here on "today in the bay." thank you so much for all that you do. and keep loving us. happy mother's day to all of you out there. have a great weekend. we'll see you back here monday morning. good morning, stunning blow. the unprecedented shock to the american economy laid bare in the new jobs report out this morning. the worst one-month job loss in american history expected. twenty times worse than the darkest daof the great recession. unemployment at nearly 15%. 20 million out of work in april alone and desperate for help. >> when you would call a radio station to try to win concert ticket, that's how you call unemployment. >> just ahead, how the numbers could tell us how quickly and how big an economic recovery could be. breaking overnight, behind bars.

the father and son accused of chasing and gunning down an unarmed black man arrested and charged with murder. this is one of the most heinous crimes i think we've seen in this generation. >> this morning the video that sparked nationwide outrage and a turning point in the case. what the suspects are saying to police. close to home. one of president trump's personal valets, who works inside the west wing, tests positive for covid-19. the president's reaction and the new safety measures being put in place at the white house. "today" exclusive. one-on-one with melinda gates, whose foundation poured hundreds of millions of dollars into finding a coronavirus vaccine. this morning why she said the country wasn't ready. >> i'm surprised we weren't better prepared but quite honestly, i'm surprised we wasted so much time. >> the good she hopes can come

from difficult times. let it snow. parts of the northeast brace for historic winter storm over mother's day weekend. a bitter blast of arctic air set to shatter records in the south. al has the very latest. all that plus live at home. inside "snl's" plan for a season finale like no other today may 8th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" from savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. welcome to "today." it is nice to have you along with us on friday morning. we're so happy it's friday. >> we are, savannah. good to see you.

we do have a very busy day and a lot to get to, including that breaking news in georgia. the overnight arrest from a father and son accused of murdering a black man who was jogging in their neighborhood. we will have a live report just ahead, savannah. >> we will. but we're going to start with the nation bracing for this morning's new jobs report. it is expected to be a stunner. record unemployment because of the coronavirus. tens of millions of americans out of work and in desperate need of help this morning. tom costello begins our coverage. tom, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. these are breathtaking numbers showing the greatest increase in unemployment in 20 years. nearly 20 million americans out of work in april alone, double what the country saw in the 2007 to 2009 economic crisis. it is the biggest, most dramatic jump since the great depression. the labor department reporting april unemployment rate jumped to 14.7%, with 20.5 million people losing their jobs. the president reacting this morning. >> as president, we had the strongest economy in the history of the world, the strongest economy we've ever had, and we had to close it, which is artificial.

we artificially closed it. >> reporter: jobless numbers more dramatic since the unemployment rate in february was 3.5%. the economic mess forcing some across the country to seek help from local food banks the first time in their lives. myra is a server in atlantic city. part of leisure and hospitality. >> i am ready to go back, i need money. but i want to do it in a safe environment. >> reporter: the pandemic taking a toll on trade, transition, as well as construction. also feeling the pain, retailers from small businesses to big box stores. nieman marcus did. as well as others. seattle-based store and jcpenney with lord & taylor planning to

revamp inventory. president trump says he's looking for a bounceback later this year rainfall i'm viewing the third quarter as a very important quarter. as i said, that will be a transition. i think you can almost say a transition into greatness. next year will be a phenomenal year. >> experts promise getting back to where we were isn't like flipping a switch. the federal reserve bank telling savannah reopening will be a slow process and the unemployment rate won't tell the full story. i think the number tomorrow will probably be something like 16 or 17%. i think the real number is probably around 23 or 24%. it's devastating. >> reporter: that's the head of the federal reserve in minneapolis speaking yesterday, echoing what many people believe is true. the real unemployment rate in this country is probably closer to 23, 25%. to put it in perspective, the country has now lost more jobs, all the jobs we recreated and gained since the great recession, we have lost those jobs in over a decade.

a couple months ago we were talking record unemployment, low unemployment in this country. now we are at record highs. the question is which parts of the country come back and which will be vulnerable. which industries struggle to regain footing. savannah? >> those are the questions we want to pose. turn to one expert, our colleague over at cnbc, the host of squawk box and "new york times" columnist. andrew, there aren't enough words in the dictionary to express how bad this is expected to be, a real gut punch in terms of the jobs report. tell us why that doesn't capture the picture. >> thank you. we talk about the statistic. every statistic has a name and family behind it. one of the reason it doesn't count it, there are a lot of people not seeking a job, they won't be counted. the number the labor department said today, the number is likely

to be 5% higher. we're talking 19, 20% in reality. >> one of the things we talked about, you were looking to see if losses were confined to sectors we expect, entertainment, travel, retail, or whether there was contagion, in other words that it spread beyond. what did you find? >> for the most part confined to the areas you would imagine. that's a good sign. the other thing, if you call it a good sign, nearly 80% of jobs, workers no longer working believe it is temporary, believe they have been furloughed. that's what they think. it suggests if they get back to work, we could have a faster recovery. one other thing to mention, the inequality of this. when you look through the

numbers, unemployment rate for people that don't have a high school diploma is 22%. that's against people that have a college diploma, which is only 8.4%. it shows the schism in this country of what's happening. >> how do people make sense of this and seeing wall street rally. >> wall street is looking 12 months out from now, not looking at today. you'll see the stock market, people are hopeful, hoping 12 months from now, the world looks a lot better. and that disconnect is hard to stomach of course. >> andrew ross sorkin, thank you very much. hoda, send it to you. a breaking story overnight where a man accused of chasing and killing a black man. blayne alexander joins us with

this story. hey, blayne, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. a former law enforcement officer and his son travis face charges of murder and aggravated assault. it comes after days of protest not just in georgia but around the country. the director of georgia bureau of investigations tells me the video was a key piece leading to those arrests. >> reporter: this morning, a father and son behind bars. they are charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of a 25-year-old. overnight, his family says it has been a long wait. release, our family, that we know they are behind bars but we still have a long process to go.

>> the shooting happened in february but the release this week of this video showing the altercation quickly sparked a national outcry. >> if we can get involved when there's an active crime scene, that's better for people. >> celebrities including lebron james, serena williams and taylor swift demand justice, president trump expressed confidence. >> i'm sure they'll come up with what happened, it is a sad, very sad thing. >> reporter: the two men armed are seen following arbery running down the street. they confront arbery and after a scuffle he's eventually shot dead. nbc can't verify what happened before and after this video. arbery's family said he was unarmed and just out for a job. -- a jog. >> what justice looks like is these men behind bars for the rest of their lives, a public lynching.

