good morning, breaking overnight. no end in sight. more than 500 fires burning out of control across california this morning, stretching over hundreds of thousands of acres. the governor appealing to other states and even countries for desperately-needed firefighters to help beat back the flames. >> the devastation is just, it's amazing. if i stopped to think about it too long, its overwhelms me. >> we're live along the front lines. double trouble. overnight two named storms gape strength in the caribbean setting their sights on the u.s. in a matter of days. the gulf coast preparing for the possibility of an unprecedented

one-two punch from tropical storms laura and marco. signed sealed but will it be delivered. getting all mail delivered on time is his number one priority. >> we are very committed. the board is committed. the postal workers committed. the leadership is committed to a successful election. as the house convenes for a rare weekend session. all this as president trump gears up for the republican convention next week. we'll talk to the president's daughter-in-law and senior advisor to his campaign laura trump. out of russia, breaking at this hour. one of vladimir putin's most vocal critics flown to germany in a docoma after a suspected poisoning. what doctors are now saying about his chances for survival. those stories, and oh baby after a week worth of waiting

the national zoo panda finally gives birth to an adorable cub. how mom and baby are doing today. saturday august 22, 2020. >> from nbc news, this is "today." >> welcome to "today." we thank you for joining us this saturday morning. the oldest panda in the u.s. to give birth and gets to celebrate with a camera right in her face. >> on saturday morning. this is such great news. i'm so excited. >> it is so sweet but i still can't wrap my head around the fact that an animal that big gets to have a baby that small. really does not seem fair. >> still to be determined if it is a male or female. that in a little bit. we want to get right to our top story. more than 500 wild fires now

raging across the state of california. at least five people have been killed. tens of thousands under evacuation orders and firefighters have now reached their breaking points. steve patterson is in northern california for us this morning beginning our coverage. steve, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning to you. right now those crews are battling hundreds of wild fires. including two of the biggest in state history. if you look at the total spread, the footprint of the fires is now larger than the state of rhode island, and it has firefighters stretched incredibly thin. overnight this sprawl of more than 500 california wild fires surged in a relentless march of flames. hardest hit, the north, where the state's largest fires are churning through wine country, incinerating home, reducing whole neighborhoods to piles of rubble and ash. >> oh no, oh no no no. >> reporter: she lost most of her livestock, including her

horses and goats as the flames swept through her parent's ranch. >> the devastation is just amazing. if i stop to think about it too long. it overwhelms . >> reporter: the fires destroying more than 500 structures, forcing the evacuations of thousands. at least five people have died. >> just been fire after fire. i mean, it's crazy. >> reporter: meanwhile firefighters battling back on the front lines are stretched to their break point. >> i've never seen something like this in 34 years fighting fire. >> reporter: the governor saying nearly all of the state's fire fighting resources have been exhausted forcing officials to call help from 10 states and countries. >> firefighters actively working to suppress these fires. >> it's been a real roller coaster. >> reporter: this ranch owner says crews were able to save his entire property after the fire

torched nearly e everything in the area. >> did you think you would be standing? >> no. we had seen some video and we were thinking of seeing it lost. >> reporter: residents here know a painful reality, that fire season is just getting started and the state's record heat wave also expected to continue after death valley recorded the hottest temperature on earth earlier this week. 130 degrees. and unfortunately all this heat just more fuel to the fire. back to you. >> reporter: such a bad situation. en some of my relatives in the santa cruz area, among those being evacuated. thank you steve. >> hearts out to your relatives and everyone impacted with these wild fires. with that the latest on the weather because that is the critical question for firefighters today. so dylan how is it looking out 24r. >> well christen it looks like temperatures might drop a couple of dreels but it is the wind and dry conditions that continue to

spread these fires. and you can see that they are all across the west. so we have fire weather watches and red flag warnings in effect again. humidity down to around 25%. the air is very dry. so if you get some thunderstorms they don't have a lot of rain and those lining strikes can trigger more fires. it is also making for some very very poor air quality. especially to the eastern side of these fires. sop anyone with asthma also has to keep that in mind as these fires create really bad air quality out in that area, christen. >> i know you will continue to track that. and also watching a rare combination of two tropical systems. what can you tell us about that. >> this is something we haven't seen since the 1930s. right two tropical storms, marco and laura. and they are continuing to move through the caribbean and will approach the gulf coast as we go especially into tuesday night and wednesday morning.

