between scott and pierce, but also other lines affected as well. >> 28 and 43, 91 might be affected as well. >> two people injured. >> we'll continue to monitor this and have that update for you again nbcbayarea news at is 1:00. thank you for starting your morning with us here. good morning. breaking overnight, fl breaking overnight, florence intensifies. the powerful hurricane gaining even more strength. tens of millions up and down the east coast now racing to prepare. states of emergency declared. >> prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. >> this morning al with the very latest on when and where the storm could strike. breaking news, les moonves one of the most powerful men in hollywood out at cbs. the embattled ceo stepping down after more we will come forward, some with graphical gagss allef

sexual harassment. >> president trump on the war path against the legendary journalist bob woodward and his explosive tell all describing a white house in nervous breakdown mode and woodward himself is with us to respond, his first live interview. those stories plus overnight arrest, a dallas police officer charged with manslaughter after entering the wrong apartment and shooting and killing an unarmed black man. court controversy, serena williams fined $17,000 for her u.s. open outburst. >> you are a thief, too. >> that moment overshadowing her opponent's historic win, but this morning naomi owe sake will be here live to weigh in on at all. and down but not out. nfl star aaron rodgers carted off the field. >> and that's about as bad a sight as any packer fan can see. >> before returning to lead green bay to a dramatic last minute win. >> randall cobb is going to score! >> a come back for the ages on the nfl's opening weekend,

today, monday september 10th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody, welcome to "today." thank you so much for joining us on this monday morning. i know what i did over the weekend. >> a little light reading. >> the book that all of washington and beyond are talking about. i've got my tabs and we have bob woodward the author right here, the president taking some swings at woodward, but he's had a few presidents take some swings at him over the years, we will talk to bob in a minute. but first the dangerous storm we will be talking about all week. we are talking about hurricane florence. >> it is rapidly intensifying this morning along with preparations here on the east coast. we are going to get to that part of the story in a moment, but let's go with al because he's got the track of the storm. al, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. today is the peak of the tropical atlantic hurricane season.

take a look at right now we've got three hurricanes, helene, isaac and florence and these three storms are both going to be taking divergent paths, one affecting puerto rico, but the one we're watching right now very closely is hurricane florence. right now a category 2 storm. i'm sorry, i'm going to come back here just to give you the locater of what's going on. 625 southeast of bermuda. west north at 9 miles per hour. now the track of the storm, category 2 storm. it is pushing its way by thursday morning it is just off the coast, makes landfall sometime late thursday night into friday morning, coming on shore as a category 3 storm. the impacts for this, well, right now here is what we are looking at, we are watching for at least winds, tropical force winds, the greatest threat from charleston, wilmington, rally into cape hatteras.

rainfall amounts we are talking about anywhere from about 3 to 10 inches of rain from myrtle beach on into cape hatteras on up into richmond as well. the storm may stall out after landfall because of high pressure that's going to block it and could bring in 10 to 20 inches of rain as it makes its wei-yin land. we will continue to track it, but it is still a potent dangerous storms. >> al, thanks so much. breaking overnight one of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry is out. les moonves stepping down as the chairman and ceo of cbs. his departure coming just hours after more women came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. nbc's anne thompson is here with the latest on this story. >> good morning. this is certainly not the hollywood ending les moonves wanted. over 24 years he built cbs into an entertainment powerhouse, but he leaves in scandal. tainted by now what a dozen women say was a pattern of

sexual harassment that went on for decades. this morning one of the most successful runs in television is canceled, effective immediately. les moonves out at cbs. his exit coming just hours after new claims of sexual harassment or assault were published by "the new yorker." in a statement cbs said the network will donate $20 million to organizations that support the me too movement and equality for women until the workplace. that money will be deducted from any severance package for the long time chief executive. those benefits withheld until investigations into moonves' behavior are completed. his exit triggered after six new women on the record with the new yorker shared a range of allegations against moonves, from forcing orlanal sex to exposing himself, even violence and retaliation. tv executive phyllis gottlieb said when they worked together in 1986 moonves forced her to

perform oral sex on him. she didn't report it because i really realized he was the new golden boy. i just kept quiet. after rejecting another advance golden gottlieb says moonves got angry over her work and threw her against the wall. last year spurred by the me too movement golden gottlieb told the new yorker she filed a criminal complaint against moonves in los angeles, but the statute of limitations had expired. deborah catay was a massage therapist in the late '90s. moonves was one of her clients but she says he was looking for something more. >> every time i went there i would say no or i would pretend like i didn't know what he was talking about. >> in a statement after his ouster moonves said untrue allegations from decades ago are now being made against me that are not consistent with who i am. in an earlier statement to the new yorker moonves said three of the encounters were consensual, but not which ones.

>> so moonves has spoken about this a little. is there anything more he said recently? >> he did. he released a statement overnight saying i am deeply saddened to be leaving the company. i wish nothing but the best for the organization. now, nbc news has not independently verified the allegations against moonves. cbs says its chief operating officer, joseph ianello will serve as president and acting chief executive until a permanent replacement is decided. >> anne thompson, thank you. also this morning a dallas police officer who shot and killed a man after she apparently mistook his apartment for her apartment has now been arrested and charged with manslaughter. nbc's miguel almaguer is at the scene of that shooting and has new details on the case just this morning. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is where the shooting happened. it's where the officer and the victim live. that officer hat been released from county jail, but many are asking why she wasn't charged with a crime even earlier. this morning dallas police

officer amber guyger arrested forman slaughter, the four-year veteran released on bond after she was booked at county jail. police say last thursday night guyger shot and killed 26-year-old botham jean in his own apartment, mistaking the unit for her own. >> we're glad to see that the district attorney and oerlgts have responded to the calls and demands of this community. >> reporter: lawyers for the victim's family say this video was taken by an eyewitness moments after the shooting. a female officer can be seen talking on a cellphone, it's unknown if it's guyger. investigators say after finishing her shift and still in uniform guyger returned to what she mistakenly believed was her apartment, encountering jean inside, but she was on the wrong floor. police say it's not clear what the interaction was between her and the victim, then at some point she fired her weapon, striking the victim.

