we'll have a check of traffic and weather in our local news update coming up at 7:25 and ever half hour after that. >> and we are looking at nbcbayarea.com. have a great august 1st. miracle in mexico. images just in from the scene of that aeromexico crash. 103 people survived. the plane in flames. this morning what an american on that flight saw and heard. it's happening again. facebook sounds the alarm after discovering a covert campaign to influence the november election. >> i can say with pretty high confidence, i think this is russian related. >> just ahead, what's the u.s.'s next move. no jail time. the first penn state fraternity member sentenced in connection with the hazing death of a young

pledge, given three months of house arrest. this morning timothy piazza's parents speaking out about the sentencing. >> the first step of some level of justice. those stories plus road to recovery. what we're now learning about demi lovato's apparent overdose as she remains in the hospital one week later. hail mary? the big changes coming to movie pass and thousands of subscribers calling foul. total "met"down. >> see you later. >> the new york mets suffering the worst team defeat in team history, 25-4. >> big statement by the mavs tonight, in case you're wondering. >> the record fans are trying heart to forget today wednesday, august 1st, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on wednesday morning. i don't know a ton about sports but if you lose a baseball game by three touchdowns, that is bad. >> i'm sure mets are waking up and thinking did that really happen? >> we asked the guys in the control room, what happened? they said these just bad. >> not their year. >> what a story there is, a fiery plane crash. when you see the pictures, smoking debris, you can't believe it but everyone on board survived. we're going to talk to a guy from chicago. he was on the plane and has a story to tell. let's get to tom costello. he has the latest on the crash. good morning. >> mexican authorities say 85 people injured and treated, mostly minor. for everyone to get out of a burning plane alive is pretty remarkable.

in mexico witnesses say they are amazed it wasn't much worse. shortly after takeoff, a packed aeromexico plane crashed into a field at the end of the runway in durango, mexico bursting into flames. amazingly more than 100 people survived including all four crew members. ten passengers who made it out alive are from the chicago area including an american priest, the director of our lady of guadalupe in des plaines. a statement from the amp diocese says alert and resting. another reached by our chicago station wmaq. she describes the terror when the plane went down. >> people were on top of each other and trying to get out. i grabbed my daughter's hand and some medicine that basically keeps her alive. i tried to get out with her. somebody literally pushed her back to get through. >> this woman interviewed on mexican television said she escaped by jumping through a

hole in the plane. i saw a lot of fire, she says, i don't know how people could get out. people showing aftermath of billowing flames. first responders can be seen helping passengers to safety. some able to walk away from the disaster on their own, others being carried out on stretchers. officials say it took emergency crews 15 minutes to get to the scene and start knocking down the fire. the flames engulfed the entire fuselage. the searing heat leaving the plane a gutted shell. flight 2431 was a 190 like this one. it departed from durango in northwest mexico headed to mexico city. around the time the plane took off, a violent storm through the area, rain coming in waves with fierce winds, even hail. the governor of durango said initial reports and weather was a factor adding the plane, after lifting suddenly, was affected by a gust of wind causing it to descend forcefully.

aeromexico says in a statement we deeply regret this accident and the families of those involved and affected are in our thoughts and prayers. one obvious question for investigators, given the very bad weather, why did the crew decide to take off in the first place. ladies. >> okay, tom. thank you. >> we are now joined by one of the survivors. alberto herera who was flying back home to chicago. alberto, good morning. describe those moments on the plane. often we've felt turbulence and thought, that's scary. put it in context. what was it feeling like up there? >> i've felt turbulence before. to put in weirdest terms, if you've heard of fire sense, you felt like something was wrong. at that point i just started out of instinct bracing for impact as the plane started jolting and

slammed into the ground. >> we know about the spidey sense when you feel like something is about to happen. when you hit the ground, we know that the plane started to burn. what did you see and hear next? >> essentially as the plane was hitting the ground, myself included, we started screaming. we didn't know what was going on, so we went to our first -- our first gut reaction. we were bracing for impact. once the actual plane stopped, we could see the flames on either side of the engine obviously because we hit the ground and kind of rolled -- not rolled but skidded. so basically the cabin just started filling with black smoke. at that point what we wanted to do was find the nearest exit. obviously as i was walking towards the back, i was checking the seats to see if anybody was

knocked out or anything, if they needed assistance to help drag out of the plane essentially. >> well, i don't have to tell you, alberto, it's incredible not only that you survived but that everyone survived. how are you thinking about that this morning? i know it's early but how do you feel? >> well, i was talking to one of my relatives last night. basically what -- i went into how can i help other people kind of mode. when i stepped out of the plane in the back, i stood there and i was helping the people that were behind me come down. yeah, the slide was there but you couldn't use the slide to slide down. the plane was at a weird angle where i could reach up and grab senior citizens as they wanted to exit the plane and help them come down or use my hands as kind of like a springboard to jump out kind of. i feel that it's kind of a

miracle that we all made it. so it's just a blessing i'm here to tell the story the next day. >> it is. it is a blessing. >> it certainly is. we're so happy you're okay and so happy everyone on that plane survived. alberto, thank you so much. >> any time, ladies. well, now we move to a disturbing warning from facebook. the social media giant said it has detected new efforts to use facebook to influence the upcoming midterm elections. while it isn't clear yet who is behind this, officials fear russia might be involved again. nbc national correspondent peter alexander at the white house with this story. peter, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. president trump yet to comment on this. a new round of what appears to be more russian interference according to leading lawmakers, facebook deleting dozens of suspicious political accounts and sounding the alarm that america's adversaries may be