they are both tropical storms but laura could develop into a hurricane by the time we get into tuesday into wednesday morning. it possibly could be a category 1 hurricane. but look at how the cones of uncertainty overlap each other. so if these storms merge closer and closer, that could mean trouble for areas in texas and louisiana. this is something to watch into the middle of next week. >> looks like a potentially dangerous situation. dylan, thank you. the house will be called for a rare saturday session. vote on a funding bill for the u.s. postal service to help ensure mail-in ballots are delivered on time for this upcoming election. on friday -- as republicans prepare for their upcoming convention next week. we'll get into all of it and we'll talk to laura trump, the president's daughter-in-law and senior advisor to his campaign about that. we begin with kelly o'donnell

this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. we've gotten used to the unusual but this session today on capitol hill during the august recess is rare and the white house is already threatening to veto the democratic led measure. but the white house says it would be put too many restrictions on the agency that has financial troubles and would seek to exploit the pandemic. but the pressure is building to try to be sure that votes by mail will work and can be trusted this november. >> i don't like this mail-in ballot deal. >> reporter: the president's personal campaign against voting by mail is delivering plenty of coronavirus. >> and they also think i'm trying to steal an election. just the opposite. i want the fair results of an election. >> reporter: today the unusual. on a summer saturday. congress is back in d.c. to vote on a house measure that would require no changes to postal services and provides $25 billion for the financially strained agency.

friday the postmaster general, louis dejoy, a trump mega donor with only weeks on the job was put on the virtual hot seat. >> we are not making any changes until after the election. >> reporter: a promise to halt operational changes that had begun and led to delayed delivery. and allegations of expressing t suppressing the vote. >> we're very committed. to having a successful election. and the insinuation is quite frankly outrageous. >> reporter: democrats argue the changes especially hurt seniors and veterans dependent on the postal service for precipitations, checks and their election ballots. >> will you be bringing back any mail-sorting machines? >> there is no intention to do that. they are not needed. >> you -- >> i think the american public should be able to vote by mail and the postal service will support. so i guess that's yes.

>> reporter: and while there is no break from the politics, the president was also dealing with a personal loss on friday. friend's, loved ones of robert trump gathered at the white house for what the historical association says is the first time that there's been a funeral at the white house in more than 100 years for a family member of the president. president trump lost his brother robert a week ago. his younger brother who was 71 who did not seek the limelight. he had withinbeen a part of the organization at times and president trump reflected on his brother saying he loved our country and would have been honored by being remembered at the white house. peter, christen. >> kelly, thank you. in the meantime democrats hoping to build on momentum they gained on the dnc this week as the republicans gear up for their convention which starts on monday. >> reporter: we saw it together

in wilmington this past weekend. the first of the conventions and it went out would have a glitch. the question now for democrats though? how to keep that momentum going this morning the push to drive a national message. in their first interview as a ticket, biden and harris taking president trump to task for his handling of the coronavirus. biden saying he's not afraid to do what it takes. including shutting the country down. >> i would shut it down. i would listen to the scientists. i would be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives. because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus. that is the fundamental flaw of this administration's thinking. >> reporter: it comes after a week of democrats distanced from each other but united against trump. >> may history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight. >> reporter: meanwhile the president eager to get back in the spotlight. >> the democrats held the darkest and angriest and

gloomiest convention in american history. where joe biden sees american darkness, i see american greatness. >> reporter: trump running if are his own convention while democrats prepare to counterprogram him. >> the convention will be marked by chaos, chaos, chaos. >> reporter: ramping up pandemic safe get out the vote efforts and previewing new ads. >> i'm joe biden, and i approve this message. >> reporter: hoping to maintain the message of a widely watched week that saw $70 million raised. republicans taking notes and pushing boundaries. while democratic delegates stayed home, hundreds of republicans will gather in charlotte. trump will travel and welcome crowd to the white house for his acceptance speech. with recommended social distancing and masks. >> the dnc kind of put a values based pom ticks out there into the mainstream. republicans now have an opportunity to pick that apart. >> reporter: the latest in a war of words waged over the next 73

