hi, guys good morning family good morning we have mom, dad, three kids they're so cute. look at you guys but david jr., you are celebrating your birthday. all right. how old are you today, honey >> 7 >> 7 years old and so we got mom, dad, two this is ariel's dogs. daughters. how are you going to celebrate give your dog an extra hug, an your birthday, honey >> umm with a birthday parade. . alice and 2-month-old hadley and celebrating alice's 4th birthday extra treat because it is their day. we love all our dogs out there. hi, alice. how you doing? thanks for joining us this morning. have a great one. happy birthday, sweetheart the "today" show is next. >> thank you >> shante's a ventriloquist. we know. well, we just want to say we wish you the happiest birthday, honey. we hope you enjoy your pa >> shante's a ventriloquist. we know. well, we just want to say we >> oh. >> you're all dressed up like a good morning. wish you the happiest birthday, honey. pretty ballerina i like that. we hope you enjoy your parade. we're all cheering you on. and i understand she shares a birthday with great grandma pressing pause. i know you guys got up early betty. 104 years old. >> oh, wow >> the situation is bad in the you look great what are the other two kids' names? >> yes grandma betty. >> and there's betty >> we have jordin here and we have temani oh, well, you guys want to wish health care crisis. >> nearly three dozen states reporting new spikes in the past week. >> hi, girls grandma betty a happy birthday the cdc warninthe true scope >> happy 104th birthday, great of the crisis may be drastically underestimated suggesting nearly thanks for waking up grandma betty! happy birthday to you, babe. 25 mmericans have covid. >> thank you, hoda we love you! >> love you right back and a former health official al roker, you got someone? >> i sure do says it may be too late. >> the time for prevention measures was a month ago. we want to say hello to another little big fan who has a big >> special shoutout. all right. why don't you bring back the big celebration.we're looking for t board? now the wheels are coming off. >> the latest from across the >> all right nation's hardest hit areas. poll vault. let's see everybody on our big

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pa rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it's 8:00 on "today. it's nice to have you with us on a friday morning. there's our sunshine dressed up in yellow. good morning. morning. >> it's great to see you too. it's 8:00 on "today. i'm meteorologist kari hall. hitting the brakes we're going to see our texas presses pause on reopening temperatures still hot today for we're going to begin with our top story, the coronavirus. the inland valleys. 41,000 new cases were reported as the number of coronavirus one more day of these triple cases soars across the state in the u.s. yesterday. digit highs farther to the north that's the second highest daily >> the numbers are rising fast with inland east bay communities total since the pandemic began, and we are qck wrong direction. seeing highs in the 90s. savannah. as we go into the >> this morning more than half >> yes. the nation reporting new spikes cooler air comes in, but it also according to one study of the brings in gusty winds. and the cdc warning the number of new cases may actually be ten that's the reason we'll have the data, the virus is now spreading times higher high fire danger from late with, quote, uncontrollable saturday into sunday and then we we're live with the latest gradually warm up again early growth in 23% of the counties in plus mistaken identity next week. america. an eye opening look at the use and the director of the cdc says of facial recognition to catch criminals. why experts warn the system could put innocent people in he believes the true number of >> and that is your latest overall cases may actually be ten times higher than reported. that would mean 23 million guy. weather. >> all right, al. thank you. americans have been infected. immediately, like, i'm no thief. >> and that is your latest weather. >> all right, al thank you. coming up next, carson goes >> and in a new sign of the >> just ahead, we'll hear from one-on-one with one of the urgency, the coronavirus task hottest names in music the first man to be wrongly force will reconvene today we're talking about dua lipa arrested >> during a pandemic is holding its first public and making her own rules carson talks to grammy winner something i never thought i'd have to go through briefing in nearly two months. and, you know, it can be scary dua lipa >> we have correspondents fanned >> their conversation on her hit a candid conversation about her out across the country in new album and the way she's songs and more importantly how she's using her enormous particular the newest hot zones using her platform to take a stand. platform to help others. but first, this is "today" on >> some things are more california, arizona, texas. each state taking a different important than the music right

approach to handle this. let's start in texas with sam nbc. now. >> "today," friday, june 26th, 2020 ♪ brock. >> it's my birthday today and >> reporter: good morning. i'm turning 12 >> today we're celebrating our texas with almost exactly 6,000 new cases in a single day. fifth wedding anniversary. ♪ the icu capacity here in the >> happy birthday to my brother. houston area now at 100% as the state's government takes he's turning 14. happy birthday, logan! emergency actions. >> celebrating her 7th birthday! this morning in texas alarm >> oh, a kiss there at the end bells are blaring. too. greg abbott under fire for cuties reopening too early. now putting it on pause. welcome back to "today." it is friday morning feels so good abbott releasing a statement that reads in part, this temporary pause will help our hoda, can i get the high five? oh, we did it. state corral the spread. we finally did it. until we safely enter the next phase to open the state for business. despite rising cases officials we've been practicing this all fear are fueled by younger people going out, bars and restaurants remited capacity. morning with mixed results it's not as easy -- it's easy would you consider shutting

for you, hoda. things down again? >> can i tell you, it is >> i don't have the autonomy to do that. confusing when you're sitting in at the end of april, the this box governor took the power away from counties. >> reporter: houston's mayor sylvester turner calling it a full blown crisis. but we got you as they fear the fourth largest >> on a satellite delay, but we got you. >> all right let's high five our "today" plaza crowd. city in the country could be as we've got some cool people on the big board celebrating some birthdays and some fun so we're going to high five you guys too in just a little bit. hard hit as new york. >> we are quickly moving in the >> yeah. wrong direction. we've got a really good week >> reporter: some of those planned next week on "today. numbers creating panic. we want to tell you about it we're going to explore what college could look like this fall the houston area's icu capacity now sits at 100%. a lot of families are really anxious to know, of course, and those first payments coming due. we'll have a reality check hospital officials trying to plus former employees at reassure a nervous public. some major tech companies are >> what was our icu capacity at speaking out about being the one year ago today? victims of racism at work and why they say it's time to change it was at 95%. the culture at workplaces around we are highly experienced at the country. utilizing our icu beds for the sickest of the sick patients. so we'll have that and more >> reporter: the biggest difference now, more than one in coming up next week on "today. four of those patients has but right now let's get to covid-19. your news at 8:00. the virus infecting health and this morning the number of coronavirus cases surging across livelihoods. the sun belt some states considering whether >> it was a tough decision, to pause or roll back their reopenings

