job trying to prevent looting in especially in spots like the week alone, hundreds of inland east bay. supporters crowded on the south these areas. still ahead on "today," what as we take a look out there in we are very appreciative. lawn with no distancing and few queen is doing to honor the masks. thank you for joining us. great fred ry mercury. dublin. we look at our temperatures it's president trump attacking joe the "today" show is up next. going to be a little bit hotter have a great weekend out 30 years later. this afternoon as we reach up to there. a live look at san jose this 94 degrees in antioch and biden by name in his address 41 times >> and the multi-talented singer morning. see the sunrise. song writer brittany howard will livermore. oakland will be in the upper 70s join us, the alabama front woman and palo alto 81 degrees. >> joe biden is not a savior of will talk about the big risk she america's soul took with her solo album we're watching out for that after your local news. unhealthy air quality. he is a destroyer of america's jobs good morning. we'll see our temperatures >> this is one of the key points getting even hotter for early the race is on. the president tried to make last next week in the valleys. night. >> i profoundly accept this san francisco and the coastal restore law and order amid the areas will mostly stay in the would keep us apart. latest round of racial unrest 60s. nomination for president of the united states. so i talked to my doctor about humira. and violence like we've seen in laura? all right. thanks so much, kari. >> the final night of kenosha wisconsin, but never i learned humira can help get, thank you for joining us as well. referencing jacob blake, the and keep uc under control another local news update is the final night of the coming up in half an hour. black man shot by police there when other medications haven't worked well enough. joe biden emphasized that donald republican convention provides join us for our midday news as trump has been in charge for the meanty of fireworks. and it helps people achieve control that lasts. well. have a great friday morning and so you can experience few a great weekend as well. last four years. >> joe biden is not a savior of america's soul. or no symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, >> he's rooting for more he is the destroyer of america's including tuberculosis. jobs. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, violence, not less and clear >> the president's case for four about that, and what is he more years just ahead. doing, pouring gasoline on the as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, fire, this happens to be donald and our exclusive sit-down with trump's america. >> and the general campaign is senator kamala harris. serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. off and running. >> there's an old saying, the president trump will host a before treatment, get tested for tb. rally in new hampshire fish rots from the head. biden says he will be traveling tell your doctor if you've been to areas

part of leadership is to set a where certain fungal infections are common, tone for the country. to key swing states in the weeks and if you've had tb, ahead. hepatitis b, while following all of the >> with 66 days until election are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. day, where the race stands this medical skpert experts and the morning? don't start humira if you have an infection. state's safety guidelines amid >> picking up the pieces. the pandemic be there for you, and them. cleanup begins on the gulf coast. ask your gastroenterologist about humira. the next big night is the first as hurricane laura's devastation with humira, control is possible. debate, barely a month away. comes into full view. >> there's an awful lot of people that are hurting right >> more late nights to come. thank you very much. now. we appreciate it we turn to the gulf coast >> nearly a million people that's your weathered deck, crying for help. where search and rescue teams waking up without power. while you do nothing, it's inviting are out in force this morning search and rescue teams combing following the strongest those geese over for target practice. hurricane to hit louisiana in through the rubble. more than 100 years. today, let's stain. >> all over the city. cause if you stain your deck today, it looks like a bomb exploded. they can't stain your deck tomorrow. nbc's morgan chesky is in hard >> we will talk to the mayor of hit lake charles with a look at behr. exclusively at the home depot. one of louisiana's hardest-hit the destruction there. cities and dylan is tracking the morgan, good morning >> reporter: craig, good morning remnants of the storm as it moves east today. to you >> calls for justice. this is what so many people in more protests overnight in wisconsin. over the police shooting of ♪ some people still trapped in their neighborhoods bought as se jacob blake. and professional athletes get set to return after walkouts. ♪ as you can see behind me, trees are blocking access points and we will talk live to sportscaster kenny smith about that is making the road to this moment. recovery that much tougher it's energy from the sun. it's a satisfying crunch. ♪ we know right now half a million people are without power in >> as a player, to not be here tonight. texas and louisiana. >> and buyer beware. and a bar made with 100% whole grain oats. the mayor of lake charles saying the new warning about the today, craig, that it could take packaging of hand sanitizer.da . nature valley oats & honey crunchy bars not just days but weeks before are better outside. that is all turned back on and so are you. and i want to show you another

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people's house, as the president to the streets in kenosha ♪ from the sporty chic to the stem star ♪ overnight, following sunday's has so-called it, being used to police shooting of jacob blake ♪ go show off your 'fit, let's raise the bar ♪ host a political convention. whatever this year looks like, in the meantime, prosecutors are one top democrat last night get fresh looks at old navy and oldnavy.com. tweeting get off our lawn. up, it's official. now charging a 17-year-old from president trump accepts his illinois in the fatal shooting the president at times inflating party's renomination to cap off two of protesters and a wounding of a third his own record and repeatedly find your get-up-and-go. laying into joe biden. the republican convention, and find pants that aren't sweats. take direct aim at his rival. kyle rittenhouse faces five >> with his family and the fireworks finale, president find your friends. >> joe biden is not a savior of felony charges and could face a find your sense of wander. america's soul >> with less than 70 days until life sentence if convicted. find the world is new, again. and overseas, a surge of coronavirus cases in france has trumping baski-- president trum the election, we'll have your recap. at chevy we'd like to take you there. led authorities there to issue a then, deadly destruction mask mandate in paris. and in the suburbs banking in the glow of the now during the chevy open road sales event, search and rescue operations nomination. >> i accept this nomination for under way this morning after the move coming a day after the president of the united states. get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. hurricane laura slams into country recorded more than 6,000 louisiana and texas. that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars >> it looks like a bomb new cases, and that's the >> the backdrop, the president exploded >> our full report from the transforming the backdrop of the cash back on this equinox. ground straight ahead. white house into a political highest number since early may prop. it's time to find new roads, again. france's prime minister says the >> this is the most important plus, taking a stand election in the history of our from the court to the field. mandate is part of an effort to country. >> openly plotting long standing how athletes are calling for justice. avoid another complete lockdown. norms and laws. >> we need to understand that anyone caught breaking the >> the fact is we're here and they're not. when most people go home, we still are black. rule will face a $160 fine >> i think we got the news covered. >> just ahead, we will talk to what about you >> despite nearly 3,000 americans dying from the nba analyst kenny smith after he walked off set in solidarity >> and now the morning boost with the players. now that most families are coronavirus this week alone, it is 7:56. i'm laura garcia. spending more time together at home, one mom thought maybe this hundreds on the front lawn and breaking and happening now more and making her mark. no social distancing and few is a good time to go over some marches. basics when it comes to

