we'll have more local news updates every half hour. don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. much more news and weather for you. thank you for starting your morning with us. breaking news. in their hands. overnight the fbi's highly anticipated investigation of brett kavanaugh delivered to the white house on capitol hill. lawmakers set to review it today. the first vote expected tomorrow. just ahead, how that report and the president's comments about kavanaugh's accuser could impact the nomination. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. >> the president's comments were plain wrong. a suspect holding children hostage opens fire on police. killing one officer and injuring six others the alleged gunman taken into custody overnight.

we'll have the latest. mysterious disappearance. the search for a mother and teacher now entering the fourth day. the woman vanishing from her own home without a trace. no apparent signs of foul play. this morning her husband speaks out. >> my wife is loved dearly. this is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. all that plus breaking her silence, connie chung reveals she was sexually assaulted 50 years ago. why she made the decision to finally share her story. road to recovery. >> i feel fiekly son is -- like my son is blessed because he's still here fighting. >> the mother of a football player still fighting gives us an update. >> and bronx bombers. the yankees hammer the a's in

the wild card game for the american league. setting the stage for an epic showdown with the boston red sox. the first post season clash between the rivals in 14 years. today, thursday, october 4th, 2018. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. i was wondering why our crew was especially happy. >> yankee's red sox. this is what baseball fans live for. >> it is going to be epic. we'll get to the overnight developments about brett kavanaugh. the investigation now complete and senators who will decide kavanaugh's fate will get their first look at what they found this morning. we have complete coverage

starting at the white house with peter alexander. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning to you. this morning the fbi investigation is in the hands of the senate. the white house overnight announcing fbi agents completed their work and the fbi had sent the findings to the hill. a source briefed on the findings this morning tells me the fbi contacted a total of 10 people and interviewed nine of them. that the white house concluded those interviews did not corroborate sexual misconduct allegations against brett kavanaugh. all of it is democrats and lawyers for blasey ford who was not interviewed by the fbi complained the investigation simply did not go far enough. this morning members of the senate expected to get their first look at the fbi's completed background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh. >> everyone has asked what's it going to say? how am i going to react? i have no idea. in truth and fairness, i have no idea. >> reporter: late wednesday

mitch mcconnell starting the clock on brett kavanaugh's confirmation vote before receiving the fbi's findings. >> there will be plenty of time for members to review and be briefed on the material. >> reporter: dianne feinstein blasting the white house for not instructing the fbi to interview kavanaugh himself and his accuser, blasey ford, raising, quote, serious concerns that this is not a credible investigation. kavanaugh has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct against him. ford's legal team also questioning the thoroughness of any fbi investigation that didn't interview her or witnesses she says corroborate her testimony. releasing a statement overnight that reads in part, we are profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice she made in coming forward those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. president trump still facing fierce criticism for mimicking ford's account of her alleged assault. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there?

i don't remember. where was the i don't know. i don't know. >> those comments potentially complicating kavanaugh's confirmation. outraging three crucial republican swing votes. >> i thought they were absolutely and wholly inappropriate. >> it president's comments were just plain wrong. >> just not right. it's just not right. i wish he hadn't of done it. i will say it's kind of appalling. >> white house officials combating criticism that's he was mocking ford's accountability. >> he's been treating all of us, pointing out inconsistencies. >> he was stating facts that dr. ford herself laid out in her testimony. >> peter, the fbi, you said, interviewed just ten people for this investigation. why? >> reporter: that's right. they reached out to ten. they only interviewed nine. over the last week, you remember there have been complaints from democrats and some republicans. at that point president trump gave the fbi the green light to interview some people beyond

what was an initial list of just four potential witnesses. but at that point, the fbi interviewed five others. current and former fbi officials tell nbc news dozens of other people had come forward saying they had information on kavanaugh, but the sources say agents had not been permitted to talk to many of them. among the people, again, the fbi did not interview here, judge kavanaugh and dr. ford. hoda? >> peter, thank you. >> let's dig in with nbc's casie hunt who covers capitol hill. senators will be reviewing the fbi report there. and analyst sean henry, former executive assistant director of the fbi with us. good morning to you. >> casie, set the stage for us this morning. lay out the tick tock. what's going to happen? >> reporter: well, it's an unusual situation up on capitol hill. there's one copy of this report. it's going to be held in a safe in a secure location.

only senators and a handful of staff will see it. chuck gracely, the chairman of the judiciary committee -- chuck grassley, the chairman of the judiciary committee, will have the chance to read it. then senator feinstein will have a chance at 9:00 a.m. they'll retaotate to the commit members, the republicans, then the democrats, and then the full senate. we'll get a sense throughout the morning as senators absorb the information how it might move forward. >> are we right back where we started in terms of there's a few swing votes, people that might go yes or no, and it's still really just what they decide what will determine the outcome here? >> reporter: that's absolutely right. susan collins, lisa murkowski, and jeff flake, whether they think the investigation is credible. what they think of any new information that may be in it. do they think the new interviews corroborate dr. ford's story. i will say that republicans have been sending signals, republican leadership, that they believe this is going to be enough to get them the votes that they need to confirm kavanaugh. but again, we still don't know

enough yet about what's in this report to be able to say. >> and we'll bring in sean henry. sean, the fbi has wrapped up its investigation as peter reported. they did not interview dr. ford or judge kavanaugh. just give us your assessment on that investigation. >> i think it comes down to what the investigation was looking to prove. if in fact it was about determining whether this sexual allegation, the assault occurred or not, the first thing you want to do is interview the witness. over at least at some point in the course of the investigation, you want to interview the victim, dr. blasey ford, because you cannot rely solely on the testimony that's provided in front of the senate. those things are done in five-minute increments. and investigators are trained to elicit information. and honestly, to determine the voracity of dr. blasey ford. that's what they do. if this was an investigation to determine the broader question which is the suitability of judge kavanaugh to sit on the federal bench, that also appears to have fallen short in that

there were many credible witnesses who have come forward, who talked about some of the discrepancies in his testimony versus what they know. one thing i'll say here is i don't think we should judge anybody solely on entries in a yearbook from when they were in high school or excessive drinking in college. you've got to look at the totality of the candidate's background. if you have people who come forward, who are credible, who discount and contradict testimony of somebody sitting in front of the senate for an appointment to the supreme court, you've got to determine the voracity and believability of the candidate. i don't think that's been done in this case with the limited number of witnesses who have been interviewed. >> we shall see. kasie and sean, thank you very much. we move to an update on a story we told you about on wednesday. a navy veteran has been arrested in connection with suspicious envelopes sent to president trump and others.

