rafael or the san mateo bridge at the peninsula. all right, that's going to do it for us this morning, but we'll be back with you in 30 minutes with more live local news. >> we leave you with a very foggy start to a san francisco morning. thank you for starting your morning right here with us. ♪ good morning. breaking overnight. severe storms packing 100 mile-an-hour winds, a path of destruction across the midwest. >> oh! >> more than a million people without power this morning. and in the northeast, it's the a dangerous heat wave making the ongoing power outage crisi there worse. the latest in al's forecast straight ahead lockdown. >> excuse me? >> the secret service abruptly escorting president trump out of the white house briefing room during a live news conference

after a shooting outside. the president returning moments later. we're live with what happened. class is in, but as some schools reopen today, masks are out. >> walking into the school i didn't see a lot of mask wearing. >> the parents and teachers voicing concern this morning. new hot spots emerging in the u.s. as cases hit 20 million worldwide. and overnight, vladimir putin with a bold claim that russia has the vaccine. sacked? the leaders of college football holding emergency talks today on whether to cancel the season as star players and coaches say game on. >> we want to play no matter who it is or where it is, so we'll see how those chips fall. >> just ahead, dan patrick on the sport's uncertain future. those stories, plus in the air. the youtube stars hearing that phil collins classic for the very first time --. ♪

>> and it sends the song to the top of the charts four declads later. oh, lord. "today," tuesday, august 11th, ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it's good to have you with us on a tuesday morning. hoda's got the week off. i feel like i'm in high school. that was in the '80s and now it's getting rediscovered on the air. >> their reactions so authentic. i'm sure phil collins enjoys the new love, too. >> royalty checks bigger. we'll talk about that in a moment. >> we will. there is so much happening on this tuesday including drama surrounding college football with the season up in the air. star players leading a vocal push to play, but will that push

be enough? we're going to take a closer look and dan patrick will join us live. also breaking details on the shooting near the white house. it led to the president being rushed out of a press briefing live as it happened. a dramatic moment. kristen welker was right there. she'll have the latest. let's start with those devastating storms in the midwest. it knocked out power to more than a million in the region. and a heat wave is intensifying on the east coast. it's hot already al's got the forecast in a moment, but let's go to gabe gutierrez who joins us from chicago this morning hi, gabe good morning >> reporter: savannah, good morning. these stores are known as a collectively as a derecho, a huge storm system impacting hundreds of miles. take a look what these powerful winds did. parts of iowa saw gusts up to 100 miles an hour. in this neighborhood in chicago's north side, car after car crushed. and this morning, residents here are assessing the damage >> oh, no! >> it's been a rough day today

>> reporter: this morning residents in the midwest are cleaning up after a devastating storm system pummelled multiple states monday leaving more than a million people without power >> come home to this, to a neighborhood that's devastated by what looks like a microburst. >> reporter: winds so strong, some saying they saw a possiblee been a twister shredding a roof in chicago >> it was madness. it was crazy it was really dark i was really scared. >> reporter: strong winds moved in quickly through the rogers park neighborhood tearing down trees and destroying vehicles. one resident discovering his car had been crushed yet in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, he's still grateful >> i'm just glad i'm okay. i think because 2020, it is -- i think you know what, i think it has prepared us for stuff like this there's nothing i can do >> reporter: the powerful storm system covering hundreds of miles blowing high winds exceeding 100 miles per hour through iowa east of des moines and parts of indiana and

nebraska back in chicago, residents are rattled but resilient. >> i just really pray and hope for the best for every famil that's out here living in these conditions right now >> reporter: here in illinois, nearly half a million people still without power. more than a million are without electricity throughout the midwest. savannah, it's going to be a long day of cleanup ahead. back to you. >> i can see that, gabe. thank you very much. here on the east coast, lingering power problems from isaias and that dangerous heat wave not helping the situation al roker joining us now with that part of the story hey there, al. >> hey, guys good morning and we are talking about 31 million people under some sort of a heat watch or heat warning. especially here in the northeast. and the humidity levels are going to be a factor hot and dry out west but here in the northeast, this is where we're going to see those feels like temperatures flirting with 100 degrees from washington, d.c., over to

buffalo, albany, boston as well. tomorrow temperatures drop a few degrees, but the problem is the humidity levels rise so it's going to feel again like 102 in washington, 99 in raleigh. nashville, 97. 94 out in cincinnati then look at these triple digit temperatures palm springs, phoenix, amarillo, ed my midland, record highs. as they say out there, you know this, savannah, it is a dry heat >> it is a dry heat. but so is an oven. al, thank you so much. we'll see you in a few for the rest of the forecast now we move to the scare at the white house. a shooting outside the compound that led to a lockdown inside. the president even being taken out of a live news conference as it was happening nbc's kristen welker was right there in the briefing room kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you it was truly remarkable. something i've never witnessed before having covered the white house for two administrations now. the secret service escorting the president out of the briefing room amid a security threat outside the white house. it all made for some truly shocking and tense moments here.

and it came as the president had set out to talk about the executive actions he'd just signed and covid-19. this morning authorities in the nation's capital are investigating a shooting outside the white house that led to some dramatic moments inside involving president trump. the secret service interrupting the president just three minutes into his coronavirus briefing ushering him out of the room and into the oval office the president returning minutes later. >> there was a shooting. it was law enforcement shot someone, seems to be, the suspect, and the suspect is now on the way to the hospital i can't tell you the condition of the suspect >> reporter: overnight the secret service says the suspect a 51-year-old male approached a uniformed secret service officer and told him he had a weapon then removed an object from his clothing >> he then crouched into a shooter's stance as if he was about to fire a weapon

the secret service officer discharged his weapon striking the individual in the torso. >> reporter: this video shows police apparently surrounding the person who was shot. >> we heard a gunshot as we were going down the street. >> reporter: the secret service says the suspect and the officer were taken to a hospital >> the white house complex was never breached during the incident nor was the secret service protectee in danger.>> reportere president was defending his decision to sign executive actions he says will bring financial relief to struggling americans after talks with democrats collapsed. the president's action include a new weekly unemployment bonus payment of $400, less than the $600 people were initially receiving. states are required to apply for the funds and pay $100 of the cost overnight, the national governor's association criticized the move, writing in part the best way forward is for congress and the administration to get back to the negotiating