trying to in flame divisions ahead of another election. with less than 100 days until the midterm elections, facebook says it's happening again. a coordinated campaign on the platform fueling deep divisions among americans. the social media giant working with fbi and others saying it can't say for sure who is behind the latest disinformation campaign but this morning lawmakers insist there's no doubt who is responsible. >> i can say with pretty high confidence, i think this is russian related. >> republican lindsey graham endorsing new sanctions against the kremlin. >> the sanctions bill from hell and any other country who is trying to interfere with our election should suffer the same fate. >> facebook announcing it's removed 32 pages and accounts from instagram one called resisters, a counter-protest against upcoming white nationalist in d.c. urging activists to bring medical

supplies, helmets in anticipation of a clash. purks left wing campaign to abolish i.c.e., part of a growing political firestorm. >> the new platform, what they want to do, the democratic party, they want to abolish i.c.e. >> running last year until may garnering 290,000 followers. >> security is an arms race and it's never done. >> facebook touting its quick response after a series of damaging headlines. last week losing $120 billion, the largest single day loss in stock market history. all of it coming just months after ceo mark zuckerberg faced congressional grilling for handling of russian interference in 2016. >> unfortunately enforcement isn't perfect, we need to make it more proactive and i'm going to do that. >> the president aware of the response. kirstjen nielsen delivering this warning, for any foreign power

that interferes in u.s. elections. >> any attempt to interfere in our elections is a direct attack on our democracy. it is unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. >> peter, the creators of these fake accounts, are they using the same method they were using in 2016. >> that's a good question. facebook says there were some similarities. they say whoever set up these accounts went further to disguise their identities than the russian-based firm did ahead of the 2016 election. that's what facebook sheryl sandberg was referring to in my piece, security is an arms race. facebook is changing its tactics now to keep up with those spreading disinformation. >> all right. peter alexander. peter, thank you. the president calling for voters to show photo id when they go to polls. the remark came at a rally in tampa, florida. he was talking about the idea of noncitizens voting in elections when he raised some eyebrows with this statement.

>> the time has come for voter id. if you go out and you want to buy groceries you need a picture on a card. you need id. >> photo ids are required for some purchases at the grocery store like alcohol and cigarettes but not everything else. the president in tampa to promote campaign of two florida republicans ahead of that state's primary. the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort is returning to court this morning for the first full day of his criminal trial. the only case brought by the special counsel robert mueller to go before a jury so far. correspondent pete williams is at a courthouse in alexandria. pete, good morning to you. what can we expect in court today? >> today the jury will hear from people who know about paul manafort's work overseas. that's what the trial is about, not about the three months he spent as trump's campaign chairman. prosecutors say he made millions doing political consulting work for the government of ukraine

and former president but say he stashed about $15 million of that income in foreign banks to avoid paying taxes on it, and they say he lied to get millions in loans an bank account loans on the deal in the u.s. >> pete up to now, we haven't really known what the defense might be. do you have a better idea of what they are going to argue? >> we heard about that here in court for the first time since mueller -- since manafort was arrested last fall. his lawyers say his problem was he trusted his right hand manned rick gates. they say gates hid the money from irs and he was embezzling money from the firm. he'll be a key witness. he pleaded guilty earlier this year and cooperating with prosecutors. >> pete, is the jury hearing anything about russian meddling and president trump because this trial isn't really about those things. >> the name donald trump was never spoken in court.

mueller's prosecutors say that the name russia will never even be spoken by any of their witnesses. it's likely that mueller wants to question manafort about that. if manafort is found guilty, they could try to compel him to talk about it. if on the other hand manafort is found not guilty, that would be a blow to mueller's prosecutors and undoubtedly embolden their critics. >> pete williams in alexandria. pete, thanks. new this morning, remains of service members handed over and on their way home. there was an overnight ceremony. now the very difficult process of identification is getting under way amid new tensions with north korea. keir simmons. >> hi. when you travel to north korea, they leave no doubt north korean war is so important to them. this is a big deal for north korea koreans, a big deal for american

families whose loved ones fell fighting as u.n. soldiers. among them are helmets, uniforms and a single identification tag. on their way home with full honors this morning, dozens of coffins wrapped in the u.n. flag believed to contain the remains of fallen american soldiers, leaving the korean peninsula nearly 70 years after the end of the korean war. >> encouraged by recent cooperation with north korea on this humanitarian effort that enabled the transfer of 55 sets of remains. >> the repatriation of u.s. troops stepped towards agreements reached at june's historic summit between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong-un. the president praising at a florida rally last night. >> there's been no nuclear

testing. there's been no missiles or rockets flying. >> but both leaders also agreed to work towards north korea's denuclearization. now arms control experts tell nbc news this july 7th satellite photo shows three heavy duty trucks indicating north korea is building long-range missiles at a plant outside pyongyang, a plant often visited by kim. >> when we look at satellite photographs and the country's propaganda, it's been business as usual all year before and after the summit. >> north koreans haven't tested a missile since november of last year. kim jong-un vowing to stop all missile and nuclear testing before agreeing to work towards denuclearization at the singapore summit. now the state department promising to keep kim jong-un to his word. >> what we're going on is the commitment that chairman kim made to our president. that is the commitment to

denuclearize. >> pompeo is on his way to hawaii where those remains will be identified through dna. last week he admitted north korea is still producing nuclear weapons. that doesn't necessarily mean the agreements made with president trump have been broken. of course, one of the big issues with those agreements is that there isn't much detail. >> the hard part was to come. >> all right, keir, thank you. what do you say we bring in mr. al roker for a check of the weather. >> hey, guys. thank you for getting your first weather with us. in the eastern part of the country you thought it's been a wet july, well, you were absolutely correct. well above ample in the east and in fact rainfall amounts anywhere from 10" or more from florida to new england. charleston at 6, same in cleveland, hatteras having its wettest on record. binghamton wettest. rain continues as we start august. we're looking at a wet day up and down the east coast. 23 million people at risk for flash flooding possible and we're also looking at the risk