39-year-old william clyde allen iii was taken into custody wednesday in logan, utah. pentagon authorities say two envelopes were addressed to top military chiefs and contained raw materials for the deadly poison ricin. another envelope was sent to the president with unknown contents, but it never reached the white house. craig joins the table. covering another story. >> ladies, good morning. breaking developments overnight on a deadly hostage situation in florence, south carolina. a man is in custody after he opened fire on police killing one officer and injuring six others. nbc's kerry sanders is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the home in this affluent neighborhood remains a crime scene this morning. officers had notified the homeowner that they were coming to serve a search warrant. what nobody expected was when they arrived, that there would be someone inside the house. ibe a man in his 70s who would have a gun and open fire when they knocked on

the door. >> suspect has a high powered rifle and is firing at officers as he speak. >> reporter: this morning this normally quiet up scale community shaken to its core. >> today will mark a very horrific day in our police department. law enforcement in south carolina trying to come to grips with a tragedy that's impacted so many of their own. seven officers struck by bullets from a high powered rifle. one of them killed in the line of duty. the deceased officer identified as 52-year-old terrence karowaw. the 30 year veteran. this capturing the sounds of the onslaught. >> these officers went in unknowing the fire power of this suspect. >> reporter: wednesday afternoon officers arrived at this home in vintage place to execute a search warrant to gather evidence for an alleged sexual assault involving a foster

child. authorities say the suspected shooter fred hopkins is now in custody. he's the father of the alleged perpetrator of the sex crime under investigation. >> the subject remained barricaded in the residence with children and the standoff lasted approximately two hours. >> you want to shut down the entire neighborhood? affirmative. at this point i don't want anyone in or out. >> south carolina lawmakers honoring the victims with a moment of silence. the state's governor calling the news simply devastating. president trump tweeted we are forever grateful for what our law enforcement officers do 24/7, 365. >> pray for these officers and a speedy recovery. pray for the family who lost the bravest police officer that i have ever known. >> and kerry, what about the

other officers? do we know how they're doing? >> reporter: yes, savannah. two of the officers remain in critical condition this morning. three of the officers were women. four of the others including the one who was killed here are men. this morning according to the most recent statistics from the fbi, this would make the 41st officer killed in the line of duty this year. >> thank you. we are seeing chilling new images of the destruction caused by the massive earthquake and sue psalmmy in indonesia. the death toll approaching 1500 people. we are joined with the latest. janice, good morning. >> reporter: indonesia is well acquainted with earthquakes. even big ones but anyone we talk to here say they've never seen anything like this where the ground turned to quick sand and literally swallowed the village. this is a surreal waste land of mud and debris. the ground churned like a rough

sea smothering homes to the rooftops. the local mosque floated away and somewhere in the sludge, people. indonesia's red cross believes there may be hundreds. this woman says she survived because she ran and turned right. others went left and vanished. what transformed the ground to jelly under her is what the u.s. geological survey calls liquefaction. soil shakes so hard it becomes liquid. much of the village was carried hundreds of feet. before this was a densely populated community. after the quake, it's been all but e reesed. the death toll is poised to surge as more heavy equipment arrives to recover victims. aid is trickling in but the need is vast. mile after mile. for one man the search for his wife in it came down to a tiny earring. he says it's how he knew the

body found in the mud was hers. neighbors carefully dug her out and carried her away. people are salvaging what they can here. it isn't much. one man emerged with a horse that had survived in nearly a week in the destruction. to give some context on how dramatically the landscape has changed, those trees, they don't belong here. the force of the earthquake lifted the ground and moved them here from over a mile away. >> that is astonishing. all right. thank you. we got a lot of bleary eyed folks in the studio all over new york. baseball fans out celebrating the yankee's big win last night. the wild card game, new york got on the board early. first inning there, aaron judge. a moon shot over the wall in left. the yankees held a 2-0 lead until the sixth inning. that's when they opened it up. they tacked on four more runs. they go onto win 7-2.

the yankees now moving onto face their arch nemesis, the boston red sox. best of five series starting tomorrow night. how do you have? >> the yankee's. >> switzerland. this is a national show. >> i forgot. >> they're taking it back. >> hoping for a good baseball game. >> al is a new yorker. >> i'm going yankees. thank you for joining us. look at this. this is kansas. really dramatic lightning and thunder last night. strong storms and heavy rain just dumping. making it very difficult to drive out there. and we've got more of the same today going on in the midwest. take a look. from buffalo, new york all the way back to texas. thunderstorms firing up. here's what we're going to see today. this is another storm system coming out of the midwest. there are numerous storms ahead of the threat. increased flood threat for today into tomorrow. including chicago. look for airport delays tomorrow

afternoon and into the evening. this moves into saturday pushing all the way from the eastern seaboard back down again into texas and parts of oklahoma. rainfall amounts? anywhere from 1 to 3 inches, especially from parts of oklahoma all the way into illinois, but we could even see some more locally heavy amounts of up to 5 inches before it's all over. we'll get to your local a once-in-five hundred year storm should happen every five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your car, you can snap a photo and get your claim processed in hours, not days. plus, allstate can pay your claim in minutes. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here's a live look outside over

the cloudy skies and the golden gate bridge right now. our temperatures today will head into the mid-60s and we're going to see a lot of clouds throughout the morning. 73 degrees the high in san jose. much cooler because we do still have a cold front that will be passing and a chance of showers that could quickly move through. after that we'll see our rain chances going down. tomorrow highs in the upper 70s and then heating up in time for the weekend. that's your latest weather. >> all right. al, thank you. coming up, the frantic search for a beloved mother and teacher who disappeared from her home without a trace. >> plus the mother of a college football player fighting for his life after complaining of a headache and collapsing during a game speaks out on how her son is doing. first, this is "today" on nbc. many people living with diabetes

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local support for brett a very good thursday morning. it's 7:26. . local support for brett kavanaugh's accuser as america awaits reaction to the fbi's report on the supreme court nominee. supporters for the palo aloe professor, christine blasey ford, gathered in morgan hill last night. they voiced frustrations over the senate's response to her allegations. at the same time, some of those who drove past that protest shouted support for the nominee. later today more nominees will protest outside the charles schwab headquarters. schwab was ranked top gop donor in 2017 according to "forbes" magazine. let's get a look at the forecast right now. the skies clearing, kari?

