>> setting the bar high. that's what's happening today in the bay. we are back at 7:25 with a live look at local updates. we take a live look now at san francisco this morning. good morning. breaking overnight. brac overnice. bracing for gordon. >> i authorized to activate guards man. >> baring down. expected to. strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall just hours from now. the city of new orleans in its past. millions facing heavy rain, high winds and widespread power o outages. we are live and al is tracking that dangerous storl. on the hot seat. confirmation hearings getting under way for president trump's supreme court nominee. democrats for brett kavanaugh getting this advice from joe biden. >> stay in the room.

>> do they have the votes to derail the nomination. controversy. reaction pours in overnight to former star colin kaepernick being made the face of nike's new campaign. some burning gear in protest skpst athletes sois voicing their sport. will this help or hurt his chance of getting back on the field. all that plus storming out. the question about bill clinton that led monica lewinsky to cut short an interview and abruptly walk off stage. no place like home. iconic slippers stolen a decade ago finally recovered. the engage announcement from the fbi this morning. >> roger out. in a stunning upset roger federer knocked out. the unseeded opponent behind the late night shocker today

tuesday, september 4th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. two words you never thought we would be saying. john mehlman, never thought we would say that. >> i was so happy to see you, then you put this in the open of the show. big, big moment from the man from australia. >> good for him. he played a tough match. we'll get to tennis in a little bit. a busy morning, a lot to get to starting with the dangerous storm racing to the gulf coast where hurricane warnings are posted. starting with mr. roker at the wall.

>> here is the latest on this. this system is quickly developing. as it does we're going to be watching storm system right now 240 miles east southeast of the mouth of the mississippi. 65-mile-per-hour winds moving west northwest at 17 miles per hour so this is booking. we have 7 million under tropical storm warnings, 2 million people under hurricane warnings at this hour. it becomes a hurricane sometime this afternoon and makes landfall wednesday around 1:00 a.m. and continues inland. here is what we look for flooding rain, torrential downpours, flash flooding, road closures, overflowing creeks, 8 to 12 inches of rain. the storm surge especially stretching from the west to almost mobile, alabama. 3 to 6" storm surge. that's going to cause major problems. then the winds. the east side of the storm, strongest part.

40 to 50-mile-an-hour winds, widespread power outages gulfport, mississippi is battening down the hatches. that's where we find kerry sanders as we get ready. kerry. >> reporter: good morning, al. because of the threat coming ashore with gordon, they have canceled schools. some the real concern is giving people time to prepare for this. because there's a window, people have most of today. they will be able to get ready. as you saw quite a storm soaker in florida. we had wind gusts up to 51 mile an hour. it was a miserable labor day for people in south florida. now it's time to prepare for people already getting sandbags and other items in place. here along the coast they have done mandatory evacuations.

those are just in the harbors, biloxi, gulfport and long beach, to get people out of their boats if they plan to ride the storm out. one year ago hurricane nate came ashore here. it was a minimal hurricane but still caused serious problems. flooding instead about a quarter mile that was really quite devastating and two people died. nobody wants to take any of this seriously. al, there is still time for folks to get to the grocery store and to get gas in their cars. no matter how big or small the storm is, there will be power outages making it difficult. >> absolutely. kerry sanders, biloxi, mississippi. thanks so much, kerry. we'll continue to track this all day long. savannah. >> al, another big concern with the weather, torrential rain in the midwest led to widespread flooding. emergency rescues and hundreds of canceled flights. what a day. nbc's blake mccoy in chicago for us with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. here at o'hare, water was

dripping into the terminal. more than 500 flights have been canceled since monday. many passengers forced to spend the night here in the terminal and trying to fly out again this morning. this is just the beginning of a very active weather week here in the midwest. this morning travel disruptions at one of the nation's busiest airports. chicago o'hare. water leaking through the roof of the international terminal as severe storms dumped heavy rain purchase it was a little crazy. >> i noticed the roof was leaking. >> one traveler ditching their shoes. airport staff using golf carts to get around. >> this is the third time we had a flood just because of the rain. >> outside more travel turmoil. the main highway to the airport under water. some travelers grabbing their suit cases and walking the rest of the way as traffic came to a

standstill. >> it took two hours to come five miles. literally crawling on the road rainfall all the result of fast-moving severe weather expected to soak the midwest through thursday. the main threat today for nebraska, iowa, minnesota, and wisconsin. some areas could see more than 3" of rain. a confirmed tornado over central city iowa monday night. in manhattan, kansas, hundreds had to be rescued after flash flooding submerged cars and stranded home owners. >> pouring in the front door. it was totally soaked and it kept getting worse from there. >> for millions of americans, a stormy return from the long holiday weekend. >> so we have southern storms, midwestern storms. this will cause a ripple across the country. flights were already full because of post labor day travel. there weren't a lot of re-booking options.

check your travel status early. >> what a scene there. thank you. this morning all eyes on capitol hill where confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are getting under way. he will face very tough questions. nbc's white house correspondent hallie jackson has a look at what we can expect. hi, hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the hearing has already begun but we are seeing firework this is morning. as you look at what's happening in the hearing room on the capitol. before he was fully introduced, democrats interrupted are refeetedly and would appear to be a coordinated effort. they are very concerned about the late release they say of documents that they wanted to review related to his time serving in the george w. bush white house. sources say this was part of a preplanned effort on the part of the democrats. republicans say this was an outrageous and unprecedented outburst already we have seen multiple protesters removed from the room. one official tells us kavanaugh

