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a coma he opens his eyes yesterday, and >> his wife calls him a superhero, which he is. welcome back as states reopen, you've been natalie is going to have that story coming up in just a little sending us a lot of questions. we've all got them, about bit, savannah. returning to places like restaurants, salons, the dentist >> looking forward to that and more we're going to get some answers from experts right after we get good news. let's get started on the latest on coronavirus cases here in the u.s. are approaching 1.4 million this morning and the death toll a check of the weather from al >> hey, guys, good morning we've been talking about this stands at nearly 84,000 people. >> overnight arizona's governor announced his stay-at-home order tropical system, subtropical system that may form off the will end on friday southeast coast. take a look at this. the national hurricane center that will leave just three giving us a 70% chance of some sort of formation over the next states and washington, d.c., with full restrictions still in place. and in the meantime, house democrats unveiled a proposal for another wave of economic relief, a $3 trillion package that includes a round of stimulus checks for american taxpayers and more money for five days. we're going to be watching it very, very closely a five-day development zone may bring upwards of some big problems as you make your way into florida that stationary front isoihe coy wondering about the future of a chilly start to the northeast. schools, a big announcement from we've already seen record lows either set or tied heavy rain moves into the pacific northwest. the largest university system in the country. the chancellor of california state university says its 23
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campuses, including fresno state good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. and san diego state, will remain we are going to see more clouds closed for the fall semester moving in, as we take a live classes instead will most likely take place exclusively online. we do have a lot to get to look outside at walnut creek. we're going to get started with nbc's kristen welker we have a chance of rain this she's at the white house afternoon. hey, good morning. it will start around 1:00 to >> good morning to you 2:00, spotty rain spreading into there is new fallout this the rest of the bay area, though not all of us will see it. morning after the nation's top doctors delivered an unfiltered view of the coronavirus crisis we'll also have a chance of showers tomorrow. then on friday, once it all on tuesday it was in a hearing like we've clears out, we'll warm up to 80 never seen before. degrees. all the witnesses testifying remotely and some of the senators appearing by video, that's your latest weather too. hoda. >> all right, al dr. anthony fauci said moving thank you. too fast, out of control and with most states now starting to reopen, tens of millions of americans are anxious for some return to normal a lot of you guys are sending us questions about what is safe and what is not, so we've decided we're going to bring in our could have dire consequences experts, tackle them for you swift reaction to testimony from we have dr. john torres, vicky several of the nation's top doctors who told the senate in nguyen and stephanie ruhle first question comes from no uncertain terms reopening the country too quickly could cost more lives. facebook. >> with some parts of the country starting to reopen, is it safe to go to doctors >> there is a real risk you will
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>> yeah. trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control. >> the president's son-in-law is it safe to go to doctors? can i add one stat to that, dr. and top adviser jared kushner in john an interview with "time" the academy of american pediatrics say 80% of people are skipping routine appointments, magazine to reopening. >> there's risk to anything. the president carries the burden of 30 million americans who have which would also in some cases include vaccines. lost their jobs due to this historic effort to save lives. >> dr. fauci and three other top health officials testifying remotely tuesday before a key senate committee, making it >> hoda, that's a big concern for them, because these children clear while there has been progress, the virus is still might be missing vaccines for dangerous. >> we have the coronavirus diseases we know are preventible and can cause a lot of issues, whooping cough and measles, two outbreak overall in most areas the contained? >> depends what you mean by outbreak calmed down, it is safe containment. if you think we have it completely under control, we to go back and see your doctors. you want to ask a few questions don't. >> there was also bipartisan before you go in there number one when we talk to the doctor you want to say, do you have enough ppe for you, your agreement more testing is staff and those that come in what's the procedure for needed. >> what our country has done so far on testing is impressive but not nearly enough. appointment arrivals do people wait in their car until they are called, back in >> republican senator mitt the clinic room right away are they socially distanced enough you don't have to worry romney blasting president trump's declaration his administration has prevailed on about it are appointments staggered that way you're not there with anybody else, have you had covid cases and what have you done about that
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the issue of testing with 9 million tests nationwide. >> i find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever. if it's an annual checkup for >> with a staggering 80,000 deaths so far from coronavirus, adults, you can wait on that wait until the outbreak calmed dr. fauci admitting it may be even worse. >> most of us feel that the number of deaths are likely down in your area. for children, on the other hand, higher than that number. the american academy of >> fauci also said it's unlikely pediatrics put out a warning or statement saying they are concerned children aren't getting, particularly those below the age of two, still need there will be a vaccine available in the fall to in-person wellness visits on a facilitate students to return to regular basis. school prompting this retort from senator rand paul. immunizations a big thing as >> as much as i respect you, dr. well what they are doing, setting up fauci, i don't think you're the special clinics, special areas, even drive-through for end all. immunizations. i don't think you're the one mammograms, if it's an elective mammogram, routine mammogram, that can be delayed to a certain person that gets to make a decision extent if you have any kind of warning we can listen to your advice but there are people on the other side saying there's not going to be a surge. >> i never made out to be the signs, any kind of concerns, any end all and the only voice i don't give advice about kind of extra risks for breast cancer you want to get that right away economic things. i don't give advice about you don't want to delay that too anything other than public much. >> let's talk about dentists, a lot of people wondering should i health. >> and overnight that interview put that off, what should i do >> dentist, the same thing, if it's a cleaning or routine examination, put that off. if you have an emergency, tooth you saw with the president's son in law jared kushner raised eyebrows. when he was asked the pain, infection, broken tooth then you want to be seen right
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presidential election could be postponed by the pandemic, he away said it was not his decision and again, make sure the staff is couldn't commit one way or the using appropriate ppe, even there it's a bit more concerning because you're so close to the other. adding the plan is to hold it november 3rd dentist. dentist offices opening up and that was a big concern in the hearing yesterday. make sure hot spots are under aiming to clarify, he released a statement. control and you can get in there safely. quote, i have not been involved in nor am i aware of any >> all right, dr. john discussions about trying to change the date of the a lot of people feeling presidential election. it is worth noting election day quarantine fatigue is set by federal law and we'll talk about activities with requires an act of congress to change it. correspondent vicky nguyen our first question comes to you hoda, savannah. >> all right, kristen, thank you. from rachel on twitter adding to the concerns over the let's take a listen. country's reopening, that >> have we reached a point yet unreleased white house report where we can schedule play dates with kids? that shows where new hot spots >> that's a big one, people want for the virus are emerging to play. >> i know, and we want to get out. this is happening as cities are let's look at the backdrop taking different approaches to how and when they should move infections rates rising in many states, we're seeing infections forward. nbc's tom costello has that angle of the story this morning. tom, good morning. >> hi, savannah. yeah, a lot of moving pieces here as you know, governors in some in children. if you want play dates, here is a way. ask yourself, is this a family i trust, that's been limiting our contact with others. are the kids old enough to cases are leaving it up to local understand being 6 feet apart? communities to decide how and that's important if you're going to be outside, can you schedule it so they are having a picnic or throwing a
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when they lift restrictions. here in the nation's capital we're set to see the restrictions expire in d.c. on friday now that's expected to be ball around? extended that's a lot less risky than everybody in a basement playing northern virginia, just across video games on top of each other. same for if you want to go to a neighbor's house to go swimming, can you maintain social distancing just remember, more people you the river, already extended all the way through the end of may in california, it's going to be introduce, more contact, the a lot longer than that more the risk goes up. >> speaking of the beach, is it through mid august at least. that's how long stay-at-home orders could be extended in los angeles according to the l.a. okay it seems open air, if you're 6 county health director. >> we know with certainty, we feet apart, is it good. would be extended health officer >> that's supercritical for your mental and physical health to get outside. check with your beach. orders for months. >> l.a. mayor clarifying saying is it only for exercise or can restrictions across the region you lounge around. stay close so you don't have to make stops on the way to the beach. limit your contact remember, social distancing on the sand as well as in the will be lifted gradually. >> said stay in place for at water, bring hand sanitizer and least three months that doesn't mean stay in place exactly the way it is today. try to avoid public rest rooms, >> reporter: in new york city shower handles or touching news the iconic lights of broadway are now expected to remain dark through at least labor day with theaters offering refunds and exchanges for the anything people are touching. roughly 2 million tickets purchased for shows through >> a lot of malls are opening up they seem empty but are they september 6th. safe >> we talked to an while much of the focus epidemiologist saying this is surrounding coronavirus has been not time for mall rats to stroll aimlessly.
