>> you feel that enough when you get pulled over. >> yes. have a great day. thanks for joining us. see you in half an hour for a local news update. good morning, drama on the hill, one of the key figures in the impeachment investigation, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine set to testify today. his text messages and conversations with president trump at the heart of the battle over a quid pro quo. the president fed up and frustrated. >> they want to impeach me because it's the only way they're going to win. they've got nothing. >> this morning, why he says it's time for republicans to step up and support him. devastation in dallas, crews raced to clean up and restore power after the city's worst tornadoes in half a century. one family forced to hide in a tiny crawl space just to

survive. >> then we got out and the real shocker was to look in the backyard, see no roof and no wall. >> while out west, a dangerous wildfire threatens homes and forces emergency evacuations in los angeles. the very latest and today's new threat of severe weather just ahead. breaking overnight, high stakes summit, turkey's president meets with russia's vladimir putin with that u.s. brokered cease-fire hanging in the balance, as more american troops leash syria, who will take control? we'll have a live report from the front lines. all that, plus the fight to end hazing, parents who have lost a child take their emotional battle to capitol hill this morning. nbc news exclusive. >> 19 1/2 hours, here we go. >> our journey aboard that record-breaking nonstop flight from new york to australia. why it could change the way you fly.

a force to be reckoned with. >> how are you doing cpo? >> taking one last look, sir, at my friend. >> the overnight release of the final "star wars" trailer has the internet ablaze and fans dreaming of a galaxy far far away, today, tuesday, october 22nd, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody, welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. thank you for joining us, i know somebody who's totally geeking out over the "star wars" thing, and her initials are savannah guthrie. >> i love it and the initials of cp30 had me very excited. i got chills. roker and i are nerding out. we're so happy. we're going to show you the whole trailer in a minute. let's get right to our top story of the day. another critical day of testimony on capitol hill in the impeachment inquiry, a key figure in the ukraine controversy is ready to sit down and tell congress what he knows

and the president is taking new aim at the democrats behind the investigation and republicans for not sticking up for him. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker with the latest on all of it. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you. president trump is fighting on multiple fronts, forget another day. he's calling on republicans to get tougher to defend his presidency, and bracing for what could be a pivotal day of testimony on capitol hill. in just hours, one of the key figures in the ukraine controversy is expected to take the hot seat. bill taylor is the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, and his text messages will likely be front and center on capitol hill today. in one, taylor wrote it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. that message sent to the top eu ambassador, gordon sondland back in september. sondland responded more than four hours later, the presidential has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. sondland recently testified he was directed by the president to

write just that and does not know why the aid was held up. the president taking new aim at the entire investigation. >> pelosi, shifty schiff, schumer, these people are trying to destroy the country. it's a very bad thing that they're doing. the president of the united states should be allowed to run the country, not have to focus on this kind of crap. >> reporter: it comes after the president called on members of his own party to do a better job defending him amid the intensifying investigations by house democrats. >> republicans have to get tougher and fight because the democrats are trying to hurt the republican party before the election. >> reporter: and he tried to rally his core supporters by warning impeachment could be inevitable. >> i think they want to, any democrat wants to because they're not going to beat me in the election. of course they want to impeach. why would they not want to impeach me. it's so illegitimate, it cannot be the way our great founders meant this to be.

>> reporter: adding to the anxiety inside the white house, some republicans have been sharply critical. >> we certainly can't have presidents asking foreign countries to provide something of political value, that is, after all against the law. >> reporter: prompting the president to lash out, accusing republicans of failing to out match democrats. >> i think they're lousy politicians, but two things they have, they'rcious, and they stick together. they don't have mitt romney in their mitts. >> reporter: as for ambassador taylor he will testify behind doors. taylor is viewed as a high eye that may raise eyebrows. >> kristen, on the issue of the president's choice to have the g7 summit at one of his own resorts. he later cancelled that decision. i know you have more of the back story, what led up to it. >> reporter: that's right.

the president has been defiant in defending his position to have the g7 summit at his resort in doral, florida, missing concerns that it would violate the emoluments clause, that would prohibit people from profiting off the presidency. >> they say you'll get promotion, you don't think i get enough promotion? i get more promotion than any human being that's ever lived. i don't think you people with this phoney emoluments clause, and by the way, i would say that it's cost me anywhere from 2 to $5 billion to be president, and that's okay. >> reporter: and nbc news has learned the president suddenly changed course and decided to pull the plug on doral late saturday after hearing from a group of house republicans who were meeting at camp david who were opposed to the idea. that's according to two sources in the room. savannah. >> kristen welker, thank you very much. also this morning, parts of the south are bracing for even more severe weather. the system responsible for those devastating tornados in texas that destroyed homes and schools and knocked out power to tens of thousands, well, that is not

moving toward the east coast. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in dallas. hey, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this was the strongest october tornado in dallas county in half a century. just look at all this all this devastation. the ef-3 tornado crossed two major interstates and slammed a populated area amazingly, no one was seriously injured and the storm system turned deadly in two other states this morning, a severe weather system barrels east, a trail of destruction stretches nearly 20 miles across densely populated dallas. >> we just heard the winds very loud, and then everything went crazy. >> reporter: the national weather service now says this was an ef-3 tornado, packing winds up to 140 miles an hour. incredibly no one was seriously injured. >> and the glass came in this way? pearl huddled with his family in

the bedroom. >> he just grabbed the bed and put it on top of us and that's when everything started popping into the room. >> reporter: desperate residents are now packing up what they have left. >> everybody is scrambling as you can see, trying to get their few belongings and don't know where to go. >> reporter: the system turned deadly as it tore across other states toppled trees killed at least two people in oklahoma and arkansas two others died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a for tens of power outage tornadoes touched down in missouri and tennessee crews dangled from helicopters as they rushed to restore power for thousands. >> the lights went out and just like that, the winds just ripped and when they whipped, we knew something was seriously going on >> reporter: frank mcgovern and his family dove into this tiny crawl space just in time. >> then we got out and the real shocker was to look in the backyard, see no roof and no wall, and to see all of the lightning and the flashing and everything was going on. it was pretty impressive