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fr good wednesday morning. mostly cloudy sky and temperature heading up to 84 degrees today. livermore high of 89. some of these temperatures are cooler. san francisco high of 64. in santa rosa high of 86 degrees there. our cooling trend sticks with us through the end of the workweek. coming up in the next half hour the hottest july ever on the planet occurred in the continental united states. >> is that right? >> thank you, al. >> is that right? thank you, al. >> thank you, al. coming up, no jail time for the first penn state fraternity brother sentenced in connection with the hazing death of a young pledge. this morning we'll get reaction from timothy piazza's parents. is youtube doing enough to stop conspiracy theorists from hijacking search results? big celebrities caught in the middle. we'll tell you about that.

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>> yeah. reaching into the 90s. it will be a little bit cooler than we have seen recently. it is 83 in napa. look at this. it is reaching 96 degrees. cool and breezy with a high of 64. san jose in between with a high of 84 degrees. inland areas going to have the drifts of smoke in the north bay and inland parts of the east bay. temperatures still staying very warm but coming down a few degrees in time for the weekend with upper 80s. morning clouds and fog with highs in the 60s. let's get an update on the commute now. >> things are slowing down quite a bit. a pretty troubled spot. there is a crash and one of the vehicles is blocked. you can see the delays expected to continue as they continue to clear this crash. surface streets before hopping on. your south bay drive times from highway 8532 minutes and also we

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it stayed intact, essentially, but burst into flames. all 103 people on the plane were able to get off before one passenger says the plane then just burned in a matter of seconds. >> wow. >> a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to stop a texas company from publishing blueprints on how to make un detectable 3d printed plastic guns. eight attorneys general filed a lawsuit monday seeking to block the federal government settlement that allows the company to make the plans available online. a u.s. district judge in seattle issued a restraining order tuesday, putting those plans on hold. two dozen cars were damaged or destroyed when a texas parking garage collapsed twice in one day. happened in the city of irving. a look at the aftermath there. you can see cars on top and underneath, giant slabs of concrete. one section of the garage collapsed just before noon on tuesday. the second section about five hours later. thankfully, nobody was hurt but,

yes, an investigation is under way. all right. so if you are a new york mets fan, you're just waking up this morning, we're sorry. it was not a bad dream. it happened. to say the mets had a rough night is completely an understatement. they lost to the washington nationals. the final score, plug your ears, 25-4. it's the worst loss in the franchise history. at one point in the game, it was 19-0. mets manager mickey calloway called the loss, quote, embarrassing and said we've got to do better than that. >> yes. >> and we move on. also this morning, we've got new reaction to the first sentencing that's happening in connection with the hazing death of a student and fraternity pledge at penn state university. we have followed this case closely. morgan r are adford is here. >> good morning, ladies. the pennsylvania attorney general was seeking jail time for the first and the only former penn state fraternity member to plead guilty to

charges related to the death of tim piazza. in the end, the judge spared the defendant from jail and this morning we're hearing from piazza's parents. >> the this morning, the distraught parents of timothy piazza are speaking out. >> it's never easy. it's never easy. because you just constantly reminded of what you lost. >> it's the first step. in some level of justice for tim being killed. >> ryan burke, the ex beta theta phi chair sentenced to 3 months of house arrest, 27 months of probation and 100 hours of community service. >> our hearts go out to the piazza family. but i think it's important that everybody understands that ryan burke is certainly not the cause. >> the prosecutors say he certainly played a role. the 21-year-old pleaded guilty in june to misdemeanor alcohol and hazing charges. he briefly apologized tuesday in open court. i am very sorry to the piazza's loss, he said. i am here today to accept responsibility for my actions.

i hope one day to be able to be forgiven. jim piazza has questioned burke's remorse. >> he's remorseful that he's in this situation. >> in a sentencing memo, the pennsylvania attorney general lambasted burke's behavior as seen on surveillance video from inside the house. prosecutors say burke is seen carrying piazza's limp body upstairs. while many brothers tended to mr. piazza as he lay unconscious on the sofa, the defendant appeared unconcerned. he is seen playfully hoist ago girl over his shoulders, jumping on the shoulder next to piazza, and rolling over and on top of piazza as he is getting up and leaving the roorm. prosecutors say no one called 911 until almost 12 hours after piazza first fell. his alcohol level, estimated to be up to four times the legal limit. piazza later died from trauma to his head and abdomen. >> we are trusting the justice system. >> piazza's parents have several

steps left in their son's case. with more than 20 other former fraternity brothers facing various charges, including hazing. >> i often think that there is this hand on my shoulder that's telling me to keep going, it will be okay. >> so hard for the parents. did the judge talk about the reasoning for this sentence? >> he did. he said that he was shocked by what happened, but because he knew there were many people involved that night, he said that it is incumbent upon them and he ruled those who were found guilty must pay the $27,000 funeral expenses for timothy piazza and those remaining defendants are now required to show up for a policemen hearing date scheduled later this month and a trial date set for early next year. >> it's a long road. morgan, thank you. turning now to a growing headache for youtube, growing false information about a-list celebrities that appear on the site. many are from a group called

