a surprise joyride for president trump to thank supporters may have put members of his security detail at risk as medical experts and democrats swiftly criticize the move as insanity. from walter reed president trump is urging congress to pass new coronavirus stimulus members saying, get it done. and we will go inside the breonna taylor grand jury recordings to reveal what went on behind closed doors. got all your week four highlights from around the nfl and the nba and wnba.

going above and beyond the community that came together for a little girl. what they built for her under the rainbow. "early today" starts right now good monday morning, everybody. i'm lindsey reiser in for frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. overnight the administration leaked new pictures of president trump working at walter reed medical center where he's undergoing aggressive treatment for covid-19 that was hours after the president spark'd controversy by shrugging off public health guidelines to go and wave to his supporters from an suv the move outraged health experts and even some within the secret service. one secret service agent told the washington post, he's not even pretending to care. where are the adultse spokesmand the outing saying, quote, appropriate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and those supporting

it adding the trip was cleared by the medical team as safe to do before that outing the president tweeted this video >> so it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid. i learned it by really going to school this is the real school. this isn't the let's read the books school and i get it and i understand it. >> meanwhile, kellyanne conway's daughter revealed on tiktok that she's battling covid-19. and attorney general william barr is reversing course now saying he will quarantine for several days after possible exposure he initially said he would not quarantine for the latest, let's get to tracie potts outside of walter reed this morning. what have we learned about how the president is doing >> reporter: lindsey, at last report the president's doctor said he is improving his vital signs are definitely better, that they are stable now. this after a scare over the

weekend when the president's oxygen levels dropped below what's safe twice and he also came into the hospital with a high fever, which is a different story than we heard from the white house on friday when they said his symptoms were mild. the president's personal doctor explaining the discrepancy >> i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president, his course of illness has had. didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true. >> reporter: so it's possible the president could be released today. his doctors are thinking that he may be we'll wait for an update later this morning meantime, in addition to that steroid that the president was given, he's also taking two

experimental therapies and doctors say his treatment will continue once he's released back to the white house lindsey? >> tracie, thank you. the race for the white house up ended with less than a month until election day as the president and some of his top advisers battle coronavirus. mr. trump's campaign is scrambling to develop a new strategy while joe biden hits the road the vp candidates are gathering up for a debate this week. >> reporter: joe biden jumps ahead while president trump recovers at walter reed. new nbc polling shows biden nearly doubling his lead with a 14 point advantage over trump. our first look at what voters thought of that chaotic debate. >> don't ever use the word smart with me. >> that wild head to head also bolstering views of biden's temperament. a 32 point advantage and the president's support slipping significantly with men over 50. >> i want to give health care at

a much lower price. >> reporter: but a poll taken before the president's covid-19 diagnosis is a snapshot of a presidential race since thrown into deeper turmoil. trump side lined by the virus and unable to campaign with some of his top advisers also stricken his team fanning out top surrogates virtually and in person for joe biden, the campaign calendar barrels on with a change in tone. >> i'm in a little bit of a spot here because i don't want to be attacking the president and the first lady now. >> reporter: but not his message lamb basting trump's handling of the pandemic. >> if that's not his responsibility, what the heck is his responsibility >> promising to release the results of all of his covid tests from now on. >> we have taken every precaution to be incredibly safe. >> reporter: biden still set to travel monday for a town hall with lester holt on monday

vice presidential debate wednesday. >> i'll be here for the next few days preparing for the debate. >> reporter: both running mates have spent hours preparing holding mock sessions and workshoping anticipated attacks. a once routine event >> thanks to allie vitale. you can watch the town hall right here on nbc. lester holt will moderate starting at 8:00 7 central. coming up this morning, the former officer facing charges is due in court he's accused of firing shots that ended up in a neighboring apartment. he has two hearings scheduled for today, one for a civil case and one for a criminal one. after growing demands for more transparency in the case, more than 15 hours of grand jury recordings remain public nbc's ron allen has the details. >> reporter: as the grand jurors listened to the evidence in the breonna taylor case, at one point they wanted to hear more >> we're not gonna show all the