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on big cities, new infections only go if it's something you suggest a shift in the outbreak absolutely need. from major coastal communities avoid peak times like the to the country's heartland weekend and take the same an unpublished coronavirus task precautions you would if you were going grocery shopping. force report obtained by nbc get in, get out, be laser focused, only support businesses that respect that and keeping news shows the top ten areas with the largest week over week in cases throughout the central customers safe, too. and southern regions >> gyms are open that seems to me a place that would be infested with germs no among them nashville, tennessee. >> redneck riviera open for matter how you clean it. >> we know you're at higher risk if someone is infected in the business. >> music's iconic downtown opening its doors with some gym. call your gym, find out what restrictions country singer songwriter john rich among those excited to they are doing to safely reopen. equinox announced serious cleaning protocols welcome back patrons to his bar. going to temperature check >> it's a big thing because you can finally get back to some everyone before they come in making sure everyone wipes down beginning semblance of the machine between uses if you're comfortable with that, normality. >> georgia faced criticism for reopening businesses like tattoo shops and massage parlors, now make sure you're washing your hands and not touching your face you can return to the gym. remember, there is risk to everything when you leave your house. >> vicky, all great advice let's move to senior business correspondent. hitting the brakes extending restrictions on bars, steph, i love when you're on i don't know what there is about performance venues through the it but i love it end of may. >> we believe that waiting a little bit longer will enhance
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health outcomes and give folks the opportunity to prepare for safe reopening in the near there's a starbucks by my house, i see a line people still want their morning coffee what kind of precautions are they taking? future. >> tom, let's go back to california we mentioned the country's largest public university system, cal state, decided not >> get ready whether it's starbucks or any to reopen campus and moved local cafe, things are going to classes online this fall look different starbucks, for example, closing its physical doors but what do you think that means in terms of a signal for other universities around the country? converting them to be takeout windows. chains like that are encouraging people, use mobile apps to make >> well, it certainly could be a your order, that's going to precedent. the university of california system said it's going to decide look down, you're going to see this summer. limit interaction. look down, you're going to see the cal state system is 23 decals on the floor to remind people to maintain social distancing i would give the advice my campuses it says it's been losing mother has given our whole life, go peepee before you leave your hundreds of millions of dollars because students are not on campus, but universities across the country are really wrestling with this. house. a lot less options of safe to use bathrooms so make sure you go at home. >> what about restaurants. here in the northeast, brown university, its president has said really it should be a national priority to reopen the >> get ready universities nationwide. things are going to take time, up in canada, mcgill university slow i need you to be patient make a reservation so the has decided it's going to go to online learning in the fall. restaurant can plan and not face overcrowding issues. universities up and down are a study was done out of china struggling with when they should
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reopen and how good of an education are they providing if that air conditioning can advance the spread of it's online. coronavirus for people sitting i've got to tell you, i've got two universities students and they have been dealing with this as well. near one another, so expect el fresco dining. we're seeing zoning laws change it's not an easy one. >> no, universities wrestling in cities across the country with what cities and states and shutting down streets, alley ways and converting parking lots and taking inside dining rooms outside. the whole country is wrestling with, the difficult decision it's happening in tampa. tom, thank you so much so far, so good. almost ten minutes after the hour send it to you, hoda. >> quick, hair and national salons, thumbs-up or thumbs >> growing concern on the coronavirus impact on children as doctors report more cases of that mysterious and rare illness with likely ties to covid-19 down, should we be going or not. nbc's kristen dahlgren joins us with the latest developments >> when they open, get ready here i want to go, i've got hooves hey, kristen, good morning. >> good morning, hoda. working at the end of my ankles one of those new studies from but you must make appointments right? children's national shows that you must make appointments that is a requirement. one in four children who tested you know it's true get ready because you're going to need to wear a mask, employees are going to need to positive had to be hospitalized. wear a mask. of those nearly 40% had no pre-existing conditions. this morning we're also learning about new cases of that also, there won't be any waiting inflammatory syndrome affecting kids the nation's top coronavirus
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expert at a senate hearing tuesday with a warning about the assumption children aren't good morning. severely impacted by covid-19. >> we don't know everything about this virus, and we really better be very careful, particularly when it comes to the ordinance will give workers children 80 hours of sick leave. right now children presenting with covid-19, who actually have have you seen this video? someone let the goats out. don't try to count them all. a very strange inflammatory we're telling you, this is more than 200 or so goats. syndrome similar to kawasaki. >> pims is rare but making some they are cleaning nearby brush before a few broke the boards on a fence and they all escape. children very sick children with covid-19 are presenting with severe respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. fort natur fortunately it only took a few minutes to corral them. >> we don't know if it's going to be different than adults but we know for sure children are it's a good day for developing two separate kinds of anything, though we will start to see showers moving in. as we're starting to see some diseases from covid. >> immune responses can include high fever, rash, abdominal sunshine in san jose -- a couple pain the inflammation can attack organs like the heart or kidneys. spotty showers, but then wee see
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at least three children have died the rain chances in the east cases from infants to teenagers bay, in the south bay for the are now suspected in at least 14 restst the dade. friday is looking dry, also much states warmer for the weekend. new york alone has 100 cases. more rain on sunday. thanks, kari. >> probably in other states it probably hasn't been diagnosed another local news update for yet in other states, because, you in the next half hour. again, these children don't present the usual covid symptoms. >> there are treatments that seem to be working we first introduced you to jaden last week when he was still in intensive care at new york's cohen children's medical center. the 8-year-old went into cardiac arrest, never even knowing he had coronavirus. on tuesday jaden went home to a standing ovation from first responders so there is optimism, especially if it's caught early by tomorrow the cdc says it hopes to send guidance to doctors nationwide to help them identify and track cases, savannah. >> all right, kristen, thank you so much.
