a record heat wave adds fuel to the deadly california wildfires. hundreds rescued by helicopter but is any relief in sight number 1 is out. not from losing a match but tossed for losing his temper and accidentally hitting a line judge. > as the pandemic continues to impact almost everyone, one area that's taken a tough turn is adoption and what happens to kids who need a forever family? we may be in the last day of the summer season, but are you tough enough to take on the record for being buried in ice plus a michigan boy and his

new puppy share a whole lot more than just friendship this labor day, "early today" starts right now good morning on this monday. i'm cori coffin. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with a dangerous wildfires raging across california the el dorado fire has burned more than 7,000 acres in san bernardino county. officials say this fire began saturday morning and was caused by a smoke-generating device used for a gender reveal party temperatures in california climbed to record highs. and authorities say a woman died while hiking in the heat wave. this video shows hikers escaping the fast-moving creek fire they made it to safety, but there were many campers who had to be rescued. nbc's dan scheneman has this report >> reporter: in california fires are burning. residents are fleeing. >> that fire grew so quickly so fast it trapped people at mammoth pools reservoir up in

the mountains. >> reporter: the creek fire in central california grew so rapidly it trapped some 200 campers. the national guard airlifted them to safety >> when they became trapped, they were doing what they could to rescue themselves and make themselves safe. some of which resulted in injuries including broken bones, lacerations, scrapes, bruises, those kind of things >> reporter: state officials say there are more than 20 active fires across the state more than 900 wildfires have erupted in the state since the middle of august the flames feeding on the dry landscape and intense heat temperatures surpassing triple digits in some parts of the state.rng it may have to cut por starting tuesday because the heat and high winds could create even more fire danger. if there is good news, the weather is expected to cool down later this week. dan scheneman, nbc news. novak djokovic is out of the u.s. open after hitting a lineswoman with a ball

the men's top seed hit the ball behind him out of frustration down the first set to pablo carreno busta. he went to tend to the woman after she went down and grabbed her throat following discussion with officials on the court, djokovic was disqualified from the tournament the united states tennis association released a statement on the incident detailing the decision to default djokovic in part as a "action of intentionally hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly. djokovic penned an apology on instagram, saying he will turn his actions into a lesson of growth a peaceful night of protests in rochester last night 1,500 people marched to the rochester public safety building, protesting the death of daniel prude. the calls for justice have been deafening. elders in the community locked arms, forming a barrier between protesters and police. prude died more than five months ago after being placed in a spit hood by officers who believed he had covid and pinned prude to the ground in her latest press conference mayor lovely warren vowed to

enact police reforms >> i know the vast majority of the people that have taken to our streets do so with pure hearts, good intentions to ensure tragedies like the death of mr. prude never happen again. their message, that we must do better and that we have to adrs h address how we police our city, has been heard >> city will be taking its family crisis intervention team out of the police department and providing more mental health services new york's attorney general is impanelling a grand jury to determine whether charges should be brought in this case. meanwhile, jacob blake speaks out for the first time from his hospital bed >> it's a lot more life to live out here, man. your life and not only just your life, your legs, something that you need to move around and move forward in life could be taken from you like this, man. 24 hours, every 24 hours it's

pain it hurts to breathe. it hurts to sleep. it hurts to move from side to side it hurts to eat. >> blake was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot seven times. but his attorney says he is focused on recovery and his children >> even if he never walks again, he's not giving up on life he's going to be the best he can be >> the investigation into his shooting is ongoing. in portland one demonstrator caught fire during clashes between protesters and police. we do want to warn you this video is disturbing. in this dramatic video you can see the man run into the street with his clothing on fire after a molotov cocktail was thrown at police medics did treat the man, who was later taken to thehospital this is on the 100th straight night of protests. police say fire bombs were hurmd at officers. over 50 people were arrested more college campuses are crack down on social distancing

