>> that is a dad joke. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> have a great day. good morning. good morning extreme measures the nation's two largest cities stepping up and cracking down with coronavirus cases still rising. good morning extreme measures the nation's two largest cities stepping up and cracking down with coronavirus cases still rising. >> this is serious stuff, and it's time for everyone to realize it. >> new york city setting up quarantine checkpoints los angeles threatening to cut power and water to homes that host large parties while the debate over reopening schools rages from coast to coast. >> this is something we have got to get our hands around, or we're going to have a catastrophic, catastrophic situation that we cannot control. >> the battle that has 50 million school children caught

in the middle. powerless. nearly 2 million people on the east coast still in the dark >> you have no idea when you're going to have power. >> this morning, frustration is mounting, with no end in sight shock and anger. overnight, chilling, new images emerge of that deadly explosion in beirut, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless the search for survivors and answers entering day three just ahead, why officials say the tragedy could have been avoided. spiked the university of connecticut becomes the first major college to cancel its football season. >> the board of trustees and our student-athletes and coaches were all on the same page. >> championships for other fall sports called off for hundreds of schools this morning, the president of the ncaa is with us for an exclusive, live interview. all that, plus the return of rokerthon. al shattered records doing weather for 34 hours straight.

and from all 50 states in a single week. this morning, he's back at it, aiming for another milestone involving some of the world's most famous chefs. today, thursday, august 6th, 1aa 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >> hey, everybody. welcome to "today. it is a thursday morning you'll be happy you're joining us today because it's rokerthon day. >> we wait for it every year he's really cooked up something special. it has to do with sandwiches and a world record. >> okay. can it be broken we'll find out. >> we're going to find out today. >> also happening today, guys, the agonizing wait for customers who lost power during isaias the damage, like this, can be found in cities and towns all along the east coast this is in teaneck, new jersey we'll have a live report on the cleanup effort. >> a lot of families waiting for

power. uconn decided to cancel its football season because of coronavirus concerns will other major colleges follow suit will there be a season at all? we'll ask the head of the ncaa president live when he sits down with craig. we're going to start with the pandemic in the united states more cities and states are cracking down. we have two reports. we'll start with nbc's kathy park at new york's penn state. good morning >> reporter: hey, hoda good morning to you. as you know, new york city used to be the epicenter of the outbreak, and now the infection rate has dropped dramatically to about 1% officials hope to continue on this downward trend. that's why they're tracking down on people coming in from covid hot spots and screening them at critical entry points in the city

starting today, that includes penn station planes, trains, and automobiles. no matter how people enter new york city, if they've been to one of the 34 states and puerto rico listed on the travel advisory, they could be stopped at a covid checkpoint. >> travelers coming in from those states will be given information about the quarantine they will be reminded that it is required, not optional >> reporter: the mayor warning violators, if caught, could face up to a $10,000 fine travelers at new york airports were required to fill out a form to help with contact tracing now, the city is expanding enforcement. sheriff's deputies will be stopping cars at random at bridge and tunnel entrances. >> we need to ensure visitors and new yorkers returning home are taking the necessary precautions to limit the spread of this disease. >> reporter: in los angeles, the mayor promising to shut off water and power at homes holding massive gatherings like this one on mulholland drive. >> these large parties are unsafe and can cost angelinos their lives.

>> reporter: on the other coast, a grim milestone florida has passed more than 500,000 cases, with more than 7,600 deaths. >> it's the worst it's ever been in florida and i really just wish people would take it more seriously. >> reporter: on the vaccine front, some progress dr. anthony fauci telling "reuters" he is cautiously optimistic. >> the manufacturers tell us they will have hundreds of millions, and likely a billion doses by the end of 2021. >> reporter: at henry ford hospital in michigan, doses of the vaccine being developed by moderna have been given to the state's first group of volunteers in its critical phase three trial. 64-year-old mcfadden says he hopes to play a small part in the global fight against covid-19. >> i may go down in history. it's not the way i really wanted to do it, but whatever it takes to try to get this virus under control. >> reporter: back here in new

york city, members of the test and trace corps will be following up with people who filled out the travel forms. they'll receive phone calls about the do's and don't's in quarantine if needed, receiving help for food deliveries as well as hotel stays. >> kathy park at new york's penn state. thank you. the fate of 50 million children in public schools remain up in the air this morning. some schools reopen for in-person learning in georgia, the early returns are producing warning signs. in florida, the largest teachers union is taking the state to court. nbc's sam brock is in miami for us this morning. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. to understand why a massive union, educators union, is suing the state right now, its president says look at the numbers. in the month of july, 25,000 kids under the age of 18 contracted covid-19 in florida that is an average of 800 a day. in georgia and mississippi right now, some schools have already opened to positive tests and

quarantines. in the very first week of school, a covid wake-up call in georgia. the cherokee county school district revealing four schools have been impacted by the virus in 72 hours. three students from first to eighth grade all testing positive after attending class monday a kindergarten teacher exhibiting symptoms after school and not returning tuesday. the district telling nbc news they're quarantining those exposed, contact tracing, and deep cleaning classrooms as parents say conditions were never right for reopening.ing ps like students not required to wear masks, evidenced by snapshots in hallways. >> although i feel they're following the guidelines that they set forth, i don't feel like those guidelines are strict enough >> reporter: protesting policies like students not required to wear masks, evidenced by snapshots in hallways. georgia's experiences contributing to a larger conversation in chicago, this mother of three frustrated. >> i would have hoped that we could have come up with some

good solutions to get some form of in-person to start the school year. >> reporter: the city deciding its 400,000 students will return strictly with online learning for now, a plan opposed by the president. >> parents want the schools open we want them open. we want them open safely we're going to practice very strong hygiene. >> reporter: in mississippi, even with masks and classroom seats spaced apart, an outbreak almost right away. >> six total students who have exposed additional folks within the school system, and over 100 students quarantined. >> reporter: florida educators suing the state. >> this is something that we've got to get our hands around, or we're going to have a catastrophic, catastrophic situation that we cannot in-person learning options starting monday. what is your gravest con control. >> reporter: the sunshine state requiring schools to offer in-person learning options starting monday. what is your gravest concern about heading back to school right now? >> it is life or death people are going to die. people are going to die in our schools, and we can do something

about it >> sam, has there been a change of heart with parents? i mean >> reporter: yeah. polling, savannah, suggests that parents' state of mind has really shifted recently. gallop in may and june polled parents, finding 56% of them supported in-person learning the figure plummeted to 36%. here in miami, a circuit court going to be looking at proceedings for a possible injunction starting hours from now. savannah >> sam brock in miami. thank you, sam also this morning, the impact of isaias is being felt still up and down the east coast. 2 million people without power two days after the storm roared ashore gabe gutierrez has more in teaneck. >> reporter: the governors of new jersey, new york, and connecticut declared a state of emergency. this neighborhood is without power because it is something we've been seeing over and over

