>> i put my hand on my phone. that's le tv. have a great day and thanks for joining us this morning. >> we'll have more local news coming up at 7:25. our midday show with so much more. maybe siri will join us. good morning, crime and punishment, former dallas police officer amber guyger waiting to learn her fate after this stunni vdict. >> we the jury find the defendant amber guyger guilty of murder. >> the latest on her sentencing hearing just ahead including the emotional testimony from the victim's heartbroken mother. >> i cannot sleep. i cannot eat. >> what officer could face in prison just ahead. showdown, the first battle of impeachment underway. the state department refusing to turn over documents to congress. a top state official now requesting an urgent secret meeting with lawmakers. is there new evidence in the

case. red october, the brutal heat wave blanketing the map. the hot temps move east. schools forced to close for second day in a row, and al will tell us when relief is coming. all that plus defending the duchess, prince harry sues a british tabloid for bullying meghan markle. into the lion's den, wild video of a woman who jumped into an exhibit at the bronx zoo. and capital comeback. >> the washington nationals have the lead. >> the nationals stage an epic rally to defeat the milwaukee brewers. >> and the washington nationals are l.a. bound. >> as the major league playoffs get off to a thrilling start, today, wednesday, october 2nd, 2019. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie,

and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning, it's october. might feel like july to a lot of folks out there, getting really hot today. >> i actually broke out the shorts one more time this morning but al's going to update us on everything in the weather but we do start with our top story. former dallas police officer amber guyger could learn her fate today after she was found guilty of shooting and killing her neighbor in his own home. we're going to talk about what happened in court yesterday with our legal analyst in a moment, but first, nbc's gabe gutierrez is at the courthouse once again. hey, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning, the jury considered manslaughter but ultimately convicted amber guyger of murder. in many case, this has been a shocking case, and we could find out guyger's punishment earlier today. >> former cop amber guyger is awaiting sentencing following a night in jail and a swift

conviction. >> we the jury unanimously find the defendant amber guyger guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. >> reporter: the family of the man guyger killed erupted in cheers. she sat silent. >> i ask god for forgiveness, i hate myself every single day. >> reporter: in testimony, guyger claims she feared for her life when she shot her unarmed neighbor in his apartment, her panic seen on body camera. in fact, she had actually barged into his apartment on the wrong floor. the key moment when guyger was cross examined with intent at the time. >> when you aimed and pulled the trigger at mr. jean shooting him in center mass exactly where you

are trained, you intended to kill mr. jean. >> i did. >> now the emotional sentencing is underway. >> botham was shot and he died. >> reporter: late tuesday jean's mother took the stand. >> my life has not been the same. it's just been the most terrible time for me. >> reporter: guyger faces 5 to 99 years in prison, her punishment will be up to jurors. prosecutors are showing them offensive text messages and social media posts from guyger's past including jokes about a martin luther king day parade last year and the meme about shooting to kill. >> it's a sad reality that this community waited on pins and needles to decide whether or not someone could be held guilty for killing an unarmed black man in his home while eating ice cream. >> reporter: guyger's defense team has insisted this case is not about race but simply a horrible mistake. today they will try to convince jurors to spare guyger from the harsher end of those sentencing

guidelines. savannah. >> gabe, thank you so much, we bring in our nbc legal analyst, ari melber. one of the most remarkable things about this case, it was striking that the prosecutor charged her with murder, not just manslaughter which would have been criminal negligence, but murder, a more serious charge andot theonviction. >> they added this charge, and i think this goes to the way these types of cases are being taken seriously. it's typically difficult to get jurors to go that far with an officer, we are seeing that here and they won. >> what evidence do you think made the difference here to get -- made the difference here to get that more serious charge, the murder conviction. >> on the physical evidence, it was clear that the jury accepted the finding that the individual appeared to be seated, crouching. >> the victim. >> did not do anything according to the evidence presented to appear to support the claim, i thought they were charging me or had a weapon.

numberwo saw in the reporting, the prosecutor was able to bring in other things the officers had previously said in a different context to be sure that didn't make her look open minded or good, that cut into the idea this was a quote unquote tragic honest mistake. >> you had those messages that had certainly seemed to be influenced by race, and then you also had explicit text messages that she had shared with someone she was having an affair with. that came into evidence. the prosecutors were saying sh is distracted, texting with this boyfriend. are you surprised that that was able to come into evidence and the jury was able to consider it. >> i think it's a great question. we have seen this go both ways in different cases. wait, it seems unfair to have so much thrown in. here i think the prosecutors were able to say this is relevant to understanding, was this a negligent tragic mistake, manslaughter or was this something that had that much higher requisite intent, a bad act done with the wrong state of

mind and that's why they were able to get that in. >> amber guyger, the officer took the stand, said she was obviously heartbroken at what had happened, risky move always to put a defendant on the stand but did they have any choice in this case but to have her tell her version of events. >> you're absolutely right. it's always a huge risk, especially here when the innocent victim looks so sympathetic. they may have felt their case looked so bad they had few other moves. >> thank you so much. we will await the sentencing hearing. we'll move to the impeachment investigation. overnight, the president escalated his rhetoric, accusing democrats of staging a coup against him and his lawyers threatening possible legal action. a key state department official is going to hold a highly unusual meeting with members of congress. we've got all angles covered this morning. we'll start with nbc's kristen welker. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the standoff is intensifying

between the secretary of state and house democrats. democrats warning pompeo he runs the risk of obstructing justice, all as president trump sharpens his attack against the entire investigation. president trump ramping up his attacks on the impeachment inquiry engulfing his presidency tweeting overnight as i learn more and more each day, i am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a coup. critics pointing out that impeachment is a legal process laid out by the constitution a opposed to a coup in a legal overthrow of the government. it comes as the secretary of state is pushing back against house democrats accusing them of trying to bully current and former state department officials into testifying. traveling in italy, pompeo