>> they believe he was the man involved in recent home burglaries. this 911 call by an unknown caller was recorded shortly before arbery was killed. >> someone breaking in right now. >> no. it's open, under construction. he's running right now. there he goes right now. >> according to a police report, gregory mcmichael, a former police officer, claims arbery began to violently attack travis, and the two men then started fighting over the shotgun. mcmichael says his son shot arbery in self-defense. the case is now on its third prosecutor. the previous two recused themselves over possible conflicts of interest. now ten weeks later an arrest. but those demanding justice say this is just the first step. today supporters have organized a virtual run using the #i run with ahmaud. they urge everyone to run or walk 2.3 miles to represent the day arbery was killed. >> thank you. in the meantime the coronavirus outbreak has now hit very close

to home for the president. the white house is now going to ramp up testing around him after a member of the military who serves as a personal valet to the president tested positive for the virus. nbc's peter alexander joins us from the white house peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, you're right. that coronavirus scare is hitting very close to home for president trump. the man testing positive is a military valet, whose duties bring him to the oval office they are raising new questions th about whether enough is being >> reporter: the coronavirus hitting the west wing with his personal valet testing positive. >> it is a little strange. one of those things. >> reporter: the valet, a member of the navy, served the president lunch and diet cokes and other duties. >> i have very little contact with this gentleman. know who he is, good person. i've had very little contact, mike has had very little

contact. >> reporter: a person saying the president was lava level mad when he learned the news saying he does not believe they are doing all they can to protect him. a source with knowledge of the situation calling it an operational failure. president trump says he and vice president pence both tested negative on back-to-back days wednesday and thursday, insistin the white house is now tightening its protocol. >> testing is not a perfect art. no matter what you do, testing is not a perfect art so we test once a week, now we're going to go to testing once a day. >> while the white house begins daily testing, the supply of those same tests nationwide remains far below what experts say is needed to reopen the country. earlier this week white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany dismissed the idea of everyone of tests for everyon returning to work. >> if we tested every single american in the country at this moment, we have to retest them an hour later and an hour later

after that at any moment you could theoretically contract the virus. the notion everyone needs to be tested is simply nonsensical. >> president trump said to me yesterday his valets wear masks. he said a lot of people in the white house wear masks but covering this place over the last several weeks, i've almost never seep any official or any member of the white house wear masks inside the west wing savannah. >> all right, peter, thank you another big headline this morning, the criminal case against michael flynn, the former national security adviser, has been dropped. what can you tell us about that. >> this is an important development we just saw happen here the justice department has now moved to drop its case against flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contact with russia's ambassador to the u.s., fired by the president. afte a review concluded flynn should never have been charged in the

first place, arguing his statements were not material, not central to any investigation the fbi was conducting the president, who has been considering a pardon for flynn, he welcomed the news, praising flynn as a great warrior all of this is stunning reversal by the doj, igniting with officials that attorney general barr and the justice department are bowing to political pressure savannah. >> all right peter alexander with the relentless from the white house. peter, thank you 7:15 hoda, back to you. >> savannah, we have a lot to get to this morning, including the first on camera interview with the woman who accused joe biden of sexual assault. nbc washington correspondent andrea mitchell has more on the claims she's making. hey, andrea, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. tara reade's comments are her first on camera response to joe biden's strong denial of her assault allegation just a week ago with mika brzezinski on msnbc. as the biden campaign points out inconsistencies in reade's

account over the year. she thinks biden should exit the presidential race. doesn't think that will happen a warning to some of our viewers, some of the language is graphic. in her response to biden's denial tara reade emotionally deciding what she said happened in the spring of 1993, describing being asked to bring then senator joe biden a gym bag in his senate office building. >> he greeted me he remembered my name. i said, here you go, senator i handed him the bag it happened very quickly. >> she alleges biden pushed her up against the wall in the and hands under her clothes. >> he had his hands underneath senate corridor and put his hands under my clothes. >> he had his hands underneath my clothes it happened all at once. he had one hand underneath my shirt and the other hand, i had a skirt on, and he went down my skirt and then up. >> reade claiming he pulled back

when she resisted. >> he pointed his finger at me and said you're nothing to me. you're nothing i think that's the hardest thing. >> biden has consistently denied these claims, repeating his denial thursday when asked about her new comments. >> in every case the truth is what matters in this case the truth is these claims are flat out false. >> a year ago reade was among several women who said biden had touched them inappropriately in a nonsexual manner biden later vowing to be more respectful of people's personal space. in march, for the first time publicly, reade came forward with her assault claim she also said she had filed a complaint with the senate that did not mention assault. no complaint has been filed. the biden campaign issuing a statement thursday saying every day more and more inconsistencies arise. women must receive the benefit

of the doubt they must be able to come forward and share their stories without fear of retribution or harm, and we all have a responsibility to ensure that. at the same time, we can never sacrifice the truth. asked if she would take a polygraph, tara reade said victims of violence should not have to and she's not a criminal but she would take one if biden did. only portions of reade's conversation with megyn kelly were posted online so far. biden says no one recalls hearing about such an incident the lawyers who vetted biden for vice president said they found no misconduct of any kind. >> all right andrea mitchell for us in washington, d.c. andrea, thank you. let us switch gears now. time to get a check of the weather, including, yup, the story we've been talking about all week, the polar vortex for mother's day weekend what a gift, al.

>> it's the gift that keeps giving, guys ahead of that we've got severe weather going on right now part of the same system that's eventually going to be affecting the northeast. strong storms, severe thunderstorm watches and warnings down through texas, louisiana, on into arkansas. meantime, 102 million people under some sort of frost advisories, freeze watch or freeze warning into sunday morning. that arctic air will be pushing to the south from that polar vortex record lows challenged windchills anywhere from the upper 20s to low 20s to upper teens. into that will come this low pressure system racing eastward. rain and wet snow moves into the northeast. back on the back side of that system we'll be looking at snow developing through central new york into upstate new england. that will continue to bring windy conditions tomorrow into saturday and sunday, and we look for a hit or miss scattered showers and snow flurries. wind gusts anywhere from 40 to 50 miles per hour through the northeast and northern new

england could see upwards from 6 to 8" of snow. 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 take a live look outside at walnut creek we'll start out with sunshine and cool weather. it will be a hot day, the hottest day of the week. some of our inland micro climates reach up to 95 degrees. in the north bay expect a high of 92 in napa and in san jose we're going to see a high of