>> not yet. it's still really cloudy out there. we have a high amount of humidity in the air. stormranger not tracking any rain. we will have a slight chance as we go through the day. we can see the clouds over the south bay right now with our temperatures heading into the low 70s. we will get some clearing as we head towards the afternoon. humidity will be dropping as well. 70 degrees will be the high in oakland. our inland areas reaching into the mid-70s and then warmer tomorrow with more sunshine. our temperatures continue to heat up as we get closer to sunday, which will be the peak of the heat. we're looking at oakland, southbound 880 at 16th. the good news, only one lane blocked now, your slow lane. you're jammed up coming down around seventh street away from the bay bridge. getting towards the bay bridge we have things gumming up around the berkeley curve. crash in emeryville to the shoulder. general built throughout contra

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we're back at 7:30. the first lady has arrived in malawi. the second stop on her first ever stop to africa. it's a mission to promote child welfare and her first solo trip abroad. >> let's check the other headlines. breaking news right now. the white house has received the fbi's background investigation into brett kavanaugh who is accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. the report was passed on to the senate. all 100 senators will get a chance to read the report. meanwhile, a key vote on kavanaugh's nomination is scheduled for tomorrow. if it passes, a final vote could

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now to the mysterious disappearance of a beloved teacher in maine. she disappeared over the weekend. her family is speaking out. miguel almaguer is here with the latest. >> this is a baffling case for investigators. sunday night at home, and she simply vanished. police say there are no signs of foul play and her loved ones say she would never walk out on her family. today the exhausted search in the woods in maine is entering day four. a massive team of investigators and volunteers growing more desperate after fining no sign of kristin westra, the mother of two and elementary schoolteacher disappeared from her bedroom sunday night. >> kristin is the love of my life. she's perfect for me. jay westra, working with ingu t investigators saying his wife

went to bed stressed and anxious. at 3:30 a.m. he says kristin was gone and thought she went to sleep in another room. monday morning after she found her cell phone, house keys still at home he alerted police. >> my wife is loved. my wife is loved dearly. this is the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. >> using drones over remote and rural areas investigators have also focussed on a construction quarry bringing in search dogs. but for now, not a single hard lead. >> we're still investigating this as a missing person. looking for a positive resolution. as we move along, we're trying to leave no rock unturned. >> reporter: a doting mother to her two children, westra is also a beloved elementary school teacher in this small tight knit community. her husband with this message for her this morning. >> kristin, no matter what, come

home. we've always taken care of everything. we've solved every problem. we're a team. we will be a team. >> reporter: a desperate plea after a baffling disappearance. where could this missing mom be? >> two kids. do police think a crime has taken place here? >> at this point they say there's no indication of a crime or foul play. they're investigating everything. they say this mom would never just walk away from her family. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you very much. 7:34. let's get a check on the weather from al. >> all kinds of weather coming up this weekend. jetstream developing trough in the west, and a ridge in the east. we'll have summer, spring, and winter all at the same time. summer highs in the southeast and eastern half of the country. a flood risk in the midsection of the country. western plains would be heavy snow in weekend. look at the temperatures.

it's a seasonal split. a 7/10 split. minneapolis 51. louisville will be 83. 9 degrees above average. tomorrow bismarck 39. louisville 85. raleigh 87. tomorrow buffalo temperatures near eighty. omaha 57 and billings 51. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. right now it's cloudy and humid as you step out the door. we'll get the cold front dropping in, bringing us a slight chance of rain and then the humidity will be dropping this afternoon with our high temperatures staying in the 60s and 70s across the bay area. for tomorrow our inland valleys will reach up to 77 degrees with some breezy winds. our winds continue to increase by saturday and the gustiest day will be on sunday with a high of 84 degrees. and then gradually cooling off next week. that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you so much.

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chonny chung says her family doctor sexually assaulted her in her 20s and died decades ago. it was written in a letter to dr. ford. even after all this time, chung says she remembers the details and is terrified to reveal her story publicly. connie chung is one of the most recognized names in information news. >> well, at every turn lately -- >> the second ever female anchor of a major network newscast reporting on some of the biggest stories in recent history. coming forward at 72 to reveal a secret she says she has kept hidden from the public this whole time. in an op ed for the washington post. >> christine, i do was sexually assaulted, not 36 years ago but about 50 years ago. it was the 60s. i was in college. the sexual revolution was in full swing. the exact date and year are

fuzzy, but details of the event are vivid. seared in my memory. >> chung says she was home from college, still a virgin and looking to get a prescription for birth control. at the appointment, the doctor, the same one who delivered her, she says, assaulted her. chung shares specific detail of the moment and her immediate shame. >> i don't remember saying anything. i couldn't even look at him. i quickly got dressed and drove home. >> she says she never told police or her parents only telling her husband years later. last spring chung spoke about experiences with sexual harassment working in tv news. >> i started in the late 60s, early 70s, and that was the climate. i mean, that's the way it was. >> but only now she is sharing her own story of sexual assault. following dr. christine blasey ford's emotional testimony before congress. >> i am hear today not because i want to be. i am terrified. >> christine, i too am terrified

as i reveal this publicly. i can't sleep. i can't eat. can you? if you can't, i understand. i'm really -- i'm really scared. i'm frightened. i can't even cry. >> the op ed appears only a day after president trump called out blasey ford for the gaps if her memory. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> i'm writing to you, christine, because i know that exact dates, exact years are insignificant. we remember exactly what happened to us and who did it to us. we remember the truth forever. >> wow. >> yeah. connie chung is not alone. blasey ford's testimony has triggered other celebrities to come forward with their stories. it's having an impact. >> it's interesting. one she gave her testimony, i just even had a couple of friends who called and were

telling me about things that happened to them. why do you think it was her in this moment that caused so many women to decide this is my time to come forward too? >> i don't know. i think there might be a couple of factors. i think seeing this woman in her 50s established, professional, with this memory from her childhood, really, and the effect that it has had on her. i also think it was the stage. it was the theater of it. here was this woman sitting there, and yes, she was questioned by a female prosecutor, but it was a line of men behind her, and it was just that -- it was very impactful and emotional. and i think it resonated maybe with some women who haven't told their stories and may be scared to come forward with their stories. >> i think there's something about what she described like this kind of scene in the 80s and what it was like to be a high schooler. when the weinstein story came out, i guess that was a year ago today, and changed everything, you were talking about a powerful producer and these alleged vicious acts of