ignores questions about all of it including revelations he was on the july 25th phone call when president trump asked the ukraine president to investigate joe biden and his son. >> it was about helping the ukranians to get corruption outside of their government. and to help now this new government in the ukraine build a successful thriving economy. >> reporter: also under increased scrutiny, the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani who has hired his own lawyer, a former watergate prosecutor after house democrats demanded he turn over text messages and phone messages. overnight, giuliani giving details about how he plans to fight back. >> i had a couple of talks with civil rights lawyers, and here's what they are recommending, we should bring a lawsuit on behalf of the president and myself as a lawyer. >> reporter: this morning, there are mounting questions about the whistleblower at the center of the firestorm with the president stepping up his demands to meet the person, drawing a rare

rebuke from a top republican. senator chuck grassley writing this person appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. and savannah, it could be a dramatic day on capitol hill despite secretary pompeo's pushback against democrats. the state department's top watchdog, inspector general will be on the hill after making a, quote, urgent request to provide information about the ukraine controversy. for his part, president trump could weigh in on all of this when he holds a news conference later today. on another topic, immigration, there's remarkable reporting out today suggesting the lengths the president was allegedly willing to go on this issue. what can you tell us about that? >> it is remarkable, this is according to "the new york times," during a march meeting in the oval office, the president suggested to slow down migrants by shooting they will in the legs. the white house defending the

president's policies. >> kristen at the white house, thank you so much. a key figure in the impeachment story, joe biden's son hunter, this morning, his business deals during his father's time as vice president are drawing new scrutiny. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has that part of the story. >> reporter: the revelations at the heart of the whistleblower complaint that president trump asked a foreign leader to look up information about joe and hunter biden involved ukraine, and now the president is trying to highlight with a different country, described by the biden camp as conspiracy theory. a 2013 trip to china getting new attention this morning not for what joe biden did but for who he brought with him, his son hunter joining the then vice president on the official visit to beijing, along with hunter's daughter finnegan.

hunter biden was forming a private equity fund, planning to raise money including from chinese investors. years later hunter biden acknowledged during the trip he met with a chinese banker which his spokesperson describes as a social visit, not a business one. ten days after the trip, shanghai authorities issued the funds business license, something president trump has seized on as he pushes back against the impeachment inquiry. >> when biden's son walks out of china with $1.5 billion in a fund and the biggest funds in the world can't get money out of china, and he's there for one quick meeting and flies in on air force 2, i think that's a horrible thing i think it's a horrible thing. >> reporter: according to hunter biden's spokesperson, the company itself filed its paperwork a month before air force 2 took off for china with the fund in the works for months prior. as for that claim the company was worth $1.5 billion, not even close his spokesperson says. more like just over 4 million, with hunter biden putting up

10%, and even that didn't happen until 2017, four years after the china visit, since biden was initially an unpaid board adviser, not a company owner, his spokesperson says. there have been no allegations of corruption or impropriety on the part of the former vice president. nbc's josh letterman traveled to china with the bidens on that trip. >> it didn't strike us as unusual to see hunter biden on the trip we didn't know he was meeting with a chinese banker that he was starting a private equity fund with. >> biden's 2020 campaign calling the president's claims a dismantled conspiracy theory, adding donald trump's degradation of his office is unacceptable and speaks to his recognition of what several polls have made clear, joe biden would beat him like a drum and biden advisers tell me having seeing the trump playbook in 2016, they want to make sure they are aggressively fighting back as what they see as baseless claims against their

candidate. >> hallie jackson, thank you. we have a lot more to get to including the intense fall heat wave that is shattering records, it's actually expanding today with summerlike temperatures expected across much of the eastern half of the country. al is here with a look at the forecast it was a warm one in new york this morning >> it's going to continue that way. 25% of the country will see temperatures above 90 degrees. new york forecast at 89. washington, d.c. forecast 96 last time they had a 95 degree day in october, 1941 tomorrow, the forecast for atlanta, 96, they could hit a hundred. the last time that happened? never happened this could be a real record setter and in fact, speaking of records, greenville, meridian, macon, and as we move to the north, see the heat expanding out. bridgeport, connecticut, may set a record columbus, jackson, danville, and norfolk. and while the heat will continue

one more day through the south with temperatures way above normal for little rock, nashville, cincinnati, valdosta, shut the front door on summer in the northeast. we're talking about temperatures in the next 24 hours, thursday, 20 degree drop in boston, new york city, almost 30 degrees philadelphia, 25 washington, d.c., minus 13 in 24 hours. you only have to put up with these one more day in the northeast, and hoda you have to put the shorts away. >> if you don't like the weather, wait a minute that's exactly what's happening. wait 24 hours. a new warning from the tsa and the nation's dmvs, you have less than 12 months to update your driver's license with a real i.d. or this time next year you may not be able to board a flight tom costello, remind us, why are we changing our driver's license? >> this dates back to 9/11 congress passed a law to maintain a minimum level of

security for every driver's license in the country but as you said it takes effect less than a year from now, and the concern is people will show up here not able to get through security because they don't have a real i.d >> ladies and gentlemen you have both sides available, please step down. >> reporter: 363 days until your tsa checkpoint routine changes won't be able to fly using your driver's license if it doesn't have a real i.d. star in the top corner >> you have the star on your i.d., make sure you have the star on your i.d. so you'll be in compliant with the real i.d >> reporter: the tsa is trying to get the word out but 73% of americans don't yet have a real i.d. >> the shot clock is on. it is time for everyone to get the star >> reporter: many state dmvs have opened mobile units and satellite offices to handle the surge of residents upgrading to

a real i.d everybody required to prove their identity with four forms of i.d. which can include a valid license, passport, social security card, birth certificate, utility bill, pay stub, rent or mortgage paymentgr or military i.d. >> i don't like long lines or waiting for hours on end, so i thought i would be on the whole year ahead. >> reporter: travelers who don't have a real i.d. by the deadline will be allowed to fly using a passport, global entry card or military i.d., but the tsa says there will be no exceptions. >> they don't have a passport or another form of identification, this means a very uncomfortable long process for them, largely resulting in a very bad day. they will not be able to travel. >> reporter: the worst case scenario, airports could be filled with people who have bought nonrefundable tickets or return flights home yet don't have the real i.d.s to get through tsa. >> are you going to wait until the last minute? >> no, now that you're asking me out loud, i won't. >> reporter: the advice from tsa