after the shooting guyger called 911, emts rushed jean to the hospital, but could not save his life. ♪ bless the lord >> reporter: jean was an active member of his church and worked as an associate at pricewaterhousecoopers. last year while on duty guyger shot a suspect after he wrestled her taser away during an arrest. the suspect survived and guyger didn't face disciplinary action. today jean's mother is calling for justice. >> if he was a white man in that apartment, would it have been different? would she have reacted differently? >> he went to his grave never knowing why the police officer came into his apartment and shot him. >> reporter: that dallas police officer is out on a $300,000 bond. she has not commented on the case and her attorney has also made no comment. guys, back to you. >> all right. miguel, thank you.

greg joins us now, he has another big story this morning. >> good morning. with the midterm elections crucial to both parties things are shaping up to be a battle between presidents. democrats are turning to former president barack obama to frame their argument to voters now. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest on that. >> craig, good morning to you. >> reporter: the white house dealing with that devastating one-two punch, the bombshell book by bob woodward and that searing anonymous op-ed in the "new york times" and it comes, as you say, as former president obama is breaking with the tradition in which former commanders in chief don't criticize their successors. he is now entering the heart of. former president obama taking the rare step of coming off the sidelines and entering the political fray, aiming to help democrats take back the house, calling out president trump by name in illinois. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. >> reporter: and barn storming in critical races in california.

>> the fact is that if we don't step up, things can get worse. >> reporter: for his part president trump tried to dismiss his predecessor. >> i watched it, but i fell asleep. >> reporter: the vice president taking a different tactic. >> it was very disappointing to see president obama break with the tradition of former presidents and become so political and roll out the same tired arguments. >> reporter: it comes as the trump white house is increasingly engulfed in its own set of controversies, including that scathing op-ed by an anonymous trump official, more than two dozen officials have denied writing it. the op-ed echoing themes in the tell all book from bob woodward accounting widespread dysfunction. over the weekend mr. trump lashed out. >> by the way, then this idiot woodward who wrote this book, which is all fiction. >> reporter: but woodward fired back. >> he is wrong and my reporting

is meticulous and careful. >> reporter: telling cbs news. >> you look at the operation of this white house and you have to say let's hope to god we don't have a crisis. >> and, kristen, what about the anonymous op-ed? i know the president is you get -- suggesting that perhaps the attorney general should investigate to find out who wrote it. >> reporter: we put that question to the white house, savannah, and press secretary sarah sanders tells us that the president wasn't actually directing the attorney general to investigate but rather giving his opinion that the op-ed should be investigated. mr. trump saying it raises national security concerns, but here is the problem with that argument, savannah, neither sanders nor other top officials here can say what, if any, law was broken. the department of justice isn't commenting. guys, back to you. >> kristen, thank you. as mentioned, bob woodward whose book you mentioned his first live interview to talk about the claims he is making in that book, he will be here in

just a few minutes. now to the drama at the u.s. open women's final that still has people talking. the new champ naomi osaka's victory overshadowed by serena williams' on court outburst that led to new fines on sunday. kate snow joins us with the latest. this was a u.s. open like no other. >> everybody is still talking about t right? now tennis legends with coming to serena's defense after that u.s. open final that might be remembered more for everything but the tennis. new coming naomi osaka was celebrating her victory on sunday but a trio of rulings by the umpire against serena cast a shadow over her win igniting a massive debate all weekend long. >> there are men out here that do a lot more. it's because i'm a woman. it's because i'm a woman you are going to take this away from me. that is not right. >> a marquis u.s. open women's final marred by controversy. >> i'm not really sure what happened between serena and the umpire, but for me i think it's

still a win, so i'm just going to count it as that. >> it all started when umpire carlos ramos issued serena williams a warning for appearing to receive coaching. williams' coach later admitting he tried to instruct her but didn't think she saw him, arguing that every coach does it. >> i don't cheat to win. i'd rather lose. i'm just leltting you know. >> later after a miss williams smashed her racket. that cost her a point. >> extremely rare in a grand slam final. >> the six-time u.s. open champion incensed. >> you owe me an apology. i have never cheated in my life. i have a daughter and i stand for what's right for her and i have never cheated. you are a thief, too. >> after the tirade ramos again taking action. >> verbal abuse. >> oh, my goodness, this is very unfortunate. >> taking the unusual step of giving osaka a free game, putting her even closer to the

six she needed to win the whole match. during an emotional trophy ceremony williams comforting the 20-year-old champion. >> let's be positive. so congratulations, naomi. no more booing. >> the umpire's rulings igniting a firestorm. in a piece for the "washington post" tennis icon billie jean king writing in part, ultimately a woman was penalized for standing up for herself. a woman faced down sexism and the match went on. women have a right, though, to speak out against injustice, as much right as a man. 2003 u.s. open champion andy roddick tweeting i've regrettably said worse and i have never gotten a game penalty. williams was fined 17 grand for breaking tennis rules, adamant that women who want to express themselves should. >> they are going to be allowed to do that because of today. ma maybe it didn't work out for me but it's going to work out for the next person.

>> so, kate, how experienced is this chair umpire? has he been in situations like this before? >> he has. he's actually very accomplished. he has a reputation for being pretty strict against both men and women including, by the way, serena's sister vaccines henus on the end. november vac djokovic saying, quote, the chair umpire should not have pushed serena rather to the limit, especially in a grand slam final. that's what a lot of people are saying, is maybe he should have maybe warned her first instead of -- >> or deescalate. >> deescalated. >> right. it's controversial, they will be talking about this for years and years. both naomi osaka and november vac geodjokovic will be right h this morning. speaking of sports, kate, i know you are a big bears fan, i'm sorry to report this. >> thanks. >> if you didn't stay up late to watch the end of the packers/bears game last night you missed a great one. aaron rodgers leading his team

to an unbelievable come back win. early on, though, not looking good for the pack. rodgers hurt his knee after getting sacked in the second quarter. they carted him off the field, he was checked out by team doctors, he returns, though, in the second half facing an uphill battle. chicago led green bay 20 to zip in the third quarter. rodgers doesn't throw in the towel, though, he throws three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. it was the second largest come back in franchise history at lambo field. the packers winning it 24-23. >> that's incredible. >> a lot of folks were wondering whether aaron rodgers' record breaking contract in the off-season four years more than $100 million a lot of folks wondering whether it was worth it. looks like it was worth it. >> it shows you he needs his arm not his legs. >> he is perfect. >> mr. roker, you are back too. >> also perfect. >> just get him a chair. let's show you what we've got going on around the rest of the country. out west we are looking at a