q-anon. many were seen holding up signs e at the president's rally in tampa last night. >> good morning to you. youtube is the most popular platform in the world, but now it's coming under fire once again for allowing conspiracy theories and misinformation to spread. attempting to discredit hollywood stars and major corporations. this morning, two hollywood icons, the targets of false conspiracy theories on youtube. >> steven spielberg is a pedestrian file. >> i'm just showing you that tom hanks is part of the system. >> the casual search for tom hanks on youtube turned up videos accusing the movie star of being a pedestrian file. director steven spielberg getting the same treatment. the videos come from a fast growing right wing internet community that pushes false allegations that a child sex ring is being run by hollywood celebrities and democratic

politicians. all of this uncovered by nbc news.com. >> there were a couple of them with hundreds of thousands of views in less than five days. so we're talking millions of people and growing. >> their content is posted across social media platforms, including on a popular app that was recently banned from the apple app store. celebrities like roseanne and kurt schilling have pushed the group's bogus conspiracies on social media. the goal, to the discredit individuals who do not support the trump administration. >> this particular view is being pushed in part because of the malfunction in the internet where the wildest things gain traction. after nbc news contacted youtook, the search results changed with legitimate videos coming up first, but the conspiracy videos still show up further down in the search results. and youtube has not been taking them down, saying in part they have created tools to fix the problem, saying as these tools

start to apply more widely across youtube, we believe they will make authoritative content readily available and help address these types of results. but these false online conspiracies have real world consequences, beginning with pizza gate in 2016 when a man opened fire on a washington, d.c. pizza ria because ebled hillary clinton was running a child sex ring inside and more recently last month when a follower blocked the hoover dam with an armored vehicle. >> it's really just totally made up information, pushed by mat forms that don't know how to stop it. >> tom hanks and steven spielberg did not return our requests for comment and it's not just these celebrities and politicians who have been targeted. major corporations like the mexican giant simex have been hit by these, as well. so as for how youtube wants to weed out this material, they're telling me they're ranking, quote, authoritative new resources hiring your search results to users with click on

those more often than the false conspiracies. >> so disturbing. joe, thank you. >> it's a wild west out there. let's go over to al. didn't you have a big tease for us about the heat? >> we did. it's been a hot july across the country. and guess what? death valley in july, hottest month ever recorded on the planet for the month of july. the average high was 120. the warmest day, 127 pp degrees. that's hot, but it's a dry heat. as you can see, reno, the warmest on record. portland, your second warmest july. l.a., the fourth warmest. vegan, third warmest. unfortunately, we said more heat for those fires, especially in california where temperatures will be skirting the triple digits and much of the west still suffering under this dome of heat. high pressure will start to drift down to the south, but in

the meantime today, triple digits, phoenix, vegas, palm springs to redding and into the weekend it's going to continue. we're hot from denver, portland, all the way down to vegas. good morning. i'm kari hall. we have low clouds hallelujahng san francisco. inland areas will start to clear out and have hot temperatures reaching up to 90 in concord. in oakland 70 degrees and 84 in san jose. san francisco in the upper 50s and into the mid-60s. north bay up to 86. our weather will be cooling off slightly for the inland valley. saturday expect a high of 86 degrees. >> that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. latest weather. >> al, thank you so much. coming up, ever have something you wish you didn't post online, a picture that wasn't that great? how do you clean up your digital past so it does not come back to haunt you? we'll show you some steps to

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a violent storm was blowing through the area when it happened. durango's governor blaming a strong wind gust on the accident. al herera from the accident was on the plane and into with us earlier today. >> we ended up with a hail storm that caused a lot of turbulence. it brought us back down. >> emergency crews rushing to the scene as smoke and flames billowed from the wreckage. dozens on board transported to nearby hospitals. others escaping on their own walking away from the disaster. the mexican red cross sending ambulances and dozens of personnel to pitch in. aeromexico ceo saying his priority is to make sure all of the passengers get medical attention they need. among the injured, father sanchez, a chicago born catholic priest who suffered a broken arm. in a statement the archdiocese of chicago said he was resting and alert. >> prayers for him and all the people who were on the plane. hopefully he recovers fast. >> overpass durango's governor paying a visit to one of the hospitals where survivors are being treated.

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apparent overdose. nbc news has learned from a source close to the pop star the singer's family and ex-boyfriend wilbur valderrama stayed by her side while she received the best possible care. >> she had some complications over the weekend. she came down with a fever and showed signs of an infection. she's being treated, according to a source, with complications that are common after an overdose. >> in this week's issue, "people" magazine offering new insight into lovato's struggles with addiction and the time leading up to this 911 call. >> this is definitely a medical emergency for her. we need to get there as fast as possible. >> paramedics rushing to lovato's home in hollywood hills where they revised the unconscious singer with narcan, a drug often used to reverse the effects of a narcotic overdose. a source familiar with her problems telling "people," this is absolutely what so many people feared would happen. >> sources close to demi lovato indicated her attitude started to change regarding her

sobriety. she started to believe in the myth of moderation, controlled consumption. she could maybe dabble here and there and not let that lead to harder drug use. >> lovato, who said she started using drugs at 18 has never shied away from discussing her demons. >> i was either craving drugs or on drugs. >> while lovato just celebrated her sixth year of sobriety hass month "people" reports in recent months her loved ones noticed red flags including distancing herself from friends that helped her get clean. one long time friend suggested she folded under the pressure of fame saying demi never wanted to be a role model. her sobriety was a fight every single day. >> sources say staying healthy became almost too much pressure for her, and it was something tough for her to deal with and having it all out in the public eye. >> lovato issuing a call for help in june with her release in june of "sober."