now, don't delay so check with your state's dmv because states can differ in terms of how much it might cost, how you set the appointment, et cetera, go to your state's dmv website. oregon, oklahoma, and new jersey are behind rolling out the real i.d., so when it finally happens in those states, they would have less time to be real i.d. compliant before the law kicks in next year >> tom, i'm glad you warned us thank you very much, appreciate it. the major league baseball playoffs got underway last night in washington, and if you didn't stay up late to watch the nationals and the brewers, boy you missed a good one. >> line drive, base hit to right, that will score one, that will score two as the ball gets away, that's going to score three runs and the washington nationals have the lead. >> that base hit by juan soto

scored three runs, the nats getting a little help by the costly error in the outfield it was trent gresham's first ever error in the big leagues. washington takes a 4-3 lead, holds on to win it the nationals take on the dodgers in the next round. the american league wild card game between the a's and rays is tonight in oakland. >> that was a good one can't wait for it. that was a good ending for the nationals. >> for somebody. >> interesting ending, a thrilling ending please rescue me >> let's see what we've got around the rest of the country today. we told you about these record highs. look at the winter weather advisories through the central plains, a little on the chilly side, looking at snow there. sunshine and warm weather up and down the coast, a little on the cool side in the pacific northwest, we're going to get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. nect with storis that i'm listening to- that's inspiration. with audible originals, there's something for almost every taste in there.

everything you ever wanted to hear. our ability to empathize through these stories can be transformational. it's my own thing that i can do for me. download audible and start listening today. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist hmm kari hall. a live look at san francisco from san bruno mountain. lofts of sunshine, chim chim temperatures as you head out of san francisco. 74 will be the high in palo alto with san jose reaching 75 and upper 70s in the inland east bay. we will have a warmup heading toward the end of the week into the weekend. temperatures peak on sunday at 88 degrees. uys. >> al, thank you so much straight ahead, prince harry takes a powerful stand as the royal couple sues a popular

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april very good morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm laura garcia. police in san jose vepinvestigag a deadly shooting 9:00 near williams and keltner where 2780 meets sap tomas expressway. police say someone opened fire on a man walking in that area. neighbors heard four to five gunshots and a sound of a car peel out. police say a friend of the victim ran outside and found him on the sidewalk. he died at the scene. so far police have not made any arrests. switch gears, check the forecast now kari. >> it's a chilly start to the day as many in the bay area get ready to head outside and a live

look outside in san jose, skies are all clear and we'll get more sunshine, warming us up a few degrees above yesterday reaching 75, and we'll see upper 70s in parts of the inland east bay as well as the north bay. today in santa rosa expect a high of 78 degrees. our inland forecast comes down a couple of degrees tomorrow as a cold front moves through with some breezy winds and we start the warming process as high pressure builds by the weekend. we were' going to see highs in the valleys in the upper 80s and coming down erm lyearly next we. we have some mid-70s for the weekend. how are the road moving, mike? >> they're all right. we had a couple of trouble spots. overall a typical pattern. we'll call out southbound 680, which shows a little improvement headed down toward mission south. slow from mission north and still a car in the middle of the roadway from what i understand. one more lane open over the last half hour and northbound 101 approaching the arrow, all lanes open. back to you. >> all right, we'll be back with

another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then.

back now, 7:30, it's a wednesday morning, second day of october, 2019, i see happiness outside, we're going to join our crowd in just a little bit >> the sun is shining on the plaza. whole country is bathed in sun right now. we're going to mention, craig is off this morning he has an important thing to do. he's in las vegas moderating a forum for nbc news and msnbc he'll be back tomorrow. the latest on top stories, the former dallas police officer who shot her neighbor in his own apartment, a jury found amber guyger glty of murder after one day of deliberations guyger shot botham jean after she mistook his apartment for

her own. the sentencing phase is underway jean's mother took the stand >> my life has not been the same it's just been the most terrible time for me. >> guyger faces a sentence anywhere from five years to life in prison. to a bizarre scene at the bronx zoo, check this out, a woman climbed over a safety barrier right into the lion's exhibit. it happened last week, and the video shows the woman just a few feet away from the male lion it looks like she's taunting it, raising her arms, wiggling her body like she's dancing. good news is nobody was hurt the zoo says the action was a very serious violation and it filed a complaint against the woman for criminal trespass. >> that could have ended a lot worse. now to the powerful stand being taken by prince harry and meghan markle against the tabloids the prince is suing over what he calls a ruthless campaign against his wife

kelly cobiella joins us with the details on all of this good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, this comes at the tail end of a very successful tour of africa prince harry announcing this lawsuit in that strongly worded statement saying that a british tabloid has been bullying his wife meghan for months the royal tour of africa has been a feast of smiles and hugs so far >> everything is based on archie's feed time, so it's a full plate but we're making it work it's worth it. >> reporter: now the duke and duchess of sussex have come out fighting, facing down media critics and taking legal action against the mail on sunday, a british tabloid. saying the tabloid edited and published a private letter believed to be from meghan to her estranged father

in a statement as hard hitting as it was emotional. i cannot begin to describe how painful it has been prince harry writes, accusing the tabloid media of waging a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year. throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son. in one story, meghan accused of supporting a group of women at a mosque linked to terror suspects after she shared recipes and her joy of cooking with survivors of a high-rise inferno. in other stories she's depicted as hailing from the mean streetp of l.a prince harry adding, i have been a witness to her private suffering, vilified for months they have been able to create lie after lie at her expense. e haveever seen ha speak with such ferocity >> reporter: this morning, the couple met with youth in a township outside johannesburg,

addressing jobs and unemployment, no strangers to asking the court to protect their privacy. it was the media treatment of princess diana, harry's mom that shaped his fierce determination to protect his family. my deepest fear is history repeating itself harry says. i lost my mother and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces it's a risk harry is not prepared to take without a fight. the duke and duchess' legal team say the tabloid strategically omitted certain paragraphs and words from that private letter the mail on sunday responding in a statement said that the letter was not edited in any way to change its meaning, and they will defend the case vigorously. the duke and duchess say any potential damages will be donated to an anti-bullying charity. hoda, savannah. >> kelly, thank you so much. and we are joined by victoria arbiter, who have been following the royals for years it's literally in your dna