table and come up with a workable solution as the treasury secretary vowed americans will see the funds soon >> within the next week or two most of the states will be able to execute >> reporter: now both the white house and democrats have signaled they are willing to ting scheduledions for a broader as for that incident overnight a law enforcement official does tell me the suspect was not armed with a gun savannah >> i have to ask you, kristen, about joe biden expected to announce his running mate any minute, today, tomorrow, won't be next week what's going on? >> reporter: certainly has us all on pins and needles, that's for sure we could learn biden's choice for his running mate at any minute or day now based on multiple sources who are familiar with the process who i spoke with the top contenders include senator kamala harris, gretchen whitmer and susan rice i'm told at this point all of the interviews have been

completed and it's up to biden he's looking for someone who will do no harm to his campaign and who will be his strongest governing partner in the white house. we'll be working our sources all day long, savannah. >> kristen, thank you very much. appreciate it. now to the on going debate over reopening schools in this country as more students return to classrooms from coast to coast. this morning, we're hearing from parents and teachers concerned about reopening and what they nbc's sam brock has that part of the story. sam, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. far from a magic formula here, disease experts say it's pretty simple, keep your kids socially distanced, wash hands and wear masks for school districts that can't do that, they're likely looking at a recipe for disaster >> reporter: this morning, schools across the country are facing their biggest test yet. sending kids back into classrooms during a pandemic that's still surging in some areas. in indiana, this mom is trying

to pump the brakes on covid-19 >> they know to keep their distance and we can't really touch our friends this year. and wash our hands >> reporter: but for every textbook example of masks and social distancing, parents and teachers alike are finding their safety alarm bells buzzing frankie clarke dropped off her youngest son for his first day in second grade. >> walking into the school, i didn't see a lot of mask wearing. and i think that that should have been something that was mandatory and not optional >> reporter: an hour west in central florida, a veteran educator reports full classrooms and crammed hallways >> for some reason they think school is a magical place and we don't need to be six feet apart. >> reporter: the concerns hardly specific to florida. a school in dallas, georgia, shut down in-person classes for at least two days after nine positive cases angie frank's nephews were two of the students infected >> they weren't socially distant. they did not have masks on and both boys set in classes all day long

>> reporter: the district superintendent writing that classrooms were thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. as america grapples with a bigger problem, a new report finds in the last four weeks there's been a 90% jump in cases among children in the u.s. with 97,000 contracting covid in the second half of july. president trump pressed by nbc's news correspondent carol lee on the new figures. >> so do you still believe that children are essentially immune? >> they don't get very sick. and according to the people that i've spoken to, they don't transport it or transfer it to other people or certainly not very easily. >> reporter: one epidemiologist at emery university reporting very different findings in georgia. >> those younger groups play a role in transmission more broadly. i'm worried we'll see it spread throughout the age range >> so sam, this debate as new york city set to reopen its

schools. a big question seems to be whether teachers and students are actually going to show up. what do we know about that part of the story >> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio has expressed confidence that will happen smoothly, craig. he's siting a survey showing 74% of families are going this in-person hybrid model most families didn't select anything and they were automatically enrolled in in-person. there's an option to switch back and forth throughout the year, four times maximum, craig. this could be fluid in terms of the numbers over the year. >> all right sam brock in florida thank you. also breaking overnight, a surprising claim from russian president vladimir putin that a vaccine has been developed in his country and is already being given to people including his own daughter nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the story this morning. hi, richard. good morning >> reporter: good morning. russia says it has a vaccine and that it's ready to go and russian president vladimir putin

says that it's effective, it's safe, it provides long-term immunity and that one of putin's two daughters, he didn't specify which one, has already taken it. that she had a slight fever after both of the two shots but that the fever went down but scientists are expressing grave concerns in the global race for a coronavirus vaccine, russia said today it's already won even though it hasn't completed phase three trials that's not slowing russia down which today registered and approved for use its vaccine while continuing to conduct human trials russia already has a rollout plan it's ambitious and fast. to start giving the vaccine to medical personnel this month, mass production in september mass distribution in october before today's announcement, i spoke with the head of the russian government fund backing the vaccine.

>> we'll have 30 million doses so we'll be working based on this number. >> reporter: you want to vaccinate 30 million people in russia this year >> we'll produce up to 30 million doses of vaccine then it will be up to people who want to be vaccinated but in principle, yes, we can vaccinate tens of millions of people in russia this year >> reporter: scientists including from the w.h.o. are surging caution saying only extensive and prolonged testing can determine if a vaccine is effective and safe u.s. officials have accused russia of hacking vaccine research, claims russia vigorously denied. >> accusations by some of the people who are afraid of russia having a sputnik moment to the vaccine. or being the first out there when there is nobody else out there. >> reporter: the vaccine is officially called sputnik-v for vaccine. and russian officials say there

is already strong international russia has not published much data about the vaccines. rush is a officials say that will be published but scientists including dr. fauci say they hope that russia and china, who is also working a vaccine, are carrying out the precautions that are required to produce this medicine. >> all right richard engel, thank you appreciate it. back here, a deadly gas explosion leveled homes in baltimore. the exact cause of the blast nbc's tom costello joins us from the scene. tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. just horrific here three homes just leveled they just went up in seconds investigators, fire rescue crews spent much of the day and into the night searching for any survivors. and now they're very much looking for answers. digging through rubble and debris, investigators are searching for the cause of a major gas explosion here in

baltimore. >> so many houses just gone. the blast toppled multiple houses killing one woman and sending at least seven others to area hospitals >> this was a rollout explosion. i seen smoke up in the air like 60 feet or so. i just took off running. i didn't have no shoes on. >> reporter: the explosion mid-monday morning sent neighbors scrambling to help >> there was power lines down. there was bricks, cinder blocks. just catastrophic. >> started digging >> reporter: residents like dean jones started digging through debris >> we could hear the gas and smell the gas. it was like -- so we're like, they like, you go get people out of there tell them to move. tell them move >> reporter: baltimore firefighters quickly on the scene pulling a survivor from the wreckage >> i want everybody in the city really to rally around those individuals that are still fighting for their lives that's what we should put all our hopes, all our prayers, all

our energy >> reporter: fire crews spending hours climbing through the rubble in 90 degree heat a high humidity. >> it's a rescue operation right now we're still searching. >> reporter: fire authorities declining to say how many people they're still looking for. many residents were told to evacuate now displaced from their homes during a pandemic. the explosion leaving many in the neighborhood without gas or power in the middle of a hot august day. >> when we got down there and saw the power line was broke in half and the wires we could hear the yelling. it's just something i never want to see again >> reporter: yeah. baltimore gas and electric is on the scene working with the fire department trying to isolate the cause. one theory here is that this city has a lot of ageing gas mains and pipes. they've been leaking, and that may have been a contributing factor guys, back to you. >> tom costello, it's hard to see people's lives strewn about on the streets behind you there

in baltimore, tom. thank you. >> just awful. let us go back to the weather now, see what al is looking at good morning, al >> hey, good morning, guys again, we're looking at that heat watch out west. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. although medford, oregon, sun. 96 degrees, sunshine around the great lakes. strong storms firing up again in the central mississippi river valley we're going to get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds (vo) through our love promise, subaru and our retailers are proud to be replanting 500,000 trees... good morning. we have a couple of low clouds. we'll see a cool down in the bay