again. downed trees taking power lines with them. right now, there are no firm answers on when that power will be restored. this morning, across much of the northeast, one of the largest power outages in memory. >> you can't call. nobody answers they cut you off you have no idea when you're going to have power. >> reporter: in new york, growing frustration. the governor ordering an investigation into whether utility companies were adequately prepared. >> you can't even get ahold of them on the phone. >> reporter: tropical storm isaias took the lives of at least eight people this morning, more than a million along the east coast are still without power. >> it is completely >> it is completely unacceptable that so many residents not only remain out of power, and, of course, we expect some of that with a storm, but it is really the information. >> reporter: powerless in a pandemic >> these are unsettled times it's incredible that we're suffering through a 100 year pandemic, and now at the same time, we just got hit with probably the third worst

electric storm we've had >> reporter: in connecticut, the largest utility company says that in terms of power outages, this storm is actually worse than superstorm sandy. here in new jersey, the board of public utilities says it hopes power can be restored to possibly 80% of its customers by friday hoda you've got the latest from beirut this morning. >> gabe gutierrez for us, live in teaneck, thanks. 7:11 let's turn to craig. you have the latest from beirut this morning. >> savannah, hoda, as we speak, crews are still searching, hoping to find survivors of that massive and deadly explosion that rocked lebanon's capital. we have now learned that one of the victims was an american. overnight, several port officials there were placed under house arrest, as the investigation moves forward. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more richard, good morning to you >> reporter: good morning, craig. there is still shock in beirut, but increasingly, it is becoming anger, as there are growing

indications that this explosion was the result of negligence and could have been prevented. the hunt for survivors in beirut continues this morning, but, so far, they're not finding many. new videos show how the explosion and massive blast wave caught and devastated the city a bride was posing, composed for her wedding video, when -- completely off guard a bride was posing, composed for her wedding video, when -- [ explosion ] >> reporter: -- she and her party managed to escape. today, she and her groom in brave defiance, returned to the spot, undefeated. >> i was shocked i was wondering what happened. am i goingoing to die? >> reporter: another video shows a journalist up in the corner doing an interview.

>> ah! >> reporter: the guest and his wife are horrified, shocked as the reporter screams. she survives. hospitals are overwhelmed, some badly damaged. an american, the state department said, was among the more than 130 killed. thousands were wounded. >> on top of our economic crisis now, i don't know how people are going to rebuild. we are really sad. we are really numb. i don't know where we're going to go from here. >> reporter: but none of this had to happen. lebanese officials claim they repeatedly warned authorities that dangerous chemicals were stored at the port for six years and asked to remove them, but they never were. the massive blast started with a fire that detonated a warehouse full of, according to lebanon's prime minister, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, commonly used in fertilizer.fials were warned about the chemicals stored in the downtown port as far back as 2014. now, lebanese are trying to rebuild their city and themselves. ♪ >> reporter: this woman filling the hearts of many, playing

music in her damaged apartment to remember the better times. this morning, there is an extraordinary piece of video, extraordinary story. just before the blast, a woman was being wheeled into the delivery room, so she could give birth to a baby. her husband was filming the whole thing. then the blast struck. the video stops, but we can report this morning that the woman and the baby are doing fine. his name is george. craig, back to you. >> our chief foreign correspondent richard engel there. what an adorable little boy, as well, richard. thank you. thank you so much. savannah? >> can you imagine? >> no, i cannot. >> i'm glad that had a happy ending. >> yeah. much more to get to this morning, including a headline-making first for facebook. removing a post by the trump campaign for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. nbc's peter alexander joins us now from the white house with

this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. facebook and twitter, two of the top social media companies, firing a pair of warning shots after president trump and his campaign posted false claims about children and immunity to the coronavirus. it is the latest in a pattern of misinformation during this pandemic from the president and his campaign allies, as pressure has grown on those social media companies to crack down. this morning, president trump under fire for these comments yesterday on fox news. >> if you look at children, children are almost -- and i would almost say definitely -- but almost immune from this disease. they don't have a problem. they just don't have a problem. >> reporter: facebook removing the video post from the president's personal page, saying this video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from covid-19, which is a violation of our policies around harmful covid misinformation. it marks the first time facebook has removed a trump post for

spreading virus misinformation. twitter also removing the post. the trump campaign saying overnight, "another day, another display of silicon valley's flagrant bias against this president, where the rules are only enforced in one direction. social media companies are not the arbiters of truth." while kids are less vulnerable, they can transmit the disease, and some children have died from the virus. the president doubling down during yesterday's briefing. >> i'm talking about from getting very sick. if you look at children, i mean, they're able to throw it off easily. it is an amazing thing. >> reporter: it come as the pandemic is putting a pin in politics' biggest party. the rnc and dnc conventions will be almost entirely virtual. for the democrats, what had already been a mostly virtual affair, vice president joe biden will no longer travel to milwaukee two weeks from today to accept his party's nomination in-person. instead, delivering his address from his home state of delaware. biden telling donors, i want to

set an example as to how we should respond individually to this crisis. science matters. president trump says he'll probably accept the republican nomination from the white house. >> for some reason, somebody had difficulty with it, i could, you know, go some place else. the easiest, least expensive, and i think very beautiful would be the white house. >> reporter: if the president does go ahead with it here, it would mark another break from presidential norms. past presidents have drawn a line between white house business and overt campaign events. even some of the president's allies, republican lawmakers are questioning whether it would be legal. savannah? >> the president is also talking about the upcoming debate schedule with joe biden. what do you know about that? >> reporter: that's right. with the president and those national polls trailing right now, and millions of americans expected to vote early this year, the trump campaign is calling for the presidential debates to start sooner and include a fourth debate, pushing

for the first presidential head-to-head to happen in the first week of september, rather than september 29th, where it is presently scheduled. the biden campaign says its position has not changed here. the former vice president has already agreed to the three debates, and the campaign says that biden will appear on the dates the presidential debate commission has selected. savannah? >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you, peter. it is that time of the morning. 7:18. we get to say good morning to mr. roker. hey, al. >> special day for roker. >> yes, it is. >> thank you. we're very excited about rokerthon. but we're not so excited about this severe weather that we could be seeing in the mid-atlantic states. already, over saturated ground. 15 million people under flash flood watches as we continue to watch this system develop. it is a stationary front. it's a slow mover. isolated, strong storms will be developing into the mid-atlantic, bringing a lot of rain. some of these storms may just train right along, just dropping tons and tons of moisture. tomorrow, the low pressure moves away. showers and storms for much of the east coast.

this, over the last five days, you can see some spots. philadelphia picking up more than 4 inches. prince frederick, maryland, over 8 inches of rain. you put on top of that another 2 to 3 inches of rain or more, and that, my friends, is a recipe for flash flooding. we're going to keep an eye on this very closely over the next 24 hours. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. maybe just a little joke that makes them laugh when they come through the drive-thru. we can stay six feet apart and have the best air high-five. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall.

as we take a live look outside, we're still starting out with dense fog and drizzle in san francisco, but this will clear today going into late morning, as well as the afternoon. we keep the comfortable air we had yesterday. most of us staying in the 60s and 70s from the coast to the bay for the interior valleys expect highs reaching into the 8 80s today and we will see the temperatures climbing as we go into the weekend. sunday 95 degrees. >> that's your latest weather. guys >> all right, mr. roker. thank you, sir. just ahead, the uncertain future of college sports, as the first major college football program cancels its season and fall championships are called off for hundreds of schools. this morning, the president of the ncaa will join us live for an exclusive interview and then another blow to families struggling in this economy. skyrocketing grocery bills we're going to take a look at what's driving this new spike in food prices, and the very real consequences for millions of americans. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [upbeat music] ♪ today was the day that i put everything in perspective. ♪