rule violations. northeastern says it has dismissed 11 students who gathered at a hotel that's being used as a dorm and the $36,000 tuition will not be refunded. nyu revealed that it has suspended more than 20 students and warned the rest to avoid parties in bars. according to nbc news data, 190,000 lives have been lost in the u.s. due to covid-19 making the race to find an effective vaccine even more urgent eyres nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: could it be an october surprise the head of vaccine maker pfizer says results could be in by the end of next month. but that doesn't mean the vaccine will be ready for the general public >> we will not cut corners our phase 3 study will be the only one that will allow us to stay we have an effective and safe vaccine >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci says he has confidence in the integrity of fda scientists and timing of results from phase 3 trials will depend on real world conditions >> if you have the trial being

taking place in an area that happens to have a lot of infections, you may get an answer sooner than you would have projected because the answer is event driven >> reporter: in other words, trials in hot spots may yield quicker results. but with some americans resisting even decades-old vaccin vaccines, it's not clear how kickly the public would embrace a brand new drug an nbc news survey monkey poll found just 44% of americans who said they would get the vaccine, with 22% saying they would not and 32% weren't sure drug manufacturers vowed politics would not influence the vaccine effort but the cdc has told state governors to prepare to distribute millions of vaccine doses as soon as november 1st. >> i don't need to have them announce on november 4th ladies and gentlemen, we've found the vaccine, it's perfect.

>> watching what happened with hydroxychloroquine and convalescent plasma, one worries that there would be political influence on the release of this vaccine. >> reporter: the chief scientific adviser to the trump administration's vaccine effort said he would resign if there's undue interference in this process. but even with fast-tracked approval, experts say it's unlikely more than a small percentage of americans could be vaccinated before 2021, leaving more months of uncertainty and suffering. >> our thanks to miguel almaguer for that report. there is cause for concern in europe this morning as several countries are seeing an uptick in covid-19 cases infection rates are on the rise in france and britain, with many of the new cases in younger people the resurgence in the new number of cases comes as many regions seek to reopen their economies here's nbc's matt bradley. >> reporter: we are seeing a troubling rise in cases not just here in france but all throughout europe, and the

reason why is varied what we are seeing is that after this quite relaxed summer a lot of young parisians, a lot of young french people went out and mixed with each other, and we're seeing a lot more younger people getting this disease also here in paris and throughout france they're allowing for people to get tested for free. so there have been lines outside of testing centers with people who are trying to get tested this is all increasing the percentage of people who have this disease what is not following is the number of people who are dying and the number of people who are hospitalized the health system here is still in pretty good shape even though there has been a surge, and that's because more and more young people are the ones who are infected they're not dying at the same rate, and they're not having to be put in icus this is a different kind of second wave, and a lot of policy makers here are wondering whether it would be worth it to actually implement new confinement measures to try to meet this second wave or whether or not they can just withstand this new wave. matt bradley, nbc news, paris.

climate activists gathered in the swiss alps to protest and mourn receding glaciers. the black-and-white photograph shot in 1891 dramatically illustrates the shrinking of switzerland's trent glacier. activists drew attention to the impact of climate change and urge authorities to take action. their protest comes a day before the swiss parliament begins debating new legislation on reducing co2 emissions nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us with a check of our weather. it seems like at least on the east coast a nice weekend. >> yeah, absolutely. beautiful weekend. abundance of sunshine. temperatures pretty comfortable. but on the pacific northwest a completely different story for the next 24 hours the fire danger really going to be high across salt lake city all the way into san diego, where our temperatures continue to be well above average, hitting 121 in

parts of freezing mark by tomorrow afternoon across the deep south watching a few storms and ladies, i have snow. it's in the forecast >> what? >> i know labor day signals the unofficial end of summer, but we're talking about snow it's 2020, so we shouldn't be too surprised. janessa, thank you austrian athlete josef kobul chilled out by breaking a world record and spending over 2 1/2 hours submerged in ice he stood for two hours 30 minutes and 57 seconds in a cabinet filled with 440 pounds of ice cubes wearing nothing but swim trunks. well, after breaking that teeth-chattering record by over 20 minutes the athlete

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states he faces 175 years on 18 charges. now, the defense says this is all politically motivated and that really mr. assange is an investigative journalist and so he's due first amendment protection now, of course the united states government says that he's just a cybercriminal who has violated the espionage act several times. we're not necessarily expecting any kind of swift resolution to these hearings that are beginning today. it'll take about a month and then the defense says it will appeal any kind of negative outcome. but there is still time for mr. assange to become a factor in this election. he has alleged the trump administration has behind the scenes offered a pardon if he just says that russia had nothing to do with those very infamous 2016 dnc e-mail leaks but of course the white house has denied this. back to you, cori. >> matt, thank you very much stil "tenet" delivered big at the box office. >> and a young boy's dreams come true as eceshe bom part of a family their inspiring story after the break.

