good morning. breaking overnight, california on fire. wildfires raging in the northern and southern parts of the state. tens of thousands forced to run for their lives. millions preparing to go without power. and more high winds in the forecast, expected to make that bad situation even worse. this, as a powerful storm system pounds the gulf coast, triggering a tornado in alabama and bringing heavy rain that could cause devastating floods. we're live with the latest. trouble for president trump. a major win for house democrats. federudge ruling the impeachment inquiry is legal, even as the president dismisses the whole thing.

>> in america, you're innocent until proven guilty. and we don't have investigations in search of that crime. and in a stark about-face, his defense secretary says that troops that were supposed to leave syria will now be staying put. back home, felicity huffman out of prison, after being released days early. what that says for huffman and lori las vegoughlin and her hus. maria butina arrives back in moscow this morning. window washer scare. a terrifying scene after high winds blew in scaffolding around. and astronomical. the houston astros roar back against the nationals in game three of the world series. houston, now, one game away from

evening that series, making tonight an epic game four showdown. today, saturday, october 26th, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with sheinelle jones, peter alexander and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. >> i have to say, watching that clip, i'm happy that we're ready for an epic showdown. i think it makes it exciting. >> this good news, that this has gone to a game five that i have tickets for. this was the first world series game in washington since 1933. didn't end the way they wanted it to. back in '33, tickets sold 3 bucks to 6 bucks. >> the standing room tickets cost over $900. that's how good a game is going to be. >> i did not pay that much. this will be a good one to

watch. we want to get to the top story. the raging wildfires across california. it is a devastating scene that is expected to get much worse this weekend, with potential hurricane-force winds in the forecast. nbc's sam brock is in northern california this morning with more. sam, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. that is exactly right. it is bad now. the kincaid fire has already gone through 23,000 acres. it destroyed 49 structures, including 29 homes like this one in geysersville. property and cars are obliter e obliterated. the goal is to prevent devastation like this. an uphill battle being faced by firefighters. fires are feasting on the state of california. >> it's going to be fine. >> by 2:00, it was right on top of us, in our backyard, the front yard, everything was burning. >> reporter: just north of l.a.,

the tick fire tearing into neighborhoods and forcing 50,000 evacuations, some under extreme duress. then, later, jumping a highway on the back of 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. and in the bay area -- >> i don't call it fall anymore. i call it fire season. >> reporter: a bad case of deja vu for sonoma county residents. >> we got a bang on the door at 5:30 in the morning, saying get out, quick, fire. >> we've been preparing for this moment for two years. >> right. >> reporter: this is the head of the fire that first responders are trying to smother with air drops. that's only possible because winds have dipped for the time being. the strongest winds of the season expected this weekend. the kincaid fire north of san francisco, flared up all afternoon, forcing its way into a neighborhood at one point, leading to a scare involving firefighters and local residents. >> respond to the pain flat road area for shelter deployment for

civilians. >> reporter: in the middle of fie fiery chaos, the second part of a double-whammy. the power about to be pulled for 2 million people, a record figure. >> this will be a long duration and potential extreme historic event across the north bay. >> reporter: the company's equipment has been linked to several previous devastating fires and is being investigated with this one. with columns of smoke still growing, ay unwelcome sight, as residents hold their breath for the next batch of severe weather. and there were warnings for a dozen or so neighborhoods just north of here. we talk about the power. many people in sonoma county just getting power restored now. but a posbility that a good chunk, perhaps a million people, about to go dark. peter and sheinelle? >> sam brock on the ground. thank you. let's bring in maria la

rosa, in for dylan. talking about the weather and the stheast this morning. >> incredible extremes on the weather map. extreme long duration. that's what we're facing in california. winds picking up tonight. through tomorrow, gusts 80 miles per hour, 90 miles per hour. that will make it to places like san francisco. across southern california, the fire threat continues there into monday. it's the heat and damaging winds. it's torrential rain and severe weather across the gulf coast and parts of the south. take a look. tornado touched down in mobile, alabama. it ripped through this mobile home park. downed trees. homes were destroyed. luckily, no reported injuries. unfortunately, we will continue to see the severe weather threat because of tropical storm olga. all of the moisture, regardless

of the designation, moving up into the ohio valley. ahead of it, thunderstorms in the south and downpours through michigan. some areas picking up with three inches of rainfall in an hour's time. not surprising to see some of the rainfall totals we expect through sunday. some areas picking up closer to five inches of rainfall. and this is going to create major problems for travel, not just through tonight but also tomorrow, as the storm system pushes to the east. airports like new york and washington, d.c., a big heads-up tomorrow evening. pete cent peter? >> challenging weekend for so many. let's turn to the white hou house. a judge ruled that the impeachment investigation is legal. hans nichols is following that for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. today, congress is taking testimony in its first saturday