decent fire danger, we have flooding rain coming here in the northeast, we will look at that coming up in the next half hour and some showers in the pacific northwest. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. you finance with gm financial. this labor day, discover why chevy is the most awarded and fastest growing brand the last four years overall. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. good monday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a nice clear sunrise over the south bay this morning. cool temperatures, and it will be a really nice day with high temperatures reaching 80 degrees. some inland spots are still going to be very warm. morgan hill reaching 87. also 87 in livermore and in

concord, in antioch today 89 degrees and 85 today in napa. san francisco some upper 60s. as we go toward the middle of the week, temperatures getting even cooler. and that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right, al, thank you so much. we have a lot more ahead. more on hurricane florence and the race to prepare up and down the east coast throughout the morning. plus a "today" live exclusive. veteran journalist bob woodward on the bombshell claims in his new book about the trump white house. it's just ahead. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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their injuries are non-life-threat nipping. right now we have a city inspector coming out to check this out. sfpd continue this investigation. for the time being the road between pierce and scott on lombard street will be closed. laura? >> westbound lanes closed, thank you very much, pete. >> let's check in with mike with tabs on that and how it affects muni lines. >> muni 28 is the bus line for that particular bus you saw in the building. that will affect the 28 line and the others, 43 and 91 that have to reroute as well. drivers have to avoid between pierce and scott, at the days inn west. that affects lombard itself. the rest of the roadway into the city are looking standard. we'll look at the rest of the bay through the south bay, kari, back to you. >> we are going to have nice weather today with systome sunshine. san jose reaching 80 degrees and santa rosa 87 degrees. look at the end lan seven-day

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7:30, now, on a monday morning. and that happens to be your 2018 u.s. open champion naomi osaka. we're so excited. we cannot wait to talk to her. we'll speak to her in just a little bit. it was quite a match. >> it was. >> it will go down in the record books. >> one for the history books. it's great to have naomi here to talk about her win. we'll do that in a moment. we have today's headlines, and here's the top. hurricane florence gaining strength and taking ae ining ai u.s. east coast. florence is about 600 miles southeast of bermuda. by tomorrow, it could be a category 4.

winds up to 130 miles per hour, maybe more. and the projected path at this hour, takes it to the carolinas. residents filling their cars with gas and stocking up on bottled water. we're going to get the latest. one of the most powerful tv executives is stepping down following more allegations of sexual misconduct. cbs announced the exit of its chief, les moonves last night. it came hours after "the new yorker" magazine published a story where six additional women accused him of sexual harassment or assault. that brings total accusers to 12. moonves said he had consensual relations with three of the women. in a statement, cbs says it will donate $20 million to the organizations that support the #metoo movement. mission accomplished for spa

spacex. the rocket blasted off this morning. it delivered a communication satellite into orbit. the commission took a half-hour. the rocket booster returned to earth, landing on a drone ship stationed in the atlantic. it was the company's 29th successful rocket recovery. now, to the new book that is sending shockwaves through washington and beyond. "fear." it paints a white house with dysfunction. the president has labeled it a scam and a joke and its author, bob woodward, an idiot. and bob is with us now. bob is known best of all for "watergate." and the president is up and tweeting about you this morning. that's maybe a success in some sense. you got his attention. >> well, but there's a war on truth by him. and he says these are unnamed

sources. but these are not unnamed incidents. specific people on specific dates. the book opening with gary cohn, the chief economic adviser in the white house, lifting a document from the president's desk because he -- cohn worries, as he tells an associate, i have to protect the country because this will unravel a trade deal, which will jeopardize one of the most important intelligence operations we have going on. and the documents reprinted in the book there, and the president is saying, well, if he had known about this, he would have fired gary cohn in two seconds. we didn't know about it because the document was taken. >> we'll get to the specifics. but just -- you know, you've been around a long time. you covered, i think, eight or nine presidents. were you shocked by what you

uncovered in this book? >> i've never seen an instance when the president is so detached from the reality of what's going on. in one nsc meeting, a year after trump was in office, the secondary of defense has to tell him because the president's complaining about all this money we're spending on u.s. forces abroad. james mattis says to him, we're doing this to prevent world war iii. now, the idea that the secretary of defense has to tell the president that all of these actions are designed to prevent the ultimate catastrophe and then mattis goes on and says, you know, if we don't keep these programs, which are very sensitive, the only deterrent option we have will be the nuclear option. >> let's talk about your process

a little bit because we live in an era where the president talks about fake news. he called this fraudulent. anything that is unflattering to him, he generally calls fake news. it is mostly anonymous sources in here. why should people trust you? >> but the incidents are not anonymous. it gives a date. it gives a time. who participates. most often, the president himself and what he says. >> let me xgo down. you have john kelly, the white house chief of staff calling the president an idiot. saying we're in crazytown. that's a quote. john kelly says, that never happened, i didn't say it. jim mattis, another person quoted saying that the president is a fifth or sixth grader. he says he didn't say it. are they lying? >> they are not telling the truth. >> that's lying. >> well, looking what's going on

here, my old boss at "the washington post," ben bradlee, the great editor, used to say, the truth emerges. sometimes it takes time. these people -- these are political statements to protect their jobs, totally understandable. but this is as carefully done as you can do an excavation of the reality of what goes on. >> have you ever done one of these books, know you talked to a source and the source comes out publicly after the publication and says, that's not true? >> it happens frequently. >> has it happened with this book? someone you talked to comes out and basically is lying. >> i'm not going to -- you want to use the lie word. what i want to do is focus on -- you know, here's the problem. this has not been treated seriously seriously enough. and the things that -- some of

the things trump did, and does, jeopardize the real national security. this country does some things in the intelligence world, which are so important to protect the country. they are astonishing. they are secret. they are called special access programs. and he jeopardizes them. they jeopardizes the position in the economy, by doing things that experts, you know, 99.9% of the people say, don't do tariffs. it doesn't work. he's got it in his head, when people challenge him, he'll say, oh, i've had those ideas for 30 years. you're wrong. >> what's the portrait that emerges here? what are your conclusions based on your reporting based on the president? is he unwilling to do what he's supposed to do in office? is he incapable?

