a lot of information and great conversation. >> i love it. it's so important to have. we'll certainly be tuning in tonight. thanks for joining us this morning. good morning charged. arrest warrants issued for the good morning. charged. arrest warrants issued for the atlanta officers involved in the shooting death of rayshard brooks. >> at the time mr. brooks was shot, that he did not pose an immediate threat. >> the fired officer who pulled the trigger arged with felony murder. this morning, disturbing, new details on what happened after the fatal shots. as we hear from rayshard brooks himself in a newly revealed interview from months ago. >> i'm trying. i'm not the type of person to give up, you know? and i'm going to keep going until i make it to where i want

to be. >> this morning, his widow joins us live. bolton bombshells. the first excerpts from the former national security adviser's explosive memoir go public. president trump accused of asking china to help him get re-elected, and offering his own help to dictators. overnight, the justice department seeking a new emergency order to block the book's release. and the president weighing in. >> he broke the law. very simple. super spreaders. >> it was just one positive after another after another after another. >> new fears over the spike in coronavirus cases, and where people are being infected as the nation reopens. deepening jobs crisis. shocking images in kentucky. thousands lined up for hours in the hopes of receiving unemployment benefits. another 1 million americans expected to file for jobless claims today. those stories, plus, music's legend. >> we could all use a lift right now and some love right now and some joy.

>> john legend opens up to willie, sharing an uplifting and timely message. today, thursday, june 18th, 2020. we have breaking news that will impact dreamers. people brought to this country as children by immigrant parents here illegally. their status in limbo. the trump administration tried to end a program known as daca, and the court ruled. pete williams joins us from washington with this. pete, good morning. what does the decision say? >> reporter: another big surprise. the supreme court said the trump administration wrongly tried to

shut daca down. daca is going to survive. the trump administration could try again to shut it down, seems unlikely, something the government would try to do during election year. here's what happened. daca, this is the program that says young people brought to the u.s. by illegal grinimmigrant parents can stay in the u.s. 800,000 known as dreamers have taken advantage. it was set up by executive order by president obama. and no one has disputed if president trump wanted to, he could by executive order shut it down. that's not what the trump administration did. instead, the attorney general of the time jeff sessions said daca was illegally started, so department of homeland security based on that guidance ordered daca be shut down two years ago. a number of states and

university of california has been sued, saying that can't be right, that when you have a program that many people depend on, another law says you can't shut it down without going through a certain set of procedures, and today the supreme court by 5-4 decision, i am double checking notes here, yeah, 5-4 decision said they went about it the wrong way. surprisingly this decision was written by the chief justice, john roberts, so we have another decision from a conservative supreme court with an outcome that would please i think the democrats and the liberals. so the issue here was did the trump administration go about shutting it down the wrong way and the answer is yes. obviously they could try again the court says, but again, it is unlikely to happen in election year. bottom line, daca continues. young people that are in the program have to reup every two

years, they can continue doing so. we'll see what the next step for the trump administration is. back to you. >> this gets a little technical, pete. just so we understand it, and as you mentioned, 800,000 peoples' lives hang in the balance. now they have to go back to the lower courts and they'll review it and make a decision or is the end result that ultimately these dreamers can stay for the time being, in other words, that the court said it was wrong for the trump administration to end the program. >> reporter: correct. the way they went about it was wrong, not that they couldn't try to end the program. this is the whole point here. the people that were in favor of daca said the president wanted to have it both ways, end the program, but not take the political heat for ending the program. so what happened here is the justice department declared it illegal. the president said i have no choice. justice department says it is illegal, we have to shut it down, that's the law.

what the supreme court says is when you're going to do something like that, you have to consider a number of factors, when the government sets something up that so many people depend on, you can't just pull the plug on it. you have to go through a series of steps, publish in the federal register, that sort of thing. that was not done here. i must say i think the decision is a bit of a surprise. this was the argument that daca's defenders used when they argued the case before the supreme court, and it did not seem to be selling well in the several months since this, five, six months since this case was argued. now we have the majority of five justices that agree with the challengers that the government went about this the wrong way. >> so the daca program stays put for the moment which of course raises the political question. for that i go to nbc's peter alexander at the white house. there's always talk in congress about whether or not congress will get in here and legislate

and come up with a solution for the so-called dreamers, the daca recipients, but that gets tied up in politics. what's the likelihood of a resolution here in congress? >> reporter: to be clear, this is another blow to this white house. the president indicated he would allow the justice department to do the heavy lifting on this. we heard from the president who awhile back in the beginning of his term was complimentary of the idea of theresa mayordreame but when this was taken up, his tune changed. in the last year he described many of the dreamers, daca recipients, as being far from angels. they were some of them tough, hardened criminals. fact check on that, there are strict requirements, can't have a criminal background, committed no crimes to stay in the u.s. as recipients of daca. but americans broadly support the dreamers.

85% of americans, 7 in 10 believe the dreamers should be able to stay in the united states. the backdrop obviously to all of this is the administration, president tough on immigration, illegal and illegal immigration, everything from the refrain around building the wall to recent efforts in terms of what the white house has done to crackdown on anyone entering the united states. savannah? >> pete, thank you so much. as i go to pete williams, daca was always a temporary program, always gave a two year permit for the so-called dreamers. so what happens now do you think? it goes back into effect, but again, it was always temporary, so they're still in limbo, are they not?

>> reporter: yes, it remains in effect. what happened is the government tried to shut it down two years ago, a series of lower court decisions blocked that. now the supreme court wiped that effort off the books. daca remains in effect. young people can continue to renew every two years. let me read something that the chief justice says in the conclusion. we don't decide if daca is sound policy, we simply address when the government tried to shut it down it did it the right way, here it failed to consider issues of whether to retain this issue, what, if anything, it would do to hardship of daca recipients. that's where the trump administration failed. >> all right. once again, we see the breakdown of 5-4, split court, chief justice john roberts, republican appointee siding with the liberals on the court. lots to digest. we have more on nbc and nbc news now and wrap up on nightly news with lester holt.

most of you return to the "today" show. i am savannah guthrie. this has been an nbc news special report. t what do you say to that defense? >> i say that -- >> oh, i think we just, unfortunately, just -- i still have ms. miller with me. i guess i can ask you the question, ms. miller, what you think about what the officers are saying about their defense of what's happened here. how do you see this interaction? >> i mean, it is ridiculous. it is still unjustified, regardless of how they feel. it's unjustified. the distance of him running away, it should have never went to that, you know? it should have never even gotten to the point of him having to feel like he had to defend

himself. he was never told why he was being arrested. for them to try to defend and justify their actions is ridiculous to me. it really is. >> and i think we have -- and i want to get your lawyer's opinion on it, as well. because this is likely, mr. stewart, where the legal case is going. >> yeah. >> i wanted to give you a chance to respond to what the police officers are saying on their own behalf. what is your response to that? >> yeah. the shot actually took place as mr. brooks had turned back around and was running, 18 feet away, as the district attorney said. a taser is a non-lethal weapon. when it is used on victims all the time, the defense is the opposite. the defense says, "it's a non-lethal weapon. it's not life threatening. it is used and trained to be used in these situations." you can't have it both ways. so is it non-lethal, or is it lethal? >> i understand the defense.