days. and there is a striking contrast about to take place between these two parties. democrats having just made a moral argument, more than a policy one against republicans. and now republicans this week, they are likely to do the opposite. putting washington's polarization once again on full national display. >> another busy week ahead. ali vitali, thank you for that. joining us the laura trump, good morning. first we want to start by extending our condolences to you and the entire trump family for your loss. >> thank you so much. well it is great to be with you guys. and thank you, robert will be very miss by all of us. >> the democratic national convention this last week your father-in-law repeatedly attacked joe biden as sleepy joe and slow joe but his acceptance speech on thursday was widely praised. even fox news described it as enormously effective. so doesn't that blow a hole in the president's argument?

>> well the fact that he got through a speech that was on a teleprompter. i mean, we kind of expected that. it was all laid out for him there. but i think what you are going to see is a very different depiction of america. what we saw last week from the democrats really, their entire convention was about bashing donald trump. and it was a dark, dismal and really depressing vision of america i think that they presented. we are going to have the opposite. our ours will be hopeful and inspirational and patriotic. and we want people at the end of our four days to be reminded that america continues to be the greatest most exceptional nation in the world. so we're very excited for it. i think you are going to be -- you are going to be surprised by some of the things we do. the president will be part of our convention every single night. so we're excited to showcase that for people. >> laura, let me drill down with you a little on messaging specifically. because as you say, as the president has said, you are awe accusing the democrats of having a dark and gloomy message and yet president trump said

yesterday "i'm the only thing standing between the american dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos." is that the message we can expect to hear from the president this week? and how is that positive, laura. >> i think that is the truth. look the democrats didn't want to address the fact that in the democrat run amazing cities we have in america these cities are being completely taken over by chaos and sadly the mayors are letting their cities down. they are not protecting small business and not keeping people safe and they are letting anarchy overrupp things. and i think when you see that is the platform the democrats really have right now. and president trump is the american cream. what he did in the first three years in office was incredible. we had the greatest economy we've ever had in the history of this country -- >> laura, let me just fool up with you quick. still 13 million people out of work in the wake of the pandemic. >> yeah but we are seeing a

great recovery. look, we did -- i hate to tell joe biden. we did shut the country down joe. in the past 90 days around 10 million new jobs in the country. so we have a very sharp almost v shaped recovery we see happening. and we can expect as we come out of coronavirus there is only one choice between joe biden and donald trump as to who can get the economy back up and running and bring people back to work, it's donald trump. >> joe biden laid out a specific plan to fight the virus. rapid testing. resources to open schools safely. follow the science. what is wrong with that prescription? >> well there's nothing wrong with that. in fact that's kmaekt exactly what this president did. and -- >> is the president following the science? he's been critical of his own scientists. >> absolutely he has. he has from the beginning. and i want to ream everybody that donald trump stopped coming from china to the united states

to prevent the investigation from spreading too quick at the same time joe biden called it fear mongering and nancy pelosi said we -- donald trump from the beginning has been following the science. i'll remind everybody he partnered with the private sector -- >> laura -- >> he's done an incredible job and sadly has not been reported as such. >> we're out of time right now. of course it was a march 18 tweet when the president did accuse joe biden of being fear mongering and we appreciate your time. good luck in the convention next week. >> thanks laura. >> a reminder that nbc news will complete coverage of the republican national convention monday through thursday night at 10:00 eastern. >> and we do want to turn back to dylan for a check of the rest of the country's forecast. hey there. >> good morning again. we're going to see the warm temperatures continue out west

but also building back into the northern part of the mid west and into f and we are expecting overall dry and warm conditions throughout the bay area today. san francisco right now 58 degrees. expect to keep those hazy skies because of that drifting smoke from nearby wildfires, really throughout the larger portion of northern california. the highs for this afternoon will be in the 80s for south bay. low 90s for interior valleys. starting tomorrow we will be under a fire weather watch because of possible thunderstorms through sunday night. >> and that's your latest forecast. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you for that. and still to come. from "full house" to the big