>> we are focusing on the evacuees are returning home. >> reporter: i'm jackie ward in we will catch up with singer/songwriter brittany performing just every day science and the facts and the scotts valley. 20,000 people who had previously household tasks. data. >> taking direct aim at his howard as she debuts her solo dad and the kids took careful democratic rival. >> joe biden. been evacuated because of the album and she will have a joe biden, joe biden. special performance to kick off czu lightning complex fire are your weekend, today, friday, august 28, 2020. notes. >> attacking joe biden by name, 41 times. now home, but 50,000 remain >> okay. even though biden last week evacuated. here are the latest numbers for on the rack. never mentioned him once in his the fire. acceptance speech. ♪ >> good morning. 82,540 acres have burned. >> okay. okay >> joe biden is not a savior of containment is now up to 26%. in the quarantine. >> oh, got it. america's soul. >> reporter: i'm cierra johnson we are celebrating our birthday >> i mean sometimes you just on "today." he is a destroyer of america's in san francisco. >> don't forget about me. need a little reminder, right? jobs. as many professional athletes >> good morning. everything from changing the >> president trump at times look to have their voices heard sounding more like a challenger than the incumbent. on issues like police brutality from mar toilet paper roll, to putting sneakers on the shoe rack, and vowing to restore law and order and social injustice, the golden some helpful reminders amid a new round of racial state warriors are doing exactly unrest. that. >> i'm on the "today" show but never referencing jacob they're doing it in the form of a 42-second video. and how to keep a clean happy house. blake, the black man shot by the video was posted to social >> good morning, "today," and >> i could have had that set up police in wisconsin. in my house. happy birthday eloise. media, and it shows support for >> i like that a lot. >> the republican party condemns up next, for a second night sentiments of the black lives >> yeah. the rioting, looting, arson and matter. it features athletes like steph >> good morning, everybody welcome back in a way, nba stars refusing to it's friday. take the court in the name of violence, we have seen, in so glad you're with us racial justice democrat-run cities, like curry and klay thompson showing hoda is off this morning and we kenosha. have a great crowd already they insist that something has gathered. to change. >> but as a candidate four years support in wisconsin. >> and yes, her favorite part of ago, mr. trump promised this. but what's their plans >> the crime and violence that time to check the forecast we will talk with kenny smith with meteorologist kari hall.un the show always, the my "today" who will join us to talk about that right after these messages today afflicts our nation will soon, and i mean very soon, come plaza, and it looks like they're ready for the weekend. to an end. we will check in with them and maybe four-legged friends as

well coming up in the next half hour. get in its way. >> biden on thursday, looking to capitalize. all right, we want to get to hpv can affect males and females... >> he is looking at more your news, a lot going on, the and there's no way to predict violence, not less and it's clear about that. who will or won't clear the virus. president made his case for four and what's he doing? more years at the white house on but you can help protect your child by taking a first step. the final night of the pouring gasoline on the fire. republican national convention this happens to be donald the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 trump's america. >> introducing the president, and blasted joe biden as a career politician and claimed to help protect against certain cancers. his daughter and senior adviser, americans will not be safe under ivanka trump. hey cancer! >> dad, people attack you for not... my... child. being unconventional but i love a joe biden term don't wait... nbc white house correspondent talk to your child's doctor about hpv vaccination today. you for being real, and i peter alexander has the three things to watch in politics today. respect you for being effective. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it >> president trump praising his red, blue, 16 percent undecided. here we are a nation divided. don't wait... performance, while courting critical voters. waa late oneerat the white but 2020 had us shook. >> i say very modestly that i house, psident trump formally accepting his party's so we gave the world another look. renomination, and most notably and saw a future of differences celebrated. have done more for the african-american community than every voice advocated. last night was the backdrop, the president transforming the white any president since abraham house into a partisan political just imagine the possibility. lincoln. of a world where we are we. prop for the convention, erasing >> and carti casting the the longmecans dying this ♪ ♪ democrats as a threat to american greatness. >> how can the democratic party chit, chit. ask to lead our country when it jif peanut butter. spends so much time tearing down chit, chit. it's that jif-ing good, our country? >> as the president spoke last you'd dress up like a squirrel for it. night, hundreds of protesters want another jif'ing good way to jif? check out new jif squeeze. gathered along black lives matter plaza, just a block from i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the team building the most powerful 5g experience for america. here banging pots and pans and it's 5g ultra wideband, and it's already blowing horns and could be

lightly heard on the south lawn available in parts of select cities. last night. >> and looking at the speech, like los angeles and in new york city. the big promises having to do with the covid vaccine? and it's rolling out in cities around the country. >> that's exactly right, this was one of the president's with massive capacity, biggest promises on this yet, it's like an eight lane highway compared to a two lane dirt road. saying definitively, there would 25x faster than today's 4g networks. be a covid vaccine before the end of this year, or maybe even in fact, it's the fastest 5g in the world. sooner in his words. but top health firm officials of from the network more people rely on. course have cautioned that that this is 5g built right. only on verizon. time line may be unrealistic and may likely to be available for wide use next we're. dr. anthony fauci this week and eating the small bits of cheese stuck to warning against the idea of prematurely authorizing a vaccine for emergency use a mcdonald's wrapper... arguing that could damage is the right way... to start-a-morning. efforts to develop other vaccine. the trump administration has ♪ ba da ba ba ba denied any effort to rush out a vaccine for political purposes. savannah? >> peter alexander at the white liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for to what you need.g. house. thank you. i wish i could shake your hand. coming up in the next half hour, a "today" exclusive, granted. reaction to the republican national convention, and much only pay for what you need. more, from senator kamala ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i sat down with the democratic vp nominee for her first one-on-one network television ...crunchy oat clusters with a hotouch of honey...ombine... interview since her nomination and we will have that ...plump, juicy raisins... conversation for you coming up at 7:30. ...and tasty fiber... first though we turn to the ...into one delicious cereal?

