thanks so much for joining us he cannot order police to do for "today in the bay." certain things but can withhold the "today" show is up next. funds. we will have more local news we'll go over what the president coming up in just a half hour. i hope you have a fantastic is doing on our midday news tuesday. coming up at 11:00. a look at a forecast warming up as we enter the midweek. we have one more day to enjoy very nice and mild ♪ good morning weather. also some gusty winds. under pressure let's head outside as we get a live look outside in dublin facing protests across the starting out with sunshine here country, president trump set to and only reaching into the upper unveil his plan to reform police 70s. we're up to 81 degrees today in antioch. napa will reach 83. today. while in atlanta - we head over to oakland where it >> it breaks my heart. stays in the 70s today and >> -- the city's mayor moved to tears by the death of rayshard mid-70s for the south into the brooks and ording changes of her own. upper 60s. tomorrow is whe to ramp up and >> i'm equally mad i am sad >> this morning she joins us for some will reach into the low a live interview 90s. 96 degrees as the heat peaks on breaking news. thursday. dramatic escalation. as we lead into the first day of summer it's going to be just a north korea blows up an office little bit warmer than normal, used for peace talks with south korea and cuts off all still looking at warm weather into next week. communication. how is the commute now, mike?

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we'll have a lot more on that unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... decision just ahead, including stay well and keep it golden. an interview with the plaintiff, the man who brought the case, the man whose name will live in the law books now from that landmark decision. we look forward to that. but first let's get to our top story. new demonstrations in atlanta and beyond after the police killing of rayshard brooks ♪ and this morning, that case and 7:30 now the ongoing outrage over george floyd's death are leading to changes for police on both the happy tuesday, everybody it's the 16th of june 2020 federal and state level. if we pull out, that's the in a moment we will talk about mercedes-benz stadium home of the atlanta falcons and the all of that with atlanta mayor city's professional soccer team. keisha lance bottoms and yet, guys there's a good but we start with peter alexander at the white house hey, peter, good morning >> reporter: president trump will be joined by members of the reason we're showing you sight this morning >> big news. big news from the commissioners law enforcement community as of all the major sports overnight. well as families of victims of and good news, you could argue, police violence when he signs that exec titive order in the rose garden today at noon. with the exception for baseball. the president here is trying to disappointing news for baseball walk a fine line with this fans we'll have the latest. >> the commissioner was order. straightforward on that. we're going to hear from all of addressing police misconduct them in a bit. without offending police who are let's start with our 7:30 key to his political prospects headlines. president trump expected to sign an executive order today on police reform. this fall. >> reporter: under pressure

after weeks of protests in the it comes amid weeks of protests in the wake of george floyd's wake of police killings of death in police custody. george floyd and rayshard the president's executive order brooks, the president today is will encourage higher standards for police departments expected to announce modest set up a national data base to steps toward police reform track officers who receive >> it's about law and order but excessive force complaints, and it's about justice also. and it's about safety. >> reporter: while it's still call for police to be partnered not final, president trump's with mental health professionals executive order, aides say, will when responding to cases of encourage higher standards for addiction, homelessness and police departments, set up a mental illness savannah national data base to track hollywood's biggest night is being postponed for the first officers who receive excessive time in nearly 40 years because force complaints and call for police to be partnered with of the coronavirus the 2021 oscars ceremony will mental health professionals when now take place on april 25th that's two months later. responding to homelessness and than previously scheduled. the academy also extended the deadline by which movies must be released to be eligible for an oscar nomination the deadline is now late february the coronavirus epidemic of course shut down movie theaters in march and brought film the july 4th recess. production to a halt it comes as the president is speaking out about the police if you are a t-mobile shooting of rayshard brooks in customer and your calls and atlanta. >> i thought it wa texts weren't going through on mental illness monday, you are not alone. may outlaw choke holds, it's not the third largest wireless

called for a ban on that police tactic it leaves the heavy lifting to carrier experienced a widespread lawmakers. outage that affected more than three republican senators saying 100,000 customers across the country. mitch mcconnell wanted to vote on police reform before the july 4th recess it comes as the president for service has now been restored. the first time is speaking out about the police shooting of the company is blaming network rayshard brooks in atlanta >> thought it was a terrible capacity issues for that outage. situation. savannah i studied it closely and now to that stunning to me it was very disturbing decision from the supreme court >> reporter: meantime, some changes were already taking place in new york city yesterday. it ruled the nation's civil where the police commissioner announced the department is rights law also protects gay, lesbian, and transgender immediately shifting about 600 police officers from the anti-crime plain clothes unit to other areas. workers. essentially putting an end to the city's controversial stop we're going to talk about this ground breaking decision with and frisk policy >> make no mistake, this is a the man who brought the case seismic shift in the culture how but first nbc's stephanie gosk the nypd polices this city has the details on that. >> and back here at the white house, when asked if the hi, stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah this supreme court is often president will be looking at systemic racism in the issue the official said today is about described as one of the most working with law enforcement and the victims' families. conservative in generations. the president is readying for a it handed down a liberal decision seen in years book by john bolton that the president says will reveal it is a huge win for lgbtq classified information take a listen. >> somebody said he wrote a book rights activists overnight celebrations at new if he wrote a book, i can't york city's iconic stonewall inn after the supreme court decided that's highly classified information. the 1964 civil rights act even conversations with me protects gay and transgender they're highly classified. employees from workplace i told that to the attorney

general. >> reporter: john bolton's discrimination lawyer said that the white house a decision trump administration had months to review the book lawyers had argued against, the and says it does not contain classified information savannah >> peter alexander, thank you so president just hours after the 6-3 rules. >> they've ruled and we live with their decision. much we turn again to atlanta that's what it's all about we live with the decision of the supreme court. where the city's mayor had her very powerful, very powerful decision own strong reaction to the rayshard brooks case >> reporter: the civil rights the district attorney now act protects people specifically against discrimination based on weighing possible charges against the officers involved. and we're going to speak with sex. the mayor live just ahead. but the administration together but first let's get to blayne alexander with the story here. with multiple employers argued orientation or gender identity hi, blayne, good morning president trump's own supreme >> reporter: well, savannah, good morning to you. court pick neil gorsuch the 911 call that brought disagreed writing in the officers to this wendy's was majority decision, an employer less than two minutes long who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender it was made by an employee of this wendy's restaurant. defies the law now protests are set to continue gerald bostock was a plaintiff for a fourth-straight day. the district attorney tells me in the case. that he could announce his decision on whether to bring charges as early as tomorrow this morning for the first time we are hearing the 911 call that he was fired from a county job brought officers face-to-face in georgia after joining a gay softball team. with 27-year-old rayshard >> though i didn't ask for this brooks >> i have a car -- i think he's journey, i was willing to do it