you chip around the edges of suggesting some kind of almost cognitive decline. what's your assessment? >> look, my job here is not to psyc psychoanaly psychoanalyze. it's to what happened on specific dates in specific moments. and the people -- look, the people who are willing to talk, are people of conscience, people of courage, people who said, look, the world needs to know this. if you don't think it's risky for somebody to answer the questions and give in the real details, it is. and they're willing to take that risk because, as gary cohn said, got to protect the country. >> there's a lot of anecdotes, featuring john dowd the president's former lawyer.

you go inside the room of the russia investigation and dowd's meetings with robert mueller and his staff. at one point, you write that dowd was aware that he had illustrated to the special counsel that the president was, quote, clearly disabled. what did he mean by that? >> you worked for john dowd. >> i did. >> does this ring true? >> i'm asking the questions. >> can i ask that question? does it ring true? >> you can't put me on the spot. i did work for john dowd as a lawyer 15 years ago. and there is a lot in there that rings true in the way he speaks and that kind of thing. >> thank you for being honest. >> i don't want to be a witness in the case. i want to ask you the questions. >> fair enough. but all of that happened and what dowd concludes in the end is, that president trump can't testify because he can't tell the truth. >> that's what he means by clearly disabled.

it's an inability to tell the truth in dowd's view. >> and he has a practice session with the president on january 27th of this year, in the white house. they're looking out on to the washington and jefferson monument. and dowd says, i'm going to play mueller. and they do the role playing. and the president goes ballistic, is not under control. and dowd says, you know, you can't do this. you are not a good witness. and his conclusion, dowd's conclusion in the end is, that the president is an f'ing liar. >> rob porter, the staff secretary that was forced out amid controversy, said at one point, this was no longer a presidency. this was no longer a white house. this is a man being who he is. >> this is after the charlottesville incident.

and i go into that, in great detail. and the president gave a very soothing speech to the country. and porter worked with him on that. and then, the president tunes into fox and they're saying, oh, look, he's making a course correction. and the president goes bananas and says, that's the dumbest speech i've ever given, taking it back. and goes out and reaffirms that the problem in charlottesville is both sides. and porter's conclusion is, this repair -- this necessary racial repair is -- it can't be done. it's not going to happen. >> briefly, before i let you go, obviously, since your book is coming out, we have "the new york times" op-ed, an anonymous writer who says this, is a senior official inside the trump

administration. i want to ask if you have any suspects. >> i don't have any suspects. >> did you think this might be someone i also have talked to? >> nono, i didn't. the people i talked to i insisted be very specific about the incidents, exactly what happened. and as i've said, i think this is important, the building blocks of journalism are specific events. what happened on this day, who said what. and this is a volume of trump talking and acting and deciding. >> as i understand it, most of your interviews, you recorded, as well. >> yes. >> bob woodward, thank you so much. nice to have you here. the book is called "fear." it's out tomorrow. >> thank you, savannah. still ahead, an emotional conversation between two first daughters. jenna talks to betty ford's

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pete suratos is live at the scene of a muni bus crash in san francisco. good morning to you, 7:55, pete suratos is live with a crash in san francisco. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. it's not every morning you we get a chance to stand here on lombard street but because of this situation here a muni driver lost control of that bus, continuing investigation why he did so but crashed it near this building here on lombard street. according to san francisco police, happened roughly 5:45 a.m. they say the driver has life-threatening injuries and one passenger with knob-life-threatening inryes. sfpd and sfta investigating the matter and city inspector en route to check this out. they're saying this road we're

standing on may not reopen for another three hours. >> tough commute there. thank you very much, pete. >> let's check that commute, we know lombard closed for a couple of hours. michael? >> westbound is closed. eastbound takes you away from the golden gate bridge and over toward where you saw cal hollow, days inn over here, give you an idea of the traffic flow that will be a distraction for eastbound, closed for westbound, and it affects the 28 muni line, again, all morning long. we'll track that. meanwhile the rest of the bay we see slowing across the dumbarton bridge, a stall just past the high-rise and west 257 low into mountain view. as we look at the forecast our inland valleys will be heating up today into the upper 80s, and then some cooler air on the way, for the middle of the week we'll see more clouds with highs reaching into the mid-70s, and then it does warm back up in time for the weekend with san francisco staying in the 60s all week long. >> thank you very much.

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it's 8:00 on "today." tracking florence. the hurricane strengthening. >> prepare for the worst but hope for the best. >> where and when will the storm strike? al has the forecast. ♪ naomi osaka live. the u.s. open winner stops by studio 1a fresh off her historic win. what she has to say about her win, serena williams and the n controver controversy. meet the high school

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>> we will be out to say hello. it's a busy morning. we will turn to your news. millions of people along the east coast are running out of time to get ready for hurricane florence. the storm is already churning up surf as it heads toward the u.s. al is back with the latest on its power and its path. >> good morning. we are watching florence right now. a category 2 storm. it's starting to gain strength. 625 southeast of bermuda, 105 mile per hour winds, it's moving at nine miles per hour. it continues to move to the east -- to the west, i should say, as a category 4. make landfall as a category 3 storm with the potential for damage. what is steering this thing? there's a big dome of upper level high pressure that's going to build in and to the north as well. the strength of the high pressure pushes it into the southeast coast. the big problem is that high pressure hangs in there. once it comes inland, it will sit and spin almost like harvey.

the potential for flooding is going to be really dangerous, anywhere from 10 to 15 inches of rain. don't forget our friends out west. we have olivia, category 1 storm. it's moving west with 85 mile per hour winds. it looks it's going to skirt sometime tuesday between the islands and probably affect the entire island chain with rain and wind. guys. >> al, thank you. investigative reporter bob woodward is defending his new book "fear" which portrays the white house as alarmingly dysfunctional. earlier i asked woodward why some top officials are now denying they made disparaging remarks attributed to them in the book. you have john kelly, the chief of staff, calling the president an idiot, saying we're in crazy town. john kelly now says that never happened, didn't say it. jim mattis, another person quoted as saying the president's understanding is like a fifth or sixth grader. he comes out and said, i didn't

say it. are they lying? >> they are not telling the truth. >> this morning the president has responded to the book tweeting, the woodward book is a joke. just another assault against me and a barrage of assaults using disproven unnamed and anonymous sources. a dallas police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in his home has been charged with manslaughter. the 30-year-old officer was arrested sunday night. she was released within hours after posting $300,000 bond. police officials say she headed home from work thursday night and mistakenly walked into the wrong apartment. it's not clear what interaction took place. at some point she fired her weapon striking a 26-year-old man, a neighbor in her building. nearly 200 families have been ordered to evacuate after california's newest wildfire exploded in size this weekend. they are calling it the snell fire. it happened in napa county. started saturday and quickly grew to 2,400 acres.