during his sessions practicing prepared for protester interruptions. . he's introduced his family who joined him, but he's expected later today to talk about the role of a judge being like an umpire, impartial and neutral. here's the thing. democrats do not have the votes to block kavanaugh, but they are not giving up without a fight. >> a supreme spotlight for judge kavanaugh with democrats getting advice from joe biden. >> stay in the room, demand answers, point out not giving material expected in the committee. >> biden hinting at self line of attacks for dems. one, dealing with documents. some senators are blasting the trump administration for withholding more than 100,000 documents related to kavanaugh's work in the george w. bush white house citing executive privilege. a white house spokesperson points out the administration has already turned over more than 400,000 pages of documents, more than the past five nominees

combined. kavanaugh would replace retiring justice anthony kennedy, a critical swing vote on the high court. democrats worry a more conservative court could put the future of roe versus wade in doubt. that key abortion rights ruling expected to be another clash in the confirmation fight. >> the candidate that has been named by donald trump was prescreened by two white wing extremist groups. one of the groups, the executive director made clear that his number one goal in life is to overturn roe versus wade. >> and there's a third battle brewing on whether a sitting president can be investigated. watch for him in a review as me argued it takes away from the people. they don't need any with a 50-49 vote. some say it won't be that split. >> i think there are a handful of democrats that will vote for

kavanaugh if he does well and maybe more. >> as for the senators to watch, the ones to watch are not in the room. we're talking about sussan colli collins. they think she could be swayable in this process. studio.ng up, sonia sotomayor >> craig is with us. another big story. the midterm elections. the countdown is on now. >> with labor day behind us races are heating up. this morning we're kicking off nbc news coverage with special series, the vote, america's future. over the next two months, we'll bring you everything you need to know. our team of correspondents fanning out coast-to-coast to cover big races and the issues that matter most to you. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the white house

to get us started. peter, good morning. >> craig, good morning to you. so heading into the fall, both republicans and democrats are bracing for what is already a fierce fight, control of both the house and senate hanging in the balance. president trump gearing up, blasting the federal justice system for daring to prosecute two of his congressional allies. republican senator ben sasse among those outraged writing, the u.s. is not some banana republic with a two-tiered justice system adding one for the majority party and one for the minority party. >> president trump again antagonizing attorney general jeff sessions now blaming him for jeopardize elections of two republican congressmen ahead of the midterm. tweeting, two easy wins inside doubt because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. that a reference to recent indictments in california and new york. while he's not on the ballot, the president seizing the spotlight vowing to personally campaign for dozens of republican candidates.

at least 40 stops scheduled. even some allies worry the november vote will be a referendum on his presidency. >> i don't think there's going to be a blue wave. i hope there's a red wave. >> president trump has had some early primary victories rallying his base around candidates he's endorsed but history isn't on his side. midterm elections usually favor the party that doesn't control the white house. half registered voters telling us they want democrats to control congress. what's at stake? if democrats win either chamber his legislative agenda could be in danger, to repeal obamacare, the border wall. a new barrage of investigations into the president with democrats in charge of key oversight committee. mr. trump dismissing the threat of impeachment. >> i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very

poor. >> so no matter which party comes out ahead, 2018 is shaping up as the year of the woman with a record breaking number of women candidates. there could be more firsts this fall, the first african-american woman governor and the youngest woman ever elected. savannah. >> all right, peter. thank you so much. nbc's steve kornacki with a closer look at what we should pay attention to in the leadup to november. steve, you're our resident nerd, okay. set the scene. what's happening this fall. >> after labor day, the homestretch. poem line, control of the u.s. house. republicans have had it since 2010. democrats, this is their best chance to get it back, 23. that's the magic number. if democrats pick up 23 they get control. that is certainly a doable number. republicans are bracing themselves on that front. senate is the interesting one here. 50-49 that mccain's seat will be filled by a republican. democrats need 51. a two-seat gain. on paper that should be easy. here is the issue for democrats, it's the maps. these are the states really

democrats, where do they have a chance of getting pick ups? not many options. maybe four, nevada, arizona look ripe, tennessee, texas, we'll see. the problem for dems is every blue state you see on the map is a trump state from 2016 where a democratic incumbent is running for re-election. democrats are defending a lot more turf than republicans. if democrats lose a few blue ones there, doesn't matter if they make it up. trump's approval rating, you see it now, average it all together just over 41%. i think you can see that. republicans think if this thing can be the mid-40s, they think they may have a shot to hang on. the lower it gets, the more trouble they are in. >> let's throw in missouri senate race. >> that missouri senate race, one of those trump states with the democratic incumbent, check this out, brand-new, dead even. 47-47. mccaskill trying to hang on.

trump's approval rating in the poll, 45%. that's that number republicans have in mind. if trump is over it, they think they can live. if not, they could be trouble. in missouri perfect example. >> in florida primary race. florida is a bellwether, no different, the governor's race. >> andrew gillum came out of nowhere. here is the most interesting thing. he won the nomination. look at the turnout, up 181% from four years ago on the democratic side. that is energy, ran hard to the left, ran against trump, ran on a lot of liberal issues. look at the energy he generated. look at this, on the republican side ron desantis, congressman, look at the energy, 171. what did he do? ran to the trump base. each base got what it wanted here. this is the energy of the trump era. 2014 in some ways could be a preview of the battle of bases we see in america in 2020. >> epic left-right battle. we'll see in the governor's race

what happens. steve, thank you. i hope we see you a lot. we've got in-depth coverage leading up to election day. by the way, find it all online, nbcnews.com/the vote. we'll focus on the push to get my lillennials to the polls. a way a story was handled at this network. >> nbc chairman sent an e-mail about ronan farrow's initial investigation of harvey weinstein. nbc's kate snow is here with us. >> reporter: good morning. he sent the e-mail with a nine-page report detailing the facts as nbc management sees them. the lengthy and detailed document follows reports last week in which farrow's former producer accused the network of trying to kill the weinstein story. this morning nbc news addressing the controversy. the network's chairman andy lack