molestation. what christine blasey ford is describing is almost something -- it's certainly out of the ordinary, but a lot of people have experienced something like that in high school. a lot of women are looking back at their experiences with a different lens. >> i think that's right. i think we were talking about the workplace for a while. this now talks about our society in general and how are men and women relating to each other? and are we doing it in a way that is fair and not hurtful? >> do you think that trump struck a nerve when he stood in front of the group and was saying those things about dr. ford? do you think men were saying we're getting crucified. some for things we maybe did or did not do. do you think that's a bellwether moment? >> president trump has a way of striking a nerve. i think he did, and there is part of this conversation we have to address. and that is as women come forward with allegations, how do we adjudicate them in the public? and we can't check our fairness at the door. in fact, as we're talking about

human beings and although studies show the vast majority of women who come forward to tell their stories are telling the truth, because who would put themselves through this if they weren't? but they're human beings. men lie and women lie. we have to address that reality and be fair. >> everybody is entitled to fairness and accuracy and a proper look into it. you know, i was talking about how it feels like so many people were moved by this testimony of dr. ford. i went to l.a. yesterday, sat down with ellen for her show and i got to interview her. and this came up. i asked her about some sexual abuse in her past. i'll show you a little piece of it. >> you have talked about your own experience. >> yeah. >> with abuse, and i just wondered how you feel this moment is impacting our country and you personally? >> well, as a victim of sexual abuse, i am furious at people who don't believe it and who say

how do you not remember exactly what day it was or what -- you know, you don't remember those things. what you remember is what happened to you and where you were and how you feel. that's what you remember. i think anybody who has gone through it right now is watching this so angry because how dare you not believe us? >> and that's an important point. the sound bite from trump we keep playing questioning blasey ford's lack of detail for some of her allegations, that's what's resonated obviously with connie chung. obviously with ellen. there are things that are seared in women's memories from these moments while other details aren't remembered. >> wow. >> it was a very intense and unexpected conversation that ellen and i had, and we'll show you more of it tomorrow, but it's not something -- we all know her and we know kind of her light and fun and airy side. this was a different side.

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clearing throughout the day. and our inland areas will see those highs in the mid-70s. we're up to 77 for tomorrow. and slightly warmer for saturday. the winds increase between saturday and sunday and our temperatures going up as well, reaching 84 degrees on sunday, gradually cooling off next week. we're looking at our high temperatures in san francisco in the mid-60s. slight chance of rain today and then clearing out tomorrow. sunshine in time for the air shows this weekend. let's head over to mike for an update on the commute. >> we're still looking at this crash blocking only one lane now. southbound 880. notice westbound 980 coming into the area also jamming up. that's complicating things away from the bay bridge. that crash still blocking one lane and no update from chp, but we do see the continued backup in the northbound side a distraction as well, earlier crash at 66. the rest of the bay shows your commute really kicking in now across the biridges. the south bay pushes north.

back to you. thank you very much. it is 7:56. happening now, not the most welcome sight for one san francisco tourist. he saw a purse snatcher in action and videotaped it. head to twitter for more to see what the police are saying about the crime they're seeing in general. tourists and regulars may want to keep their eyes to the sky. the blue angels are supposed to do their practice lap ahead of fleet week air show. the three-day air show starts tomorrow. you can head to our home page for full fleet week details. bree supreme court nominee controversy. we )ll have live team coverage. and mike navigates you around a major road block if you )re heading to the city for fleet week festivities. tomorrow morning from

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking news. report released. overnight the white house revealing the fbi's background investigation into brett kavanaugh is complete. the findings now in the senate's hands. republicans gearing up for a key vote tomorrow. >> there will be plenty of time for members to review own be briefed on the material. >> what does this mean for kavanaugh's confirmation? we're live at the white house. and the mother of a college football player who collapsed during a game after a head injury speaks out for the first time. >> i can't even play it back in my head. i didn't see anything. >> you don't even know what play it was? >> no.

no one does. >> this morning she'll share the latest on her son's condition. and queen of country. jenna sits down with the one and only loretta lynn to talk about her remarkable career and brand new album. >> it's going to be fine if you could say you love me just time. >> today, thursday, october 4th, 2018. >> today the brandon's 13th birthday. >> from kansas city. >> watching from philly, philly. did i mention we're super bowl champs? >> it's our 48th anniversary. >> illinois. >> here with two breast cancer survivors from texas. >> by the plaza. >> here to say go.

>> skipping school to be on the "today show." >> from wisconsin. >> welcome back to "today" on this thursday morning. still feels like summer outside. >> it's a heck of a crowd. >> we want to thank every single one of these wonderful people and the guys. >> we love the plaza. >> we want to get to the news at 8:00. senators are moving forward on their next vote on brett kavanaugh. the fbi hands over the new background report on the supreme court nominee, peter alexander is at the white house with more. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning. president trump overnight reiterating his praise for judge brett kavanaugh saying the country is with him all the way. beginning right now as you indicated senators are going to review the fbi's completed new background investigation. it's being kept in a safe, actually, on capitol hill. a source briefed on the fbi's findings telling me the white house concluded the interviews do not corroborate sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. the white house this morning

saying it is, quote, fully confident kavanaugh will be confirmed. . this morning members of the senate expected to get the first look at the completed background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh. >> everyone has asked what's it going to say? how am i going to react? i have no idea. in truth and fairness, i have no idea. >> reporter: late wednesday mitch mcconnell starting the clock on kavanaugh's confirmation vote before receiving the fbi findings. >> there will be plenty of time for members to review the material. >> reporter: the democrats blasting the white house for not interviewing kavanaugh and blasey ford raising, quote, serious concerns that this is not a credible investigation. kavanaugh has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct against him. ford's legal team also questioning the thoroughness of any fbi investigation that didn't interview her or witnesses she says corroborate

her testimony. releasing a statement overnight that reads in part, we are profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice she made in coming forward, those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. president trump still facing fierce criticism for mimicking ford's account of her alleged assault. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where was the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: those comments potentially complicating kavanaugh's confirmation. outraging three republican swing votes. >> i thought they were absolutely wholly inappropriate. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> it's just not right. it's just not right. i wish he hadn't have done it. i'll just say it's kind of appalling. >> reporter: white house officials combatting criticism that he was mocking the account. >> he's pointing out factual

inconsistencies. >> it seemed to me that he was stating facts that dr. ford herself laid out in her testimony. >> reporter: a couple new details this morning. said and done the fbi contacted ten people and interviewed nine of them for this new investigation. that's according to a source briefed on the findings. current and former fbi officials tell nbc news dozens of other people had come forward saying they had information on kavanaugh but the source say agents were not permitted to talk to many of them. kavanaugh's final confirmation vote could happen as early as saturday. >> all right. peter alexander at the white house. christian know ra nol doe left a soccer team while he fights rape accusations. he denied claims by a former american model that he raped her in a las vegas hotel room in 2009. the woman filed a lawsuit last week. she said she was pressured into signing an agreement to keep the alleged rape secret. she's now seeking compensation.

las vegas police said they're reopening a case filed on the same date as that alleged rape. they did not name the parties involved in the case. the department of can goture is out with a nationwide ground beef recall. more than 6 million pounds of ground beef and other beef products from an arizona plant could be contaminated with salmonella. cases in 16 states have been linked to some beef. federal health officials are concerned that people might still have some of that ground beef in their freezers. >> you ready for your morning boost? >> yes. carson texted me this morning. here it is. there may be no crying in baseball but there is hugging in soccer. little girl ava is starting to handle the ball. it gets taken away. she backs upset. so a player from the other team decides she needed a little tlc.