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the powerful storm crippling parts of southwest louisiana. the damage stretching from the coast. hundreds of miles inland. >> say some prayers for us. there is an awful lot of people that are hurting right now. >> reporter: in the coastal towns, fierce winds 150 miles an hour ripped apart homes and decimated neighborhoods. through lake charles, blowing out window, and knocking a train off its tracks and shredding the historic downtown district. >> it looks like a bomb exploded all over the city, it looks like a bomb exploded. >> reporter: the dangerous winds lasted for hours, knocking out power to more than 600,000 people. laura's deadly force, toppling a tree on one family's home, killing their daughter. one of at least six fatalities reported statewide. welcome back, it is 8:11 on the storm also blamed on a fire this friday morning. at a chemical plant. and this morning, from the nbatr spewing toxic fumes into the air. despite widespread destruction, justice in the wake of a number louisiana was spared the of troubling incidents involving police. predicted catastrophic storm surge. >> that's right. >> we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage. nbc national correspondent

we have thousands and thousands miguel almaguer is following the story for us this morning. of our fellow citizens whose good morning. >> reporter: good morning. lives are upside down. >> anybody here? an historic day for the sports >> reporter: the volunteer group world marked as a day without cajun navy accustomed to water athletes this. rescues, instead leaving their weekend players are expected to boats behind and going door to door, in search of people resume the playoff but they are making it clear they won't stand needing help. for the status quo. >> from the basketball court to the baseball field, athletes >> with the debris clearing and across nearly every professional boat rescues, whatever is needed sport refusing to play in the community. >> seeing somebody's face when you've helped them, it's so following sunday's shooting of a rewarding, you know. black man, jacob blake, by a wisconsin police officer. it makes me glad to be able to >> we need to understand that do it. >> reporter: other states also joining in the rescue and relief when most of us go home, we efforts. new jersey, mississippi, and north carolina sending teams still are black. >> nba players who refused to ahead of the storm. the widespread damage is still take the court for playoff games on wednesday will be back on the being assessed. court this weekend the massive cleanup now slowly but they say something has to change starting, as rescue efforts continue. >> please understand that right according to espn, the nba players association, working on now we continue to be in immediate response mode which is about lifesaving. a direct action plan, to hold >> reporter: and this morning, police accountable, increase this is the situation facing so voter accessibility, and support many in louisiana, the national the george floyd bill. guard going from community to

community, and some cases, in baseball, a sport not known having to cut through downed for onfield activism. trees to reach those who need it most. savannah, back to you. >> the mets and marlins will not play baseball tonight. >> all right, morgan, thank you. and joining us now by phone is >> the new york mets and miami the mayor of lake charles, nick hunter, mr. mayor, good morning, marlins walking off the field 24 hours since we last spoke and now you have been able to survey after a moment of silence 42 the damage, what is the state of seconds, a jackie robinson black lives matter left on home plate. at least nineful if teams lake charles this morning? canceled preseason practices thursday to discuss social >> well, what's the state of justice issues lake charles, good question, lake charles is a lot different the new orleans saints held practice, but players including drew brees, wore jacob blake's name on their helmets. >> we love our game. than it was 48 hours ago. this is really dealt us a pretty we love the game that we play. heavy blow. >> you were out and about. but our communities are under siege. tell me about some of the scenes that you saw. we are looking at some of the and we can't have a blind eye to it. footages, it is hard to see and >> the loud messages being sent i can't even imagine how you feel as the mayor of that community. by nba athletes, getting mixed reaction from president trump. >> when i first got out of the >> they have become like a political organization and bunker after the storm, i expected to see some roof that's not a good thing. i don't think that's a good damage, i expected to see some thing for sports or for the country. flooding, some trees on the >> on wednesday, tnt analyst and

former nba star kenny smith walking off the set. road, we saw that, we saw power >> as a black man, as a former lines. what i didn't expect to see is player, i think it's best for me there were literally entire to support the players, and just buildings blown apart. there were facades of brick buildings that had been around not be here tonight. >> one of the sports biggest and for 100 years that were blown down. most outspoken stars lebron james says this is not a movement, it's a way of life i mean i was really blown away by the devastation of some of earlier this month, the nba these buildings. it was pretty intense. pledged $300 million over the next decade to fund economic >> we talk about search and rescue. growth in the black community. craig? do he feel there are people -- >> all right, thank you. do you feel there are people as here with us now, kenny we speak this morning who are smith, analyst for inside the still stranded or need help or do you feel you have a handle on nba, kenny, always good to see you. thanks for your time this the need there in terms of morning. >> thanks for having me. people? >> i was watching wednesday >> i am actually going to be, i'm going to be very optimistic night, you and charles, and shaq and ernie, and it was like a lot of folks, a little taken aback right now and say that we are when you decided to get up and walk off the set not seeing the people stranded what motivated you, kenny? in their homes or needing to get >> well, i don't know, it wasn't out of their homes at this anything pre-planned, i hadn't point, like you would with some talked to any players, i just other storms because we didn't have the storm surge, we didn't felt that i was sitting there, and i thought today, that day, i

have the flooded waters. didn't want to be a part of a, and i have really got to give a what i call a talking head, so to speak lot of kudos to our local law enforcement, our local public i wanted to join the march players that did something, i safety, the national guard, i thought it was, you know, mean they've had a heck of an obviously now talking to you, i didn't really talk to anyone afterwards because i wanted to effort, and people are working their tails off like a see what their words was, and what they wanted to accomplish well-oiled machine and i do feel like a lot of people who wanted out of this, so i could be to get out of their homes did really prepared to have a great conversation it, and now it is just picking up the pieces. but sometimes i think in life, you have to join the march and that was my statement of >> it these are tough days. and the power is out. joining the march. and i understand the water plant >> there was this meeting on was damaged, perhaps destroyed. thursday, as you know, between so what is the state of affairs there in terms of power and the players and coaches. what came out of that? water and the things that people need? and what happens now >> this is a really important message right now, because >> well, i think the one thing people who are outside of lake that, i think it is unfair to charles, thinking about coming say what happens today, or what happens now, i think the one thing that is really important back, they need to be really is kind of like asking someone, blunt with themselves about the harsh reality of what they're after they win a championship, coming back to. what do you do, are you going to they are coming back to a city win next year? i think getting people's without power. attention is first showing that the power that the and emtergy, our company has not said this, but i'm willing to players have, is very important,