i understand people are upset that an officer is finally charged for once. think about how upset all of the victims are. just be fair and look at both sides. let the process play out. justice comes to both sides. for once, it's coming to the victim. >> and, ms. miller, i wanted to just ask you a simple question, because you mentioned father's day is coming up. you have four kids. one just had her 8th birthday on the day her dad died. just how are you doing? how are the kids doing? >> i can't say i'm doing well, because i'm not. it's hard for me to sleep. every day, i'm praying. i'm praying to get through it. i'm praying for strength. i wake up, and my daughter is

crying. she's crying out for her dad, the little one. not just the 8-year-old. i have my other children mourning for their dad, and they miss him dearly. so i wish that i could say i'm doing well, but i'm not. >> it's an honest answer, and it is an understandable one, given everything that's gone on. ms. miller, thank you for your time. mr. stewart, to you, as well. we appreciate you joining us and sharing your perspective. it's about 13 minutes after the hour now. i'll send it to you, hoda. >> savannah, thank you. craig joins the table now. another major story we're following. >> we are, indeed. nbc news has explosive, new details from the new book from president trump's former national security adviser, john bolton. this as the justice department makes another emergency move, trying to block its publication. nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander has the overnight developments on this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. this is a blistering book from john bolton. once one of the president's closest advisers.

a long-time, loyal republican blasting president trump as irrational and foolish. arguing that the president's thinking is not grounded in philosophy or any grand strategy, that it is simply grounded in trump. president trump on fox news overnight bashing his former national security adviser john bolton. >> he broke the law. very simple. i mean, as much as it's going to be broken. this is highly classified. that's the highest stage. it's highly classified information. >> reporter: the president also calling bolton a liar, telling the "wall street journal," "everybody in the white house hated john bolton." in his new book obtained by nbc news, bolton delivers a scathing assessment of his old boss. bolton says the president is easily flattered by authoritarian leaders who try to manipulate him. bolton described the president's relationship with vladimir putin to abc news. >> i think putin thinks he can

play him like a fiddle. i think putin is smart, tough. i think he sees that he's not faced with a serious adversary here. i don't think he is worried about donald trump. >> reporter: bolton writes that the president was willing to intervene in criminal investigations with foreign adversaries, like china and turkey, as personal favors to dictators he liked. the president's behavior on that front, and on his personal legal issues, stunned bolton, who described it as obstruction of justice, as a way of life. bolton says he reported his concerns to attorney general william barr. >> i think he was so focused on the re-election, that longer term considerations fell by the wayside. so if he thought he could get a photo opportunity with kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone in korea, there was considerable emphasis on the photo opportunity and the press reaction to it, and little or no focus on what such meetings did for the bargaining position of the united states. >> reporter: during negotiations with china's president xi, bolton says president trump

asked the chinese leader to buy american soybeans and wheat to boost his electoral prospects in farm states. pleading with xi to ensure he'd win. bolton says the president didn't know britain as a nuclear power, and asked if finland is a part of russia. and during a meeting, secretary of state mike pompeo passed him a note, insulting president trump, saying, "he is so full of" expletive. the secretary of state has not commented on bolton's accusations. the attorney general's office said bolton mischaracterized his conversation with william barr. overnight, the trump administration asked a federal court for an immediate order to delay the release of bolton's book, arguing it contains classified information, something bolton's lawyer repeatedly denied. of course, it may be too late. it's most damning accusations, craig, are out there.

>> peter, thank you. also this morning, the labor department is expected to report that another 1.3 million americans filed jobless claims last week. that would push the total to over 45 million during the coronavirus pandemic. >> meanwhile, hundreds of folks lined up on the kentucky state capitol grounds wednesday. all of them hoping to get unemployment help. many of them frustrated after going months without any benefits or updates on their unemployment claims. >> i'm here to handle the amount of responses that they had. when are you going to help us? we are your people. we put you in the position you're in. you need to hear our voices. >> people in line say they wanted to simply talk to an actual person, rather than waiting by the computer for a response that never comes. >> there is a time lapse, by the way, of the unemployment line that is jarring. to think, all the people lined up. they're not getting a check. they want to meet a human being, fill out a form, and hand it in, so they can get their unemployment money. it is frustrating, i can imagine. >> absolutely. guys, it's that time of the

morning when we check the weather. for that, there's no better person to say good morning to than our al. hi, al. how you doing? >> hey, guys. good morning. good to see all of you. we're watching right now some activity along the eastern seaboard from florida all the way up to the appalachians. we're going to also watch a cold front pushing across the upper midwest. that'll bring some problems. widespread storms for the mid-atlantic today. heavy rain will drop across florida and continue into the weekend. it's unsettled along the eastern seaboard tomorrow, with scattered storms from ohio to the gulf coast. more soaking rain down for florida. rainfall amounts for minneapolis to texas, about 1 to 2 inches. the heaviest rain is going to be down in florida. we're going to be looking at flooding issues because we're going to be looking at locally 4 to 6 inches of rain, especially in the midsection of florida and all the way down toward the keys. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

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from space in the southwest. we'll take a look at that coming up guys >> al, thank you so much still ahead, as america starts to reopen, the fear of so-called coronavirus superspreaders >> you think that you're just going to go hang out with your friends and celebrate a birthday, and the next thing you know, all of you are sick. >> it's a new warning about large gatherings from a woman who says her entire group of friends tested positive after one visit to a florida bar, savannah plus, hoda, just ahead, an inside look at the other major brands planning big changes, after yesterday's announcement of an image overhaul for aunt jemima first, this is "toda on nbc. y" we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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including oral steroids. du more with less asthma. talk to your doctor about dupixent. a very good morning to you. 7:26. i'm l i'm laura garcia. a victory this morning for dreamers. the supreme court has struck down the white house effort to end the daca program which left hundreds of thousands of daca recipients in limbo. chief justice john roberts sided with the majority. also following breaking news in east san jose this morning that's where we find kris sanchez at the scene of a hostage situation. what's the latest? >> hi, laura. this is now going into its seventh hour here and this was a

situation that happened just after midnight as several people broke into a home and beat up family members inside. four of those family members were able to escape and one person was taken into custody on the scene. however, we know several people at last check were still inside that home with one, maybe two suspects. we know that the bomb squad is here which is customary and so is san jose's pd version. we'll keep you updated on this one if you go to nbcbay area for developments. the sun is up and so is vianey in for kari this morning. it is going to be a hot one. >> the hottest day we've seen so far this week and be in the 90s, upper 90s for the interior valleys. a look at your seven-day forecast and what we're tracking. we will cool up slightly with a little more cloud cover early on tomorrow morning. 90s, though, will remain through

saturday which happens to be the first day of summer. notice by next monday, we cool down by as much as ten degrees in san francisco and temps go from 70s into 60s.

