> and you flanked by your two adorable daughters. i have to say you have a gorgeous sign. tell us who made this. >> aquarius brown, former member of the boys and girls club. >> that is awesome. have a great birthday. happy birthday from all of us. yes, georgia girls. >> you guys look like sisters. they are so cute. happy birthday, sweetie. all right. do you owe some of your successes to a mentor? a lot of people along the way helped us along. we're going to get into a discussion and foster that key relationship or become a mentor in your self. >> we have a global sensation, netta who just won an

international song competition with a record setting song on youtube. this morning we're proud to say she's making her u.s. debut with us. you'll see that performance right here on "today" coming up. >> do you know where you'll be in two years? do you? i do. opening ceremony of the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. >> two years away. >> exactly, 24 months, two years from this very day. many of team usa stars planning to be there. simone biles, katie ledecky, just a few. never too early to remind you. >> speaking of hitting the road. what do you think, head back to maine for a check of al's forecast. >> "today's" weather brought to you by mccafe frappe and frozen coffee. they are colder than cold brew. >> okay. in full disclosure we didn't

rehearse this. we started to try to get out. we had a couple of nice folks from georgia. we were going to go under. >> wasn't going to go. >> we aborted. we are here. we are not going any further than this. that's the deal. we're land lover. we're not from maine. >> stop judging us. >> don't be judging the judgesters. here is your weather as we look ahead. today we have strong storms along eastern seaboard. the heat continues out west with severe weather in the northern plains. tomorrow more wet weather. the tide is coming in, more wet weather coming into the east coast and in this poet as well. the heat, triple digits in the southwest. >> can you that's what's going on around the country. where's my can of spinach? here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be hot again for the inland valleys. reaching into the low 90s.

and some mid-90s. it will actually be the hottest day of the week for tomorrow. and then cooling down in time for the weekend on saturday. some upper 80s. as we look at san francisco and what to expect over the next few days, we keep the morning clouds and fog. some clearing for afternoon hours. it will stay cool. we may see that fog and the clouds lingering a little bit longer for the weekend. >> if this had gone according to plan, that drone shot would have been spectacular. >> starting to -- >> yes, it is. >> the fog is lifting. >> we may be drifting out to sea. this might actually be the last time you ever see us. this could be a great day for dylan dryer. >> you guys really blend in the outdoors. >> yes, we do. >> thank you so much, guys. all right. megyn is here to tell us what's coming up this morning. >> had to recover for a minute there. we have a story about a 5-year-old girl in california

who has a lot in common with kids her age. she's funny, energy eck, adorable. what makes brook adams unique she lives with this rare and severe form of epilepsy. after her parents saw she wasn't they are not the only parents doing this. her treatment plan, however, is at odds with the rules in her public school district. watch a little. >> brook was diagnosed in march of 2014 before her first birthday. she wakes up and has a seizure. she goes to sleep because of the seizure. her seizures last hours. it's devastating. cannabis helped her decrease the number of seizures she's been having. she used to have 20 to 30 a month and now she's down to four to five. >> we'd like brooke to have the same opportunity every other kid has, to go to school and be educated.

if she needs medicine to have her medicine. >> the problem is california state law prohibits medical marijuana in public schools. you cannot have it on campus is the problem. yet brooke's parents say that has to happen so she can attend kindergarten this fall. they say it's a life-saving medication for her. without it plus a nurse to administer it, she's not going to be table to enjoy a public school setting. her family is fighting to have it happen as opposed to having school at home where she can have medical marijuana. they want her to enjoy the benefits. >> for all rules, this seems like the perfect exception to the rules. >> what do they think? she's going to be a five-year-old dealer? it's absurd. the laws are passed to ensure the well-being of the student body. but they're administered by human beings. >> it's oil. she's having seizures. there's no danger to the other children. it's not like they're

passing around marijuana. >> if it were called anything else it wouldn't be a thing. >> in california of all states. >> they will be on to talk about this battle. >> top of the hour. thank you so much. just ahead, the power of mentors, what they meant to our lives. how to get one or become one yourself. first this is "today" on nbc. s. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ follow the wta stars as they hit san jose the mubadala silicon valley classic where visionaries become victors july 30th to august 5th