say it, it will be at least a and they did that, and now, you week, perhaps weeks before power know, i remember growing up, will be in every part of lake there was a phrase, the war on charles, and the city of lake charles, we administer our local drugs, where there was eradication of production and consumption and distribution of water company, we have six water drugs, and this is the same plants on a good day, and one thing in terms of racism was completely obliterated. the eradication, of production, i mean just wiped off the map. two are not working. and consumption and distribution of racism, and to me, it is more three are working a little. of a, almost a negotiation in i'm telling people that when you turn on the faucet, it's a the sense, a negotiation of humanity so right now, when you're in a trickle, and i wish i had an eta good negotiation, you need to on when that would be fixed and understand what you want, and we don't. it's okay when you're in power, i'm sorry about that, but we just got hit with the largest to say i'm, i'm going to think hurricane to hit louisiana in about what we want and we're going to come back to you, because i think in the world of the last 150 years and when sports, everyone has their, the somebody says when is the water players have their attention pressure going to be on, my >> the reaction as you just answer is unfortunately i don't know, we're trying to assess heard, from this story, the what happened yo ourhave so muc reaction from the white house work in front of you. has been fairly dismissive, i'm sure your community preeshes calling the nba now a political organization the straight talk even if your -- appreciates the straight the chief of staff for the vice

talk even if the message is hard president said that the whole to see. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> we will rebuild. thing was sbushd aabsurd and siy >> we will be watching. thank you. your respons t turning now to wisconsin. where more national guard troops in several states are now heading, after peaceful >> well, i think, you know, as a protesters took to the streets black american who at times i in kenosha, again overnight, demanding justice for jacob feel that we're amongst the, i blake. feel like one of the greatest gabe gutierrez remains on the americans ever, because we've gone through a process of, we ground for us there in kenosha. good morning. >> reporter: good morning the fought for the country, my parents, i have family members downtown is boarded up for days that have been in the military, and new outrage after jacob i have physically members that fought for the bible, i have blake's father says he was family members that have fought shackled to his hospital bed for inclusion. after he was shot. >> national guard troops from we marched and it seems since that time, michigan and alabama are headed to wisconsin. >> we are not federalized. everyone else gets to skip a we are on state active duty. >> reporter: on a night of peaceful protests, authorities process or skip a step so we know that. have been cracking down, to avoid the violence earlier in we can see it happening not only the week. in this one instance, it this video shows kenosha police happened throughout time, and so and u.s. marshals forcibly arresting people in a minivan, i think there is a real breaking its window, authorities education about, around everyone, not just in sports, we say they found helmets, gas

masks, and illegal fireworks. are black americans first, we >> we are doing our best to keep it a safe environment. >> reporter: there's still are sports figures second, and outrage over the lack of charges against the police officer who shot jacob blake seven times in the back. so anyone who calls us, not a political group, as a unit, our the protests making their way to prosports, where athletes are voice can be loud and i think it should be paid attention to, not taking a stand and refusing to play. about what is missing but why do nba players expected to be back on the court this weekend after you feel that way. wednesday's boycott. >> kenny, what's the reaction then, to your walkoff, and major league baseball, new york mets and miami marlins specifically what was the players walking off the field on thursday. >> the mets and marlins will not reaction from your son be playing baseball tonight. >> reporter: state investigators >> yeah, i mean for me, your say blake had a knife in his car. wisconsin's attorney general who is leading the investigation first responsibility is your says the officers had tried to taser and arrest blake, after home, and i have an older son who is in the university of responding to a domestic incident. north carolina, kj, i have three the attorney for blake's family daughters, london, monique, and argued that kyle rittenhouse, the white teenager now charged kayla, and then my 12-year-old with the murder of two son malloy, so i called them protesters, was scene in this video, walking by police, after right afterwards, and the reaction, i called them on the gunfire, before being facetime, and all i saw was a big grin, and before i said arrested hours later. anything, he just applauded me >> they let him literally go and i was like whoa, that was probably the biggest feeling and

home, so that tells you, a black the best feeling, that he man who is making no threat to understood why i did it, without the police, walking away from even me saying it. i have to practice what i them, is shot seven times in the back. preach, about inclusion, about a white man kills two people, all of the great things that we and walks by the police, and is talk about, and i was just not shot and not killed. there are two justice systems in america. excited that he was able to >> reporter: overnight, understand that, and it starts rittenhouse's attorney told nbc at home. news, this was classic >> he was proud of dad self-defense. and we are going to prove it. kenny smith, thanks for waking we will obtain justice for kyle up early, bud, appreciate it. >> no problem. all right. thank you. no matter how hard the fight or how long it takes. >> have a good weekend >> a good conversation. also, this morning, wisconsin let's get another check of state authorities have just the weather from dylan identified the two other >> good morning, again officers at the scene of the blake shooting. we've got the heat down through texas. they are vincent, who we've got heat alerts that will last into tomorrow including most of texas. investigators say deployed a taser, and the officer who into arkansas, louisiana, too. 37 million people under those joined the department in heat alerts. january. >> gabe, thank you. record high temperatures are the federal government appears to be retreating from likely again today the new covid testing guidance amarillo, it will get up to 105 degrees today. it released after public health exper dallas, it will feel like 108. experts questioned the decision. lake charles will feel like 104. dr. robert redfield says testing so many folks without power and may be considered for all close

contacts of confirmed or without ac, it is going to be probable covid-19 patients. brutally hot in that area. earlier this week, the cdc on the east coast it will also be very warm, very humid, posted new recommendations that philadelphia will feel like 96 said even penople exposed to norfolk, virginia, will feel like 105 today and then we are covid-19 if they didn't have going to start to see things cool down going through the weekend. symptoms don't necessarily need a test. look at monday, cincinnati, very comfortable. and minneapolis, cool, 71 mike pence told us that change degrees. and same thing for boston, with the fall-like feel in the air, in testing guidance came from testing backlogs. washington goes from mid-80s on a basketball coach luke olsen has died at the age of 85. he was hospitalized after >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. suffering a stroke and moved to hospice care this year. we take a live look outside in san francisco. we're seeing the low clouds and he was a five time national fog right now in the city, but a coach of the year and guided the lot of our inland areas are starting to clear out. we will at times have that smoke arizona wild cats to the only settling into our inland ncaa championship in 1997. valleys. and our temperatures today those who played for him reacted reaching into the mid-90s in the on twitter saying it is hard to inland east bay. 77 in oakland and santa rosa put into words how much he meant will reach 83 degrees. to me. he was an amazing coach and a as we go through this seven-day forecast, still more heat for wonderful man. the inland areas.