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let's turn to dr. scott gottlieb, former head of the fda and contributor. there's so many moving parts and i want to talk about coronavirus in a moment. first, let's throw up that map in the white house document that hadn't been released yet it really shows a spike now in middle america do you have any insight into why that might be and what that ffee new york regions, for instance when you look across the country nationally you are seein possibly portends? >> we're seeing hot spots in states not as affected as the new york region, for instance. when you look across the country nationally, you're seeing hospitalizations go up slightly. maybe there's been a flattening and cases continue to expand some of that is an artifact we're testing more, capturing more cases nationally. but the hospitalizations appear to be going up this is an epidemic that hasn't run its course nationally and hasn't really started to show sustained declines out of the new york region. reopening against that backdrop
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and you're going to start to see spikes of infections across the country that have been largely unaffected up until this point. >> we talked about the university system, whether it's cities or states it's such a tricky question about how much you can reopen, when you can reopen, trying to stem the tied, you're going to see a rise in cases but you don't want an outbreak out of control. how do you analyze whether or not it's safely being done right now? >> look, there's a lot of economic hardship on the other side of this, keeping the country shut down is causing economic pain. that economic pain is translating into public health impacts. people missing appointments, vaccinations down 90%, prescriptions for vaccinations it's very hard to contain and keep the country closed. we thought when we were reopening in may and expected to reopen in may, we would be opening against the backdrop of less spread. there's a way to do this safely, slowly, reopen essential we love this
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businesses first, make sure workers and people have proper protective equipment in the workplace. we love this time of the day. people at risk work on the shop floor and factories, things like that you take pauses in between as welcome back, wednesday morning, 13th day of may, 2020. we're going to check in with you reopen the economy to see if carson because we need some "pop start," including good news on a there's going to be a spike in new cases or hospitalizations. you don't open things where people congregate indoors. things like bars and restaurants beef between two big stars on stay closed a little longer. twitter, including chrissy teigen and a friend of ours on the "today" show, too. try to move services outside it's getting a lot of attention, instead of inside because we know there's less risk of savannah. >> is it like a real beef or one of those fake celebrity fights. transmission when things are >> i think it might have been a real one that calmed down. >> okay. >> i hope so held outdoors. if anything can we put aside our there's ways to do this, make no mistake. when we reopen the country, celebrity twitter fights at this time guys, also, get excited, pop the there's an uptick in cases, only difference we thought we would popcorn, kevin costner is going to join us live. be seeing more declines in new we know he's a great actor did you know he's also a cases. musician, he sings, he's got a band, and he has a song that's really, really timely. there he is with his coffee cup, so early in california that ups the risk, what ends up we'll catch up with kevin in a happening is a surge in cases or slow burn through the entire summer where we really never really get few. rid of this background infection >> meanwhile tomorrow as most of and we go into the fall with more risk. >> let's talk about kids and coronavirus. us spend more time cooking at this is so disturbing for so home, we've got a special steals many parents
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for a time a lot of us were like, great, coronavirus is not air-fryers, cast iro and deals for your kitchen, air fryers, cast iron pans, affecting children as much, and cookbooks and more walk out through special steals now we're hearing about this condition that may or may not be and deals tomorrow. >> kids, what do you say we say hello to our awesome virtual related to covid-19. are you surprised they don't know more at this point? we have 1.4 million cases in the u.s. are you surprised we don't just plaza. we love when everybody gets their air time we love you. i know you are missing al roker know more about the virus now? but we're trying to substitute in i'm looking for where is carter >> we've been learning a lot from atlanta, georgia, and his about this virus as we go. i'm surprised we don't have more systematic information being put out by authorities like cdc given the fact we've had 1.4 million cases and hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations. you want to start seeing data on collected experience in the mom kristen. raise your hand. there you guys are hi, guys we should point out carter is graduating eighth grade. you've got guitar with you, carter do you have a song you want to play for us? >> yes i know you love the song a lot of information is out of "underdog" by alicia keys, so i learned it for you. china and europe >> can i hear it >> yeah, sure. this condition kids seem to be >> okay. getting is concerning. there was an assumption it was largely benign in children that's not the case. in new york city we had 300 hospitalizations of children under the age of 17 and 9 deaths that's a lot that's a lot of death and
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>> yes you did great. disease even relative to what happens with the flu in new york state and new york city. coronavirus isn't the benign condition in kids. we don't know the common that's an >> all right ♪ ♪ >> yes >> you did great that's an awesome song you've got a long runway, babe i can't wait to see what you do with that guitar. >> carter, thank you where is teshera. denominator. we don't know how many kids are getting coronavirus. we have 50 cases of the condition, post viral condition in new york city, which seems to be the case right now based on the mayor's report, how many kids had the virus, thousands or hundreds of thousands of kids >> i'm here. >> hi. >> i hear you're an urgent care had the virus nationally clinic nurse. >> i am. we don't know the answer to that yes, i am. urgent care. question there's going to be a study that's going to help us answer >> you've got five kids. that question. there was one good study in science magazine about two weeks ago that said kids are about a third as susceptible to coronavirus as adults. what the study concluded, this is data out of china, but they are less susceptible to the virus so they are getting it at a lower rate than adults would >> count them. >> you're raising five kids and going to school at the same time is that right? that suggests a lot of kids get >> that's correct. my plate is overly full right infected, but benign courses, now. >> what's the secret how do you do it >> a lot of coffee, a lot of crying in the bathroom we make it work. we do it we make it work. >> it's so good to see you. not affecting them we need to figure out what the >> great to see you. common denominator is, how many
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>> good to see you, too. >> guys, we have the best kids actually had coronavirus. virtual plaza. important questions. hopefully we'll start getting the answers to those can we get a shot of everybody i promised norah dr. gottlieb, thank you so much. can you guys pull up can you see norah here can you pull up in i promised hoda, back to you. >> coming up on 7:18 let's turn to a question we've been asking for weeks now, when will pro sports be back? this morning it looks like we her a selfie may have some good news. norah, can you take it you've got your phone? mba owners say they are increasingly hopeful their >> yes. >> can you do it here we go season will resume in the future are we all in together all right. we'll check that off your bucke. that's according to espn let's get all the details. that's after a conference call on tuesday between league list y'all, thank you for being with commissioner adam silver and us today we appreciate you. if you guys want a chance to some team owners details, of course, need to be join online crowd head to today.com/virtual plaza for details. worked out let's get all the details. mr. roker, your people are at the same time there's an missing you. >> i know. informal survey that reveals that most players are also in favor of returning to action i'm missing my plaza, i tell soon as long as it is safe to do you. so let's look at what's happening today for all the plaza folks, virtual plaza all around the so there may be a little optimism from players and owners, only hope this gets country. heavy rain in the pacific northwest, northern california, done severe storms firing up in the central plains a chilly start to the northeast and great lakes, sunshine down through florida. we will be looking at more heavy rain developing tomorrow on into all right.