absolutely. nbc's sam brock is in houston, >> reporter: milley's kitchen one of the epicenters of the latest outbreak where they are opened in april but had to close six weeks later because two chefs tested positive. putting things on pause. >> i think about our staff every day. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. our decision is very clear. this is becoming a regular and disturbing trend eye-popping numbers of new cases we want to protect our guests, our community, and we want to every single day protect our staff as well. we are back now 8:38 with our citi summer music series >> reporter: and to protect its florida just topped 5,000 again. this morning the woman behind residents, one texas city texas almost exactly 6,000 cases what's being called the album of the year decided to take an aggressive we are talking about dua lipa. move forward. in a single day prompting the governor here to take action >> i know. galveston is extending its our plan was to have her on our plaza performing some of her hit mandatory mask rule here as songs. they're refusing a statewide but it's not possible right now. order. as coronavirus cases surge across the sunbelt, texas' carson, next best thing. >> sam, thank you. governor hitting pause on a reopening in a desperate attempt you got to sit down and talk to why don't we head west now to another major hot spot. her virtually. we're talking about arizona >> i did do that, savannah to stop the spread we talked about her new music where nearly one in four elective surgeries suspended in four counties including the and it's great coronavirus tests in the past we talked about how her life's week have been positive. that is almost triple the changed during the pandemic. houston area is there a crisis right now in but really maybe most national average. nbc's joe fryer is in phoenix. houston? hey, joe. >> we are in the midst of a importantly we talked about how health care crisis she's been touched by and is helping other young people >> reporter: houston's mayor good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. sylvester turner telling nbc trying to change the world we're at the state fairgrounds news if he had the power, he'd roll back the amount of people ♪ wrote it down and read it out ♪ which is now a coronavirus testing site open six days a allowed in bars and restaurants. week. ♪ hope it would save me >> people circulating and >> reporter: british sensation

it's becoming a popular place with cases here spiking and only dua lipa who nabbed two grammy expected to grow in the coming mingling in the bars and clubs that i am concerned about more so than any place else weeks. >> reporter: in florida local awards for her first album is mask requirements are rufflingse in arizona coronavirus numbers back with her new album "future are rising faster than the nostalgia" which has some triple digit temps with 3,000 new cases reported wednesday. in the phoenix area, more than feathers up and down the state calling her the future of pop. even though states requiring masks have seen covid cases ♪ let's get physical >> reporter: very difficult as half the people testing positive drop >> i don't think that's going to you know to come back with that are under age 45. stop you from getting any type sophomore effort and you have h. >> the rate of the spread of of sickness. >> this is the way we all can be this virus is unacceptable. >> reporter: arizona governor protected. doug ducey is now asking his >> reporter: coronavirus there that means a lot to me. now spiking among young people >> reporter: you're getting florida's governor urging parents and grandparents to be critical acclaim. state to tap the brakes. what sort knocked it out of the park >> when we reopened the economy, on high alert. >> thank you so much to me i said that this is a green >> reporter: you're getting light to proceed, not a green critical acclaim what sort of reaction have you got from your fans >> it's been amazi especially because, you know, putting an album out during a pandemic was something that i never thought i'd have to go light to speed. through. you know, it can be scary. and we need to slow down. i made something i just wanted >> reporter: criticized by some for not taking more aggressive >> now that you have some of the younger folks are testing to dance to. actions to slow the spread, positive at higher rates, it's i thought maybe this is the time ducey is urging residents to stay home as much as possible. just important for folks in the upper age groups whether you're to put it out. a parent or grandparent to understand that's out there. and the reaction from my fans >> reporter: warnings in california, too, where they're watching a similar uptick. but he's not mandating masks but for now the golden state statewide. will not force visitors from hot some cities and counties are requiring masks an order mocked spot states to quarantine. has been so lovely and loving. >> reporter: you're active of >> at this moment we're not social media you've done an amount of stuff this week by a scottsdale city shutting down our border to for women empowerment. we have this pandemic. other states we have the death of george floyd. councilman. >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: as cases rise in we have this sort of reckoning arizona, a restaurant in

scottsdale now faces a i can't breathe. >> reporter: guy phillips later misdemeanor charge after allegedly failing to enforce mask and social distancing apologized said he wasn't trying or awakening here in the states. to make light of what happened requirements to george floyd. while out of washington, d.c., a how have you been able to sort of negotiate your platform, how in arizona 88% of the state's shocking estimate from the cdc much are you going to kind of which now says for every icu beds are now full and doctors are bracing for those talk about social injustice, confirmed coronavirus case nationwide, there may be ten let's say, and how much are you numbers to climb. >> as positive an experience we can try to make for each other, more that are undiagnosed. going to promote your record at some point there's a tipping >> whether i talk about women's and health experts right now are rights, refugees, current situations, these are all, you point. and we're hoping we don't go know, issues that i am really very clear that wearing masks passionate about and that i and social distancing is key to stopping the spread of this over the edge. would talk about anyway say this is tinder waiting to regardless of my profile explode, but i think some of virus. and especially in times like that has already been lit and in miami commissioners just that is concerning. voted there to fine residents up these where there's, you know, >> reporter: one of those to $500 for repeatedly refusing in moments of crisis, like, i battling from intensive care is believe it's also our duty to a doctor who helps kids with to wear a mask hoda, back to you. >> all right sam brock for us thank you. respiratory issues. now it's his patients who are use our platform in whatever way meantime, the coronavirus we can to show hope or pandemic and how president trump solidarity or information on how has responded to the crisis is hoping for a quick recovery. to keep people safe. some things are more important >> we love you and we're becoming a major issue for 2020 voters new polls show joe biden leading than the music right now >> reporter: one group that got fighting for you and we're the president in six praying for you and there's so battleground states. dua's attention is the trevor many more people that need your peter alexander has more on all project. goodness and your help that we this a nonprofit devoted to suicide need you. hey, peter, good morning >> reporter: good morning. prevention among the lgbtq community. >> reporter: demand for testing nice to see you. >> good evening, everyone. is very high here in arizona. it can be hard to get an my name is connor johnston and my pronoun -- spike in covid cases >> reporter: she was especially

appointment. touched by a post about one this site does a thousand tests a day and those slots fill up the white house coronavirus task counselor's call into the hot line when he was younger very quickly. even if you get a test, there is what was it about that post that moved you so much? the reason it moved me and also the reason i'm choosing to a backlog at labs. for some it could take a week to force is to have its first get results. support the trevor project is savannah? >> all right, joe. because it's the last weekend of pride and i thought it would be hard times in arizona. thank you. and now to california where the briefing in nearly two months. a great way to show all the total number of covid-19 cases incredible work they're doing. it will be at the health and >> reporter: i know you got a human service department is approaching 200,000. and the president is not scheduled to attend. sort of special news to announce president trump traveling in to some of the organizers at the and more than 25% of them have wisconsin on thursday. a must-win state for him this fall appear to acknowledge new trevor project so let me see if i can bring polling that shows him trailing former vice president joe biden in a half dozen key swing states come just in the past two weeks. them into our little zoom hang nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer's in los angeles here for us. miguel, good morning. all of which trump won in 2016 >> i don't want to be nice or the chief clinical operations officer for the trevor project >> reporter: good morning. and also connor johnston is a the situation here in california unnice, okay crisis counselor for the life but i mean, the man can't speak and he's going to be your line what have you seen sort of with the nationwide protests and unrests? is being described as bleak as president because some people what have you seen >> for the black and brown young people reaching out to us, it the number of confirmed don't love me maybe. has been pretty traumatic in the >> reporter: for his part, joe biden campaigning in last month or so pennsylvania told americans if they're worried about their some recent statistics coming infections has reached 200,000. health or their financial situation, he will not abandon out which is that young black there's nearly 6,000 deaths in and brown people between the ages of 5 and 12 are twice as this state alone. hospitalizations which is a true indication of how much trouble them in other news, the trump there is on the front lines has administration late last night filed a new legal brief asking jumped 32% in the last two likely to take their own lives weeks. the supreme court to overturn >> reporter: wow. people are not taking enough the affordable care act arguing