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american citizens from returning to america they have covid-19 or have even been exposed. and the ban would be for an indeterminate amount of time. it hasn't been put together yet, but important to know if you're traveling overseas. >> definitely something to consider. we want to consider the forecast for the day. good morning. >> good morning. it will be a great day. we are noticing it has been cooler out here, especially compared to the 90s earlier in the week and during the weekend. beautiful view over san jose. we have areas of cloud cover around golden gate bridge. expect to see temperatures for micro climate highs in the 60s for the coast. again, we'll notice clearing when it comes to low clouds and wind kicking up this afternoon. san jose, 84 degrees. palo alto, 88 degrees.

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back at 7:30 >> love that sound >> i know, right a welcome sight for not just tennis fans but sports fans. serena fans. serena williams back on the court getting practice before her match later today iny. it's the first wta tour event since march. no fans, but good to see her out there. >> got to get ready for the u.s. open i hope it still goes forward we'll talk about college football for you in a few moments. but let's get to the 7:30 headlines. residents in the midwest are

cleaning up this mornites yesterday leaving more than a million people without power the storm is known collectively as a derecho downed power lines and trees and in some areas spawned possible tornados. the derecho began as a small thunderstorm cluster near the nebraska/iowa border but it grew in size and gained intensity as it moved east in a stunning move overnight, seattle's police chief carmon best announced that she is going to resign next month. that move coming just hours after the city council approved budget cuts to the seattle police department to layoffs and reduced wages and spending cuts come amidst months of protests over the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis. best is the first black woman to lead the seattle police force. said she was not included in any discussions regarding the city council regarding cuts to her department two beluga whales are finally getting a taste of freedom after a decade in

captivity. the whales are now swimming in the open sea getting used to their new home in an eight acre sanctuary off the coast of iceland. little gray and little white spent years in a chinese aquarium before the long trip halfway around the world each weighs more than a ton so they needed a big stretcher to lift the an ma'ams on to the truck and into the water but off they go. that's a beautiful sight. >> yeah. now to that debate that is raging over college football can and should there be a football season this fall? >> there are so many questions some conferences have already called off fall sports others are in emergency talks today and adding to the drama, some big-time coaches and players have launched a campaign saying we want to play we're going to get dan patrick's take in a moment, but first nbc's morgan chesky with the very latest. morgan, good morning >> reporout players on the field and fans packing these stands but late yesterday, officials

with the big ten conference met to decide whether or not they could actually pull off a season amidst a pandemic. our sources say those officials meeting again today and may even hold a vote. with the season a few weeks away, the big question is what are those top conferences going to end up doing? this morning more questions about the future of college football presidents of the big ten meeting today to discuss whether to cancel its fall season after getting pushback from team coaches, sources say another member of the power five, the pac-12, also meeting today to discuss the fall. >> a huge variable that the remaining leagues will have is how those campuses react to students moving back on campus as there is an expected virus uptick >> reporter: this as the mountain west and mid-atlantic conferences have postponed until next year. amid coronavirus concerns. the southeastern conference reportedly also will decide in the next week, but the president isn't hiding his feelings on the

matter, posting play college football >> these college athletes work their whole lives for this moment and he would like them to have a chance to live out their dreams >> reporter: now some of the biggest stars are pushing back >> we're here to play. it's what we want to do. >> reporter: trevor lawrence who is expected to be the number one draft pick in the nfl posting with other players under the #wewanttoplay and demanding the power five create universal health and safety procedures to protect players, unlike the nfl, there are no national safety protocols in college football. also at risk here, hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue to college football towns. one study found in ann arbor, michigan, alone the sport brings in more than $80 million a year to local businesses. >> i think you're looking at an economic nightmare for so many of the cities where these big universities are if the college football season doesn't take place. >> reporter: michigan coach jim harbaugh is fighting to play, posting this virus can be controlled and handled with

proper safety measures but according to media reports, football programs in at least 17 schools have suffered covid outbreaks this summer. indiana linebacker brady feeney tested positive and ended up in the e.r. with possible heart damage the college freshman tweeting -- i want to play, but i truly believe we need it to be safe. >> reporter: now, many top athletes are using the #weareunited to lobby for the creation of a college football player's association that would be similar to the nfl union. a group that would lobby on their best interests and fight to make sure those players are safe savannah, craig? >> morgan, thank you very much that sets us up nicely >> let's talk about it with dan patrick now. dan's daily radio show will start streaming exclusively on peacock later this month more on that in just a moment.b. thanks for your time so we've had these meetings of all the mayor conferences over the past few days. last night there was this

meeting that the southeastern conference, the mighty s.e.c if you were a betting man, how would you bet that this all plays out here over the next few days starting today perhaps >> i think you're going to see a delay, craig i think you're going to see that in the big ten i was told by a source last night they're going to try to delay this now i think what happened is the information i got was not supposed to come out until today. and i think yesterday morning when we broke the story, all of a sudden the big ten and the pac-12 started to get some pushback i heard from the s.e.c they said they're playing. the acc said they were going to play big 12 was on the fence a little bit. oklahoma and texas were planning on playing, the other schools were not i would say it's the wild, wild west but it's all over the country. it's the wild, wild southwest, the wild, wild midwest the latest i have is the big ten is trying to delay and maybe not cancel

and one thing i want to clarify, what i said yesterday 12-2 the presidents voted to cancel the season in the big ten. they didn't say they were canceling. they voted to cancel and that's why i and here we are. it may change by tuesday afternoon. >> dan, if some of these schools decide to cancel their season, even if the conference decides to go ahead, you got certain schools that are canceling, certain conferences may play, certain conferences may not. what's the likelihood we have a season where you've got acc teams playing s.e.c. teams playing pac-12 -- and you got this sort of superconference as a result any chance of that >> i don't think we have the time to do that. plus also understand nebraska says they want to play football. well, the big ten owns the rights to nebraska football. if nebraska -- you just can't go rogue here ohio state's talked about maybe

that they're going to try to play from what i was told by my source yesterday, the s.e.c. is sort of open for business saying, who wants to come in and play football with us. and i think you're going to have a couple of outliers that are going to try to push that. what do you do if you're the big ten and nebraska says to heck with you we don't care about what your guidelines are, we're going on our own. do you keep nebraska in the big ten? do you want to fight something like that? i just think that this is -- it's unchartered territory for a lot of reasons we have a lot of adults in the room, but i don't know if we have grownups. and you have the players, the athletic directors and the coaches over here and the presidents over here and the reason why it got to this point, the 11th hour, was we weren't hearing from the presidents every coach, every player, every athletic director said we're playing football we didn't hear from the presidents then the presidents get in a room and all of a sudden they vote and they go, what are we doing playing football here? >> yeah, dan, savannah from new york calling