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they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. a very good morning to you, 7:26. i'm laura garcia. here's a look at today's top stories including one of golf's largest events taking place in san francisco today. unfortunately, though, without the fans. >> i'm cierra johnson in champis off here at harding park. all eyes will be on san francisco. things will look a little different. fans will not be allowed inside. the pga is also working to make sure the players and those caddies are being kept safe. they're being kept in the bubbles and staff will also be required to wear a mask and social distancing will be encouraged. >> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew.

this morning we have information on first-time jobless claims. showing 1,187,000 americans applied for first-time jobless claims last week. that number is enormous but technically, smaller than we were expecting. we get the other big jobs report, the july jobs report tomorrow. let's look at the forecast right now and meteorologist kari hall. we going to see the sun today? >> yes, we'll see it later on this morning and in through the afternoon. but it is still cloudy right now as we check out san jose and looking at our temperatures, it's going to be basically on parwith yesterday's's high temperatures reaching to the high 70s and as we watch san francisco the forecast there the mid 60s and some clearing today and also see slightly warmer temperature. high up to 88 degrees in antioch today and 86 in santa rosa. as we go through the forecast. going to continue to heat up for our inland valleys and upper 80s

tomorrow and low 90s on saturday and then mid 90s coming up this sunday. laura? >> all right, thanks so much, kari. thank you for joining us, as well. i'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. .

we're back, 7:30. thursday morning, the 6th of august 2020. a view from the top of the rock, we're back, 7:30 thursday morning, the 6th of august 2020. a view from the top of the rock, a little hazy. the famed observation deck at 30 rock is actually reopening this morning. >> that's good news. >> everything that happens that reminds us of what it used to be makes us feel good, right? >> yes, we welcome that. >> yesterday, we said radio city

was canceled, but now 30 rock, we're open. >> observation deck. make sure guests stay 6 feet apart, all that. >> masks required. >> but it's open. we're going to begin our 7:30 headlines with the coronavirus. cases in much of the country are surging. new york city is taking strong steps to enforce quarantine rules for travelers from certain other states covid checkpoints, they're being set up at key entry points into the city the goal here, to get more people to follow the quarantine order and keep new york's infection rate from spiking back up violators, by the way, could face a $10,000 fine. meantime, in los angeles, the mayor is promising to shut off the water and the power to your house if you're holding a massive gathering like this one near beverly hills. in minneapolis, a city council proposal to dismantle the police department will not appear on the ballot this november as planned. the proposal to replace the current police force with a newly created department focused on community safety came in the wake of george floyd's death in minneapolis. on wednesday, members of the minneapolis charter commission expressed concern that the process was being rushed and voted to take an additional 90 days to review those changes. the pga championship, golf's first major of the season, swings into action today in san francisco. two players will be chasing

history. one of them, tiger woods looking for his 16th major championship a victory at harding park would also make him the winningest player in tour history, with 83 wins koepka, looking for his third st meanwhile, this guy, brooks koepka, looking for his third straight pga championship, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 1920s speaking of sports, there are some worrisome signs for fans of college athletics. on wednesday, the university of connecticut, uconn, became the first school at football's highest level to cancel its season because of the pandemic. >> meanwhile, a decision to made to cancel the championships for all ncaa division ii and iii fall sports. we're going to talk about that with the president of the ncaa, mark emmert, in a moment first, nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with the latest steph, good morning. news for college sports fans. multiple signs of trouble. as you mentioned, you have university of connecticut cancelling its season before it

even starts. smaller divisions cancelling their championships. now, players at some of the biggest football programs across the nation are sounding the alarm. they are worried about their safety it may already be game over for college sports this fall uconn is now the first major school to cancel football in 2020. >> there's a lot of different factors that led us to the decision most importantly was the safety and welfare of our student athletes. >> reporter: the school's athletic director citing the extensive delays in testing results, and student athletes' inability to properly train. calling it an unacceptable level of risk. >> ultimately, campus leadership, the board of trustees, and our student-athletes and coaches were on the same page. >> reporter: smaller schools are also scaling back. ncaa division ii and iii leadership canceled championships. the d2 president said it is not feasible to hold championships as planned or postpone them to the spring, while prioritizing

the health and well-being of student-athletes in the big ten, ohio state, michigan, and penn state, players have come together using the #big ten united, with a list of demands in the "players tribune. they criticize the ncaa's plan, allowing schools and conferences to devise health protocols, and say they're deeply disappointed with the lack of leadership by the ncaa with respect to player safety this is days after players in the pac-12 threatened to opt out of the season. at colorado state university, officials are investigating accg staff, alleging coaches told players not to report covid symptoms, threatened retaliation, and interfered with contract tracing, accusations against the coaching staff, alleging coaches told players not to report covid symptoms, threatened retaliation, and interfered with contract tracing, keeping at-risk players in practice. as many big decisions lie ahead, ncaa president mark emmert says, in part, we need to make sure we provide a safe environment for

college athletes adding, a decision based on the realities in each division will provide a safe environment for college athletescollege athlete. a decision based on the what is unclear is what happens if an entire program cancels the season, what happens to all the scholarships >> thank you mark emmert is with us now exclusively. mr. emmert, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> as of this morning at least, 26 of your 32 division i programs have decided to move forward with fall sports, mark how are we -- how are you going to keep them safe? those tens of thousands of student-athletes >> what we did yesterday with the board of governors was we

made clear that there's two fundamental issues here.ny conference that decides to move forward, and that final decision won't be until august 21, but if they decide to move forward, they have to meet very clear, very rigid protocol. they're mandatory. they're not guidelines any longer, they're mandatory. we've established a hotline, so that if a player, an athlete, a family member, anyone wants to report that a school is not living up to those commitments, they can contact us and we'll follow it up secondly, over on the fairness side, we want to make sure that student-athletes can, in fact, make choices about opting out, or should their season be canceled, they know what to expect so the first of those fairness issues was that a school must honor, not should, must honor a scholarship commitment of any young man or young women who opts out or who doesn't play because of covid-19. secondly, we want to make sure that families and students are

not faced with bills associated with covid-19 hospitalizations so we mandated that schools and conferences must take care of any covid-related medical bills. >> right. >> and then, finally, we wanted to make sure that students know what their options are, should they opt out about their eligibility for the following year so those are the actions that we took to try and make sure that students know where they stand, so they can make intelligent decisions. >> mark, what's going to be the established protocol for these programs to actually report positive tests how are you going to enforce that >> yeah. every school has to test every athlete going forward into competition at least once a week and at least no more than 72 hours before any competition the availability of testing, of course, is a big problem, as we alrking very hard with all