impeachment session. a day after a federal judge ruled that the impeachment inquiry was legal, rejecting claims it needed a full vote in the house to be legitimate. all as president trump compares his impeachment ordeal to historic injustice endured by african-americans. donald trump received a political blow when a judge ruled that the impeachment progress was viewed legal. a house resolution has never in fact been required to begn an impeachment inquiry. the judge wanted to rule to see the evidence from the robert mueller investigation. then, visiting a historically black college in south carolina, where he compared his impeachment fight to the criminal injustice endured by african-americans. >> i have my own experience. you see what's going on with the

witch hunt. >> reporter: touting his record on reform, while saying he was treated unfairly. >> we don't have investigations in search of that crime. >> reporter: the president on defense, as his justice department goes on offense, opening a criminal inquiry, disclosed thursday night into the orr gigins of the mueller investigation. >> if somebody has nothing to hide they have nothing to worry about. >> reporter: with more congressional subpoenas issued, the attorneys for the original whistleblower claim in a "washington post" op-ed, that their client's identity is no longer relevant, as the president braces for the publication of anonymous next month. it claims the truth about the president must be spoken. we may get another legal decision soon. the former deputy national security as visor has asked the court to decide if he should testify in the impeachment

inquiry. congress has issued a subpoena for him but the white house told him not to testify. what he is doing is asking the judicial branch to be the umpire. >> hans nichols at the white house this morning. thank you. we want to bring in nbc news analyst and white house reporter ashley parker. she is one of the moderators of next month's presidential debate hosted by msnbc and "the washington post." ashley, good morning. congratulations. >> thank you. >> we heard from the president. he has been decrying that the impeachment inquiry is partisan and a sham, as well. but the president has said, behind closed doors, this is a real perilous moment for his presidency right now. a federal judge ruling that the impeachment inquiry is valid, is legal. what level of concern is there inside the west wing? >> there's deep concern inside and outside the west wing from people that understand that you just can't fight this the way the president has so far, via

tweet and in the court of public opinion. they want to see a real strategy. they want to see a war room. they want to see changes made and discipline instilled. >> a parade of current and former officials have gone up to capitol hill, testifying before impeachment investigators, despite the white house's best efforts to try to block these individuals. now, we're learning that the attorney for the former supreme court adviser, john bolton, has been in talks with the committees, a well. how important would bolton's testimony be here? >> it would be incredible credible and damaging. this is his former national security adviser. he was in key meetings. and he was someone, inside the white house, was sounding the alarm, very uncomfortable, described the ukraine dealings as a drug deal and is eager to share his side of the story. >> as we set the clip and the piece to set this up, the president on the south lawn

said, he doesn't need a team. he is the team. you talk about the frustrations of the president's allies. but also senate republicans that are expressing frustrations, as well, these days, aren't they? >> they sure are. you heard lindsey graham say that bill clinton was able to focus on impeachment, because he stayed focused on governing. that's why they want a war room, so he can govern and the team can fight this on all fronts. >> ashley parker, thank you very much. the defense secretary announced that u.s. troops that were supposed to head home will be staying in syria to protect the oil field from isis. cou courtney is in iraq. >> reporter: hi, sheinelle. it seems like the military situation in syria changes every

few days, leaving the troops wondering what's next for them. this morning, more confusion about the future of u.s. troops in syria. president trump tweeting friday, oil is secured. our soldiers have left and leaving syria for other places and then coming home. we're bringing our soldiers home. isis secured. minutes later, trump's secretary of defense, mark esper, says the u.s. will reduce its overall presence in syria but some troops will stay behind. >> we're taking some actions. i'm not going to get into the details to strengthen our position to deny isis access to the oil fields. >> reporter: the u.s. is also considering sending armored vehicles, including tanks, to guard the oil fields, possibly a sign that military leaders are concerned about a confrontation with adversaries more heavily armed than isis, including russia or the syria regime who hold the area bordering the oil fields. guarding oil is a deporarture fm

the long-standing mission in the region. after the withdrawal of most u.s. troops earlier this month, the mostly kurdish sdf, are now left to fight isis alone. the u.s. partnering with them, only to guard the oil fields in their region. u.s. military officials here insist their mission is to defeat isis. but they're doing it, now, by denying them revenue from the oil fields, and thereby cutting off money that may allow them to attack the west. but what's unclear is exactly how the u.s. military will guard the oil fields. a couple of weeks ago, the u.s. had about 1,000 troops in syria. we don't know how many troops have left, how many may remain behind or how many more may deploy into syria as part of this new mission. what is clear is that the troops and vehicles that may move in, probably a couple hundred troops