watching the royals. this isn't unprecedented but it's very unusual for the royals to strike back, to sue a british tabloid. is it a risky move >> it has the potential to be a risky move certainly you're absolutely right. the royals generally avoid any kind of legal action simply because in their view it tends to perpetuate the story further. they have been successful in 2017, william and kate were awarded 100,000 euro after a french magazine published a pua topless photo. but it can go against them as well what we have here with harry is legal action that he is taking on a beast with the british media. >> it seemed like a lot of women were probably giving him a good atta boy because he defended his woman, and we think that was pretty cool but what do you think this is going to mean for the british press now. you said they're aggressive, what do you think the result is

going to be. >> the tabloid media is not shy when it comes to defending themselves "the mail" on sunday says they deny the claims, the allegations harry made in the statement, and plan to defend themselves vigorously the media tends to stick together there are a couple of reporters tweeting that there's an atmosphere, harry and meghan appeared for the first time in public yesterday, and already there's a little tension for me, the timing is just so odd. here we are in southern africa this has been a massive success. they have championed women's rights, conservation, the empowerment of the youth it's been positive story after positive story and yet now this is what we're talking about. >> so people can understand, because we remark, in this country we don't see the press that she gets but apparently, if you can tell us, there's a lot of vitriol directed at her is it over and above what a

royal should expect from being in the public eye, is it so vicious? >> a lot of it has been very vicious. she's not the first member of the royal family to be on the receiving end of negative press but i do think this has been at an extraordinary level when meghan appeared at the british fashion awards, she wore a one shoulder dress she was described by some as vulgar the duchess of cambridge wore a one shoulder dress a few months later, described as a greek goddess, ethereal. that's where we're seeing this double standard. the question is the supply and demand, you know that with online media that's driven by ad revenue. stories.le are clicking onhese the longer people click on the stories, the longer they will be written. no one is being held accountable. that's what harry wants to change. >> it's a tough case because meghan markle's father is the one who gave the newspaper the letter and said print it so i mean, they have, look, the laws in britain are less friendly to the press, so maybe they have a stronger case there,

but it's a tricky one! >> it is, and i worry this is going to bring him out of the woodwork he's been nothing but trouble since he didn't come to the royal wedding. there's that element as well harry said i'm not sure it's a safe action but it's the right one. he knows this could backfire spectacularly, he wanted to draw a line in the sand, a strong line in the sand and it was clearly written by him. >> very emotional, talking about the suffering he has watched his wife go through. >> very interesting. coming up our candid conversation with the head of instagram. what is his company doing to confront cyber bullying, the changes you're going to start noticing now. tesla rolling out a new feature that's already causing problems smart summon, that's the feature, what happens when it goes awry, right after this.

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we're back with in-depth today, carson joins the table. >> good morning, everybody. >> a headache for tesla. >> it just released a software feature, it's called smart summon, so the technology currently in testing allows drivers to have their cars pull up to them unassisted. >> like no driver? >> no driver >> there's already been some problems, as you can see nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has more. >> the selling feature is the autonomous like features, now they have rolled out smart

summon days after their release, there have been issues with drivers testing the feature in parking lots for tesla, the ride of the future may have just hit a pothole. this morning videos of the car company's autonomous feature failing and fuelling online criticism. >> geez, what's the deal. >> reporter: tesla's smart summon promises to allow your car to drive to you or a location of your choosing from 200 feet away with no one behind the wheel as long as the car is in sight eager drivers summoning their cars in public parking lots, against recommendations, with motorists shocked by near misses, costly clips, and potentially dangerous crashes. with the touch of a button, the car should be able to pull out of a parking spot, stop if necessary, avoid all obstacles

and pull up right next to you, but with startled pedestrians chasing after empty vehicles, tesla's latest cutting edge software is driving concern into high gear again. alarming videos continue to surface of motorists apparently in auto pilot asleep behind the wheel of speeding vehicles from massachusetts to california. with tesla imploring drivers in auto pilot to follow the rules of the road, for those using smart summon, the company says you are still responsible for your car and must monitor it and its surroundings at all times, but with some drivers having to pump the brakes on the new feature, tesla is already on a bumpy road. >> we reached out to tesla for comment, but tesla did not respond, and it's important to point out that tesla's smart summon is a beta feature, meaning the software is technically not finished and can

be refined over time. >> it's in beta, but people, like anyone can do it? >> it's been downloaded by anyone who has the self-driving software it's a pretty cool feature you literally push your iphone, hold a button in the tesla app and the car will come to you, but we have seen issues. >> because your legs stopped working, you can't walk 200 feet to a parking spot. >> wasn't there a recent crash with autopilot >> they have found issues with the driver software and found the driver in that crash did not have their hands on the steering wheel, so, again, accidents on the road, blaming both the driver and the software, guys. >> miguel, thank you it's not funny but it's like, first of all, would you trust yourself to know how to program it my vcr is still blinking 12:00, i would never do that. >> you have one of those cars. >> yeah, but i don't use that. >> you don't use that feature. >> no. >> that's enough >> you can barely walk

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said he would go to the mat to fight any attempt the government might make to break up facebook, and he specifically mentioned elizabeth warren as an existential threat to facebook. how do you feel about those comments and do you agree? >> so those comments were in an internal meeting so he was being very candid, but generally i really do agree and stand by the comments that we don't think it's a good idea to break us up. >> how would you counter that argument that facebook has become so huge. mark zuckerberg himself essentially in control of the information that flows to more than a billion people around the world. >> it makes sense to me that people would be anxious about our skill. there's a few things it's good for. if you want to prevent interference in elections. if you want to reduce the hate speech on the platforms, we benefit massively from working together closely. >> before becoming the head of instagram last year, adam mosseri was at facebook, bought the photo sharing platform in 2012, among its first priority,

tackling online bullying. >> when i think about my experience, i was bullied in middle school and when i left school and went home, i wasn't bullied anymore. now kids are going home and taking this with them. is the solution to just get off of it over the course of the day. >> that's a good question. i was bullied in middle school, too and i think the fact that you don't necessarily have a reprieve from that experience is like a big difference between what it means to be a kid today, and what it means to be a kid when we were in middle school. >> tragically this week a 16-year-old boy in tennessee channing smith took his own life after intimate text messages he shared with another boy were posted on social media, including instagram. how do you go about trying to prevent something like that. >> it's a horrible story. my heart goes out to the family. i have two boys, i can't imagine what it would be like to go through what they're going through. what we try and do is the reminder of how important the work is prevent bullying from