firefighters have to hike or be airlifted to the front lines because the area is so remote. in the meantime, a closed a 45- 5. we have a morning boost from the sports department. there aren't a lot of sports rivalries like the yankees and red sox. which makes this story so nice. major league baseball tweeted out this unforgettable moment when a foul ball was caught by a red sox fan. he turns around and gives it to a little girl who is wearing a yankee jersey. >> this is a wonderful moment, a sox fan handing this little lady the baseball. watch what happens next. >> so cute. >> very sweet. >> come on. >> there's peace in the galaxy. >> yes, there is. proof no rivalry is too big. that was awesome. >> that's the first time i have seen a yankees fan hug a red sox fan on television.

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this and let's be positive. congratulations, naomi. no more booing. >> u.s. open champ naomi osaka joins us now. good morning. congratulations. >> thank you. >> let's just talk about your win. you are the u.s. open champ. you are so young. you seem -- for people that don't know tennis as well as others, you came from nowhere and had this incredible tournament. how are you feeling this morning? is it still sinking in? >> i mean, i have never been on a talk show before. >> your first? >> i'm very happy to be here. i mean, it still feels a little bit surreal. i think it's slowly sinking in. >> i think what was so cool that was when you were in third grade, you wrote a paper about someone you idolized. that person was serena williams. you colored it in. it was a whole thing. how did it feel knowing that you were going to be playing centre court across from her? what did you say to yourself to give you the confidence to play

that match? >> actually, i was lucky enough i played her once before in miami. it just didn't feel that real because it was a grand slam this time. just watching her play in grand slam finals before when i was a kid, it felt really different. i think coming into this match i was just really nervous. >> did you think, my gosh, there's serena? or did you keep your brain focused in another way? >> when i was -- right before i was walking on the court i was freaking out a little bit. when i went on the court, it didn't feel like she was serena. it felt like she was another player. >> you obviously had a great match. as i mentioned, a great tournament. people were talking about you for the whole two weeks out at the u.s. open. obviously, some stuff went on on the court, during the match. first of all, you are the opponent. you are sitting there trying to play your game. what was going through your mind? did you know what was happening exactly with the ref and serena?

how were you feeling? >> well, i didn't really know what was going on because i went to the back. i had my back turned. then before i knew it, he was saying there was a game penalty. i was a little bit confused throughout the whole thing. >> there were -- there was a chorus of boos targeted, i think, at the umpire. but i guess in your mind you didn't know what was happening. what were you feeling from -- just from the crowd in those moments? >> well, i felt a little bit sad, because i wasn't really sure if they were booing at me or if it wasn't the outcome they wanted. i could sympathize, because i have been a fan of serena my whole life. i knew that how badly the crowd wanted her to win. i was just really emotional up there. >> it was emotional. side by side, there you are, this is the moment of your career, you've been working for this since you were 3 years old. there's your moment.

everybody is crying. how did you feel? what did you think when serena said, naomi, did you it, this is your moment? >> i felt really happy. because i sort of felt like she knew that i was crying, and then she was saying some things. it made me happy overall. >> one of the most poignant things happening during the trophy ceremony. they interviewed you. we're just going to play a tiny bit of it. i think it really struck a lot of us. take a look. >> how does the reality compare with the dream? >> i'm going to sort of defer from your question. i'm sorry. >> no problem. >> i know that everyone was cheering for her. i'm sorry it had to end like this. >> you said a lot of beautiful things. you sort of apologized for doing what you had set out to do in a

way. tell us about that moment. >> i don't know. i just felt like everyone was sort of unhappy up there. i know that it wasn't really the ending wasn't how people wanted it to be. i know in my dreams i won in a very tough, competitive match. i don't know. i felt very emotional. i felt like i had to apologize. >> when you look now and now you have i'm sure read and learned what this controversy was about, do you have an opinion about whether the umpire did the right thing, whether serena did the right thing? now that you know the facts, what do you think of it? >> i'm not really that 100% sure. i've kind of haven't had time to look too much at the news. i've been going all over the place. >> yeah. >> i can't really form an opinion right now.

for sure, i want to watch everything and i want to know what happened, because this is sort of one of the biggest things that happened to me. >> can we shoutout your mom? she's in the studio. we want to give you a wave and say hello. your dad -- i know your dad doesn't like to sit in the stadium. you said he paces around. what did you say as a family after this big win? >> i mean, my parents said they were really proud of me. i don't know. my mom was crying a lot. my dad wasn't. he is sort of the cool guy. i called my sister, too, and she was really happy. >> you have an awesome family. >> i hope you feel good. this is the championship trophy right there. it belongs to you. >> thank you. >> no more tears. >> i'm not crying. you are crying. naomi, thank you. >> thank you so much. the u.s. open champ on the men's side, joe vnovak djokovic

be here too. he brought his trophy, too. >> she practiced? jamaica, queens, when she lived here. she's a new york girl. let's show you what we got going on. flooding rain in the northeast. remnants of gordon. rain through the gulf, texas. a fire danger out west. showers in the pacific northwest and southwest looking sunny and warm good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be cooler today, but still warm for inland valleys, reaching the upper oles. we're coming out of 90s we had yesterday. for san francisco, expect a high of 67 degrees. for our forecast, the cooler weather continues to come in. by wednesday, your only reaching into the mid-70s inland. don't forget -- >> this is a circus.

>> we're missing a chair. >> i will stand up. >> are you sure? >> a well-oiled machine. that's fantastic. we have u.s. open champs and they're impressed. >> we were taking a picture with naomi. sue us. >> thank you, al. now to a ground-breaker who changed many things. >> we are talking about betty ford. it might surprise you, there has never been a biography about her until now. jenna is here with that. good to see you. >> i'm glad we are all here. i had an emotional conversation about the new book "betty ford" with mrs. ford's daughter susan. one thing was clear, the love she has for her mom who passed away seven years san die s ago profound. >> when we walked in the front door, she was very taken back. dad just said, come sit down in

the living room. we want to talk to you. we had a doctor with us and a nurse with us. claire are clara who had been our housekeeper for 25 years. >> even though it's been 40 years since they stage aid drug and alcohol interest voenventio emotions are still raw for her daughter susan. >> we went around the room. the important thing in what we said is we love you. the reason we're doing this is because we love you. >> this fills the pages of a new book. the first biography of this beloved first lady. i recently spent time with susan at the gerald r. ford presidential museum inside the new betty ford exhibit. what's it like walking through and seeing her thing ss?