precautions. he is urging everyone to do so. >> i know. that the individual mandate is then when you add in an lgbtq here's what he said yesterday. unconstitutional and that as a result the rest of the law identity, it really puts a young person at risk >> we cannot impress upon people more the importance at this should be struck down with it. >> reporter: it's a startling critical juncture when we are if the justices agree, it would experiencing an increase in stat cases that we had not >> connor, i was so moved by your story and how you accessed cost roughly 20 million experienced in the past to take americans their insurance seriously this moment. coverage and it would erase its the trevor lifeline when you >> reporter: the rate of protections for pre-existing were a teenager. i wanted to ask, when you think infection here in california has conditions back to that first call that you made, how does that impact the way that you interact with held steady at 5.1% over the the move, by the way, came the same day the government reported last two weeks but the governor that nearly half a million people who lost health insurance people that call you today says not enough people are being tested. during the coronavirus shutdown >> i called the line when i was enrolled in coverage through california has one of the those obamacare exchanges. that's a nearly 50% jump from in high school the same time last year. i don't remember exactly what largest economies in the world was said, but i remember immediately when the counselor and the governor says if things on the other end of the line don't get better soon, picked up the phone that i restrictions could go back into immediately felt safe and for the first time felt like i couli savannah place all across this state. >> all right peter, thank you very much in colorado this morning there are new calls for justice savannah? >> all right, miguel in for elijah mcclain talk about how i felt. i'm now so fortunate to be in a california for us. position where i can give that sense of security to young thank you. people i get to say to this young now to the race for the white house and the latest polls the governor is now appointed showing joe biden leading the president in key swing states. the president weighed in on that the state attorney general as a and more in a new interview special prosecutor in the case person everything i wanted to tell myself. gabe gutierrez is on the case for us this morning. >> reporter: wow overnight. gabe, good morning >> reporter: good morning. peter alexander has more on controversial police encounters are facing greater scrutiny in that. the wake of george floyd's >> yeah. good morning. death. we're so grateful to you that's amazing >> thank you >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: that is such a powerful testimony, connor president trump while traveling but this case in colorado is drawing an especially large

in wisconsin, a must-win state so dua, why don't you tell them response if they don't already know, i don't believe they do, sort of for him, appeared to acknowledge we spoke with the mother of specifically what you're going elijah mcclain and she is the current state of this race to be doing through your social with polls showing if the media platform >> i'm going to start a fund raiser through my instagram election were held today that he frustrated it's taken this long. would likely lose to former vice this morning calls for criminal president joe biden. and today the white house charges are mounting after three which will happen over the coronavirus task force is going police officers in aurora, weekend starting today, friday, to hold its first briefing since late april nearly two months ago. colorado, stopped elijah mcclain to share all the work that but this one will happen at the last august. you're doing so we can try and raise some money and reach more health and human services department, not here at the they'd gotten a call about a white house. and the president is not suspicious man wearing a mask people >> reporter: that's amazing, and waving his arms. dua. his family says mcclain often wore a ski mask to keep warm what do you guys think of that scheduled to attend. with a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations >> thank you so much i very much appreciate that. >> thank you so much across many states, president trump's handling of the pandemic because of a blood condition is taking a toll on his >> well, guys, she's got 47 re-election prospects. >> no, i am an introvert please respect the boundaries i million instagram followers. with the president trailing joe am speaking. >> reporter: officers say mcclain fought back when he was so you can go to that today and confronted one officer says he heard donate some money there. biden in polls in six swing another yell, he's going for they're going to do some fund states that he won in 2016. raising. your gun she's a very impressive young >> i don't want to be nice or the officers say they then took him into custody by placing him lady musically, but that is unnice, okay? small compared to what i got to know about dua after talking to her and how she cares about more but i, i mean, the man can't in a choke hold. of these important issues in the world. and look out for her she could be the future of pop speak and he's going to be your president because some people paramedics later sedating him. music. he died at a hospital days this album is really impressive later. an internal investigation found on a lot of levels seeing moments like that, you get to know what's great about don't love me maybe. the officers followed policy >> reporter: biden condemned the dua. >> yeah.

president for saying he ordered she's got -- she's the whole package. thank you, carson. a slowdown in coronavirus testing. >> he thinks that finding out more americans are sick will make him look bad. well, this pandemic didn't really appreciate it coming up next, guys, a moment of zen on this friday happen to him. morning. harry smith goes fishing mcclain's death was undetermined and the district attorne declined to file charges >> i'm only saying i cannot prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt >> reporter: now after 3 million it happened to all of us. people signed an online petition and celebrities called attention >> reporter: meanwhile with protesters in the nation's to the story, the governor has capital rallying to tear down [upbeat music] ♪ today was the day that i put everything in perspective. ♪ appointed the state's attorney general as a special prosecutor the emancipation memorial, police put up fencing and stood in the case. ♪ i fell asleep but when i woke up. ♪ guard around the 150-year-old statue. (boy) hi, do you want to share my sandwich? president trump delivered this >> too little too late new warning. (vo) good feeds our connections. >> reporter: elijah's mother >> they caught him off guard and good feeds us all. brutalized him on camera hormel natural choice lunch meats. if the destruction of statues does not stop -- >> reporter: mcclain was a 23-year-old massage therapist. >> every night we're going to get tougher and tougher. at some point there's going to his mother says he was just be retribution because there has to be. these people are vandals. going to the store to get iced tea. but they're agitators. >> what we know from experience is police do not police their really, they're terrorists in a own. sense. >> reporter: but the president district attorneys do not police also expressed openness to removing some controversial the police and elected officials shouldn't statues. have to wait until they receive >> we can take things down, too, massive public outcry to simply but they ought to go through a do their jobs. >> reporter: do you think that there would be renewed interest in this case if not for the process legally and in some cases put them in museums or death of george floyd? wherever they may go. >> reporter: in his comments last night, he president also renewed his argument in favor of >> the george floyd case made it

apparent that it was going to stop and frisk. keep continuing. that's a process that targeted it wasn't going to stop. no, it wasn't just something that was an isolated incident in people of color before it was colorado >> reporter: the union representing the three officers could not be reached for ended in new york. comment. he said former mayor mike and aurora's mayor has now bloomberg took it too far. called a special council meeting back to the pandemic. for next month to decide whether overnight the administration announcing a new challenge to the city should hire its own obamacare. independent investigator hoda >> all right, gabe gutierrez for us what do you know about this? >> reporter: this comes right in thank you. the middle of the coronavirus in other news, when pandemic. the justice department late last seattle's pro sports arena opens next summer it will have a new night filing a new legal brief asking the supreme court to overturn obamacare, the name invoking a new mission. the climate pledge arena plans to generate zero waste from affordable care act, arguing the individual mandate is unconstitutional and the rest of operations and events. the law should be struck down with it. if the justices agree, this would cost roughly 20 million americans their health insurance the home of a new nhl expansion coverage and it would erase its team and the wnba seattle storm will be powered by renewable solar energy the rink's ice will be made from captured rain water and all the protections for pre-existing waste will be recycled or composted. climate pledge is a new conditions. notably the move came the same day the government announced initiative from amazon meant to encourage other companies to join its pledge to become carbon neutral by 2040. half a million people who lost