>> and growing up in tucson temperatures peaking on tuesday. arizona, he was a legend and we are definitely reaching out to his family this morning. >> let's get a check of the weather. it's friday. dylan is in for al and i know that remnants of hurricane laura many talents first, weather are still on the move? now pop start. >> yes, they are. and we will continue to see that can you do a cooking segment later? for the upcoming week. >> i could, actually. this rotation around little >> but without carson, i'm doing rock, it is the center of what is now tropical depression an all music pop star thing. laura, sitting 95 miles to the >> it is unfortunate he is not west/northwest of memphis. here. >> carson i will do my best. you can see the outer bands >> we have the music pop start continue to produce heavy rain down through mississippi and into alabama. this will continue to produce for you this morning, first up heavy downpours today. selena gomez, overnight fans got and some severe weather through kentucky. through most of central tennessee. a treat, for the ice cream drop. and then it will make its way through the mid atlantic as we and the group invited selena go into tomorrow. gomez along for the ride but we also have this cold they have been teasing for weeks front, so even up across the and it instantly went viral northeast, where the remnants naturally. the colorful video is now the won't exactly move through, we number one trending video on are going to see the chance of youtube. severe storms, and the moisture added, because of the remnants of laura, will continue to produce some heavier downpours. here's a look. so it is all kind of combined as we go through the weekend. for the east coast, which could ♪ i would like to be

lead to heavy ra ♪ ice cream those severe storms as well. ♪ where i see it. >> there it is and then for sunday, the whole i like the whole vibe. thing clears out and see >> i do, too significant improvements. >> i have always wanted like we could see as much as one to blue hair like that. three, up to five inches of rain, especially through back through kentucky and tennessee. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast >> you should do for it, go for it >> maybe a little longer >> or blond. >> yes in the next 30 seconds. >> dynamite. broke world records. ice cream has racked up fearly 40 million views on -- nearly 40 i don't care about the funny way you wear your hair. you're beautiful. and i'll just say i like all of you. million views on youtube since being released yesterday and the series follows the singer as she cooks master dishes with master chefs around the world. from her gourmet kitchen and a pasta station. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. and you can check that out on as we take a live look outside twitter. selena and chef, you can watch in san jose another smoky on hbo max. sunrise. our start to our friday morning friday, something a little different from selena and black is going to be a little bit

cooler this morning but then warmer for this afternoon. pink, we're talking chris stapleton. we're looking at high a new sound. temperatures that will reach up new album. to 86 degrees and 93 in concord. headed our way in november it is called "starting over" and santa rosa will reach 83 degrees the first album since 2017 when with san francisco in the he came by our plaza and played mid-60s and oakland today up to to a huge country crowd. the new album was actually 77. let's take a look at our seven day forecast in five minutes. finished back in february but the release date was delayed due to the pandemic. >> and that's your and now we have a new release date, along with the title track called "starting over. back to you. let's listen and coming up a one-on-one conversation with vice presidential candidate kamala harris we have a lot to talk about. does she think the officer should be charged in the shooting of jacob blake? ♪ starting over ♪ >> it sounds so nice >> love it what she had to say about that and reaction to this week's i listen to the tim mcgraw album republican national convention when i get ready in the morning. as well. and you know that hand but now chris stapleton. sanitizer you're using all day >> move over, tim. long the fda has a new warning out >> the album drops november that certain sanitizers may be 13th. dangerous for children finally queen and adam but first, this is "ails to lambert, it's not a new song but a new video of them performing their hit 1990s song "the show must go on" as queen fans know the show must go on was one of

the last songs the band recorded with front man freddie mercury before his death and now the guitarist brian mays revealing he was worried that freddie mercury would think the title was too obvious but it terms out he loved the meaning of the song and even though his health was failing, he nailed the vocals. the song has only been performed live by the band twice before but now ahead of their concert film around the world, they released a rare and rousing performance of "the show must go on." listen ♪ i am never giving up ♪ ♪ ♪ the show must go on >> live around the world it coming out october 2nd. >> flipping out. that is good. >> he really is.

>> does he have hot tea and lemon every night. to keep those pipes going. >> thank you. still ahead, tgif, grammy winner brittany howard is helping us kick off the weekend with a song from her native album. good morning, brittany but first, your local news

still ahead, the movement for justice rippling across the world in professional sports, a growing number of athletes refusing to play and we will talk unpluging the mike. >> and we will talk to a former broadcast werrer about what it all means. good morning. 8:26. i'm chris chmura with the latest on the bay area wildfires. the 3 times concentrated liquid formula cal fire says this morning the coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. lnu fire in the north bay stands at 35% contained. while the leading competitor does nothing to kill the bacteria, pepto® diarrhea gets to the source, more than 1,000 structures, killing the bad bacteria. however, have been destroyed, and nearly 370,000 acres have so, try pepto® diarrhea, and remember to have it on hand every time you travel. burned. also this morning, the scu also try pepto®-bismol liquicaps for on-the-go relief. complex fire stands at 35% contained. it also has a similar amount of acres burned in counties including alameda, santa clara and contra costa. in the santa cruz mountains, cal fire says the czu fire is 26% contained with more than 82,000 acres burned. at least 800 structures

find your get-up-and-go. destroyed there. we have a weekend upon us. find pants that aren't sweats. we're going to get a break, but will the weather give find your friends. firefighters a kari? find your sense of wander. >> we've seen still with t deal find the world is new, again. with unhealthy air quality at at chevy we'd like to take you there. times. hopefully they'll still get more now during the chevy open road sales event, containment going into the weekend, but in the north bay as get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. well as the south bay, we are still looking at unhealthy air that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars quality today but slightly hotter temperatures watching out cash back on this equinox. for that with some of our it's time to find new roads, again. valleys reaching into the mid to upper 90s. >> i'll have another local news ♪ everyday it's a-getting closer ♪ update for you in half an hour. now, though, we'll send you back ♪ going faster than a rollercoaster ♪ to the "today" show in new york. ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪ ♪ a-hey, a-hey-hey ♪ (music playing) ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪

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coco county. log on our website nbcbayarea.com for that. >> reporter: i'm jackie ward in scotts valley where firefighters continue to make good progress on the czu lightning complex fire. 820,000 acres have burned. containment is up to 26%. the forecast right now with meteorologist kari hall. back at 8:30 on this friday morning. how are we locking for this fri-yay. august 28, 2020. friday morning? brittany howard's in the house. it's going to start out >> we will hear her beautiful nice, but we will still have voice and she is so talented and some drifts of smoke coming in she is ready for us. today, unhealthy air quality especially in the valleys and temperatures there will be a good morning, brittany we will catch up with her and little bit warmer this afternoon hear a song from her debut solo as we reach up to 94 degrees in album and see what she has been livermore and in antioch. up to while everyone is staying the south bay will be in the at home these days mid-80s. we'll see mid-60s for the >> sounds like she shas been pretty productive. coastline. and our seven-day forecast still also today, the 57th anniversary of the march on hot weather as we go into the washington for civil rights and weekend. early next week that heat we will talk to an historian, continues even getting slightly one of my favorite historians, who has some insight, the hotter by next tuesday as we look at san francisco, this is youngest speaker that day, 1963, where we keep the cool air and we're talking about john lewis,