in total, they will likely deploy from here in the region. >> courtney kube, thank you. convicted russian operative mariia butina is back in the united states. she arrived to thank her supporters. butina swept up in the russian investigation, pleaded guilty last december to charges that she was acting as an unregistered agent for russia. she had been held in custody in the u.s. since july of 2018. turning to incredible video out of edmonton, canada. a scaffold carrying two window washers, swinging wildly in high winds as firefighters tried to figure out how to rescue the men from the side of the 66-story building. one of the workers slipped off, drawing gasps from the crowd, as he dangled by a safety harness. the workers s were not injured. the houston astros hope to

buckle up the series after a win last evening. they were powering a victory over the flath nats last night. the away team has so far won every game in this series. game four in d.c., is scheduled for tonight. it was a zoo. you know they do the "baby shark." >> i finally figured that out. >> they have to find some shark teeth tonight. >> i told you, it makes for a beter ga eter game. let's check in with maria again. she has the rest of the forecast. >> they won't have to dig out the ponchos for tonight's game. the weather system will hold off in d.c. today. that is not the case for the central part of the country. from mississippi to michigan, it's heavy rain with olga and the severe threat ahead of it. across the west, it is about snow in the rockies. unfortunately, that fire danger continuing to increase across california. southern california and northern california, we could see gusts

as high as 80 to 90 miles per hour, as we go through tonight and tomorrow. a lot right now, temperatures in the 40s and in the 50s throughout the bay area. 56 in san francisco. 58 in san jose. we are under a microclimate weather alert. the temperatures through the afternoon will climb into the 70s. the spare the air alert is in effect because of the areas of smoke, the red flag warning, it will take effect tonight at 8:00 p.m., through monday. we are expecting wind gusts overnight, especially for the hilltop areas, and throughout the bay area, within the highest peaks, 80 mile-an-hour winds. >> and that's a look at your weather. >> maria, nice to see you. still to come right here, what is next for actress felicity huffman, now that she is out of prison a few days early. up next, how this man's apple watch may have saved his life. we're back after this.

we are back, now, on this saturday morning, with "the weekly download," our look back at the week that was. >> while the impeachment inquiry dominated the headlines, the week began with devastating tornadoes in texas. dangerous twisters rip through texas. >> a massive tornado tearing through dallas. the twister touching down near university park, launching debris at least three miles into the sky. leaving behind a 17-mile path of destruction. facebook founder mark zuckerberg grilled by lawmakers. >> feeling the heat on capitol hill. >> why should voters trust facebook going forward?

>> alexandria ocasio core advertise hammered zuckerberg. he defended the policy sitting down with lester holt. >> i believe that it is important for people to be able to hear and see what politicians are saying. apple watch to the rescue. when a hiker fell off a cliff in new jersey, the smartwatch alerted authorities on its own. help from an unexpected source. >> 911, what is the emergency? >> his apple watch. >> where are you now? >> i'm hanging off a cliff. >> moments later, another fall, ten stories, breaking his back in three places. >> if i didn't have that watch on, i don't know. i'd probably be dead right now. quantas airlines broke the record for the world's longest passenger flight. a 19-hour nonstop journey from new york to sydney. >> welcome aboard, from new york to sydney. >> reporter: 10,000 miles away.

within just minutes, we were airborne. takeoff time, 9:27 p.m. out of new york. 12:27 a.m. tomorrow in sydney. the passengers wearing eeg and light exposure meters. 19 hours and 16 minutes later. >> wind 240 degrees. 5 knots. cleared to land. >> reporter: touchdown in sydney. some of the week's most touching moments caught on camera. >> it unfolded in seconds. a family crossing a street, as a driver runs a red light, side sweeped swiped by another car. a three crashes through the roof of a family's home. >> the living room was destroyed but neither girl was injured. and a head-over-heels moment in texas.

a little girl tripped over a man's outstretched leg as he got on one knee to propose to his girlfriend. and finally, a musical duet by musical performers on opposite subway platforms in new york city. ♪ >> nice. i wondered if they knew each other. >> i hope -- if they didn't, that was impressive either way. i fe i feel like if you ride around on the subway, it is a psychology experiment. these guys were able to hear through the noise. there's so many times on the train, i saw this video this week, people are flipping around, they're dancing. there are a few people that paid attention. the guy that was screaming along, his partner. you see this guy trying not to look. is it normal that somebody is