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we are back with our series leading the way. the importance of mentorship on all levels. >> a number of women sat down with "elle" magazine. for a feature in the august issue. more on that in a moment. first, what mentors have meant to us. i've sought out mentors my entire career. >> >> to me mentorship is about identifying somebody in your workplace or industry that you admire and watching what they do. >> i remember when i was in a local station and i would seek out the best reporter i could find and i would just watch him or her. i remember watching them and

going, wow, how did they get that interview or start this piece like that. i would ask them. can i ask a question. oh, my god, i loved your first line. how did you think of that? how did you come up with that opener. >> the people who have been in the industry longer than you, they want to help those who are enthusiastic, hard workers, who don't think any job is too small for them. that's exactly who we're all rooting for and want to help along the way. >> if you have knowledge, info, a technique, my advice is give it away. tell somebody, who cares? they're going to make it their own. i think you should give everything away. it's not yours. you learned it from somebody. you gleaned it from somebody. >> i think all along the journey, all the time i've been in news, i've definitely had moments where i needed advice and sought advice. i've found moments most useful were those when i was at a transition point, when i was trying to decide whether to leave local news and go to law

school, i counted on the advice of people around me. in particular i had a professor and old colleague of mine that used to work at the news station that i did. i asked him what i should do. he said, savannah, think big. it really meant a lot to me because it made me go home and think about what my biggest dream was and my biggest goal and then try to get on that path. >> i think it's really important that you have mentors on every level. i feel like an intern can be a great mentor to me. >> sometimes you find that mentor sitting next to me. in the case of hoda she is sitting right next to me. it's the same as i did when i was young. i just watch what she does. i try to learn from the way she approaches things. i think she's one of the best interviewers out there, and i love the way that she connects with people and warms them up really fast. she can really get to the heart of the matter and she's so herself.

>> i feel like savannah and i mentor each other. call it mentoring but it's really just friends helping friends. i want her to be better, she wants me to be better. we do that without thinking about it. i'll say, wow, that was a great interview. tell me. break it down. how did you prep for it? what did you read? she'll tell me. that's mentoring but it's also learning and helping and growing. >> it means you're somebody up and coming in an industry. you have questions, you're inquisitive. you want to raise your hand. you look for those opportunities to learn and grow. to me that is at the heart of mentorship. >> fun conversation to have. let's bring in emma rosenbloom, executive editor of "elle" magazine. you had this good idea to talk about mentorship. good morning. >> good morning. >> when we first started talking about it, not that corporate buzzword where you need a mentor, we thought of it as something more informal. if you were a person starting in an industry, i don't want to say

a young person, but starting out, what advice do you have? >> mentorship can have this corporate buzzword thing about it where it feels unattainable, somebody has to take you under their wing and who is that person? as you were saying in the segment it can be more informal, a colleague with a alcohol a colleague. crowd source, there's tons of websites devoted to helping you find a mentor. >> there are young people who want to help because they come in and they don't just come in and say, hey, mentor me. they come in with kind of an agenda. i think it's good to come in with a plan as opposed to showing up. >> we interviewed you for our elle article. savannah, you said the best thing to do is come in with a specific question. if you come guns blazing, mentor me, people aren't wanting to do that. if you have an actionable question to ask people will help you.