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>> we want to bring in al, get our first check of the weather al, what are you looking at this morning. >> well, we've got a possibility of a tropical system developing. let's look at what's going on off the southeast coast. we expect to see the system, the national hurricane center, good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall, as giving it a chance of 70% of developing over the next five days we look at dublin, we're subtropical development starting with sunshine, but possible we'll gradually start to see we'll watch this development zone over the next five days off more clouds moving in. the southeast and atlantic as this storm systems coast. we're going to be looking at approaches, first rain to the heavy rain, not part of the north bay. the rest of the bay area seeing system but part of a stationary front that will be developing spotty showers. we'll also have another chance friday into saturday and sunday, of rain tomorrow, but on friday then the low may form and move reach up to 80 degrees as all slowly eastward. that rain moves out. we'll get more sunshine and more rip current warnings already up showers in the forecast by the for the east coast of florida end of the weekend. with anywhere from 2 to 3", some >> and that's your latest weather. places may pick up up to 4 carson and as far as today and tonight, >> uncle al, good to see you 8 million people at risk from good morning texas all the way into the midwest for hail, damaging winds, possibility of tornadoes, more of the same tomorrow >> and that's your latest stretching from kansas all the weather. carson. >> uncle al, good to see you. good morning. way to indiana for 15 million thanks for getting ready people rainfall anywhere from 2 to 3" stretching from texas into the northeast through friday
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but locally in the mid mississippi river valley, we could see upwards of 4" or more. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds well i was going to say hard! why won't you... ughhhh... go in then! ahhh! [music playing] [grunting] [crying] c'monnnnn! [laughing] why won't you go in... new fudge brownie m&m's. no baking necessary. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out high temperatures today, cooler with clouds moving in. we'll reach into the upper 60s for the inland areas. a few spots reaching 70 degrees. we'll also see a chance of showers moving in first in the north bay early in the afternoon
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and then our rain chances will go up as w for the east bay. now we'll also possibly see some more rain in the forecast tomorrow. drying out on friday. all right. al, thank yo . >> all right, al thank you so much. coming up, elon musk getting new support from the white house after reopening his tesla factory in california despite stay-at-home orders. but how do the people who work there feel what they are saying to us this morning. what is driving the record breaking surge in grocery prices and what some families are doing to cope. but first this is "today" on nbc. and... let's get started. ♪ 8:37
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8:37, feels like a good time for "pop start." carson daly, jack daly, what have you got? >> good morning, we're going to start today with chrissy teigen, model and author certainly knows what it's like to spar on social (music fades in) hey! -hi! ♪ media. this week saw her at the center ♪ ♪ of more than one controversy. nbc's joe fryer has the story ♪ for us. good morning. >> good morning. teigen has a massive social media following and isn't afraid to fight back against anyone. this week no exception. teigen taking on critics and making headlines. for chrissy teigen, it's been a week of food views. >> we don't know what we're doing. >> model and cookbook author that could mean an increase byin energy bills.. firing back after being accused of stealing a recipe. you can save by using a fan to cool off... teigen tweeting i have never unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... stolen a recipe from anyone and or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. i actively talk about the restaurants i love.
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adding, imagine the ego to think someone is copying you when they haven't heard of you. >> you know how hard it is to write recipes. >> it all started when someone tweeted you can't cook or copy ideas from the cookbook. it's copying even if you change one thing. telling the star stick with your filipino expletive. accusing her of taking a recipe from chef mike to filed suit. no idea who chef mike is but he probably wouldn't be happy to find out you, his friend, outing him about his impending lawsuit. teigen no stranger to social media drama. she told hoda and jenna she's trying to get better on how to handle it. >> i'm better at timing of things. now i sit back and watch everybody else get in trouble. straight ahead, as more >> this is chrissy court. areas of the country begin to reopen, just how safe is it to go to the dentist? what about scheduling the much needed visit to the hair salon our team of experts will be here to answer your questions, but >> it comes amid another high first your local news.
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♪ es back and forth after food columnist alison roman made these comments about teigen in the interview with the new consumer. doing their best to keep our nation going, while keeping us safe. she had a successful cookbook and it was like, boom, line at target. boom, now she has an instagram we've given masks to all our people page that has over a million followers where it's just like and we're helping our customers practice people running a content farm for her. that horrifies me, and it's not something that i ever want to social distancing in stores. do. teigen responding to roman on we've implemented shorter hours, twitter saying, this is a huge so we can sanitize our stores from top to bottom while also restocking our products. bummer and hit me hard. i made her recipes, bought but if anything, these days have reminded us cookbooks, supported her on social and praised her on interviews. roman apologized to teigen for why we do what we do. because despite everything that's changed, what she called her tone deaf comments. one thing hasn't, among the many uncomfortable and that's our devotion to you and our communities. things i began processing was the knowledge my comments were we're working together, in-store and online, rooted in my own insecurity. through pickup and delivery, teigen accepted that apology to make sure you can still get the essentials you need. and as we move forward, know that our first priority from roman saying the comment stung mainly because they weren't from just some random will always be to keep you and our associates safe. person who said they hated everything about her, someone like that friend of chef mike. ♪ carson. >> a lot to unpack there on "pop start," joe, good work. thank you very much. who is chef mike?