it was a memory i will never lose >> reporter: and how thankful are you to have made it out of that crawl space >> guardian angels. >> reporter: this is all that's left of frank's home the family says that they're trying to salvage what they can, but this is likely a total loss. be closed today. and thousands of people are still without power. savannah and hoda. >> all right, dave, thank you very much. and al's going to give us his forecast to let us know where that storm is headed. >> remarkably, grateful for his life, what really really matters. we move to the crisis in syria, the cease-fire negotiated by the u.s. is set to end today, and in the meantime, turkey' president and russia's vladimir putin are coming face-to-face today for a high stakes summit on the situation there nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in northern syria with all the latest richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, everyone here is

watching the clock to see if this cease-fire holds or if turkey will resume its military assault on the kurds who say that president trump doesn't seem to care if they live or die. this morning around 80,000 children the un now says are among hundreds of thousands of kurds forced from their homes by the turkish military assault president trump effectively allowed to happen. as u.s. troops in syria leave, many heading for iraq, they're leaving behind the kurds, close u.s. allies who say they now face ethnic cleansing. u.s. officials tell nbc news the white house is considering leaving a small number of american troops in northern syria to protect oil fields. >> we have a small group there, and we've secured the oil. other than that, there's no reason for it in our opinion.

>> reporter: while president trump focuses on syria's oil, turkey and russia are focused on carving up the whole country turkey's president erdogan meeting this morning with vladimir putin in sochi. they're expected to divvy up zones in syria where russian and syrian government troops would have control and others where turkey plans to settle millions of syrian arab refugees displacing the kurds the kurds fear this could be the end for them in northern syria their homeland we have been following marad, a teacher for two years. before she was hopeful for a future with american protection. now -- >> you promised us to help us but you betrayed us. >> reporter: now, she's burying her neighbors, and worries kurds will be burying more as the u.s. brokered cease-fire expires tonight. >> i know you'll be watching to see how things take place there. on another topic, the pentagon

reportedly taking precautions in afghanistan in response to the administration's decisions to what happened in syria how does this all fit together >> reporter: well, of course the pentagon is taking precautions because president trump seems to be making radical military moves in a completely erratic fashion, pulling troops out of here without a plan, so obviously they have to have this contingency, what if tomorrow president trump decides to tweet that all american troops are going to suddenly leave afghanistan which by the way would mean the fall of afghanistan and the rise of the taliban there, and just one more indication of how erratic the military decision making is right now, the defense secretary said that most of the troops leaving here are going to be moving to iraq so they can defend iraq, and fight isis. today, the iraqi military said that's not the plan and that u.s. troops cannot stay in the country, only transit through. >> richard engel in northern syria for us, thank you. >> craig joins the table now,

breaking story to our neighbors up north >> yeah, hoda, savannah. good morning justin trudeau has won a second term as prime minister of canada, overcoming scandals that tarnished his image as a liberal icon trudeau's party took the most seats in parliament, but failing short of a majority meant they liberals would have to form with the opposition to pass legislation. >> regardless of how you cast your ballots, ours is a team that will fight for all canadians. >> trudeau told supporters it has been the greatest honor of his life to serve in the past. also, this morning, there are new developments in the fatal accident involving the wife of an american diplomat overnight, british authorities announced they plan to send investigators here to the u.s. to interview her nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has more on this one. good morning. >> anne sacoolas has admitted she was driving on the wrong side of the road when she killed a british teenager on his motorcycle

but she anger eed many when she left the country declaring diplomatic immunity. there are calls for her to return to the uk and stand trial. british police investigating the death of teenager harry dunn, announced they plan to travel to the u.s. to interview the woman who is responsible. >> the suspect has cooperated fully with the police and with the authorities. she has also requested to be interviewed by british police officers under caution in the united states. >> reporter: anne sacoolas, the wife of an american diplomat admits she killed the teen in a wrong-way crash in august, but says she had no time to react because it happened so fast. just weeks after the accident, sacoolas returned to the u.s. saying it had become too difficult for her family to remain in the small community where the accident happened. but her claim of diplomatic immunity sparked an international uproar british prosecutors have not said whether they would recommend charges in the case.

>> we continue to urge u.s. authorities and the individual in question to fully cooperate with the investigation >> reporter: overnig, the british foreign secretary saying they objected to her leaving the country and announced a new review of immunity regulations for all american personnel >> i do not believe the current arrangements are right and a review will look at how we can make surthherrangement cannot be used in this way again. >> reporter: just last week, harry dunn's parents met with president trump at the white house, urging him to help return sacoolas back to the uk. >> i felt the sincerity but all i can do is hope that will be carried forward. >> reporter: president trump revealing during that sit down with the family that sacoolas was actually in the next room and wanted to meet with them, but dunn's parents declined. >> i don't think it would have gone too well. >> reporter: in a letter from her legal team, sacoolas said she was terribly sorry for the tragic mistake, adding she wants to meet with the family to apologize and take

responsibility but the dunn family says that can only happen if she returns to the uk to face justice. overnight, a spokesperson for the dunn family tells nbc news they had thought the investigation was actually complete but had not been given official word back we reached out to a representative for anne sacoolas and the state department but have not heard back. >> miguel, thank you. firefighters in los angeles are still battling a brush fire this morning that threatened multimillion-dollar homes and prompted investigations. this happened in pacific palisades, flames blackened 40 acres. crews and helicopters attacked that fire in a difficult to access hillside area no structures have been destroyed and the evacuation orders have now been lifted. time now to turn to mr. roker for his forecast hey, al. >> hey, guys, good morning the evacuation orders may go back into effect as we get, we have right now high fire danger,

red flag warnings, high fire watches for 23 million people. we're going to look in more detail in the next hour. we're watching this line of showers and thunderstorms, same line that triggered the tornadoes back through texas and the plains we right now have a risk for storm hazards stretching from cape hatteras, raleigh, wilmington, all the way down to jacksonville can't rule out a tornado or two. rainfall amounts generally going to be anywhere up to 1 to 2 inches, especially as you get to northern new england and back to the west, we're going to be looking at problems as well. we're looking at strong winds bringing cold air, 18 million people at risk for gusts of up to 65 miles per hour scattered power outages, the strongest october storm since 2012 and with those winds come airport delays minneapolis, st. paul and chicago, for gusty winds and here in the east, new york, washington, d.c. later this evening, the clouds and heavy rain, raleigh for severe storms. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out our high temperatures today, it's going to feel more like summer, reaching into the mid 80s in the south bay, low 90s for the inland east bay, and we'll see some low 90s also in parts of the north bay. then tomorrow, we'll have a high fire danger, so fire weather watch going up for elevations above 1,000 feet, and that continues into thursday, as we get some gusty winds and look at how hot it's going to be, reach in the low 90s and gradually cooling off for the weekend. and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al, thank you.