>> all right insurance through the pandemic 8:11 we've got the news we need our boost. >> let's go. get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah! this past weekend a daughter crisis enrolled in obamacare. traveling home to arizona pulled off a perfect father's day it's beautiful! nearly a 50 percent jump from say what? i said it's bea.... last year. >> peter alexander at the white house. thank you. surprise try my $5.99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo 12 minutes after the hour. all right, the woman first gets hoda to you. >> meantime nascar has released a little help from other family and make it a double for a buck more. a photo of the noose found in members. order now with no contact delivery. bubba wallace's stall at and dad playfully sweeps several bows off a big box talladega in alabama. steve phelps said the noose was and then -- re we are back with one of our favorite series. "harry smith goes to." and wherever harry goes, we are release of the photo comes two days after the fbi determined >> oh. >> dad so happy to see his that wallace was not the target sure to follow even if it is a pond with a little girl. fishing pole of a hate crime and the pull had >> that's right. in recent months, americans have discovered a renewed interest in been there since as early as took off his sunglasses so he the pastime of fishing so get this. in vermont they've already sold last fall. more licenses in 2020 than all big news this morning from could see her better she hadn't seen her dad since the world of horse racing. christmas. she said she wanted a one of a churchill downs announced kind gift for a one of a kind thursday a limited number of fans will be allowed at the dad. kentucky derby in september. the run for the roses was >> yeah. of last year hey, harry rescheduled from may to good morning >> we noticed this weeks into that's the gift that keeps on the pandemic that across the september because of the country state by state by state

coronavirus. giving, hoda let's turn our attention now to this ongoing series we've track officials say they've launched here focused on worked to lay out guidelines to people applying for fishing help keep spectators safe. licenses and getting fishing the kentucky derby is now set for september 5th. licenses was just skyrocketing so we said what's the big deal inequality in america. let's go find out. ♪ it'll air right here on nbc. >> reporter: a father and son all right. let's get a quick check of the weather. with police departments under fish the river in kentucky the microscope from coast to coast, the piece of technology let's head to al. used by some officers is now coming under renewed scrutiny. this is the first full weekend jacob ward is looking into it. the son with a fly rod of the summer. is that right, al? hi, jake, good morning >> reporter: good morning, savannah >> that's right. and it's going to be rather academics and activists have dad's got spinning gear. been warning for years that it's said that trout don't live unsettled for a lot of folks. facial recognition could wind up in ugly places and that is especially true tr we're already watching rain make putting the wrong people in its way up through the upper midwest and into ohio. jail and that black americans were at look at this. we've got 43 million people at special risk of it here well, a detroit man is now the they're recent converts to the first in the nation known to sport and are happy to spread the word have been wrongly arrested >> it's just so relaxing, risk today. calming. because of an algorithm. especially because you might in october of 2018 someone stole have to cast a hundred times west of detroit, north of iowa just to get one fish city. then as we move on into tomorrow, we've got that risk for 38 million people from nearly $4,000 in watches from once you get that fish, it's eastern ohio all the way into like the best reward you could the northeast. this system today will be this detroit boutique. have gotten. pushing into the midwest.orms, o robert williams who has no criminal history was wrongly >> reporter: even if the reward sometimes slips through your fingers. and their suburbs. both father and son agree this into tomorrow, it'll continue to arrested for the crime on his move east with a damaging wind front lawn in front of his wife is preferable to having your and young daughters. >> julia comes out while they're eyes glued to a screen threat causing problems there. and then on sunday, the front lingers along the east coast. putting on handcuffs >> takes a lot of the stress of

strong storms for the northeast the day off you. and the mid-atlantic states. i said go back in the house. rainfall amounts are going to be >> it hit them their daddy had >> reporter: harold mcmillen has just pulled away and they both run his shop in cornwell bridge, anywhere from 1 to 3 inches in a started sobbing. wide swath. >> reporter: why connecticut, for more than 25 kansas city, chicago, detroit, years. pittsburgh, down to knoxville. >> due to the coronavirus, a lot we're going to get to your local because of one blurry image from of people are working remotely forecast coming up in the next a camera they went through a system or not working at all. 30 seconds. it suggested a match with williams's driver's license fishing is one of the things you can do and be socially photo. >> i felt humiliated to get distanced. so we've had a very busy spring. arrested i know they got the wrong guy >> reporter: business is up. immediately. lots of new faces. >> if i'm sitting at home and like, i'm no thief i'm watching you and i've been >> the police officers didn't locked up, what is it about even bother to do investigation getting a fish on the line 101 which is to ask him where were you on this date at this >> some people for them it's not catching the fish. time it's being in the river waving a >> reporter: officers held williams at this detroit stick. detention center overnight before putting their evidence in but it's a sense of gratification. when somebody's eyes light up, they're literally hooked front of him >> i looked at the paper and it honestly made me chuckle here i said, no, that's not me. >> reporter: harold spent a good long while in the river with so i picked that one up sarcastically and put it to my nary a nibble. good friday morning. face thoreau said many men go fishing i'm meteorologist kari hall. and i said i hope you don't all of their lives without let's take a live look outside think all black people look knowing that it is not fish they in the south bay as we start out alike. are after. with sunshine. we have one more very warm day and dropped it back on the to make it through before a table. and he flipped the third piece

cooldown comes in through the weekend. of paper irritated and said so i 92 in livermore and concord. 85 in napa. guess the computer got it wrong. and we found a gem hours north in the top of vermont where 77 in oakland and some mid-60s >> reporter: williams now has a andrew dubroski owns a store have you seen an increase in for san francisco. lawyer and the aclu lodged a fishing here >> we're about 30% up in fishing so some of our warmest inland complaint with the city's chief license. about 30% up in spots will reach into the low 90s today. by sunday it will be windy with and probably 25 on the supplies. highs reaching only up to 80 degrees. investigator on his behalf the biggest problem with that right now is distributors being >> and that's your latest rank 1 which makes one of the systems used said their system weather. ladies >> is highly accurate able to get supplies for us with >> and that's your latest weather. but quote, there are certain images that should never be what's going on. ladies >> all right, al thank you. coming up, we have a name change ahead for the dixie chicks >> reporter: jeremy wright went a major overhaul for a disney submitted for search the search results police used came with a warning. fishing this year for the first ride time since he was a kid. he and his wife are on a these are the latest changes from the social justice movement facial recognition is not softball team, but league play and how people are reacting this went the way of the shutdown >> we figure might as well do probable cause to arrest something where we can still spend time together. morning. >> reporter: how's that going? also ahead, a "today" >> in my mind that is a case >> i've been once. exclusive. we're going to take you to china where we had detective work that was not up to professional i caught a lot of seaweed and standards. i think the initial warrant drowned a lot of worms for a first-hand look at efforts prosecutor was not up to the to find a coronavirus vaccine. normal standards of the it was fun >> reporter: the anchek family why scientists are hopeful we prosecutor's office. could see one by the end of the and so i think there are serious year first on a friday morning, this is big into fishing too. issues that we're looking at >> we love fishing >> reporter: the two of you is "today" on nbc. look here, it's your very own all-in-one but to say that reflects on the technology, i just don't think guys >> yeah. >> reporter: we headed out to the water with andrew to try our is accurate. luck should we tell people when we go >> reporter: the wayne county prosecutor told nbc news this on television the name of the should not have been issued lake or keep it a secret >> i don't know.