laying out what he says are the facts behind former reporter ronan farrow's investigation of disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. in an e-mail overnight, he writes, contrary to recent allegations, at no point did nbc obstruct farrow's reporting or kill an interview." calling it baseless speculation that some interference by harvey weinstein played a role in our decision making. an internal report attached to the news employee e-mail describes numerous calls and e-mail by harvey weinstein or his attorneys to nbc news executives. they were aggressive and persistent, the report said, and had no impact on the editorial process. nbc news also lays out a full time line of farrow and his producer's work on the story for the network saying a team of three nbc news veteran journalists examined the story at the time and determined it was not ready for broadcast. they also found an example that nbc news said showed the extent to which farrow unfortunately

misrepresented the material he had and misrepresented a source's willingness to identify weinstein. after eight months, the report says, there was not a single victim of or witness to misconduct by weinstein who was willing to be identified so it did not meet journalistic standards practiced by major news organizations including "the new yorker." farrow left nbc news in august last year ultimately publishing a pulitzer prize winning print story about weinstein in the new yorker. nbc news says it was farrow's decision to leave because as lack puts it, farrow did not agree with the journalistic standards practiced by nbc news. he said a print outlet was ready to move forward immediately. in a statement overpass ronan farrow disputes that saying it was nbc's suggestion to, quote, take the story to another outlet, and i took them up on it only after it became clear that i was being blocked from further reporting. farrow adding, the story was

twice cleared and deemed reportable by legal and standard only to be blocked by exec it i was who refused to allow us to seek comment from harvey weinstein. one of harvey weinstein's accuser emily nestor backed his account. in a statement to the hollywood reporter she said she had filmed an interview in silhouette but later offered to attach my name to the interview in silhouette or reshoot the interview with my face visible. however, they were not interested in this interview. nbc news suggests in the lack e-mail report that farrow did not have a single victim witness on the record. in a statement last night ronan farrow's former nbc producer who recently left the network issued a statement on twitter saying in part, i'm not clear how nbc's report can be considered objective and thorough given i was never interviewed for the report and only learned about it when asked for comment by reporters late last week. a spokesperson for nbc said mchugh was not interviewed for the report last night because the company had the information it needed and the report is a complete accounting. there was no response from nbc news to the overnight statements of ronan farrow but nbc news did release a statement just now

regarding nestor, the weinstein accuser saying nestor is the anonymous victim of harassment referred to in the nbc news document and was contacted during the editorial review process by an investigative producer with two decades of experience. she took contemporaneous notes of their conversation. at no time then or since did nestor tell nbc news she was willing to be named we have posted by the way the full e-mail from andy lack and report, nine-page report on today.com in case people want to read the whole thing. >> thank you. >> we mentioned at the top weather is a huge story for us. al, have you got the forecast? >> that's right. besides looking at gordon we've

got a flood threat in the plains. temperatures looking good but heat and humidity continues here in the northeast. we'll look at that in the next half hour. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. (burke) that's what we call a huge drag. seriously, that's what we call it. officially. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ good tuesday morning. it's a cloudy start. temperatures start out nice and cool. we are heading up to 83 degrees in the south bay. antioch looking at a high of 90

degrees. san francisco 65 degrees. we'll still have hazy skies, drifts of smoke and temperatures reaching the upper 80s. this is increasing temperatures a few degrees by the end of the week. >> that's your latest weather. nike's big gamble, overnight reaction to the sports giant making kaepernick the face of its newest ad campaign. the bill clinton question that lead monica -- monica lewinsky to walk out of a live interview. what she is saying about what happened there. first this is "today" on nbc.

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she shi-er? mhhm. that's wonderful news. go with the one that's here to help life go right. state farm. we )re following developing news right now in the south bay. a team of deputies are at the scene of a possible crash involving what they )re now telling is is a stolen tesla-x. this is video from about 20 minutes ago .. near >> good morning. 7:26. i'm marcus washington. at the scene of a crash and they are telling us it is a stolen tesla x. the driver abandoned the car and deputies now tell us they have arrested the suspect. police have learned that car was stolen during a home robbery. we don't know if the driver was injured but there's a lot of activity in that area. right now let's get a check of your weather today. there will be a good day today. >> it will be a nice day.

a live look outside in san francisco. air quality remains an issue. there is an air quality alert. there will be drifts of smoke and slightly improved air quality but still moderate across the bay area. highs today in napa up to 89 degrees. san jose reaching 83 degrees and 65 today in san francisco. our seven day forecast for the inland valley will be heating up a few degrees as we head towards the end of the week. the hottest day, friday, 93 degrees. let's get an update on how the roads are looking. >> not an unusual pattern. we are looking through the tri-valley. more push and so now we see 101 with typical slowing. concord shows a lot of traffic from 242 towards the walnut

creek interchange. the earlier crash clears. back to you. >> thanks. i'll have another local update in 30 minutes.