flipping around. yeah. no one is paying attention. what is that? i don't know what that is. or my kids, somebody will be like -- they can be in their face and my kids are playing rock, paper scissors, not paying attention. they try. still to come on "today," a real scare for sheinelle and me when we check out a huge haunted house right here in new york. plus, inside the world of dr. seuss. we're going to take you to a new hibit that isex

good saturday morning. it is 5:56. here's a live look outside in san rafael. people getting out this morning. ahead of another crazy weekend

here, ahead of possible power outages across the bay area. we are under a microclimate weather alert. thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at that, a lot to talk about. >> yes, so right now, we're sort of calm when it comes to the winds, the temperatures, as we head out the door, 43 degrees in santa rosa, and 50s down to the south bay, and into the interior, and your temperature trend into the afternoon, it is going to be nice, in the 70s, but keep in mind, that there is a spare the air alert, because of the smoke that is drifting from the nearby wildfires. red flag warnings will be in effect starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight. all the way through monday. for the north bay. the east bay. the santa cruz mountains. and even for the san francisco peninsula area. because possible gusts and high peaks could hit 80 miles an hour. more on that later. >> 80 miles an hour. we will see you at 7:00, vianey, thanks. as vianey was saying, get ready for another round of

safety shutoffs, pg&e notifying up to two million people they could be without power this afternoon, the utility is warning communities throughout northern california to prepare for the possible power shutoff because of the high winds and the dry conditions. by the way, this is the third time this has happened. this month. take a look at the outage map. it is broken down by counties. the most impact will result in sonoma and marin counties. and many areas on the peninsula. as well as the south bay. and the east bay. also, they are likely to be in the dark. people living in those areas are preparing for the shutoff by stocking up on emergency essentials. and an estimated 120,000 contra costa county pg&e customers might lose power later today. and 57,000 customers in almeda county could lose power around 5:00 p.m. >> i don't exactly like it, because most stuff won't be available, and it like just causes all kinds of commotion. >> even though it is an inconvenience, we recognize that it is important to avoid fires.

it is disappointing to see that though they did that in sonoma, there still was a fire. >> even though power shutoffs are planned, the caldecott and devil slide tunnels will stay open, and bart's final restoration project which is scheduled to take place this weekend will still take place. it will wrap up by 5:00 p.m. coming up this morning, on "today in the bay", it is the halloween surprise that is months in the making. how local students helped give a teenager a day he will never forget. we will have that, plus all your top stories, and the all-important forecast, coming up at 7:00. we hope you join us. in the meantime we will send you back to the "today" show.

you check it out. >> okay. we're good. we're good. we're good. >> we're back on this saturday morning. october 26th, 2019. this is just a little taste of what happened, when peter and i walked through a 40,00 40,000-square-foot haunted house. it was huge. scary, as you might imagine. we want to let you know, it was completely dark in there. >> the lights in your eyes, your pupils so small, you saw nothing coming. we're going to start with a check of the headlines. we start with the wildfires

tearing through the state of california this morning, with tens of thousands of people forced to e vag vac wait their homes. 2 million people are now prep e preparing to go without power, as heavy winds threaten to worsen that situation. it comes as a powerful storm system bears down on the gulf coast, triggering a tornado in mobile, alabama and rains that trigger flooding there. a 46-year-old man was evacuated from a fishing vessel after the coast guard received a call from a crew member having chest pains. the man was transported to a local hospital. but there's no word on his condition. a 24-year-old man in michigan has been charged with reckless driving after attempting to spin the tires on his pickup truck and plowing directly into a gas station, instead. the driver pulled his license plate off before fleeing that scene.

fortunately, nobody was injured in that accident. actress felicity huffman is enjoying the sweet taste of freedom, a day after she was let out of prison earlier. her release coming days before expected. kathy park is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the "desperate housewives" star is back home this morning, after serving 11 days of her 14-day sentence. meanti meantime, the focus is shifting to the parents who have pleaded not guilty, like actress lori loughlin. this morning, felicity huffman is waking up a free woman. "the daily mail" capturing the moment when huffman and her husband, william h. macy, touched down in los angeles. the actress served 11 of her 14-day sentence at a federal prison in northern california. per policy, inmates who are scheduled for a weekend release, are typically let go on a friday. while serving time, huffman stayed in the spotlight. newly released video shows her alongside her husband, walking the sprawling prison grounds. huffman now begins part two of

her sentence. one year of supervised release, 250 hours of community service, and a $30,000 fine, which she has paid. it's unclear if her next act will include a role in hollywood. >> if she has a great project and has that repentant heart, there's a good possibility for her reputation to take a bounce. >> reporter: the former "desperate housewives" star pleaded guilty in the college admission scandal dubbed "operation varsity blues." she paid to boost her daughter's s.a.t. score. >> i would do anything for you. you are my daughter. >> reporter: several other parents have followed her lead. but "full house" actress lori loughlin and her husband maintain their innocence. on tuesday, the celebrity couple was slapped with a new charge. conspiracy to commit bribery. prosecutors say loughlin's husband wrote in an e-mail, i had to work the system, after