coming up, the battle to end hazing on college campuses, led by the parents of a penn state student who died. today they're going to take that fight all the way to capitol hill. we've got a live report. and an nbc exclusive on a record breaking flight, 19 hours, nonstop, from new york to and an nbc exclusive on a record breaking flight, 19 hours, nonstop, from new york to australia. tom costello was the only american tv reporter on board. he's going to tell us all about it but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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good morning. 7:26. i'm marcus washington. this morning, we still don't know if pg&e will follow through on its plan to possibly cut power again to tens of thousands of bay area homesnd businesses. pg&e is saying that the shutoffs would be necessary to reduce wildfire risk. right now, they notified about 200,000 customers in 16 counties which you can see in the yellow on the map. a closer look at where people in the north bay are being notified including parts of napa and sonoma counties. also here is another map of the potential impact on the peninsula. those outages may happen as soon as tomorrow. right now let's look at the forecast and kari, those higher temperatures and possible wind could cause those blackouts. >> so that's the reason why we are expecting a high fire

danger, and we are starting out on what will be a very warm day, some clear skies, looking live in san francisco, we're heading up to 77 degrees, and look at how warm it will be by this afternoon. reaching into the upper 80s and low 90s for the inland valleys. over the next several days, it just gets hotter and the winds will pick up, starting tomorrow, continuing through thursday. by friday it's still very warm but the winds will gradually subside and we'll have some cooler air moving in by the end of the weekend, into early next week. we'll be watching out for that fire danger. mike, right now watching the roads. >> kari i'm watching the bay bridge improve on this early disabled vehicle cleared from the fifth lane, actually that's one of the cash lanes moving very nicely off the left approach. mid span we do have another fender bender reported but not a lot of slowing, it's all the way through the berkeley, look at the red stretch westbound 80 from richmond to the backup at the bay bridge, that's a tough one. the rest of the bay looks good for a tuesday. 880 still slow from between the bridges there.

other side the peninsula moves nicely, slowing north 101 as you get toward san mateo. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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>> just the music alone. >> and lando is back. >> i know! nerd fest 2019 will continue in a little bit. first, though, let's get you caught up on your headlines on this tuesday morning. here's some of the stories we're following. one of the key figures in the ukraine controversy will testify in the house impeachment inquiry. bill taylor came out of retirement to lead the u.s. embassy in ukraine, his text messages will likely be front and center on capitol hill, and one of those text messages he wrote, it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. today's testimony will happen behind closed doors. an american airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled stop in ireland after a cleaning fluid spill left two crew members temporarily unconscious. the plane was traveling from london to philadelphia when the incident occurred, about an hour after takeoff. passengers complained of burning eyes and itchy skin. three people were taken to the hospital for treatment. the airline scheduled another flight to take passengers the

rest of the way. now to the fight to end a troubling problem on college campuses, parents who have lost children to hazing are in washington, d.c. today to push for a new law aimed at cracking down and hopefully ending the tragic incidents. nbc's geoff bennett joins us now from capitol hill. hey, geoff, good morning >> hey, hoda, good morning to you. for the past two decades at least one young man has died in connection with fraternity hazing when it's from alcohol poisoning or due to physical injuries. and now these families say they are trying to prevent what happened to their sons from happening to anyone else they are turning the personal devastation into meaningful change today on capitol hill, a spotlight on a troubling trend on college campuses, injuries and even death from fraternity, sports and student organization hazing it's a persistent problem. already this semester, fraternities have been suspended at florida state, brown and ohio university which has now suspended all of its fraternities after allegations of hazing against seven

chapters. >> it really targets. >> reporter: for jim and evelyn piazza, it's personal. >> it's really hard but if we don't do it, who will. it's not fair for us to put this off on the next family. >> reporter: in 2017, their son tim died after a hazing incident at the beta theta pi house on the campus of penn state university security camera footage played in court captured fraternity members giving piazza 18 alcoholic drinksn less than 90 minutes. he drunkenly fell down the stairs and fell that led to injuries that led to his death just two days later. tim piazza was just 19 years old. after the incident, penn state permanently banned the chapter and the piazza family reached a settlement with the fraternity's national organization. since then they have become fierce advocates in the anti-hazing movement speaking out at college campuses, addressing the incident at a

town hall here on "today." >> this is important because the legislation is about holding the schools accountable. >> reporter: earlier this year, the penn state established the timothy piazza center. for fraternity and sorority research and reform. >> if we had known the fraternity our son chose had been booted for hazing a couple of years prior, we probably would have said, maybe not a good choice for you. >> reporter: and now the piazzas are among a group of families pushing members of congress to support the end all hazing act >> this legislation will bring transparency and transparency creates accountability to the universities and to the students >> reporter: the bill supported not only by parents but by many fraternity groups as well. >> the common enemy is hazing here we know that this is a campus problem and the parents the fraternities, sororities out there, we are trying too lead and make a difference. >> i want everyone, especially the students, to see that this is the damage that can be done this is what will happen to your mom and your dad and to your

family >> so geoff what kind of legislative support do these parents need to get that bill passed >> reporter: well, craigs right now, they're looking for bipartisan support in the senate, if they accountant to have a shot at getting a law on the books. right now, these families say they have the democratic and republican support, theyeed in the house, but here's the deal, right now, anthazings ry from state to state, and these families say that's why a federal law is so crucial to increase accountability and transparency across the board. so that is the clear and urgent message these families plan to bring to lawmakers today when they canvas capitol hill, guys >> geoff bennett for us on the hill there geoff, thanks. still ahead, what people are saying about prince harry's and meghan's candid confessions about struggles with life in the royal spotlight. and then you get restless on a four or five-hour flight well, imagine one that lasts 19