about 92 degrees. our seven-day forecast expect the temperatures to cool off this weekend and very nice in time for mother's day. one-on-one with meld gates, along with her husband bill is leading a big push for the coronavirus vaccine. how close she thinks we are to it where she differs from the trump administration and dr. fauci when it comes to the finding of that vaccine. >> plus big news from the nfl overnight. the release of the 2020 season schedule we now know when the games will begin, but the question is what will they look like. we're going to hear from mike tirico, but first this is "today" on nbc we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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♪ 7:26 for you right now and good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. one of the top stories we're following this morning, the big board. stocks today are higher since the markets opened about an hour ago despite the worst monthly employment numbers on record. our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew explains why. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. we just got the jobs report on this jobs friday showing 14.7% unemployment, the worst it has been since the '80s. 20.5 million people lost their jobs last month, that is the

worst number since the second world war and the great depression before it. stock market actually up this morning as investors anticipated that number and hoped for better days ahead. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in free month. tesla says it will resume limited factory operations in fremont after the state lifted covid-19 restrictions for manufacturing. however, by reopening, tesla could be in violation of alameda county's shelter in place order which is still in effect. the sheriff's office tells reuters that the state order announced yesterday does not supersede the county order. in an email obtained by cnbc tesla told employees only about 30% of the workforce will return on a given shift. cnbc points out it's not clear how tesla can build vehicles with that reduced head count. >> reporter: counties around the bay area are having different coronavirus experiences, and that's why the restrictions are a little different by county. in napa, sonoma and solano

counties some nonessentials are allowed, retail like bookstores, sporting goods stores can open so long as they have curbside pickup. other phase two businesses like dine-in restaurants, salons, gyms, movie theaters, churches, may remain restricted for some months to come. a handful of bay area dmv offices are reopening today. the dmv is prioritizing people who have to be there in person for things like license renewals. dmvs in san francisco, san jose, oakland, concord and santa rosa, are reopening with face coverings and social distancing requirements. go to nbcbayarea.com for the exact locations. all right. the sun is up over the bay area. going to make way for a nice day but a warm one, kari? yes. it's going to be hot. the hottest weather we've had so far this year, very close to records. it hasn't been this hot since 2001 when we set all of these

records. santa rosa reaching 91 degrees. a high of 92 in san jose. livermore reaching 93. and in san francisco staying mild.

do we start recording now? >> my do we start recording now? >> my camera is on. >> okay. >> all right back to 7:30, it's friday. those are some bloopers. guys at "snl" are bringing us laughs from home tomorrow night they are going to wrap up the season with one final episode. i love what's up with that craig, you're going to be watching >> of course that's one of my favorite segments you saw tom hanks in the first one hosting, we saw brad pitt in the second

no idea, we have absolutely no idea who is going to be hosting this week but we're excited. good to see you, s.g. >> good morning. >> you know how we have nobody on the plaza, we have no plaza fans, we have two today. we have nurses on the plaza, tucker from georgia. he just finished his final shift at harlem hospital he's headed home the woman next to him, that's nicki from wisconsin she's been here a month on assignment, manhattan medical center she's going to be here another month. she's in wisconsin has four kids back home. isn't that sweet >> yeah. >> yes, we are applauding them a job well done. a good reminder, hoda, about so many nurses who have come to new york to work on the front lines and left their families behind incredible purchase on top of it all, their sign says, thank you, new york, which is really pretty incredible >> it is they are let's get to the headlines at 7:30 and we'll get you the latest on the coronavirus total

number of cases in the u.s. has climbed to nearly 1.3 million. the number of deaths now approaches 77,000 people. >> frontier airlines will implement mandatory temperature checks on passengers prior to boarding it's the first u.s. airline to announce such a measure. those checks will start june 1st. starting monday amtrak will require passengers to wear face coverings on trains and stations ride share announced its passengers and drivers will also be required to wear masks. we'll have more on all that in our next half hour. >> right now, more of our ongoing series on solutions. savannah, you spoke exclusively to melinda gates. >> that's right. for more than 20 years, she and her husband have dedicated their lives and money to global health fighting infectious diseases through the bill and melinda gates she's traveled the world working on vaccines force

diseases like malaria. and tube tuberculosis m now they are laser focused on coronavirus. they have committed more than $3 million to find a vaccine. i spoke to her about where that stands a mainly weakness in the economy she believes we have a chance to she believes we have a chance to address right now. >> as you survey the scene of where we are right now in this pandemic, do you feel confident about our trajectory do you feel like there's a plan? >> i feel like we still are at the beginning stages of this pandemic, we've seen the first part of it to reopen we need to do far more testing and tracing, and we need to be very careful and go very slowly as we reopen. you should never be reopening in places where you've got accelerating disease. >> let's talk about the search for a vaccine, the gates foundation, you and your husband, bill gates, are very much in the forefront. you put your money where your mouth is trying to find a vaccine. what's the status of that right

now? >> well, i think just as you're hearing from everybody else, it's about 12 to 18 months we get information pretty much on a daily basis about the various vaccine candidates that are moving through that pipeline luckily it's looking like there are a few good candidates. to be frank, that's a relief >> there was a report that the administration has a initiative operation warp speed and the goal is quite ambitious, to have hundreds of millions of vaccine doses as early as january. i asked dr. fauci is that even in the realm of the possible, he said it was. so it may be possible. do you think it's likely, knowing what you know about the search for a vaccine >> you know, boy, that would be lucky to have hundreds of millions of doses by january i'm not sure how likely that is. these things take time, because.

i'm hopeful. but when i say it's likely, might hesitate a bit on that one. >> this p we have to know they are safe. i'm hopeful. but when i say it's likely, might hesitate a bit on that one. >> this pandemic has certainly exposed weaknesses and strengths. you're focusing on one of the weaknesses that's been exposed here, and that's how we take care of our caregivers why did you decide to take on this issue >> if we're going to look at reopening our economy, we have to take care of our most essential workers. 85% of nurses are women, and yet who is the primary caregiver at home women. who is the primary one for educating the kids women. >> what are the ramifications of that for society if the burden is falling so disproportionately on women. >> when care giving falls to women, what happens is they then can't go do their jobs in society. they start to lose income. their families start to lose income we have to look at what are solutions.

there are policy, business solutions that can help. >> what's the number one policy that congress could enact to alleviate this burden on caregivers. >> they need to start looking at a paid family medical leave policy we are the only -- the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have paid family medical leave, and that needs to change. >> when resources are already so strained, it's quite ambitious to say now is the time we need more paid leave. how do you get people to want to act on this now at a time when frankly they feel nervous about this >> i think we've always had this false narrative of this is expensive so we're not going to do it. this is already costing us it is costing us our health.

you have to address this piece if you want to have health care fundamental to actually reopening the economy. >> you made no secret to your disagreement with the white house a workers, nurses out there, will >> you made no secret of funding for th world health organization. do you find any fault with how the world health organization has conducted itself in the pandemic, particularly in the beginning stages >> it's not a perfect institution. no institution is perfect. i think there will be time to go back and do a postmortem when we come out of this crisis. but i don't believe with my institution you do a postmortem while you're in the crisis. >> your husband famously warned about a pandemic back in 2015. he said then we weren't prepared even so, are you surprised at how the u.s. has responded are you surprised we weren't better prepared? >> i'm both surprised we weren't

better prepared. but quite honestly, i'm surprised we wasted so much time, that we haven't had leadership at the national level to get out tests in the right way, protective gear in the right way, contact tracing in the right way. with lack of leadership, there are 50 home grown state solutions. that just shouldn't be germany with national leadership, they were able to keep certain sectors of the economy open safely, keep people safe, mostly social distancing, and now start to slowly reopen based on the science that's the kind of leadership we should expect as citizens in this country and we're not getting it we haven't gotten it yet during this crisis, so you're seeing what's happening, and it's chaos. >> that's pretty blunt do you lay the blame at the feet of the trump administration?