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medical center not far from here. now this tennessee state campus is rallying around his family. this morning christian abercrombie cannot move or speak, but his mother hears him. on saturday stacey was in nashville watching her 20-year-old son, a linebacker for tennessee state take on vanderbilt. >> that's abercrombie again. >> reporter: when her life changed. >> i can't even play it back in my head. i didn't see anything. >> reporter: you don't even know what play it was? >> no. no one does. they've reviewed the film. everyone has reviewed the film. tsu. no one can say it was that hit. all of them were clean, normal hits. >> reporter: christian walked to the sidelines in the second quarter telling medical staff he had a headache. as he walked to the locker room at halftime, he suddenly collapsed. >> when did you find out how serious this was? >> reporter: as we. >> as we got on the sideline the police escorted us and tsu

officials gathered around. they said your son has gone to the hospital, and i said what's wrong? is he dehydrated? no. it's a little more serious. i said is he alert? they said no, he's unconscious. >> reporter: dis-christian was a rising star in high school and played at the university of illinois before transferring to tennessee state. how is he doing? >> he's in critical condition. i can't say that he's doing great, but i'm still blessed, and i feel like my son is blessed because he's still here fighting. >> reporter: that fight comes after another tragedy on the field. a young player in georgia, dylan thomas, died over the weekend. also from an unexplained head injury after collapsing at a high school game. christian's parents say they're praying for his family as well as their own. >> i'm most hopeful for today. this is by the grace of god. we're not here by accident. i'm hopeful that tomorrow will get even better. >> that is one remarkable family.

you spoke to them just last night. how are they doing? >> reporter: well, the family is showing such strength. i asked his mother whether she ever had any safety concerns about her son playing football. she said not at all. he's been passionate about the game since he was five. the family doesn't know if he'll ever be able to play again but at this point they're just taking it one day at a time. >> and then praying for the other family. that shows so much about them. gabe, thank you. let's switch gears and get a check on the forecast. >> as we take a look to see what's happening today, we are looking at a line of showers and thunderstorms stretching from canada all the way back down into oklahoma. parts of southern illinois and into indiana as well. also some wet weather out in the pacific northwest. we are looking for temperatures today that are going to be downright summer like through parts of the south and the gulf coast. 90s to 80s all the way up into the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. the front moves through the one

bringing the showers and thunderstorms. gusty storms as the system moves into the upper ohio river valley and sunshine into the that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be cooler today. a lot of clouds around the bay area. some high humidity. san francisco will reach up to 65 degrees. 70 in oakland. 73 degrees in san jose and palo alto. with our inland areas reaching into the mid-70s, we will have a chance of rain and the cold front moves through later on this evening. humidity will be dropping. tomorrow looks really pleasant with highs in the upper 70s. it will be heating up for the weekend with inland areas reaching 84. >> that's your latest weather. >> al yrk thank you. jenna is here. >> i love when jenna is here. i mean, come on. do you all get that text yesterday? text alert? yeah. i got it. >> carson is in the orange room

with the whole scoop. i didn't get one. >> you on the flight maybe? >> maybe you were on a plane. >> users received fema's presidential alert test on wednesday. it looked something like this. it was accompanied by a loud noise and a vibration. that test was instantly trending as people couldn't resist having some fun with it. let's look at what the late night hosts had to say. >> president trump texted the entire country at once. trump said whoever responded first will officially become the next supreme court justice. >> a lot of people ended up getting this on their phone. two big maces, hurry back. >> customized controls, and t n then -- >> wow. >> the jokes kept coming online. people mocked up their own alerts. here's a couple good ones. ellen put this. ellen is ha lairs you today. check local listings. here's what ryan said.

wings are to be eaten with blue cheese, not ranch. k not everybody had fun with the alert including people's pets. look at this photo of how this kitten reacted. she took cover. now, there were some uneasy feelings about receiving that nationwide alert. there was other people who didn't get the message at all. they said that felt even worse that they didn't get it but that might have been because they were out of range or their phones were off or they were in airplane mode. >> i was on a plane most of yesterday. >> did it happen twice? mine hit twice. >> maybe you got savannah's. >> pop start? >> let's do it. we'll start with robot star taking off a new role. in a clip we get to see how malik transformed into a famous rocker. >> we had about 50 hours of costume fittings with heels that

were four-inch platforms. tightest-fitting satin pants. an entire lyca outfit. when you dress like freddie does, it makes every day -- >> in theaters in november on the second. >> bradley cooper sat down with jimmy fall ton talk about his new movie. in mid interview, they both realized something. cooper had committed a fashion faux pas. he repeated an outfit. >> beautiful suit. >> this is the same suit i wore last time i was here. i mean, you can check it, but i feel like it is. yeah. i think it had -- i got egg. we did the egg thing. i think this is the same suit. >> no? >> i swear. >> we hung that photo in the hallway. >> we should check. >> let's check it out.

>> similar. >> i hope i'm right. >> similar thing. it's right here. >> same suit. same suit. >> same suit. >> well, we did our own digging to confirm, and it does appear bradley wore the same suit. he did wear a different shirt. >> and he doesn't have a vest. >> and his hair. >> exactly. >> it looks completely different. >> i wore this dress on monday. >> that was a long way. >> and hoda repeats every day. >> yeah. this is from last week. i'll wear it again next week. >> let's talk about savannah. jetted off to l.a. where she sat down with ellen. the last time you were on ellen, she gifted you the roger federer cutout and then -- when you were there, she asked you where that cutout was today. >> let's see. >> oh, no. >> we have a house upstate, and

we have a bar in the basement. we call the bomb shelter. roger is the bartender. it's funny. he's in the basement. it's kind of dark and people visit, and it's kind of creepy. >> it is. >> and he's shirtless, so it's -- and jenna bush came over and had a couple too many, and she broke roger's arm. we taped him back together. >> is that a fact? >> i think you were there too. >> might have been there. >> did it happen? >> true story. that thing scares the crap out of you when you walk to the basement. >> everyone is like is there a man down there? i'm like it's just roger. >> i can't believe you told what happened in the bomb shelter. >> and on ellen. >> you can watch the full interview. check the local listings. that will happen later today. >> did you dance? >> i didn't. >> why? >> she didn't want me to dance. nobody wants me to dance. >> we do.