intoxicated. he's in the middle of my because no one should go to work fearful of losing their job drive-through. >> reporter: we're also learning because of who they are, who they love, or how they identify. more about the two atlanta >> it's a win. it's a monumental time police officers who answered >> i think it's only a good that call. thing that the supreme court keeps expanding rights, keeps on extending the protection of the law to everyone who lives in this country newly released police records >> reporter: dozens of democrats show officer garrett rolfe who in congress joined the approval. was fired saturday received a while some of the republican written reprimand for firing his colleagues were mixed. weapon in 2016 >> it demonstrated gorsuch's the second officer involved devin brosnan, his only complaint was connected to independence i assumed they looked at the friday's shooting. facts and ruled. >> the court is legislating what officers found brooks asleep in they think is good policy. you know, that's really not their role his car in a wendy's >> reporter: ellen degeneres drive-through friday night investigators say he failed a simply writing, historic >> thank you for all the sobriety test. support. >> i think you had too much to >> reporter: amy stevens, a drink to be driving. transgender woman was among the three people whose lawsuits were considered by the court. put your hands behind your back. we spoke with her earlier this >> reporter: the calm interaction escalating when they year tried to arrest him. investigators say he grabbed one of the officer's tasers and run. your life is what they are this shows him turning and talking about in the supreme appearing to aim the taser at the officers before he is shot court of this country. twice in the back. >> it is my life but it's also a lot of other people's lives >> reporter: last month the 59-year-old passed away after a >> he was always happy long fight with kidney disease her legacy, a permanent place in

he was always smiling. didn't have to kill him. the country's history. in a statement amy stevens' wife said she is >> reporter: monday atlanta grateful for this victory. mayor keisha lance bottom that her wife amy fought this furious ordering changes to the use of force policy. >> it pissed me off. it makes me sad and i'm legal battle for seven years and even as her health declined she continued on she didn't want anyone to have to go through what she did savannah >> all right frustrated stephanie, thank you so much and nothing i can do is going to and gerald bostock one of the lead plaintiffs in that case is with us now. change what happened on friday good morning to you. >> reporter: it comes as protesters at the georgia state capitol demanded the officers >> hi, good morning. >> well, what was your reaction? the supreme court comes down a face charges the district attorney plans to 6-3 decision written by one of announce his decision this week. the court's conservatives. basically for you it comes down were you surprised to the question of was mr. >> actually, i was not brooks in a position to cause harm to officers surprised. i've remained optimistic >> correct throughout my seven year and it has to be imminent bodily journey.ack harm imminent bodily harm or death at the time of the shooting >> reporter: the leader of the union representing the officers especially after walking out of says the process is being the supreme court building back unfairly rushed. >> i think a lot of it's convenient in october of last year. i think a lot of this is political.

>> reporter: brooks' widow based on the conversations, the tomika miller is calling for an questions by the justices. arrest, but says that is not i continued to be positive and enough optimistic that they would make >> there's no justice that can ever make me feel happy about the right decision what's been done and i even predicted a 6-3 win >> reporter: and the da tells me part of their investigation is so i'm filled with joy and gratitude. determining whether shots were you know, i want to thank the fired from one or both officers' guns that night. justices for making the right decision i want to thank my family, my meanwhile as rayshard brooks' friends, my great legal team, all the great organizations that family begins to prepare for his funeral we learned that tyler helped me get to this point perry has agreed to cover those including the aclu, human rights funeral costs. >> all right, blayne campaign, and georgia equality thank you so much. we are now joined by keisha lance bottoms. good morning, madam mayor. without their love and support, i wouldn't be here with you it's good to see you today. i watched your entire news no doubt >> yeah. conference yesterday i mean, here you are this is very, very personal to you're from clayton county, you. why do you feel so strongly georgia. and now your name is going to about this live in the history books. it's going to live in law books. >> hoda, it's for all the law students will have to reasons we've been speaking over the last couple of weeks memorize that case name. and learn about this case. with the killing of george what has that meant to you floyd. this is personal to so many have you let that soak in? people of color in this country. that one person and two plaintiffs that joined you when i watch the video and the brought this change?

interaction with rayshard brooks in that drive-through, that >> i'm still processing. could have been any one of us. it could have been any one of our kids or brothers and in this case it was. it'll take some time, obviously. but i'm just proud to have taken a part in a role of getting us it was someone's father. and it breaks my heart to this historic moment. and i can't say loud enough how this interaction with these police officers was such -- proud i am that i was able to almost a pleasant interaction. and it did not have to end this way. stand by amy stevens and the family during this battle and our fight for equality that's what's so frustrating and getting to know amy was a true quite frankly, it leaves us asking so many questions because privilege and honor and hearing her story, you know, directly we do so many things in atlanta we thought to get it right from her was amazing and this went so terribly wrong. >> well, you clearly want changes. all of the current atmosphere in and yesterday you put out some administrative orders. our country today, it just underscores the fact that you want to change the way police do business there's still more work to be you want to change things done related to the use of force, and we need to work harder to do better related to police intervention what kind of specific changes and my hope in all of this are you looking for, mayor victory that we had yesterday, that we all share. >> so ironically, we had just and my hope is in all of these

embarked upon a review of all of our use of force policies dark days we've had in the last expecting a report within the few days as well as the last few next two weeks with final weeks, that we put a little bit recommendations in 45 days and then this happened on of sunshine out there. friday so there are some things we know to me it symbolizes hope immediately as we await those additional recommendations that and i am optimistic -- continue needed to happen to be optimistic moving forward. we have to make sure that even though there's so much more officers intervene in a work that needs to be done situation where they see wrong because there is absolutely no doing. that was the case with george room in this world for floyd where we saw the officers not intervene. discrimination or racism that's not part of our policy. >> and i should mention, it we have to objectively look at feels like for a lot of people the end. but this is really just a de-escalation. that's not very clear in our continuation of your case. this means you now get a day in policies shooting at moving vehicles and court. so many other things you can go now and continue with we're peeling back the layers of your lawsuit against your employer our standard operating do you plan to do so procedures, some of it's ambiguous and some of it is simply not laid out. and what do you hope happens what i can say is if this is a challenge that we are having in >> absolutely. my priority is consulting with atlanta, i assure you that there are agencies across this country my legal team and continuing our action against clayton county. if they haven't already begun to