the couple allegedly made their daughter, bella, look like a rowing recruit. another twist to this legal drama, as the case moves toward trial. earlier this week, four parents changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty. meanwhile, loughlin and her husband are looking at their next day in court, set for january 17th, 2020. sheinelle? >> kathy, thank you. let's talk about it. danny cevallos is an attorney and nbc news reporter. let's take it a step at a time. huffman will be on supervised release. what's that mean? >> it's like probation. in the federal system, probation is what you get during a sentence. supervised release is after a sentence. you have to give dna. she has to do community service. you can't take controlled substances. in her case, that's waived

because she is low risk of controed substances. >> let's talk about the new indictment between lori loughlin and her husband? what kind of deal could they get? >> it probably is the government's plan to induce, turn up the heat, and get the defendants to plead guilty. the problem for these defendants is a plea deal isn't going to be as appetizing as i was for the defendants who pleaded guilty right away, like felicity huffman and some of the other defendants. the sentences have ranged from zero to five months. that's not a good predictor for lori loughlin and her husband because they're charged with more crimed now and if they proceed to trial, they won't get the benefit of acceptance responsibility. >> have they waited too long already? let's say they're your clients. what do months into it, if the clients are committed to going to trial because they believe they're

innocent, well, you can't plead an innocent client guilty just because they're getting a good deal. so you have to talk to your clients, make sure this is what they want to do in their hearts, that they believe they're innocent and they want -- they know the risks and they want to go to trial and vindicate themselves. >> you said something interesting because what if you truly believe that you didn't do anything wrong, you see people with names on a building, they think it's the way things are, that doesn't work. that's the challenge in the legal system because even if you believe you're right, if you break the law, you break the law. >> that's right and the prisons are full of defendants who believe, particularly white-collar defendants who believed what they were doing was right and they proceeded to trial and thought a jury would believe them and unfortunately it didn't go their way. >> interesting discussion, danny, as always. keep us posted on that one. we are talking about cold weather this time around and not just cold but arctic and 20-plus degrees below average from billings to rapid city. this will be on the move. notice denver at 71 for today. they're expecting quite a bit of

snow. i'll talk about that new englin second. but what goes down on one side comes up on the other, little bit warm across the south and the midatlantic with temperatures climbing into the mid 70s but that cold is going to fuel quite a bit of snow, not unusual for october in this part of the country, more conversational, but you are going to get impactful snow, maybe as much as half a foot to a foot in places like denver, that urban corridor but also maybe a foot and a half in through the mountains. on the other side of that cold, snowy weather, the fire danger. the heat ramps up today with the winds gusting over 80 miles an hour in northern california at times and tracking the heavy rain threat with our post tropical cycle from the gulf coast to expect that unhealthy air quality to continue for today, as we continue to see the drifts of smoke. temperatures will range in the 70s and 80s, through the interior valleys. and the red flag warning is

expected to take effect at 8:00 p.m. tonight. we're talking about winds shifting to 35 miles an hour, gusts 45 to 60, with some of the higher peaks seen upwards of 80-plus miles an hour. as we head in towards the afternoon, don't forget to keep the windows closed. the spare the air alert is in effect. >> and that's a look at your weather. >> maria, thank you very much. coming up next, new music from taylor swift. up next, outrage after a high school runner is disqualified because she was wearing a hijab. wearing a hijab. we'll tal k wityour money almostes offered seems like it's frozen. but not here. with capital one, you can open a new savings account in about 5 minutes and earn five times the national average. open one from here. or here - in a capital one café. plus, there are no fees or minimums on savings or checking accounts because that's how it should be. this is banking reimagined.

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where kids and adults can let loose. >> it's making kids and adults smile and shout, of course. so, nbc's morgan radford rushed to check it out. >> reporter: up in toronto, quick, come and see. people are swinging from truffela trees. kids and adults, all runs loose, all from the books of dr. seuss. an interactive experience, fun for all ages. when you lock at an exdepetition like this, we're breaking the rules. we're saying touch everything, play with everything. touch our world. >> reporter: it's a full immersive experience. >> it's a full immersive experience. we want you to touch and pet and play and -- >> peek in the cupboards. >> reporter: the authors dispersed the books with entertainment. >> we had to make it a maze. it's a take on our steps in life and our journey in life.