♪ sorry prime minister i'm not sober anymore ♪ >> lovato grew up in the spotlight entering show business at age seven. a former member of her circle telling "people," demi never had a day off of she needs to get out of this whole system. this morning it remains clear if lovato will take a break from the stage or if her recovery will involve another stint in rehab. lovato will likely remain hospitalized for a few more days. it's a long road to recovery, guys. >> certainly is, natalie. we're all rooting for her. >> thanks, nat. let's get a check of the weather. what's on your radar. >> we literally start off with the radar. it's been a wet july, august starting up. take a look at august coming up. first you can see the heat continues out west. we've got a lot of wet weather along the eastern seaboard, flood threat down through the gulf, severe storms in the northeast. fire danger continues in the pacific northwest. the august outlook is out, and it is pretty much picking up

where july ended. warmer through texas and southwest, west coast, warmer in the northeast, near average in the plains, southeastern atlantic. precipitation-wise eastern third of the country looks like it's going to be wetter. monsoon moisture in the southwest for august, wetter there, dryer through texas, near and that is your latest weather. >> al, thanks so much. sheinelle jones in the orange

room for carson. you've got important news. you've got your head in the phone. >> yes. we have an exclusive announcement from facebook and instagram this morning. both apps are launching new tools to help you manage the time you spend on social media. here is the deal. if you go into your settings on either app, the first feature you notice is the dashboard where you can see the amount of time you've spent on the app in the last week as well as break it down by each day. if you want to put a limit on time, you can set a daily reminder. can you choose how much time on the app each day, then you'll get an alert when you've exceeded that amount. lastly if you're trying to disconnect for a bit, you'll be able to mute your notifications for a set amount of time. you'll get a break from push notifications attempting you to open the app. facebook and instagram are adding the features to make sure the time you spend on the app is intentional. you're not just wasting time. these tools will roll out to all of us over the next two weeks.

i don't even know if i want to know how much time i spend on the app. >> repress it. >> now you know and even every day it will tell you, 25 minutes, an hour, 3 hours. >> you know what you can also do is take the app off your phone. >> there's that but now you're just talking crazy. >> i did it last night. this morning i took off instagram and twitter. i got into a twitter hole and kept reading it over and over. henry said, maybe let's talk and we talked. >> you tweeted this morning talking about us doing megyn kelly. >> i put it back on. i took it off for the evening to have some time with my husband. i'm addicted. >> the message for you today -- >> i need therapy. >> you can say for overnight hours. >> so proud of herself. >> listen, i did the best i could. >> six hours. six hours i stayed off instagram. let's talk first, shall we? first up and breaking this

morning, jennifer aniston gracing in-style september issue, sat down with friend and wife of jimmy kimmel and the two discussed a possibility of a "friends" comeback. aniston said before that show ended people were asking if we were coming back. courtney and lisaened i talk about it and fantasize about it, it was the greatest job i've ever had. sounds like she might be open for a reboot. ten years since it ended. pick up the issue when it hits news stands august 10th. while "friends" isn't getting a revival sandlot will have a prequel. no word but hollywood reporter confirms the original film's director and writer, mickey evans is on board for the project. he reunited with the sandlot cast in april back in may. they celebrated 25th anniversary of the film and played ball with nbc correspondent gadi schwarz. hopefully we'll learn more

details about the prequel soon. that is your "pop start." you have a great daly click. >> familiar face at the yankees game. peter alexander's sister rebecca threw out the first pitch. >> the lady is rebecca alexander, who has been diagnosed with usher syndrome. she was told by the age of 30 she would be completely blind. so she is going to throw out the first pitch. she has a great attitude and bad arm. actually a good arm but bad -- >> we have peter with us. good morning, peter. >> this is the most proud brother ever this morning. for one my sister was on espn, how much do we love that? i talked to her this morning. i said, how did it feel. she said it was so fun. as they said in major league, just a little outside. we were practicing this weekend. she's been in central park over

and over. major league baseball wholly embraced my sister. she gets another try at fenway park next month. this was really cool. >> that is cool. >> maybe they could use her on the mets. >> exactly. thank god for that backstop. >> peter, we love your sister. we know you do, too. >> thanks, peter. >> thanks, guys. >> wait. i've got to go. i've got places to go and people to see. >> what? >> look, look who is over here. no, you stay in. don't leave. oh, i'm sorry. oh, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> may i approach? may i approach? >> kate mckinnon. oh, my god, we can't wait. we're going to talk. >> we're talking now. >> it's now? i had no idea. can i have my notes? i thought this was a tease.

>> don't worry. >> okay. we're going to chat. all right, kate, first of all -- it's the other ones, the ones that are happened written. >> hi. >> how are you? >> i'm very well. how are you? >> we need to do a little tee up. you've got this great movie. thank you, thanks, al. we have a great movie out, action packed, the comedy called "the spy who dumped me" check it out. >> what? >> wait, wait. this is the boss. you're the boss. a real life judi dench in our midst. your the boss but not sacrificed one ounce of femininity. why have we been talking to the men when this being has been floating through the building. >> that is a compliment. >> that's beyonce of government. >> by the way, people say your name and we start laughing. people see you on the screen and

we start laughing. >> happy to have that effect, my sweet. >> first of all, we had mila here yesterday, mila kunis. >> isn't she the greatest thing. >> you know what she talked about the whole time? you. you were the conversation. you guys have crazy chemistry. >> we really do. it just happened instantly. she's an incredible person. >> she said she signed on because of you. >> when i found that out, i was like, oh, my god. i can be with who? because you know, if you're an american, you're a lifelong fan of mila kunis. everyone loves mila kunis because she's probably the most loveable person in the world. when i met her, i didn't know -- i thought she looks wonderful, but you never know what someone is really like. she really is the most down to earth, smart, good gal. >> she outed you on something. >> what did she say? >> she totally outed you in the interview yesterday.