>> how do you get to that point? >> long time listener, first time caller to the show, dan i look at this and i wonder about the nfl. nba seems to so far have it right with this whole bubble idea, nhl doing that, too. what does this portend for the nfl? >> well, the nfl has players who they've signed away their rights for collective bargaining agreements so the liability is the big issue with college football from what i was told. liability is what these presidents are so afraid of. with the nfl, the players could opt out if they didn't want to play during the pandemic you have a union that represents you. i think the nfl will start on time i don't know if they'll finish on time. they're going to be basically creating their own little bubbles in each city so the saints will have a hotel. the buccaneers will have a they have the money. and i think that's another key issue. you know, mountain west, the mid-american conference, they

don't have the money for the testing. the power five conference schools do have the money for testing. you could make a case, those athletes will be safer on campus -- they're going to stay on campus if there's no football they're going to continue to work out they're going to have testing every single day it's the other schools that didn't have the testing that run the real risk. but i think the nfl is going to start on time. >> dan patrick dan, thank you thank you so much. >> thank you, dan. >> thank you, guys by the way, ladies and gentlemen, you can look out for "the dan patrick show" streaming daily on peacock from our parent company nbc universal. that's going to start on august 24th. >> he has a great voice. read me a bedtime story, dan >> decades decades. >> i know. >> we're going to talk about college football a little bit more on the third hour with louisville's head coach. who is pushing hard to keep his team on the field. but dan makes a good point about college football players they're not going to be able to live in a bubble you can't live in a bubble on a college campus >> no.

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coronavirus pandemic but now there's a new program that may offer some much-needed help nbc's senior business r: good m, savannah we know that even before the covid crisis, there is a big disconnect there are millions of americans that needed work and our biggest employers needed employees before this program was created, we needed to find a solution for this and now big business is starting to say before covid, this was a goal now it's a necessity >> reporter: this morning, new hope for new jobs. some of the biggest companies in the world including amazon, google, mastercard, verizon, wells fargo coming together to create over 100,000 new jobs and develop retraining programs for low income and minority workers. or is it a business initiative >> it's a business initiative. >> reporter: jamie dimon is the

ceo of jpmorgan chase and part of the new jobs council. >> 30 ceos coming together to try to tackle one of society's big problems which is getting inner city school education, largely minority that's getting these kids through school and with a high paying job >> reporter: many of the companies involved were already working on similar initiatives separately but the economic impact of the pandemic and the inequality highlighted by the black lives matter movement led these industry leaders to unite for more long-term solutions >> we're doing a lot of things now that don't relate to covid they're the right thing to do for the long-term health of the country. our company, the clients >> reporter: what do we need to happen most right now from our government >> the government has got to do is little bit more particularly for small business, unemployment insurance, et cetera to get us through the next three to six months as we open up we're going to have to open up it can be done safely and soundly. >> reporter: you've got 200,000 employees. do you think you can bring them back to work safely?

>> so there's still 150,000 people working from home and i think while there may be some perm nancy to some of that, there's a huge value of working together in terms of collaboration and creative training younger people. hopefully there'll be a vaccine and hopefully people do it really safely. we're not going to jeopardize our people >> reporter: would you say we're in a recession >> yeah. we're in a recession it will eventually affect income, home prices when people realize they may not have a job. yeah, you'll see some of the effects of that. >> reporter: half this country is employed by small businesses. do you think a year from now we could only have big box stores and chain restaurants? >> no. >> reporter: how are they going to stay in business? >> a lot of successful ones are still working and selling goods on amazon. but there are the ones who are really suffering we need to keep on trying different things trying to get better we will win. we just want to do it sooner rather than later and minimize the damage >> i'm glad you asked about small business it's an inspiring plan, but what did jamie dimon say about the

jobs crisis we're in right now and what's going to rectify that >> reporter: savannah, he acknowledges that covid has set us back in a huge way. but as far as the jobs skills gap, he says this is an infrastructure problem big business knows exactly how people need to be trained. so they're partnering with the department of education to train the trainers to do just that at a time like this, low skilled workers are being hit the hardest. so he's saying we've got to figure out a way to give them higher skills. >> all right stephanie, really interesting conversation thank you very much. >> reassuring to hear jamie dimon say we will win. >> yes mr. roker is standing by for the latest on the forecast we're tracking the tropics again, huh >> we are, indeed. we have an active smg system coming up right now, invest 95-l. looking at a 90% possibility of formation and what we expect this development zone -- we will probably see this develop into a tropical depression later today. less conducive conditions

expected by late week, but we still have to watch it if it becomes a storm, it will be josephine a lot easier to say than isaias. heat advisories in the northeast. heat watches through the southwest. hey there, we're going to be enjoying a slightly cooler afternoon through the bay area. walnut creek now, you can see we have a mix of sun and clouds throughout. we're expecting that the first half of the morning. take you through a look at the daytime highs. san jose, 84. northwesterly winds, about 14 miles per hour. overall the east bay in the mid-80s. 70s around oakland. >> that's your latest weather. guys >> thanks, al. coming up, we are going to hear from rachael ray on that massive and mysterious fire that ripped through her home while

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billionaire. one of the few billionaires that did not create the company himself. and we want to check the forecast. a little cooler this morning than we have been used to. >> it is. it is a cool and partly cloudy day. depends where you're at. san jose, you can see the sun peeking through. by afternoon, here's the daytime highs, what to expect through the bay area. the 60s for san francisco. 70s through oakland, and comfortable in the 80s to mid-80s. and clear lakes still in the 90s. we're going to get a bit of relief from the warm. overall, cooling trend for the next couple days. for the weekend, gets hot again,

kris. >> all right. enjoy the cooling as long as we have it. that will do it for us now. be back with you in a half hour.

it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, wicked weather. overnight a powerful storm with 100 mile-an-hour winds barrelled through the midwest. >> there goes my roof. >> this morning more than a million people waking up without power. and across the east, residents preparing for another day of heat al's got your latest forecast. plus, parenting in the pandemic a personal look at some of the challenges that specific things kids with special needs are facing >> you lose that skill and these kids don't get it back easily.