>> it's fun. i learned so much more about her. >> the hope is a new generation will also learn about this special woman. renowned for her openness, always sharing with the public any challenge she might face. including a stage two breast cancer diagnosis while first lady. what was it like for your family when she got diagnosed? were you scared? >> i was scared to death. the rate of survival back then, which was 1974, was not what it is today. she always defied the odds. that was the way she lived her life. >> just like opening up the betty ford treatment center while still in recovery. revolutionizing addiction treatment and saving counse ing lives. she didn't want to name it after her. >> no. she came to all of us children and said, you are the ones who are going to have to live for a long time with this. are you going to be embarrassed? is that something you want sitting on your shoulder for the

rest of your life? we were like, so? we didn't care. >> you spoke a little bit about your dad and mom, their love story is epic. >> well, they were married for 58 years. like your grandparents, it's just hard once dad passed. the five years that she had without him, she slept with his flag on her bed. it's probably very similar to what your grandfather is going through right now. she was never the same. >> i heard she said she just wanted to go see her boyfriend. >> mm-hmm. that's all she wanted. >> going through this process of writing this new book, did you miss her? does it make you realize how much you miss her? >> i think that's the hardest

part. when i'm here in michigan, i always feel closer. so she's always with me. and i hopefully will hold onto that forever. >> what a woman. when i asked susan what she would want her mother's legacy to be, a mother, a grandmother, a trailblazer and fun. you get a sense of all of that in the book. it's out tomorrow. i learned so much about her. she was an incredible woman. she was a dancer. that picture of her on the table, she was a trained dancer before. she wasn't afraid to speak her truth. she helped so many women along the way. >> we were talking about it the other day. so beyond and before her time. she was willing to come out and say, look, i have an addiction problem. have her name associated with it, opening the betty ford center. >> incredible. she was an incredible woman. >> beautiful. >> thank you.

carson is over in the orange room. t, carson? >> a great story this morning. here she is, high school senior, kaley foster. she was crowned homecoming queen on friday night. but that was only the beginning of her triumph. foster also happens to be the kicker on her football team. minutes later, she traded her dress in for the jersey, took the field, that game went into overtime. here's the scene. it was 12-12, and it came down to kaley needing to kick the final extra point. take a look. and it's good. foster not only won the crown that night, she also won the game. when asked if she was more nervous for the crown or the kick, she told local reporters, i was pretty sure i wasn't going to be homecoming queen to but i was sure i was going to make that kick. her story went viral.

here's duane. way to go, kaley. an inspiration and role model. girls are so cool. get a girl who can do both. love this. not just going to stop there. rather than go out and celebrate after the game, kaley was up early the next morning to take her a.c.t.s. >> of course she was. >> she did great. brittany spoke to kaley's mom and her mom wanted to make sure we all knew that she doesn't look at herself as a hero in that game. it was a team effort. they had to do well to put her in that position. >> you were homecoming queen. >> carson. >> were you? >> you were homecoming queen? >> it was by default. >> what does that mean? the only girl in the school? >> no. >> you were homecoming queen. >> carson. come on. >> what does by default mean? >> this is on "pop start" this morning. >> it really was. it was a sympathy vote.

yes, it was. >> please. >> we're going to follow-up on this. full story tomorrow. >> please, no. >> hoda is the starting fullback. let's start "pop start." mac miller did pass away from suspected overdose on friday. the artist is well-known and liked in the music industry. former boyfriend of ariana grande. the pair had been dating over a year. on saturday, she shared a simple black and white photo of miller. no caption is included. miller's family has asked for privacy. we send all of our condolences out to them. fiery words exchanged between cardi b. and nicki minaj. they seemed to disspell that there was a feud. everything was sifd. it was a different story at an event on friday.

this is the icons party where cardi b. lunged at her. they escorted her out of the party. cardi b. suffered an elbow on her head. she has a large bump over her left eye. cardi explaining her reasoning behind the attack, it was the criticism of her as a mother, she's a new mom, that she felt crossed the line. probably more to come on that. to a less-chaotic scene where our friend, john legend, lived up to his name. he is the first african-american man. he got an emmy, grammy, oscar and tony. that means that he has won one of those awards. ten grammys. he won that in 2006. in 2015, he and common won the oscar for "glory," from the movie, "selma." and he earned his tony, for

"jitney" that won best rerival of a play last year. and then, "jesus christ superstar" took the emmy home. he starred in that and was a producer on the production. he'si )m ... breaking news this morning: lombard street between pierce good morning. it's 8:26. breaking news. lumbar street between pierce and scott remain closed following a muni bus crash that injured two people. this happened near the area of lombard. the bus slammed into a building. the operator was taking to the hospital. the passenger on the bus suffered minor injuries. an investigation is under way right now to what led to that crash. we'll have a live update at 11:00. right now, a look at your commute. mike inouye standing by. >> if you take bus line 28, the muni line there, you'll be rerouted in the westbound or

outbound direction because of that closure. that means the pierce stuff is going to be closed for now. here's a slower drive getting out of the bay area, out of the area across the bay, from the golden gate bridge, over in towards the area, towards mel's diner, slowing. meanwhile, the commute towards the bay bridge that affects the east bay, contra costa county. not a big deal for walnut creek. recovery for west 237. earlier crash looks like it's been cleared up. the rest of the south bay showed that push. back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike, i'll have another local news update in 30 minutes. start. start. start