7:30 now it's thursday morning, the 18th of june, 2020. there's a sight we've been missing. a look at our corner of the world, rockefeller plaza flags flying looks like a nice breeze a little more activity on the streets. it is going to be a good day for a lot of the country al has his forecast just ahead >> picking up outside. >> let us start -- yes, it is. it is a hopeful sign soon, our plaza will be full let's get to your 7:30 headlines. the former atlanta police officer who fatally shot rayshard brooks in a wendy's parking lot has been charged with felony murder garrett rolfe is facing 11 charges, including the most serious charge of felony murder, which could carry the death

penalty. the second officer, brosnan, faces charges of aggravated assault and violation of his oath brooks' death sparked protests in atlanta and also the resignation of the police chief 24 hours later. more evacuations this morning from the massive horn fire, northeast of tucson. 24,000 acres consumed. more than 700 firefighters are battling the flames there. the bush fire near phoenix has exploded to more than 100,000 acres. that fire being fanned by dry, windy conditions, is just 5% contained. now to a really frightening encounter off the coast of australia. a pair of teenage siblings were snorkeling when they came face-to-face with a shark. the brother and sister were 150 yards offshore when a large shark approached them. they quickly swam away, and at one point, the 16-year-old screams.

i mean, that appeared to startle the shark, make it turn around the teens swam safely back to shore. mom said the kids were rattled by the encounter, but she believes the kids will be back in the water in the near future. >> wouldn't be me. wouldn't be me. >> if i were the mother -- >> nope. >> no, you're not. >> nope. >> no, you won't be. you'll be watching netflix guys, we move now to more on the coronavirus and the president's weekend campaign rally planned for tulsa, oklahoma cases of the virus there are rising sharply, despite warnings from health officials. the event is moving ahead, and people are already lining up they want to be there. morgan chesky made his way to tulsa for us morgan, good morning >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you 48 hours ahead of the

president's arrival, and you can see people already outside what's expected to be a packed arena. on wednesday, a state court shot down a lawsuit that would have mandated people wear masks and social distance inside now, the group is appealing to the state supreme court. in the meantime, the white house says anyone who comes here saturday facing the same threat as they would going to a baseball game. outside tulsa's bok arena, a growing line of supporters ahead of president trump's return to the campaign trail this different states >> reporter: the president, saturday >> this will be 36 rallies in 19 different states >> reporter: the president, overnight, saying he's looking forward to addressing a big crowd. >> there's just a hunger for the rallies. i enjoy doing them. >> reporter: while seeming to downplay the threat of coronavirus. >> it's fading away. it's going to fade away. but having a vaccine would be really nice. that's going to happen >> reporter: thousands are expected for the president's first rally in months. in a city that's seen a recent increase in coronavirus hospitalizations, and a more than 100% spike in cases over the past week. tulsa accounting for 96 of oklahoma's 228 new cases tuesday, prompting warnings from public health officials. >> let me be clear, anyone

planning to attend a large-scale gathering will face an increased risk of becoming infected with covid-19. >> reporter: urging those in the high-risk categories to watch from home. tulsa's mayor, a republican, called the president's visit an honor, but says he'll greet president trump at the airport but not attend the rally. >> any rational person looking at any large grouping of people would have concerns about this weekend. and that's not just this rally that's any gathering. >> reporter: the white house says the trump campaign will perform temperature checks and provide masks, but won't require attendees to actually wear them. joe biden blasting the president's decision to hold a large-scale rally, as contrary to the trump administration's own advice biden criticizing the administration's response to the pandemic as, quote, slow and bungled. >> donald trump's failure to fight the coronavirus with the us same energy and focus that he used to troll his enemies on

>> reporter: this morning, experts are reiterating that if you wear a mask correctly, it twitter has cost us lives. >> reporter: back in tulsa, some of the president's supporters who are already in line for saturday say they're not too concerned about the pandemic >> am i going to wear a mask no, no >> reporter: this morning, experts are reiterating that if you wear a mask correctly, it will prevent the transmission of coronavirus, especially if you're sick or asymptomatic. meanwhile, the white house says before anyone can step foot inside the building, people will have to sign a waiver, stating that they won't sue the trump administration should they enter this rally savannah, we'll send it back to you. >> morgan chesky for us in tulsa, thank you so much. 7:35 guys, to you. >> we have more on the coronavirus coming up ahead. including the inside look at the fear over superspreaders the connection between the new cases we're seeing and the reopening of bars and nightclubs that's all coming up right after this n to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease...

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we are today as states start to reopen. popular venues like bars, nightclubs, theaters, even churches now there is new concern the places could be hot spots for the spread of covid-19. >> we saw one headline make an example in jacksonville, florida. joe fryer joins us with more good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys research finds the vast majority of coronavirus cases are caused not by touching contaminated surfaces but by person-to-person transmission the concern goes beyond coughing and sneezing, raising new alarms, as all 50 states reopen and people venture out in public they're called superspreaders. large, close gatherings where the virus spreads like wildfire from one infected person to an entire crowd >> it was just one positive after another after another after another. >> reporter: dara sweat and 14 of her friends had been celebrating a birthday at a jacksonville bar without masks

days later, they started feeling sick, and all tested positive for the coronavirus. >> it's terrifying it's truly terrifying. just a regular saturday night. you think you'll go hang out with your friends, and next thing you know, all of you are sick. >> reporter: according to the cdc, the virus is thought to be spread mainly person to person, while touching surfaces is not the main way the virus spreads ingesting enough from a surface to make you sick is unlikely indoor social gatherings are the riskiest, and virus droplets spreading not just from sneezing and coughing, but also loud talking and even singing at a choir practice in washington state back in march, members say they used hand sanitizer and refrained from close contact. still, 53 of 61 attendees became infected, and two dies. >> there's no other way that it could have gotten spread, except by aerosol from us breathing in and out and singing. that's the only possible way.

>> reporter: this month in west virginia, health officials have identified five outbreaks in churches >> deep breaths, you're loud, propelling with your voice, it same thing with playing an instrument that you're blowing into, like a travels further. same thing with playing an instrument that you're blowing into, like a saxophone or clarinet so, like, school band recitals, things like that, are of concern. >> reporter: for the throngs of young people eager to get back out and socialize, dara says, you might want to think twice. >> i think it is a little too soon to assume we can go out and handle that without there being repercussions. >> joe, you know, we've heard that the outdoor gatherings are less risky because they're open air, but we've seen all the protests and the crowds. are officials concerned about those types of gatherings? >> reporter: yeah, hoda. that's right public health officials expressed concerns about large outdoor gatherings like protests and marches, especially if it is hard to social distance and not everyone is wearing a mask

the white house task force has predicted a possible surge in cases from those events by the end of the month back to you guys >> all right joe, thank you so much all right. so let's switch gears now. it is al's forecast. you mentioned those fires down in the southwest i know it's right near my mom's house, al. i know you're tracking that, as well >> that's right. we've got several of them actually magnum fire, the bush fire just outside of phoenix, and the big horn fire as you get closer to the -- to tucson we're watching that. the bush fire is over 104,000 acres, 5% contained. it's the seventh large it's the seventh largest fire in arizona history. we've got an elevated fire risk for parts of southern arizona, as well. we're going to be watching this over the next several days rest of the country, valley heat will continue, so fire danger probably starting to get a little elevated in central

california strong storms coming across the upper midwest and the upper mississippi river valley a low pressure system making its way up to the north. it should stay dry into the northeast. in fact, parts of new england, caribou, maine, today getting up area. that's we've got clear skies here in the bay area. live look over san francisco. you're going to notice it's going to be a lot warmer today in some spots, including around the bay. microclimate highs for this afternoon 73 degrees for half moon bay and 78 in santa cruz and some of these warmer spots reaching into those upper 90s. antioch and concord at 89 degrees. this weather will stick around for the next several days heading into the weekend. >> and that is your latest weather. guys? >> and that is your latest weather. guys?