7:30, 12th september, 2018. supreme court justice sotomayer. she was sworn in nine years ago. she will be in our studio. a rare visit by a member of the supreme court. best behavior, everybody. >> we'll mind our p s-and q s- >> she's written two books. one for adults and one for children. we'll chat about that. >> some interview coming up, daughter of apple founder steve jobs will be here to talk about her new revealing memoir about her childhood. also in studio, comedian jon

stewart for a very important cause. we have a couple of good ones tomorrow. >> let's start this half hour with a check of today's headlines. tropical storm gordon expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it hits the gulf coast. it lashed the area with heavy rains and winds at 65 miles an hour. hurricane warnings in effect for mississippi and alabama. f for. another shake-up, ceo carrie perry is out after nine months on the job. she reportedly was forced to resign as they continue to recover from the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. last week they fired tracy three days after she was hired as elite development coordinator. that was vitt sized by aly

raisman who claimed she supported naser and shamed victim survivors. now, please close your ears. stunning upset rodgers federer number two seed lost to john millman. he's ranked 55th in the world. it's federer's earliest exit since 2015 and millman's first ever win in a top ten player. he said after the match he struggled with heat. he said at some point i was happy the match was over. still landing with class. >> class, charm and points for honesty. i still say roger had the shot of the u.s. open. check it out, i tweeted it. >> pretty serious camera work, too, on your part. >> by the way, john millman, got to give him his props. big moment for the aussie. a bold and perhaps risky move by nike naming colin kaepernick, the player who led

protests over injustice the face of a high-profile ad campaign. the face of controversy. now the face of a powerful new nike ad. colin kaepernick's image with the words "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything." it's part of the series ad celebrating 30th anniversary of nike's iconic just do it campaign. nike says that cam paper will highlight the most inspirational athletes of their generation. nbc news has learned the company is planning a complete advertising push across television, print and digital platforms. the reaction swift. some saying they will never wear nike products again. others posting burning their shoes. lebron james posting his support for kaepernick on instagram. serena williams posting, proud to be part of the company today.

just do it. >> this country stands for liberty, justice for all. it's not happening for all. >> he became a political lightning rod after taking a knee during the national anthem to call attention to inequality and racial justice. other players followed and dem stral -- demonstrations on the nfl sidelines caused debate. >> wouldn't you love to see an nfl player when someone disrespects the flag say get that son of a bitch off the field, he's fired. >> piece raised money for causes. other athletes citing him as inspiration to their own activism. >> it opened our eye to see the potential as athletes to cross all these different boundaries and bring people to the table. >> despite kaepernick's on field ability, the 30-year-old has not played in an nfl game since the

2016 season. last year kaepernick filed a grievance against nfl and its owners alleging conclusion to keep him out of the game. the league asked it to be dismissed. last week an arbitrator ruled, the case would proceed to a new hearing. with the new season days after nike, nfl uniform and apparel supplier, choosing to highlight an athlete whose activism speaks volumes. this morning nbc news learned exclusively at least one nfl team is showing interest signing kaepernick. it remains to be seen how consumers the react, per share they also say kaepernick's silent protest is not stopping and may be incorporated into some of the ads. >> interesting how nike went straight into that controversy. >> a company who has been doing it as long as nike has been doing it, presumably they have

done market resurge and will know how it plays out. >> all right. we'll turn to mr. roker, you've been the headliner all day. >> i like that. >> every day. >> if you like the heat, we've got a couple more days you're going to love especially northeast from detroit, charleston, hartford, washington, parts of virginia. 45 million people at risk for heat advisories for today. some places getting near records. the feels-like temperature, heat index will be 88 in boston, near 100 in new york city, 102 in washington, 100 in cleveland. we have one or two more days of this. then you can see by friday we cool down to 73 in rochester, 75 boston, philly at 82, 87 in charleston. that's good news. however, in the northwest where we've seen all thatted flooidin, heavy slow moving cold front, iowa, parts of northern illinois, into wisconsin and michigan as well. more heavy rain and flooding

with this. we're looking at another 5 to 8" possible from kansas all the way up into the up of michigan. and we're not even talking about remnants of gordon, which we'll get in here later in the week. it's going to be a good morning. i'm kari hall. we have low 90s in the forecast for some of our inland valleys. it will be comfortable with high of 83 and 73 in oakland and santa rosa 82 today. some of our warmer spots will continue on in the upper 80s throughout the rest of the week. watch out for the drifts of smoke. we'll have hazy sunshine. hotter for the end of the week into the weekend. coming up in your next half hour, the latest on gordon. savannah. >> al, thank you. monica lewinsky finds herself back in the spotlight this morning after she abruptly cut an interview short and stormed off stage.

nbc's kristen dahlgren has the back story, what led to that moment. >> good morning, guys. monica lewinsky has faced tough questions about her affair with president bill clinton for 20 years handling most with grace and poise. yesterday a question from israeli news anchor caused the normally unshakeable monica lewinsky to lose her cool. >> a personal apology? >> i'm so sorry. i'm not going to be able to do this. >> an audience left stunned in israel on monday. monica lewinsky abruptly ending a live question-and-answer session after the interviewer's first question was about former president bill clinton. >> recently in an interview with nbc news, former president clinton was rather irate if he was asked if he ever called and apologized to you personally. >> the convert referring to a "today" show interview earlier this year with the president.

>> do you feel like you owe her an apology? >> no. i do not -- i never talked to her, but i did say publicly on more than one occasion that i was sorry. >> i'm so sorry, i'm not going to be able to do this. >> lewinsky offering an explanation for her departure on twitter writing the exact question this interviewer asked first she had put to me when we met the day prior. i said that was off limits. when she asked me it on stage with plat ant disregard for our agreement, it became clear to me i had been mislead. the lewinsky, the former white house intern became a household name in the '90s after her oval office affair with clinton. speaking out about the ordeal in 2014. >> i lost my reputation, and i lost my sense of self, lost it, or had it stolen. >> dealing with years of ridicule and harassment, she now is an author and activist. >> what i want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too. i want to put my suffering to

good use and give purpose to my past. >> in her twitter statement lewinsky goes on to apologize to the audience for walking out but adds this hopeful message writing, i left because it is more important than ever for women to stand up for themselves and not allow others to control their narrative. in a statement to the jerusalem post channel 2 news thanked lewinsky saying they respect her sensitivity and wish her luck. >> did not apologize. >> all right. >> kristen, thank you so much. still ahead, a rare visit from a supreme court justice, sonia sotomayer. her honor will be here live. after a summer of play, how do you get kids to put down controllers and focus on school. on "pop start" victoria beckham opening up about her marriage to david beckham like never before. and the mystery of dorothy's missing ruby slippers. has it just been solved? has it just been solved? we are live ♪