the testing companies to try to accelerate those processes we also want to make sure testing is available for people who really need it but that will be one of the mandatory protocols. >> what about the speed with which the test results come back that's been an ongoing issue around the country how are you going to make sure these athletes who are being tested, you get the results back in time to compete that weekend, if they're playing football? >> yeah, if they can't get them back within a 72-hour period, they simply can't compete. that's unfortunate, but that's the reality. it is unsafe to proceed in any other circumstance. >> i want to get your take on the letter that stephanie mentioned in her report there. this is a letter from more than 1,000 athletes most of them in the big ten. they have criticized the ncaa for a lack of leadership they called your approach laissez-faire. they said you forced each conference and school to make its own plan, resulting in

inconsistent policies, procedures, and protocols. what's the ncaa's response to that >> well, first of all, i'm pleased that student-athletes feel confident about expressing their views on this or anything else so that's a good sign. i disagree, obviously, that we taken a laissez-faire attitude toward this. indeed, we were among the very first to cancel championships in the winter, as you remember, both for winter sports and spring sports. we issued guidelines for the return to campus that schools have been following ever since the early spring months. and we've put in place these current guidelines several weeks ago, and now made them mandatory. we've been working closely with all of the conferences and all of the divisions and all the schools to make sure that we have a sound and medically well-advised protocol in place as possible. >> quickly, mark, how optimistic are you that we're going to see an entire college football season in this country >> i think it is going to be very dependent upon what we do as americans you know, the trend lines right now, of course, are very

challenging in some parts of the country. some are awful we have to do better in the way we're handling this and everything, whether it is school opening, campus openings, sports >> is it worth the risk? quickly, if we're in the middle of a pandemic, is it worth having these young student-athletes going out, competing, and putting not just their lives, perhaps, at risk, but their family's when they go back home. is it worth it >> well, it certainly isn't if schools can't maintain the appropriate safety and protocol policies in place and do everything in their power. that's why we wanted to make sure that students have complete flexibility about opting out or deciding not to play they need to have to know the pandemic -- they're obviously not responsible for what's happening in the country, and we need to

make sure that fairness exists on all of our campuses. >> ncaa president mark emmert. thank you. good luck to you. >> thank you, craig. >> interesting to see how it all shakes out >> it's such a complicated issue. you know, these student-athletes especially, a lot of these guys, and women, as well, you get a college scholarship. all of a sudden, you're having to sit out your first season, your last season >> yeah. i liked your last question is it worth it you wonder what the answer is. >> that's what a lot of parents are asking. just ahead, families feeling the pinch. a in-depth look at what is behind rising grocery prices everything from meats to veggies and cereal coming up right after this our home and car insurance easy. it does help us save. ♪ round and round! ♪ with love we'll find a way, just give it time. ♪

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>> we have to eat. we have to -- we have to survive either way >> reporter: with those $600 a week relief checks now in the rear-view mirror, expectant mom of three, santiago, is turning to food banks for the first time ever, as she looks for a new job. without this help, what would you do about food for your family, your three children? you're pregnant, your husband. >> i don't know. >> reporter: according to feeding america, the nation's largest hunger relief organization, demand at food banks is up an average of 50% nationwide in california's bay area, they're helping four times as many families than usual. >> it has been extremely challenging, securing the amount of food we need to support the families that are turning to us, and the seniors that come to us for help we purchase food from any and every place possible >> reporter: and as covid cases continue to rise, food prices are not expected to fall any time soon. >> for some goods, including food, supply constraints have led to notably higher prices, adding to the burden for those struggling with lost income. >> reporter: a burden millions

aren't sure they can bare for much longer. jo ling kent, los angeles. >> just a double whammy, triple whammy that one hits people. >> 30 million people right now, food insecure in this country. check in with al we has the latest on the forecast of course, rokerthon is going to address these issues, as well. we'll hear more. hi, al good morning. >> we absolutely will, guys. talking about all that food insecurity so, so sad as we look right now, as far as our weather is concerned, temperatures really hot out west, where we have red flag warnings phoenix will be 108 degrees today. that's three degrees above average. mid-90s in denver. amarillo, 98 six degrees above average in del rio, texas 104 degrees. midsection of the country, temperatures at or slightly below normal from oklahoma city up to milwaukee, over to atlanta and into raleigh but as we make our way into the

next week period, we're talking about temperatures rising. kansas city, you'll be in the low 90s right through monday 90 in detroit by monday. 92 in charleston upper 80s in philadelphia. only really cool spot in the northeast, looking at portland, where temperatures will be mid-70s to 80 degrees. that's what's going on around th good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out our live view looking at walnut creek. a little clearer than it was yesterday at this time. we're going to see some sunshin temperatures because as a result of more sunshine, it will be a little bit warmer, especially if you head inland with concord today reaching 86 degrees and 86 also in santa rosa. we have some upper 70s expected today in san jose. as we look at our temperatures inland will heat up especially going into this weekend. ll righl thank you. coming up, michelle obama is sharing a struggle that's being felt by a lot of people across the country right now. >> there have been periods throughout this quarantine where

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a very good morning to you, 7:56. i'm laura garcia. here is a look at what is happening now. a news conference is expected in vallejo here today on an officer-involved shooting. prominent oakland attorney john burris plans to file a federal civil rights suit today over the killing of sean monterros. fired five bullets through an assault rifle through an unmarked car killing monterrosa. officer jarrett tonn had a history of firing his gun on the job. i'm bob redell, while many children recover fully from coronavirus some are suffering from a multisymptom inflammatory syndrome in children. it can strike weeks after your children's infection and cause severe inflammation in vital

organs, including the brain. it's 7:56 right now. little cloud cover to start our day, but, kari, you're telling us we'll see the sun. >> yes, you will. in a couple hours we'll see san jose clearing out and the rest of the bay area. also getting some more sunshine today especially compared to yesterday but we're still going to keep the nice weather we had. temperature wise reaching into the upper 70s in san jose and palo alto. 86 will be the high in concord and then in napa today 83 degrees and oakland reaching 70 and 65 today in san francisco. our inland areas will reach into the 80s today and some upper 80s tomorrow but then some of our hottest spots this weekend will reach into the mid 90s. put that in your weekend plans and also going to be hot for the start of next week while san francisco and the coastal areas stay in the 60s with a little bit more sunshine. laura? >> all right. thanks so much. thank you for joining us, as well. another local news update is coming up in about half an hour.

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it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, cracking down new york and los angeles take extreme new measures to control coronavirus, including checkpoints, as newly reopened schools report early outbreaks. >> this is something that we've got to get our hands around or we're going to have a catastrophic, catastrophic situation that we cannot control. >> we will have all the details, including a live report on the rare covid-19 related disease affecting some children.

plus, opening up >> i know that i am dealing with some form of low-grade depression >> michelle obama shares her struggling with mental health during the past several months. >> there have been periods throughout this quarantine where i just have felt too low >> how she's feeling today, and what she's doing to cope with stress in these difficult times. and the return of rokerthon. >> let the rokerthon begin >> al and his team of all-star super chefs are taking on a mouth-watering challenge the great american sandwich relay. will they break a guinness world record it all kicks off today, thursday, august 6th, 2020 >> we're in orlando, florida. >> and i just graduated college. >> yay >> shoutout to elm grove, wisconsin. hookpeing forward to seeing you real soon ♪ together we can take it higher ♪ >> celebrating. >> roommates. >> back. >> together. >> with. >> "today" >> that was creative.