>> what did i do? >> i'm going to show you what you did. she let us in on the secret. just take a look. >> i'm afraid. >> the fake kate mckinnon laugh. >> show me. >> there's two laughs. from now on when you interview her you'll notice there's two laughs. one is a genuine laugh and one is i'm laughing because i'm supposed to. i learned this early on. hell, no, kate, i don't want your fake laugh. >> what was that? >> fake. that's true. >> is that the real? >> that was the real one, yeah. you did it. congratulations. good morning. yeah. >> you make people laugh. what makes you crack up? >> oh, my gosh. i mean, mostly this. like i think that if you do this and just stay like that, that's one of the funniest things.

right? >> do you have a cat? >> do i have a cat? yeah, i've got a cat. >> somebody said something where your cat makes you crack up? >> my cat has these two -- every cat has two top teeth but mine only has one. so his lip gets caught on his bottom tooth. often i'll just look over and he'll be looking at me like this. he looks to angry. god, it makes me laugh. every time i look at him i laugh. >> you are not on social media. mila said the same thing. she's not on it. what's the story? are you guys just not -- you're not interested in what people are talking about or you don't care or what? >> i love to know the haps, hod, but the thing is when it started happening, it just was not in my nature to post a picture. i don't know why. i don't judge it. i think it's a wonderful thing

that does wonderful thing for people and bring people together who need to be brought together. but i also just -- it just was not for me. >> do you ever look on there and see what's happening? do you have troll? >> maybe. maybe a little. >> you know what i was surprised to learn, i did not know youish the longest running female cast member on "snl." is that true? i read that. >> you mean currently. >> no, i think like ever, in terms of the run. >> i have to say i'm sorry that's not true. >> it's not? >> i know amy poehler worked there for eight seasons and i'm about to enter my seventh. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i know you have your research. i'm so sorry. i think that's true. i don't want to contradict the research. >> the seventh. >> currently i'm longest running female cast member by five episodes. i joined five episodes earlier. >> that's what that is.

you've done tons and tons of impressions. >> i have. >> what are your top two? what are your go tos you love to do the most? >> right now i like to do the attorney general jeff sessions because i get -- there's this thing i can do with my mouth that actually mila thinks is the grossest thing. >> what is it? >> it's this. the whole summer if she looked away, i would do this. she would look back and say, don't do it, please don't do it. she hated it. oh, my god, she hated it. oh, we had a good time. >> how long did it take you to perfect one of those good ones? >> well, you know, a short amount of time because things happen so quickly. >> we've got to get that. >> it happened over a period of episodes. >> that's will ferrell. >> i can't handle you. >> isn't will ferrell the funniest. >> love both of y'all. >> first of all, congrats on

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more issues on the roads. let's get to the trouble spots. 101, a lane blocked from an earlier crash. you can see heavy delays all the why through, believe it or not, sievers street. and we've got a crashing on 101 before 80 there was a lane blocked. and that has you to the right-hand shoulder. 280 to 87, that has been cleared. and rather slow on northbound 1 101 to highway 85. >> thank you. more local news coming up in a half hour. distance relationship.

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welcome back to "today" on a fine wednesday morning. it is the first day of august. i cannot believe that summer is flying by. coming up, one of music's breakout stars. you may not have heard of him but you will after today. his name is bazzi. he has a song climbing the

chart. he will perform for us. >> and more music tomorrow, keith urban coming here. special concert thursday. if you're in the area, come on down. we adore keith. also, how to clean up your digital footprint so questionable posts from your past don't come back to hunt-au you. >> delete it for a moment. >> where are brie and alex. what? you two? hi, you guys. how are you? now, we've learned a lot of things about you. what is favorite sport of all time? >> baseball. >> where did you guys get engaged. >> nats park. >> nationals park in d.c. you got engaged. where are you going later? >> the yankees game. >> this is good. you know what we thought would be perfect. we know somebody who might be able to hook you up at yankee stadium? you know who that is?

axe rodrigu alex rodriguez, come on down. >> hi, guys. >> wow. >> is this happening right now? are you freaking out? >> i'm going to cry. >> it's a moment. >> where are you from? >> virginia. >> okay. >> yankee stadium, do you have a hookup for them. >> i will be there, too. >> we were just talking about that. i said, do you think a-rod is going to be there? he said probably not. >> i will be in the bleachers with 256 kids that had to read three books. if you see me there, come say hi. we're in the bleachers. >> thank you, guys. a-rod, why don't you come over with us. mr. alex rodriguez is going to be hosting the 10:00 hour, the fourth hour. how are you feeling? >> i have my wine ready. >> i like that. >> get ready. >> it's going to be fun.

>> going to be so much fun. >> we are so excited. you are doing a lot of good work out there at yankee stadium. >> i have a big secret to share with you at 10:00 hour. a big one. >> a hint? >> a big one. >> do you have any clue? >> i want kathie to be there. i want to tell you both. >> this is big. that was like the tease of the century. this is going to be awesome. >> how is your summer going, by the way, alex. >> so much fun. we spent a lot of time with the kids. we just got back from the bahamas. now i get to go to yankee stadium and spend the hour with you. >> you celebrated a birthday, jennifer celebrate add birthday. look at you guys. we can't wait to see you. >> now we're on the edge of our seats on what you might be saying. meanwhile, al and jenna are going -- >> not exactly a-rod but filling in more megyn. >> we're ahab.