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welcomback, we are back with in-depth today and a very very very long journey. >> as we mentioned yesterday, qantas airways just broke the record for the longest flight ever, 19 hours nonstop, and guess who was on it, nbc's tom costello, actually the only american broadcaster on board, he's with us now from sydney, tom, 19 hours on a plane, a lot of netflix. i would have had couple of drinks how are you doing? how is your jet lag? >> yeah. >> reporter: well, actually mine's not bad i managed to make it through, but listen, if you were in economy and this had been a full flight, it could have been brutal this is one of several research flights that qantas is putting together to see whether pilots and passengers can handle this long of a flight

sydney is 15 hours ahead of the east coast so, it is tuesday night here, going into wednesday morning, and the jet lag can be brutal. >> you'll see, actually. you'll be going to the right >> thank you >> 19 1/2 hours, here we go. >> reporter: there were only 49 of us on board this qantas research flight. destination, down under. >> welcome aboard, this historic flight, sydney, linking these two great cities together. in one nonstop flight. >> 10,000 miles away, within just minutes we were airborne. >> takeoff time, 9:27 p.m. out of new york, 12:27 p.m. tomorrow in sydney. >> reporter: on board, university of sydney researchers monitoring the four pilots who are wearing eeg brain scan devices and light exposure meters even taking urine samples to check their melatonin levels >> what's your biggest concern >> making sure the pilots and crew are getting enough rest, getting enough nutrition, and

doing all the right things that are going to maintain their health and well-being on board such a long flight >> also on board, six frequent fliers, eager to avoid the jet lag hangover. >> that is the enemy i face, i get groggy and lazy and i don't want to do anything. >> the researchers have tricks up their sleeves, first, the plane is already on sydney time, not new york time, which means it's time for lunch, not dinner. >> they have come up with a menu to aleve the symptoms of jet lag. >> a spicy meal at 11:00 p.m. to keep everyone awake, while the lights stay on bright. then exercise, the "macarena" at 35,000 feet, even me on future 19-hour flights, quantas plans to give economy passengers more leg room and remove seats to create room for exercise >> we're really trying to trick our bodies. >> we are tricking our bodies at the moment, because we are flying with, we are delaying our sleep.

>> reporter: that is awfully difficult when it's way past your bedtime. 3:30 in the morning east coast time which means i have now been awake for 22 hours, and i really would love to go to sleep. of course, the pilots aren't doing the "macarena. they're taking turns sleeping in their private quarters government safety regulators would have to agree. >> we're testing out with the pilots how this works because we need to have the pilots from 20 hours to 22 hours, to 24 hours. >> and 24 hour duty days are brutal. i made it to 5:15 new york time, 8:15 p.m. sydney time, finally we get to sleep. >> on board, total darkness. passengers encouraged not to look at blue screens that can keep them awake. as we fly south off hawaii and towards fiji then, sunrise off the wing >> eight hours of sleep, 16 hours so far into this flight,

and we have three, four hours to go. >> definitely longer, so feeling a little more tired. but we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: researchers test passenger alertness and reaction times. >> compared to what i normally feel like on a super long flight, i feel better, and time will tell this afternoon. >> you'll get a magnificent view of the opera house, harbor bridge as we make our way down final approach. >> reporter: finally, 19 hours and 16 minutes later >> 759 wings 340 degrees. 5 knots. >> reporter: touch down in sydney so i got to tell you that qantas is talking about adding these flights in 2022, 2024, something like that, but they want to add business class seats because they think people will pay a premium to go nonstop and avoid that layover in los angeles. i'm not sure i would do this in economy, guys, to be honest with you. it wasn't bad, i really had no jet lag because i followed their

advice, i did the "macarena," changed my diet, slept eight hours flat, but in economy, i don't know, that would be tough. >> even with a little more leg room and putting your feet back, that's a long time. >> even an l.a. flight, economy is no bueno. >> but you save enough to not have to pay for a hotel room. >> and you get to do the "macarena" which you haven't done since the '90s. >> thank you, tom. >> thanks, tom >> how is the weather looking? >> it's looking all right. as we mentioned, 23 million people are under fire weather watches. we expect red flag warnings to go up, why, we're looking at low pressure coming out of canada, high pressure behind it dropping in, and that strong high pressure will build between this storm, and that's going to funnel in brutally strong winds, hot, dry, gusty winds roaring from the desert to the coast critical fire danger, plus add to that, temperatures way above normal, and single digit humidity and that's going to make by the end of the week for

a very dangerous fire situation. again, out in california that's what's going good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. our temperatures start to heat up today. we're looking at some low 90s for the inland valleys, some low 80s for oakland and san francisco today in the upper 70s. the high fire danger starts tomorrow for elevations above 1,000 feet and all of these areas shaded in orange. we'll see that continuing through thursday as our temperatures stay hot, highs inland in the low 90s, and then as we go into the weekend, it starts to cool off, but stays windy for san francisco. we're also going to be heating up into the mid 80s. that's your that's your latest weather, guys. >> all right from the weather to something else that we're going to need your expertise on here, sir. decoding the new "star wars" trailer that was released overnight. no surprise, already burning up the internet, but first, these messages

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week, and then cooling down for the weekend. we'll have more updates on the fire danger. headed over to mike, how is it looking on the roads? >> kari, the sun is so bright it shows off the webs parker the spider has been building and the backup on the toll plaza which should start to improve in a while. we just got word traffic alert cleared from san francisco, that crash at fremont cleared the roadway, improvement on the decline has to work back into the backup off of the maze, and now the east shore freeway which has been tough all morning out of richmond. everything else is okay. >> thanks, mike. happening now, people in parts of three bay area counties now awaiting word from pg&e on whether it will go ahead with plans to cut power for a second time this month. this is due to fire danger that is supposed to intensify over the coming days. of course we're monitoring the situation. on our twitter feed, we'll post the updates once pg&e provides one. and new call from governor newsom, a closer look at california's soaring gas prices in particular he wants to look

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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up in the hot seat, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine set to testify on capitol hill today as president trump ramps up his attacks on the impeachment investigation. >> these people are trying to destroy the country. >> where do things go from here, we're live with the latest. plus, the royal treatment, reaction pours in after prince harry and meghan markle get candid. >> each day as it comes. >> wt it means for their future as royals and harry's relationship with his brother. and simon says, music icon carly simon opens up about her unlikely friendship with jackie

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we are back with "today's" talker, some strong reaction to what prince harry and meghan markle are saying about royal life. >> sheinelle has more with this story. good morning, sheinelle. >> good morning to you guys. as we mentioned yesterday, that interview was surprisingly frank and open, especially for members of the royal family. and it has a lot of people wondering what's next for harry and meghan stunning comments from duchess meghan raising questions over their royal future. >> i don't know. just take each day as it comes. >> coming as the couple announced a six-week break starting around thanksgiving and spending some time in the states >> it's not enough to just survive something. right? that's not the point of life you've got to thrive >> and amid a lawsuit against the british tabloids over privacy. >> i will not be bullied into playing a game that killed my mom.