>> down in the bomb shelter, dance parties. >> you have a clip? >> we have a little girl in a bit of a mood. her dad decided to take out the phone to catch it all. >> what's the matter? >> take that away. >> you're very grumpy. >> no. i'm not grumpy. i'm not grumpy. take it away. >> not very convincing when you say you haven't grumpy in the grumpiest voice ever. dad having fun. i don't see her smiling. >> get off my lawn. >> there you go. >> amazing. >> all right. carson, now to the reason our girl jen na is here. you caught up with the queen of country, loretta lynn. >> yes. she had a lot of people worried last year when bad health caused her to cancel her tour, but when we met up in nashville, i found an american icon feeling great. she's the queen of country. ♪

she's a coal miner's daughter and one of country music's most enduring stars. ♪ >> she's also one of my idols. >> how are you? [ bleep ]. >> i'm so happy to see you, miss loretta. how are you doing? talk to me about how you're feeling. >> i feel great. i feel to good that i'm ashamed to even say i feel so good. >> when you think about this career, 58 years as the queen of country music, can you believe it? >> no, i can't believe it. i can't believe it at all. ♪ >> still humble half a century later and still cranking out toe tapping music. >> i have a brand new album called wouldn't it be great? the reason this album means so much to me, it was the last song

that i sang to my husband that i wrote before he passed away. in fact, he was going when i sang the song. ♪ wouldn't it be fine if you could say you love me just one type with a sober mind ♪ . >> it's one of my favorite all time lines that i've ever written, and i've wrote every song i've ever recorded. >> because song writing was important to you. >> it's important to me. >> why? >> because it's my life. i write about my life. every song i've written. ♪ >> can i read some things people have said about you? a trail blazer who transformed the role of girl singer into a powerful voice for women. >> and i just learned that i'm the only girl singer that has wrote all her songs and recorded them and made them -- i was real proud of that. i thought hey, i'm proud of

that. you know? >> in addition to her song writing and voice, she's also a self-taught guitarist. when she volunteered to show me a few cords, i couldn't resist. that's a. the next chord is a little harder. take this middle finger here. >> i've used that one before. >> i figured how had. >> she has seen a lot. she was one of eight children growing up in extreme poverty in kentucky's coal mining country. >> we didn't have nothing. >> but we had love. >> we had love. that's the main thing in life is love. >> that she passed onto her six children. when you look back on this life, what do you feel grateful and thankful for? >> my kids. my family. that's what i feel grateful for, and then making it, because i've taken care of my family by doing this. >> was there a point in all of this when you thought okay, i'm

going to make it? >> a coal miner's daughter, i knew right then. ♪ well i was born a coal miner's daughter ♪ . >> that story, a coal miner's daughter is your story. >> daddy was a coal miner. and he worked hard. >> what do you think he would think of you, of your life, this extraordinary life? >> i'd give anything in the world if he would have been here when i recorded coal miner's daughter, and -- but i think he hears me, and one day i will sing it to him. ♪ well i was born a coal miner's daughter ♪ ♪ in a cabin on a hill in butcher holler ♪ ♪ we were poor but we had love ♪ that's the one thing that daddy made sure of ♪ ♪ he'd shovel coal to make a poor man's dollar ♪ >> wow.

wow. >> that's what's happening with her. she wrote so many songs for women. it was revolutionary at the time. she said i looked out and women were singing along to my songs and i knew hey, i got it. she said men liked my songs too. for all of her fans out there, loretta hopes to get back on tour again. >> why don't we have her come here? >> that's a great idea. >> and her album wouldn't it be great is out now. >> that was awesome, jenna. thank you. straight ahead, look who is in our kitchen ready to share one of his favorite recipes. yes, it is. >> a special report. >> lester holt. >> first, here's your local news and weather. i )m ...

authorities in millbrae so far .. good morn, 8:26, i'm marcus washington. authorities in millbrae revealing new details about the man who died yesterday after a confrontation with deputies. a man walking in traffic on the busy real. the man assaulted the first arriving deputy. as that deputy tried to remove him. at some point, the deputy tased him and other responding deputies also deployed their tasers. the still unsaidentified man di at the hospital. when it comes to your morning commute, pretty slow this morning. >> the morning commute, marcus, it's a thursday but we have that really kick in on the south bay

and the east bay as things push over the peninsula. the south bay northbound routes continuing to start to let up in san jose and pushing all the way into cupertino. mountain view, all these routes, up, squeezing into palo alto. the dumbarton bridge, meeting up to san mateo, tough in all directions, 101 and 92. still have that dirt at skyline and 92 so be careful for traffic control in that area. an easier drive in oakland. the crash cleared from southbound 880. still slow towards 16 but all lanes are clear. back to you. >> we'll have more local news for you coming up in 30 minutes.

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good morning. it's 8:30. it's thursday morning. it's a pretty morning. it's the fourth of october, 2018. we're doing a dance on the plaza. a programming note for you guys. one week from today former first lady michelle obama will be here. october 11th is international day of the girl. we are planning a special event on the plaza. we'll throw out the 8:00 show

and do a whole hour. we have a live presentation on the importance of education around the world. >> we'll have kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson and meghan trainor all live. a big concert. we'll bring our girls in too. be sure to join us next thursday. it will be a fun morning. >> that will be a special morning. >> it is. >> let's walk over here. where is ethan and danny? where are you guys? there they are. we have a mother and son duo here. where are you from? >> south dakota now. >> south dakota now. >> and what do you do? >> i am a budget analyst for usgs and i'm in the u.s. army reserve. >> thank you for your service. and young ethan, where will you be this spring? >> probably basic training. >> heading off to the army? >> yes. >> mother, son both serving. thank you so much. that's special. and you have time together before he deploys.