>> nbc's richard engel will share his family's story and morikawa madness ♪ >> oh, what a shot morikawa makes birdie. >> carson talks with collin morikawa, golf's newest phenom, after his historic pga win and that trophy tumble >> immediately went to my head this is going to be a meme. >> "today," tuesday, august 11th, 2020 ♪ >> i'm avery from south charlotte, north carolina, and today i'm 10 >> my name is elliot from st. louis. and today is my 14th birthday. whoo ♪ ♪ rain >> live from st. louis, it's charlie and susan in quarantine. ♪ >> morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's tuesday morning if you're just reaching for that first cup of coffee, pour me one too. good morning, everybody. we're glad to have you with us hoda's got the week off. some much-deserved time off and

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58 mile-per-hour wind gusts. at least traveling 250 miles this thing beat that by a mile 770 miles from the dakotas all the way into indiana and that now has moved through there are more storms firing up today in the midwest, but what we're also watching, a lot of heat 31 million people in the northeast not only for heat but high humidity. going to be hot. we've got heat watches in the southwest, but that's a dry heat here it's heat and humidity. it's going to feel like close to 100 degrees from washington to buffalo to pittsburgh to boston. same thing for tomorrow. even though temperatures are a little lower, humidity is up that's going to be a problem good news, folks by the time we get to the weekend, humidity drops as do the temperatures guys >> all right, that's some good news mr. roker, thank you meanwhile, the world has reached another grim milestone in its struggle against the coronavirus. the total number of cases has soared to 20 million globally. however, here in the united states, the daily average of new

infections has dropped to its lowest in a month. a lot of officials fear that could change as more students head back to the classroom one school in georgia has halted in-person learning after nine cases emerged. and a new report says nearly 100,000 american children were infected just the second half of july and now to celebrity chef rachael ray in the fire that tore through her home in up state new york we're glad to report she and her family are safe. this morning, she's also speaking out about what happened questions do remain about the fire nbc's kristen dahlgren joins us with the latest. good morning >> reporter: good morning, savannah yeah you've probably seen her upstate new york home. it's been the home of rachael ratio in quarantine. this morning the cause of the fire is still a mystery, but ray says she's focussing on what remains instead of what was lost this morning the search is on for what caused these sky high flames at the home of emmy award winning chef and tv host rachael ray. >> requesting tower one at the

scene of a structure fire. >> reporter: the fire sunday night began in the roof and spread to the second story what's not clear is what sparked the blaze that took more than 60 firefighters to get under control. fighting the fire was made more difficult by a lack of hydrants in the rural area. firefighters were forced to pump water from a nearby pond ray, her mother, her husband, and dog were in the house. but all of them escaped without serious injuries overnight ray posting this photo of her dog on instagram with the caption, safe and sound. earlier in a statement on twitter, ray thanked the first responders for their kindness and for saving what they could of our home. grateful my mom, my husband, my dog, we're all okay. these are the days we all have to be grateful for what we have, not what we've lost. so the second story was badly damaged. the first floor was mostly spared including the kitchen which has doubled as ray's

home studio for the past couple months her iphone and personal computer replacing all those studio cameras. >> this is it. you're looking at it cast, crew >> reporter: and her husband john a frequent co-host in lieu of a studio audience >> i'm glad i don't have to social distance from you >> reporter: ray recently gave her audience a tour of the kitchen. >> i worked 35 years to have a gas stove and put that pizza oven in behind it. >> reporter: and the home of her dreams >> u i drew the house on the piece of paper so i knew what i wanted it to be in my mind >> reporter: many are hoping they can find their way back home soon. >> see you when we see you back at our house. >> reporter: now, local officials say that ray and her family are staying with neighbors and are asking for their privacy while they deal with the fallout from the fire detailed findings on the fire could take another week or two, guys >> all right, kristen. thank you for the update appreciate it.

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with a very personal story for him and his family hi, richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah this is such an important story for many in the special needs community. they feel that in all the debate and discussion about going back to school, their kids are being not really talked about, something of an afterthought but school for kids with special needs is absolutely essential. because it's where they receive all their therapies, their physical therapy, their emotional therapy, their occupational therapy and without these therapies, kids are not just missing out, they're regressing they're losing skills. and my wife and i have been watching that in our own family. our son henry, nearly 5 years old now has a severe genetic neurological disorder. he doesn't walk or speak ♪ good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning ♪ or efficiently feed himself. and he's getting worse in the time of covid.

he's shaking more now. upset more often he's putting his hand in his mouth, an uncontrollable part of his condition. at times constantly. >> i think it's the hardest that i've ever felt as a caregiver. physically, mentally worrying the anxiety about what's going to happen with him, regression, what does the future look like, when will this be over, when can we go back to normal >> reporter: my wife mary and i carry henry around since he can't move on his own. but that's not the extra burden that weighs on us. it's the loss of therapies before, henry did therapy on a horse and in play groups music therapy. ♪ down the stream it all vanished with the pandemic we have to do frequent therapies to keep henry's body functioning, to keep it

together if we didn't do the therapies, his hips would dislocate, he could get scoliosis. >> it took over a year and a half for him to learn to sit up on his own that's an idea of how long it takes. >> reporter: if you don't do therapies for even a few weeks, you lose that skill and these kids don't get it back easily if ever like most kids around the world, henry isn't going to school now. not clear when or how he will again. >> he really enjoyed school. i think the socialization aspect of school for him was really wonderful. >> reporter: the only way he can interact with people that he liked, his peer group, is being in the same room with them playing with the same toys and that's gone. the shock of the covid era change has been especially tough

for children with autism like 13-year-old zach in olym a olympia, washington. his mother says when schools stopped, zach went into a bad cycle. >> he would hit his head or he would bang his body up against the wall you know, consistently and it gets really difficult to see that >> reporter: was he self-harming like this when he was going to school regularly, when he had a schedule >> no. no not in this -- not in that way, no but it escalated significantly once he wasn't in school, there was no more schedule, there was no more routine. it was just too much for him to process. >> reporter: this lasted for about two months while carolina was also trying to work from home and for many kids with special needs, remote learning isn't the realistic option what is it like for an autistic child to be looking at a zoom box with 10, 15 kids all kind of