>> reporter: harry and meghan showing a transparency never seen before in the royal family. receiving mixed reviews both home and abroad. on instagram, fans writing, stay strong, millions of people love you all over the world and bravo for letting the world know you are still human thingshat create more press, drop your titles perhaps the biggest bomb shell, harry admitting reports of a rift with william. >> we'll always be brothers. we're certainly on different paths at the moment. i'll always be there for him he'll always be there for me as brothers you have good days, bad days. >> reporter: prince william reportedly worried about the couple and hoping they're all right. >> of course he's concerned. i think there has been suggestions william had been furious about the interview, and i think he understands that his brother has a right to express himself, and also talking about their mother, that's a shared legacy, and it can sometimes be a little awkward for william and kate who don't wear their heart

on their sleeves >> reporter: they wouldn't be closer as brothers, tragically losing their mother princess diana when he they were very young and with all the controversy and unwelcome scrutiny, there are moments of joy with baby archie stealing the show >> he was out looking out the window always doing something. >> he's the happiest here >> reporter: a happy child despite the troubles his parents are currently facing >> even though the couple is taking a break next month, right now they're still working. meghan is set to attend a ceremony at london's albert hall a little later tonight guys. >> sheinelle, thank you so much, and we're joined by victoria arbiter, an expert on the royals >> good morning. >> talking about this, it's so extraordinary to see harry and meghan be so raw it was really revealing. how is it going over, though, in the uk, how is it being received >> >> there's been a mixed reaction as you would expect. the royals are as divisive an institution as any other

there has certainly been a little sympathy. you have to have a heart of stone to not have somecoassion are talking about. the die-hard cynics saying you live in a palace, you have servants, you have all this wealth, robin williams, kate spade, these are people you think have everything, and yet, they were hurting inside >> one of the interesting parts was what seemed like a riff between the brothers, you never heard william and harry talk about each other we're on separate paths, we're still getting along. it did not look harmonious what's going on with the brothers >> a lot of people have jumped on the fact harry says we have good days, we have bad days, this is definitely open to interpretation i think he was trying to quash some of the rumors that he ther riff, but didn't outwardly say there's no rift, but at the same time, what siblings don't have some at some

point, particularly when they're under the spotlight with the pressures of the royal family on their shoulders as well. this is what everybody i talking about, and i think it's going to be really good for harry and meghan to just have some quiet time, some time out so they can regroup for 2020. >> this idea that some people can have talked about that harry and meghan could move, leave england and move to los angeles or south africa, is that even a remote possibility >> no, in a word, no meghan says in the documentary, she talks about the grass being greener and isn't that always the case, but it really comes down to logistics, it's not that they're banned from moving, who pays for security if they move to l.a does the american taxpayer pick that you? and harry and meghan as royals have responsibilities to the queen and the 16 nations for which she is head of state, america is not one of them and also, particularly with l.a., you're swapping one set of problems for another the paparazzi there are ruthless you can't publish pictures of celebrity or the royal children in uk. you can here where they're not chased in the uk in that regard, that would be something they would take on here. >> after the documentary, there

were rts in ths the es william and kate are worried about harry and meghan, that they're in this fragile place after the documentary. what do you make of those reports? >> i think anyone who watched harry and meghan would feel some element of concern, this interview was given while they're on the road, they're jet lagged, they've got a baby, talking to one of their best friends, tom bradley is a friend for years so they felt safe with him. >> i wanted to ask, if you could give perspective, this type of access to the royals is it unprecedented in the way they were so open>> i think being th, we haven't seen anything like this since princess diana's 1999 panorama, they felt safe with tom. but it still would have been preapproved, this line of questioning. they're not going to throw the questions out, and there's a team of advisers standing around as well. harry and meghan clearly felt like they needed to get something off their chest. >> they did. >> victoria, thank you. >> we're going to head now to mr. roker with a check of the

weather. hey, al. all right, guys, and as we look at what's happening around the country, the strongest weather is here in the east but we're going to be watching hot, dry, gusty winds out west caing fire problems,t's part of the problem there, 80s and 90s the temperatures out west 80s through texas. 80s down into florida and a little cooler as you get across the northern third of the country. strong winds developing alongside that system, making its way through the plains out of canada. severe storms along the eastern sea board, dry and breezy along the west coast, look for some october snows in the northern plains that's what's going on around good morning, i'm kari hall, here is a live look outside in san jose with sunshine. we're going to see our temperatures heating up again today into the upper 80s and the low 90s. and our high fire danger starts tomorrow and we will see that continuing into thursday and the next several days. hot weather will continue and starting to cool off as we go into the weekend.

that's your latest weather. >> all right al, thank you. turning now to what some would say is kind of an unlikely relationship. >> i was surprised to hear this, music legend, carly simon is out with a new book called "touched by the sun" about her relationship with jackie kennedy. she talked about it exclusively. with nbc's cynthia mcfadden. good morning >> good morning, everyone, it was john kennedy jr. who introduced his mother to carly simon at a restaurant in martha's vineyard. both had homes there, and for the last ten years of jackie's life, they were the best of friends says simon, and now, 25 years, can you believe it, after her friend's death, simon has written a remembrance, loving, yes, but also a bit shocking, in it intimacy about a woman who prized her privacy ♪ anticipation >> reporter: we're headed to

cay mon's home on martha's vineyard songs like "anticipation" has made her one of the greatest singer songwriters of our time ♪ these are the good old days". >> we arrived to find simon who suffers from stage fright, painfully anxious in anticipation of talking about her friend jackie kennedy onassis. >> i'm just so nervous sorry to be this way. >> maybe because it matters to you. >> it does matter. the idea of talking about jackie who's such an icon, she means so much to so many people, and if i didn't get it right, i would be really angry with myself. >> do you feel at all that you have violated a code of friendship with her by writing what you have written? >> you know, i just feel that way. that's probably what all my nerves are about. >> she has been dead for 25 years. it doesn't seem that way it seems as if she's living inside me, saying no, carly, don't tell >> reporter: but she does tell,