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will always be to keep you and our associates safe. maybe we'll find out eventually. we have more "pop start" for you wityour money almostes offered feels like it's frozen. this morning, jimmy fallon, and more importantly stars of "the with capital one, you can open tonight show" at home edition a new savings account that would be his lovely in about 5 minutes and earn five times daughters. the national average. this funny. this is banking reimagined. while interviewing ethan hawk on what's in your wallet? last night's show, jimmy you want a fresh-smelling home, experienced what so many have but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. working at home and that's our try febreze one; kids crashing video chats. a range of innovative air fresheners >> are your kids interrupting? with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home >> come over here. do not come over here. to deliver a light, natural-smelling freshness. >> i've got my kids in the other febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors room. and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lavender & eucalyptus. to eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes, i took my job seriously, jimmy. >> both you guys, out of here try febreze one. right now. brand power. helping you buy better. >> that is definitely the best moment i've ever had on television. your kids are awesome. so as you head back out on the road, this is my interview. we'll be doing what we do best. providing some calm amidst the chaos. with virtual, real-time tours of our vehicles
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i'm talking about my show. as well as remote purchasing. >> ethan might appreciate the for a little help, on and off the road. professional nature of the "pop start" graphics department over now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, here, that's it. we'll make up to 3 payments on your behalf. >> i know. jack daly is a pro. he's got very strong arms, a lo. good morning. is this the first time there's it's 7:26. five singers in the finale. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. >> our finale, all the coaches here's a look at our top stories have an artist. we'll have the fifth finalist including new concerns about a for the first time as you mentioned. coronavirus illness that's impacting children. it was fun. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez. the cdc is preparing to send a warning to doctors to track what great to be on live last night. blake shelton got tanisha harris instantly saved in the final moments of the show. a syndrome. blake will have the lead with three people have died, cases in two artists in our finale and he'll need it because he hasn't 14 states including california. monday we reported the case of a baby at lucille packard. won since the fall of 2017. the kids seem to get very sick very fast suffering from prolonged fever, rash, belly so we'll see you for the finale next week. >> that kim west kid by the way, pain an inflammation that can i know we're not supposed to have favorites. >> ridiculous. >> went to high school 15
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attack their organs. if you are worried don't look minutes from mine. the new pride of south carolina. >> you guys have the best internet connection on "the for respiratory symptoms as with voice" ever. covid adult cases. geez. call your doctor instead. >> we do. we've got cables running all >> reporter: i'm bob redell in fremont. over the place. the dispute between the health we're hardwired. department and tesla appears to >> carson, jack daly, thank you be coming to an end. both sides spoke yesterday and so much. just ahead one of our favorites campaign to an agreement on safety guidelines for tesla to around here, kevin costner. operate its plant here in he's going to talk to us about fremont beyond basic operations his acting, but also the message this week with the plan to resume full production of its of hope he's spreading with his band in a song that seems to fit for the times.for the times. electric vehicles this upcoming but first, this is "today" on monday assuming the carmaker sticks to that agreement. good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. the supreme court today will look into the issue of the electoral college and whether it would be permissible for so-called faithless electors to vote for somebody they were not assigned to. a few did in 2016, and that case is finally before the supreme court today. a live look at novato
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community hospital. a hero walk. we're all doing our part by staying at home. all morning long we've seen them clapping and cheering for that could mean an increase in energy bills. frontline workers. you can save by using a fan to cool off... this all got under way about 6:30 this morning during the unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... hospital shift change, and it's actually supposed to wrap up any moment now. or closing y of course we want to say thank you as well from nbc bay area to all of those working on the front lines to help save lives. really nice to see. nice to see the sun shining over the bay area as well. how are we looking weatherwise, kari? we're starting out that way, but we will start to see more clouds moving in, even a chance of spotty showers as we head through late morning into the afternoon. not all of us will see the rain but we will see an increase in cloud covers and temperatures in the upper 60s today and will be watching out for a chance of rain tomorrow. after that once those clouds get out of here our temperatures will be warming up. we're up to 80 degrees on friday and also saturday is looking nice, but then by sunday a movi could bring us wet weather to start out early next week. back to you.
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thanks so much. another local news update coming up in just half an hour. >> we'll see you then. we are back with acclaimed actor, oscar winning director kevin costner. we'll get to that side of his career in a moment, but we want to start with his band modern west and his song that's really appropriate for the times we're in kevin costner, good morning. you're such a sport for joining us this early. >> it is early good morning.
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>> tell us about the song. i listened to it this morning. i know it's from a few years back but it sure does seem toss match the times. >> the band has been together, modern west together about 16 years. i remember us writing a song about katrina called 'n' five minutes to america." we wake up sometimes and some exploded, tornadoes, or whatever. there's a helpless part of the country is just exploded, tornadoes, or whatever there's a helpless feeling but sometimes just musically you're able to write about it. we wrote about this song, "the ♪ sun will rise again. even far apart they sound great. jimmy fallon and the roots it really speaks to that and in this instance we're just getting help from panic! at the disco for a socially distant not talking about part of the performance the david bowie country, we're talking about the world, our country, every kind of phase of it classic "under pressure." so i played this song about two how do they do that? how do they get it just perfect years ago live and that's what you're looking at right now. like they are all together? inentura and sta barbara, we they do it, figure it out. craig joins us at the table. had rrible trady witrains and loss of life with people in it's pretty cool to watch that.
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>> they make beautiful music. >> carson is going to have more fun from the tonight show next hour in "pop start." let's get a check of your headlines at 7:30, the latest on santa barbara where i live and ventura i grew up, one of the places i grew up, actually so i played that for ventura so that's what you're looking the coronavirus situation. at, "the sun will rise again." >> i hope people check it out overnight arizona's governor because it really does give you announced his state's a good feeling, a good stay-at-home order will end on friday. perspective. the year due to the three music is a healer right now. coronavirus including the u.s. gymnastics championships, which tell me about how you've been spending quarantine in this time were supposed to start on june at home. the 4th. i know you've got three of your kids with you, your wife that event has now been how are you guys all handling rescheduled for june of 2021. universal orlando resorts, this >> well, like everybody else, which is owned by our parent company, says the city walk thank god for my wife because attraction will be open i'm so computer illiterate tomorrow. my kids are sweating from me doing this, having to set this they will be required to wear masks and be subject to temperature checks on arrival. up myself. universal theme parks will be everybody is asleep. closed until at least may 31st. if i needed help, it would be from one of the three, burr they are not. we're together let's move to the latest on if you find the joy in that, but really we need to drop groceries the tense battle between elon musk and local health officials over reopening of tesla facility in california. the question is are they any closer to a resolution? nbc's joe fryer has our update. on the front porch it's no different.
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hey, joe. >> hey there, hoda, good it's a great equalizer what le morning. county officials said overnight they have had productive discussions with tesla. if certain conditions are met, the carmaker could possibly get permission to resume full >> let me ask you, "yellowstone" has a new season coming out. that will be good news for people production next week. what should people expect? >> well, yeah. that's been a real joy to be both sides moving closer to a resolution after tesla defied local health orders. able to do in fact, we just wrote an album this morning, elon musk is from that, "tales from yellowstone. not backing down, the second day it's about my feelings about the of production at the tesla factory up and run in defiance of the order to maintain basic operations until we have an contracts i'll be interacting with i did a same thing for "hatfield & mccoys" called "famous for approved plan. over the weekend musk filed suit killing each other." against the county. yellowstone, i think it's coming out the 8th, right around the after reopening monday he tweeted, if anyone is arrested i 8th of june. that's exactly how i prepare for ask that it only be me. later adding all other auto a part, and it starts with companies in the u.s. are approved to resume, only tesla has been singled out. music. this is super messed up. tuesday even the president weighed in. so it is about the characters. it's about my feelings both making a movie and kind of how i'm feeling during the course of being out there. california should let tesla and elon musk open the plant now.