>> it feels like a child is, you know, like, watching 20 different rock bands playing loud, stimulating, lots of different information coming at them it's hard to filter in what's important and filter out what's not important. ♪ >> reporter: covid risks setting back a whole generation of kids with physical and emotional needs. but henry has one big positive change now he's a big brother to theo healthy and 1 this month so at least they have each other to play with >> richard, you and mary are my heroes you know that we admire you so much and you've just done so much for henry and so much for everyone by bringing this to light. i know it's not easy one thing that we talked about over the years, richard, is the research being done for henry. has the pandemic impacted whether that work can be done

and continue >> reporter: well, covid has impacted research. there's no doubt about it.s hav dealing with covid and it's a real problem because not only does that extend the goal posts and we had hoped that maybe one day this research that we've been talking about on air was going to create some real positive solutions for henry and other kids and we still hope that's coming, but covid has set it back and we don't know how far it set it back >> hey, buddy. therapies, equipment we can only imagine how expensive those things are what did the other families that you talked to -- what did they tell you about how they're coping with that part of this? >> reporter: having a special needs child is extremely expensive. it can be destructively expensive for some families. and that's another reason why school was so important. that's where they were receiving -- most people receive

the largest amount of therapy. and now some families are either having to go private, that's expensive. some families can't go private at all it's simply not in their calculations and so if they can't afford it, they're in this horrible situation of watching their children potentially deteriorate physically and emotionally and just waiting for some sort of change so it is an incredibly important story and something that i'm really happy we're talking about on the air today. >> yes there's so many different aspects to it. whether it's the research, whether these kids can continue to go to school. has henry been able to do any of the things that he liked online? i know he did that equine therapy and the horses and that meant so much to him, but are there things he can kind of do online and how does that go? >> reporter: yes and no. mary does a lot online some of it helps, but it's difficult. it's very -- as we talked about,

it's very difficult for kids with autism to try to take in that kind of sensory input but for henry, he doesn't sit very well even in an adaptive chair for very long. he can't focus on a screen he can't hold his head up in a stable position for very long. so while we've been trying to do it and are seeing a little bit of results, for a lot of kids with special needs, this remote learning isn't a realistic option >> no, it isn't. richard, thank you so much for opening your house and opening your heart and sharing this. because i think it is going to make a difference. and i hope that everybody thinks about how they can wrap their arms around and support families like richard's richard also wrote a touching, moving essay about his son and these experiences. and other families go to today.com. richard, we send our love to you and mary and henry and theo. >> thank you >> so much in that story that has not been part of our on going national conversation about how we move forward. so yes, thank you for shinrs bit

al roker is standing by for another check of the forecast on this tuesday morning what are we looking at, buddy? >> well, guys, we've got a lot of heat to talk about in different corners of the country. heat watch in the southwest. but again, these temperatures are not unusually warm about 5 to 10 degrees above the average for the southwest. but in the northeast and the mid-atlantic states, we are talking about temperatures and heat feels like temperatures that will be in triple digits. strong storms firing up where they've already seen severe weather over the last 24 hours with that derecho we were talking about. scattered showers and thunderstorms through the southeast into the gulf coast. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. seattle today going to be sunny and 75 degrees lower humidity back through the great lakes with plenty of sunshine that's what's going on around the countr . >> here's a great view overlooking dublin. we're going to be seeing a mix of sun and clouds to start our morning. it's very cool right now. and into the afternoon, we're going to be slightly cooler than

what we've seen the past couple of days. that's the story for today the cooldown throughout. right now 61 in san francisco. the 50s and 60s. by the afternoon, we'll be in the 60s for the coast and 70s around the peninsula and 80s for inland areas. >> that's your latest weather. guys >> see you in a bit. carson has a great interview for us in the next half hour carson, we're looking forward. >> yeah, that's right. thanks, savannah with golf's new young star, i sat and talked with collin morikawa walking us through that wild ride he's been on since being crowned pga champion at the ripe old age of 23 if you don't know collin, you'll get to know him. we had a good conversation it's coming up after your local news

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of those guys. they deserve it. "in the air tonight" is right now climbing the charts again. like 40 years after its initial release. in fact, right now if you look, it's at number 3 on the itunes top songs chart. that is right behind megan thee stallion and darius rucker so the boys giving phil collins a boost. >> how many people do air drums together >> we also had to resolve a debate over the lyrics you shone some light on that >> it's oh lord. dylan thought it was hold on or however you sing it >> i thought it was hold on.ng . >> i guess it's oh lord. >> heathens. coming up, the bread baker turning everything that we thought we knew about sour dough on its head. bryan ford's creations are going viral on instagram especially during quarantine. he's going to show us how he does it. he's made sour dough cool again.

>> was it ever not cool? i always loved sour dough. coming up tomorrow on "today," orlando bloom he is out with not one but two new movies and is getting the nursery ready for his child with katy perry any day now can't wait to hear about that. first, something caught our eye, craig did you know that you are in the september issue of "men's health" magazine you must know because you wrote an essay >> i did >> there it is >> it's a good one i hope people check it out it's about your hopes and fears as a black father in america and i'm sure it was very personal to write it >> yeah. i wrote it kind of in the middle of all we were dealing in the country a month or two ago yes. hopefully someone gets something out of it. >> i hope people check it out. all right. speaking of check it out, let's check out the beautiful faces on the my "today" plaza here they are. they are ready for their closeup. let's get it going danny and erica, i'm looking for brentwood, tennessee are you open good morning >> hi. >> good morning. >> okay. so danny, you wrote us and i see

we're celebrating a birthday who's turning 30 >> it's my 30th birthday savannah >> this woman right here >> erica, happy birthday, sweetie. you're 30. you're beautiful >> thank you >> thank you >> danny also told us that you have a little extra love -- you got a little love in your heart for one craig melvin >> oh, i go. i do you know, i'm allowed to craig and he's allowed to love sheinelle. so it's okay >> that's fair happy birthday happy birthday you don't look 30 either but if you say you're 30, we'll go with that. >> what do you think about that little flirting going on, danny? do we accept that? i'm going to get sheinelle out here >> we accept it. me and craig, we're good we're good i like him >> thank you very much >> well, erica also works in the medical field so thank you so much >> you're blushing a little bit, craig. >> he's blushing >> if i could, i would >> two beautiful people. thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you

means the world. thank you. >> how about we go to ohio there's another birthday i think we got joshua. there's joshua what's up, josh? >> hey i'm doing good >> and you've got mom there. you've got your grandma as well. i hear that you're an eighth grader at green middle school. and you just celebrated the big 1-4. happy 14th birthday. >> yeah. thank you. yeah for a celebration every year instead of getting gifts from people we get school supplies for the local school district so i've been doing it every year since i was 7. sort of a tradition right now. >> amazing kid >> that's a great tradition. >> i have to tell you. we want to give you a birthday surprise since you do so much for a birthday surprise. in addition to what's already behind you and collected, our sponsor five star is donating school supplies to your entire school