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good saturday morning. it is august 22nd. 5:27 as we take a live look outside over san jose, and the smoke and smell of fire continues to permeate the bay area. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. we are joined with a look at microclimate forecast. >> good morning. because of that smoke and the dry conditions heading into this weekend we will remain under a microclimate weather alert. we have a couple of changes we are monitoring closely. in dublin, 66 degrees. the high for this afternoon again will be another dry afternoon. the winds will calm down a little bit heading into the

inland area. the temperatures will be in the 90s and we are keeping the air quality in mind because that smoke still very visible and very apparent. i want to turn your attention toward satellite radar because you notice to the south in the pacific in the l.a. area, this plume of moisture will push further northward. this will bring us a chance of seeing another round of possible dry lightning in the bay area and thunderstorms heading into sunday. there is a fire weather watch that will be in effect starting tomorrow through tuesday. i will go into more detail on that in the full forecast at 7:00 a.m. >> we look forward to seeing you then. thanks. the wall bridge fire burning in sonoma county is getting more attention from fire crews. it is burning in the rugged hills north of guerneville. fire crews are defending homes, hoping to keep flames from advancing south. we spoke with one person who did

not evacuate her home. she is keeping a close eye on crews dropping walter from the air and fighting flames on the ground. she is prepared to pack up and leave. fire crews are staging along mill creek and west side road, preparing to stop flames if they advance overnight. it is 5:29. coming up on "today in the bay" we have a live report on the fires raging across santa cruz and southern bay counties as the bay area enters a fire weather watch as mentioned tomorrow. right now back to the "todayay" show..

into the home stretch. less than half a mile. simon pagenaud wins his maiden indy 500. >> start your engines. we are back on the smoaturday morning, august 22, 2020. that's tomorrow. the indy 500 is on track once again. but it will look a lot different. a lot of the pageantry won't be there and of course no fans in the stands. the race was rescheduled from its usual day in may because of covid-19. you can see the 104th running of the indianapolis 500 tomorrow at

1:00 eastern right here on nbc. no fans but lot of sports fans will still be excited. >> no doubt. a check of the headlines this morning. we begin in california where firefighters from ten states have begun arriving this morning. they are hoping to provide relief to the weary crews battling more than 500 wild fires. with more than 700,000 acres burned this week. two of those fires among the largest in the state's history. officials say they were sparked by lightning and then fueled by record high temperatures. at least five people have died and more than hundred thousand residents forced to flee homes. >> and over sea, the russian dissident gravely illinois this morning. alexei navalny was flown to berlin in a coma and being examined this morning but is said to be in stable condition. navalny is one of russian president vladimir putin's harshest critics. his supporters believe he was

poisoned. but russian officials denied any involvement. and some good news from this morning from the national zoo here in d.c. gave birth to a new cub on friday. her first in five years. the viewership on its panda cam soared this week as the anticipation grew. the mom there cradling her new arrival. not yet clear if it is a male or female. the zoo hailed the pregnancy as a miracle. at 22 years young she was only a 1% chance being able to have another cub. >> such wonderful news on a saturday. all right. well also this morning, actress lori loughlin. she and her husband both learned how much time they will be spending behind bars. in new york with more, kathie, good morning to you.

>> good morning. >> reporter: we saw the sentencing unfold via zoom and heard the hollywood actress and her husband make their very first public remarks since their arrest more than a year ago. in a virtual hearing friday actress lori loughlin got emotional as the judge sentenced her to two months in prison. tearfully told the judge she made an awful decision and thought he was acting out of judge. her husband had a more active role and sentenced to five months. at times the judge expressed outrage calling out the couple's agreed telling loughlin we can only hope you will spend the rest of your charmed life to make amends. >> the judge certainly wanted to make an example of these defendants to warn parent who is might do the same thing. >> reporter: in may each pled guilty to charge to commit

conspiracy to mail fraud. hiring a consultant and paid $500,000 to get their daughters into the university of southern california as fake crew athletes. the girls have not been charged with any crimes and both dropped out of school. several other high profile parents tied to the scandal are paying the price with prison time. actress felicity huffman served under two weeks after pleading guilty last year. friday sentencing for loughlin and her husband closed out the real life drama that played out for 17 morants. league experts say the pandemic could lead to a plot twist. >> it is possible that lori and massimo won't serve any time if they are determined their health is at risk due to covid-19 but that is not really likely.