>> reporter: kids and adults will have no problem playing, imagining themselves inside the pages of the famed author. >> people like to take their instagram photos. kids don't post. that's why, as you've seen, there's activities, superfun. >> reporter: you did this? what did you see? >> something magical came to me. >> reporter: what did you think when you first walked in? >> it was really cool. >> reporter: and on a deeper level, it's the lasting messages from dr. seuss that curators hope will resonate. >> individuality, lorax, sneechs. >> he was able to weave morals into stories and characters. >> dr. seuss is a huge part of our family. to walk through the world is so touching. >> reporter: do you think dr. seuss could have imagined

something like this? >> i think he did. he laid out what he wanted to see for a children's exhibition. technology hadn't caught up with him yet. >> reporter: oh, what a task. 45 books to 9 rooms and swings. a couple of things. balls, floating on air. and if you can believe, 500 clovers sway in the breeze. all of this and plenty of that. and don't forget, the cat in the hat. >> that's a really great idea, right? >> i live in a house of dr. seuss addicts. they love this stuff. at night, there's nothing better than them saying, can we do this one tonight? >> the fact it has held up all these years. "horton hears a who" that's a classic. >> "where the wild things are," can you imagine a museum like that? did i just give somebody a business idea? you're welcome. chip and joanna gaines got

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good saturday morning. 6:26. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, on this saturday, october 26.

it looks beautiful out there but we are under a microclimate weather alert. thanks for joining us, i'm kira klapper. vianey arana has a look at the microclimate weather alert. and all that comes along with it. >> a lot happening. the reason we continue in the microclimate weather alert is because of the poor air quality. even though it is nice and clear, it is lots of sunshine. 57 degrees. the air quality right now is still pretty bad. very unhealthy because of the smoke that is drifting from the wildfires. look at your san jose temperature trend. 79 degrees. and i do want to give you a look at the air quality now. you have the north bay air quality index right now 107, and we have the colors at the top of the bar there. and the smoke throughout the entire bay area. so no matter where you are, you might get that feeling where you start to cough a little bit, and the red flag warning, it also kicks in at 8:00 p.m., starting tonight. we are getting a new wind event, and this wind event seems to be even more intense, so i will

monitoring that closely. >> we will see you at 7:00, vianey, thanks. as vianey was talking about, the winds as a result, get ready for another round of pg&e public safety power shutoffs. the utility is notifying up to two million people in northern california that they could be without power as early as this afternoon. we have the outage map, it is broken down county by county, and the impacts will be felt from sonoma and marin counties, all the way down to the peninsula, to the east bay, and the south bay. the utility is warning communities throughout northern california to prepare for a possible power shutoff, because of the high winds, and the dry conditions. and it is the third shutdown this month. >> i don't exactly like it, because most stuff won't be available, and like it just causes all kinds of commotion. >> even though it is an inconvenience, we recognize that it is important indeed to avoid fires, and it is disappointing to see that though they did that in sonoma, there still was a

fire. >> residents in those areas should prepare for the shutoff between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. later today, by stocking up on emergency essentials. 6:29. coming up on "today in the bay", it is the halloween surprise that was months in the making. we will show you how local students got together, to help give this teenaged girl a day she would never forget. we will have that plus all of the top stories, and the microclimate weather alert, the forecast, coming up at 7:00. in the meantime we will send you back to the "today" show.

good morning. breaking overnight, california on fire. a devastating scene throughout the state as wildfires rage in the north and south, high winds fueling the flames. tens of s forced to leave their homes as millions prepare to go without power. this as a major storm association the gulf coast, spawning a tornado in alabama. we're live with all of it. white house turmoil, a major win for house democrats, a federal judge ruling the impeachment inquiry is legal. even as the president dismisses the whole thing. >> in america you're innocent until proven guilty and we don't have investigations in search of that crime.

and in a stark about-face his defense secretary says troops that were supposed to leave syria will now be staying put. and boo. with halloween around the corner peter and i get quite a scare. after taking a trip through a massive haunted house full of spooky surprises we will show you what happens today, october 26th, 2019. ♪ ♪ >> celebrating my 50th birthday today. >> and i am half of 100 plus one. >> celebrating our 17th anniversary. >> here from texas. >> for my fifth birthday. ♪ >> 50. >> and happy 60th to my mom. >> that's me. >> all way from wisconsin. ♪