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♪ 8:30, now, on a monday morning. it is september 10th, 2018, the start of a new work week. >> who would like a doughnut. >> al has made his way into a subway. >> there you go. >> he and novak djokovic are giving commuters breakfast. >> how cool is that? doughnuts with djokovic. >> you cannot beat that. >> we'll check in with that in a moment. and djokovic. bring him with the doughnuts. and a look at how bad the commute has become for millions of americans. first, let's go inside to

craig and megyn. >> thank you. megyn kelly is here. she has something interesting coming up at 9:00. >> i do. her name is michelle leclair. she claims after 21 years with the church, they tried to ruin her after they discovered she was guy. >> and my phone rings. it's my mentor in the church. and she says, are you having an affair with a woman? and everything in me wanted to scream from the top of my lungs, i am in love with a woman. but i couldn't get those words out because i was scared to death. >> she has all sorts of allegations about what they required her to do to atone for being a lesbian. the church denies all of her allegations. we have their full statement and we'll talk to her about how she became a member in the first place, whether she lives in fear today and all the rest of it, in

an unbelievable story, craig. >> see you at the top of the hour. now, to mr. roker and his special guest at the subway stop here at 30 rock. >> that's right. we're at the 47th street, 50th street stop, with novak djokovic. the winner -- >> the doughnut server. >> the doughnut server and the 2018 u.s. open men's champion. how are you doing this morning? >> fantastic. thank you for allowing me to have this experience. >> is this a first for you? >> definitely, serving doughnuts at the subway station this morning. >> you're known for a different kind of serve. what was it like when you won? what did that feel like? >> i mean, every grand slam win is obviously very special. i had my family and my team celebrate, be close to me for my special moment. all i've been through with my injury and surgery earlier this

year and the last couple of years was a little bit of a struggle to get back on a desired high tennis level. if someone told me earlier this year i'm going to get wimbeldon and the u.s. open within two months, it would be hard to believe because realistically, i was still three months ago, i was pretty far from the level of tennis that i was playing last night. it's quite an amazing journey. >> it really is. an amazing recovery and comeback. i have to ask you, what did you think about the serena williams controversy? >> it was an emotional match. i love serena. i think she's an inspiration to many of us, male and female tennis players. it was just -- i felt for her. naomi, as well. she's a 20-year-old.

first time grand slam winner. >> that's going to happen when you do >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's still going to be warm in our inland valleys today with highs reaching the upper 80s. expect cooler air tomorrow and cooler temperatures on wednesday. also seeing more clouds moving in with some breezy winds. we'll have that for a couple of days. then our temperatures go right back up in time for the weekend with some mid-80s on saturday and sunday. for san francisco, we are going to get some sunshine today. but more clouds, cooler air on for the middle of the week and then for the weekend warming back up. >> all right. that's your latest weather. novak, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> you can serve doughnuts in this. >> yes. >> guys, back to you. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. now, to the reason those guys are in the subway, our

special series "on the go today." >> that's right. we're focusing on solutions for what has become for so many of us a grueling daily commute. millions of americans on the roads. trains and busses are packed, it's awful. tom costello is in on solution. this is a driverless bus. he's on the streets of detroit right now. watch out, world. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning. this shuttle is without a driver. under michigan law, we have to have one just in case. but the shuttle drives itself, from a parking garage to the city center, the business district, right? eventually 18,000 people a day will take these driverless shuttles. it may be exactly the commuting solution we all need, just in time. it's that awful, dreaded sound that millions of us hate, followed all-too often by a life-draining commute. >> all right. just jumping in my car and starting my commute for the day. >> reporter: for danny findlay

who works in san francisco, it's two hours one way. starting in dixon, california, with a 20-minute raid to a park and ride, where he rides to a b.a.r.t. then, another 25 minutes on a train to get into the city. and finally, the last ten-minute walk to the office. 140 miles round-trip each day. >> i couldn't afford to live in san francisco. and my money goes so much further just with the commute. >> reporter: danny is one of nearly 4 million supercommuters who travel more than 90 minutes each day, each way. the cities with the worst commutes, 102 hours a year in congestion in los angeles. 91 hours in new york. 79 hours in san francisco. and 70 in atlanta. meanwhile, 76% of all commuters drive themselves to work alone. that's got a whole lot of folks looking for options. across the usa, 2018 has been the invasion of the two-wheelers. with riders using an app to find

and unlock a scooter or a bike. starting at just $1 to rent and 15 cents a mile. nbc news savannah sellers in new york. >> bike share programs like city bike are flooding cities coast-to-coast. 35 million bike trips with a staggering 100,000 shared bikes crowding the road. >> reporter: dagadi schwartz in arizona. >> critics say these things are unsafe and leaving them on sidewalks. and they're pretty much unregulated. >> reporter: what else is ahead? while futuristic hyperloop systems look cool, they're likely years away. but semiautonomous vehicles are on the test track and on the road. some involved in deadly accidents. what if your future self-driving car or delivery truck suddenly needs a human touch fast.

the person driving this phantom auto car in california isn't in the car. leo is in an office building. he's using the cameras on top of the car for a 360-degree view. he has his own spheteering whee and break and gas pedals and he can navigate through traffic and obstacles. someday autonomous vehicles could run into problems and they would need a human intervention. right, leo? >> our technology keeps a human in the loop for when an autonomous vehicle reaches a scenario where it cannot drive. >> reporter: back on the self-driving bus in detroit, ferrying commuters from the parking garage to the commuter district. >> our technology allows us to operate safely on the roads with the other road users. >> reporter: all about riding a new commuting chapter in the motor city. so, we're live here on the

streets of detroit. and sensors keep this vehicle on the road. it turns and brakes itself. tippy is a regular commuter. does it worry you at all that semp essentially, this doesn't have a driver most days? >> not at all. i feel completely comfortable. >> you do? >> absolutely. >> guys, what do you think? back to you in the studio. >> is it a smooth ride? >> reporter: it is very, very smooth. here's the thing, most states around the country that are allowing autonomous vehicles to drive, they require a backup driver, human intervention for now. the question is, at some point, will they allow a fully autonomous vehicle. but that could be decades away. >> interesting. maybe he should just drive. >> i don't like the steering wheel with the seat and just moving. just weird. >> good to see you, tom. >> thanks, tom. >> maybe it's the future. just ahead, the surprising announcement from families impacted by college hazing.