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i had them and took care of them for over 35 years. >> in 2005, shaw loaned the shoes to the judy garland museum in grand rapids, minnesota, birth place of the legendary actress. that's where they were stolen, a crime explored on discovery channel's expedition unknown with josh gates. authorities say someone broke into the museum by shattering a window on the emergency exit door. >> they smashed this thing open, grabbed the slippers and they are out the door. this didn't take 45 seconds. >> according to the author of "the ruby slippers of oz" the shoes are quite valuable. >> they're the holy grail of all hollywood memorabilia. the last pair sold for $2 million privately. >> for years rumors swirled about the swiped slippers. was it an inside job? were they poached on a drunken dare. three years ago, they searched a mine pit with no luck. earlier this year they asked

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tropical storm gordon gaining strength as it gets ready to strike the gulf coast today with heavy rain and damaging winds. al is back with areas that will see the worst of this thing. >> the central gulf coast really on alert right now. gordon's 240 east southeast of the mouth of the mississippi. 65-mile-per-hour winds moving west northwest. slowed down a little bit at 15 miles per hour. 7 million people under tropical storm warnings. 2 million hurricane warnings so we look for it to become a hurricane, minimal category 1 hurricane this afternoon, make landfall sometime late tonight, early tomorrow morning as a tropical storm and then continue. make no mistake, the eastern side of the storm, that's the most dangerous. biloxi and mobile, pensacola possibly even under the gun for this. the impacts of this flooding rain, torrential downpours, road closures, overflowing creeks. 8 to 12" of rain in isolated spots. storm surge will be heaviest west of biloxi to mobile,

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we are back with our special series the vote. midterm elections. >> we'll focus on the crucial role millennials will play. as mentioned earlier, florida, a key battleground state as ever. jacob sobirov covering that for us. what do you hear from voters in florida? >> it's going to be crazy in november. we were down here last tuesday for stunning election victory between gillum and desantis. they will face off in november. the conversation bows microcosm on referendum from trump. that's not really what we're hearing from voters on the ground here at all. we want to hear what matters though these voters. we traversed last week. everybody talked about the jobs,

economy, how the environment plays into that. we into to people in miami-dade, everglades, two fishermen, republican and democrat, toxic algae and dying sea grass and how that could cripple $4 billion fishing industry there. even a gentleman who survived hurricane irma. he does not believe a word out of a politician's mouth. that may be the ultimate challenge getting people to come out when historically they don't care about the contest, don't believe politicians care about them and actually convincing them they do. >> now to the role of millennial voters in deciding key votes across the country. morgan radford with more on that part of it. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. millennials could become the largest voting block in the entire country this year

potentially surpassing again xers and ba -- gen xers. politician predict a wave of voters and it almost never happens. that's why various groups across the country are fighting to make sure this is the millennials year. they are trying out interesting tactics in interesting places. it's the generation that could decide the election. 60 million millennial voters on track to surpass baby boomers with the largest voting bloc in the country. while they represent a third of eligible voters, only half of them show up to the polls, which is why campaigns are popping up all over the country did he signed by millennials for millennials hoping to get them to the ballot box. like head count, a nonprofit that imbeds with musicians, traveling with tour buses show to show and setting up voters registration booths at their

concert. >> the reaction i've been getting is oh, my gosh, i've been. meaning to do this so long. >> i'm 29 and i never voted before. >> do you think you would have registered to vote had they not been here at this concert. >> no, i wouldn't. i wouldn't. i wouldn't have even thought about it. >> using music to reach a demographic that otherwise might have stayed at home. >> an amazing way to engage this audience. >> in charmt, south carolina, a more home spun approach. erica wright is one of a dozen volunteers across the country gathering small groups like these. >> when you look over time with history, grassroots movements work. >> it's all part of a nationwide campaign organized by a nonpartisan online news digest trying to get 100,000 millennials to vote by the midterm. >> why do you think there's such a big gap between how many youth voters we expect to see and how many actually come to the polls.

>> with a lot of campaigns to target the older generation so we ignore it. as millennials, like that doesn't affect me right now. >> how do you feel about the direction the country is going. >> that's what energizes me the most. i should never have taken it for granted. i should be fighting for it. >> which is why they say they're fighting to turn the tide in november, hoping to get their generation to show up on election day. >> a lot of these groups say this is just the beginning. you can expect interesting voter outreach efforts not only in schools, online but video game platforms. that's why they say they are nonpartisan. they don't care who the millennials vote for. they just want to make sure they come out to the polls. hoda, savannah. >> morgan, thank you. with more on the millennia also note and no excuses we have the co-founder, carly and danielle. ladies, good morning to you. >> hi.

>> this is the age-old riddle about young voters. covering politics i would hear this from strategists, sure they poll a certain way but they don't vote, they don't show up. what has your research shown you about why millennials aren't coming to the polls. >> you said it, there's a huge disconnect between millennials overwhelmingly feeling dissatisfied about the country. in the midterm only 20% of millennials turned up to vote. that's sad. we want to change it. we see this demographic has the ability to create change. they are going out there. they are marching. they are making their voices heard but they don't necessarily connect that with voting. they don't necessarily think that is the way to be heard. when you think about it, it makes sense in some ways. they don't trust the system. they haven't seen change come from congress, so they are looking for other avenues to be heard. our job at the skim, one of the things we really focus on with no excuses campaign is to make sure they feel like they can make their vote count but you have to actually get out there and vote. >> let's pretend i'm running in the midterms and i want to get your vote.