based on the investigation and for that we apologize. that's a hard one. >> reporter: record fish had the detroit police department did not respond to request for been hauled here at lake comment. the department still uses facial willoby. but we didn't mind recognition but it limits to violent crime and home invasion. and requires that two some call this the northeast independently agree with the kingdom. and as the old-timers say, a bad match. but research has concluded that day fishing is still better than facial recognition more often misidentify black faces than a good day at the office >> that's great. >> i have to pinch myself sometimes. white faces. this job, right? oh, go do a story on fishing my arm is twisted behind my and that it amplifies bias back rather than fighting it. several companies have created a moratorium on selling technology but carson, you fish to the police. san francisco and boston have banned it. and this week democrats >> i do. introduced legislation to ban one of my greatest memories with its use by federal law enforcement and reduce funding to state and local police that my dad is fishing. use it both of my dads, actually. there we are in southern >> i was fingerprinted and mug california my dad would catch perch right off the ocean and fry it up. shotted before anybody asked me one question grossed me out it's a rush to judgment. like, could you imagine if this but the time spent fishing is really special was a rape case? >> it's such a great thing to >> reporter: misidentification do can lead to a permanent arrest >> i used to go fishing with my record, failed background dad.

checks, and much worse >> yeah. and al, now, do you fish too >> we are living in a day and age where it is quite frankly there's your photo not very safe for black men to have interactions with the entertainment experience, xfinity x1. awesome. police >> wow it's the easiest way to watch live tv look at that all because police officers >> yeah. my dad was a huge fisherman. and all your favorite streaming apps. encounter them and do the i would go sometimes, but i opposite of de-escalating a situation and their lives are didn't have the patience and now x1 also comes with peacock. one of my greatest regrets is that i didn't spend more time ooh la la. this rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, lost what could have gone wrong had with him fishing shows, news, sports and more. my client not been so calm, with x1, it's all at your beck and call. so nick and i don't fish, but we spent a lot of time on the water peaceful, compliant. show me "parks and rec." >> by our lake. see? the best really did get better! >> right magnificent. i don't know what would have happened with them seeing that xfinity x1 just got even better the -- when my kids were small, with peacock premium included for no additional cost. the saturday morning routine was go to the deli, get the egg and no strings attached. bacon, pack them up, get in the boat in person. buy a bucket of bait and go out >> reporter: there is fierce debate among those who study and try to catch some fish facial recognition whether you can make it reliable and they ran out of patience enough or whether by its nature facial recognition will always after awhile, but every once in reflect the unfair treatment of awhile when you got that fish, it was certainly worth waiting black americans. robert williams' experience may be the turning point in that for. >> wow look at you, harry >> that's one i reeled in debate recently >> wow meanwhile, the victim of the >> yeah. original crime, they tell us we support a proposed ban on facial >> that's fun. >> that's a keeper just >> yes recognition technology just ahead, a clear view of that's a keeper.

the mona lisa. a live report from paris on the and williams says he's received no direct communication much less an apology from the police except everything i put back or the district attorney in this big changes coming to the iconic >> yeah. louvre when it reopens by the way, real quick on but first your local news and case. father's day joel said the only thing he wanted was to stand on weather. where does your almondmilk come from? >> if there was some way to a pier and fish with me. perfect the system to make it on point, do you think that just so we did. and everyone kept saying you're not going to catch anything. solves the problem outright? joel was pulling them in yelling >> reporter: you know, that is really the big debate in front to people on other docks, of us. there's nothing to this. and the experts that we have talked to say that, no, that is probably not the solution here there's nothing to it. he must have caught, like, a handful of fluke we threw them back what we're talking about is the but it was fun technology whether you want a discount on the place you're it was a fun afternoon shopping or help you check out >> is there anything joel can't with a rental car faster, that kind of thing. do the sheer stakes of being under the scrutiny of the police are >> all right, harry. >> what is your next story, harry? you'll test eat some bacon >> no, no, no. we're going to see you next so high and so fraught, right? when it comes to the history of treatment of black americans, it's just not clear you can create any sort of system that week does this. and they're -- i -- there's so that's why companies like amazon, microsoft, ibm are much i want to tell you about withdrawing from the market because we are embarking on completely something really special, but i don't want to give it away until this is why they're talking about needing some sort of next week. >> okay. moratorium, waiting for national we'll wait we're patient.

regulations around it. even the peopleem to understand thank you so much, honey guys, we're going to be back in that there is a lot going on a moment but first this is hehat seems to be beyond the "today" on nbc you say that customers make their own rules. technology's control and so equality is going to have to get regulated somehow in this certainly when you have cases like this where police simply act on a technology like this almond breeze starts here too fast and, you know, with with our almond trees in our really frankly sloppy police work blue diamond orchard in california. >> thank you real eye opening report there. my parents' job is to look after them. and it's my job to test the product. savannah, over to you. we're going to switch gears the best almonds make the best almondmilk. now. time for a check of the weather. let's talk data. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your blue diamond almond breeze. wireless data whenever. al, what you got i accept! the wind in your hair... >> well, we're talking about 5g - everybody's talking about it. some showers and thunderstorms that are firing up now how do i get it? the feeling of freedom that drives us a lot of heavy rain out of to go out and discover.. everyone gets 5g with our new data options at no extra cost. mexico at chevy, we're committed to getting you there that's good. there are going to be lots of next item - corner offices for everyone. with confidence and peace of mind. rain, inches of rain into just have to make more corners in this building. southern texas that's why your chevy clean dealers commit showers coming across the chad? northern part of the northern your wireless your rules. to using enhanced vehicle only with xfinity mobile. cleaning measures with cdc-approved cleansers. mississippi river valley now that's simple easy awesome. switch and save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. and the heat if you need a new equinox, get 0% apr for 72 months plus get $200 off a new samsung galaxy s20 ultra. look at this or, four thousand five hundred dollars century mark temperatures into cash allowance on most models. the southwest, central california you may even shop online and take delivere. even 80s into the pacific northwest. so you can find new roads with confidence. 90s through the gulf