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it can be done fast and safely. so i hope people check that out. >> well, you're really nice to nbc news found they are trying wake up so, so early out in california to strike a deal with safety i'm very impressed at your officials sending a site plan technical skills we see you, we hear you. well done, kevin costner for approval. thank you. >> i thought i was kind of >> i'm encouraged by the plan. do i want to see elon handcuffed and walked out of the plant? hoping the sun was going to absolutely not. come up for you. it's just about up here. we want to sit down and do everything they need to do to technically i'm probably created all kinds of glares for you operate a safe plant. guys, so technically i apologize but thank you for always the >> tesla said safety measures include taking workers' temperatures at entry, handing out mask and staggering out break times. for one man he says it's not enough. special treatment and hoda and everyone, love. >> we appreciate it. it's impossible to socially it's fitting "the sun will rise" distance on the line and the a new season of "yellowstone" premiers on paramount next month. we'll be back in a moment but shuttles. first this is "today" on nbc >> stuck in the box essentially sharing the same airspace as other folks. i don't see a scenario where i'm not risking my health going back to tesla. >> he said when he refused to return and shared health concerns with supervisor, they sent an e-mail. your furlough has ended.
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choosing not to return to work may eliminate or reduce eligibility for unemployment. tesla did not return our request for comment. he says the company is putting him in a tough spot. >> i return or lose my job. putting profits over the lives of workers and the community and their families. >> reporter: county health officials say they have made additional safety recommendation toss tesla. they will work to local police to verify tesla is adhering to social distancing and safety measures in place for workers to make reopening possible next motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, week. savannah. >> joe, thank you. geico is giving new and current customers now to a troubling trend and you obs to your groceries. a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. in the last month prices from meat to eggs have gone way up. helping riders focus on the road ahead. the sharpest increase in 50 years. experts say prices may not come back down for months. here is nbc's sam brock with the story. >> reporter: these days many families across the country are experiencing serious sticker shock at the grocery store.
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when stay-at-home orders went in effect in march prices sticker prices went up 83, apparently meat prices, too. >> meat, deli, ham, cheese, even bread costing more. >> how much money are you spending on groceries before this started. >> more money than before. way, way, way more. >> an across the board bump that's actually setting records. the last time food prices jumped this much from one month to the next was way back in 1974, almost a half century ago. federal figures reveal at least a 1.5 price increase in all groups in april with meat, poultry, fish and eggs leading welcome back. the way. the cost of eggs alone we want to take a moment skyrocketed 16%. >> what do you see as the driving cost? >> we are, of course, in a welcome back we want to take a moment now, as we've been doing every week, to go beyond the numbers, beyond the statistics and really focus national emergency. on some of the lives lost in the we have experienced unprecedented demand in food coronavirus. >> nbc international correspondent kate snow has been
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telling the story so beautifully. products. >> leslie with the food industry association said food providers are doing their best meeting rising demands with fewer production. >> some of our plants had to hi, kate. >> hi, hoda. every time i speak with a family close temporarily. member and ask them to reflect about the person they lost, it's some of our plants had to a relief to them they don't want to talk about how they died, they want to talk minimize the number of people that are working in them. >> nowhere has this been more evident than at meat processing about how they lived plants where the coronavirus has a blind date in january led to engagement and marriage before spread viciously. adding to the problem, thanksgiving for carol and bill restaurants have a glut of extra food while grocery stores are still trying to fill their mantell. shelves. >> what did you full in love >> we can see commercial fishermen and farmers with >> i liked his smile, the way his eyes crinkled. i liked the way he took care of redistributing their food even direct to consumer but it his parents. >> born in poland, he moved to the u.s. as a young boy. doesn't happen overnight. after working in a hospital for years he started his own >> reporter: with kids at home with virtual school, grocery bills are up for more households. >> we're cooking more. we're more in the house, and neighborhood pharmacy in they ask for a lot of snacks and jamaica, queens. juice, apple, this and that. >> this was his community. he had been there for 30 years. >> families paying a steep price to feed their loved ones during >> when the pandemic started, this pandemic.
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for "today," sam brock, nbc news. >> yeah, i think everybody is feeling the squeeze on that. i do have a little good news, guys, if you like some. we hear overall consumer prices his daughters worried. >> we were begging him to stay home, but he said my customers down in april. need medicine. he obviously touched our lives so much but he really impacted a lot of people's lives. gas prices, by the way, 20% lower. >> archaeologist, art historian, champion dog breeder, hard to so i know a lot of people aren't in their cars driving around but gas prices are dropping. summarize the eclectic life. >> a lot more supply than demand there. all right. up next, we're going to take a closer look at the coronavirus's >> she's the real deal and it was led by education. economic fallout. the communities and the workers who are being disproportionately impacted. their struggles to stay afloat while also trying to stay safe. right after this. >> the day neil armstrong walked on the moon, iris discovered the temple of aphrodite in turkey. eccentric, she made archaeology popular, consulted for museums and even bred several champions for the westminster kennel club. >> when we look back on the history of smart people and smart women, iris will be remembered as a pioneer in her field, a field of discovering
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philadelphia police officer, she said she wants his passing to (♪) mean monaco. she dropped him off at the er. she never got to see him, say good-bye she wanted us to remind everybody how serious this disease is and that's why we're social distancing right now. >> so many remarkable stories, it's starting to people are surprising themselves the moment they realize they can du more with less asthma. kate snow. it's easy to forget there's been thanks to dupixent, 83,567 people who lost their lives to this virus. thank you for sharing just a few the add-on treatment of those. for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. >> thank you, kate just ahead, guys, our third and dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. fourth hours are just ahead but first let's take a look at your it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. don't use if allergic to dupixent. local news and weather serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor right away about signs of inflamed blood vessels, such as rash, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection and before stopping any asthma medicines, including oral steroids. du more with less asthma.