what are the issues i should be focusing on, how do i get you to come out to the polls? >> the number one thing is authenticity. that doesn't bode well with politicians. >> that's an issue. >> so the positives, up against something tougher. being themselves and being true. millennials can see through when they are not. in terms of the actual issue, what we're seeing this audience cares most about is jobs, economy, immigration and health care. what we're seeing, what's interesting about the audience, they are split down the middle politically. we're doing nonpartisan voter efforts to get them to come out to the polls no matter where they lean on party lines. these are the issues they care about across party lines. >> i also think the issues aren't surprising, right? it's what people care about in general. the thing politicians need to do is connect those issues at the local level, because people are busy. they have their daily lives. they are not following what's going on in washington, d.c., all the time. so these politicians, this is a local race, local midterm.

they need to connect it with what's going on in the communities. >> we have to jump i know skim has a lot of resources. millennials want to get involved, there's a lot of ways to learn about the issues. figure it out. i didn't get the red, white and blue memo. >> no excuses. it's all there. >> carly and danielle, thank you. we have more information on the campaign, go to today.com. >> head over to mr. roker and check the weather. hey, al. >> we're watching tropical storm gordon approaching the gulf. hot and humid, beginning of the heat wave that started yesterday. a flood threat making its way through the upper midwest. sunshine along the west coast. that's wha here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we will have some sunshine today. we're looking at some upper 80s for inland val leys and still hazy with the smoke coming by but we're not under a spare the air alert. towards the end of the week, our temperatures heating up into the low 90s for some hotter spots.

for san francisco, clouds and fog continue with some drizzle at times and then by the end of the week, less fog and our temperatures going up to about 70 degrees by friday. don't forget if you're heading out catch us on sirius xm 103. >> al, thank you. just ahead, are your kids spending too much time with fortnite? how you can reign them in with back to school session coming up right after this. where everyone is always dancing! lucky charms now has a new unicorn marshmallow. part of this complete breakfast. fruit of the loom's everlight underwear is so light, you won't even notice you're wearing it. and going unnoticed can sometimes be quite nice. guys, i need someone to work the weekend. - karen, see you saturday. - what... unnoticeably light everlight from fruit of the loom.

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five-hour obsession with the game. >> he's ten. >> school is starting. has it been tough? >> it has been. he wants to keep playing like he played in the summer. he can't play. school has to be his priority. >> so robert, this is what you do pretty regularly? >> yeah. >> got it. >> mom understands her son's love of fortnite because she's become obsessed, too. >> i also play. i'm not that good but i try. i try to do what the school kids are doing. >> you're a cool mom. >> i'm a cool mom. >> we sat down for a couple of games, which susie says come with conditions. robert has a one-hour limit on how long he can play during school days, he's got to keep his grades up and got to do what she says. is all this normal. the difference between obsession and addiction. the biggest red flag when a child loses control over their behavior. >> first month, i have plenty of kids come in because they are sleep deprived, not following limits, lying to parents and sneaking, playing video games

and they are not supposed to. >> the doctor said parents need to remember three things. kids should earn their playtime, never threaten to take away the game without following through. tell your kids, they don't own the devices, parents do. >> i never let kids call it their. that is my tv, my cell phone. it is not. those are all mine. i allow them to use them as long as they are using them appropriately. >> experts caution trying to get a kid to go cold turkey probably isn't a game you want to play. susie figures if you can't beat them, at least she's going to join this squad. >> i just hope that this is a phase and eventually he's going to get tired of it. >> for "today," gadi schwartz, nbc news, delhi, california. >> just full disclosure we had to get carson to put down fortnite. >> you have "pop start"? >> yeah. i bought a new glider, which is fun, too. exclusive look at the new cast -- new photos of "this is us" shot by legendary

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>> looking at the south bay, we're at northbound 87, looks like there's some recovery over the last couple of minutes. that crash at curtner tied things up. really made things tough out of the valley. now things are a little bit easier. we're starting to ease up for much of that san jose commute. a problem getting into loss g gatos. a crash blocked one lane and it's been there for a while, now causing slowing on the santa cruz side. the rest of the bay sorting itself out but we had that return for the commute. we're looking at palo alto and pat insurance peninsula, 101 south jamming up. >> more news in a half hour.

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be sure to join us tomorrow. we'll have a big announcement revealing the big star and i mean huge joining the cast of waitress. that's tomorrow. be sure and be here tomorrow. >> it's going to be a good one. we are very excited because supreme court justice sonia sotomayer is here keeping busy before the new session of the high court. she's written a book for children of all ages and the rest of us, too. we'll talk to the justice about that. >> also in studio 1a we have the legendary jamie lee curtis. she's here to talk about a new halloween movie, cautionary tale about selfies and turning 60. >> a huge star of a different sort, the giraffe. perhaps you've heard she's expecting. >> that piece had a little something for everybody. al, how about the weather. >> show you starting off,

tropical storm gordon threatening central gulf coast. flood threat in the upper mississippi river valley. hot and humid, sunshine in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow look for hot and humid weather to continue. tropical storms still making its way inland then tomorrow by this time. a flood risk continues in the ohio river valley. sunshine from the western plains in the pacific northwest and along the west coast. th that's what's going on aaron ro the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> still cloudy for most of us in the bay area. as we start out this morning. our temperatures starting out with some lower 60s. 83 today. it will be up to 88 in livermore and in morgan hill, 90 in antioch today, and in napa, a high of 85 degrees with some mid-60s in san francisco today. our inland areas will stay fairly warm over the next few days and getting warmer toward the end of the workweek.