and severe storms today firing up in the upper midwest. heavy rain through texas record heat continues down through florida. heat advisories developing out west with i should say fire watc capital one knows life doesn't update you about your credit card. so meet eno...the capital one assistant that good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall as looks out for charges that might surprise you and helps you fix them. we check out walnut creek. what's in your wallet? we're going to have another warm day with a lot of sunshine. this is the last one before we i've been on and off oral steroids to manage my asthma. get a cooldown for the weekend. we're looking at 90s in the does that sound normal to you? inland east bay with the mid-80s it's time for a nunormal with nucala. my nunormal: fewer asthma attacks. in the mid-60s. once the fog clears out, it will my nunormal: less oral steroids. stay cool. into the weekend, high fire nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection danger as our winds increase. temperatures will come down to for severe eosinophilic asthma. the lower 80s. it targets and reduces eosinophils, a key cause of severe asthma. nucala is proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks >> that's your latest weather. it's my favorite time of the day. it's 20 past pop start and reduce the need for oral steroids. >> yes

nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. come on, carson! >> hi, guys. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away if you have swelling of your face, on behalf of the graphics mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. department here at pop start and myself, we'd like to wish you all a happy friday infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop your corticosteroid medications unless told by your doctor. lots to get up first up, ryan lochte was on top tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. of the world at one point in his career before everything took a turn following that scandal in all right. common side effects include headache, rio. all right. injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. and now his journey to the tokyo friday morning it's just about time to go go with goldy >> friday, friday, friday. ask your doctor about taking nucala at home. games is the subject of a new documentary on peacock >> oh, my god. learn about financial assistance at nucala.com. carson it sees him reckoning the find your nunormal with nucala. >> she's getting so big. mistakes of his past let's be honest. quitting smoking is hard. >> i went from making millions >> carson how old is she now >> we have matching double chins like, quitting every monday hard. now. she is 3 months today, actually. literally today. quitting feels so big. to zero. the person that i am today, if i so try making it smaller, saw that ryan lochte, i would knock his [ bleep ] out. there's so much more to life >> oh, look at her little head and you'll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. wake up. can we just look at goldy and start stopping with nicorette. wrap this week up. this is the most pressure i've ever had in my entire life if i don't make the olympic team, they won't see the change oh, she's the sweetest >> friday, friday, friday. that i've madeuniversal's strea >> oh, you're a good dad >> al, what you got for the third hour service >> "in deep with ryan lochte" hits nbc universal's streaming

starting small can lead to something big. service peacock on july 15th (vo) verizon knows how to build unlimited right. next up, ferris bueller's >> we've got atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms and josh day off, what a classic. gad and andre leon on his new you start with america's most awarded network, best selling book. >> and jenna and i have stuff it's one of those legendary teen comedies too. have a great weekend bye-bye. the one with unbeatable reliability 13 times in a row. it seems every generation can relate to. it is now the latest movie to this network is one less thing i have to worry about. get the reunion treatment courtesy of josh gad's "reunited (vo) then you give people more plans to mix and match, >> goldy so you only pay for what you need. verizon unlimited plan is so reasonable, apart. they can stay on for the rest of their lives. awww. josh was nice enough to send over an exclusive clip (vo) you include the best in entertainment let's check out ferris and his and you offer it all starting at $35. best friend getting together because everyone deserves the best. good friday morning to you. it's 8:56. this is unlimited built right. >> and your ferris would not be i'm marcus washington. only on verizon. ferris without his cameron with windy conditions expected so please help me welcome to this weekend, police are asking but a resilient business can be ready for it. people to be extra careful. this is due to high fire danger. a digital foundation from vmware so, those dry conditions are helps you redefine what's possible... now. keeping firefighters busy. cal fire is now at peak >> matty >> when's the last time you two saw each other, by the way from the hospital shifting to remote patient care staffing. in just 48 hours... >> physically? it's been awhile street or bob redell will have more on to the university moving hundreds of apps something like that? >> it was 15 years ago. midday and talk about what fire quickly to the cloud... or the city government going digital officials are telling you to do >> what? >> 15 years ago this fall. >> are you sick of working with to stay safe. to keep critical services running. happening now, california me yet >> i'm not sick of working with could be experiencing a second you are creating the future-- you. wave of coronavirus infections. on the fly. i'm sick of hanging out with you and we are helping you do it. more contra costa county and santa vmware. realize what's possible. >> it's so good to see those two clara counties are being watched by the california department of

together public health. both are seeing double digit with spray mopping to lock away debris no word on if that beard is strictly quarantine related or not. rise with covid-19 and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. this is good hospitalizations in the past two josh gad has done a great job. days. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. look at those guys meanwhile, cvs is opening the adventure they went on drive-through testing at nine amazing. >> it's exciting the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. more bay area stores today. one of my favorites. >> that's going to be a good in light of recent protests, one. i want to mention josh is going to be here on the show in the the san francisco pride next half hour to talk about celebration will be held online that reunion with big freda as the headliner. the event will feature a ♪ that's on sunday at noon on spotlight on black lives matter youtube. next up, we've got charlie co-founder, alesia garza and puth he is clearly keeping busy ♪ during quarantine because he just dropped his entry into the w. -- he will serve as the event unofficial song of the summer celebrity grand marshal. contest. his new track is called "girlfriend" and it's all about ♪ letting that special someone know exactly how you feel. ♪ to be my girlfriend ♪ i don't want to play no at walgreens, we know summer may look different this year. games ♪ ♪ i want to let you know we luckily, we are right around the corner with safer ways to shop so you can enjoy the moments you do make. like making sure you have pool toys the whole family can try out. ♪ ♪ i want to

and never running out of sunscreen could make this go ♪ before playing in the yard. and if you do spend the day indoors, >> i mean, that's hot, right charlie puth's got a really high voice. always have enough snacks. he's way up there. this summer, walgreens is making shopping safer, >> i like it. >> yeah. that's like prince -- >> what's he saying? with touchless pay and drive thru pick up, nobody knows so you can keep your summer going. walgreens >> yeah. the dolphins do. >> but i like it so you can keep your summer going. the lady at the store. >> that's going to be here all summer long. that is not a compliment. get 'em, uncle al. it's an ugly, nasty word. and you are gonna to hear it. nothing i can do about that. you should do a remix of that. but you are not gonna let that word hurt you. coming up here, sterling k. brown the emmy winner joined you got your id? entertainment weekly for a yeah. in case they stop you. virtual chat about the hit show and what to expect in the upcoming season. now... the show's been known to feature ...when you get pulled over... mom... i'm a good driver. ok? famous guest stars ron howard, john legend, a lot baby. don't worry. more this is not about you getting a ticket. this is about you not coming home... so when asked who he would like to see guest star next, here's i'm going to be okay. right? what sterling had to say ok, baby. >> it would be crazy to have, like -- i don't know but bryan you are not pretty for a black girl. cranston just came to mind you are beautiful period. if he could find his way into ok?