>> i'm disappointed in what i'm seeing, yes. >> what gives you hope right now? >> i get amazing hope and inspiration from the frontline health care workers who are going in and doing their jobs every day in very difficult circumstances. then i get massive hope talking to the scientists and the many partners from industry when i see people coming together in collaboration to do the right thing, to share the science, to share what we do know and learn, that's the best of humanity, and it makes me hopeful and makes me know we are going to get out of this pandemic >> it's really interesting to hear her talk about some of the vaccine candidates that nobody wants to put the cart before the horse but saying there are a few that look very promising so it's very hopeful, because they are watching all these different trials that are happening. they are funding a lot of it so they really know what's happening with the search for a vaccine. >> she sounded cautiously optimistic i thoroughly enjoyed hearing

what she had to say on paid family medical leave and you either pay for it on the front end or the back end as well. >> she's definitely fired up, a big advocate a lot of people are talking about that sheryl sandberg from facebook just wrote something on the same topic. care giving and how we care for our caregivers, really relevant issue, more relevant than ever, when we see so many people having to take care of seniors, also taking care of their kids and having to do their jobs as well. >> good conversation you'd be hard pressed to find anyone putting more money where their mouth is than the gates foundation more news, nfl releasing that schedule for the 2020 season hoda kotb, big news coming out of that because drew brees, your guy taking on tom brady. >> that guy. >> we've got all the details and mike tirico. what the games could actually look like. that's right after this.

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back now, it is back now, it is 7:44 this morning on the new normal. we've got some encouraging news for fans who are absolutely starving for sports. >> there are millions of them. several nba teams are opening their practice facilities today. overnight the nfl released its schedule for the 2020 season and has a lot of people hoping actual games won't be far behind nbc's sam brock is in miami with

more on all of it. hey, sam >> guys, good morning. at least three nba teams say they will be resuming practice today. the miami heat placed in that arena behind me. the question is how is this going to work? nba insiders say the basketball has to be disinfected every time a new player steps on the court. the league is ready to launch but details need to be worked out. >> the schedule is out. >> in a blockbuster reveal nfl announced its 2020 schedule with legendary quarterback tom brady and drew brees slated to square off in week one. >> brees and brady, oh, my god who is the unadulterated g.o.a.t. >> what will that look like? >> i think the american sports experience will be different, at least short-term the experience that we've come to know, 70, 80,000 people in a

stadium, sitting shoulder to shoulder, is not likely to return in the very near future. >> on the hardwood, the nba would normally be in the second round of its playoff instead, teams can reopen practice courts today if their states allow it. texas doesn't yet and mavs owner mark cuban says he's in no rush. >> it's not going to happen. the problem, obviously, because we can't test people, then we can't assure anybody's safety whether they are basketball players or anybody else. i don't think the risk is worth the reward. >> three teams have confirmed they are giving it a go, portland trail blazer, denver nugget and cleveland cavaliers with only four players practicing on the court at a time among other rules. >> they have to wash the ball with a certain recipe of a disinfectant every time. they have to do it every time a player comes onto the court. >> the league's player association calling today tolea

association calling today to hash this hash this out. major league baseball would be more than a mont into the season. >> our return is going to be controlled by safety. >> now the league expected to float a plan to its players association on how to resume nascar is racing forward with no fans in the stands, hitting the track next weekend at darlington raceway in south carolina. the pga tour set to resume june 8th but only with testing and other criteria in place. >> we will not be executing testing if it in any way is going to limit testing for critical need in our country >> other countries may be able to give america a roadmap for a responsible return south korea bringing back baseball already and german about to kick off its soccer season, the first league in europe to do so in a week. guys, back to you. >> sam brock for us there in miami. sam, thank you it looks like for some sports it's going to be a lot easier than other sports. nascar and golf one thing. football, basketball, something

else entirely. thank you. >> craig, were you super excited to find out about the football schedule >> i was in fact, i found myself watching about 90 minutes' worth of people talking about a football schedule it was quite comical. >> i think the only game you have to worry about is the first one. don't you think? >> brady-brees. >> that's going to be a good one. >> another reason we've got to get sports back. >> let's turn to al and get a check of the weather what's shaking >> for our friends in florida, they are going to be looking at a lot of wet weather this weekend. not a great motherhood mother's day a stationary front is going to sit there and bring heavy rain throughout southern florida with that low level easterly flow look at these rainfall amounts, anywhere from 1 to 5" of rain from central florida into southern florida that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. at least we have some nice weather for our mother's day weekend. we just have to get through the heat today as our high temperatures in the inland east bay reach up to 95 degrees. low 90s in the north bay. napa 92 degrees. also 92 in san jose. oakland a high of 80 degrees and mid-70s in san francisco. cooler weather starts to arrive tomorrow and then as we go into mother's day looks pretty good. early next week we could be tracking rain. >> that's your >> that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right, al thank you. still ahead amtrak announces overnight it will require masks on trains. we're going to tell you more about that what getting around in other ways could look like, but first these messages another school day. another meeting. another skill. another dinner. another delivery.