>> yes. that's the plan. i'm activated in february as well. i won't be there when he ships off. >> we appreciate your service. >> high to chad and my daughter olivia in south dakota. >> hi grandma from minnesota. >> enjoy your time together in new york city. >> thank you so much. >> awesome. thank you. coming up the great ted danson. we'll talk to him about the new season of "the good place", the love of his life and so much more. >> and what's their secret? maria shriver introduces us to men and women in their 80s and 90s with brains of people half their age. >> and look who else is here. lester holt. there's no -- well, the breaking news is he cooks and he's in the kitchen. and he's got a spectacular cobbler recipe for us. >> looking good. mr. roker.

a check of the weather. >> this weekend we start off with tomorrow. sunny and dry in the northeast. above average temperatures through the south. heavy rain through the mid mississippi river valley. saturday summer warmth continues in the gulf coast. a flood risk in the mid mississippi. below average temperatures with snow in the western plains. sunday staying warm in the southeast. more heavy rain in the southwest and on into the southern gulf. and the southern plains. monsoon mountain -- make that mountain that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're seeing partly cloudy skies over the south bay right now as you get ready to head out the door. feels really humid out there. that's going to linger throughout much of the day until a cold front passes. and our high temperatures reach into the low 70s for much of the bay area. a few mid-70s for antioch and also in concord. as we go through the forecast, our humidity will be dropping. rain chances going down.

and high temperatures for tomorrow reaching the upper 70s. it will be turning up and turning windy for the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. >> for the past two seasons we've seen ted danson play a demon with a heart of gold on "the good place". this season the actor is taking his character someplace he's never been before. earth. >> it was everything i ever imagined. i got to ride a bike. i put a coin in a thing and got a gum ball. and then someone came up to me and said hot enough for you. you know what i said? i said tell me about it. >> i am glad you got to chew a gum ball. >> damn. i didn't even think to chew it. missed opportunity. >> did you also save their lives? >> yes. of course. everyone is safe, including chase. now, just sit back and watch as they become better people. >> look at you on earth. >> yeah.

well, that wasn't earth, but i did visit earth. it was very exciting. >> this show has caught on with so many people. what do you think it is about this show that has captured people? it's a sea of so much stuff to choose from. >> i think because it's about decency. it's about there are consequences to our actions that everything you do puts a little bit of good or bad out into the universe, and you are accountable. and i think people like that sense of it's about decency, but it's also told in a nine-year-old's sense of humor. you know? really. and sprinkled with visual magic. and we have mike shore, the creator. and kristen bell is -- you know -- >> we love her. if you were -- if someone were to ask you what's your good place, what would you say? >> i'm so polly anna. i am truly living it. i have three granddaughters.

i have four kids. i'm married. i'm 70 and i get to work. life is pretty extraordinary. >> how many years for you and mary? >> 25, 23 coming up as far as marriage. 23rd anniversary october 7th. >> october 7th. >> yeah. in hollywood, that's like -- >> this gesture was i remembered the exact date. i didn't blow it on live tv. >> what is it? how does one keep a marriage going that long? >> who said? somebody famous once said don't get divorced. that's how you do it. you know, we laugh a lot. we found each other late in life, so we had a leg up because we knew how lucky we were, how blessed we were. we found each other right after we both individually separately had the same thought which was i'm incapable of being in a relationship without messing it up. >> in addition to this show, you also -- >> she is funny. >> she is funny.

you know where you guys are really funny? on curb your enthusiasm. are you shooting? >> in october. the whimsical larry shoots when the whimsical larry wants. >> you're shooting what, season 10? >> i don't know. i hate giving him credit for anything. >> when you come on the set, does he say this is your scene, do your thing. does he say here are any words. get on that. >> the first one. there are no words. and then, like, all improvisation, i mean, he works for four or five months on the beats of the show and the arc of the show and all of that like any writer. but then instead of going off and writing the dialogue, you just go off an outline which gives you that sense of making sufficien stuff. but all improvization sucks the first couple of times. it's horrible. then about the fourth time. >> you were just nominated for

an emmy this past -- >> were you about to call me a loser? >> no, i'm not. i was going to say -- >> wow. >> i was going to say are there still things out there? the there a role you're waiting for still that you haven't gotten? >> i'm a contract player at heart. point me in the right direction. tell me what costume i get to wear, and i'm happy as a clam. i don't have that. i want to -- all i want to do is work with really creative people who are -- have something they really want to say, and then go be part of it. otherwise i don't have that dream part. >> ted, we love you. thank you for being here. >> catch season three of "the good place" here on nbc. just ahead, what we can all learn from an elite group known as super agers with brains much younger than their years. first, this is "today" on nbc.

power today. this morning maria shriver looks at people making a difference in brain research. >> good morning. every 65 seconds in america someone new develops alzheimer's. in chicago there's a rare group of seniors who not only avoid the diseases of old age. they maintain the brain power of someone more than half their age. now each of them is giving a gift that could someday unlock the mysteries of growing old. >> i'm going to make a butter scotch marshmallow cookie. >> reporter: 104-year-old edith bakes cookies. something to written down. >> where's your recipe? >> up here. >> mixed in are vivid stories of an amazing life. the first time she heard a radio. >> it was very exciting time.

>> or the time she met ameliaer hart. >> you felt like you really knew her. >> born in 1914, the same year world war 11 broke out. she lived through 18 u.s. presidents and is still sharp as a tack. >> you've never struggled with your memory? >> oh, no. oh, no. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good. >> edith is a member after an elite group of seniors called super agers. >> these are individuals over 80 and have memory performance at least as good as individuals in their 50s and 60s. the question is how did they do this? >> it's a mystery emily and researchers at chicago's northwestern university are trying to solve. by gathering the largest group of super agers in the world. but to be invited in, you can't just be old. you must pass a test with 15 words. >> and they have to remember at least nine of them. >> out of the 15.

>> out of the 15. >> to make it harder we give them a distractor list between and ask them about the first list again. some of them can remember all 15. that's even more impressive. >> but it's what the super agers agree to do in the end that's really helping researchers. each will donate his or her brain. >> this is one of the really important parts of the study is that people actually have given that ultimate gift of donating their brain at the time of death. >> inside the brains a treasure-trove of new understanding. the red and yellow you see? it represents the thinning in a normal 80-year-old brain. >> when we look at the super ager brains, we see something dramatically different. now there's no red and yellow. this was pretty shocking. the blue means the super agers had a thicker cortex. this is important for attention and attention supports memory. >> also inside an abundance of a neuroron thought only to be in

the brains of elephants and whales. >> we were shocked to see there was this abundance of the neuroones. there's about five times the number in the super ager brains. >> there's something else edith and other super agers all in v in common, and you don't need a microscope to see it. a positive attitude. >> no complaining. no worrying. >> you can't complain. >> she still reads four books a week and the most stress you'll see from her? when she forgets the cookies are in the oven. >> you had to agree to donate your brain at the end. >> oh, yes, because unless they have my brain, they can't look at what all those squiggles are in there. >> i think we're going to learn a lot from your brain. >> i hope so. i hope so. and if it helps somebody, think

how much it means to that individual if they get help. >> what's exciting about this, i think. all the people in this are excited. they feel they're doing a public service. they're donating their brains and they have this positive attitude about growing old, about their ability to give this gift to the rest of us. so we can learn about how to grow old and be a super ager which is what we all want to be. >> it's like unlocking the secrets. >> right. i think that's what's exciting in all these studies is people want to know what are the secrets. we can only learn if people participate in these kinds of trials. >> maria, thank you so much. savannah. >> all right. look who is cooking in our kitchen. lester. >> actually, i'm just moving a pan around. >> it's better than i could do. man of many talents will have something yummy to serve up. first this is "today" on nbc.