the pearson universe, that would don't ever forget that. ♪ be incredible. dream beyond dreams beyond dreams, if i was somehow related to denzel washington and we had a chance to have the epic scene of all scenes, i could then ascend to heaven a happy man >> well, there you go. it's out there in the universe now. good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia. maybe we'll see denzel pop up on here is a look at today's top "this is us" one day wouldn't surprise me stories. >> reporter: i'm cierra johnson you never know, guys in pet low ma. >> that would be great >> maybe we'll see it, carson. a warning with high temperatures sorry. i can't stop singing like and chances of strong winds, you're going to want to be aware charlie puth >> ooh of the dry brush. >> wow don't throw those cigarette >> i thought that was al butts out of the window, and >> no. avoid fireworks to keep you and it was me. your neighbors safe. >> i'm going to do my tease in my regular voice here. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. president trump was on sean hannity on fox news last night coming up, guys, i'm looking forward to sharing my interview and said places like oakland and with music star dua lipa she had a big first album, but she's got a second album baltimore and chicago and everybody's talking about. detroit are like living in hell, the president's words. oakland mayor libby schaaf

giving a scathing response on twitter. she's also using her newfound success to do important stuff for some great causes. now for a look at the one in particular, i'll share it with you after your local news and weather. forecast, here's meteorologist kari hall. a nice day ahead? stick around good morning, everybody and welcome to the third hour of it's going to be hot for "today." for a friday, june 26th, i'm al. some of us but still really nice sheinelle and i are continuing for san francisco and right along the coastline as we reach to work from home. craig and dylan both have the into the 60s. but we do see still some triple morning off. once again this morning we are digi with talking about the surge in cases of the coronavirus and we'll see a high of 92 in concord and yesterday the u.s. reporting its second highest number of daily in livermore. cases, sheinelle so this is what we were talking about, the drought monitor and >> good morning to you, al the dry vegetation that we have. yes, the cdc director says the as we look at the bay area we real number could be ten times are under a severe drought from parts of the peninsula extending higher as many as to the north bay. we do have to be really careful with any fireworks or cigarettes, as cierra was telling us, and we will have a high wind starting to increase by tomorrow afternoon. it continues through sunday so that high fire danger will continue possibly gusts to 45 miles an hour. good morning to you. laura? all right, thanks, kari. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. i'll be back with another local

this weekend, people are asked news update in half an hour. to be extra careful. hope to see you then. have a great friday morning. this is a high fire danger. this cheeseburger is the best! windy conditions make for fiery results due to dry conditions. keeping firefighters busy. cal fire is now at peak staffing. what fire officials are telling us to do to stay safe. beaches in santa cruz reopened at midnight. this is throughout santa cruz county. it's sooner than expected. health officials say they cannot enforce the rules anymore. they say that the fourth of july weekend is typically the biggest for those beaches. let's get a look at the forecast on this friday. we're talking about the wind conditions that carries throughout the bay area. >> the winds will pick up starting out tomorrow and continue through sunday. today, it's still going to be hot. we're looking at spots like walnut creek reaching into 92 degrees in livermore and napa reaching 85. cool in san francisco. it's about to get bester baby! we'll take a look at that

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7:30 on a friday morning. it's the 26th day of june. it's the 26th day of june. we told you about the eiffel tower's reopening yesterday. well now they're getting ready to reopen another iconic landmark we're going to tell you about that in a live report from paris. it's exciting. welcome. craig's off. savannah, i have to give you an attagirl you've been working in the morning with me and then "nightly news. you're in the home stretch just a hat's off to you. >> oh, well, thank you so much, hoda we've got a lot to cover this morning. let's get to the 7:30 headlines. we'll start with the

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carson, you got to catch up and welcome this week from some florida locals, you might say. take a look. this video was captured off chat with her. >> i certainly did, hoda dua's already a two-time grammy broward county on wednesday. the pod of dolphins appear to be winner i think she'll win more with her leading the way as the vessel second album we talked about her music and makes its way through the water. also this morning, reaction then we teamed up to deliver a very special surprise in support is pouring into newly announced of a cause that's very close to rebranding from the dixie chicks dua's heart. it's really a great moment, guys and for one of disney's most it's coming up savannah beloved rides. blayne alexander has the latest on these stories >> looking forward to that hey, blayne, good morning. i love her then we can't wait for this. harry smith is going to show us why he thinks everybody needs to >> reporter: good morning. book an afternoon of fishing this wave of cultural change has continued to sweep across the fishing is the new thing tell y. country. now this morning two more names are getting a makeover >> i like harry's den. first disney's splash mountain that's very relaxing there. i according to harry >> all right and the country music group now >> tell you all about it >> i like harry's den. formerly known as the dixie chicks ♪ i believe in the promises you that's very relaxing there i love that. looking ahead to next week, we're planning a big and a busy made to me ♪ >> reporter: the grammy winning country group dixie chicks changing their name. one. for starters we're going to do some cooking with our buddy

saying from now on they'll be known as simply the chicks ♪ wide open spaces giada de laurentiis. >> reporter: dropping dixie a and catch up with ricky gervais. and to get you ready for the nickname known for the fourth of july, we'll have a cross country version of my confederate south. they revealed this on their website writing, we want to meet "today" plaza. it's going to be a virtual road this moment. trip but you're going to love it ♪ march to my own drum >> why don't we welcome in this morning's my "today" plaza >> reporter: accompanying the guests they are here. do we have the collinsyou guysm. new name, a new song ♪ hey hey i'm an army of one er >> reporter: the video a tribute to protests for equality and social issue over the decades including the words, if your voice held no power they wouldn't try to silence you. ♪ i'm all alone and i need you now ♪ >> reporter: the change comes after fellow country trio previously lady antebellum made a similar switch dropping antebellum a reference to the pre-civil war south which included slavery the band now going by the shortened lady a on social media, reaction is mixed. one person writing thank you for using your platform to spread

awareness of injustice from another, the cancel culture has become utterly ridiculous. the cultural shift is going beyond music disney announcing that its iconic ride splash mountain will be rebranded its current theme inspired by the film "song of the south. ♪ zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay ♪ >> reporter: long criticized for the portrayal of black people. >> i reckon y'all want a kiss? >> kissing would be nice, yes? >> reporter: the ride will now feature characters from "the princess and the frog" a 2009 film featuring disney's first black princess >> i also noticed that faith hill is speaking out this morning and talking about changing the mississippi state flag of course that is faith's home

state. >> reporter: absolutely, hoda. another country music star raising her voice on this issue. she spoke out overnight in a series of tweets saying i'm a proud mississippi girl and love my home state. adding it's time for america to meet the mississippi of today and not of 1894. the mississippi state flag itself includes the confederate emblem and that push of change is getting more support from ole miss and mississippi state. >> all right blayne alexander for us, thank you. all right. coming up next, there's some new promise to tell you about in the search for a coronavirus vaccine. we're given unprecedented access to a lab in china which appears to be getting much closer. that and more in a live report from beijing right after this.