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a good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. the top stories on this friday morning with a live look at the big board this morning where stocks are higher despite the worst monthly job losses since the great depression. our business and tech reporter scott mcgrew explains why. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. the stock market seems to have ignored the bad jobs numbers we got. perhaps investors expecting better days ahead but right now very rough, 14.7% unemployment. job loss in the month of april of 20.5 million. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in fremont. when tesla resumes limited operations at the factory behind me it could still be in violation of the alameda county shelter in place order.

about 30% of employees will return to work after the announcement to lift covid-19 for manufacturing. the sheriff's office tells reuters the state order announced yesterday does not supersede the county order. not clear what, if any, action authorities might take. also not clear how tesla can build vehicles with that reduced head count. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san jose where retailers like this florist were hoping for some curbside pickup for customers. now we know they're going to have to wait for delivery. they were hoping restrictions would be loosened. not until yesterday did we know how that would be tied to health metrics. while most counties are still having rising infection rates, health officers are sticking with restrictions. there is pushback. there are those who say we can wait a little longer. a handful of dmv offices are reopening. here is how the line looked in concord this morning.

the dmv is prioritizing people who have to be there in person to take things like license renewals. dmvs in san francisco, san jose, santa rosa are also opening today. the face coverings and social distancing are requirements. who knew it would be so exciting to the dmv? it's a nice day. good morning, at least the start. it's going to warm up, kari? yes. we take a look at san jose and our temperatures around the bay area for our inland areas reaching into the 90s. just shy of a lot of records here. as we go into the weekend we'll cool off. 82 tomorrow. 77 on mother's day and the next week we're going to see some more significant cooling and also a chance of rain in the forecast. of course we'll have more updates on how much we'll get. back to you. thanks so much, kari.

another local news update is coming up in about a half hour.

plus same thing. we're kicking off mother's day weekend with something special for a family of nurses on the frontline. >> nursing is truly a profession that you absolutely have to have your heart in it 100%. >> and we missed you. our first ever virtual plaza is live, and we can't wait to welcome so many of you back to our neck of the woods today

friday, may 8th, 2020. >> happy birthday, poppy. happy birthday, poppy. we love you. >> celebrated sweet emma grace's birthday. happy birthday, ava. >> happy birthday. we love you. >> today is my birthday, and i'm four today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it is friday and it feels good. so happy to have you along with us if you're just waking up and getting your day started, we say good morning to you. >> friyay. by the way, the shoutouts are getting even better, more coming.

use the hash tag on your screen. #my today plaza. >> just ahead we'll step it up a notch. you're looking at our very first virtual plaza. this is live at this moment as we speak. they are joining us from their home, all across the country. we can't wait to say hello and get to know them. it's kind of like the nfl draft right here. it's pretty cool. >> can't wait to get outside. >> it's so cute. look at the adorable faces. i can't way wait for our virtual plaza. guess who is joining us monday? >> you're always behind me and it makes me look like a giant. you know what i mean? hi, "today" show, it's amy schumer and chris fisher, my husband, chef, and we are on "today" and we can't wait to be with you and tell you about our new insane show. >> what? we can't wait either. you know amy and i go way back. i was an intern on her show way back when. >> i didn't know that. >> yes. oh, yes. that's right.

that was a special moment. now she's launching a cooking show with her husband. we have a lot to catch up with her, including life at home with her adorable baby, just turned one. fun family meals. a fun monday morning. can i just say to the audio department, maybe put it on a delay, because amy gets a little tiny bit inappropriate. all right. let's get you caught up now. here is the news at 8:00. we begin with the economy, the crushing impact of the pandemic and the growing efforts to rebound from it. the latest jobless numbers are like nothing this country has ever seen before. nbc's tom costello joins us with the three things he's watching today. tom, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. the numbers just out from the labor department tell a story. 14.7% unemployment in april. 25 million americans out of work. that's the official number. actually better than what the

forecasts were, but most experts believe the real number is higher. we could have 20% unemployment or even worse. the numbers are staggering. as you know, many americans are turning to food banks to feed their families. most economists believe the recovery process will be a very slow one. meanwhile by the weekend, more than 40 states will now start to ease off on the stay-at-home restrictions. all of them taking their own pace but it's going to be a long process as well. california is now allowing clothing stores and florists to reopen just in time for mother's day but curbside pickup only. in new york where the death toll has topped 20,000, we can tell you there's no sign yet the restrictions will be eased. covid-19 cases also now surging in several midwestern states. those now are starting to reopen as well. a military aide to president trump has tested positive for covid-19. he's a navy valet with access to the oval office. he actually served the president lunch.

nbc news has learned when the president was informed of this, he was, quote, lava level mad. he said, allegedly, that he does not believe that his staff is doing all they can to protect him. nbc's peter alexander asked the president about the exposure. >> did it spook you? >> yeah, it's a little bit strange, but it's one of those things. i've had very little contact, personal contact with this gentleman. know who he is, good person, but i've had very little contact. >> both the president and the vice president have repeatedly tested negative for covid-19. hoda, back to you. >> all right, tom, thank you. now to the overnight arrest of a father and son in georgia charged with murder in the february shooting of an unarmed black man. nbc's blayne alexander has the very latest on this case, including the possible role last week had to play in it blayne, good morning. >> hoda, good morning to you yeah, that video, i spoke with

the attorney for the arbery family overnight he told me that video was absolutely essential and leading to these arrests he believes today we plan to learn more about the overnight arrests. gregory mcmichael, former law enforcement officer and his son travis arrested overnight over the shooting of ahmaud arbery. the shooting happened in february but it was the video released this week that sparked nationwide outrage and showed the events leading up to that shooting mcmichael said in the police report they were following arbery because they believed he was a burglary suspect arbery's family said he was unarmed and out for a sunday afternoon jog. later today we see a virtual run in georgia and around the country in arbery's honor along with a number of protest for what would have been his

26th birthday. >> blayne alexander in georgia blayne, thank you. meanwhile mass transit has been a life line during this pandemic for people like hospital workers and first responders and others who just need to get to the supermarket but health officials worry that trains and buses are also perfect environments for spreading the coronavirus. nbc's tech correspondent joins us with a closer look at this story. jake, good morning to you. >> good morning, craig that's right this is how thousands of first responders get to work and how millions of us get to the doctor's office, the grocery store, the pharmacy. mass transit really is a necessity for an incredible number of americans. but who is keeping us safe along the way? how do we get around in the age of coronavirus with huge numbers of people unemployed or working at home, fewer americans are taking mass transit. roughly 90% fewer people are taking the train in cities like new york, chicago, san francisco. amtrak reports ridership down by 95% and will soon require masks on its platforms and trains.