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right time to open their home and their hearts to a very special young boy. forrest sanders from our affiliate at wsmv reports. >> marcus mariota. >> reporter: you know, andrew and jacques didn't become best friends the first day they met or really the second >> who should our quarterback be >> reporter: but the first day they began to realize -- >> we had like a lot of stuff in common games. minecraft. >> reporter: and that's not all. >> what? >> reporter: pop tarts they love pop tarts. >> we need more pop tarts. >> we do >> reporter: around the bat cave it's video games, break for pop tarts, repeat. >> pop tarts >> and they eat all day if you let them all day. >> pop tarts >> reporter: keeping up the with the appetite of two preteen boys is jacques's mom and dad, kevin

and dominique gill >> as the years went on, they got pretty close p it's always good to see that bond that they grew >> reporter: but the truth is this friendship isn't simple as just video games and pop tarts andrew has lived in foster care about half his life. and more than 8,000 children are in that foster system in tennessee, waiting for a forever home >> they really want that stability in their life. >> reporter: molly parker's with youth villages she tells us the pandemic is slowing the calls coming in for possible homes >> a lot of families were unsure if they wanted to open their homes to a placement just because they didn't really know what the future holds. >> reporter: but the gills want to tell you something. you see, a few years ago they became andrew's foster family. but he eventually left here. >> oh, man, i didn't care. >> reporter: that's not true >> i'm just playing with you i missed him

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player in nba history to win 1,000 career games james went for 28 points and 11 rebounds in the victory and he may hat one three-pointer but it was enough to pass former teammate ray allen for second most playoff threes ever. a michigan boy has found his perfect match. the pair was both born with cleft lips and that's created an instant bond rachel sweet from nbc affiliate wilx has this heartwarming story of a boy and his dog >> reporter: pure happiness at the jackson county animal shelter. 2-year-old bentley boyer got to bring his new puppy home >> this is my puppy. >> reporter: last week bentley's dad, brandon, came to the animal shelter to look at two chickens he was thinking to adopt when a pooch caught his eye a puppy with a cleft lip >> and he face-timed he said i think this one has a cleft lip. and i said get her, we need her. >> reporter: bentley was born with a cleft lip his mom said he had a tough start in life where it was a strug toll get him to eat. >> we had to skit him up to fee

him and hold his lip to eat. it was a process >> reporter: since day one he's been a happy baby. ashley says his cleft lip doesn't make him any different the family feels finding the puppy will show bentley he isn't alone. >> to see him have something in common with a puppy means a lot because he can grow up and understand that him and his puppy have both had something that they can share in common. >> reporter: the animal shelter says they don't normally see puppies with cleft palates before her adoption they had her for a week and don't see that she will have any problems in the future >> their disability is really not holding her back as she grows, they'll be able to see more if there's anything changing that has to do with that but she's really doing well. she might look a little bit different than a normal dog would, but it's not slowing her down at all. >> reporter: at just two months and two years the imperfect super duo find a perfect match >> this is my puppy. >> our thanks to rachel sweet

for that report. they are meant to be together. and i cannot get over how much he's cuddling his new puppy. >> that's sweet. >> the sweetest thing. >> best friends. i just love it >> especially these days for any family, any bright spot, we'll take it. >> let's bring in more furry friends to our

on this labor day firefighters in california are working overtime as multiple wildfires burn out of control. some zero percent contained. one reportedly started by pyrotechnics from a baby gender reveal it was a weekend of protests in rochester, where the mayor and police chief were called upon to resign in the wake of the death of daniel prude. then to a chaotic scene in portland where a man was lit on fire after the molotov cocktail being hurled toward police ignited on him number 1 is out, not for