>> reporter: they now have under ninety days to surrender. and in addition to prison time both loughlin and her husband will be paying a six figure fine and will be required to complete community service. kristen, peter. >> kathy, thank you for that. >> dylan dreyer again. this is going to be a wild week with our eyes on the gulf. >> certainly is. keep an eye tuesday night into wednesday morning for the two tropical storms impact on the gulf coast. in the meantime the heat going into the weekend as temperatures once again back into the mid to upper 90s. rapid city. salt lake city 100 degrees. in the southwest we'll likely break more records again. we are going to see the heat continue to spread back to the east into tomorrow. temperatures will still be in the mid to upper-90s and into next week the temperatures in the

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we are back with a new normal this morning in a serious issuing affecting the front line healthcare workers who have been the face of the coronavirus pandemic. >> the emotional toll its taken on them is being called a "public health miranda warninem" but there is an innovative programming taking care of that. >> i just don't sleep well anymore. you don't know what you are going to walk in but you know it is not going to be good and you know people are going really sick and you feel helpless. >> reporter: an er nurse in

austin texas. the state experiencing one of the worst outbreaks in the country. for her, sher excessive worrying about catching the virus has led to sleep issues and burn out. >> this is something that can take away my livelihood. it is something i can take home and give to my family. >> reporter: her case is not unique. even before, healthcare workers were experiencing bernie out high a higher rate than other professions. 62% of nurses and 42% of doctors field burned out. >> prior to covid healthcare workers had disproportionately high rates of suicide, of substance and alcohol abuse and of mentality mental health issues. >> reporter: the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals, taking a toll on residents. >> one of my trainees called me in tears because she had made the really tough decision to send her son to live with her

parents in chicago but not knowing when she would see him again. >> reporter: in april, they found an innovative way to help. they created the emotional ppe project, connecting therapists directly with healthcare workers in need. >> emotional ppe, we see as protection from the psychological effects of the pandemic. >> reporter: now, with over 400 volunteer therapists, the project is free and requires no insurance. most importantly it works around healthcare workers schedules and is confidential so they can avoid any stigmas or repercussions for seeking help. >> we need to do whatever we can to breakdown barriers for healthcare workers to feel comfortable accessing care. >> only a few sessions this nurse is already seeing the benefits of asking for help. >> you find once you get started to talk to someone about this and really work through things it is help offul. >> reporter: supporting in the fight against coronavirus.

>> dr. torres joins us now. it seems like everybody is living withing an exci anxiety . front line of scrimmage workers areworkers are regular folks. how can we manage that stress. >> everybody is agree the stress is here and going to continue. and one of the things important to remember is it is okay to ask for help. when you get that help, try meditation, get some me time. go out for 15 minutes and walk around. take that little bit of break. that can go a long way to manage stress. and of course keeping healthy. getting enough sleep. eating healthy foods. those with help as well. one of the things we do when do get stressful situations is we tend to over eat. the high calorie, high sugar foods. if you can avoid those that will keep you ad healthy as possible and allow to you manage the stress.

is stress is going to be here. managing it the important part. if you need help, ask for help. >> dr. torres i want to ask about another piece of the puzzle. the director of the cdc urged people to get their flu shots to try to avoid a double pandemic, the flu plus covid as we approach the fall. is it too early to get flu shots? >> the best time to get your flu shot is when you can. but september and october are the best months to get it. you definitely want to get it before halloween, before the flu season hits. >> dr. torrez, always nice to have you here. thanks so much. >> we're going to lighteningen things up. we got pop star coming up. what do you have an tap? >> we certainly do. and just ahead, taylor swift's surprise for one ambitious high schooler trying to pay her way to college. that's after these mesges.sa ♪ limu emu & doug you know limu, after all these years it's the ones that got away that haunt me the most. [ squawks ] 'cause youou're not like eveverybody elslse.

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