bike share systems are reporting record numbers riders in chicago and new york more than doubled in a single week in march. >> the best way to maintain social distance and avoid contaminated surfaces is to drive my own car let's say i don't have a car, and i need to get to my job as a nurse or janitor or firefighter, ride share services are trying to adapt lyft announced riders and drivers must commit to wearing a mask and drivers should sanitize their vehicles between rides uber is making similar recommendations. the cheaper pool rides are no longer an option about if you're willing to wait a little longer lyft will cut the price. >> it's a feature that allows you to accept a longer wait time in order to optimize the matching, and for that you get a lower price. >> what about those who take a train or a bus even though cdc recommends all transit passengers wear a mask, many systems don't require it. >> it's extremely dangerous for the operators because of the

fact that buses are overcrowded, a lot of operators don't want to come to work. >> nationwide more than 100 transit workers have died of detroit bus driver jason hargrove who posted this message about unmasked passengers coughing on his bus. >> for us to get through this and get over this, man, you need to take this serious. >> he died 11 days later >> detroit's bus drivers union said its drivers are being given masks and gloves and buses are cleaned more frequently between shifts craig, while major cities, new york city, san francisco, san diego all have strict requirements we should wear masks when we get on their buses, those regulations vary from city to city and town to town because there is no federal agency that makes the rules for federal transit. >> patchwork of requirements jake for us on this friday thank you. >> it's 8:09

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with those young ladies. guys, here is a sweet one for you, lionel crenshaw and his wife rainy were planning to renew their vows but she had to go to the hospital with the coronavirus. lionel couldn't wait longer so there he was with the ring waiting as soon as she was wheeled out of intensive care. >> there he is hi. e >> hi. >> lionel got down on that knee, proposed to his wife all over again. the best part, they got to share a hug for the first time since she was admitted to the hospital. >> two big boosts. >> sweet one. >> beautiful. >> guys, just ahead. something really special from harry smith. he's going to introduce us to some inspiring world war ii veterans who have unique

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check them out, gang that's our first ever live virtual plaza realtime, coast-to-coast, some big fans. man, y'all look good we miss you. >> i love it i can't wait to see that also, we've got a touching and timely story from harry smith just ahead first let's get a check of the forecast, al >> i miss seeing people out there on the plaza that's the next best thing love it. let's look and see what we've got today, watching heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing their way through the lower mississippi river valley, part of the system moving into the northeast. look at cold air over the great lakes. look how warm it is out west 90s and 100s down to southern texas for today severe storms through the lower gulf that big storm develops making its way through the mid mississippi and ohio river valley from the pacific northwet

out west record highs all the way from the pacific northwest down into southern california. sunshine f >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside, we're getting ready for a hot day today in san jose. we're going to see our high temperature reaching 92 degrees. and up to 95 in the inland east bay. 94 in concord. and napa today will reach 92 degrees. but it will be cooler along the coastline. our inland areas will have the biggest changes, and cooling down for the weekend. expect highs in the upper 70s in time for mother's day and possibly some rain early next week. that's your latest weather guys. >> all right, al thank you. as the world battles a global pandemic today, it will pause to remember a victory over another brutal enemy 75 years ago, fascism. >> that's right. today is victory in europe day or ve day, the moment that marked the end of the fight

against nazi, germany, in world war ii harry smith caught up with some of the men who were there on that day he joins us with a lesson they learned as we fight a different war. they sure know about hard times, harry. >> imagine what they all went through all those years ago. that experience, along with another 75 years of life on this planet, can give you some wisdom, and they would like to share it with us. >> every man, woman, and child is in action. >> world war ii. perhaps it's not too much of an exaggeration to suggest all of america's hearts beat as one. >> it is for victory. >> i'm going to tell you something roosevelt said just prior to our all enlisting to get into the army, air corps, navy, marines, wherever. >> paul grassy was with the 8th army air force. >> there's a mysterious cycle in

human events some generations, much is given. other generations, much is expected this generation of americans has a rendezvous with destiny. >> he was right, but i didn't know we were going to get hit again with this thing that we're going through. >> i think that generation had faith. i'm not speaking of religious faith but in the cause and each other. >> a senior historian at the world war ii museum in new orleans. >> there was a propaganda >> there was a propaganda poster at the time, you've seen it, rosie the riveter, we're all in this together. americans thought we were in this together. >> we thought it was extremely important, because we were out to save the world. >> these men know, they fought in the air, on the land, and on the sea. ed tried to join the navy but was turned away, poor eyesight.

>> it made me fear some i would be rejected. >> the army air corps accepted him. >> they were fairly desperate. they took me, glasses and all. >> reporter: drafted or enlisted, all knew the stakes, as high as they come. >> without united states on the ground, the europe we know now wouldn't exist by the europe we know now, i mean liberal democracies, open societies. many took their inspiration from their american occupier after world war ii >> ken with the 8th army air force. >> without the air force, the invasion would have been a real tough nut to crack. >> the action was brutal u.s. bombers took extremely heavy casualties on the beach heads and on the ground, from d-day and the battle of the

bulge, men died by the tens of thousands. >> the allies announced germans surrendered unconditionally. the war in europe is over. >> navy man peter orlando knew just what to do. he asked permission to go ashore to attend mass, he said. >> my buddy and i jumped the truck and went to paris. we had the time of our life. i came back to the ship two days later, and i'm going up the gang plank and the officer is leaning and said, how was mass i'll never forget it. >> army mortar man had taken refuge at a castle in belgium. . i broke into tears. i cried like a baby. >> somebody had a radio going and they said the war was over i broke into tears i cried like a baby.

the war was over. >> in europe, yes, but japan would not surrender until august yet victory was in reach for people with a common goal and a common purpose. >> they described folks like you, the greatest generation. >> i have read the book, yes greatness is thrust upon you. >> the difference between today and then is that we need to be together against the virus in world war ii, we won that war in 3 1/2 years, and we got to rebuild america. this is what we have to do right now. everybody to get back in business >> as he said, this is what we've got to do right now, hoda. >> that was beautiful, harry, as usual. thank you so much. now we're moving to something new and exciting we've missed all those moments on the plaza so this morning, what do we have

we have our very first "today" virtual plaza. check out these smiling faces. california, texas, massachusetts, all joining us on the big board. raise your hand if you miss al roker. of course. i see a we love al roker sign. we're going to mute you. we need to shout ought a couple of you where is myomi she wrote to us about her mom who is turning 60. they wanted to come to the plaza. they wanted to be here how were you going to spend your 60th birthday. >> we are going to celebrate we wanted to be on the plaza today, so this is such a dream come true. we actually get to be on the virtual plaza, which is better, and be together as a family, which is really awesome. >> it is our pleasure. we want to wish you a happy 60th birthday we have more people we're going to get to. we're going to take a little commercial break and keep the fun going. don't go away. we have a good gender reveal coming up. we'll be right back at right

after this good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. the second phase of california's reopening process is beginning to kick in in some counties. and for people looking to enjoy the weekend outdoors, the good news is more parks will be open. the bad news is, in some cases, you're not wanted there. san mateo county still has the ten-mile rule in effect meaning you have to live within the vicinity of that area or park that you're visiting. not so in contra costa as well as alameda counties where some east bay parks locations still have walk-in access. county restrictions vary so make sure you check before you head out. let's get a look at the forecast. if you head out today, be

prepared for the heat. right, kari? >> yes, you want to get outside early before it gets really hot. in fact, some of us may be very close to some record high temperatures for this afternoon as we check out our highs in santa rosa. we're going to reach up to 91 degrees and the record is 93. we're also going to be close to those records elsewhere for our inland areas. and if you're going to be out there, make sure that you are taking care of yourself drinking lots of water. keep a cool towel on your neck and take care of children and pets. i'll have another update with the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll have another local news update coming up in the next half hour.

i'm lester holt. for all my colleagues at nbc news, take care. we are back 8:30 now it's a friday morning. the eighth day of may, 2020. as we look ahead it is the 8th day of may we look to mother's day weekend.