. >> that is your latest weather. don't forget take us with you when you leave the house. go to sirius xm channel 108. guys. >> all right, al. thank you so up make. as mentioned, the confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are beginning today. if confirmed he will serve alongside our next guest sonia sotomayer. two new books for children, beloved world of sonia sotomayer. turning pages, they are about her life and challenges she had to overcome meeting success. justice sonia sotomayer. good to be with you. >> good morning. it's so nice to see you. >> i was thinking about your life. you worked so hard, went to the best institutions, legal school are a, former prosecutor, judge, supreme court justice, did you ever think you would be writing a book with pictures? >> no. once i decided to do middle school, which one of my cousins

you might have met in my parenting book, "my beloved world, miriam, she talked me into writing a book for middle school kids. i thought, i want young leaders to know a little about my life. that's where turning pages came in. >> there are so many lessons here. why young people, though? if you could write a book for anybody? >> they are our future. we as adults haven't done a great job of leaving them a perfect world. we're so far from it. kids have a better chance. for me, inspiring them to follow their dreams, more importantly to think about their involvement in the world, that's my reason for writing books and the theme in this book, turning pages, which is how books opened up the possibilities in my life. >> turning pages, the one you hold in your hand, really is a love letter to reading and to

books. you kind of tell how they transported you throughout your li life. >> so instrumental in my development. all of us live in a microcosm of the world. you have a house, a mom and dad if you're fortunate. some may not have all the members of their parents there. we sort of travel in the circles we know. books take us outside that circle. outside that world and let us explore not just the rest of the world but the universe. that's what it did for me. >> the other book for young adults has mature themes. >> sure. >> obviously the things you talk about will be good messages for anybody. one of the things you talk about, it's almost a love letter to the rule of law. should we read between the lines there? you talk about the rule of law. >> sometimes people are lost. they don't really under it.

for me, one of the reasons i became a lawyer and a judge was my understanding of what the rule of law does. it guides our relationships with one another, whether it's between people or between people and institutions, the law sets the parameters of how we behave with one another, how we share limited resources and how we define our relationships in a way that avoids conflict. so for me, that's an important part of love that gets forgotten by people, so the relationships. >> you're obviously a sitting supreme court justice so i don't get to ask you about all the things i'd love to ask you about. >> i'm sure there's a lot of questions. >> of course there are. i don't know if you can answer it. do you feel like our legal system our system of checks and balances, "are those things under pressure today like they weren't in the past? >> it's hard to say that.

think about other times in our history where they have been under pressure. think of the mccarthy era where people really struggled with whether the law was going to protect our freedoms adequately. there are always pressures on democracy. what saves democracy are citizens willing to take up challenges our constitution presents them with. democracy doesn't work on its own. our republic survives because people are interested in in sure it continues. the only way it will continue is to respect the limit, the strength, and the potential of the constitution. so for me, is this any different than any other time, i'll let your viewers decide that. i do know it's a time where people have to stay involved ensuring our constitution is always protected. >> finally when we met with your memoirs release a few years ago,

you said one of the reasons why you wrote it was to hold onto the real sonia. >> yes. >> are you still holding onto the real sonia. >> i'm really still trying. none of my friends have hit me with that book yet. >> it's a pleasure to have you here with us. i know it's a busy time. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, savannah, for having me. >> the book called today.com and find out more about them, turning pages, find out about them. >> what a beautiful interview. guess who i get it talk to nest, jamie lee curtis. she has a book out and returning to an iconic role. we're going to talk to her about all of this. >> after the justice. >> after the justice. >> after the justice. >> that's going to be my new book, after the justice. >> but first "today" on c. nb california phones offers 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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watching jamie lee curtis on the big screen, movies, like "my girl," "freaky friday," and 40 years ago a sequel to the classic "halloween." did you know she's passionate about writing, too. it's her 12th children's book. my, my selfie and i. a mom goes overboard with herselfie obsession. hello. >> hello. >> you know what's funny. i was in the park walking through, and you see everyone with their kids but everyone with their kid on the phone. i was thinking how important this book is now. >> what's most important about being a parent is connection with your child. there's no question. read any book you want about child raising and they will say contact, connect. the mother and child connecting through their eyes. unfortunately you see so many busy moms and all they are doing is looking at their phones. it's a cautionary tale.

i don't think i could have written a book about the selfie craze from the point of view of a child because i think children wouldn't lesson. i told it from the point of view of a parent who goes crazy when she's given a smartphone for her 40th birthday and she becomes selfie crazy. >> and it takes her kids to give her the advice. >> it's ultimately her kids who put their hand up and say, stop it, no more, which is where it has to go. >> when i looked at this book and saw it was her twelfth book. her twelfth book. when you were younger, did you say i want to write. >> no, last thing i wanted to do. i barely got through high school. i wasn't that person. delivery system didn't work for me. i wrote books by accident. frankly everything i've done has been by accident and it's turned out okay. i'm one of those underachieving people who have found their way really in adulthood. >> how did you -- most people get stripped of confidence when

they can't do something. how did you not lose that? >> i didn't have any skills in the way ayatollah you would normally register someone's success. i just wasn't good in school. i wasn't an athlete. i wasn't particularly pretty. so i just sort of found my way, which is what we do. >> i googled you. two things come up when you google you. it says jamie lee curtis, age. let me look at your age. as you're turning 60. >> november 22nd, thanksgiving. >> how does that feel to you? how does 60 feel? >> wells , 60 feels like i have no time to waste. i have spent time looking at myself. the whole goal, looking at this obsession with ourselves. what are we doing? we are a society of human beings and we are looking at ourselves. we are obsessed with ourselves.