just a little bit warmer for early next week. jon meachum has a new book out about the late congressman and civil rights activist quite we'll be back with another revealing and we will sit down local news update. with him in just a moment and hope to see you then. in the meantime have a great then in the third hour, we will day. meet two nurses on the front lines traveling all over this country to help with the fight against coronavirus. all right, it is 8:31. otherwise known as plaza time. let's show everybody who has gotten up early, ready to rise and shine on our virtual plaza good morning to everybody. and i got to talk to jason and jay. good morning jason and jay, they're in maryland, they' two navy veterans, and i say t i hear you have a big announcement >> yes, we d it's been two or three years in the making but with lots of love and support, from my family, we are having a baby. >> having a baby >> due in march. amazing. i see blue balloons. does that mean it is a boy >> it is a boy. >> congratulations

>> do friends and family know this or are you breaking the news with us >> we have let some really close friends and family know but for the most part, we've been keeping it under wraps it has been a long two or three year journey and we didn't want to get hopes yet and we finished the first trimester. >> and you can be happy and share it with the world. congrats and thank you for your service, too. >> thank you >> we have patty's 60th birthday happy birthday, patty. >> yeah. >> turning five. brooklyn, happy birthday, brooklyn love the hair. and the adams family in virginia, eloise turning three the silverman silver anniversary. happy 25th wow. and if you have a milestone coming up by the way, tell us all about it it is today.com/my today plaza but good to see everyone >> everybody is looking good

>> we're all kind of wondering where laura is headed next. >> and it is going to head to the mid atlantic so it is taking that track across the middle of the country. an then taking a turn to the east as well so we are going to see drenching rains. especially down through the mid atlantic but we have a cold front that is moving in across the northeast even up into new hampshire, and vermont and most of that area, rain i have a dream my four with laura adding more rain to the picture a wet day for the little children will one day east coast with off and on showers and thunderstorms. live in a nation where they will sunny through the upper midwest and the northern plains and then not be judged by the color of on sunday, a beautiful day in the northeast. but the humidity will clear their skin but by the content of their character. right out. and the temperatures mostly in the 70s. i have a dream. and still looking for some >> 7:30 on this friday morning scattered storms down through august 28, 2020. the southeast. not a lot but pop-up showers and that was dr. martin luther king storms jr.'s historic "i have a dream" and same for the upper midwest otherwise sunshine back through speech which he gave exactly 57 the great lakes and hot through texas and temperatures in the years ago today, in front of the lincoln memorial >> and there is a live shot of that memorial. later today in honor of that

anniversary, thousands are >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are starting to see a lot of expected to march for social justice. clouds and fog near the coast and still smokey conditions. >> a young speaker that day, it's going to be a hotter day as john lewis, and coming up next that high pressure keeps a lot hour we will talk about a mu of that smoke settling into the book on mr. lewis. >> all of this seems so relevant valleys, and our temperatures today. will reach into the mid-90s for let's get to our 7:30 headlines. some of the warmest spots in the search and rescue teams are out in force along the louisiana inland east bay. up to 98 degrees but at least coastline, after the strongest hurricane to hit the state in it's still cool along the coast. more than 100 years. as we go into the weekend this morning, we're getting a forecast, our valleys will continue to get hotter. better look at the destruction caused by the hurricane. the damage stretches from the >> that's your latest forecast coast to hundreds of miles inland back to you guys. fierce winds topping 150 miles >> dylan, thank you. an hour ripped apart homes, coming up, after his death toppled trees and decimated neighborhoods. last month made headlines around the storm left at least six the globe, we're going to look people dead and knocked out back at the legacy of john lewis, the youngest speaker at power to more than 600,000 people the california health that march on washington, 57 years ago today, and we'll do officials are shutting down a chicken processing plant due to that courtesy of historian jon an uncontrolled covid-19 outbreak meachum who has written a new in all, more than 350 employees at the facility in livingston have tested positive, and eight

employees have died because of coronavirus. the outbreak started in june and the county says it ordered the company to increase testing and implement safety measures. want restaurants to open? however those directors it says and schools? those directives were not followed leading to the plant's want the economy to get back on track? closure. you're not alone. breaking news overnight, and you can help make it happen. shinzo abe, the japanese longest prime minister says he will stay 6 feet apart. resign because of a chronic illness has resurfaced wash your hands. concerns grew about his eth wear a mask every time you leave your home. earlier when he went to a tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for choose to join the fight against covid-19. unspecified checkups he has battled ulcerative do your part. colitis for decades. slow the spread. his term ends in september 2021 is expected to stay on until a new party leader is elected and formally approved by parliament. it is obviously the republican party's week in the spotlight but the democratic ticket is not sitting silent, instead speaking out to offer a contrast to the trump presidency. >> just hours before president trump delivered that headlining rnc speech, newly-minted

democratic vp nominee kamala harris held her first solo event not mincing words. afterwards, i got a chance to speak with senator harris for her first one-on-one network interview since her nomination it's not going away. covid-19. where we started by talking more than ever, california needs rapid coronavirus testing. about the shooting of jacob blake. robust contact tracing. >> as a former prosecutor, and support for community health clinics. someone who worked closely with masks and ppe for those saving lives... police for years, is there a for teachers and school personnel educating students. scenario in which that officer these heroes are doing their jobs. would have been justified, was now government must do theirs. justified in firing his weapon keep working through a special session >> craig, i don't see it, but i to combat this crisis right now don't have all of the evidence you know, the man was going to and provide the revenues to solve the problems we know are coming. his car, he didn't appear to be armed. and if he was not armed, the use of force that was seven bullets coming out of a gun at close range in the back of a man, i don't see how anybody could reason that that was justifiable. >> you think the officer should be charged >> i think that there should be a thorough investigation, and based on what i've seen, it