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to return but that doesn't mean its workers necessarily feel the following those developments in same way. fremont, and he'll have a report for too many, they don't have at midday. you can also link to deat all the luxury to say no. times on the home page. reopening america doesn't come without risks. also cal state students dr. anthony fauci giving congress this blunt assessment finding out distance learning tuesday. will continue at least through next fall. >> there is a real risk that you some fall programs have already will trigger an outbreak that been canceled, but for the you may not be able to control, largest programs at schools, not only leading to some suffering and death that could including san jose, fresno state be avoided but could even set and san diego state, officials have not decided. you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. >> restaurants, retail stores, and salons all struggling with social distancing. owning a salon in dinwiddie, georgia, said clients are eager to are he open. >> after the announcement within 15 minutes i had about 10 text messages. >> bailey is saying one client at a time and disinfecting everything between appointments. for each appointment staying 6 feet apart is nearly impossible. a recent study found workers
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whose jobs don't allow for distancing are more likely to be lower paid, less likely to have a college degree and more likely to be nonwhite. >> as parts of the country start to reopen, why is it that certain communities are more at risk than others. >> some communities, black and brown in particular, are more susceptible to pre-existing conditions. we also know those communities lack public health infrastructure, places people can go and receive treatment. >> owning a salon in atlanta. >> 80% of people hospitalized in georgia were african-americans. it's very difficult, being a black business owner, worrying about the age of our clients, middle age. >> they are spacing out clients, even taking appointments on the front porch. she's trying to take every precaution. >> i'm giving my employees a little leeway to, you know, let
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them come when they are ready. i'm not demanding anything. >> her employees say they are happy to be working again but still have concerns. >> if you have the means to not work until we have a vaccine, by all means do that. but some people absolutely need to make money to provide for their families. >> your employer said it's time to come back, and you don't feel safe enough to do that, you really don't have an option, because depending on where you live, you're receiving unemployment benefits. without those, how are you going to support your family. >> piecing together and selling masks door to door. he and his wife used their last bit of savings to buy a sewing machine as their jobs shut down. >> i don't want to live in fear. i don't want this to continue anymore. i want to get back to work. i think most of america does as live from studio 1a in well. >> beal street packed with rockefeller plaza, this is the people this time of year, third hour of "today."
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mitchell is hopeful they will return in time. >> good morning. welcome in to the third hour of >> if my wife didn't know how to sew, i don't know what we would "today." craig melvin in the studio, al, sheinelle, dylan working at have done to be honest. >> patchwork of solutions with home just a we an economy in tatters. learned trump campaign chair >> since we talked to him dining paul manafort has been released rooms allowing 50% capacity. from sentence early. that is allowing mitchell and he's going to serve the remainder under home confinement. a person familiar confirms with nbc news manafort's torrance his wife to work a few hours. have sought his release because hoda, the reality is a lot of of health concerns surrounding folks are now having to make that choice between a paycheck, the coronavirus. albeit maybe a smaller paycheck, hi and their health and safety. >> some people have people at home immune compromised and they have to make those tough decisions. you're not working, you don't get your health care either. tough choices. >> yeah. i'm glad we did that story. we've got to keep highlighting these issues. we're going to shift gears now. al has his eye on a storm. what, a hurricane or tropical storm? what are you looking at?
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>> we had talked about that last half hour where we're watching development of this. the other big story is the cold. we've got at least one more day of very chilly conditions coming on in. we still have frost and freeze warnings for some 59 mrnings fon people look at this we've got a number of cities that either tied or broke their records for morning lows, and we've got one more day of below average temperatures from the plains into the northeast and the great lakes anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees below average. but then tomorrow, things start getting more mild, above normal temperatures in st. louis, nashville, charleston, cleveland, even boston is starting to see temperatures more average then as we get into the weekend, things warm up nicely. raleigh, upper 80s, mid-80s for atlanta, cincinnati will see temperatures flirting with 8 new york city peaks at 73 on saturday before we cool down again on sunday. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the good morning.
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i'm meteorologist kari hall as we look outside at san francisco. we're starting to see more clouds moving in after a sunny early morning. and we'll continue to see more clouds in as scattered showers move in today. the rain will be very hit or miss. not all of us will see that rain but we'll have a chance once again tomorrow. our temperatures will reach up to 80 degrees by the end of the week. once this rain moves out another storm expected on sunday. next half hour update you on the tropical system and what's going on with our weather. all right, thanks. good and exciting news in 2020 we've got details about a big announcement about lin-manuel miranda's highly anticipated "hamilton" movie right after this so, it goes... ♪
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it's done with the entire original ct that won allhe tonys, grammys in july 2016. al is another "hamilton" lover with me. you've got to be psyched, too, al how many times have you seen it? >> i don't know. 20, 30 times no but i'm looking forward to this. this is going to be so good. you can freeze frame it. >> the only thing that would have been better, the only thing, is if it would have come here to the peacock. we're going to put a request to lin is the next one. >> the release date is timed july 3rd just in time for the july 4th holiday. >> i didn't think about that. all right, guys, just ahead, a breakthrough for a broadway star waging a very public fight against the coronavirus. >> he is awake da da is awake yay! >> it's been six weeks good news for nick cordero's family and supporters.
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and a good morning to you. it's 7:56. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. here's what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez. nearly half of people entitled to a stimulus check are still waiting for that to be delivered. 9:00 this morning is the deadline to make sure the irs has your direct deposit information if you want an electronic transfer. if you miss that 9:00 a.m. deadline today you will still get a paper check but it is going to take a little bit longer. by the way, there is another round of stimulus money in the works in washington. not a done deal. if you want to see what's in it for you, you can find that story at nbcbayarea.com or on my social media pages. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in free month. tesla here in fremont can go beyond its basic operations this week and resume full production of its electric vehicles this coming monday as long as the
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electric automaker sticks to the safety precautions both sides agree to. the county says they've had productive conversations with tesla about site specific plan for reopening and came to an agreement after suggesting some additional safety guidelines. good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. the supreme court today will take up the issue of so-called faceless electors, people in the electoral college who do not vote for the presidential candidates they were assigned to. it happened a few times in 2016. it's before the courts today. and it would appear republicans have won the two special congressional elections that took place yesterday, one in wisconsin, one here in california. new this morning the search for gunmen after two separate shootings on bay area freeways. the first called a road rage incident happened just after 1:00 p.m. yesterday on highway 85 and union avenue in san jose. both drivers got out of their cars. one shooting the other driver in
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the leg before taking off. the second shooting being called targeted happened a couple hours later on 880 near coliseum way in oakland. the chp says someone shot a teenager three times. the victim survived. right now we want to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall is checking that. kari, what can we expect today? we are starting to see some clouds moving in to the south bay and we'll continue to see our cloud cover increasing today as a new storm system arrives. this one looks pretty weak and will only bring in spotty light rain. as we look at our hour by hour forecast, it does show that by 12:00, 1:00, we could see some of that rain moving into the north bay as well as the east bay. we'll also see another chance of showers tomorrow. but then we dry out on friday. temperatures warm up and we'll have another chance of rain in the forecast by the end of the weekend. marcus? thanks, kari. >> sounds good. thanks so much. >> we'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes.