>> that's a party. good to see you guys it is a thursday morning welcome. hope you have your first cup of coffee down the hatch. if not, reach for it. >> number one. on number two. it is a special morning at "today." it is every morning, but this morning we're kicking off rokerthon 2020 the great american sandwich relay. that's right we have filled the my today today plaza big board with a few of the chefs that are taking part they'll give us a bit of a taste of what they're cooking up there they are they're going to help al roker go for that new guinness record in just a bit. >> okay. first, a special programming note tonight, nbc news kicking off a unique collaboration with our spanish language sister network telemundo. correspondents are going to team up to cover issues affecting the hispanic community in america. the reports will run in english on the platforms of nbc news and again in spanish for the

telemundo audience the first focuses on the challenges of tracing and testing for coronavirus among essential farm workers so this starts tonight on "nightly news" and also on telemundo's evening broadcast. >> look forward to that. news at 8:00 cities that have felt the devastating impact of the pandemic are taking drastic measures to protect themselves another made a decision about opening schools on time. nbc's sam brock joins us with the three things we need to watch. hey, sam morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. you'll want to visit new york city be prepared to go through a checkpoint, reminding travelers of a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine that is in effect for anybody coming from one of governor cuomo's hot spot coronavirus states that includes pretty much all of the south, most of the west, and the territory of puerto rico 34 states in total violators facing a $10,000 fine. the city of chicago right now, they are scrapping plans for a hybrid model of learning to start the school year. instead, the city is going to be giving classes all online. this affects about 400,000 students, guys part of the driving reason

behind the decision, positivity rate approaching 5%. dr. anthony fauci optimistic there will be a widely available vaccine by the start of 2021 here's what he had to say. >> so we likely are going to have maybe tens of millions of doses in the early part of the year so i think the process is moving along at a pretty favorable pace >> reporter: the federal government has been conducting operation warp speed, where they've been providing several drug companies with billions of dollars to try to find a vaccine for covid-19. >> sam brock, thanks. we're hearing from former first lady michelle obama. she's talking about feeling what she called low grade depression during the pandemic, and she explains how she's dealing with it blayne alexander has that story for us good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you it's a topic she's tackling in the latest episode of her new podcast. she says it's not just the quarantine, but the racial

injustice. all of it, she says, is making the world feel really heavy right now. now, she's talking about how she feels and how she's dealing with it >> i am michelle obama, and this is my podcast. >> reporter: michelle obama is discusses what is often a private topic, mental health, including her own. >> i know that i am dealing with some form of low-grade depression not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife. >> reporter: talking with her close friend, the former first lady taking a swipe at the current white house. >> just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it day in and day out is disspiriting. >> reporter: while opening up about her personal struggles during quarantine. >> there have been periods throughout this quarantine where i just have felt too low you know, i've gone through those emotional highs and lows that i think everybody feels, where you don't feel yourself. >> reporter: at times, losing sleep, not wanting to workout. especially troubling, she says,

the racial injustices. >> it is exhausting, and it has led to a weight that i haven't felt in my life in a while. >> reporter: heavy, she says, but still hopeful. >> the depth, the sustained vigor, the diversity, the peaceful nature of these protests, that is -- that helps me sleep at night. >> reporter: how does she deal with it? sticking to a routine is key, she says, as well as knowing herself and what brings her joy. >> i fought to continue to find a way to stay connected to the people in my life who bring me joy. and my girlfriends, my husband, my kids. it's the small things. it's the small rituals, right? for me, there's no magic to it, but it is effort, right? because you have to recognize that you're in a place, a bad place, in order to get out of it >> reporter: and she ends the podcast by giving some more advice on dealing with these

tough times, but speaking specifically to the people, she says, who are out there pushing for change she tells people to listen to your spirits, listen to your bodies, and when you need a moment to recharge, take that moment and do not feel guilty about it certainly good advice for all of us, savannah. >> blayne alexander, thank you 8:07 feels like a good time for a little boost. >> does it >> it does. >> i got you i got something. sometimes a bride or a groom likes to have a moment of quiet reflection before the wedding ceremony this groom was all alone with his thoughts, waiting for his bride for the first time then this happened [ laughter ] >> that beauty in white, his brother. wearing their mother's dress. >> oh, my gosh >> oh, my god. he is the prankster of the family he is a blast at the wedding can you imagine? >> that's something my younger brother would have done. >> would he? >> that's funny. >> i bet he was the life of the

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>> researchers are beginning to take a much closer look at that. natalie morales joins us now with more on it. nat, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we've told you about the rare and terrifying syndrome that the virus triggers in some children, causing severe inflammation. doctors say it could impact their kidneys, their hearts, and now even their brains. researchers are starting to document the neurological effects on children, and they're exploring whether they could be lifelong it's the new, rare illness in children that often strikes weeks after a covid infection. called multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or mis-c it can make kids very sick, mimicking the symptoms of kawasaki disease rashes, red eyes, fever, abdominal pain and it can impact the brain. >> it is extremely frightening what is it >> reporter: natasha brentley says her 10-year-old son, william, was complaining of neck

stiffness, which she blamed on video games. but it was symptoms of a post-covid illness when william's temperature spiked 104 and his limbs swelled, she rushed him to the er he tested positive for covid antibodies and was diagnosed with mis-c, spending five days in icu to reduce inflammation in his body and around his brain. how scary did it get >> fall down on your knees, call out for something greater than yourself scary >> reporter: luckily, william recovered and is home feeling well his mom worries about the future what concerns you most >> what effects it's had on his organs, particularly his brain, his heart. >> reporter: according to the cdc, at least 342 children have been diagnosed with mis-c nationwide 70% are black or hispanic. in small, early studies of

children with mis-c, half had neurological symptoms. from irritability up to stroke herbert was one of the first children to die after her brain swelled from covid-induced encephalitis her mom, a police officer, and her dad, a firefighter, want to warn others about the dangers of this virus to kids. >> we need to do something about it that's the reason we're doing this interview, to let people know that it doesn't matter, again, what age you are. it's coming for you. >> reporter: our london correspondent spoke to a 15-year-old who spent weeks in the icu with violent seizures and hallucinations after being diagnosed with covid. >> i couldn't tell what was real from reality it was really scary. >> her facial expression had changed. she couldn't count she was like a 4 or 5-year-old >> reporter: weeks later, nia stuff suffers from fatigue and poor memory.

researchers want the know why. here in the u.s., pediatric specialist dr. erica fink is loading a global consortium of doctors, studying how coronavirus and mis-c are impacting children's brains. >> our main concern is that a child will not continue to develop or could regress in development or be left with functional health disabilities that are lifelong. >> reporter: while mis-c is still very rare, experts fear with covid cases surging, this mysterious illness could eventually strike thousands of children physicians say because many early symptoms can be mistaken for other things, parents need to know the warning signs. >> if a child is having headache with fevers, neck stiffness, or child is less responsive to you, they should be seen immediately. >> reporter: researchers are specifically looking at whether this could affect children's long-term cognition, their memory, their learning abilities.