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2017, after drinking dangerous levels of alcohol at penn state. the sophomore fell downstairs, suffering traumatic brain injury. fraternity brothers didn't call 911 for hours. >> that's one of the things that i go to sleep thinking about every night. how could nobody pick up the phone? >> reporter: now, jim and evelyn piazza, along with two other families who lost their kids are turning to fraternity and sorority organizations to bring an end to hazing. >> what was it like when jim reached out to you? >> i was nervous when i got the e-mail. part of the process starts with i'm sorry. >> reporter: the coalition announcing three goals in morning. a push for new legislation to toughen up laws. a program to raise awareness with parents and students. and a program to have college students educate high schoolers. do you believe some of the

changes that you want would have lived your son's life? >> i do. i think they would have been a deterrent. if people were properly educated, people would have toth thought twice about what they're doing. >> reporter: the announcement comes as some are calling for the end to greek life altoget r altogether. >> two of you are in a fight to defend your organizations. do you think there needs to be a change in the culture? in fraternities and sororities, specifically? >> specifically, it's a societal culture. not just fraternities and sororities. >> reporter: is there something in particular that fraternities need to focus on? that's not just a wider issue but a fraternity-specific issue? >> it's exactly why we did the hard alcohol ban. the consumption of that type of alcohol is putting students in a dangerous position in a short amount of time. >> i would say fraternities and sororities, they're not inherently evil organizations. but hazing is a crime.

hazing is illegal. >> reporter: marquis also went to penn state. he said hazing led to his son's suicide in 2014. has this become a calling of sorts for the three of you? >> i think so. >> yeah. we didn't ask for it. but we have to feel like we're doing something. >> marquis would want me to do what i'm soidoing. that's why i'm doing it. >> of the 25 fraternity members charged with crimes related to tim piazza's death, three pleaded guilty. as for marquis brahm, in a statement, they suspended the fraternity for six years but deny a link between hazing and marqu marquis' death. the fraternity declined our request for comment, due to pending legislation. >> a lot of courage for those parents to make change. >> that's for sure. they want something productive to happen out of this. up next, the important, new

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- ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit welcome back, everybody. important topic. today is world suicide prevention day. >> 45 million americans die from suicide every year. but it might be easier to predict if a person is at risk. >> a few years ago, a company called quantify started thinking about all of the information that's in our social media posts, our digital footprint, if you will. they asked people to donate years of personal data to a project called our data helps. and what they found has the potential to help a lot of people. let's face it, sharing has become standard. we'll post about where we are, who we're with, what we're eating and how we're feeling.

>> that's creating a record of your life in some ways. advertisers use it to sell ads. your friends use it to keep up and see how you're doing. and there's signals on how it's going. >> reporter: glen coppersmith heads up the data company quantify. they realized the kind of data they were looking at could be useful in preventing inside. suicide. >> one of our colleagues was giving a talk. and a woman gacame up to her afr the talk and said, my daughter died by suicide. i have her facebook log-in. can i give that to you? >> reporter: the thinking was, there's way more information there than we tell a doctor. people don't go to the doctor that often. >> you're right. >> reporter: but we use social media every day. just look at this chart. on a timeline representing three years, those red marks are the average number of times someone sees a health professional. and here in blue, are the number of posts on social media over that same period of time.

for the pour data helps project. more than 3,000 people have volunteered to let a computer analyze everything about themselves they put on social media sites. facebook, instagram and snapchat. some data sets came from suicide attempt survivors. and just as important, there were a lot of people with no link to suicide. >> the most promising finding from all this data is that the language of people at risk for suicide has some real quantifiable differences from people that are not at risk. >> reporter: using algorithms, the computers were able to sort through thousands of posts, find patterns and think about which were suicidal. is there something to look for in your loved ones' social media? >> it's not that simple. the patterns that we're finding

are small and diffuse. it's the frequency and the rate you're talking about yourself and whether you're saying things like i, versus we. and the rate you're using emoji and how many emotional words you're using. >> reporter: their program looks for thens of thousands of signals. here's a sample that coppersmith shares with us. words that could be a symbol of risk, words that are neutral and low risk. using i and me can have more risk. people using first person are using isolated. a surprising finding, the more people used emojis, the less risk they tended to have for suicide. if the program is as accurate as they say, it could be a game-changer. >> most of the algorithms we've designed are not finding people in the moment of crisis. they're finding people months before crisis. >> months before? >> this is why it's transformative. we have a chance to address this not as a crisis situation.

>> reporter: it's part of why chris maxwell felt it was so important to donate his data. >> i was onboard with sharing everything that i possibly could. >> why? >> when people experience something as painful as suicide, whether it's an attempt or affected by a loved one's suicide, they want to do something powerful. this was a really easy way to do that. >> reporter: maxwell survived three suicide attempts in college. he's married with a family. he wants to make sure others live to see better times. >> it could create tools that notify clinicians months in advance. or people who are identified as supports months in advance. your best friend's at risk. you should reach out to him today. >> reporter: right now, the computer program is only being used in a pilot program with a university hospital whose patients have opted in it. raises ethical questions on how it could or should be used.

but coppersmith says it should be used to look at people who opt in. >> they take complicated algorithms to monitor you as you go? >> reporter: that's one way it could happen. there's no app yet. they would love for that to happen. >> we heard about words. are there signs that you should look for? >> reporter: i want to remind people about that. the biggest thing to look for is a change in behavior or a presence of new behaviors. sleeping too much or too little, using substances. and if you or someone you know needs help, there's a national suicide prevention lifeline. 800-273-8255. there's a crisis text line. text 741741. >> all right. >> important story. >> just asking somebody, are you okay? showing you care. it can make a big difference. >> thank you. we should mention, we have a powerful series on today.com,

featuring the personal stories of people who have attempted suicide. we encourage you to check it out. we are back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc.i

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minor injuries. an investigation is under way to what led up to this crash. happening now, our pete suratos is on the scene. we'll have a live update at 11:00. you can find more coverage and videos sent from viewers on our twitter feed. neighbors in lay fayette will be able to voice their concerns at a public meeting today about pg & e's plan to cut down dozens of trees. a number of residents claim the utility should be focused on more immediate things like a section of exposed gas pipeline that runs along lafayette and marogas trial. we'll have local weather, an update for you, coming up in an hour. we're always on at nbcbayarea.com. i'm marcus washington.

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[ applause ] good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. hope you had a great weekend. there was an earthquake in the television business at the last part of it, late last night. as one of the most powerful executives in this business resigned in disgrace. here to discuss it is stephanie gosk and jenna bush hager and amy holmes. we're going to start, today, with the fall of les moonves. i don't know if most people know who les moonves is. he