>> speaking of mother's day, carson daly has a special edition of "pop start" to start early. >> calling it "mom start." and celebrating a family of nurses so devoted to both jobs we had to find a special way to say thank you. >> first, we want to share the story of some four legged friends that are giving support to our nation's health care heroes cynthia mcfadden has that story. cynthia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i really love this story last year, we went out to a max security prison where inmates raised service dogs for first responders and veterans. now those same pups are providing a helping paw to those on the frontlines battling the coronavirus. when the world stopped, these nurses didn't.

>> i have not had any days off as of yet. i worked straight through. >> reporter: amy left her fiance and two kids in indiana to help in new york city >> never seen so much loss, dealt with so much death in such a short amount of time. >> reporter: every day a roller coaster of emotions. >> i can go from laughing one minute to the next minute sitting in the bathroom crying >> reporter: now at the end of the 14 hour days, those comforting the sick are getting a bit of comfort of their own. no words needed. the visits got rolling a couple weeks ago when new york national guard reached out to see if service dogs could visit their troops >> we're just giving to these soldiers and these nurses who are going through hell the

opportunity to unwind, to kiss a dog, get a dog's kiss in return. >> reporter: you're going to make me cry. >> i know. i'm trying not to. >> reporter: as a stress buster, it seems to be working >> the dogs understand they feel how i'm feeling, and they want me to feel better. >> reporter: the dogs are part of the not for profit puppies behind bars. we visited them last year. puppies raised to be service dogs for first responders and veterans the trainers, inmates at maximum security prisons like this one north of new york city before they graduate, they know nearly 100 commands.

what is it about dogs and these dogs in particular that deeply touches human beings. >> since they enter prison at 8 weeks and live there two to three years, they have grown up with people that need them they just sense that there's an emotional need that they fill. >> reporter: from the dog's point of view, hard to argue >> the dogs are exhausted. at the end of two hours, you would think they climbed mount everest. >> reporter: they did something even more awesome. brought a little joy into a world very much in need of some. >> this is giving back to us, too. it is a way of us being able to do something >> reporter: this morning, maybe even cat people feel a little dog person inside, right, ernie? >> oh!

>> oh, love ernie. that was great, great, great, cynthia. when you think about it too, th. >> just w first responders probably want a hug. everyone says i wish i could get a hug. >> just what we needed coming up, today's virtual plaza. the first time we tried something like this, we can't get outside, so we decided to bring the plaza inside we'll get to that in a moment. mr. roker, how about a check of the mother's day forecast? >> a storm from the gulf coast heat expands out west. moving into saturday, snowy from new york state into northern new england. record lows in the mid-atlantic states, great lakes. warm out west.

showers making it through the planes the chill continues mother's day. record lows in the mid-atlantic states in the northeast, wet weather around the great lakes, heavy rain through florida expect plenty of sunshine from the gulf coast into the southwest with a few showers more sunshine making its way into the pacific northwest sunny skies all the way down to san diego and los angeles with temperatures still above the warmer side. we'll be watching that the big concern mother's day is in florida talking anywhere from three to five inches of rain, there could be flooding. good news if there is any, >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today it's going to be really hot with high temperatures reaching up to 94 degrees. a lot of our inland areas. by tomorrow, we start to feel cooling with low 80s. in time for mother's day, we

have upper 70s for highs in the forecast. next week we're looking at a chance of showers off and on rain possible. and for san francisco, we're coming off of those high 70s, or highs in the 70s to some 60s over the next several days. >> and that's your latest weather. guys, happy mother's day. >> all right, al thank you. just ahead, a moment we've bp waiting for all morning. we're going to introduce you to a family of nurses led by a mom who inspired her daughters and son-in-law to follow in her footsteps. they have no idea we are about to give them an early mother's day gift but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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something special to wrap up national nurses week, savannah. >> yeah, we have a good story. nursing is a family affair for a group we're about to introduce you to three nurses that followed their mom into the career they all loved. this year as they fight on the front lines, mother's day is taking on added meaning. early on rosemary whitman knew her calling. >> my grandmother had been very sick and i helped care for her with my mom. so that's probably my major reason for choosing nursing. >> and for the past nearly 37 years, she's been caring for patients at boston's brigham young hospital. >> nursing is truly a profession that you absolutely have to have your heart in it 100%. >> today she's the matriarch of the family on the front lines fighting covid-19 pandemic, bringing daughters christina and katie and even son-in-law brad to work in the family business all four at the same boston

hospital. >> i decided to be a nurse because my role model and inspiration in life was a nurse, so i just wanted to follow in her footsteps. i think i also kind of had a nurturing tendency i have been on the same floor for 13 years now, and i still love work every day. >> brad joins them after a career change. >> she put the bug in my ear to be a nurse if she didn't kind of encourage me, i don't know where i would be. >> rosemary would often work nights and weekends so she could be home with her family. >> she was always there. when we got home from school, you did your homework, watched tv, and we all had dinner together as a family we used to think moms worked weekends and dads worked weekdays because mom worked weekends we thought that was normal growing up.

>> to make up for missed time, special trips to visit mom at work. >> sometimes for ten minutes, sometimes half an hour but at least i'd get to see them. >> especially on holidays. >> you'd see them walking up on the holidays with handmade gifts. many times i'd go down and spend time in the cafeteria for them to give me my mother's day gift. >> trips that made an impression. >> i remember my daughter saying, mom, i want to be a nurse. i used to say to myself, we have a long way to go here, but it never stopped. >> i always knew i wanted to be a nurse at a young age going to visit at the hospital my mom really emphasized that more she was somebody i wanted to emulate. it was never a question of what. >> today all four families live within five miles of each other car-pooling bringing them even closer. >> we can talk to i wanted to do >> today all four families live within five miles of each other car-pooling bringing them even closer. >> we can talk to each other, and we can relate to each other. during the day sometimes we're able to see each other he with can eat lunch together seeing a familiar face is so

important. >> last year rosemary's gift was three grandchildren. on this day, a thanks, not just being a mother and grandmother but a guiding light. >> thank you for showing us how to be moms i don't think we ever could have imagined life without you. i feel almost like guilty sometimes that you're my mom, because everybody wants you to be their mom you're such an amazing person and woman. >> if my children love and respect me the way i love and respect my own mother, then, like, i will know that i've done >> well, that is a something right. >> well, that is a family that is definitely inspiring. nbc's morgan radford is with them she's live they are outside boston. i think we have something special in store for them.