we're back. today food and this just in. our dear friend lester holt is our chef today. >> i never get nervous on tv but right now -- >> i'm nervous too. i don't know if you can really do this. >> i don't know either. >> he's the anchor of nbc nightly news. he plays bass? his band, lester holt and the rough cuts. this summer he posted these pictures of himself making a sour cherry cobbler. we were like let's see if you can do it on the "today show." >> the cherries are in a short season. with the pitters the cherries are flying everywhere. >> it was like a date line episode. >> i have an apple cobbler with berries in it. >> we'll do that in a minute. the guys are already eating it and loving it. nightly is going to a different state every day. >> we did this last spring.

every night we'll be in a different city. houston, kansas city, san diego, and in each place looking at stories that -- different communities are handling but ones that resonate around the country. getting to know people. we don't do a local newscast. we don't have a neighborhood. we have the country. let's get out and see what people are talking about. >> it's fun. you should bring this cobbler with you. >> make friends. >> you did cold cuts with al. >> i did. >> last week. what did you make? >> a great sandwich. >> and remember the thing i pointed out. i said nobody does comfort deserts. i like pies and cobblers and that kind of stuff. >> this is our ingredients, wholesome apple, eggs. >> obviously apple. we'll put some strawberries in here. there's lemon and eggs. >> it smells good. >> no. >> sell it. >> we start off. we peel the apple.

people peel the apple for me. then chop it up. and then -- >> why do you like the granny smiths? >> i always like them. i think you can put any kind of apple in them. i don't remember the original recipe. i kind of edited it. >> and this. >> you use that? >> yes. >> great. i'll be wearing a different shirt on nightly news for anybody who wants to know. we got apples going. now we're going to move over here. we want to get this going. we have butter we already started melting. >> this is our filling? >> well, this is going to be kind of sort of. >> kind of sort of, not really. >> what's that? >> does it taste good? >> it's heavenly. it melts in your mouth. the crust makes it better. >> i like sugary things. sorry. i'm doing all the cooking. >> we know i can't do it. >> we get that bad boy going right there. eventually we're going to toss

the apples in there. >> all of them? >> yeah. we get them coated with the lemon and sugar, and this is what our mixture looks like. then the berries. the first time i made this, i think i did blueberries. it turned green. don't do that. strawberries work really well. fold this in after it cools. >> look at that. folding. >> folding. you get that going there. then we put that aside. now we make the batter. so we have sugar. we've got some flowur, baking powder. >> lester, come on. i know how to -- stand here. >> i don't. i always end up with shells in mine. >> that's the good news. the bad news, we're only doing the egg yolks.

>> well, you didn't -- i know how to do that too. >> i'm sorry. i didn't tell you that. >> i did a napkin. i'm covered in salmonella right now. >> keep in mind, it's only the yolks. like that. and then we put in some heavy cream here. >> that's the goodness. >> is this a family recipe? >> no. this is one i got out of a magazine or something. and then i changed some things. >> you got grand kids now. are you going to cook for them? >> i hope to. i have one grandchild. hoping for more. >> hint. hint. >> i call him my little man. we get that going there. now in the meantime, we would have start third down thing off by preheating the oven and you see we have a lot of butter going on. >> yummy. >> what we're going to do is pour most of that butter in here. stir that around. and then we're going to save a little butter to kind of coat this pan. >> it smells so good. >> this is where it's all going

to go. >> give me the final step. >> i'm going to go back here and -- >> am i supposed to be stirring it like this? >> yeah. that's what you do on tv. right? >> i guess. >> then we're going to put the mixture in this. >> this isn't really that hard, is it? >> it's not hard. it's like anything else. it's the chopping thing. >> i hate chopping. but if i had an apple slicer like you do at home. yes, and then what? dump this on here? >> let me get this squared away here. sorry. i'm sorry. okay. >> it's only a two-hour show, lester. >> we're up against nightly here. >> anyway, you guys are making me more nervous. >> there's megyn kelly peeking around the corner. >> that's it. and then -- >> good to see you. >> yummy. >> have wine with this? >> it looks so yummy.

>> you can put chippwhipped cre. i'm not into nuts on my cobbler, but you could. >> we're doing fall fashions next week. could you be here for us? >> sure. this is "today" on nbc. it was time to update the bathroom but we wanted to work with a company we could trust. rebath gave us the bathroom we always wanted. call 925-233-6471 and save $1000 off your complete bathroom remodel

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we only have ninei )m - -. so far just a few of the 100 good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. so far, just a few of the 100 u.s. senators have seen the fbi report on brent kavanaugh. one of them is california senator dianne feinstein. now, the leading democrat says that one of the most striking things about the report is what it does not contain and what the fbi did not adequately cover. eventually, all senators will be able to see the report, perhaps by the end of the day.

right now, there are no plans for it to be released to the public. the supporters of the palo alto professor ford gathered in morgan hill last night. they voiced their frustration over the senator's response to her allegations. at the same time, some of those driving past shouted their support for the nominee. happening now, bay area protesters plan another demonstration today in san francisco. our pete suratos is there as well. he'll have a live report for our midday newscast. the blue angels are set to have a practice lap ahead of fleet week, the air show. that three-day air show starts tomorrow. also tomorrow, the parade of ships rolling through the bay. go to our homepage for a full list of the fleet week details. i'm marcus washington. more news for you in an hour. >> stay connected to your world, wherever the world takes you. get the nbc bay area app. breakie

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good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. this has shaping up to be a big day in washington. joining me to discuss what's making the rounds today nbc's own gaudy schwartz,my holmes, and the host of american ninja warrior. great to see you. all week plus we've been talking about the fbi's reopened background investigation into brett kavanaugh. some wondered could they finish it by the friday deadline. they have. the final report is complete and senators will see it today. now a final vote a