do this work, then they probably i did nothing wrong. and all i've wanted from the need to today. beginning was to have my day in >> well, as you heard mayor court. bottoms, today president trump and what the justices did said he himself is going to put out some executive orders that have to do with police yesterday allows me to go back to court here in the 11th procedures did you think about waiting circuit and trust me, i'm until he came out with his looking forward to this. this is the moment i've been reforms before you came out waiting for for seven years. because this has been a long >> we can't wait we can't wait. journey for me >> it really has we were waiting for two weeks for recommendations and then mr. gerald bostock, thank you so much for joining us this morning. brooks was killed on friday. so we don't have another hour to i really appreciate it >> thank you wait in atlanta. it's been a pleasure and there will likely be even absolutely >> all right well, we will keep in touch for more announcements and more administrative orders from sure and turn to hoda and craig my administration for us to very quickly begin to address and in now. >> all right, savannah thank you. so many ways undo the training 7:39 coming up next, an inside look that our officers have received at the return of some sports over several years >> you made some changes already. the police chief, she stepped >> some sports, it looks like. down the commissioners from all six erica shields. professional leagues came together overnight she was the chief for three years but on the force for they shared some new details 20-plus years. about the future of their games. what they had to say about that she remains on the force, but a and what they also had to say lot of people held her up as the about the health, safety, and way police officers should act she was with protesters. the social issues weighing on so many of their players.

she was marching that's right after this. i guess the question is should she have stepped down? >> chief shields and i worked together for many years going back to my time on city council. i have a great deal of respect and regard for her and for her leadership but this is a marathon, not a sprint and just as with any relay team, there are times you have to pass the baton on for someone else to continue the race. and chief shields said that she with her deep and abiding love for our city wanted to take a step back and allow someone else to lead us through this next phase. she continues to be part of our team and will certainly have a great deal of input as we make you know what's good about this? your sign's pointing at my sign, this transition into the next so people are gonna look at my sign. phase of what transformation of our police department looks like in atlanta >> and finally mayor, the da said that i think by tomorrow there may be some charges filed against the police officers. some of the charges could range switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. from murder, felony murder, involuntary manslaughter you know, like the sign says. you're an attorney

and yesterday i think in your news conference you called it we have rolled out teams across. our network, murder and we went from essentially no televisits we have several use of force to approaching 5,000 visits a day. cases sitting in his office and i just ask that with the same these visits are surprisingly intimate. expediency and that he's looking i can actually share my screen and show the x-rays. at this case and the one a few weeks ago with the college students that we take a look at we really moved some mountains in our network, and teams has been a huge part of that. all of these cases because we have to be able to this is going to be a game changer for medicine. offer our communities and these ♪ families some finality i'll defer to him and will await his announcement could put cookies & creme in twix...twix >> all right this is a right twix. atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms, we thank you so much for joining us this morning. excuse me... we appreciate it >> thank you >> all right [screams into pillow] let's turn it over to craig with breaking news overseas. >> yes new twix cookies & creme. good morning, hoda at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. tensions flaring this morning on the korean peninsula north korea has blown up an office it shares with its luckily, we are right around the corner with safer ways to shop so you can enjoy the moments you do make. neighbor to the south. like making sure you have pool toys the whole family can try out. today's senior international correspondent keir simmons joins ♪ us with the latest on this one and never running out of sunscreen

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appearing at the 2018 winter olympics and summits with president trump. but talks with america have stalled and the white house has insisted on maintaining sanctions. it was almost a year ago that president trump met with kim jong-un at the dmz, crossing over into the north korean border >> stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. >> reporter: now the north is kplang of what it views as propaganda like 1 dollar bills loaded with news flowing into the country by balloons fromrea rally that is meant to pressure the u.s. and south korea north korean media on saturday warning the south of a regretful, painful time. and all of this may also be a sign of tension inside north korea. the coronavirus forced it to close its borders putting more economic pressure on the leadership there savannah >> all right

keir simmons with that breaking news overnight we've got a lot more to get to including this rising cause it's a perfect time to check in with al and check out the weather. for concern when it comes to the coronavirus. faced with the spike in cases this morning, more cities are now pumping the brakes on their hey, al. plans to reopen. >> hey, guys good morning nbc's sam brock joins us from miami this morning hi, sam. and of course as we continue our good morning continuing covering climate now, >> reporter: savannah, good we are looking at changes going morning. miami's mayor right now says he's sounding the alarm and pausing the city's reopen after on this is going to be the hottest an upswing of covid patients at year on record as far as the way hospitals like these he's also seeing new patterns it looks may was a really hot month globally today. but today in the northeast and the mid-atlantic states, we are younger people testing positive looking at temperatures below average. more after memorial day. out west the temperatures way above average. those appear to be trends that we may actually see some records. are playing out across the country. >> reporter: states like florida might be back open for business, and then as we look to tomorrow, but it's coming at a hefty price. again more warm weather from denver on into rochester, st. louis, tulsa new peaks in coronavirus cases but from richmond to georgia, >> if we continue on this trajectory, we're going to be put in a situation we're going to have to make tough choices. temperatures below average as we head on into the latter >> reporter: miami's mayor responding to florida's 10,000 part of the week, temperatures start warming up here in the

east new cases in a week vowing not mid-80s in boston. low 90s in d.c. by saturday. to freeze the next phase if you had to close down again, that's what's going on around could you survive that >> i can definitely tell you that it'd be very, very tough. the country. >> reporter: the medical challenges of this latest spike good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. looming large. >> everybody who works in the hospital knows there's no such let's take a live look outside thing as no risk as we are checking out our view so people are -- have stepped up over the south bay and san jose. to the plate it's going to be a really nice day. make plans to get outside, only >> reporter: dr. yvonne johnson reaching into the mid-70s here says the most important metric to measure is hospitalizations today and some low 80s for and right now many miami dade concord, santa rosa also it's a steady number that's only reaching 80 degrees. recently started to climb. it's about to heat up, so we're contrast that with arizona where going to see our temperatures hospitals have activated starting to spike tomorrow emergency plans and in texas now reaching into the low 90s, seeing record numbers of covid mid-90s for thursday. it comes down a few degrees just hospitalizations in time for the weekend. in california cautious optimism with icu numbers barely budging. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda >> a lot of folks were out and >> all right, al about on memorial day. this morning a question that you can see again the trend line remains remarkably stable. fans have been asking for months but by no means does the past and months, what will the return of sports finally look like? equal the future >> well, we got some answers >> reporter: the present a about that and actually answers reminder of that after l.a. about much more last night straight from the commissioners county health officials visited 2,000 restaurants over the themselves