seems that the officer should be charged. >> there are a lot of folks who are saying here's a man who we are tired wouldn't follow police commands. law enforcement tried to use a taser. we are tired of being beaten by policemen. he apparently is reaching into a we are tired of being put in car. where a knife was later found. jail over and over again and because of those reasons, we how long can we be patient should reserve judgment and the we want our freedom. officer should be afforded due process. what would you say to those and we want it now people who are saying that >> that was a 23-year-old john >> everyone should be afforded due process. lewis, speaking at the march on i agree with that completely but here's the thing washington 57 years ago, this morning, his poignant voice in america, we know these cases breaking through then, as it keep happening would for decades. and we have had too many black men in america who have been the joined now by pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham, subject of this kind of conduct. and it's got to stop. examining john lewis' voice, >> last night we heard vice story and impact in the new book president pence say, people "his truth is marching on, john would not be safe in joe biden's wi america. a few hours ago, i heard the vice president say, vice good to see you, jon >> thanks, craigth week. president biden, i heard him say, he thought president trump was rooting for more violence. how does more violence help the and you make a very bold president politically? assertion, early on in the book, >> that's not my, that's not my

deal, to figure out his political strategy and it is this idea that john lewis belongs in the pantheon right next to george washington, right next to thomas jefferson some of which i have watched why? i have yet to see these people how so >> because our founders in the who profess to be national late 18th century articulated leaders speak about this issue, ideals of what america should be, and john lewis and martin luther king and rosa parks made of the killing of unarmed black men, brown men, indigenous men those ideals real. in our country. >> this week, one of the things they forced the nation to actually live up to the promise of the country, that all were that has struck me, compared to created equal. rnc's past, there seems to be a larger number of black men front and center and until 60 years ago, we were living under functional and it would seem as if apartheid in this country, and republicans perhaps see an it was in young man from troy, opportunity here that democrats alabama, segregated troy, don't see. alabama, never saw a white there's, not talking about women person really except for the of color but black men, what is mailman, until he was almost 18 the case for them to show up in years old, he revolted, his soul a few weeks for you and mr. biden? revolted against segregation, >> foiirst of all, every vote against the white only signs, needs to be earned

and joe and i believe that so when we look at the condition the colored only signs, and he of black men in america, we know believed in what he heard in church we still have a whole lot of he believed that you should love work to do we have talked about it in your neighbor as yourself. regard to policing and the criminal justice system. and that that meant a full and but let's talk about the fair and free country. realities of the fact that every and he was willing again and man, including every black man, again and again to put his body on the line. wants to be able to take care of his family he was willing to bleed and die the biden/harris plan is about for an ideal of america that investing in communities, where we're still working to bring into action. >> jon, the book itself, how did the particular concern, about it come about? those communities who have been and how involved was john lewis long neglected to ensure that there will be economic opportunities. in the writing of this book? >> you devoted a fair amount of >> very much so. your speech to the virus >> yes. i met him 28 years ago, when i >> and you talked about the national mask mandate. was a young reporter it sounds like that would be one i was honored to know him of the first orders of business. through those decades. >> yes. >> how would you enforce that? we talked fairly frequently. >> it's really, it's a standard, nobody is going to be punished come on. i saved all my notes i always knew i'd write about him but i thought i had another nobody likes to wear a mask. decade or so and then late last year, of course, he was diagnosed with this is a universal feeling. right? so that's not the point. pancreatic cancer.

hey, let's enjoy wearing masks no cancer did what the white state the point is, this is what we as troopers of the segregated south responsible people who love our could not do neighbor, we have to do that right now. and i was standing on the bridge god willing, it won't be forever. with my family and a thousand >> one of the essential tenets other people in early march of of your campaign seems to be that year, on the commemoration of that moment, that bloody this promise that there won't be sunday, when john lewis led the as much chaos. nonviolent marchers into the how can you guarantee that >> you know, there's an old teeth of white authority simply for the right to vote saying the fish rots from the head which was promised in the constitution part of leadership is to set a and i was listening to him and tone for the country realized that his vision of we have on the one hand donald love, his vision that if you and trump who has been spending full i did the right thing, if our time trying to sow hate and division in our country. hearts and minds were oriented in the right way, we could make on the other hand you have joe biden, who has been all about th a better country, we could bring the gospel into reality. saying we need to unify as a and i was listening to him, and country, respect the dignity of our fellow human beings. i thought this is the story that in this election, there are two clear choices. we must tell, in this moment of there are two. and which choice is reflective such disspiritedness, such of who we aspire to be as a controversy, such division, in country, and as a people the country, john lewis' story

>> one of the criticisms inspires and illuminates, and so obviously that she's gotten we spent about six weeks on the along with the vice president is you've got the president and vice president, who have been phone together, because of the out, making trips to pandemic, and i wrote this, battleground states, doing small because i believe that the role of faith, and the role of in some cases larger in-person events, and someone suggested, courage that he exemplified, are they need to do that, so we spent some time talking about that and why they haven't been doing that and we'll have that the ways we have to focus, if we for you coming up in the third hour and i also asked her why she want to make this a more beloved thinks that the president is community. scared when it comes to >> was the late congressman able coronavirus. to read it before he slipped she said that in her speech yesterday. away from us i asked her about that and this idea she has been >> yes, thanks for asking that, labeled, some this week, some in yes, he was, and i must say, i the past, as radically liberal was relieved enormously that he these labels that folks have liked it placed on her and mr. biden and we spent time talking about that he was very generous about it. as well. >> more ahead in the third hour of "today." it's very daunting, as you might >> yes >> thank you. imagine, to send an american still ahead, a new warning saint, an american icon, your from the fda this morning, be wary of bottles of hand own version of what his life is. sanitizer that look like food or drink. what you need to know to keep but he also wrote an after word your family safe right after this for the book which is really his last testament

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my own way just being honest about where i come from, and who i am. and by sharing this, and all of my deeply personal experiences, i've learned a lot more about myself just about being very unapologetically myself. and you know, i hope everyone can take that away from this piece of work that i made. >> you know, you've gotten rave reviews and grammy nominations and the whole nine yards and this morning, on "nein depth today" a new product that is that has paid off already, and i was touched you named it after quickly becoming an in your sister. can you tell me why? >> that's right. dispensable part of people's so i had an older sister, she ruins hand sanitizer passed away, when i was eight >> our investigative consumer years old, she was only 13 correspondent is here with some and she taught me everything latest guidance from the fda on about using my imagination sanitizers of the good morning. >> good morning. the food and drug administration she definitely helped shape me has issued multiple warnings into this creative person that i about han hand sanitizer during am today this covid-19 pandemic and until now those warnings have focused and the hard working woman that i am today on what is inside the bottle but