happening on instagram and facebook whenever possible. >> today instagram is launching a new anti-bullying feature called restrict. it allows you to approve or decline nasty messages before they're posted to your account. all without blocking the person sending the messages. and without them knowing it. ideas that came directly from teenage users. >> we also started to ask them, well, why don't you use some of the tools available today. why not block someone who's bullying you. we heard consistently particularly from teenagers, often that can escalate the situation. >> there's been a big increase in depression and suicide among teenagers, do you think that social media is partially to blame for that? >> i think that the trends are long, and i think that we on social media, who work in social media, i'm sure have a part to play in the anxiety and the pressure that people, in particular, young people feel. i also want to make sure that we are honest about the fact that

given our scales, there's going to be some good and some bad that happens on our platform. >> but bullying is just part of the problem. a recent study found instagram will be the vehicle of choice for disinformation in the 2020 election cycle. >> there are always going to be sophisticated bad actors trying to leverage our scale. >> if you identify miss information, lying that are out there, memes specifically on instagram, what do you do with it? >> we try and reduce the distribution as much as possible. we also try to provide context to people so they can be more informed readers, what to share and what to trust. >> do you worry that there at instagram could be things you don't recognize that could be harmful and how do you stay on top of that and avoid that. >> i'm super worried about this sort of thing. if i wasn't worried, i would be more likely to miss something. >> the next step could be getting rid of instagram's likes

all together. >> the big idea is to make it feel less pressurized and you can spend less time worrying about how many likes you have, and more time connecting with people or things that inspire you. >> stephanie, there's always been this talk that possibly instagram is considering getting rid of likes all together. you get anything on that? >> yes, you know, what he told me is that they' aually very bullish on this idea. they have already started testing it in seven countries. if you're one of those people that loves your likes, get ready for it to change a little bit on instagram. >> wow that's interesting. >> maybe it will be a thing of the past, interesting for the influencers who count on likes and all that. >> to make their living. >> good conversation, steph, thank you. mr. roker, you got a check of the weather. >> yes, we do, and we just got in from noaa, the october outlook, and guess what, it's looking warm from october, down to the southeast, warmer in the northeast, cooler in the pacific

northwest, we have seen that trend developing over the last day or two. near average precipitation out west, dry weather continuing down through the southeast for the month. we saw that in september as well. but much wetter as you get up into the upper great lakes and on into the pacific northwest as well. for today we are looking at strong storms in the midsection of the country, winter weather advisories through the plains, record highs, gulf coast southeast and mid atlantic states with showers and thunderstorms through the great lakes. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look outside in san francisco at the golden gate bridge. it's a clear start to the day. we've also had some really cool temperatures. now, we will warm up for the inland areas just a little bit more than we were yesterday, reaching the upper 70s, up to 78 in livermore, 75 in san jose. palo alto and oakland reaching 74, and napa today up to 75 degrees. going through the forecast, we

will hold these temperatures steady for the rest of the week and then heat up for the weekend with some upper 80s expected as temperatures peak inland this sunday. weather. >> now the popular online clothing service, rent the runway and thousands of customers who use it and rely on it. >> seems the company is having a little trouble keeping up with demand details on this one, a lot of people are freaking out. >> absolutely. people really are freaking out and we'll get into that, rent the runway recently announced it's not taking any new customers due to high volume, this as existing customers complain of delayed orders and poor customer service. >> it's the clothing rental web site that lets women change up their look on a whim rent the runway, a subscription based service valued at $1 billion allows users to reserve, rent, and return outfits without the commitment of ownership but as demand for the service has grown so have the issues. >> my rent the runway never comes on time. >> the company recently announcing it's taking a break from new clients until october

15th, saying in part, the delays which began september 13th, are due to unforeseen issues associated with a significant transformation that we are executing in our fulfillment operation. >> what has your issue been with them. >> i have come to a certain expectation with rent the runway, and this week, unfortunately, not only have the orders not been delivering, but customer service has been on a massive lag. >> i have been on the phone for two hours, just waiting for them to answer. >> customers taking to twitter, sharing similar frustrations what the heck, this isn't okay wow, i'm so glad i checked twitter, otherwise i wouldn't have known you're cancelling my order. rent the runway reaching out to existing users, notifying them to expect delays >> what would make you guys feel better. >> knowing that i'm being heard would be amazing, just answering my call, talking to a human as opposed to waiting for a call

back. >> in a statement overnight, rent the runway writes in part they have alerted the affects customers and that their customers and their rent the runway experience has always and will always be our first priority to help address customer concerns, the company says they will also refund orders rented for time sensitive events, plus offer a $200 cash award. for subscription based customers who have been experiencing issues, the company says they are doing individualized personal outreach. >> when it comes down to it, i won't be leaving rent the runway for this one week experience it does do what i need, so they need to stay thank you for staying loyal to us during this time, here's how we're incentivizing or thanking you for that. >> i spoke with rent the runway, it has been an all hands on deck situation. their coo was physically pulling orders off the shelf for a wedding guest in california, the head of marketing is taking customer service calls and they have an emergency group chat going for brides who are having issues. >> how did it get this far,

they're taking orders. >> so you have to know at some point u're not going to be able to deliver. >> and it just feels like they have grown too much too quickly and people have come to expect if you put your order by noon, they say in new york city, you can get it the same day. that's not happening, and people are upset about that. >> what's the other big complaint. >> the other big complaint is sometimes the clothes don't smell great, which is a little gross. i asked them directly about this, they did promise that every piece is dry cleaned and they have a quality assurance team. >> it's a rental situation >> your story is crushing, my wife uses rent the runway all the time she went to the emmys. >> how did she smell >> great she smelled great. she smelled lovely crippling. >> catch more of her, on snapchat, instagram and tictoc.