they're also concerned about the long-term impact, perhaps, on kids' hearts the cdc is set to release a new report about children and mis-c tomorrow afternoon and will have more >> thank you important report joining us now is dr. john torres first of all, what about this connection to covid? as i understand it, a child can have covid but not really develop symptoms of mis-c until weeks later. >> savannah, you're right. it is typical with mis-c children recover from covid, or sometimes parents don't know

they have covid. they've never tested positive. two to four weeks later, they start coming down with these symptoms when they start coming down with these symptoms, sometimes they're minor. sometimes they progress to more severe symptoms. then they end up in the icu, and they end up with these possible, life-long neurological issues. >> what do researchers know about that good news is many children recover. not all, but some. then there is this long-term concern. >> it is a long-term concern because with children's brains, they're developing very quickly, especially as they're younger children if they get something like this, an inflammation of the brain or small effects to the brain, it could affect them lifelong it could be as severe as paralysis or as subtle as confusion, cognition issues, behavioral issues, memory loss things that might be subtle changes, but these could stay with them for the rest of their life we don't know how many issues they'll have and how long they'll have the issues with them, savannah. >> it is scary as a parent when you read the list of symptoms, i mean, you hear that from your kids a lot is that a telltale symptom when do you know, hey, this is serious. i really need to go to the doctor >> so the symptoms you're seeing

up there are the symptoms to call the doctor. fever, abdominal pain, neck pain, like you heard about the story natalie sad, rash, bloodshot eyes, vomiting, diarrhea if symptoms persist, call your doctor there are emergency symptoms excessive sleepiness, chest pain, abdominal pain, confusion or difficulty breathing, call 911. get them to the emergency room those are signs that things could be going bad very quickly. >> dr. torres, good information. so important thank you very much. >> you bet. guys, it is now 8:20 what do you say we take a turn and say hey to al. hey, al. >> hey, buddy. >> how are you we are watching the mid-atlantic states as another storm system develops along there it maybe causes some flash flooding problems in midsections of the country mid central plains, could be seeing some rain scorching from texas all the way into the southwest cooler in the pacific northwest with temperatures in the 60s 90s through the gulf and into

florida, where we're going to see hit or miss heavy thunderstorms there. flood watches up for the mid-atlantic states to southern >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside in san francisco, we're already starting to see that fog roll back. it will remain near the coastline for a little bit longer, but parts of the city will get some sunshine today. we're also going to see more sun in the inland areas where we're looking at high temperatures in antioch reaching 88 degrees. some low 70s for oakland and some upper 70s for san jose. some of our inland valleys will reach into the 80s today. upper 80s tomorrow and a hot weekend ahead. >> don't forget, check us out all throughout the day on our sirius channel, channel 108. guys >> al ro, thank you so much.to n "pop start" must happen.

>> can't stop. >> i have number one first up, jamie foxx the oscar winner virtually stopped by the "tonight show" to tell jimmy about his time in quarantine he has extended family in his house, 15 people after more than a few months of that many people in one house, well, tensions got high. jamie told jimmy it was a step too far when, quote, someone stole his private stash of cookies. >> and i see my cookies ain't there. it is 4:00 in the morning. you know what i did? i woke everybody up. everybody has to get up, and you have to explain this >> really? >> matter of fact, i'm sneaking into each person's room, trying to see if there is some evidence found it out, j.f. >> who >> my sister was asleep in her chair. fell asleep with her mouth open. i had the flashlight on my phone, and quick look. there are my damn cookies, right there. >> he's like sherlock holmes >> you don't steal a man's

snacks. >> i love that. >> no. >> she was caught red handed though next up, here's a fun one. selena gomez has a new cooking show called "selena and chef." she's cooking over video chat with ten master chefs around the world. you're thinking, selena is talented she can sing and cook? well, as the new trailer reveals, maybe the cooking thing, not so much >> so excited to learn from the legend. >> i'm happy >> they're at home i'm at home. we're going to see if we can make a meal together, apart. >> selena, you're a chef >> these are my grandparents. >> my friends. >> they're going to be my tasters. >> oh. >> yeah, that's not done. >> it's not done >> selena and chef hits hbo max this month looks cute. >> good sense of rumor. >> we can. >> yeah. >> hoda and chef up next, tom hanks,

apparently, he may have found his next big role. over the years, mr. hanks has taken on lots of magical parts, playing walt disney, mr. rogers, captain sully sullenberger now, he may be taking on another iconic role. deadline is reporting that tom hanks is in talks to play geppetto in a live-action remake of "pinocchio." he reached out to the director, while negotiations are early on, read the script and says he is in he wants in. >> cool. >> hanks and the director have a relationship, having done gump, the polar express, castaway in the past what do you think? >> i'm here for it who is going to be pinocchio >> every time hanks is in something, it's gold. >> i know. >> we know finally, guys, we got some big news for all the "harry potter" fans out there starting in october, all of the "harry potter" movies will be

streaming free, kids, on peacock. >> i love that price. >> no money down our parent company, nbc universal, the franchise ran for ten years. eight movies, making the three leads national stars it grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide. it spawned universal's wizarding world theme park, which we visited when we went there remember back in the day. >> you have until october to re-read all the books. we should say, happy birthday to jimmy corrigan there he is. >> there he is. >> our cameraman >> legendary camera operator how old are you, jimmy >> 63. >> go, jimmy >> never have guessed that. >> happy birthday, pal. >> handsome face under that mask, too. >> and under that beard. straight ahead, kiddos, the launch of rokerthon. it is the great american

sandwich relay. >> al roker and dozens of the world's most talented chefs going after a guinness record, while also raising attention and money for worthy causes. get the lunch ideas ready. first, your local news good morning. i'm kris sanchez. sonoma county may be the latest to fine people who refuse to wear a mask. they'll vote on possible fines which can range from $100 for a regular person to $10,000 for a business. violators would first get a warning. marin, napa, san mateo counties also have similar ordinances on the books. sonoma county is seeing a spike in cases and more than 3200 confirmed infections right now. we want to get to meteorologist kari hall who has a forecast that's maybe a little warmer than yesterday. >> yeah, we're also going to see more sunshine today. we're going to really feel that in the inland areas when we reach into the upper 80s. we'll see that in antioch and

ukiah and clearlake. san jose will reach into the upper 70s. still nice and comfortable with mid-60s in san francisco. some of our inland areas in general are looking at some low 80s in the valleys and some upper 80s tomorrow. and this for the weekend, it's going to be hot. we're talking highs in the low to mid-90s while san francisco in the coastal areas will stay in the 60s but we'll get some more sunshine during the afternoons, kris. >> thank you, kari. more local news coming up for you in just a half hour. have a great day.