>> that sounds complimentary. >> we have a diet, y'all, where we can eat carbs. that's my type of diet. tune in, it will be fun. >> the pizza diet. >> don't go because you still have to do the weather. >> let's show you what we have starting off with today. a lot of wet weather up and down the seaboard. i think they will get the yankee game, we'll see. fire danger pacific northwest, monsoonal moisture causing storms which will continue tomorrow. the rain will be rough in the east tomorrow. heavy rain, flooding southeast, mid-atlantic states. cooler good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we still have some drifts of smoke today. inland valley temperatures reaching into the low 90s. and as we go closer to the weekend, we're getting ready for some cooler temperatures and hopefully some improved air quality. morning temperatures in the upper 50s. san francisco, more of the same

weather, repeat. morning clouds and fog and drizzle and breezy westerly winds with the high temperatures only reaching into the 60s. and more wet weather for the weekend and early next week. >> don't forget, if you walk out the door, you can still take us with you. check us out on "today" sirius xm channel, channel 108. it's fantastic. these folks over here, you have your ponchos. where are you from? >> south florida. >> south florida, it's very wet down there, too. >> yes, it is. >> we'll stay here. just stay here. all right. let's head back inside. savannah. >> al, thanks. a timely and important message about your digital life. how do you prevent your past from affecting your future? some on erasing your footprint. good morning. a lot of people looking for a job think, i wish i wouldn't have tweeted that, too personal, whatever. is it easy to erase your digital

footprint. >> it's such a trend to go back and delete personal history. i say it doesn't matter if you're a celebrity in the spotlight or looking for that new job, your digital media presence, social media presence is a billboard to the world. it is the modern day cover letter. we think about people trying to comb through and find something on you. now social media in many cases social media, ten years of archives to search through. a search engine pulling up a key word that pops up early when somebody google's your name. this is a time to think, hey, do i need a digital cleanup. >> now i'm imagining tleegt twe -- deleting tweet by tweet. there's got to be a better way. >> on twitter, a big trend going back on all those tweets looking at the archive, what can be deleted from here. there's a program, tweet deleter, a limited subscription. a lot of my friends have used it, too.

it's worked quite well. it can go through batches and a whole time line and threat significant number of tweets or auto delete after a certain period of time. or bring out big guns, complete all at once. a lot of people, on trend, it's what they are looking for. >> what about facebook. is it difficult to erase facebook history. what if you want to keep some stuff, have your own record, but not public. >> a lot of people in that scenario. theres a chrome extension, kind of a tool to add to your web browser, use chrome. it's nice, it's caused social book post manager. what it does -- i've used this on my personal page for facebook. it can go through and in bulk actually delete a ton of posts. it can unlike and hide them. you can options. it's putting that power back into your own hands. if you're not ready to make the full delete, get rid of a batch of them. >> if you do want to save some memories, is there a way to have that middle ground. >> i'm surprised at a lot of people when they ask me, how do

i delete my facebook page, i have so many photos and comments on there and so many milestones. take advantage of both twitter, facebook and instagram. you can archive all of your content. a lot of people aren't aware of that. go into settings, they will send you a digital file, a zip file you can download and have all that right there. maybe that's the first step if you're not ready for a full on delete. >> there's really a simple step if you want to go big, just delete it. >> a lot of people are turning to reputation management. this is tangential than just deleting social media. if you have stuff you name when you delete it, pulls up articles you don't like or things said about you, there's a way to pull it down. i have to tell you it's typically not cheap. it can go $400 a month. i know who have wiped their history and it cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars range. reputation management, more about that as the world goes digital and online.

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all this week on "today's" tlafl we're exploring our country's hidden gems. >> wait until you see this, this is beautiful. the desert southwest filled with beauty. one spot in particular stands out called the wave. once you see it, it's pretty obvious why. america is beautiful. award winning photographer wants to give you a closer look. >> the beauty of this part of the world is there's many hidden gems with so much diversity spled throughout an area. >> dozens of national parks, landmarks spread throughout southern utah and northern

arizona, endless wonder in some of the most remote and harshest terrain on earth. >> a lot of people know about places like zion in the grand canyon. all around we have places like slot canyons, amazing views over the lake, horseshoe bend. >> navajo nation little river gorge, dinosaur tracks, 1,000-year-old petroglyphs, hidden gems within 100 square miles. it's the wave, a one-of-a-kind colorful undulating rock formation created by 190 million years of wind, rain, and sand that's most coveted by those who take their chances at the bureau of land management's daily lottery. >> number 18. >> which to preserve the site permits just 20 people a day. no exceptions not even for our cameras who applied a dozen time over three weeks to make this seven-mile hike to the slopes of

the coyote view, which until 1960s was mostly unknown to natives and cowboys in the area. this couple from georgia. >> we entered our names into the drawing 11 times. >> a kentucky native. >> i tried about 12 times. when you compare it to the people who tried 39 or 40 times, seems pretty fortunate. >> and these german brothers. >> never seen something like this before. >> a handful of the lucky few. >> i think what's special about this area, it takes quite a commitment of energy and time and resources. >> hundreds of miles. >> rachel conahan started her career with blm 14 years ago right here in this field office. she says while neighboring attractions like grand canyon host 6 million visitors each year, there are endless less discovered treasures in its path for anyone willing to go on the hunt. >> my favorite things about visiting this area, it is so remote. for just a moment you can feel like it's all yours.