>> what's going to happen if siri can't use rent the runway, i can't take zantac. you probably saw the pictures yesterday, justin and hailey bieber, we're starting to get a good look at their wedding rings thanks to posts to the instagram. bieber posting in photo showing off their sparkling tiffany rings. hailey wearing an 18 carat gold band somewhere he didn't keep it traditional is the diamond encrusted grill he chose to wear in some of the photos. >> a little extra bling for you. >> later on, hailey posting this photo showing her in a leather jacket that's bedazzled with the word wife, writing best night of my life. we want to issue a huge congratulations. if you're wondering about the swag bag, kris jenner, everybody got custom sweats and a

paperback copy of the notebook we take a little bit of ownership with this union, this is where the lovers met, there's a young justin bieber with stephen baldwin, father of young hailey. >> was that like ten years ago >> a long time ago >> we saw that shake 2009 wow. >> ten years ago, but they were married a year ago in the courthouse. >> we'll move on to saturday night live billie eilish performed in this weekend's premier. she did "bad guy", she was dancing seemingly on the walls and ceilings a new behind the scenes video showed how billie eilish pulled that off. >> i was in a box that looked like the snl stage and i starte sides is walking on the walls we did a bunch of run throughs of me, like, walking on the sides is because the camera is attach to the actual moving room, there's no, like it's exactly in sync.

it's pretty disorienting it's not scary ever. for me, it was pretty easy to understand and get the hang of and the fact that they trusted us to pull this off is like really big because i don't know if i would have. >> they have done some groundbreaking things over there in the music department. she also did that with two sprained ankles, we're told. pretty good. finally will smith, he has had countless roles. we know him best for the fresh prince besides the iconic theme song, we got memorable fashion including will's school uniform he flipped inside out. if you're looking for an extra dose of nostalgia, you can dress like you go to bell air high school >> we have our merch shop, this is a sweat suit until it's not just a sweat suit. you can rock it, too see what i'm saying. you got to push the pockets in will smith bringing back the

paisley there. >> nice. you got a click first mr. daly we're going to highlight a twitter account that we found that's having fun with an unaired bill hader sketch. in the sketch, bill hader is playing a robot that does this lazy dance to generic music. this twitter account took that snl clip and takes all types of music to it. it's amazing how all songs seem to work. take a listen.n world, back ♪ up town world, back street gu ♪ >> so we know uptown girl works, billy joel, how about fleetwood mac. ♪ >> all right that seems to work let's do bad guy, billie eilish.

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good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. within the last half hour, bernie sanders's campaign confirming the presidential contender is. recovering from a surprise heart procedure. they say during a campaign event yesterday, sanders experienced chest discomfort. later, doctors found a blockage in his arteries and two stints were inserted. sanders is said to be in good spirits, but right now all of his upcoming campaign appearances have been canceled. his recovery is expected to take at least the next few days. right now let's get a look at that commute for you this morning. mike? >> all right, we're looking over towards most of the bay with a typical pattern here. good recovery in fremont after the earlier crash cleared over a half hour ago at mission boulevard.

still slow, of course, south 680 through pleasanton, though. jammed up northbound 101 approaching 280, just shy of that interchange. reports of a car carrier and a large van that got into a crash. no major injuries, but we do have a lot of slowing. it may take quite some time to move that car carrier. we're tracking that in the newsroom. meanwhile, 280 shows a typical slowdown towards that same interchange. the east bay in contra costa county shows a smooth drive, through oakland, 580, 78880 and the east shore freeway starting to build. and we had a crash here where it looks like everything's off to the shoulder, but now there's still some recovery. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we'll have another update in 30 minutes.

it is 8:30 on this beautiful wednesday morning, october 2nd hey, al, do you know what the temp is out here. >> it's about 77. >> 77 degrees. incredible crowd usual. but i it's a gorgeous day. we have an incredible crowd as usual. but i am looking for -- i am looking for shelley and mara there they are shelley and mara hi guys, mother and daughter. >> yes >> oh, my god, look who's here, savannah guthrie, al roker is here, carson daly. how long have you guys been watching the show? >> forever since i was little >> since you were little

>> yes. >> is this your first time coming to the plaza. >> yes >> i'm happy this mother/daughter duo is hanging with us today. >> where are you from. >> we're from detroit and just moved to new york. >> did you and hoda plan your outfit, you're both wearing this beautiful yellow >> you look like sisters, not mother daughter. >> and you can come visit us more often now that you're here. >> exactly >> we're going to take you to the grand opening of the cafe, and it's not just any cafe, it is the first in the country, yep, with weed on the menu. >> wow >> it's a cannabis cafe. >> what? >> hollywood, california, right, got to be. also rachel maddow is here, taking on a major industry in her new book, she's going to tell us what she found and what we are cooking with one it means for american consumers. we are cooking with one of my favs, the guy who taught me

too cook everything, mark bittman, a major update, he's going to show recipes for one pot pasta dishes. >> not like they have at the cannabis cafe. and our puppy with a purpose, sonny is doing great, we miss having him at the studio, he's shari his service and love with hundreds of kids at the viscardi school he helps push this girl's wheelchair, the fastest she has gone she says just seeing his smiling face makes my heart melt he recently reunited with his old pal olivia, so we want to send our best out to sonny, doing some great work. >> speaking of dogs doing great work, coming up in the 3rd hour of "today," we're going to have the story of specially trained k-9s following their noses and literally saving lives. first, mr. roker, do you have a check of the weather. >> yes, we do, starting off with

today, record highs in the mid atlantic, southeast, gulf, winter weather advisories out west and then for tomorrow, cooler in the northeast, record highs, though, will continue down to the south with heavy rain through the southwest. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're walking out the door to some cool temperatures and a live look outside in san jose. as we get ready to head into the afternoon, the sunshine continues, and it's going to be a beautiful afternoon, reaching the mid to upper 70s for many of the inland valleys and bays. as we go into the weekend, it's going to be heating up. we have some upper 80s in the forecast for the end of the weekend and then wetart to cool off, while san francisco will have a slight warm-up over the next several days. low 70s by this saturday. that is your latest weather, as you can see by the signs and our crowd, hockey is back, baby. the puck drops on the nhl's regular season tonight defending stanley cup champs, the st. louis blues take on the

washington caps starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our sister network, nbcsn hockey is back savannah >> love it, al, thank you. coming up next, that new restaurant with a very unique menu, we're going to take you inside the country's first pot cafe first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ from the 5am wakers... this is us. to the 6am sleepers. everyone uses their phone differently