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we're back on a thursday morning with what many see as a cultural reckoning in america. >> we told you the decision by quaker oats to scrap the aunt jemima brand after acknowledging it was based on racial stereotypes. this morning, other companies are under pressure to do the same. nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with details on this one. hey, steph. >> reporter: craig, good morning. that's right, decision to scrap aunt jemima ratcheting up the pressure on other companies. critics have called this move disingenuous, while others say it is extremely important and a long time coming. aunt jemima syrup and pancake mix are longtime staples of the american breakfast. >> greetings, folks.

greetings. this is your old friend, aunt jemima. >> reporter: now being rebranded. quaker, the latest company to take action, as demonstrations protesting racial inequality continue across the country. >> this has been a long time coming. >> reporter: quaker announced the change in a statement, saying, in part, we recognize aunt jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype, promising to make progress toward racial equality, and pledging $400 million over five years to lift up black communities. the name aunt jemima comes from a 19th century show, a smiling mammy who glorified the kitchen slave. >> it grew out of the tradition of white folk wearing black face, and even forcing black actors to wear black face, to mimic african-americans.

>> reporter: land-o-lakes removed the native american woman from their packaging two months ago. the cleveland indians removed their logo on the field and nationally. >> my pancakes have a butter flavor. >> reporter: mrs. butter worth's and cream of wheat packaging is under review. mars, the company behind uncle ben's rice, issued a statement, saying, in part, now is the right time to evolve the uncle ben's brand, without specifying how or when it'll happen. those who have fought for change say it is long overdue. >> it is also a necessary change. because these corporations occupy the public space and the public imagination. >> reporter: social media also lighting up with debates about the importance of the images, while a tiktok video going viral had a profound effect. >> cooking pancakes and telling people stories of the good old south. >> reporter: the pressure is mounting on other brands and logos that have resisted calls to change, like the washington

redskins. chiquita banana and eskimo pies. the calls for change are louder, and corporate america is responding. >> black lives matter, people, even during breakfast. >> this reckoning that so many companies are going through right now, it also seems to be extending beyond brand images and names, right? >> reporter: yeah, it is. there's a lot of money we're talking about, too, here, craig. tens of millions of dollars. there are a couple examples. adidas promised to fund 50 university scholarships over the next five years for african-americans. the brand sephora, the makeup brand, decided to dedicate 15% of its counter space to companies that have black owners. so you see all of these moves very quick and easy moves in the short-term right now. what will likely be more difficult is grappling with the long-term cultural change that a lot of people are asking for. craig? >> stephanie gosk for us there.

steph, thank you. >> also word yesterday that netflix was contributing some $120 million. reed hastings, the ceo, and his wife, $120 million to hbcus and the united negro college fund, as well. ahead, guys, the one, the only john legend. he'll tell willie about the new music he has been working on during the lockdown, and why he says the world can really use it right about now. first, a look at your local news. ♪ all your perfect imperfections ♪ trying to take us out. to shake our resolve. and if you're out there fighting through it, we know 260,000 people who have your back.

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good morning, 7:56. i'm laura garcia. breaking news and happening now. a victory this morning for tr e dreamers. the supreme court knocked down the white house efforts to end the daca program which left hundreds of thousands of daca recipients in limbo. chief justice john roberts sided with the majority. breaking news in san jose. a hostage situation that, in fact, just ended. kris sanchez has been following the story all morning long and live at the scene with the very latest for us. kris? >> good morning, laura. two more suspects are in custody in addition to one suspect that was taken into custody just before 1:00 this morning. san jose police got a call from someone who said that people broke into their home and beat up several family members. four people managed to escape,

however, several people remained inside that home for almost seven hours. we just saw the merge unit truck leave and the roadway is now open again on center road. this part is open, however, we know that vta is still rerouting buss for the next hour, hour and a half because the perimeter has just gotten a little smaller. once we're done here, we'll wrap up and head closer to the scene and see what we can find out. >> sounds good. we'll look for more on the midday news today. in the meantime, speaking of today, it's going to be a hot one. vianey is in for kari. how hot are we going to get? >> upper 90s, laura. if you live in inland areas, i hope your ac works. check out concord right next to it 97 degrees and antioch 98 and san jose will also be in the 90s and anywhere around the peninsula or the bay expect upper 70s and cool off a little bit tomorrow, laura. >> all right, sounds good.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, in his own words. >> i'm not the type of person to give up. you know, and i'm going to keep going until i make it to where i want to be. >> a newly released interview with rayshard brooks is released, as arrest warrants are issued for the officers involved in his death. this morning, his widow speaking out on "today." >> it's just very emotional. father's day is coming up, and all i can keep thinking about is my husband won't be here. plus, new hot spots. >> do you think it is premature for all these people to be going to bars and restaurants? >> no, not really.

i think it was foolish. >> fear growing as coronavirus cases skyrocket in new areas. residents on edge, as officials plead for stricter guidelines. >> we can only say wear a mask so many times. living with legend. >> hi, luna. thank you for helping me. i'm sorry to disturb your day. >> we go one-on-one with john legend to talk about life at home during quarantine, his music, and what it means in this moment. today, thursday, june 18th, 2020. ♪ never stop this fight >> this is marcus. >> we represent nashville, tennessee. >> we're celebrating 12 years of marriage. >> hi, we're from indiana. >> we're on "today" to wish a very special happy birthday to my mom. >> and our grammy. >> we love you! ♪ never stop this fight >> i'm feeling great with "today." >> from new york city, it's my 7th birthday! >> oh, happy birthday, little

one. welcome back to "today." so happy you joined us on this thursday morning. some of y'all just beginning your day, and some people on the big board just starting their day, too. >> by the way, speaking of that big board, the my today plaza crowd, coming up, hoda kotb, a blast from your past. stick around for that, ladies and gentlemen. a little surprise. >> i love it when hoda gets her own sorority sisters on the plaza. i'm excited the see what this one is. guys, we have something really special tomorrow on "today." al, craig, and carson kind of have this annual father's day tradition to get together. they talk about life, their kids. they toast the important work of all fathers. this year, they had to do it differently, get kind of creative. they had a great conversation. that never changes. we'll share it with you tomorrow on "today." >> we look forward to that. we're going to get to your news at 8:00. two officers involved in the deadly shooting of rayshard brooks last week in atlanta now