>> you often feel when you're wandering in these places, might be the first to walk it. it really is paradise. >> beautiful. with only 20 mermts ppermits pe it's literally like winning the lottery. they try to strike a balance between preserving the area and providing access to people who want to see it. absolutely gorgeous. >> stunning. i grew up in arizona and i didn't know about it. >> can we give kudos to our photographer. she travels to alaska, all places all around the world by herself. >> had to wait 12 days to win the lottery to get in there. >> she won the lottery for you. >> we did, too. >> a lot ahead including performance from rising star bazzi, but first this is "toda california phoney"s offs free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit

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back now 8:46 with a breakout star in music. his name is bazzi. >> his hit skyrocketed on the charts. now the singer songwriter following up that success with his newest single, "beautiful." >> you can find both songs on his debut album called cosmic bazzi. bazzi, look at you, you're having quite a moment, aren't you, right now? >> it's been a really beautiful year. >> how old are you, 21? >> twenty. >> you're 20 years old, just getting started. playing with camila cabello, justin timberlake. are you pinching yourself. >> it's insane. you spend so up make of your life working towards something. to see it come to fruition is really good. >> i read your dad had a vision or dream when you were 7 years

old about all this. what happened? >> he did. he actually took me out to breakfast one day and he was so excited. there he is on screen. he took me out to breakfast and said i have this vision, you showed at madison square garden. you were there. i was like, you're crazy, bro. here we are, a couple more years, we'll see what happens. >> he's watched you perform. >> he's by absolutely biggest fan. he keeps up with everything. any news article, what does this mean? >> a google alert on you. >> he does. >> sending in the fog. that means you're supposed to sing. >> what are you going to sing for us? >> i'm going to sing beautiful today. ♪ beautiful beautiful beautiful angel ♪ ♪ love your imperfections every

angle ♪ come and go before you know ♪ i had to let you know ♪ the way that gulchu look on you amazing but nothing can compare to when you're naked now a backwood and some henny got you faded you're saying you're the one for me ♪ ♪ i need to face it started when we were younger swear to god that i loved her ♪ ♪ sorry that your mum found out guess that we just really had that thunder ♪ ♪ ain't nobody else said i'd be under ♪ ♪ beautiful beautiful life right now ♪ ♪ beautiful beautiful night right now no-no no ♪ ♪ hey

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful angel love your imperfections every angle ♪ ♪ tomorrow comes and goes before you know so i just had to let you know ♪ ♪ the way that dress fall off you is amazing ♪ ♪ love a miracle a beautiful creation baby come a little closer let me taste it ♪ ♪ you came a little closer ♪ now you're shaking ♪ never ever gonna mislead you don't believe the lies they feed you ♪ ♪ stop and stair like a sculpture painted in your colors beautiful beautiful beautiful life right now ♪ ♪ hey beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful angel ♪ tomorrow comes and goes before

you know so i just had to let you know ♪ the way that gucci look on you amazing but nothing can compare ♪ tomorrow comes and goes before you know so i just had to let you know ♪ ♪ i just had to let you know i swear to god you're beautiful yeah ♪ >> yes! >> wow. >> bazzi. we're walking on air, baby. >> a little bit of heaven with you. >> a different section. are we in the club now. >> we're going to do it every day, the whole angelic feel.

>> i'll come in after and you let me know. >> bazzi, congratulations on everything. we're so happy for you. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc, from heaven.

back on wednesday morning. where did jenna go? >> they have the 9:00 they are hosti hosting. going to be good. >> they are filling in for megyn. >> birthdays. >> my honor. let's bring those jars of smucker's and see who we're celebrating this morning. first up happy 111th birthday to henry, active guy from l.a. if you're looking for henry you can catch him at the gym. he works out every day. clara from walnut, north carolina, is 100. she's proud to say she mowed her own lawn until 97. judith gaines, avid reader,

loves to spend time with grandkids and great grandkids. lawrence celebrating 100 years, this world war ii veteran from wisconsin. he and his wife created an organization that helped kids with developmental disabilities. opal tawny 100, loves to bake and eat chocolate chip cookies. in fact, eating one sweet a day every single day is her secret to longevity. happy anniversary to richard and barbara gibbs from kansas, these two lovebirds enjoy spending time with their 13 grandkids and 32 great grandkids. if you have someone you want to celebrate, tell us on today.com/celebrate. don't forget to send us a picture. >> in addition to al and jenna going across the street, a-rod is co-hosting. >> he teed up a secret he's going to reveali )m - -...

a short time ago .. cal fire gave us a new u good morning. 8:56. a short time ago cal fire gave us new information on the two major fires burning in northern california. there is slight improvement for firefighters battling the carr fire in shasta county. now 35% contained, up from 30% last night, with 115,000 acres burned. the number of homes destroyed

now exceeds 1,000. and that does not include another 600 or so structures considered damaged. as for the mendocino complex fire. 24% contained, ten homes destroyed, and that fire has burned nearly 91,000 acres. happening now, we have a crew, of course, in mendocino county talking with firefighters. we will have a full update on our midday newscast. you can get the latest information at nbcbayarea.com. 49ers legend dwight clark will be remembered at a private memorial service in san francisco. he died from als. many 49er legends are attending the service. it takes place at the glide memorial church. we will have a live report in our midday newscast as well. and we will have a local weather update in a half an hour maybe you could save energy by r.