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for all your painting needs, ask sherwin-williams. back now with back now with our ongoing series "the search for solutions. this morning new developments in the race for a coronavirus vaccine, savannah. >> nbc's janis mackey frayer is in beijing where she got into what's going on there. good morning >> reporter: good morning. we all know the sooner there's a vaccine, the sooner there's a recovery that's why this is an increasingly political race. of the 11 vaccines in clinical trials around the world, nearly half of them are being developed here which means it's possible china could finish first in the race against the coronavirus pandemic, china has at least five vaccines in human trials

nbc news is the only u.s. news crew to see this first hand. a potential vaccine that its developer sees as promising. so the cells are growing in here those are virus cells churning in bioreactors made of inactivated cells meant to behavior like an infection but not make people sick similar to vaccines for polio and rabies do you feel close? >> yes >> reporter: scientists here hope their vaccine called coronavac would be ready by the end of the year. >> we're all competing this is the ultimate objective to get rid of the virus. >> reporter: in china finding ways to stop the virus that first emerged here has been made a national priority. the government is pouring billions into development and has an ownership stake in at least three of the vaccine companies already in clinical trials and it isn't just a vaccine china is aiming for. at peking university, they are

looking at treating infected mice animal test results published suggests the drug shortens the recovery time from covid-19. and the lead scientist, a former harvard university professor, says there are signs the drug may also offer short-term immunity >> if proven to be effective, it could offer a cure even before the vaccine comes out. >> reporter: yet with the stakes so high, the competition to be first is fierce with president trump putting blame for the pandemic back on china >> i can name kung flu >> reporter: for china it's as much a race for prestige leaving some experts to caution. >> you look at the track records of the companies that are preparing these vaccines and look at their history and see if there have been lapses in the

past >> so it's a prefilled syringe >> it is injected. >> reporter: it is injectable. results of their study in science, it has shown signs of protection in monkeys. phase three human trials start soon in brazil where the infection rate is still high because in china there aren't enough coronavirus cases anymore to prove a potential vaccine can work >> janis, as you mentioned, it's a race between companies, between nations. if china does finish first and gets a vaccine ahead of the u.s., would americans be eligible to get that vaccine >> reporter: well, savannah, most experts figure that china is going to prioritize its own people first so xi jinping has said china would share the vaccine with the world. the u.s. is being just as vague

on its plans and nobody is talking timelines quite yet. there are still concerns about safety and regulatory shortcuts given the urgency of the pandemic and just the sheer competition of it. but even if china doesn't develop a successful vaccine, it's likely still going to have to be involved in the mass production of one. few other places on the planet have the scale to do it. sinovac, the company we visited, isn't wasting any time they're still months away from approvals but they're already ramping up production on 100 million doses. savannah >> yeah. that's how they're fast tracking these vaccines a lot of these companies are manufacturing them before they know if they work. janis, thank you very much we appreciate it all right. what do you say we turn our attention to the weather, mr. roker. hey, al. >> i'll never say no to that we are looking at a lot of hot weather down to our friends to the south. especially down into florida

we expect to see more wet weather and steamy weather, ingd up by this upper level high. hot and dry out west and seasonal in the northeast. as we push into the florida area, we're going to see temperatures that may set records. tampa, miami, key west, all the city all possibly setting records. going to be hot again tomorrow as we make our way into the weekend, we are talking and into next week temperatures upper 80s for charleston, mid-90s in tampa. miami's going to see temperatures in the 90s. and out west the heat continues as well. we're talking records stretching from reading, phoenix, fresno. and that will continue into next week as well beyond that we're talking about a fire danger stretching from reno down to phoenix and up to salt lake city increasing winds into the weekend. that's what's going on around good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall.

we are still looking at hot weather as we check out walnut creek and our sunrise today. it's starting out nice and cool but we know it will be another hot day. as we see our inland temperatures reach into the low 90s, some spots in the north bay will reach up to 103 degrees. san francisco stays cool. and then by the weekend our temperatures cool off. the winds will pick up, concerns of a high fire danger on sunday and warming up early next week. >> that's your latest weather. we'll have a live report from paris. but first, these messages.

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>> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning. now, we are live from another museum and i want to show you -- take a look. normally this would be packed but there are no lines out here. that's by design. the museum is selling a limited number of tickets for specific time slots. that allows them to monitor how many people are inside. and earlier today i was one of the lucky ones. it's paris but without all the tourists. shorter lines and just fewer people. it's practically empty. this is your chance to get up close and personal with some of the world's greatest art. now, on a normal summer day, they normally see 15,000 people come through the doors. and today they're expecting just 4,000. but this city needs tourists and is desperate for them to return. how was this for you? >> it's huge for anyone. any cultural institution, all the museums in the world, you

know, have been hit hard. three months in a row without a revenue, you know, from ticketing is of course a big blow. >> reporter: the eiffel tower losing more than $30 million during lockdown. and the louvre set to open next week says it's lost more than $44 million. the iconic museum home to the mona lisa prepping this week for a new social distanced experience. during a normal summer, 80% of the visitors come from abroad. including 1.5 million americans. the museum director says they're now looking at an 80% fall in total numbers. all the museums have made wearing face masks mandatory and all are operating at limited capacity. at the louvre, only about 70% of its collection will even be accessible. >> yeah. it will probably be a good change. not seeing too many people around all the paintings. that's nice. >> reporter: but fewer tickets means they won't make up that revenue gap even as european tourists start to arrive. the energy, palpable as monuments open their doors, even cinemas and cafes now serving

indoors and outdoors. as this city of lights tries to bounce back. now, we asked the museum director here if she had any other advice for american museums, other museums looking to open up. she said the easy part was figuring out the spacing and capacity limitations. the hard part is giving people the confidence to come back. she encouraged others to do it safely. >> she's got a good point there. thank you. looky, looky who's here. carson. hey, babe. >> hey, carson! >> good morning. coming up ahead, my conversation with pop sensation dua lipa. doo, always have enough snacks.

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a very good morning to you, 7:56. i'm laura garcia. with a threat of high winds this weekend that increases the threat for fire danger. >> reporter: i'm cierra johnson in sonoma county. a warning with this weekend expecting to bring high temperatures and high winds. you're going to want to avoid fireworks, campfires and throwing cigarette butts out of the window. doing those simple things could protect you and those around you. >> reporter: i'm bob redell, the california public of health has added contra costa and santa clara county to a special watch seeing a surge in infections and hospitalizations. over the past few days hospitalizations drop 17%. santa clara county 23%. kari has a look at our

forecast for this friday morning. a hot one today but cooler tomorrow? yes. we're all going to have a cooldown as we take a live look outside in san francisco. we haven't had a warm-up here because of the fog and the drizzle that we had coming down. we'll see temperatures today reaching into the mid-60s. some upper 70s for oakland and some low 90s for the inland. the east bay as hot as 103 in ukiah. as we go through the forecast, the cooldown starts tomorrow but the winds will pick up as the system moves in and we will once again have that threat of quickly spreading fires as we get any of them going. we'll have to be really careful especially sunday as gusts may reach 40 miles an hour. next week we'll warm up once again as the sunshine continues. laura? all right, sounds good. thanks so much, kari. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update is coming up in about half an hour. and of course join us for our midday news as well.

in the meantime enjoy a nice start to our friday morning.