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we are back, 8:36 with a new farm-to-table restaurant in hollywood and it definitely has a unique twist. >> it is the very first legal cannabis cafe in the country nbc's gadi schwartz was there for the big grand opening. tell us about it how was it >> that's right. their specialty is herbs and we are not talking about the parsley, this is the first one . it's high noon in west hollywood and

restaurant in the nation with a license to sell marijuana and food all under one roof. it's high noon in west hollywood and the line for the newest restaurant in town is down the block. >> anything, joint, free rolls at the front, followed by flower. >> forget the wine, waiters are asking would you like to see the weed list. >> i got to ask, before this, when was the last time you guys smoked >> years ago a long time ago. >> it's been a while and what was it like today >> we're coming back with that one. >> reporter: this is lowell farms, the first restaurant like it in the country where customers are greeted by a flower host, kind of like a sommelier for smokers. they can order from cannabis, and finish off with weed infused tea. >> it's a really cool ambience, it's nice, and you're with your friends and you're out. >> reporter: head chef andrea drummer says her focus is organic. >> food does taste better when you're consuming cannabis.

it really enhances all of the flavor profiles. >> reporter: aka, the munchies. >> the truth is that you do get the munchies when you consume cannabis hopefully what that translates to is more food sales for us here >> reporter: and flower hosts like erica soto are experts for recommending pot with meals. >> i like really nice like fruity dish, if you were to get like say the cranberry salad. >> for new users, avoid edibles which can give a longer lasting high in california, recreational marijuana has been legal since 2018 but banned under federal law. when it comes to making sure people don't get baked -- >> when you get older, you gain more wisdom, you know when to stop >> what about all of these youngins over here. >> i think they're fine, having a good time. >> all under the watchful eye of

the entire staff. >> your job is to make sure people don't get too stoked. >> we expept people are going to be responsible adults. >> there's something here for everyone. >> low dose edible, gummies, chocolates, we have our loose flower, we also have our free rolls. this is our variety pack. >> reporter: there are rules they have installed high-tech air filters to clear out smoke customers have to be 21, you can't take marijuana to go but you can bring in your own stash. >> byob here, does that mean you can bring your own bong. >> bring your own bud. >> please don't bring your own bong we allow outside cannabis, there is what we refer to as a tokage. >> reporter: a new kind of cafe for a budding industry trying to become more mainstream every day. >> prohibition is literally over >> reporter: so because of legal issues, food and beverage checks are separate from cannabis purchases which can only be paid

for in cash and can't be sold after 10:00 p.m., also smoking tobacco is not allowed at all. all of this works out in 2027, other consumption lounges are slated to open, and that's in the tiny city of west hollywood the tiny city of west ho and the rest of california watching to see how this plays out. >> thank you so much by the way, congratulation on your wedding >> you did it. >> it's gorgeous. >> too bad you c'tber it now. >> congrats, gadi. >> thank you, guys. just ahead, guys, we're going to catch up with msnbc star rachel maddow she's got a thought provoking new book first, this is "today" on nbc.

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book, it's called "blowout, corrupted democracy, rogue state russia, and the richest, most destructive industry on earth", on that happy note -- >> i know, it's kind of a light little, chicklet kind of thing. >> beach read. >> we would expect no less from you. it is very explosive topic. >> yeah. >> but, you know, no less than an authority "in style" said, it's not eat your vegetables read it's about the oil and gas industry. >> it turns out there are funny things in the worst stories on earth and turns out i did not plan it this way, but i wrote a book about russia and ukraine, and corruption, and oil and gas, and now we've got, while it's coming out, the president being impeached for ukraine, involving russia and oil and gas, i feel like i should be investigating. >> what did you know and when did you know it. the book is about the oil and gas industry, you did look into ukraine and russia, that relationship, the dynamic there.

as you point out, that context is intriguing in light of recent events can you explain to folks so they understand what this relationship between ukraine and russia is, why it is that the u.s. gives money to ukraine. how does that affect our national security. >> russia invaded ukraine, which was bad. it was the first time since world war ii that another country in the range of europe has taken another country, a piece of it by force, and so we stood up for ukraine and said that's a bad thing that russia has done the rest of the world did too. we sanctioned them for that. russia ended up getting kind of nutty, they only were a little bit of an aggressive country, but they threw wild pitches. i got interested in this book, why is russia behaving so strangely, and it kind of turns out because they have no economy at all all they've got is oil and gas, and it turns out that's a bad thing to build your economy on. >> the book lays out this thesis that there are several countries

around the world that rise and fall on this issue of oil and gas. you have a quote from a saudi arabia official saying i wish we had discovered water. i wish we had discovered water i wish we didn't have these resources, they're a curse as much of a blessing. >> think about a economy that exists, the entire country is oil and gas. he thinks of oil as the excrement of the devil it ends up giving you a bad country and a weak rest of your economy, and in the case of russia, it made them use oil and gas as weapons against countries it wanted to control like ukraine which in part has led to this impeachment. >> your thesis is it threatens democracy itself, that those are the stakes explain. >> in countries where we've got oil and gas dominated economies, we end up getting oil and gas dominated governance, which

sucks. sort of the cure to that is when people stand up and use democracy in order to reclaim what works for them and what the country ought to be doing for itself, but where governance is captured by oil and gas, and you see it in big countries, rich countries and poor countries all over the world it's not just russia, small countries in africa i write about, state governments in the united states. governance suffers and to the extent that that can be pushed back, that people can assert democratic principles against those things, governance gets better and democracy thrives, and i think we have to face it when it comes to the climate crisis. >> it's a page turner, it may be vegetables, but you serve it with a spoonful of sugar you walked here, i have to ask you, on crutches, what happened to your foot, i hope there's a good story. >> i keep telling people, you ought to see the other guy but honestly what i did, in the morning -- i'm not a morning person for me, this is still nighttime, and i was going fishing, getting