the agency is now telling you to i think i would not be doing watch out for what is on the outside. what i'm doing without all of the lessons from my older a new warning this morning, for sister consumers. especially those with children so that is why i dedicated my first solo record to her watch out for hand sanitizer because i feel like she's just packaged to look like food as responsible the fda says it's discovered >> well, she was there at the sanitizers for sale that are beginning of your creativity >> that's right. quote packaged in beer cans, children's food pouches, water >> so tell me, you love to tour and obviously you can't do that bottles, juice bottles and vodka right now. bottles. how disappointing has that been in one case, the fda says a confused consumer bought a bottle they thought was drinking and what have you been doing at home water but turned out to contain sanitizer. >> i got off the road march 14th the agency is also warning right at the whole shutdown, as parents to avoid sanitizers with the whole shutdown went into everything, and it was very food scents like chocolate or raspberry, because they may strange, at first i appreciated the break, because i had been entice children to eat them. working very, very hard, you sanitizer can be toxic when know, i had been torn for like ingested and experts say calls to poison control are up 70% the past ten years, so being home for this long stretch of time is new to me. over last year, for sanitizer exposure it's the latest warning for the hygiene product this year, just >> this is like -- >> i really like it. last month, the fda expanded its and i'm making a little nest and earlier recall of sanitizers, they include more than 75 i'm doing things that people seem to do every day, that they brands, because they contain don't enjoy, like washing their methanol, also known as wood alcohol. own dishes, and mowing the yard,

most of the dangerous products were made in mexico, and sold at and taking the dog for a walk. stores throughout the u.s. like i actually enjoyed having with the demand for sanitizer some normalcy. >> and have you been doing any fishing? surging in march, and april, and established brands becoming hard i heard you're quite the fisher to find, unproven and poorly woman? produced alternatives flooded >> well, yeah, yeah, yeah, so i, the market look at that photo at least ten people in arizona >> i know, see and new mexico have died from >> we need a fish story. consuming sanitizer. to avoid accidental ingestion, >> i have been fishing with my dad since i was probably around place products on a high shelf, three or four years old. and out of sight, where children can't reach or see them. keep them in their original and it took me, i always enjoyed containers doing that with him and it don't reuse water or alcohol bottles to store sanitizers. always grounds me, it reminds me of where i come from, so i just ansar r poisen love being outside control in your phone, or post i love the experience. and i throw them all back. it on your fridge, in case of an emergency. no harm done and the fda is now urging >> yes, exactly. retailers to remove these just good clean fun. brittany howard, thank you so much packages of hand sanitizer from it is fun to chat with you but even more, we got to hear store shelves and online your music marketplaces we posted a link to the fda list so coming up next, brittany will of sanitizer products that perform for us but first, this is "today" on nbc. so you're a small business, they're saying not to use. you can find that at today.com. >> you mentioned methanol, wood alcohol, how do you mow if the sanitizer has that, i mean does it say so on the label

>> a lot of times the labels are misleading so first thing, check where that sanitizer was made and also if it has a strong smell or it burns when you apply, it that's a sign that the sanitizer may contain methanol and also don't buy any products that say they're fda approved. no hand sanitizer is approved by the fda. >> oh, wow >> and we would be lost without you. we would be drinking sanitizer and who knows what else. thank you so much. appreciate it. let's get to dylan, 7:46, in for al on this friday morning. >> good morning, guys. we are looking at storms strong storms with severe thunderstorm watches and warnings across southeastern minnesota. lots of cloud-to-ground lightning. very gusty winds as well that is the case throughout the next hour or so. and then with till move through wisconsin and north of madison we have this enhanced risk area through southern wisconsin, northern illinois, and eastern parts of iowa. where we could see wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour or higher. hail could be one inch in dimer or higher.

and then tomorrow, we've got two things happening through the mid atlantic we've got the remnants of laura, that will create a lot of moisture, makes the atmosphere very unsed or a big one. you were thriving, so we will see off and on but then... oh. showers and potentially strong thunderstorms as well. ah. okay. plan, pivot. with those gusty winds and some isolated tornadoes are possible how do you bounce back? as well. you don't, you bounce forward, in the meantime, today we do have the remnants of laura with serious and reliable internet. producing heavy rain through tennessee, through kentucky, powered by the largest gig speed network in america. down through parts of alabama, too. heat advisories through texas, but is it secure? with temperatures once again sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, feeling like they're in the your connection doesn't. trip so how do i do this? you don't do this. we do this, together. good morning. bounce forward, with comcast business. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at our live view in san jose, another smoky sunrise and we will at times see some unhealthy air quality as our temperatures reach into the mid-80s. it will be slightly warmer especially for the interior valleys reaching up to 94 degrees in livermore and in antioch and 98 degrees today in ukiah. our seven-day forecast shows that our temperatures will stay in the 90s in our warmest spots

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you felt safe and, if you were safe, you could be joyful. ♪ everybody has a coogan's. and almost half those small businesses, they could close if people don't do something. we have to keep our communities together. ♪ that's how we get through this. ♪ ♪ ♪ cheerios can help to feed the good inside of you. ♪ ♪ in the mornou think your whole day's a flop, ♪ ♪ rgia ♪ feed the good inside of you use it never stops. ♪ ♪ mmm cheerios i'm a sustainability science researcher at amazon. the song is "georgia" from the album "jaime". >> true musician she writes climate change is the fight of our generation. she plays the guitar. the biggest obstacle right now >> and does dishes is that we're running out of time. as we just learned. coming up, hoda and jenna, amazon now has a goal to be net zero carbon by 2040. five simple money moves to do we don't really know exactly how we are going to get there. right mow if your financial it's going to be pretty hard. situation is a mess. but one way or another we're going to reduce

our carbon footprint to net zero. >> see you next month. coming up next hour, we will i want my son to know that i tried my hardest catch up with david arquette and to make things better for his generation. return to the wrestling wring. that's right first, your local news and weather.

> good morning. it's 8:56. i'm chris chmura with the latest on the bay area wildfires. let's start in the north bay. cal fire says firefighters are making good progress with the lnu fire. they've achieved 35% containment. that fire has destroyed more than 1,000 structures and burned 370,000 acres. similar advances with the scu complex fire in alameda, santa

clara and contra costa. that fire also 35% contained. slower progress but progress nonetheless in santa cruz mountains. the czu fire is 26% contained according to cal fire. so far, it's burned 82,000 acres and destroyed at least 800 structures. happening now, we're monitoring the efforts of firefighters along with the weather conditions for what might be a pivotal weekend here. we have live team coverage in our midday newscast. you can head to our home page where we posed links to evacuation orders and details on the damage from those three bay area fires. governor newsom is scheduled to provide new reopening guidance for counties recently dropped from the state's watch list. alameda and contra costa are allowing more business activities outdoors. details on our home page. another weather update in an hour.

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