facing criminal charges, with one of them accused of felony murder. nbc's blayne alexander joins us with new details about the moments right after the gunfire. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. those two police officers have until 6:00 this evening to turn themselves in. now, yesterday, the district attorney said that his decision came down really to one key component. he said that brooks did not present himself as a threat to those officers. this morning, both of their attorneys are speaking out, and they're slamming the district attorney. this morning, we're hearing for the first time this newly released interview with rayshard brooks from earlier this year, speaking with the organization reconnect, about his previous experience being incarcerated. >> look at us as individuals. we do have lives, you know. it's just a mistake we made. you know, and not just view us as if we are animals. >> reporter: it comes as prosecutors allege the police officer who shot him did not

render aid for more than two minutes. >> what we discovered is, during the 2 minutes and 12 seconds that officer rolfe actually kicked mr. brooks while he laid on the ground, while he was there fighting for his life. the other officer, officer brosnan, actually stood on mr. brooks' shoulders while he was there struggling for his life. >> reporter: this morning, both officers are facing criminal charges. former officer garrett rolfe, who was terminated, is facing 11 charges, including the most serious, felony murder. after firing the deadly shots, prosecutors say rolfe said these words. >> the utterance made by officer rolfe was, "i got him." >> reporter: devin brosnan facing charges of aggravated assault and violation of his oath. >> reporter: earlier, savannah spoke to his widow.

>> father's day is coming up. all i can think about is my husband won't be here. no matter how many charges they face, it's not going to bring him back. >> reporter: last friday, the two officers tried to arrest brooks in a wendy's parking lot after investigators say he failed a sobriety test. after speaking calmly more than 40 minutes, video shows brooks struggling with the officers once they tried to arrest him. grabbing a taser and running by the da says he fired the taser at them. rolfe responded with two gunshots to the back. president trump weighing in overnight on fox news. >> you can't resist a police officer. you know, if you have a disagreement, you have to take it up after the fact. it was a very sad, very, very sad thing. look, you really -- you take a look, it was out of control. the whole situation was out of control. >> reporter: guys, this morning, we are hearing from the attorneys for both of those officers, and they are pushing back strongly on what the district attorney had to say.

both attorneys are saying that their clients did, in fact, render aid to brooks. attorney for rolfe is saying his client's actions were justified. meanwhile, an attorney for officer brosnan is slamming the da in what he calls a rush to misjudge. savannah? >> thank you very much. to the coronavirus now. they ended legal protections for young immigrants known as dreamers. justice correspondent pete williams has the details. >> this is another big surprise from the conservative supreme court, by a vote 5-4, the court said the trump administration can't follow through on the plan to shut down daca, the federal program that allowed 800,000 people known as dreamers to avoid deportation and remain in the u.s. this is a legal defeat for president trump on the issue of

immigration which had been a major focus of his domestic agenda. chief justice john roberts wrote the majority opinion joined by four liberal members. said they failed to give justification to end daca. it was launched in 2012 by executive order issued by president obama, there was no doubt president trump could have issued his own order to shut it down, but instead the transmission justice department declared it illegal, said it had to end, and today, the court said the government failed to take necessary steps to do it that way. the administration could try again to shut it down offering a more detailed justification, but the white house won't try to end a popular program in the heat of a presidential campaign, so daca survives. young people can renew their status every two years. defenders of the program told the supreme court that front line health care workers involved in responding to the coronavirus epidemic have been

relying on 27,000 daca recipients from doctors and dentists to hospital orderlies, and the program had strong support from industry. more supreme court rulings next week. back to you, craig. >> sam brock in miami. target says it is raising minimum wage to $15 an hour starting july 5th. that's a goal the company first sat back in 2017. the $15 minimum applies to both part-time and full-time employees. also, front line workers at stores and distribution centers will will get a one-time bonus of will get a one-time bonus of $200 to recognize their work throughout the pandemic. and starting this week, target says it is going to be offering free virtual doctor visits for all employees through the end of the year 8:08 now all right. savannah and craig, time for a little morning boost portland state university student madison hulberg was recording the national anthem for her virtual graduation

a stranger passed by and asked if he could join her the result was a magical duet. ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ >> that wa ♪ gave proof through the night >> that was emmanuel henry, the classically trained opera singer can you believe that crazy. madison said the spontaneous duet was a reminder that we need to blend in and harmonize. >> she kept going, too >> yeah. beautiful. >> well done >> they make beautiful music together what a good reminder just ahead, a "today" exclusive. morgan radford brings together a group of women honoring siblings who died by police or while in

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america. recent weeks, this country has seen a major push for police reform president trump took action on that, signing an executive order on it just days ago. >> of course, for many families who lost loved ones to police violence, this fight has gone on for years and years. nbc's morgan radford recently spoke with seven women who have joined forces, using their stories to make a change morgan, good morning i understand some of those women met with president trump at the white house before he signed that order >> reporter: that's right, hoda. good morning they call themselves the sisters of the movement. that's why they wanted to meet with the president because they explained that, for them, this notion of police reform and police brutality, these are incidents that, for them, is personal. that's why, now, they're calling for change i caught up with them as they met together for the very first time in person >> oh, my goodness >> reporter: a moment of joy >> in the flesh. >> it's nice to meet you finally. >> reporter: brought about by unimaginable pain.

>> doing okay? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is a sisterhood that, unfortunately, no one wants to have to be a part of. >> no. >> we wouldn't wish it on anyone >> at all. >> reporter: they call themselves the sisters of the movement seven women, all who have lost siblings who died by police or in police custody, all unarmed >> my sister is sandra bland, and she died in police custody. >> my brother is botham jean, and he died in his apartment by a police officer. >> twin sister of terence crutcher he died leaving school with hands in the air. >> chantel davis was killed by nypd. in brooklyn by a car accident. >> my brother, daron small, was killed by an officer in front of his four-month-old son. >> my sister, tatiana jefferson, was murdered in her house while playing video games with my nephew

i'm sorry, y'all >> it's okay >> don't apologize. >> it is my sister, as well, and she was killed by police while playing video games and protecting my son, zion. >> reporter: of the six individual cases, only one officer was convicted of murder. officers in the other five cases were found not guilty, awaiting trial, or are no longer under investigation. >> that's a scary place to live in to know that at any time, my life can be taken from me, and i'm doing everything i'm told to do and we still are looked at as easy prey. easy targets >> reporter: how many of you saw the videos of your loved ones being killed, if such a video existed? four of you saw your siblings die.