we're talking notebooks, binders, folders, everything all of your classmates need so they are all taken care of. >> oh, my gosh are you serious? >> that's wonderful. >> say thank you >> thank you >> that's amazing. >> you're amazing. >> you are amazing >> thank you so much >> all you do for everyone else. >> i just got chills and not just because melvin makes us have it 68 degrees in the studio josh, you guys are incredible. happy birthday, sweetheart let's put everybody back up one more time. we want to make sure we really get a look at these wonderful people who woke up early the clarks, the hess, the jordans, and anderson. and danny and erica. we'll never forget them. and it's elisa's 11th birthday happy birthday, elisa. >> love to see the jordans celebrating with champagne at 8:30 in the morning. my kind of birthday celebration. enjoy the day, big board and remember if you ever have a celebration coming up, all you have to do is tell us about it today.com/mytodayplaza and we'll put you up on the big board as well

mr. roker is standing by with his big board ♪ is brought to you by walgreens >> not quite as big as that board, but it'll do as we look at today's weather the heat continues in the northeast and the southwest. severe storms through the central plains strong storms in the central mississippi and ohio river valleys. tomorrow record highs through the southwest. severe storms in the northern plains we got, again, heavy rain in the mississippi river valley and heat advisories will continue for the second day in the northeast. that's what's going on around the bay area is going to enjoy temperatures in the 60s for san francisco and around the peninsula. but it's going to be slightly cooler for inland areas. if you didn't enjoy the 90s, we'll see 80s mainly today. san jose, 84. concord, 86. expect to see a mix of sun and clouds. breezy winds through the afternoon, and it will stay relatively cool through tomorrow before we warm back up heading

in towards friday, saturday and sunday. >> that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, mr. roker. now for "pop start." carson and his personal graphics department up early ready to go from los angeles. what's up, carson? what's up, jack? give me a thumbs up. >> we are up. thumbs up, thumbs up. can we get a thumb? there it is. "pop start" is packed today. let's get into it. first up, chris pratt and katherine daughter into the world. and now we have the first image and the name of the little one pratt sharing this picture of the new family all holdingg, we beyond thrilled to announce the birth of our daughter lila maria schwarzenegger pratt we couldn't be happier both mom and baby are doing great. we are extremely blessed of course we couldn't be happier for chris and katherine as well. and to the entire family, our good friend maria obviously a now-grandma.

lila maria seemingly name after her. she commented on the post too. saying so happy for you all. so glad you get to be a girl dad. lucky her. lucky world. congrats to them next up, bryan cranston. he stopped by "the tonight show" where he revealed more behind the scenes of shooting the surprise "breaking bad ""movie el caminecret. >> they swept me out to teterboro, get on a private jet to go to albuquerque two steps down off onto the tarmac in albuquerque and i'm in a dark car when we got to the base camp, instead of having walt and jesse or bryan and aaron on the dressing rooms, it said bert and ernie. >> cute. >> cranston also revealing that he was able to smuggle a few props from the show off the set as souvenirs

take a look. >> wait, wait one second one second okay so i'm here in my office and i have -- >> no way. >> i have the glasses and my original hat >> how cool is that? it was a gift, right >> yeah. it was a gift. yeah that's right >> we all know walter white does not need to ask anybody for permission next up, kelly clarkson is adding another job to her resume "america's got talent" judge clarkson going to help out by filling in for simon cowell while he recuperates from surgery. we reported yesterday that simon broke his back in an electric bike accident and is now on the mend kelly released a statement revealing that she's stepping in for tonight and tomorrow's live shows while poking fun at simon kwiing -- no worries, america. someone far wiser, cooler and hotter is taking his seat. the unbelievably amazing kelly clarkson

you're welcome in advance. next up, the internet was really excited for this one. a new trailer for the "saved by the bell" reboot anybody who watched the original show from the '80s and '90s knows this son playing "i'm so excited" plays a big part in one episode where elizabeth berkeley's character becomes addicted to caffeine pills. a notorious episode in the show's history a new trailer for the reboot leans right in ♪ i'm excited and i just can't hide it ♪ >> i have way too much on my plate. >> there is a way to increase productivity >> are those caffeine pills? it's exciting at first after that it's even more exciting but then it gets scary then you end up ruining your girl group recording contract. >> what? ♪ >> that's pretty good. >> the show's got a lot of that sort of inside joke vibe to it they don't take themselves too serious. should be fun to watch mario lopez and elizabeth berkeley return for the reboot

it is coming soon to peacock by our parent company nbc universal. >> who saw that coming >> i walked into the living room the other day, the original "saved by the bell" show was on tv he was like what's the name of this show? he continued watching it >> the torch has been passed to >> brian turned it on. >> yeah. also, guys, coming up i'm excited. we teased it earlier i have a one-on-one interview with golf's newest superstar take a look. >> there is so much more we want no, no there's no mic drop in this. it's just the beginning. >> so much to the interview. got a little clip there for you. collin morikawa on winning his very first major at the age of 23 also talked about the influence of tiger woods and then, yes, that moment there with the wanamaker trophy. he tells us what exactly happened we'll have it for you in a minute

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♪ we're back at 8:43 with carson's conversation with a young american who is on top of the golf world right now >> carson, you got to chat with the 23-year-old winner of the pga championship collin morikawa a huge golf fan, i'm sure you were loving this assignment. >> i loved it. it was really fun to chat with collin such an amazing story too. collin morikawa is new to the tour but has the poise of a seasoned vet the pga championship was the first major of the season and collin captured it while displaying a championship worthy smile. >> a california kid is the new star in the game of golf >> reporter: collin morikawa bursting onto the scene. the 23-year-old phenom displaying nerves of steel to win the pga championship over some of the sport's biggest names. >> oh, what a shot morikawa makes birdie. >> reporter: collin,

congratulations on the big win what was it like to wake up today the pga champion >> well, i barely woke up. i don't think i got over an hour, couple hours of sleep. but it's amazing i don't know when it'll hit me, but to know that i finally won a major championship, pga championship, it's always going to be with me. >> reporter: just last year morikawa was a college senior at uc berkeley. you just graduated college you're like a first year pro, you should just hang it up, quit >> absolutely not. there is so much more we want. no, there's no mic drop in this. it's just the beginning. >> reporter: sunday's win a crowning achievement this drive, the crown jewel. >> it's brilliant, nick. it's brilliant absolutely brilliant >> reporter: you're going to see the drive on 16. it'll be the shot that defines you until you have another one. especially with the wind coming in off the last

all i needed was one bounce. when i hit it, my caddie started running over i was like, okay, this is a major defining moment right here >> the shot of his life. >> reporter: morikawa's dominance on the links reminding fans of a young tiger woods. >> tiger's title number two. >> reporter: who pulled off a pga championship at the same age in 1999. when you played with tiger, it officially made you the youngest person ever to play with tiger who was born since he turned pro. what has tiger's career meant to you? >> it's meant everything he's obviously a very big reason if not the only reason why, you know, i wanted to start playing into who i am today. >> oh, boy >> reporter: morikawa's only stumble, getting a little too excited as he hoisted the wanamaker trophy you did everything perfect until the end. you must have forgotten that that wanamaker trophy has a lid. what happened?