it is a message for me as an adult but me that i can convey with a book for children that we have to turn the camera around. we have to look at the world. i listened to judge -- just listen to the justice right before me. have you to turn the camera around. we have to look at the problems of the world, the problems within our relationships, families, and we have to fix them by looking out not in. >> last thing, we've been teasing this. "halloween" was your first big movie. >> i know. >> i can't believe 40 years later we're doing it the again. i heard your godson, jake gyllenhaal -- i didn't know that -- said you should do this. >> he was friends with the director and he called to say david wanted to talk to me about a new "halloween." i did it and it's fabulous. it will be out in october. i'm 60. i'm on the "today" show talking about a new book about cell

phone obsessions and a new movie. i'm happy. i met a justice today. and a woman! a woman justice. >> god i love "today." >> come on. >> the book is called me, my selfie and i. it's on book shelves today. you can find it on today.com. we're going to check in on april, the world's most famous giraffe. she's pregnant. >> i know. >> how about that. first, this is "today" on nbc. at beautiful day. wh a

>> there's april. a little more than a month since we exclusively revealed april the giraffe is expecting again. >> my gosh, look at her pigging out on lettuce. the news set off a frenzy. the people are busy preparing. hi, april. here in the studio, the park owner. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what's it been like since you

broke the big news? >> it's been exciting. there's a lot of people celebrating the big news and what it means for the park, giraffes and conservation. it's been a very busy time. of course life at the park is still life at the park. >> did i hear a rumor gwen stefani did a drive by? >> she did more than a drive by. she loved the park. came and had an awesome time. >> how is april do and when is this baby allegedly due sflf april is doing great. we're watching development and advances without any issue. realistically we're pegging a month of march birth month for april. >> what's the deal with taj, the baby behind april. taj is leaving in october. >> yes. he's progressing, maturing. naturally they leave the herd and start their romantic bachelor life. >> bachelor life.

>> taj have room for me. >> the best part of this is we've actually found the perfect facility to work with him. wildlife conservation center out of virginia has been contracted with us to work with he the carolina conservation center outside of raleigh, north carolina, in new park that's going to be opening. taj will be their first giraffe. >> how does that help the wild species? >> what this really does, our job here is to propagate the species, produce more giraffes and continue to educate on giraffes and their need. every giraffe born counts. >> april looks really good. she doesn't look like she's showing or anything. >> we won't see change or development in the first 10 months, but the last 5 months, 15 month pregnancy you'll see growth, increased consumption, behavioral changes and eventually, eventually you'll start to see that baby moving. >> eventually her back hurts and feel swelling. >> lays back down, gets back up,

at the end of the pregnancy, gets a little harder. that calf is 150 pounds. >> you think due in march but last time we waited a long time. >> when i say march i mean july. >> born in april. >> that's a reality of it, the average is 15 months. this could be 14, it could be 16. right now march is our peg month. >> will she have cravings. >> right now carrots. that's it. >> pickled carrots. >> jordan, april, thank you. >> that was fun. >> good to see you, taj. >> back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

already missing summer? carson with a pick me up. >> behind us unofficial end of summer. we thought it would be fun to look back at our favorite moments of the season. pictures we think typify summer for us. savannah, i'll start with you.

what a great shot. the hills are alive. >> looks like sound of music. what was it, switzerland? no, wyomingers. >> look at those two. >> vail. whether or not a great summer. let me get to hoda. this is cute, hallie joyce. >> spend time on the beach. >> we did. >> good ones with your family. >> picking up nick from summer camp, july 4th, bringing people together in the backyard having a good old time. >> hilton head, that's the extended family along the fine beaches of south carolina. >> we didn't do that. >> mine, we're at the beach, too. my girls in california. that was such a great summer shot. with all their cousins, brother's kids, sister's kids. so fun to watch the kids spend summers together. that was fun. here is sunny. >> all right. yeah.

sunny enjoying the pool. at home, look back at your camera roll and find the one picture that typifies summer. we'd love to share it. use the #orange room. >> i know we've been saying summer is over but it's like 100 degrees today. >> when is it officially over? >> isn't it nice to have a meteorologist around. >> around the clock. >> we should mention craig stepped around from weekend today so he could be with us every morning. >> i'm excited about it. >> what's the eye update. >> i'm going to wear contact lenses at the end of the week. before we start this whole thing i want to thank my parents for sacrificing so much for me to get here, my wife and kids at home watching. they give me life. i didn't have sisters growing up, so i'm looking forward toic ing up two sisters. >> we'll pick you up profit and a crazy uncle as well.

although i have a couple of those. thanks. >> coming up next hour? >> kathie lee is back. >> what? >> we're going to party it up. >> get your wine ready. >> exactly. megyn kelly straight ahead. but first on a tuesday morning that feels like a monday, your local news and weather. happy september, folks.i )m - a san jose man accused of good morning. it's 8:56. i'm kris sanchez. a moonan accused of killing his parents in their home plans to represent himself during his criminal trial. hasib golabi is accused of shooting his mother and father. the trial is expected to start as early as this week.

today, he is due in court for a preliminary hearing tied to the logistics for the trial. happening now, our bob riddell is in the courtroom. he will have a live report in our midday newscast at 11:00. you can go to our homepage to link to more of the back story. that's nbcbayarea.com. a, contract involving a tesla. also, a crash involving a tesla model "s" is part of a burglary investigation. deputies tell us the driver crashed after stealing the car from a home burglary in los altos. link to more on our twitter feed. confirmation hearings are under way for supreme court nominee kavanaugh. on our homepage, you can link to a live stream. we'll see you back here at 11:00. >> nbc bay area news, winner of an edward r. murrow award in social media.

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s welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. i hope you had a nice holiday weekend. we have a lot today and here to help me break it down host of in principle amy holmes and rolling stones contributor joe levy. good morning to you both. we begin with a story close to home today. nbc chairman andy lack has released a memo on how our news division handled early work around the harvey weinstein story being reported by ronan farrow last year. published by "the new yorker," with several women on record,