>> i saw terrence lying on the ground with blood everywhere i have not been able to get that image out of my head, of my twin laying on that ground, like road kill >> reporter: what did that image do to you? >> traumatized me. i didn't watch george floyd's video because the thought of a grown man crying out for his mom bothered me. because then i started to kind of obsess over it, like, did he call out for our mom >> reporter: now, they're channelling that pain into purpose, pushing for federal legislation that changes the use of force standard, ends qualified immunity that protects officers from lawsuits, and requires more federal oversight of police funding, as well as mandatory psychological evaluations. and earlier this week, after meeting privately with families whose loved ones were killed by police, president trump signed an executive order on police

reforms. a list of recommendations that, he says, will raise the standards for police conduct >> these standards will be as high and as strong as there is on earth >> reporter: but some say the president's order did not go far enough including another grieving family member, the mother of ahmaud arbery, whose son was shot by two white men in georgia earlier this year. >> i don't think it is enough, but i do think it is a start i like to have some laws in place where policemen are held accountable for their actions. >> reporter: so what do you say -- excuse me -- to the rest of us who are raised by black men, who, whether we are black, white, or latina, or asian, will be raising black men, who have brothers we want to protect? what do you say to the rest of us as we hope to protect them,

as we hope to raise them how do we metabolize what's happening? >> let's be transparent. let's be honest. let's start opening up conversations, and treating children as they're humans because they're treating our children like they're adults >> we need to have the conversation, not with just our black and brown moms and kids, white people need to have that conversation right now, we need to face it headstrong because i don't want to see another traumatizing video our main focus is change changing the laws. changing policing, in general, because we know that pain. i live it every day. they live it every day and we don't want anyone else to go through that. >> reporter: i spoke with one of the families who were in the meeting with the president, and they described the meeting as contentious. all eight families refused the photo-op afterwards with the

president in the rose garden because they said that his executive order simply did not go far enough. they said without including a zero tolerance policy that would require the firing of any officer who had a previous infraction, they haven't changed the law enough, a law that could have saved their siblings. hoda, savannah >> morgan, boy, we saw their pain we also saw yours, too, feeling that, when they were describing the things they have gone through. how was that >> reporter: you know, it's hard i come from a multi-cultural family i was raised by a black man. you're hearing their stories, and you can't help but empathize. you can't help but wonder, how do i protect my brothers how do i protect my father that's a pain that echoes, i think, through a lot of communities of color and they really gave a sense of why this pain is personal for so many people, and why they're saying there are things that we can do as a country to make it better hoda >> beautifully said. thank you, morgan. >> thank you, morgan

let's pause for a moment and get a check of the weather from mr. roker. hi, al good morning >> wow that was so powerful thank you, morgan, for that. today is the third annual show your stripes day basically, these stripes represent the difference from normal from 1850 all the way into 2020 almost for our country. you can see, as it gets closer to 2020, it starts to warm up. the temperatures starting to warm in fact, we have across the country, the lower 48, the five states that are warming the fastest, utah, arizona, new mexico, new jersey, and delaware, as we continue go to #show your stripes find out what your city's warming has been like over the last couple hundred years. the arctic ocean even more dramatic >> we've been talking about the heat, but today is going to be

the hottest day of the week. here's a closer look at what you can expect when it comes to the microclimate highs. san jose, 95 degrees. concord, 97. in through napa, 95. if you'll be around the peninsula or the city, it's going to be comfortably in the 70s. but we're still going to keep the hotter weather, not just for today. expect it to linger for the next several days. keep in mind you have to remain hydrated. don't forget those pets. >> that is your latest >> that is your latest weather guys >> all right, mr. roker, thank you. like most americans, john legend and chrissy teigen, they've spent the past three months at home, with chrissy using social media to keep fans in the know on their family and more >> that's right. john has been busy, too, including the release of a new album. willie spoke with him this week. hi, willie morning to you. >> hi, willie. >> hi. good morning, guys good to see you. long time. hope to see you in the flesh sometime soon. yeah, john legend has been holed up in l.a. at home with his wife, chrissy, his 4-year-old daughter luna, and 2-year-old

son miles. while doing that, finishing an album called "bigger love. john and i got together over zoom me from new york he in l.a. i sensed that luna was not happy about the interview because we had to shut down her movie to do it ♪ baby, breathe >> reporter: for john legend, life under lockdown means music is now a family affair >> hi, luna. ♪ just breathe >> thank you for helping me. i'm sorry to disturb your day. everyone is mad at you, willie >> better make this fast i'm under the wrath of luna. what has it been like for you guys we kept track of you on instagram, chrissy's instagram. >> desperate for content over here no, honestly, so much of it has been about keeping the kids entertained. chrissy is so good at it >> reporter: somewhere in the middle of all that family time, legend finished a new album

titled "bigger love. ♪ we got a bigger love >> we've been working on the album since before the pandemic really took off in america i think some of the songs actually feel right in this moment as people are trying to emerge from what's been a really tough spring, i think they'll be pretty uplifting ♪ actions speak louder than lov songs ♪ >> reporter: a tough spring where the arrival of a deadly virus has been followed by ongoing protests over the deaths of george floyd, breonna taylor, and others at the hands of police i talked to so many of my friends about that video, the george floyd video what they said to me, what you have to understand, willie, is i see myself under the officer's knee i see my dad under the officer's knee my young son, who is not old enough to have interacted with police yet, i see him someday under that knee. what did you see, john, when you watched those 8 minutes and 46

seconds? >> well, we do see our family members when that happened my younger brother has a son who is 20 years old. i could see him in moments like that, having a misunderstanding with officers. i worry for him. i worry for, particularly, once they hit a certain age, and their body is deemed as threatening to other people, that they could experience that same thing ♪ i'll be there when you get lonely ♪ >> i think we've seen so many images of black people in mourning, outrage. i feel like this album is kind of an anecdote to that though this album wasn't written in response to what happened just now, i think we could all use a lift right now and some love right now and some joy. ♪ your heart >> amen to that. the album is "bigger love. that is a little taste see my full interview with john legend this weekend on "sunday today. >> we need an anecdote right

now. >> that was beautiful, willie. >> yeah. >> all right >> excited to see john legend and you, too, willie >> we love you, willie miss you >> you, too, guys. >> you look go a victory for dreamers. the supreme court has denied the white house effort to end daca program which left hundreds of thousands of daca recipients in limbo. john roberts sided with the minority keeping protections in place for young immigrants. and breaking news from san francisco this morning. police and animal control captured a mountain lion wandering near oracle park. they tranquilized it before collecting it around 6:30 this morning. it follows a sighting yesterday not far away from there.

police now tell us that they are pretty certain that this is the same cat. let's get a look at the forecast for you. vianey, we've been talking about it. it's going to be a hot one out there. >> yeah, i know. i know mike inouye doesn't like the nooin90s but we have to get through today because it's going to be the hottest day of the week. look how great our skies are looking over walnut creek. not a single cloud in sight. microclimate highs in the 90s. marcus? >> thanks, vianey. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in the next half hour. when we closed our doors in march,

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hey, hey, guys. all new "tonight show. homemade performances, interviews, and raising money for great charities. tune in. at-home edition. we want to be reunited, like, we miss each other so much that we actually call during the commercials and talk, then we text through the entire show >> yes. >> speaking of finding out if you have the right match during quarantine, i definitely -- me and hoda are the right match for each other >> look at that. savannah and hoda, today's special guests on the "ellen degeneres show."