videos. >> reporter: 15 hours of audio recordings that breonna taylor's family hoped would shed new light that left the 26-year-old emergency room technician dead the tapes revealing it was a chaotic and confusing scene. >> was there a formal plan between the 7 officers as they made approach to the -- to serving the warrant? >> i'm not aware of one. >> reporter: during the hearing officers can be heard numerous times discussing one of the most important issues in the case, insisting they announced they were police before breaking down taylor's door. >> i could hear somebody inside. i could hear her. >> reporter: taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker claims police never identified themselves and he fired a gun he was licensed to carry because the couple was afraid of an unknown intruder. taylor was killed when police returned fire but prosecutors have said was justified self-defense i'm confident that once the

public listens to the recordings, they will see that our team presented a thorough case taylor's family's lawyers saying the jurors were stonewalled every step of the way by a prosecution team that had a predetermined outcome and a disingenuous agenda. >> does this change anything >> not for the family of breonna taylor the family is not satisfied and the recordings can't tell it all. the dangerous wildfires in california continue to shatter records. more than4 million acres have been scorched. that's more than double the record set two years ago and there's still two months left in the fire season. at least 31 people have died due to the infernos and more than 8,000 structures have been destroyed. 16,000 firefighters have been battling 23 major wildfires across the state. ken paxton is facing a lot of scrutiny this morning according to a letter by the

austin american states man, some of paxton's top aides are accusing him of bribery. they reported the alleged violations to law enforcement and the ag's office said it was filed due to wrongdoing by employees. the eagles and 49ers capped off sunday night with a nail biter. the niners rookie brandon ayouk from arizona state university making a name for himself in primetime. san francisco would take the lead there philly would rally carson wentz airs it out to retake the lead. the niners, pick 6 that didn't work the eagles win it, 25-20 around the league now, 43-year-old tom brady became the oldest quarterback ever to throw five touchdowns in a game and the bucs would need every last one of them. they came from behind to beat

the chargers 38-31 to arlington where the browns took a massive 41-14 lead into the fourth b in the fourth quarter still not enough especially after this to odell beckham jr take my word for it, he ended up scoring. 49-38. and in cincinnati, number one overall pick joe burrow threw for 300 yards for the third straight game. he got a lot of help from that guy, joe mixon burrow got his first win the jaguars tried to come back in the fourth but the bengals would hold on 33-25. >> would ask if you're excited sports are back but i can hear it in your voice. >> can you tell? >> i can tell. >> nbc meteorologist janessa webb. >> i'm still hurt over that dallas loss but i'm glad to see football is back

we're also watching the tropics. we have another storm system that is brewing and this just in the last two hours has become tropical depression twenty-six it's just south of jamaica winds 35 miles per hour and that's going to continue to increase we're seeing already that rapid intensification of this storm system and the national hurricane center is calling for this storm to go back into the gulf by tomorrow i do think we have a tropical storm it then turns into a hurricane it will gain some steam before potentially making landfalplace. the upper midwest to the great lakes were in the lower 60s but a ton of sunshine. we'll take a look at that week ahead coming up. >> janessa, thanks

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♪ leading the news, parts of new york city are in danger of going back under lockdown after a surge of covid cases rockway, southern brook lip and central queens would be impacted the areas targeted are reporting covid cases above a 3% positivity rate. if approved by the state, non-essential business owners in 9 zip codes would have days to prepare. 100 public schools and 200 non-public schools in this area would be forced to close. the man at ther of president trump's treatment is facing new scrutiny this morning. dr. shaun conley is taking a hit over not being straight up

erin mclaughlin has more on the president's physician. >> reporter: he's the doctor charged with keeping president trump healthy. on sunday he admitted he had downplayed the president's condition. >> i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude that the team, the president, his course of illness has had. >> reporter: and continued to evade reporter's questions. >> dr. conley, on the lung scans. >> you did this yesterday. can you please explain what you found on his lung scans? >> this is a moment of great anxiety for a lot of americans and i'm worried we have not gotten off on a strong foot. >> reporter: who is the doctor appointed in may, 2018 a decorated navy veteran and osteopath. focused on treating the body holistically from the beginning there were questions surrounding his appointment. in the spring two sources with direct knowledge said dr. conley had been hand picked by his predecessor, dr. ronnie jackson. they were concerned he was