weekend finding half of them out commissioners of the top leagues of compliance with regulations in nashville, shocking images of here in this country got together morgan chesky joins us with details on what they had to say. packed bars. 14 venues cited for no social hey, morgan. >> reporter: hey, craig. distancing and face masks. good morning and we finally got a peek at >> if we don't pay attention to things that we've done to this point that made us successful, what the return of pro sports in the nfl could look like when then all our successes will be gone because of a few selfish they come back to the field. people >> reporter: this morning at least 16 states now showing this was a wide-ranging special on espn. the commissioners talking spikes in cases. though new jersey and new york everything from coronavirus to are headed in the right social justice to the possible direction. >> here in new york we reopened return of colin kaepernick and the virus continued to go this morning after months on the down and that is exactly what we want sidelines, the sports world is to do. trying to make a comeback. the leaders of six major sports >> reporter: doctors and health leagues talking about the experts tell me the rising challenges last night on espn's numbers aren't necessarily because of reopenings but "the return of sports. because people are being the nfl outlining its plans to safely take the field again. careless not wearing their masks after a report surfaced monday a number of players on the dallas properly or not wearing them at all. if you live with older family cowboys and houston texans members, please do not take unnecessary risks. savannah tested positive for covid-19 >> good reminder, sam. >> positive tests are going to thank you. all right. happen the issue is can we obviously 7:19 now hoda, what you got >> we got weather, babe. prevent as many of those from happening but in addition treat look who's back in the battle. al roker's back. hey, honey

>> what's up, al >> hey, guys good to see you. them quickly, isolate them, and prevent them from infecting savannah, nice seeing you at the other personnel? beach yesterday. >> reporter: just one week after that was pretty nice throwing his support behind the >> yeah. black lives matter movement, >> although our friends down -- yeah roger goodell now voicing support for former quarterback colin kaepernick calling on our friends in the carolinas wish they had some of that teams to give him a chance and beautiful beach weather you had down the jersey shore. get him back on the field. >> i welcome that. we're looking at a big system i support a club making that that's bringing a lot of rain decision and encourage them to do that. down to myrtle beach >> reporter: pro basketball's downpours today in virginia. restart also taking shape. on into georgia. saturated ground leads to a flash flood. 22 of the nba's 30 teams hoping we're going to be watching that. to tip off next month at disney then tomorrow we expect to see world with daily testing more of the same making its way slowly to the north. heavy rain from the north all the some players grappling with it's going to be cool and soggy whether or not they should even play from washington all the way dowa >> could be a host of reasons. could be for family reasons. it may be for health reasons they have. or it may be because they feel rainfall amounts upwards of 5 inches of rain right along the as some players have said carolina coastline but heavier rainfall amounts as you get into the mountains of west virginia. recently that their time is best spent elsewhere. >> reporter: the wnba plans to also into northern virginia and parts of the carolinas roll out their site in florida that's what's going on we're going to get to your local while the national hockey league forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds hopes to restart in august with

a 24-team tournament in two locations. >> we're told an isolated case or couple of isolated cases at walmart.com, including things shouldn't interfere with the for the science fair. plans and we should be able to ...an air pump and an led light, please. wait, wait, wait. a what? move forward when you want all that, you need the capital one walmart rewards card. >> reporter: on the pitch, the earn 5% cash back at walmart.com. women's national soccer league is readying to play in utah. mom! paper towels! while major league soccer will hold a world cup style tournament starting in july. it works! >> we're excited to get games for our fans what's in your wallet? >> reporter: even with growing optimism in some leagues, a 2020 return to the diamond is in serious doubt. an ongoing labor battle between major league baseball and its players association is now threatening to wipe out the good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. entire season. let's get a look outside in san >> it's just a disaster for our francisco waking up to a game beautiful sun rise and we're going to have some comfortable absolutely no question about it. temperatures today as we look at >> how close are we getting to a place where we're going to run out of time? our highs reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s and this >> we are running out of time. weather in some spots will be a the clock is ticking on this little bit cooler than normal, but it's about to get really hot >> reporter: now, another key topic in last night's special over the next couple of days. was social justice reform. we had a chance to hear from going from the low 80s to the mid-90s by thursday and then some respected voices. still some mid-80s by the weekend. damian lillard weighing in as well as the nfl's calais

campbell >> and that is your latest man of the year award winner weather. athletes are now using their resources off the field to help inspire change for a greater savvy g. >> what? good pretty cool stuff, guys. back to you. >> morgan chesky, thank you. i don't know if baseball can >> all right, thank you, al ro i like that. coming up, we're going to have the reaction to the lgbtq continue to call itself america's pastime when, like, community. america needs it most it decides the man who helped bring the that greed is going to consume case after he says he was fired it but there's that because he joined a gay softball >> there's that. thank you for that >> thanks, morgan. league he's with us this morning for a >> wow live interview plus mixed news on the >> yeah. >> craig is bringing the fire return of sports today. okay overnight the commissioners of >> you know, it's -- like, we need our sports. most of the nation's top leagues it would be nice if everyone could put aside their outlining their plans. differences for just a few but the head of baseball now expressing doubts. we're going to hr from all of weeks. theaem >> fair point, my friend fair point guys, still ahead, we'll tell you about fears of a second wave of the coronavirus in china. lockdowns actually being reinstated overnight janis mackey frayer is there beijing just ahead but first, these messages.

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good morning. 7:56 on this tuesday. i'm kris sanchez. and i'm laura garcia. here is a look at what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm cierra johnson near the golden gate bridge as phase 2b of the reopening process. some localized outbreaks. the first can be traced to a winery in sonoma county, three employees tested positive and in santa clara county a construction site found as many as ten employees tested positive for covid. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in walnut creek, one city here in the east bay will consider police reform later today while another will review how it responded to recent protests, the city of walnut creek. tonight the city council will receive a report on how its police responded to the vandalism, looting and various demonstrations that took place between may 30th and june 5th in the city of antioch. that city will consider the

creation of a police reform ad hoc committee. all right. the sun is up across the bay area. going to warm things up as well. kari has a look at our forecast. yeah, we still are going to have some nice weather as we go into today but tomorrow that heat really starts to ramp up. make plans to get outside and enjoy the mild weather along with the breezy winds as our temperatures in the tri-valley reach the upper 70s. we're up to 80 today in concord and napa today reaches 83 degrees while san jose will be in the mid-70s. we'll see some highs in the 90s tomorrow and then some s on thursday as our temperatures peak but it comes down several degrees in time for the first day of summer as well as father's day as we go into the weekend. we're looking at our warmest temperatures reaching into the mid-80s. back to you, kris and laura. >> all right. looks pretty good. thanks for joining us. another local news update in half an hour. >> we'll see you soon.