my favorite part of the morning. good morning to you, welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. we have a big crowd out here this saturday. >> we've got a good group. let me hear you guys one more time. how is everybody this morning? >> my goodness. i have to say it's a good day because the weather is certainly changing even here in new york city. i'm glad you guys were able to come out and spend some time with us today. >> we will keep an eye on thursday's forecast, that is halloween and we will be dressing up out on the plaza. >> good point. >> a secret about what we will be wearing. let's begin with today's news and those raging wildfires throughout the state of california. >> winds are expected to pick up today fanning the flames. certainly a pair of wildfires already affecting northern and southern california, this as millions are expected to lose power later today. nbc's sam brock right now is on the front lines, he is in northern california for us. sam, good morning. >> reporter: peter, sheinelle,

good morning. front lines filled with scenes of destruction like this, 21 homes already wiped out and with hurricane force winds expected later this evening firefighters telling me they are on pins and needles. fires are feasting on the state of california. >> we're going to head out. it will be fine. >> by 2:00, it was right on top of us, in our backyard. the front yard, everything, was burning. >> reporter: north of l.a., the tick fire tearing into neighborhoods and forcing more than 50,000 evacuations, some under extreme duress. then, later, jumping a highway on the back of 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. and in the bay area -- >> i don't call it fall anymore. i call it fire season. >> reporter: a bad case of deja vu for sonoma county residents. >> we got a bang on the door at 5:30 in the morning, saying, get out, quick. fire. >> reporter: you've been preparing for this moment for two years? >> right. >> reporter: this is the head of the fire, that first responders

are trying to smother with air drops. that's only possible because the winds have dipped for the time being. the kincaid fire, 70 miles north of san francisco, flared up all afternoon, forcing its way into a neighborhood at one point, leading to a scare involving firefighters and local residents. >> respond to the pine flat road area, with shelter deployment for civilians. >> reporter: in the middle of fiery chaos, the second part of a double-whammy. the power about to be pulled for as many as 2 million people, a record figure, which utility pg&e, has fiercely defended as necessary to save lives. >> this will be a long duration and extreme, historic event, across the north bay. >> reporter: the company's equipment has been linked to several previous, devastating fires and is being investigated for this one. with columns of smoke still growing, a very unwelcome sight, as residents hold their breath

for the next batch of severe weather. and an update and cautionary tale from yesterday. two people going back into an evacuation zone they were told to stay out of. firefighters responded and one had to deploy a fire shelter to save them. amazingly all three suffered only mayor injuries. >> sam brock in the destruction this morning. sam, thank you. there's more to get to this morning, including impeachment investigators holding their first saturday session today. president trump getting the bad news friday from a federal judge who ruled the house does not need to pass an impeachment pressu resolution to continue its investigation. the president insisting yesterday that the ukraine investigation is a witch hunt. nbc news universal has issued a statement to former employees that believe they have encountered sexual harassment. the statement reads in part, any former nbc news employee that

believes they cannot disclose their experience with sexual harassment, as a res of a comfortialty or nondisparagement provision, in their separation agreement, should contact nbc universal. and we will release them from that perceived obligation. the statement was issued just before an appearance of ronan farrow on "the rachel maddow show" last night. farrow's book says that nbc news was trying to stop his reporting on harvey weinstein. while farrow was at the network, his reporting on weinstein did not meet its journalistic standards as he had no victim on the record, so nbc did not deem it ready for broadcast. good news for tiger woods, who is back on top this morning. he leads the field in japan, today. if he holds on to the win, he will tie the all-time pga tour

record of 82 wins, held by sam snead. a little "weekend boost" for you. the nationals. the "baby shark" craze has made its way to the world series. the catchy children's song you've heard plenty of times. it's been part of the celebration. naturally, the crowd went nuts when they played it during game three of the series last night. ♪ so, the tradition began with gerardo parra who started using "baby shark" as his walk-up song. he was trying to please his 2-year-old daughter. it seems to have worked. the first time washington has hosted a series since 1933. the nats currently lead this thing against the houston astros, 2-1 games, with game four happening tonight.

there's nothing like 40,000 grown adults and kids doing a little "baby shark." >> do they go through the whole song? >> it's a loop. >> to grandpa and all the things. >> i don't know if there's been a grandpa. there must have been. they're not messing around. still ahead, class field trip. >> oh, boy. >> peter and i go inside a haunted house here in new york. >> this should get interesting. this is something i trust you don't want to miss. we're back after this.

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♪ we're back on a saturday morning. with halloween five days away, our producers thought that peter and i should get into the spirit. >> i think you will agree they did the trick with this idea. a few blocks away from here is a haunted house like nothing you have ever seen. it has scares and thrills and a lot of terrifying clowns. check it out. ♪ >> the haunted house. a key part of any good horror movie. viral video and halloween season. from what i hear, this might be the scariest of all. >> 40,000 square feet of pure terror. >> are you ready? not okay. they want you to leave this.