>> that's right, savannah. we are here live this morning with all the nurses of the family and their little ones guys, this morning is all about thanking you this family has been sacrificing on the front lines they have been pulling double duty working at boston, brigham hospitals in massachusetts then they come home and take care of their little ones, their three little ones are less than a year old they are all infants and less than six months apart. they have been sacrificing holding down the fort here at home today is all about saying thank you. are you guys ready we have a very big surprise for you. you can hear them react. we've got an entire caravan of cars coming in their driveway. these are members of the police department you can see we've got the horns going, the fire trucks everyone is waving this is all to thank you guys for your service day in and day out. if you look just behind the fire trucks here, you can see four cars pulling into the driveway

our sponsor at ford has been supporting frontline workers and families like yours, and they wanted to say thank you personal to the mother's because they really want you to be able to celebrate as you've had to sacrifice this holiday so you now -- this is all about you. if you look inside each bed of these trucks, we've got very special gifts. the first one, you can see flowers, these beautiful springtime flowers. >> oh, my god. >> for mom then if you look in the front, you can see we've bought an entire breakfast spread laid out for you with mimosas and pancakes and french toast. then we've got this bubble wraps of balloons for the kids this is one i really want to show you look at this other truck, come with us back here, guys. in this truck we have all of these gifts. this is for the moms and the

babies we've got spa packages. >> oh, my god. >> candles, gifts for the babies, toys, diapers. anything you guys need because we just want to say thank you. you are special. you are valued christina, how are you feeling >> an air hug, big air hug oh, my god, this is amazing. >> we really just want to say thank you. to your mom, rosemary, i see you checking out the flowers thank you for your service we want to let you know how much we appreciate everything you've done at home and the community savannah, back to you. >> that was beautiful. >> i hope they can just soak that in and feel the love this morning, because they sure deserve it morgan, thank you. >> what a beautiful moment when we come back, carson is going to join us we're told he's planning something special fo"pop start" butr f

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we are back, 8:48 and it's time for carson and "pop start." hey, carson. >> hi, guys. >> the graphics department. >> what's going on, everybody. good morning we've got good stories for you let's go ahead and get going here wait a second, we do "pop start" every single day, it is friday it's the start of mother's day weekend. you know what we should do let's dedicate this to all the moms out there let's do a special edition of "pop start," it's renamed mom start. that's what we're doing, mom start. it's going to be different al and craig, we want to tell you what we're doing for our moms garcon, i need you on the other side, please i'm going to make a cocktail for brunch for siri. it's simple.

she likes this apple spritz. >> bring it in here. >> this is a prosecco. so half prosecco, some ice and the aperol this is the fancy italian liqueur. that's going in, two parts of that then club soda i like to use fresca just a splash. mix it around. garnish. thank you, graphics. this is what i'll be making siri i don't care for it personally but she loves it let me turn, uncle al, what are you doing for deborah. >> by the way, i love the aperol spritz, it's fantastic my wife is from the south, a georgia girl some friends of ours, cali's hot cheese biscuits pimiento cheese, jelly, mimosa, that will be our

breakfast. amongst other things craig? >> we've taken to going on family hikes since this started. i know it's going to be chilly we found a great spot near where we live. lindsay said she would like to spend the day with the kids so we're going to take mom out for a family hike. that's the plan. >> nice. >> wow, those both sound really good guys, let's not forget to toast two of our favorite moms, savannah and hoda. we wanted to do something special for mother's day for you. our good friends at the bakery sent you amazing cookies you know them. hoda, you're obsessed with them, one of our favorites we have some special messengers. savannah, take a look. hopefully this will work. >> hey, oh, my gosh.

come here, guys. my favorite. come here. >> bring them in there they are we are all obsessed with them. hi, bailey. >> look at my best friends char char. >> i love it >> yeah, love it >> now, hoda, your cookies are waiting for you at home because we couldn't bring them into the set. we have a special mother's day message for you. watch this, hoda. >> happy mother's day. look what i made for you a big heart in the middle. love you, bye. >> love you, too that was so sweet. by the way, let's always do mom start, carson. >> okay. every day should be mom start. we want to wish a happy mother's day to all the incredible moms out there. we love you and everything you do. even mom figures may not be your mom. cheers happy mother's day.

>> happy mother's day to savannah guthrie. >> that was the best "pop start" in a long timetime. thank you f thank you for mom start. thank you, jack. we're back in a moment

all right. we're back with our virtual plaza. it is mother's day this weekend. we wanted to give a shoutout to janell from lexington. hi, guys. >> hi. >> they did a gender reveal with little lucy. they were on their plaza there's lucy three years later, and we hear y'all are expecting again? >> yes. >> are we going to do our reveal in this moment >> we are. we want to let our friends and family know -- it's a boy! >> it's a boy! that's awesome lucy is going to have a brother.

well, you know what, this is a perfect mother's day for you, janell can we do a wide shot? look at these beautiful faces. we want to give everyone a shoutout thanks for coming to our virtual plaza. we're going to keep it up. we want you to be part of the experience today.com/virtualplaza and sign up have a great weekend happy mother's day good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. as of today, certain businesses in napa, sonoma and soleano counties have the green light to partially reopen as phase two of the governor's plan kicks in. nonessential retailers like book, clothing and sporting goods stores can provide curbside service. as for the other six bay area

counties, all will remain in phase one of the shelter at home order. that's not stopping a tesla plant from reopening. cnbc learned it may reopen as early as today but only with 30% of the staff on site. it's not clear if alameda county authorities will try to intervene, although the sheriff's office told reuters the governor's office should supersede county restrictions. bob will have a live report for us during our midday news cast. you can also get more details at the top of our home page. the nordstrom store in pleasanton stonebridge mall will not reopen when the mall gets back to business. the store is among 16 locations being closed across the nation. this as the company tightens its belt due to financial losses from the coronavirus. we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning to you welcome to the third hour of "today." craig melvin in studio 1a, al and sheinelle working from home. it is friday mei 8th today also marks the 75th verse of ve day. also this morning the government releasing jobs, 25 million jobs lost in march alone. that brings the unemployment rate to nearly 15% those are both records that we ha