it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, taking action after weeks of protests, president trump set to unveil a new executive order demanding police reform. what the white house is planning amid new reaction to the shooting of rayshard brooks. >> we can't wait we can't wait. we were waiting for two weeks for recommendations and then mr. brooks was killed on friday. plus above and beyond. >> home visit number three was a success. >> we'll introduce you to a detroit principal doing everything she can to make sure her students are safe. her extraordinary story just ahead.

and this girl is on fire >> give me the beat. ♪ >> alicia keys surprises fans with a new song and we'll play it for you "today," june 16th, 2020 ♪ celebrating today on "today." >> happy anniversary >> hi. >> hi. >> hi. and it's alyssa's 13th birthday! ♪ >> happy retirement, mom and happy 8th birthday, caden all the way from houston >> waking up early from seattle, washington >> to celebrate my 11th birthday hoda, i'm your biggest fan >> oh, man i am touched welcome back to "today." we're happy y'all are joining us on this tuesday morning. especially -- and we see you, the ones just starting your day

with your cup of coffee. >> yes >> and how about the folks who got up early, guys savannah and craig, my today plaza. everyday they get crowdier, little more wild we see a little baby in the house. we'll speak to them in just a bit. >> yeah. we love meeting those folks. also, craig. you're working on a powerful piece for us it's going to be tomorrow on the show tell us about it >> i got the chance to meet some really remarkable families recently parents with great kids who are dealing with various challenges. they're adults with special needs and the pandemic has forced these parents to really make some tough decisions about their family's health. so we're going to share their stories. and we're also going to show you how they are keeping everyone safe and surrounded by love any way they can we'll have that for you tomorrow >> an important one, craig we look forward to it. let's get right to it. here's your news at 8:00 we'll start in atlanta this morning as we learn more about the police officers involved in the shooting death of rayshard

brooks the city's mayor is ordering police reform saying there is no time to wait blayne alexander has got the latest for us. hi, blayne good morning >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you this morning we start with knowing that there are at least three different protests scheduled around atlanta today all of it comes as there are growing calls for the two officers involved in the deadly shooting on friday to face criminal charges the district attorney tells me he could announce his decision on whether or not to bring charges as early as tomorrow but the leader of the union who represents those two officers says he believes that the entire process is being unfairly rushed because of the current environment. and he's calling for a full investigation. now, of course, all of this comes as atlanta leaders passed a series of police reforms overnight. earlier this morning mayor keisha lance bottoms spoke with hoda take a look. >> we can't wait we can't wait. we were waiting two weeks for recommendations and then mr. brooks was killed on friday.

so we don't have another hour to wait in atlanta. and there will likely be even more announcements and more administrative orders from my administration >> reporter: and throughout the day, guys, people continue to gather here at this wendy's behind me where all of this unfolded we're hearing those 911 calls less than two minutes in length that brought those officers face-to-face with a rayshard brooks now as his family is preparing for his funeral, we learned that tyler perry has agreed to cover those costs. hoda >> all right blayne, thank you. now to the latest on the coronavirus. some u.s. cities are slowing down reopening plans as cases spike in more than a dozen states sam brock is in miami beach with the three things to watch. hey, sam, good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning. leaders are waking up looking at the rising covid cases deciding do i hit the brakes or continue with reopenings.

now, in nashville after a spike of 300 cases there, the answer was to continue. but here in miami, the mayor says he's seen enough to push pause. >> if we continue on this trajectory, we're going to have to make tough choices. >> reporter: the mayor says hospital capacity right now in miami-dade is 60%. that's a good number but florida has seen a jump of 10,000 cases in a week that is enough to cause some concern. and a blow to the president today, the fda is revoking hydroxychloroquine that is the drug that trump has touted as effective in combatting covid-19. he claims to even have used it but according to the latest research, it is no reasonable to believe that is an effective medication in fighting the virus. and lastly, the airlines this morning say they are going to be cracking down on passengers who do not wear face masks an airline industry trade group says they could ban those passengers from getting on the plane. but to take that a step further,

united airlines says if you don't wear your mask you could end up on a restricted travel ban starting june 18th craig, back to you >> all right sam brock in miami sam, thank you meanwhile, beijing is also seeing a spike in new covid-19 cases. and that's raising fears about a resurgence of the coronavirus in the chinese capital. janis mackey frayer joins us from beijing with the latest on this janis, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. just as the situation seemed better here, the emergency level had been lowered, attractions were reopening now a lot of the restrictions that have dictated life for months are back. along with fears of a second wave of infection. this morning in beijing, neighborhoods under lockdown as authorities here rush to contain a string of coronavirus cases linked to a wholesale food market more than a hundred people who worked or went there testing positive for the virus in less than a week. prompting a mass testing

campaign tens of thousands of people being swabbed at sites set up across the city. officials say they're using aggressive tracing to reach over 200,000 people who may have come into contact the sprawling market is the largest wholesale agricultural market in asia and supplies beijing with 80% of its food the spike comes as a jolt here after 56 days without a new case because of strict measures in beijing when the virus emerged in wuhan but officials are now zeroing in on imported salmon after samples from cutting boards and counters came back positive for the virus. a strain that experts here claim is different than before prompting a new theory among chinese officials that this outbreak originated in europe and might have come into china on packaging >> i think we need to look what has happened in this case. i don't think it's the primary hypothesis, but it needs to be

explored >> reporter: for now the food market remains closed and under military guard the areas around it declared high risk as people across the city see a quick return to the old playbook of the new normal officials are adamant that beijing will not be what they call a second wuhan. though they admit that the case numbers are bound to edge higher so the temperature checks are back there are restrictions going in and out of the city. and as a huge set back for the frayer house, kids that were supposed to return yesterday, for the first time since january, that's been called off until the situation can come under control. craig. >> oh, no. oh, no janis going to have to go back to the home schooling. janis, thank you good luck to you as well >> all right, guys we've got the news covered how about a little boost all right. we got a real heartwarming reunion for you. a father came home after being away from his family for nearly