>> the faster we get -- oh. >> whoa. whoa. i followed directions. >> in a horror movie, this is what you don't do. >> okay, brother. i'm okay here. this is not -- >> why are we following their directions? >> why are you? >> i'm a rule follower. i told you. >> oh, my gosh. >> just going to stay put. >> get over the bed. >> i knew it. i knew it. >> okay. you're good. we're good. we're good. >> it's like you get to see what comes forward? ♪

>> i was. >> you can't touch my hair. >> do not mess with a lady's hair. i don't care who you are. okay. okay. >> peter, you're supposed to stay with me. ♪ >> i don't know where to go. >> there's an exit. okay. fair enough. >> come on. let's go. >> uh, sheinelle? this is like a bad beetlejuice right here. >> thank you. >> i'm not -- >> inside and ride. inside and ride. >> let's go. >> we're good. thanks so much.

>> oh, my god. >> i'm going to lie, there was a period of three hours where i was trying to figure out -- >> this is what you can't see. the place is massive. it was so doctor. we're watching the video of peter and i. because of the camera light, you think we can see, we can't see anything. >> the lights were right in our eyes. our pupils were so small. you had no idea where it was coming from. what was the scariest thing for you throughout the process? >> for me? you kept doing things. you were listening to the goblin people. peter was like, okay. i was like, get up. for me, it was the black box at the end. i don't know if it was a casket or what. >> a couple of things. they're kind of touchy. they physically put their hands on you. at one point, i said to one of the scary people, i thought we were seeing other people. they get you good.

>> yeah. maria, there was a part that i thought peter went through a trap door when they would spin you around. they spin you around in a box. are you claustrophobic, maria? >> i have moments. i'm going to listen to whatever yougest doing. yes. do not get on the floor, peter. >> ladies first. you just have to lead the way, sheinelle. >> good stuff. we're looking at a beautiful morning on the plaza. a lot of great folks out here. a little breezy and cool. that's the situation in new york. that's not the case in california. we're watching very closely, the conditions. unfortunately, spreading the fire. we have tonight through sunday, increasing intensity for san francisco, sacramento, and through tonight and monday, for southern california. gusts possible up to 80 miles per hour. that's going to lead to very large, fast-moving fires and, perhaps, the lastrongest event the season. it is the opposite here.

torrential rainfall, with olga. rainfall up to three inches an hour, maybe five inches total. that's going to lead to flooding we are going to be seeing a cooldown in the temperatures, topping out in the 70s and 80s, but the concern for today will remain the air quality for the north bay, the bay, all the way down to the south bay. we're talking about that smoke. the air quality right now is definitely unhealthy. please remember to close those windows. and the big story we will be monitoring for tonight will be the winds, the red flag warning kicks in, at 8:00 p.m., those gusts are expected overnight up wards of 50-plus miles per hour. >> that's a look at your weather. sheinelle, peter, back inside to you. still ahead, why "pick thor upp uppers" chip and joanna gaines, say that there was nothing

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we're back. and maria has "pop start" this morning. >> got some good stuff here. first up, kanye west, he drops a new album on friday. ♪ ♪ if you woke to wake up you kiss and make up ♪ ♪ even with the bitter cups my brothers drank up ♪ >> the album "jesus is king, accounts has been delayed numerous times. 75 minutes after it was supposed to be released, it was still delayed. kanye tweeted, to my fans, thank you for being loyal and patient. we are specifically fixing missions on everything we need.

follow god and water. not going to sleep until this album is out. >> wow. >> people like it. >> they're ready for it. >> yep. >> he kept them waiting. and taylor swift. this team has teamed up with andrew lloyd webber to pen a song for the upcoming "cats" movie. we have a behind-the-scenes look at the new track. >> i'm on my way to the studio. we're going to be recording a song that andrew lloyd webber and i wrote together. >> you said, i will do a new lyric. >> if you can't get t.s. elliot, get t.s. i'm here for you. ♪ at least you have beautiful >> that's pretty cool. what an honor for her, right? i think. >> andrew lloyd webber. wrote the song "beautiful ghost" for the movie.

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good morning, i'm keiira klapper, more than two million people are preparing to be without power for the weekend and possibly longer. and new evacuation orders and warnings have been issued in sonoma and lake counties. we'll bring you the latest in the kincaid fire. >> and vianey arana will tell us about the air quality concerns, and she'll give us a time line of the historic level of high winds.

good saturday morning. it is october 26. we have a live look outside for you in palo alto. hazy skies ahead of what could be a dangerous weekend here in the bay area. thanks for joining us. i'm kira klapper. we are under a microclimate weather alert. vianey arana is here to explain. high winds, and fire danger. >> that's what we're monitoring,

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