♪ you got ♪ you got that yummy yum the biebs welcoming us back. 8:30 the 6th of august, 2020. you say thursday i say friday eve it'll be one for the record books. al roker getting ready for some serious sandwich making. there he is. >> oh, yeah. that's right, guys 65 chefs coming together it is a virtual relay line each chef has a delicious recipe to inspire you for so many lunches to come. they're all chasing a guinness world record. >> this is a real competition. also ahead, harry smith has a story we hope really gives you some hope. two friends, one black, one white, they want us all to relax and have a beer.

get an amen for that >> amen, amen. plus, chassie post has a round-up of some of the best items from the summer. flattering bathing suits never heard those words together to exercise gear and where to get them online. >> bathing suit is a miracle worker we'll find out. we have something we're looking forward to tomorrow on "today," by the way. citi summer music series is going to continue with none other than country superstar luke bryan >> sounds good. a rokerthon appetizer. our my today plaza crowd, the big board, is filled with a few of the chefs who are going to be helping al curtis stone joy bower. kevin currie salma. clancy miller. alejandra. good morning. >> chefs, good morning. >> morning >> what's up >> everyone is ready to make some sandwiches. curtis, i think you might be up the earliest you're in los angeles. is it going to be a breakfast

sandwich >> grind up. we have this beautiful, cured meat, and it is going to be delicious. >> a grinda? >> a variety of cured meats. we have salami provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato a little chili paste with mayonnaise got a bit of spice and sweetness. >> sounds divine. >> yummy. >> how about you, alejandra ramos? she's not far from us in new york city. what is your sandwich? >> i'm making an argentinian style sandwich with a little spice, a little sweet. everything you want in a sandwich >> i love that, alejandra. let's head to dallas, texas. kevin curry. >> what's going on i am making a mediterranean

pizza. it'll blow your mind key ingredient, spoiler alert, got some fresh pesto >> kevin, are you nervous? y'all are going for a guinness world record are you sweating it is a big day. >> i'm pumped. i caffeinated and am ready to go >> i like it. >> remember the old days when they'd have the sandwiches here, and we could eat theness and money for great charities. the great american sandwich gosh, i miss those days. >> i'll taste it for you. >> we'll have to learn how that's what this is all about. that and raising awareness and money for great charities. the great american sandwich relay, rokerthon 4, is mere minutes away stream it on today.com and today all day on the rarely mentioned peacock streaming channel. >> peacock, huh.

before we get started with the sandwiches, al, how about one more check of the forecast >> hey, savannah, question, is that peacock free? >> it is the low, low, low, low price. well, no, it isn't is it free there is a free -- oh, yeah, this is a free version >> peacock is free. >> oh, my gosh second day, i'm probably going to get fired it is free, and it is fabulous [ laughter ] >> al. >> we're off to a great start. all right. weekend outlook, here we go. tomorrow, showers and storms along the mid-atlantic to florida. hot in texas severe storms in the northern plains sunshine out west. we move into saturday. we are looking for scattered storms southeast coast severe storms continue in the plains hot and humid weather won't leave texas and the southwest. beautiful in the pacific northwest with plenty of sunshine seasonable temperatures. sunday, sunday, sunny and warm northeast, new england, mid-atlantic states, heat wave continues the center part of the country. gorgeous weather the western third of the u.s that's what's going on aroun

>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's check out our live view in san jose. it's still cloudy, but won't be cloudy all day. we'll get our sky clearing out and some nice warm temperatures today reaching into the upper 70s, which is cooler than normal. and as we head over toward the trivalley and inland east bay, we're looking at 80s here. while the coastal areas stay in the 60s. the inland temperatures in the valleys heat up over the next few days. and by this weekend, we're reaching into the 90s once again. >> announcer: rokerthon is >> announcer: rokerthon is sponsored by state farm. like a good neighbor, state farm is there >> all right it is the moment we have been looking forward to all week long in rokerthon's past, we've gotten to set guinness records for the longest continuous forecast, 34 hours, being the fastest to give forecasts in all 50 states, and for helping

college students on five different campuses break different guinness world records. now, for something completely different and something completely delicious, i'm going to spend the next several hours bringing you our fabulous viewers rokerthon, the great american sandwich relay. we are going to bring together 65 chefs lidia bastianich, bobby flay the goal is to set a guinness record for the most people continuously participating in an online sandwich making relay the results will be mouth-watering be for good cause. we want to raise money for feeding america and the world kitchen. world central kitchen. and you can help by heading to today.com/all day to watch and donate to the fabulous organizations that are helping to address food insecurity we're going to start right here, right now, and continue all morning long on our streaming channel. get out your iphone, tablet, and

grab a picture of this qr code a qr code we're talking about right now. it it's right there you'll see it somewhere. it'll take you right to us or you can head to the peacock app from our parent company, nbc universal, and watch us there. we'll get the qr code up in a moment what are the rules so we've got michael from guinness world records to walk us through the details good morning. >> al, great to be with you today. here's what i'm looking for. this is the guinness record worlds attempt for most people in an online sandwich making relay. guinness world records defines a sandwich as two ingredients between two pieces of bread. at least two ingredients i need everyone to be continuously making sandwiches

when they're on camera with you, so constant sandwich making. then a 60-second hand-off between the chefs. any more than that, the relay is broken >> oh, all right so we will do that michael, thank you very much as usual, you've been with us for these rokerthons, we are so thrilled to have guinness helping us break this record we appreciate it all right. help us get started. we are pleased to have chef and humanitarian jose andres, the founder of the world central kitchen, distributing 25 million fresh meals across the united states since the pandemic began. he is in spain, where he is spending time with his family during this pandemic he has been kind enough to join us to help launch the relays chef, good morning how are you? >> al, thank you for doing this. >> can you hear me >> can you hear me >> i can hear you, sir i can hear you we can hear you. excellent.

tell us, chef, what's the sandwich you've got to help us get started? >> you are going to love this sandwich first, thank you very much for doing this on behalf of world central kitchen men and women. we love you. we love you all. thank you and all the chefs for participating. the sandwich, i am now in the south of spain i need to do a dish that has to do everything with this part of the world. take a look at what i have here. baby shrimp. i caught them myself they're alive. take a look. they're jumping. >> those are little shrimp >> yeah. >> wow, fantastic. by the way, chef, you get started. i'm going to say good-bye to all my "today" show friends.

don't forget, pop over to today.com for today all day. also today all day also on peacock. so long, nbc "today" show. everybody come on over to our streaming site on peacock or today.com/allday come on over now, chef, keep going. >> rokerthon is over on today all day. but we're still on >> yes. >> he is going to have more on the 3rd hour and hoda and jenna, as well. >> he is cool i'm looking forward to that. i think it'll be awesome. >> every day, what is on "hoda and jenna" is a surprise to hoda. >> this sounds good. coming up next, can the simple act of sharing a beer heal our country's racial divide harry smith introduces us to a couple friends who are living proof it is possible first, this is "toy" on nbc. [upbeat music] ♪ today was the day that i put everything in perspective. ♪ ♪ i fell asleep but when i woke up. ♪ (boy) hi, do you want to share my sandwich?