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we've really been trying to focus on them. on that list of course educators. nbc senior investigative correspondent, cynthia mcfadden met a really special one, a detroit principal doing all she can to make sure no student gets left behind. cynthia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, last week we took a deep dive into the inequalities that exist in the detroit area just miles apart in education and this morning we want to introduce you to a detroit principal who will let nothing, not even a pandemic, stand in her way of getting her kids the education she believes they deserve. >> hey >> reporter: in normal times, a visit from the principal might mean trouble but in this detroit neighborhood, her knock can bring a sigh of relief in a world turned upside down >> good morning. how are you guys okay i'll meet you guys upstairs. >> reporter: jacqueline dungy's charter school shut down in march. some kids went off the radar

you reached out and couldn't find them. >> if they're not in a safe place and we don't know where they are, i'm worried. those are still my babies. those are still my kids. >> the kids she treated as her own gone from her now-empty school >> just really quiet kids' things still in their bags on their desks >> reporter: march 13th, the day children were told to stay home is still written on the white board. they really lost this sort of nurturing, you know, cocoon, if you will a safe place to be >> that smiling face when they walk in the door, that hug no matter what happened before you came to school we're going to take care of you. >> reporter: one of the things experts tell us they're particularly worried about right now, there aren't eyes on kids all the time and that has led to an increase in child abuse and child neglect. >> it's stressful. you lost your job. you're not going to work do you have new food do you have enough money to pay your rent? i want to make sure everything's

okay >> reporter: so the principal and her staff went to work to track down and make contact with all 127 of their students >> we've got to hit the streets and figure out where they are and make sure that they're okay. >> reporter: one boy she couldn't find for weeks and weeks until she talked to some of his buddies >> we knew that they played xbox and the little boy said, yeah, i saw he was on last night and i'm like, okay so we need you when he comes on again, we need you to get his phone number >> reporter: they talked the next day you've actually become a detective. >> absolutely. i feel like i could probably be on an investigation department because my team, we are -- we have got some skills where we can figure out where you're at >> reporter: on this day she's looking for a third grader she hasn't heard from in awhile.

>> i wanted to make sure that no one was homeless >> reporter: her state has been hit hard by covid-19 in michigan african-americans are just 14% of the population, but account for 40% of the deaths during the virus. >> grandmas are passing away and aunts and uncles the impact can be far reaching because that's your whole support network. >> reporter: she discovered the reason one father wasn't returning her repeated calls and emails was because he had passed >> then it becomes how can we support you? what do you need >> reporter: it was clear many of the kids needed more than just help with their abc's so they mobilized to hand out free food. before long, the entire neighborhood was showing up. no one was turned away >> i could never turn away a child in need. >> reporter: mrs. dungy's work takes on special meaning as the nation once again struggles with a persistence of racial inequality and an unacceptable

pattern of police brutality toward african-americans >> there are a lot of awful things going on right now and our kids are the ones that have the power to change the world and end some of the things that are going on anything we can give them to support them do that, why wouldn't we do that? >> home visit three has been a success. >> reporter: she has found a missing third grader >> i can breathe that sigh of relief i can breathe that, okay everything's fine. no need to panic >> reporter: visits like this helping a boy stuck at home on his ninth birthday connect to online classes make her day. >> can i talk to my friends? >> yes, you will be able to talk to your friends. >> reporter: small victories in an uphill battle but principal dungy persists >> i always go back to if i don't, then who will every child deserves a champion and needs a champion >> thank you for coming out. >> be that one to have their back >> as soon as i can hug you, you

know i'm in. >> reporter: mrs. dungy reminds us that, you know, one woman cannot fix a broken system, but wow. she can sure make a difference for a lot of kids' lives remarkable she also tells us that little boy his 22-year-old brother is going to step in and raise him. if you want to read more about her, our friends at nbcnews.com found this story and they have lots more. >> and she has six kids of her own, right >> reporter: she has six kids of her own. listen i bow to this woman. she is really a hero we over-use the word, perhaps, but wow. >> she's my hero yes. thanks for telling her story, cynthia. thank you. let's get a check of the weather, guys. see what's shaking with al >> boy, that put a smile on everybody's face let's look at our national map and show you we are looking at some heavy rainmaking its way down through the mid-atlantic. southeastern and atlantic states fire danger continuing out west. still dry and sunny in the

northeast right on into the great lakes. that's what's going on around the co >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we take a live look outside. it's a beautiful start to our day. a lot of sunshine. and our weather stays comfortable, too. as we look at san francisco's high temperatures reach up to 67 as you make your way inland, we'll see some of those temperature s reach the low 80. up to 83 in napa. palo alto, 76. livermore, 77. we'll look at the seven-day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> and that's your latest weather. guys >> all right, al thank you. i think it's carson's turn time for pop start hey, carson. >> all right hi, guys hoda, this is for you. first up with, one oif your favorites, alicia keys everybody has been waiting for new music from the grammy winner

we have that this morning. back in january, alici teasing that her new album will be self-titled she also mentioned it would be out on march 20th. obviously the world has drastically changed since then so the album's been delayed until the fall but that doesn't mean we're not going to get you a little sneak peek of what is expected to drop on that album. alicia is the latest to appear on npr's tiny desk concert the performance which was recorded in february has some of her hits but also a song from her album never before heard called gramercy park here's a bit of it ♪ i've been doing all the thing i think you want to see ♪ ♪ i been trying to fulfill you with your every need ♪ ♪ now you've fallen for a perso that's not even me ♪ >> it's a great song she said it's the way we and she conform to other people's versions of what they want us to be and we sort of lose who we are. the minute that thing aired, social media lit up.

people loving that one "underdog" is another great song we already know there's two incredible songs this next album from alicia is going to be a good one >> that was awesome, carson. "good job" is another great one. >> yeah. go check it out in its entirety. finally we'll end on judi dench. we know her of course as one of the greatest actors of her generation appearing in award winning dramas like "shakespeare in love." take on the no nonsense m in james bond series. she of course won an oscar for playing queen elizabeth in which she was only on screen for eight minutes. she was appointed dame commander of the order of the british empire for her work on stage in screen so her latest role makes nothing but perfect logical sense starring in her grandson's tiktok videos. take a look. ♪ >> that's her grandson there his name is sam.

he looks a lot like ed sheeran he gets mistaken for ed all the time there you go >> oh, wow. >> for sure. >> look at that. >> so that's your pop start today. a quick one. >> we'll be back, guys, right good morning. 8:26. i'm kris sanchez. an update from chp on this deadly chain-rakeaction crash. it happened on highway 85 at the union street underpass. chp now says a woman died there and a total of four cars were involved. no one else was seriously injured. officers now confirm the driver who triggered the crash is facing charges including mansla. we want to get a look at the forecast that's going to be trending up with kari. >> yeah, kris. we're looking at nice weather today with our highs reaching into the mid-70s for the south bay. low 80s for the inland east bay. by tomorrow, our weather is going to be going straight up

with some hotter temperatures moving in. we're looking at highs in the low 90s and even mid-90s as the heat peaks on thursday. going into the weekend, it's father's day. first day of summer. we're going to have some summer-like weather. still a little warmer than normal but at least it will be cooler than those mid-90s. and we'll still have the warmer than normal temperatures continuing into mid next week as we look at san francisco. we're going to reach into the upper 70s over the next couple of days. kris? >> thank you, kari. more local news coming up in a half hour. we hope you'll join us then.