when did you do that >> we did that not too long ago. i don't remember s.g., how long ago did we do that >> i don't know. what day is it, hoda >> i don't know. i heard it was thursday. >> it was a -- yeah, it was a few weeks ago. it was really fun. it's fun to catch up with ellen. she's working from home, too you know, we did it virtually. >> best part about that, savannah, and she can't prank you like the one time. >> no frogs. >> that's right. >> no business. >> no frogs chasing me around the studio. >> thinking she would haveould n gotten feldy in on it. >> i know. oh, my gosh, i got a little frightened thinking about it. >> that's later today. check your local listings for "ellen." every day is a good day for tacos. you'll want them for dinner after you see what the top chef finalists are whipping up. they'll share their recipes. we'll get a sneak peek at tonight's finale. >> awesome taco thursday. speak of big events tonight,

hoda, you're joining some of the biggest names in sports. you'll celebrate the hardest working high school athletes tell us about it. >> "usa today," the high school sports award show, it is really cool we'll talk with one of the courageous athletes being honored. we're going to talk to them on "hoda and jenna. for more on how to watch the awards, which are so special for high school kids, go to today.com. quickly, we want to tell you that tomorrow on "today," few moments ago, we talked to john legend tomorrow, another music superstar. pharrell williams will join us tomorrow on "today." right now, ready >> ready. >> time for my today plaza. >> boom. >> there they are. >> check out all the families. >> everybody is looking good. >> all over america. >> we're going to start off with sierra and her family from strasburg, pennsylvania. sierra raise your hand. >> hi! >> sierra is 21. her mom, donna donna, raise your hand. >> right here. >> deborah >> hi. >> hey, girl

sister angie >> hi. >> cousin sienna sierra is a student at unc charlotte. we want to wish you the happiest birthday you've been watching our show since you moved from guyana to guyana to america 30 years ago we want to wish you a happy birthday how are you going to celebrate, honey? >> it's a surprise would he america 30 years ago >> yup. >> we want to wish you a happy birthday how are you going to celebrate >> it's a surprise we'll see. >> we have a whole special event for the entire day today for her. >> well, you are surrounded by love it is obvious. we want to wish you a happy birthday i know you lost your grandma not too long ago, and i know she's looking down and smiling on you today. happy birthday, my darling. >> thank you so much >> thank you >> you're welcome. >> thank you, hoda >> let's get to virginia now specifically, mcclain, virginia. i'm looking for peggy and tom. they're celebrating a big anniversary. how many years >> 29. >> 29 years. >> hoda, do you recognize peggy? >> i do recognize peggy. do i

peggy was my college roommate. >> yeah. >> i was the maid of honor in peggy's wedding. >> how about it? >> peggy and tom, by the way -- oh, back in the day. thank you. peg, you haven't changed by the way, peggy and tom met in -- like 100 years ago in high school when they danced -- i still remember -- peg, you and tom on your wedding day, they did this crazy flip it was -- we still talk about it it is like legendary >> we did it the other day >> oh, wow >> he did not drop me. he's still got it. >> doesn't tom look like sting >> 29 years. yeah, he does, actually, now that you point it out. you wanted to give a shoutout to your two kids, right >> logan and leah, both morning this morning couldn't be here you know, we like the work, so glad they have jobs. >> amen to that. happy anniversary. >> best of luck to you, hody >> she calls me hody. >> that's what they all call you from back in the day. >> love you, peg love you, tom.

>> let's bring back the big board one more time to give folks some love here. >> yeah. >> there they are. there's everyone the grant family, hardy family, schwartz heads on a stick there hey, grammy. >> thank you for hanging with us this morning you look real good. >> if you want to join us live on the show, sign up at today.com/my today plaza hody >> let's go to mr. roker with the latest hey, al. >> hody, yeah! hey there, hi there, hody. anyway, let's look at the weekend ahead. two big events coming up this weekend. so we start with friday. severe storms in the midsection of the country nice in the northwest. wet weather starting to make its way into the northeast mid-atlantic heavy rain down in florida saturday, summer begins by the calendar 5:44 p.m we're going to be watching that.

it is going to start in a little on the wet side, mid-atlantic. strong storms in the mississippi river valley hot and dry out west and sunday, sunday, it is the least celebrated day of the year, father's day but what the heck? we know you love us. we're looking at scattered storms in the mid-atlantic humid down through the gulf. he's wave out west showers in the upper midwest that's what's going on around the country. >> we're now talking about the heat. he's including us because we are expecting a hot day. it's probably going to be the hottest day of the week. microclimate highs for this afternoon, 95 in san jose. 89 in oakland and upper 90s will remain in the forecast. the first day of summer on saturday. 90 degrees and then on sunday, we stick to those 90s before we see a slight cooldown heading into next week. a little more cloud cover tonight and tomorrow.

>> that is your latest weather gang >> al, thank you so much coming up next, new hope for families impacted by genetic conditions and searching for a cure this morning, a major breakthrough that could change their lives forever. these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent.

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we're back. 8:39 with your health. while so much of the world's attention has been focus we're back 8:39 with your health. while so much of the world's attention has been focused on the coronavirus, many other medical treatments and trials have been put on hold, savannah. >> yeah. that is an agonizing wait for families who are running out of time there's valuable work still being done though. "today" senior international correspondent keir simmons joins us with some of it good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah hey, craig good morning to you. we've been waiting a long time to bring you this story. we filmed it before the

lockdown this incredibly brave family from boston have been waiting even longer for a breakthrough what they're returning to is the kind of genetic manipulationt an prepared to do whatever it called crispr. they're hoping it'll change their lives. you're about to meet a young man prepared to do whatever it takes. terry morgan is 24 he is suffering from a rare form of muscular dystrophy, restricting his growth from an early age. >> my mom used to go to school with me. i didn't like to do stuff like that i guess, like, i can throw a baseball >> reporter: threatening him with an early death. >> this is a tough disease it is a forgotten disease. sometimes you feel like you're all by yourself fighting it. >> reporter: and forcing his family to live with years of worry. >> every year, as terry gets older, that fear and that knot in your stomach becomes stronger i don't want to lose him my kids are the reason i get up

in the morning. >> kind of just deal with it, and life goes on you can't worry about it every day. >> reporter: it's hard to listen to that. >> impacts every facet of your life and it is very personal. as a kid, it makes you feel very powerless. it makes you feel very hopeless. >> reporter: terry's brother, richard, a harvard graduate, made it his work to give terry and other patients with rare diseases hope. >> you fight the battle you're meant to fight, and you don't give up. >> reporter: don't give up morgan created a non-profit wish, pure dise foundation with a name of his wish, cure rare disease. >> the pace of innovation, i think, is too slow it is not right that today's patients don't get to see tomorrow's cures it is a scary sort of battle to jump into. >> reporter: he didn't jump

alone. he found a geneticist at yale who also suffers from muscular dystrophy. together with his wife, angela, he spear-headed research into a cure, with a gene editing technique called crispr. >> could be a breakthrough because of crispr approach we're using. >> reporter: what is it? it is a revolution from the lab that could change life as we know it. >> the cells have taken the dna of interest which, in this case, carries the crispr components. >> reporter: you can change the world in this? >> theoretically, yes, absolutely. >> reporter: acting like molecular scissors, it can snip a faulty gene in a strand, allowing a rewriting of the genetic code promising a solution to incurable diseases and debilitating life-style conditions >> once technology exists, it exists it tends to only get better. >> reporter: it is a unique way