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harry smith is joining us now, and he has a really cool story it is a special story about two men whose friendship is really inspiring a lot of people. right, harry >> reporter: you know, it's been interesting. all through the summer, the response to the death of george floyd in montana already a couple of months ago, and there are two guys in rochester, new york, who said, "you know what this is how we're going to respond. they are just a couple of average joes one named marcus the other ben. they work together on tech towers a few years back and became fast friends. >> at the end of the day, we love to have fun beautiful day, my brother. >> reporter: and crack a beer from time to time. one day, it hit them so how did you cook up this idea >> i came up with black and white. he came up with have a beer. we sat in his lawn, cooler in front, and there you go. >> it kind of embodied everything we've always done

since knowing each other >> reporter: the two guys, lawn chairs, and beer drew attention. >> oh, yeah, people noticed and honked they gave up the thumbs up and waved at us. >> reporter: in a pandemic summer, ripe with racial tensions, marcus and ben's driveway movement gained momentum tens of millions of likes on social media. out of this nega. boom, look what we're doing. at this point, it is bigger than me and >> i want something positive to come out of this negativity. boom, look what we're doing. at this point, it is bigger than me and him >> reporter: way bigger. >> i was on social media a couple weeks ago, and i saw what ben and marcus were doing. >> reporter: black or white, relax and have a beer has gone viral in a good way. >> you may have seen this on the news. >> reporter: marcus' biggest fan is country crooner brad paisley, who has gone all in in support of the cause.

>> we thought we should deliver more beer than you can possibly drink. >> thank you. >> appreciate it, brad. >> a truck pulls into the driveway with all this beer. holy cow. >> reporter: to some, the guys are an odd couple. brad from upstate new york marcus from diverse long island. brad, a marine veteran with combats in iraq, said this summer of strife has been hard to witness i did fight for my brothers to my right and my left who were mixed races, traditions, and backgrounds. to see america ripping itself from the inside out was heartbreaking. >> reporter: maybe these not-so-average joes are on to something. is it stuff like this that can heal the country >> absolutely. >> without a doubt stuff like this, what we're doing, it can heal. >> everyone wants a solution to the problem, but i think that people need to find the courage to actually stand for what they believe in >> reporter: and a happy hour continues in rochester, new york one every week brad paisley, by the way, and there is no "i" in beer, has added a tiny cameo of these two

guys very impressive. >> great story. >> all we need is love and a beer. >> sit down, have a drink, and talk to each other. >> you think, watching in action speaks so much more than somebody talking about something. >> yes. >> you see it in action. that's beautiful harry, wow. >> i know you'll be back with another story for us tomorrow. it's 75 years since the atomic bombing of hiroshima, japan. harry spoke with an american who was there and survived we'll have their conversation with you unforgettable. we remember tomorrow morning thank you, harry >> see you soon. >> all right, hun. coming up next, from safety to fashion, chassie post reveals the best summer sellers getting rave reviews you don't have to leave your home to get them first, this is "today" on nbc. reinventing. it's what small businesses do.

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andrew zimmer, my friend, how are it is live and happening it's on. it rolls on. >> great american sandwich relay. >> looks like a new orleanian sandwich going on there.

>> will they set a record? >> i say yes >> oh, yeah. >> we'll find out. >> if roker is involved, they will now to "today" consumer. this morning, some of the best sellers. >> you don't have to head to the store to find the best reviewed best sellers that can make life easier or boost your self-confidence by the water. >> yeah. yahoo! life contributing editor joins us with great items to share. good morning. >> morning i'm so excited to share with you guys some of this summer's best-selling and best-reviewed products let's start with best-sellers that will help us out as we're living with covid. from the sharper image, we have the travel uv sanitizing wand. they say that it kills up to 99.9% of all bacteria, including e. coli. all you do is you wave the uv light above anything you want to sanitize, from sheets and towels to remote controls, you name it. it is $79. now, our next best-seller is from the grommet clean key. it helps you not touch grimy surfaces

use it for touch screens, keypads at checkout, and use it to open and close doors. it is made of a microbial brass alloy. it is $24. next up, let's talk about masks. i love these masks from society 6. we're not alone. they actually sell two of these masks every single minute. they have 15,000 different designs. and a portion of the proceeds of each mask goes to benefit world central kitchen. okay if you've ever experienced irritation or chafing due to wearing a mask, med zone's face balm is really going to help you out. this best-seller is made with vitamin e and aloe you rub it on wherever you're experiencing chafing or friction it helps to soothe you'll get three of these for just under $12 next, we've got best-sellers

starting with the tab-lift. it is an that are going to help us out as we're working and living from home starting with the tab-lift it is an adjustable tablet stand. these little legs will adjust to any height, and it'll help you get the tablet out of your hand and eye level, which is much better for your neck $39 from the grommet next, we have a mega-best-seller this is the lodge pre-season cast iron skillet. 37,000 reviews on amazon what people love is it is non-stick straight out of the box. you don't have to season it. it is $14.88 another best-seller from the kitchen is the heavy duty grip mat from dexas cutting boards help you get what you need to the pan. on the other side, there is a heavy duty gripping texture, making it non-stick. sets of 4, $9.99 from bed bath & beyond last but not least, we have some personal best-sellers. here, we have the great rene

bathing suit they sell one every hour what people love about them is they have underwire, like a built-in bra, and some great tummy control. just $76 it comes in three colors speaking of tummy control, another big best-seller is from yummie it is the ruby cotton shaping bodysuit it is cool and cotton with level shaping in the tummy medium 3 compression just $34 last but not least, i have to tell you guys some of the personal exercise equipment which are the biggest sellers of the summer from amazon, we have the resistant loop bands 24,000 reviews and $13 then the extra thick yoga mat. 1/2 inch stick with a carrying strap. around $16 thanks for having me happy summer >> happy summer, chassie. >> which did you like?

>> the yummie tummy thing. >> that was my favorite, too >> all right, guys you can get more on the products at today.com/shop. we are back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. tara, did you know geico is now offering

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welcome back. welcome back craig, what's on hoda's show today? >> what are you working on, ms. kotb >> oh, shoot that was my phone. >> you all right >> yeah. >> by the way, we have country legend randy travis, his wife mary we're excited to have them both on we have never-before-heard music. >> 3rd hour? >> a little more rokerthon. >> great. >> bobby flay. after your local news. >> bye >> have a great day.

good morning. 8:56. i'm kris sanchez. oakland police are investigating a deadly late-night shooting from officers from san leandro police. it started as a chase involving a stolen vehicle that was then spotted in san leandro about 11:00 at night. the suspect crashed his car on pairman street near 105th avenue, and the driver got out of the car holding an assault rifle. no officers were injured.

switching gears now. one of golf's largest events is getting under way in san francisco. the pga championship is happening for the first time ever here in the bay area. it is, of course, one of golf's four majors. and it's happening at harding park golf course which has never held an event of this size before. unfortunately, fans not allowed on the course because of the pandemic. happening now, the tournament started just about two hours ago. we have a crew there looking at what's happening to keep golfers and global media members safe. we have a live report coming up in our midday news at 11:00. also, facebook is under fire this morning from the trump administration because it removed one of the president's posts. in it, the president claims children are almost immune to covid-19, which facebook considers misinformation.

the virus is still spreading. california's economic challenges are deepening. frontline workers stretched too thin. our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. and the costs to our economy, to our state budget? mounting every day. we need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming.

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the "3rd hour of today." >> good thursday morning, everyone. welcome to the "3rd hour of tod today." craig melvin in studio. dylan is working from home. sheinelle is taking a few days off. aloker in the early stages of rokerthon 2020. the great american sandwich relay. al and 60 famous chefs virtually attempting to set a new guinness world record title for most people in an online sandwich making relay. let's check in with mr. roker