♪ it's 8:30 now. it's tuesday morning hoda, they're playing our song >> yes, they are >> june 16th, 2020 yeah a little lizzo that's not the only music we're going to get today, is it? >> no. chloe and halle are going to be here if you don't know the names, your kids do they're grammy nominated they're sisters. they have beyonce's seal of approval she saw a video of them five years ago or so, picked them up. they are going to have a special performance for us

their new hit. and they're gorgeous to boot of course. >> looking forward to that this morning. also ahead, by the way, a real eye opener on masks how important are masks? does it matter what they're made of our vicky nguyen, she did a whole lot of coughing for this particular story she's going to share some surprising results in just a few moments. before we get to all of that, guys, let's welcome the family on my "today" plaza okay you guys, we have a lot of good looking groups and every day they eclipse the one before. >> these guys take it seriously. we love that i am looking for the jones family the jones family from farmington hills. there! >> oh! >> we love your signs, by the way. hey, gabrielle you're celebrating a birthday? that your dad, your dad

christopher, he hit >> yes my 10th birthday today >> happy birthday. >> thank you >> gabrielle, you should know that your dad, your dad christopher, he hit us up every day for two weeks straight to make sure that his little girl got some love on the "today" show so your dad and carly your mom, they love you a whole heck of a lot. happy birthday how are you going to celebrate >> i'm probably just going to eat cake and ice cream then on saturday i'm going to have a drive by parade >> oh, that's awesome. happy birthday, sweetie. >> thank you >> all right i am looking for the ariya family stationed in independence, kentucky hello. i see stephanie. i see dad marcello and there's a little baby sitting there. little elouise is it true -- i guess this little baby was just born one month ago. so your families haven't been able to meet her yet >> yes because of the coronavirus, none of our families have been able

to come. because we live in kentucky, my family's in salt lake city, utah and his family is in georgia >> could you scoot over a little bit more towards your wife we want to see her i heard she had a milestone yesterday. what happened? >> she turned six weeks old. >> and i heard she had a big smile too. >> she did how did i forget yes. she smiled for the first time. and six granddaughters >> i hear your family has 11 grandchildren, five grandsons and six granddaughters your little one is the tie breaker. congratulations, guys. look at our big board. you guys look so good. desmond family, we see you guys. beaching not teaching. >> the canbury girls are here. >> ian, happy birthday we see your anniversary, guys. thank you for joining us >> you want a chance to join our plaza? sign up. it's fun today.com/mytodayplaza and we'll put you on the big board. >> if at first you don't

succeed, do what that dad did. just keep trying time now for a check of the weather. what are we looking at, mr. roker? >> well, we're taking a look at the fact that may thanks to climate change looks like it's going to be the hottest may on earth. tied to may 2016 is the hottest. and we've got an almost 100% chance that 2020 will be a top five warmest record for the whole year but for the u.s., the month of may, cooler than average in the east record cold, historic snow, north carolina tenth coldest may on record, but it's still not enough to keep the globe itself from having a record may for today, though, we are looking at a mountain snow threat out to the west fire danger through the southwest. still dry in the northeast through the great lakes and heavy rain along the southeastern atlantic coast. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall.

as we get a live look outside in walnut creek, we're going to enjoy a really nice day for the bay area. in some spots our temperatures will be cooler than normal. we reach into the mid-70s for the south bay. it's still going to be windy with oakland reaching 71. up to 81 in antioch today. and north bay high temperatures in the low 80s. then it really warms up tomorrow with temperatures spiking this thursday. >> and that is your latest weather. savannah >> all right, al thank you. coming up next, we've got an eye opener on masks in the age of coronavirus >> do face masks really make a difference in stopping the spread of germs and bacteria i'm vicki nguyen coming up on "today." >> real interesting story. it's coming up right after this. but first this is "today" on

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coming up on 8:38 with o we're back now coming up on 8:38 with our ongoing series on "the new normal." one part of that, masks. >> yeah. they've become standard for a lot of folks and the centers for disease control recommends using them, but how much of a difference does a mask really make? >> well, nbc news investigative and consumer correspondent vicky nguyen joins us with an eye opening look hey, vicky >> good morning. as you know, our coughs and sneezes spray thousands of droplets into the air. and those droplets can carry bacteria and the coronavirus so this morning we're showing you how the virus might travel by looking for bacteria from a cough, my cough. medical experts say it's a valid comparison the results even surprising our certified microbiologist >> reporter: it's a dreaded sound sure to turn heads coughing or sneezing in the age of corona. >> i work for costco and i'm asking this member to put on a mask because that is our company

policy >> reporter: who can forget this clash a costco customer in colorado refusing to wear a mask. >> i'm not doing it because i woke up in a free country. >> reporter: face coverings are creating showdowns across the country. >> we're just going to be able to detect bacteria >> reporter: so we enlisted the help of microbiologist susan whittier at columbia university to show us what masks can actually do when we cough. this isn't going to show me what kind of virus would come out this will not collect a virus. what does it tell you? >> i think it's just a good marker or a good recommendation representation of what happens when we cough or, you know, even worse sneeze the potential pathogens coming out of our mouth >> reporter: whittier points out it won't multiply on a petri dish, but they can capture bacteria from my cough the lab sent over these petri dishes i'm going to show you how effective different types of face coverings are

first, i'm going to cough into a petri dish with a cloth mask then i'll show you what happens with a common surgical mask. and finally the n95 which is supposed to be the most effective. these are reserved for health care workers and i have one from when i covered wildfires in california and of course i'm going to show you what happens when i cough without any face covering at all. >> you're going to hold it about six inches away from your mouth. >> reporter: i should cough how many times >> two or three. you're going to be grossed out by whatever grows. grows on the plates no matter what don't worry. >> reporter: it's okay i get to work coughing away right into the petri dishes. >> that's pretty gross >> reporter: i labeled each dish and dropped them off for my producer to take them to the lab. >> thank you >> reporter: after 24 hours in an incubator at body temperature, our first peek. look bacteria is already growing on the dish i coughed on without a mask nothing yet on the other three after 48 hours, more growth on that same dish but still nothing on the rest of the dishes

and then finally after 60 hours, two and a half days after i coughed onto the dishes, a surprise what was the result after two and a half days? >> well, it was super exciting i was expecting some growth and to my surprise, we didn't have growth on any plates when you had any kind of face covering on so that was great news >> reporter: the three masks, cloth, surgical, and n95 all stopped any bacteria from landing on the petri dish. but check out the dish i coughed on without a mask. it's covered in bacteria look at all that growth. what exactly was that that was growing on the petri dish and is that normal? >> it's normal mouth bacteria. so we have a lot of streptococcus and some species things we would find in everybody's mouth. >> reporter: normal? >> normal. >> reporter: by comparing all four dishes side-by-side, you

can see each mask kept my cough and bacteria from spreading. what does this tell you about the effectiveness of masks >> i think across the country as states reopen, it's going to be more reassuring for people to know that i'm wearing a mask because i'm protecting the people around myself >> and we want to reiterate, whittier says it's not possible through a demonstration like this shows how much virus comes out. because viruses need living cells. they can't grow the way bacteria does on a petri dish but it shows what else is in your cough or sneeze >> we know that these n95 masks are supposed to be the most effective. but based on that story, what's the difference between those and surgical or cough masks? >> that demonstration shows no difference between the n95, the cloth, and surgical mask but when it comes to cloth, a couple layers do work better silk and cotton were really effective at blocking particles. the main purpose is to protect those around you but they also provide you a degree of protection and bandannas.