to address untreatable genetic conditions individually. rich is determined to do things according to the book, only faster is it a race against time? >> absolutely. we're bringing together this whole team to provide checks and balances do the research, talk to fda, then do some more research, then we go for approval >> reporter: if the fda approval for the trial comes through, terry will be his own guinea pig later this year. >> there was really nothing out there for us, for me now, richard is working on, you know, finding a cure, you know we have a little light at the end of the tunnel. two years ago, it was all black. >> i hope that terry paves the way for others and that no family has to suffer again. >> reporter: terry says he has nothing to lose. a life to win. and this treatment could hold

out hope for people with many different conditions sickle cell anemia, for example. it is not without controversy, but it is hope. >> i'm touched by his brother making it his life's mission what risks does this new science and trial involve? you talked about some of the ethical implications what about the risks >> reporter: yeah. i mean, you know, there is a danger for terry, that his immune system could overreact. i mean, it is a life-threatening danger so he is going to be a pioneer he is going to be on the forefront of this, taking a risk for himself, as you saw there, but also, of course, for many others you know, savannah, you look at terry, and he doesn't look like the strongest guy. i spent a short time with him, and i can tell you, he is so strong i don't think his family would mind saying, he is the strongest amongst them, savannah >> he sure seems that way. courageous, as well.

keir, thank you for bringing us the story. if you want to learn more, go to today.com. guys, back to you. >> savannah, we're going to take a bit of a turn up next. of course, you've heard of taco tuesday. today, it is taco thursday we're going to do it with these top chef contenders. they're going to share their recipes before tonight's big finale

>> announcer: "today food" is created by "today" with our >> announcer: "today food" is created by "today" with our sponsor, dawn power wash dish spray. spray, wipe, rinse >> this morning on "today food," the finalists competing for the coveted title of bravo's top chef one of these three all-star chefs will be crowned tonight. boston's stephanie cmar. san francisco's melissa king

and maryland's bryan voltaggio. >> you've come a long way to be standing here in the finale. how does it feel >> incredible. >> incredible. >> stephanie, melissa, bryan, putting their twists on tacos today. before we get started, if you see this code on the bottom of your screen, you can actually use your phone's camera to scan it to get the recipes on today.com. for every scan, our sponsor, dawn, will donate $5, up to $25,000, to the world central kitchen, which is such a great cause. guys, good morning steph. >> good morning. >> let's start with you. how are you? >> i'm so excited. oh, my god, i can't. it is good to see you. >> why are you excited >> i just want to say hi, mom. this is just amazing this is so fun and i get to make tacos. >> all right let's get started.

so what do you do with your tacos? >> today, we are going back to my favorite quick-fire in the entire world i got immunity, and it helped in the long seam of things. we are making lamb tacos with spicy sweet cashews and mexican crema. i have my pan nice and hot here. i'm getting a really good sear on the lamb. we have smoked paprika, cumin, salt, pepper it'll be amazing in here, and i'm going to spare you guys because i did find out how loud a food processor sounds on camera. we're not going to do that >> okay. >> i have my cashews with cilantro, a little salt and pepper, as well. in this bowl, i have some sour cream with chipotle and tamarin. this adds creaminess and richness for a bite of freshness, i have a cucumber you can grill it on the show, i did grill it. here, the fire alarm is a little sensitive.

we're not going to do that just a beautiful bite of something fresh. to assemble our taco, we'll add some of our beautiful lamb right down the middle. we are going to add our cucumber on either side take some of our cashews this is one of those things, you never think about putting nuts in a taco, but i swear to you, it is going to be so good. then we're going to finish with a little bit of crema. >> that looks awfully fresh. stephanie, thanks so much. melissa king, you were a finalist in season 12. you're doing fish tacos for us. >> hi. i am, yes. today, i'm doing a five-spice beer battered fish taco. mahi-mahi here today it is going to have a little bit of a mango jicama slaw on top. guacamole.

throw the warm spices in five spices really are a combination of peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon really delicious flavors take your favorite beer, pour that right in. mix it together until it is nice and smooth you really want it kind of like a pancake batter the beer, what is going to happen with the beer, it is going to help your batter get nice and light and crispy when you do fry your fish so we're going to take our you do fry your fish seasoned fish here just dip them right in coat them nicely get some hot oil we're doing 350 degrees fahrenheit here. just drop it right in, nice and gently be careful though. >> and we've got more on your recipe, melissa, on our website. >> sure. >> we want to get to bryan voltaggio. you have a different version of fish taco. >> al, good morning.

i have yellow miso here. i'm marinating the fish with it for 15, 20 minutes then i have a hot pan here, just a really hot grill pan you can do this outside if you want, if you have a wood oven, it's great it is searing in the pan the miso adds really rich flavor to the salmon. it'll make it really delicious next, in this challenge, you had to use a machete the entire time, so i did these really cool avocado sheets this time, at home, we're going to be safer and use a peeler that's it, okay? sheets are going to lay underneath the taco. envelope it around the entire thing. i have salmon ready to go. we're going to take some of the salmon, slice it and kind of flake it up. we'll add the avocado on to the taco shell pre-toasted. >> bryan, that looks fantastic we have the finished recipes on our website.

thank you so much. good luck to all of you. >> absolutely. thank you. >> scan the code on your screen to find all three recipes at today.com. good luck tonight. catch "top chef all-star finale" 10:00 eastern and pacific on bravo. part of our nbc universal family we're back in a moment first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ y-yeah ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ hey, hey

coming up on "hoda and jenna," we'll honor some of coming up on "hoda and jenna," we'll honor some of "usa today's" athletes. the top high school athletes also, legendary rocker rick springfield. how is that for a throwback thursday on the 3rd hour, maria shriver is going to join us with some big news for women in the fight against alzheimer's. that's coming up in a few minutes, right after your local news

coming good morning to you. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. breaking news this morning. a victory for dreamers. the supreme court this morning ruling against the white house effort to end the daca program which left hundreds of thousands of daca recipients in limbo. chief justice john roberts sided

with the majority. police and animal control have captured a mountain lion. they corned the cat near fourth and channel streets and tranquilized it. this is following the sightings near the same area. police now tell us they're pretty sure it's the same cat. >> happening now for you, we have crews following both of those stories. at midday we'll take you to the neighborhood where that cat was corralled. we're also posting updates and video to our twitter feed. there's a lot of local reaction today. historic daca decision on the heels of the high court's decision protecting lgbtq workers. many wonder what it may mean for what's supposed to be a heavily conservative court. you can go to our home page for that full story. also more for you at midday. you say that customers make their own rules. let's talk data. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. i accept!

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innocence innocenc . welcome to this third hour of "today" on thursday, june 18th, craig melvin, in studio 1-a, it is thursday, which means that we get a real-time look at the impact that the coronavirus is having specifically on the american worker, last week another 1.5 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits, that number has been declining for 11 straight weeks now as more businesses and states start to reopen but overall unemployment remains historically