how jackie then an editor at doubleday in the 1980s called her and asked her to write an autobiography. >> i wrote about 80 pages and then i stopped, and i called her and said would you mind if i wrote children's books instead >> reporter: jackie agreed simon wrote two children's books, and in the process, the two women became friends simon in her 30s, and jackie, 16 years older. what did she see in you? >> something that she wanted to have a little bit of herself, a free spirit who had the license to be in a rock 'n' roll kind of way loose as a goose, i could smoke a joint if i wanted to she didn't have the license to be free. she was a naughty girl and she liked that in herself, and she liked it in other people >> reporter: you feel things about her and things about yourself that you have never -- or at least-i never heard you tack about before. you write about becoming too dependent on pills, about going to rehab, in fact, you had one phone call a day from the rehab facility and that phone call went. >> to jackie

she was like the mother i never had, and she was not judging me. >> reporter: your own mother, you write you know she loved you and you loved her back, but she was nut an easy person >> putting it mildly >> reporter: when you won the academy award, she said -- >> she said darling, that's so fantastic. congratulations. but there are so many other people who deserved it more. but you won. >> reporter: but that was not the way jackie interacted with you. >> she just loved you unconditionally. >> she wasn't easy to be close to i mean, di a wall, a barrier. >> there was a certain line that i couldn't cross, that i wouldn't cross, just out of being careful. i always had a list of things that i didn't want to have to mention. i mean, i would never bring up jfk. i would never bring up a lot of the subjects that we ended up talking about because she would bring them up. >> reporter: there's a really

stunning couple of photographs where she talks about aristotle onassis going off on her to visit with maria kalas these two photographs, really give a read. >> i thought i edited those out. she told me about how ari made excuses when he began toee maria llas in secret he wore a lot of cologne, as if it was the last stinky ride on his plane for six hours. i think he wanted me to know i wasn't everything to him, he didn't want to leave me completely, not entirely, in case i turned into the ideal mate he hoped he'd married >> reporter: that's a lot of acceptance >> she learned the fact that it didn't necessarily mean anything more than wham bam thank you, ma'am. >> reporter: you would say she was similarly unbothered by jack's affairs in a cheerful and resigned way, she told me, of course, she knew about them.

she just didn't mind her presence as much as she might have, because she knew he loved her much much more than any of the dalliances. >> some of the things had more effect on her than that, for instance, his not being there for the birth of a child, for his being off with a mistress while she was in the hospital. i mean, there are various things that he did that by comparison must have hurt more. >> reporter: and yet, she spent the rest of her public life devoted to the image she helped create of camelot. in 1994, somber crowds jammed the sidewalk outside jackie's new york city apartment as word spread that she was in the final stages of cancer she was only 64 years old. >> you take that as she's dying inside that apartment, inside her bedroom. seared in my brain what she looked like. she was so ravishing, and wearing this little handkerchief scarf, paisley scarf, on her

head and looking so beautiful. >> reporter: you had the chance to go in and sit by her bed and hold her hand. >> and told her i loved her. john was standing at the end of her bed with his hands neatly followed and maurice was there with his hands folded and they were both praying over her, the record of the gregorian chants was playing in the background. i couldn't believe that my friend was slipping away i wrote a song called "touched by the sun" about her. ♪ ♪ if you want to be brave". >> reporter: at the end of her life, jackie asked cary to perform that song in grand central station, a new york landmark jackie had helped save. two months after her death, simon did. >> isn't it amazing that we did it in that room. ♪ >> reporter: she was notoriously private. did you call caroline, did you call her daughter and say you were writing the book? >> no, i didn't.

i thought about it often and i thought, well, i'll wait until it's finished and then i'll show it to her, and if she objects to anything, i'll remediate. but i never did call her >> reporter: one of her labor day parties on her beach >> yes >> reporter: there are going to somebody some people who say you were her friend, she was private. and you have exposed some of her most private moments >> on the other hand, she would have been very interested in herself. and that goes along with her first mandate to me which was to write a memoir about the interesting people that i knew what better answer than to write about jackie ♪ touched by the sun >> the song "touched by the sun" and simon's book by the same name are released today. one last thing, carly says she and jackie often went thursday

afternoon in new york city to the movies jackie would hide out in the bathroom until carly arrived, and carly said she would go in to find her peeking under the lady's room stall until she found her little gucci >> cynthia, what a story i could have watched that for an hour more. >> we have hours more. it was incredible to be with her. you know, it's hard. she obviously cares a lot about how this is received, and yet she knows there are going to be critics. >> and you know what's funny, i was leaning on the critics side before i saw the story, and after you see it, and you feel like you see carly's heart i think it was beautiful wow. that was amazing. >> seems like it's a fitting tribute. >> cynthia, thank you. still ahead, we've got some adorable puppies, this is the second day we have had puppies we're going to help these puppies find their forever homes. >> and look who's with one of the cutis, pioneer woman ree

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how comfortable you travel is up to us. fly emirates. fly better. ♪ everybody it is 8:30 now, tuesday morning, it's the 22nd of october 2019. good crowd out here on our plaza. and we're so happy to be outside. oh, look at this little superhero. >> super fan. >> look at this. >> this may be the most beautiful plaza we have had in a little while i see drew brees down here too number 9 you know what else we have on the plaza, some adorable puppies, and you guys pay attention to these puppy, they are all up for adoption. we're going to tell you all about them they need homes, you guys, so let's check them out.

>> got to help them find their forever homes. also get ready for the ultimate comfort food this morning, the pioneer woman herself, ree drummond is here making lasagna two ways. >> we just watched the fascinating story cynthia did with carly simon, the whole interview is going to be on today.com. you got a check of the weather absolutely we are looking at severe storms in the east, especially moving later into the carolinas and the northeast, look for october snows in the plains, dry and breezy out west. tomorrow, the fire risk will be on the increase out in california, autumnal sunshine for much of the lower mississippi river valley snow showers through the plains, raw and rainy up through the northeast. that's what's going on around good morning, i'm kar eeri , temperatures are reaching the upper 70s. low 90s in the forecast for the inland areas. tomorrow our high fire danger begins for elevations above