>> there are. you talked to a lot of people. >> sheryl sandberg is doing something new, lean into the mentorship world. tell us about that. >> she launched an initiative mentor her. she found in the wake of me too, men were less likely to mentor female colleagues. she wants to stop this, obviously. her initiative is to try to get men to mentor women, particularly younger women, without that idea of something awry going on here. >> some of my best mentors have been male mentors, people who gave me advice along the way so we don't want that to be stigmatized. >> i think a lot of people don't realize they're mentoring somebody. i think sometimes it happens in a lot of ways where people may be intimidated to go ask. you can learn a lot from observing, can't you? trying to put something together that way? >> hoda, you said this too. just watching people in the workplace is the best way to get mentorship. a mentor can get something from the mentee as well. >> what?

what kinds of things? >> the younger, the fresh intelligent, about the industry, know more about certain technologies than older colleagues do. the relationship can be mutually beneficial for sure. >> sometimes it's just their enthusiasm, makes you remember how lucky we are. we love this job. another thing someone said, collect mantras. pick of pieces of advice. >> that was taylor haney from "outdoor voices" into about pieces of advice from different people as opposed to one specific mentor, which can be so limiting and implement them into her working life. >> i like that. >> thank fun, emma. >> if you want to check out "elle" magazine's issue, it's out now. >> coming up, national singing sensation start to go make it the u.s., netta is next, but first this is "today" on nbc.

and we're back with a very special performance from rising music star netta hailing from israel. she won this year's euro vision song contest, which if you don't know about a massive music competition across europe. netta beat out 43 other countries for the grand prize thanks to her now viral hit, "toy." this is netta's ups television debut we're excited about, netta. congratulations. >> thank you. >> this seems giddy. a huge deal, you join the likes of abba and celine dion. what's it like? >> it's unreal, unreal. it's an unreal experience. every day i'm waking up in another country and i'm like, where am i? >> what are some of the highlights? who have you met? >> i met prince william. >> there you go.

how was that? >> a real prince charming. >> i'm sure he is, literally. >> he's really, really sweet. very planned out where we had a walk, a ten-minute walk planned out. they closed the street. >> with royalty it has to be worked out. tell me about "toy" this song a little bit. this is a very empowering song for women. >> exactly. this song was inspired by the #metoo movement. this an amazing time when women are finding their voices this year and it's amazing. it gives power to just everybody who has been struck down by a bigger force, by your boss, being bullied. so everybody who has been told they are not -- they can't be what they want to be. >> don't make me your toy, that kind of a vibe. >> exactly. >> it's been seen like 85 million times. it's gone viral. what do you think about that. >> i stopped counting. >> you have this famous chicken dance. what have you been looking for

can you give us a little? >> yes. >> here is netta with toy. do your thing. ♪ ♪ ♪ look at me i'm a beautiful creature. >> i don't care about modern time preachers welcome boys to much noise i will teach ya ♪ hey i think you forgot how to play my teddy bear's running away ♪ the barbie got something to

say hey hey hey ♪ "wonder woman" don't you ever forget you're divine and he's about regret ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm not your toy not your toy ♪ ♪ you stupid boy stupid boy i'll take you down now make you watch me dancing with my dolls. >> on the motha-bucka beat ♪ ♪ not your toy >>. ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you do and play with me boy ♪ >> wedding bells ringing money man bling bling

i don't care about your stefa, baby ♪ ♪ "wonder woman" don't you ever forget. >> you're divine and he's about regret ♪ ♪ i'm not your toy not your toy you stupid boy stupid boy ♪ ♪ i'll take you down now make you watch me. >> dancing with my dolls. ♪ i'll take you with me i'm not your toy you stupid boy netz i'll take you down now make you watch me ♪ ♪ dancing with my dolls on the motha-bucka beat ♪ look at me i'm a beautiful creature

i don't care about your modern preacher ♪ ♪ not your toy ♪ not your toy ♪ not your toy toy foet ♪ ♪ ♪ >> how about that, everybody. with the chicken dance, this is netta. ladies and gentlemen, excellent work. that single is out now. we're back but first this is "today" on nbc. thank you, netta. distance relationship.

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good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. we have a lot to get to including lip-syncing battle with police departments across the country now being challenged as unconstitutional and the latest on sacha baron cohen's newest controversial characters. joining me now to discuss what's making the rounds today, please help me welcome nbc news's stephanie gosk, jacob sobirov and amy holmes. so of course everything has got to be turned into something wr