>> got too excited i try picking it up. put it on my knee, grabbed it. i was trying to shake it and bring it super high above my head, and there it goes. you know, it immediately went to my head that this was going to be a meme. >> stephen cur write a underrated media - >> reporter: in a day of unforgettable moments, another surprise collin's presser crashed by basketball star steph curry. >> seeing steph out there, it is so cool. to see how much he loves the game i think when other athletes are supporting other athletes in their respective sport, it just brings all of us together. >> reporter: morikawa's big win taking place with no fans due to covid. he celebrated in the parking lot with his girlfriend and fellow golfer katherine there's a great shot of you and your girlfriend katherine. it looked like you were in the curb in the parking lot facetiming family or something >> i wanted to give her a kiss when we were walking down to the table and one of the pga people yelled at me like, don't touch her. don't get near her >> reporter: why

>> i'm like, you're kidding me i've been staying in the same hotel room we've been living together forever. >> reporter: right do you wish there'd been a crowd there? >> absolutely. i think everyone wishes there was a crowd. we miss the fans they bring literally all the energy to us the adrenaline but, you know, i know everyone was cheering on tv i could feel it. you know, i'm glad i was able to >> the tap-in to finish it t guy story how on friday his parents found a solo balloon had flown into their backyard and that balloon had the number 1 on it he sent us this picture. that thing flies in. his mom thought it was an omen or some sort they didn't tell him until after he won some things just meant to be. >> i got the chills again and not just because it's freezing in here. >> that was great, buddy golf needs a new face. >> yeah.

and golf is in a great place right now. young stars are awesome. by the way, sunday's win vaulted collin in second in the fedex cup standings. he'll join another packed field when the playoffs begin next week you can catch the opening round of coverage of all the golf on our sister channel golf channel. >> thank you for waking up early. up next, mastering the art of bread making. taking over instagram with his creations. bryan ford standing by to show us how it's done but first th want restaurants to open? and schools? want the economy to get back on track? you're not alone. and you can help make it happen. stay 6 feet apart.

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this morning on "today's" food, the king of artisanal bread making, bryan ford. he's behind the best selling book "new world sourdough." >> good to see you, bryan, thanks for getting up early. >> absolutely. >> what is it about i mean, sourdough all of a sudden is magical. why is that? >> yeah. i think it's primal. i think during the pandemic

people were at home, they've been wanting to cook for themselves and make bread for themselves and bread is a staple of life. i think people wanted to make delicious bread at home. >> well, how do you do it? it's so funny you can't even find flour on the shelves. but to me a non-baker, it seems very intimidating. >> yeah. it can seem intimidating, but i promise you it's not this is my sourdough starter right here all you do is mix up some flour and water together you let it sit at room temperature for a few days it will start to rise and fall you don't need to worry about measuring the water temperature or stress out about science problems and math equations. you just kind of need to start mixing things together i promise you it will work >> then what do you do with that starter? starters can date back years if you don't kill it, you can keep it going, right >> yeah. you can keep it going. it'll never die. you can just throw it in the fridge honestly, you can leave it on the countertop it doesn't really matter if you don't mind, i can walk you through the process of

making a basic loaf of bread >> yes >> the first thing you're going to do is mix flour, water, and your sourdough starter you'll let it relax in the bowl. it'll start to gain strength you'll fold it up a few times. then you let this sit for four hours. after those four hours go by, you'll have a nice, smooth, supple dough what you'll do is shape it very simply you'll put some flour on it. roll it into a tube. nothing complicated. you don't have to do anything fancy. it's really just this simple and you'll plop it over here on a kitchen towel, a cloth, whatever you have and put it in the fridge overnight and as you can see, it'll get kind of big. it'll get nice and soft. then we're just going to bake this guy all right? and the way you bake it is you take a really hot cast iron pot or pan which i have right here you don't want to burn yourself. definitely not on live tv, so you bring your hot cast iron pan over here, but a little flour on it or corn meal, whatever you

have and you'll take one of these guys and plop it down there. the seam from when i shaped it is right here so it will open up kind of naturally. then put the top back on put it in the oven i'm going to sprint to the oven because i want to bake this bread. >> all right bryan, thank you. i want you to come back and show us that finished product >> yeah. i got it right here. >> go online for the recipes this is "today" on nbc great bread.

coming up on the third hour, we'll talk about college football's uncertain future. but first your local news. good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. lawmakers in contra costa county are debating if federal relief money should be used to hire law enforcement officers. the martinez supervisors will vote on whether to add nearly two dozen deputy sheriffs to work in its detention facility. head to our twitter feed to find out why the sheriff says that

money can't come from the covid relief fund. college football is hanging in the balance this year. members of the pac-12 are going to meet to decide if they'll give the green light for the season. many reports say that season will be canceled. and happening now for you, the fate of college football is up in the air. the president weighing in on the topic. we'll have a live report on what me is saying about the season. plus, russia announcing that it has a vaccine for covid-19. president vladimir putin saying that it's registered with the state regulators and his own daughter has taken it. why the claim is being met with so much skepticism. and santa clara county will now consider face covering. those fines could range from $25 to $500. head to our website to see what other counties have similar fees in place. more news for you in an hour.

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 third hour of "today." >> and a good tuesday morning. welcome to the third hour of "today." august 11th, 2020. craig melvin here at study owe 1a. dylan dreyer here in studio 1a. al and sheinelle continue to work from home. but again, it's good to see new york city at least underneath sheinelle jones. she's a little bit closer. we've got a lot to get to this morning. let's start with what they are having to pick up in the midwest. picking up a lot of storm debris there dealing with the aftermath of some really intense storms known as a