1,000 feet as the winds pick up we'll have low humidity, to the weather continues on thursday and cools off for the weekend. we're coordinating today. >> i have actually been working on this series on climate change, and last night we got an exclusive look at dramatic installation combining art and science, simulating what our world might look like if sea level rise was up to 10 feet, it's a large scale light installation by a dutch artist and innovator, the art exhibit helped show the power of living with water this is really amazing imagine a world under water where seas have risen ten feet >> you forget you're in new york, it's very calming. >> that's what dutch artist and inventor daan roossegaarde is

creating. >> so right now, we are below sea level. so it's a combination of lenses which actually show how high water level will reach in the future if we're not more careful about our planet earth >> you know, we talk about sea level rise, and we give charts and figures and facts and they may not actually resonate with people >> the numbers and the science is incredibly important but i do think art is a trigger, an >> the installation at columbia university part of art of water, the brain show, carol becker dean of the school of arts >> how can we make people conscious of an issue, not just necessarily with data, with facts, you have to feel something to change consciousness. >> i think this forces you to think of that sea level rising, that climate change in a different light because all of a sudden you have a visual representation, this is where the water is going to be, this

is what is going to happen. if we don't change our habits. >> becker says at a time when weather is more extreme than any time in recent history, understanding the urgency of a changing climate is critical. >> we have to change the way we live we have this amazing planet. there isn't another for us >> and i think that's the beauty of art, that it can show a future world, and we can't imagine a better future, we won't get there. >> and waterlicht already has 15,000 people signed up to see it get more information on their website. it's running for the next three nights, even tonight when it's going to be raining, it will be special to see, because the water will actually look like diamonds >> art helping us learn a little bit more about science. >> thank you, al. we've got a plaza packed with puppies, and one of them, guys, could be yours, but first, this is "today" on nbc first, this is "today" on nbc.

pets on the plaza is created by our sponsor subaru who is proud to establish october 22nd as national make a dog's day we are in for a treat. pet expert, andrea arden here with some furry friends and what we need to know before we bring one home andrea, what are the most important things you need to know before you adopt a pet. >> probably one of the most important things is consider the make up of your family, especially if you have youngsters, if you do, you probably want to consider a dog who's at least 15 to 20 pounds and over 5 months old because young puppies can overwhelm youngsters, and youngsters can overwhelm small dogs. >> we know puppies go very quickly. as dogs age and cats as well, i'm sure they become harder to adopt. >> they do it's unfortunate that sometimes animals that are a little bit older are overlooked i think sometimes people think strongly that you can only bond with a puppy, and that's not true you can bond with a dog of any>

huge age. >> what about dogs in shelters, how important is that? >> you know, i'm obviously a huge proponent, you guys are as well of rescuing, you have a rescue dog i think what people need to consider when they rescue a dog, they're not just rescuing that dog, they're opening a spot in the shelter for the next dog and the next dog after that. >> and if you can't adopt, how can you help >> well, i volunteer you can donate and you can also foster. so if you say i can't make a long-term commitment, you can have a dog come in your home, and get them ready for their forever home. >> let's meet pups who need a loving home. animal rescue here in new york, and here we go >> this is truitt and tibor, the puppies are ridiculously adorable, especially these two, but i want people to remember, as cute as puppies are, i love puppies, they take a lot of work, and take a long time to be able to be part of the family and be house trained >> these are brothers from the same litter, how big are they going to be. >> low to the ground, 40 to 50 pounds easily, and they're hounds so might be a little

vocal. >> our next one. >> this is macy. >> please adopt macy, macy needs a home. >> macy lived in a shelter in california for three years, and you know, there's really nothing wrong with her she has what's called a sunken eye, it doesn't require any special needs other than obviously regular vet visits but she's a lovely little dog. super sweet. >> and she's been in the shelter for three years. she needs someone to take her home pick macy. >> make macy's day. >> this is bronx >> i like bronx. >> this is one of my favorites, sorry guys bronx is probably a yorky mix. the one issue that bronx has that makes him overlooked, he's 8 years old. >> he looks like a puppy. >> and he does have a condition

called dry eye, what that means is that regular vet visits and you'll have to make sure you put drops in his eye every day and he likes being held. you'll have to be willing to hold him a lot. >> andrea, thank you so much if you want to adopt one of these gorgeous pups, we have information on our web site today.com, and you can also join the fun by uploading a photo of you and your pup using the hash tag, make a dog's day. we should also mention our sponsor, subaru will donate up to $250,000 to the aspca in e honor of national make a dog's day. and just ahead this morning, we've got comfort classics from the pioneer woman, ree drummond. she's here with two unique twists on a family favorite. we all love a little lasag, we also love thnaes

this morning on "today," lasagna, layers of pasta meat sauce, creamy cheese, lasagna is one of the ultimate comfort foods.

get ready for something a little new. ree drummond has created two recipes, they're going to become your favorites, the latest is the pioneer woman cooks, the new frontier good morning. >> hi, savannah. >> it's good to see you. you're doing something different with lasagna which is risky. >> it's a little risky but when you see the recipes, you'll understand like to mash things up you don't like to make lasagna over and over, so we are going to make shrimp scampi lasagna rollups. >> i like it >> so, i took some shrimp and butter, onion, garlic and a little thyme and chopped it up i'm going to make a shrimpy cheesy filling this is cream cheez, ricotta and egg and parmesan >> what could go wrong. >> sign me up. >> i'll let you stir this together, and i'm going to start on the white sauce, my new cook book has lots of fun recipes like this. >> i like that it's different. >> buffalo chicken quesadillas, for instance, i have two teenage

boys at home my girls grew up and left me smeen so mean. >> have those brutes at home to feed. >> still have charlie the dog? >> charlie is not with us anymore but i have walter and i have a couple of other bassets running around. >> the whole crew is like savannah, how could you ask that. >> no, it's okay, charlie lives on in his book. >> we read his book all the time >> i love hearing that that's all stirred together and i'm making a beautiful white sauce and i started with the roux and it has cream and milk and so you cook and cook and cook. >> you're trying to thicken it up, right. >> thicken it up >> is that thick enough or not really. >> this looks great. this isn't quite there, but i have already finished. i'm going to have you help me build a rollup >> okay. >> this is the filling you just stirred together take about a generous third cup and put it on the end. >> it's the whole thing is in here, our shrimp, our

everything >> these are cooked lasagna noodles. i cook them about half the time that the package says, and then just roll it up. hence the name, lasagna rollup >> they're so cute and pretty. >> amazing. >> are you dying. >> yes, i'm dying. >> between this and a lasagna. >> good point, that's exactly what it is, and then i always put the seam side down. >> to make it look pretty. >> i poured the white sauce in the bottom of the dish, and i'll let you pour the rest of it all over. >> am i pouring or drizzling >> no, pour that in there. >> look at that creamy. >> isn't that gorgeous and top with mozzarella, and you can see the finished dish with parsley on top >> that doesn't look crazy difficult either. >> it's not, my daughter who lives in dallas saw my new cook book, and she says when i come home, will you make me the shrimp scampi lasagna roll up. >> why not, look at it i want to taste this . >> that's lasagna one way. >> this shocked me, lasagna soup.