people wear those a lot. it's safe to say if you have that covering it certainly blocks a lot >> that was eye opening. thank you for coughing so much for us >> anything for the cause. >> indeed. coming up next, the sister act taking the music and entertainment worlds by storm. can't wait to chat with chloe and halle. and r them perform he ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ y-yeah ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ hey, hey

the citi music series on "today" is proud by presented to you by citi. >> welcome back. we are back with two sisters who went from singing sensations on youtube to just plain old superstars chloe and halle rose to fame after one of their harmony laden covers caught the attention of beyonce back in 2015 since then, oh, nothing. they've produced a grammy nominated album and both have landed major acting roles now. a new album is coming out. they're going to share an exclusive performance with us in a moment but first, chloe and halle

joining us from l.a. good morning, sweet sisters. how are you? >> good morning. >> we're so good >> girls, i remember, man. i remember back in 2015 when beyonce saw you guys singing she brought you onto her record label. you guys were 16 and 15 at the time now you're 22 and 20 years old has that time, guys, gone by in a blink? >> it's crazy to think we were just 15 and 16, you know we're so grateful for her and her guidance and feel so honored every single day. >> when you talk about her guidance, guys, what's the best given us really kind of speaks to us more than ever right now she always told us to not dumb ourselves down for the world and just let the world catch up to us

i'm so happy to say that my sister and i stuck to our guns, continue to make the music that we wanted to make and keep our musical integrity and are so happy people are receiving it so well right now it makes us so happy >> wow let the world catch up with you. i love the sound of that you've got a grown-up album now. the release is -- it's called "ungodly hour. you guys have postponed this because of the protests and brutality you're seeing out there. by postponing it, what message did you want to send >> absolutely. well, the reason why we postponed our album is because emotionally we just were not in the right head space to release our album. and we did not want the attention to be on us. you know, we wanted all of the attention to be on getting justice for george floyd and all of our other brothers and sisters to police brutality. this is such a hard and heart breaking thing but we are finally standing up. i'm so proud of our peers and our generation for not taking no for an answer and for demanding justice.

so that was what was truly heavy on our hearts at that time that's why we decided to postpone it to this last friday. >> but we're so happy now that it's out we can kind of use our music as a healer, in a way i'm so happy everyone has been telling us they've been using it to distract their hearts from the pain that's all we can do if we can make one person smile, we've done our job >> boy, y'all are so grown up. i'm, like, listening to you thinking, wow. i cannot believe how mature and how awesome you are. halle, you got the role of ariel in disney's upcoming movie "little mermaid. and that was such, like, a wow moment but yet somehow there was some backlash to that how did you react to that? >> you know, i definitely just remember how amazing and honored i feel to even take on this role you know, "the little mermaid" has always been one of my favorite movies.

to be able to make aerial mine in a way and show other black girls that you can be a princess too is something that's so amazing. and i just kind of block out all the of the negativity and keep my blinders on because i know that there's a purpose for this and i'm just going to try my hardest. >> well, chloe and halle, we're so proud of you. everything that you're doing we can't wait to hear your music. but we're going to make everybody wait just until a commercial break for an exclusive performance of your latest single. you guys, thank you so much. music coming up after the break. but first this is "today" on

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♪ one hundred ♪ no drama no baby mamas keepin it cute ♪ we do it do i do i ♪ ooh ooh ♪ that's just how we do it, do it, it do ♪ ♪ ooh ooh ooh ♪ that's just how we do it do i do it ♪ ♪ that's just how we do it do i do it ♪ ♪ you liking what i do ♪ ooh ooh ♪ i keep it cool ♪ that's just how we do it ♪ and you could do it too ♪ ooh ♪ that's just what i do ♪ that's just what i do ♪ that's just how we do it ♪ that's just how we do it ♪ how we do it ♪ ooh ooh ♪ that's just how we do it ♪ yeah that's just how we do it ♪ ♪ yeah that's just how we do it ♪ >> that's how you do it. chloe and halle, thanks again. their new album is available

right now. >> i love it guys, can i tell you about a new member of the "today" family we want to share it with the world. you guys know. but say good morning, hello and welcome to the world t liv charley rudolph. she's the son of our senior vp and her husband scott. she's got a big brother brock, big sis sasha. they're a party of five all those guys by the way, i think lexi texted me one hour after giving birth because she is always on top of the news >> oh, my word >> she is. >> congrats lexi >> how about it, way to go, guys >> wait to go, guys. >> we love you liv >> in a few minutes third and fourth hours coming up third hour today we've got a tune up tuesday to help your summer skin. and then hoda and jenna are outdoor oasis. liv, welcome to the party. but first your local news.

good morning. 8:56. i'm kris sanchez. emotions will be very heavy today in one butte county courtroom when pg&e pleads guilty to 84 felony murder counts tied to the fire in paradise. faulty electrical gear sparked the fire. the utility has agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine and cover the costs of the investigation.

that hearing will also include the names and photos of every victim who died and surviving family members who want to make a statement. happening now, the hearing is about to get under way in about an hour. our bob rydell is monitoring that. he'll have a full report coming up in our midday news. also reopening concerns for bay area cities with recent spikes in coronavirus cases. from our twitter feed link to more details including two recent outbreaks raising a lot of questions. and also north korea this morning destroyed a building once seen as pivotal in bridging the historic divide with south korea. that building sat just on the other side of the demilitarized zone, and video captures the moment that it blew up. go to our twitter feed to see the whole clip and get details on what happened. we'll see you at 11:00.

live from studio 1a in ro rockefeller plaza, welcome to the third hour of "today." welcome in craig melvin here in the studio 1a it is a biez si tuesday morning. wier going to be getting a first look at the white house's plan for police reform. president trump expected to issue an executive order that aides say will encourage higher standards for police departments, track officers who receive excessive force complaints, and also pai