on my friend's fishing boat, and i went to step from the dock into the boat, i missed step i blame morning. >> that's a fishy story. >> i tore all of these ligaments, a fracture, i've been on crutches for three months, i haven't been fishing since >> and you love fishing. >> i'm lost without it. >> i didn't see that about you, there you are in your fishing happiness. >> even ice fishing, it's not a happy making thing and it makes me happier than anything on time. >> you have a "new york times" profile, it's great, people should read it you talked about how you're kind of a cross between the jock ror character in the breakfast club and the punk rocker character, so you're their love child, is that right. >> whoa, that was a vivid image. >> it really is. i buy it >> i mean, we work together. you know, i have a weird work ethic, i bury myself in a temple of paper, and i don't speak and

i kind of emerge. >> you're like carrie from homeland. >> i have a portrait of carrie from homeland right outside my office. >> i rest my case. rachel, it's good to see you congrats on the book heal that foot so you can get back fishing catch her show on msnbc. for more on the book go to today.com/shop carson back to you. simple recipes for great food, one pot pasta dishes, three different ways, mark bittman is our man, but first, th ♪

hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. this morning on "today," how to cook everything again. mark bittman wrote the must have guide to cooking 20 years ago, and now he's this morning on "today," how to cook everything again mark bittman wrote the must have guide to cooking 20 years ago, and now he's at it again with a completely revised 20th anniversary edition of how to cook everything. >> food writer and cookbook author mark bittman has long been an advocate of simple cooking and for 20 years, "how

to cook everything" has dished up about every known recipe for the home cook. since its release, it has become a staple on cookbook shelves, it's gone from the kitchen to pop culture. >> luke and i are going to make dinner we got the mark bittman book >> to social media the easy enough concept from the original book spawned lots of titles like how to cook everything fast, and how to cook everything vegetarian, and the classic black and white images have been updated and modernized, the 20th anniversary edition of how to cook everything >> i'm impressed. >> why did you want to reimagine this book for a new generation. >> well, you know, things change, and things have gotten simpler, ingredients have gotten more widely available, we have better ingredients available people cook more internationally and all of those things were integrated into the new edition, and plus photographs

>> not the black and white. >> we did the original, i was adamant, no photographs, we want tons of text, and it was a doorstop this is a little, it's not small, but it's a little more compact. >> very cool the food is great, and remains great, today we're going to do pasta three ways, what do we have here. >> all of these pastas have in common that they are cooked by absorption, we use the amount of water the pasta absorbs, so all the sauces are really creamy, they're guaranteed to be creamy but it's a kind of different technique. here we're using, the fundamental one has butter and here, we start with parmesan the one we're going to make here, we start with shallots, if you use long pasta, it's easier to break it first, so you can stir it. we add the pasta and cook it a little bit until it browns, it toasts a bit, and then it's like making risotto we add wine, as that evaporates,

we add water. >> not very much though. >> and as each amount evaporates, we add a little more at the end here, it starts to look like that. >> spaghetti. >> we add spinach and ricotta. the result >> that was easy. >> wow >> you're not straining the pasta water out. >> you're not strange at all. >> wow >> the pasta is absorbed. >> when do we add the cheese and all of this goodness. >> we add that now. >> let's try it savannah >> but the result is always these beautifully creamy pastas. >> is it creamier because you didn't overload the water. >> the starch from the pasta comes into the water and produces this creamy stuff, i mean, the butter, parmesan >> come on >> what are we making here. >> here we have onions. >> but it's the same procedure, we're going to start by cooking

some onion in some olive oil. >> the idea of putting dry pasta and water. >> you know, we don't have time to do this but when it gets a little bit brown it's so delicious. it adds another layer of flavor. >> so you're adding again the wine. >> we have rose wine >> and we'd add tomatoes after a little while >> okay. and then we add water as necessary, and again, you wind up with this beautiful creamy pasta. >> this looks delicious. >> this looks really good and it is good. >> go to al roker. he'll tell me what to do >> so how do we start off with like a classic alfredo. >> this one again, we're stirring the pasta in butter, and we beat some eggs with some cream, and we'd add that and be cooking in that. again, we need a little bit of water. >> right >> and this results in like the creamiest alfredo anyone has ever seen. it's fantastic >> it's almost like you're

making a custard. >> well, almost, yeah, you keep the heat low on this one, ain, these take about 15 minutes to do. it's not really faster, but the results are guaranteed. >> and then a little more parmesan, and you're set >> parmesan dazzle. >> the common theme is how creamy all three of these are. is that the absorption of the pasta. >> yes makes a huge >> it makes a huge difference. >> it's really nice. and in the book there are like i think 15 variations on this. you can do it with almost anything. >> that was a great thing about the book and is about the book, you give us kind of a basic, and you give us some stuff we can start riffing off of and moving on from. >> i have done that in all of my books, my feeling is learn the basic recipe and spin it off from there. >> how did you know you made that episode of hand maid's tail, did you watch or someone told you. >> several people told me, and of course i forgot, when i saw it, that's impressive. >> you were in it before everything turned terrible in the hand maiden's tale

you're in the happy part of it. >> these are available on today.com/food, and for the book, check out today.com/shop mark bittman, that is a must have book. >> now with pictures. we've got the 3rd hour straight ahead after the 3rd hour, there's a fourth hour. >> maria is with me. >> who's doing the fifth hour. good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. police in san jose are investigating a deadly shooting. it happened around 9:00 last night near williams and keltner, not far from where 280 meets the san tomas expressway. police say someone shot a man walking in that area. they also tell us that a friend of the victim ran outside from a nearby home and found him on the sidewalk. he died there a t scene. thoands of santa clara

county service workers are just going on strike this morning. they walked off the job at 6:00 this morning and they're picketing outside of several county offices and buildings. this is the union's first strike in 40 years. some fear it could impact a lot of county business over the coming days. happening now, we have a crew covering the strike and the impact from the strike. we'll have a live report during our midday newscast. you can also link to more right now on our home page. and within the last hour, representatives from bernie sanders' campaign confirming the democratic presidential contender is recovering from a surprise heart procedure. they say during a campaign event yesterday, sanders experienced chest discomfort. later, doctors found a blockage in his arteries and two stints were inserted. sanders is said to be in good spirits. you can go to our twitter feed for the latest updates. we'll have more local news coming up in an hour.

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