>> it's earth shattering, it's beautiful. it started with ground beef, sausage, onion, garlic, thyme, oregano, i cooked it, and then added -- >> oh, my god. try that delayed reaction so good. >> take your time. and just turned it into a really delicious whole tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, and you can see the whole tomatoes, actually like to let them cook down a little bit, and break them up because they're softer when i try to squeeze them with my hand, winds up in my eye or on my shirt, which is worse. >> exactly you browned up the beef, and then you put it in. >> drain the excess fat, and turn it into a beautiful soup, and then i cooked some broken up lasagna noodles. >> down at the bottom, it's like a hub. >> it is really good point. >> what about the cheese, where's the cheese >> okay, so, once you simmer

away the soup and the noodles are perfect, i make this ricotta dumpling mixture and all it is, i ricotta, parmesan, salt and pepper, basil and parsley. stir it together and then when you serve up the soup, you just put little dollops right in the middle and it's just, if the soup is really piping hot, the ricotta dumpling melts into it. >> can i come over to your house, ree, is this what we make there because it sounds fab. >> bring your kids, and lad will put them to work on the ranch. >> i love it thank you so much. >> it's amazing. >> which one do you like better. >> i like the soup it's crazy >> we're torn, can you tell? >> i vote for soup >> you know what, and then you get shrimp on this one. >> the shrimp scampi flavor is in there. >> that's next level >> i get bored really easily, so i have to have some fun in the kitchen. >> thank you so much, ree, i know you're coming back for the fourth hour, more food find all of these recipes at today.com/food, and for more on ree's book, go to

today.com/shop. country star chris janson has been watching us make and eat this lasagna, first, "today" on nbc his lasagna, first, "toda" on nbc.

the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. "rolling stone" called platinum selling artist chris jansing a living legacy in the making chris just released his album called "real friends he's here to perform the single which is so awesome. it will put you in a good mood called "good vibes." which happens to be number one on the country billboard charts. this is your third number one.

>> it is thank you so much, and thanks for having us. >> i loved "buy my boat" i didn't realize it was on an independent label. >> we didn't have a record deal when i wrote that song, and it got played and a month later we were fully secured with warner brothers and on the way, and then my staff, and we worked really hard to take it to number one. that was my first number one but at that point we were just doing what the working people have to do, you just write songs until you get the right one, and then it happens, and then, you know, god blesses it, and you just make it. >> "good vibes" is an awesome tune it literally tells people like look at the good stop looking at all the negative noise that is out there. did you cowrite this with blake? >> no, in fact, i haven't written with blake i am friends with blake, and i asked him to be on the title, hence the real friends title there he is, kissing me, that's a blake thing. he kisses me every time he sees me the "good vibes" we were grumbling being normal humans and i said good vibes, only, and that's what changed the whole narrative. >> if everybody followed the lyrics in the song, we would be in the best mood you're going to sing "good

vibes" for us. >> yes, okay, chris, take it away it away ♪ well i ain't watching tv toda bad news it can just stay away ♪ ♪ if you don't have anything good to say then shut your mouth ♪ ♪ i got my windows down and the blinders on radio set to my favorite song ♪ ♪ all green lights on the road i'm on man there ain't no doubt i'm getting them good vibes ♪ ♪ i'm living this good life i'm breathing on god's time ♪ ♪ and i ain't going to waste on breath i'm soaking it all up ♪ ♪ i got me a full cup there ain't nothing going to spill it, nothing going to kill it waving

them worries good-byes i'm feeling them good vibes, anybody ♪ ♪ feeling the good vibes today. i ain't trying to hear the negative i'm just trying to change the narrative ♪ ♪ it's simply imperative that w all have a damn good time ♪ ♪ i'm getting these good vibes, i'm living this good life ♪ ♪ i'm breathing on god's time and i ain't going to waste one breath ♪ ♪ i'm soaking it all up, i've got me a full cup ♪ ♪ nothing going to kill it waving these worries good-bye i'm feeling these good vibes ♪ ♪ i good girl she got a good smile i kiss her good morning i kiss her good night ♪ ♪ we keep it on the up that's how we get down but don't be coming around ♪ ♪ unless you got these good vibes i'm living this good

life ♪ ♪ i'm breathing on god's time i ain't going to waste one breath ♪ ♪ i'm soaking it all up i got m a full cup ♪ ♪ there ain't nothing going to spill it nothing going to kill it ♪ ♪ waving them worries good-bye i'm feeling these good vibes ♪ ♪ yeah oh i'm feeling these goo vibes all right boys, let's do this ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. >> thank you

>> come on, man, you just lifted the mood in this place >> harmonica in here >> that was awesome, and you are going to be back in the fourth hour, you're doing another song. >> absolutely. >> what are you singing for us. >> "done" the new single thank you very much. so we'll have more, coming up in the fourth hour, first, though, third hour, oscar winner tim robbins talking about his new project. also in the third hour, we've got a big world series, if you want to tune in for this, if you're a world series fan. good .

i )m - -... still no confirmation from p-g-and-e this morning .. on whether it )ll follow through on the plan to cut power again very good morning to you, still no confirmation from pg&e this morning if they will continue the plan to cut power this morning. they say the shutoffs would be necessary for wild fire risks. right now they're notifying 200,000 customers.

take a closer look at where people in the north bay are being notified including parts of napa and sonoma county. the outages may happen as soon as tomorrow. happening tomorrow pete is talking to concerned neighbors that are facing uncertainty. we will postupdates on our website. sdwlrchlgts and looking at the cost of premium fuels, why the state attorney general is being asked to get involved. jimmy carter in the hospital this morning. on our home page you can link to the full story. a local weather update in about an hour.

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live from live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza this is the third hour of "today." >> good tuesday morning. welcome to the third hour of "today." enjoying a week's worth of vacation, well deserved. >> it looks like picture day. >> you have the blue. >> we're coordinating. you guys ask us sometimes if we coordinate but say we all wear orange yesterday. then you do something else so you end up kind of coordinating without trying. >> we spend so much time together. >> it's is vulcan mind