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it's 8:00 on "today. it's 8:00. real risk. dr. fauci raising the alarm on what could happen if we owe reply too soon. >> real risk you'll trigger an outbreak you may not be able to ntrol. >> this morning how the white house is respondg to his testimony as some parts of the country get back to businesswe't plus, is it safe from dining in to visiting your doct, even taking theummer vacation what you need to knoabout protecting yourself and your reop. as parts of t country broadway miracle after spending more than aonth ia
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medically induced co, the wife of broady star nick cordero shares goonews. >> nick, da dais ake yay!0. >> how he's doing, today, tuesday may 13th, 2020 >> i'm amy. >> and i'm john. >> and we're celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. >> today is my birthday. woo-hoo. >> we're watching "today" from rocket city usa, huntsville, alabama. >> good morning "today" show i'm madison graduating from the university congratulations class of 2020. >> welcome back. today wednesday morning, special welcome to you, enjoying your shout out, don't forget. >> go tulane that includes, by the way, a whole board of happy faces joining us live from our virtual
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plaza. guys, this is going to be a fun bunch today. we even hear there may be a special musical performance from one of our young viewers but we want to give them all a little air time later on. >> i love the music playing right now. looking to our new series, the new normal, we're going to be focusing on the new normal with shopping with stores starting to welcome folks back what's being done to actually keep shoppers safe vicky nguyen taking a closer look at that including new technology when certain areas need to be cleaned savannah. >> let's get to the newsou dr. fauci issued a serious reality check and some places hitting the brakes on the rush to reopen. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker watching this morning. hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you there's new fallout after top doctors delivered unfiltered view of coronavirus during a senate hearing tuesday appearing remotely dr. anthony fauci warned reopening the country too quickly could cost
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more lives. >> there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control, which, in fact, paradoxically will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. now, fauci also said the actual death toll is likely even higher than the 80,000 deaths that have been officially recorded now, also this morning, despite early reports suggesting covid-19 does not seriously impact children, a new study from children's national showed one in four children who tested positive had to be hospitalized. that was also a focus of the senate hearing tuesday with dr. fauci warning some children developed a strange inflammatory symptoms. high fever, rash, abdominal pains. finally we learned overnight the
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stay-at-home order could be extended for as much as three months in los angeles. that's according to the county's public health director and underscoring concerns about a second wave of the virus, cal state, the nation's largest four-year university system says it will do classes online in the fall. >> all right, kristen. thank you. this morning some major companies are moving to extend their work from home policies. twitter is even telling employees they can continue to work from home permanently. nbc technology correspondent jacob ward looks at the impact on local communities. hey, jake, good morning. >> good morning, hoda. you know, never mind that people working at these, the most influential companies in the world, are now being told they don't really ever have to say good-bye to their dog again or put on their shoes again. instead, think about it this way. what will it do to small businesses in cities when the workers that those companies depend on no longer come in as
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customers. empty office towers don't mean a change of how we work, entire communities have relocated to new places. a corporate headquarters can put tens of billions into local economies. when amazon considered building a headquarters in maryland, a state study estimated it would bring in $17 billion. in charlotte, bank of america has 180,000 employees working from home during the pandemic. austin-based dell expects half of 160,000 staffers to never go back to their desks. here in the san francisco bay area, google and facebook have announced most of their workers will be at home for the rest of the year. but now twitter has announced that its workers will be at home from now on. that's going to have an enormous impact far beyond empty desks in a building like this.
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>> nail salons, dog groomers, optometrists, bars, the list is long on those who depend on a work a day crowd. they all stand to suffer if their customers don't commute in. dan miller's chain of dry cleaners has stores within walking distance of many tech companies. we have seen declines nationwide between 70 and 75% decline in the laundry business. it's one of the hardest hit industries other than airlines and hotels. we're optimistic through adapting with those changes that we can continue to survive and thrive. it's going to be a new world, right? >> reporter: for the folks who made a living selling to the lunch crowd, twitter's announcement means the pain of the pandemic could be permanent. >> our sales are about 40% lower. being able to service more of our community is going to be more of our focal point instead of just looking towards upstairs within our building. >> working from home may be a chance to stay safe while we wait for a vaccine, but city life may never be the same again. now, i should mention here that not every single one of these
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companies is going to force its workers to be home. twitter is saying if you want to work from home forever, you may. here is another thing to consider. this is not just going to affect businesses in these neighborhoods. also it's important to consider that these companies tend to be also a huge source of charitable giving. one study from uc berkeley found a corporate headquarters is good for about $4 million in charitable donations to its host city. that mostly comes from employees. my question, if you work from home, will you still want to give. >> as you highlight another important issue, nonprofits all over the country struggling for some time. jake ward in california, jake, thank you. to orlando where a doorbell captured the frantic moments when a woman saved her neighbors' life. check this out. middle school teacher billy bass eating dinner and started
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choking on a piece of steak. he ran across the street and pounded on his neighbor's door. when she answered, she knew just what to do. >> you're choking? >> yeah, it came out. >> get water, get water. er, ge. >> call 911. >> no. >> no? >> i can breathe now. >> a perfectly executed heimlich maneuver there the neighbor said bill usually had a smile on his face. when he didn't, she knew something was wrong. that's when she jumped into action. >> she's amazing. >> how about we go from good news to good news. some encouraging signs for a broadway star battling the coronavirus. nick cordero has been hospitalized for a month, much of that time in a medically induced coma this morning nick's family and an army of supporters have happy news to celebrate. here is nbc natalie morales. >> nick, da da, is awake
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yay! >> reporter: after more than 40 days in a medically induced coma, broadway star nick cordero, who has been battling coronavirus, is finally awake. >> our guy is coming back. he's coming back it's just -- it's just -- it's just so great. >> his wife, amanda, announced on social media tuesday with her 11-month-old son elvis by her side sharing that cordero is starting to follow doctor's commands and is slowly regaining strength. >> he's really, really, really weak, but you can tell that he's in there you can tell that he's trying. you can tell that he's hearing. >> the 41-year-old tony nominated actor has been fighting for his life at l.a. cedar sinai. he was diagnosed with covid-19 after his pneumonia got so bad he end up in the er on march 30th just days later he was put on a
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ventilator complications from the virus soon followed. cordero suffering from mini strokes, holes in his lungs, and blood clots that forced doctors to amputate his right leg. through it all, his family drawing support from fellow actors and people all over the world singing an dancing to this song "wake up, nick. the world celebrating the next step in his recovery, including recent survivor greg garfield who spent 31 days in a coma, and walked out of providence medical center friday after 64 days. he and his girlfriend a.j. encouraging the family to never give up. >> we couldn't be happier for this news. >> hope is on your side. >> remarkable story of survival, a beacon of hope for cordero's long journey home.
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>> wre still at a long road but we're at t him waking up. what a miracle. >> for "today," natalie morales. >> that was certainly a boost. how about we add one more. so good to hear about nick cordero. a lot of people will relate to this one, too. check out walker ellis, covered head to toe in personal protective equipment, gloves, masks, where is he going car trip with his dad. after eight weeks of not seeing his grandparents he needed a cuddle they dropped off supplies, scooted up to the front door and got what he was after. those hugs will hold him for a while. you know that felt so, so good so many grandparents are wishing they could do that right now. >> just ahead, guys. i know, i know parts of the country are reopening. parts of the country reopening
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