promoted without proper vetting. in november dr. conley promoted the president on an unscheduled test he called it an interim checkup but never provided details he protectively described the president the unproven drug trump had been taughting, hydroxychloroquine. >> i happen to be taking it. >> hydroxychloroquine? >> i'm taking it, hydro hydroxychloroqui hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: the potential benefit outweighed the potential risks. the fda cited safety issues including heart rhythm problems adding it provides no benefit. on saturday conley said the president is not being treated with hydroxychloroquine. >> given what happened with hydroxychloroquine, it certainly raises questions about whether dr. copley is really making the call. >> reporter: can you answer the question about the lung function >> reporter: the president's top doctor under the microscope.

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lost the dow still managed to rally 1.9% elsewhere, the president from his bedside is saying let's work together and get it done what's he talking about? he's talking about a stimulus package for the u.s. economy the democrats have their own package which is $2.2 trillion the administration has their own which is 1.6 trillion. the president said our great u.s.a. wants and needs stimulus. let's get this done. perhaps the most important story is petco launching a paid annual care you need an annual commitment. you get unlimited teeth brushing, nail trimming and examinations at participating petco. >> glad we got that in. >> better than a lot of americans sadly. thank you so much, steve. >> when we return, janessa's forecast for the week ahead. and the community that came at tther for a little girl whhey built for her under the rainbow when we come back. frustrated that clothes

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we had a big sunday in basketball for the nba and wnba finals the heat relied on a huge game from jimmy butler's bucket here. butler's 40 point triple double gave miami their first win of the series, 115-104. in the wnba, the seattle storm kept their foot on the gas all throughout the game against the aces seattle wins it, 104-91. both leagues will play again on tuesday. now let's go to a community that came together when the parents of a young child needed help with her remote learning.

here's nbc's jose diaz valert. >> reporter: when the 8-year-old's school went virtual, her parents worried about remote learning, especially in a smaller house. john, take us back to just a couple of months ago >> we were doing it in the kitchen. that was hard. we had all the toys, the distraction. >> reporter: doubly difficult because she has special needs. >> we will do our work online. >> reporter: so her dad decided to build a special space to make learning fun again with their business closed and money tight, the couple turned to a local facebook group for help. >> i said, hey, does anybody have any scrap wood laying around behind their garage >> within days the neighborhood mobilized. >> people offered me wood and people kept offering more stuff. >> everybody got invested and i think because we were all in the same situation and our kids could not go back to school, we were trying to do what's best for them >> reporter: the community giving not just supplies but

support, too and over the two months it took to build the backyard shed, the family kept everyone posted on the progress >> you could see just everyone being excited and they cheered on it was just a great sense of belonging to place. >> reporter: and for the little girl who loves mermaids, barbies, and coloring books, it's no surprise she wanted a rainbow roof. >> that's why all the colors inside the elementary school are red, blue, purple. >> very, very warm and conducive to her education and calm. >> reporter: in a difficult year, one colorful construction laying the foundation for lasting friendships. what would you like to say to these people >> just thank you. you gave me newfound hope for humanity in general. >> and the community just keeps on helping

decorations and supplies for the schoolhouse. pretty important, a heater for the chilly mornings to come. >> it really does take a village. it is so hard during these times of remote learning giving her all the tools she needs to succeed. >> something to look forward to. >> what a great way to start

i'm not telling anybody but you, i'm about to make a surprise visit. >> at 4:30 the president's surprise trip to see supporters outside his hospital. condemned by health experts as he battles covid-19. up next, the president's time line to get back to the white house. decision 2020. just 29 days to go until election day, but you can start voting today. we'll show you how. and wildfire fatigue. people in the north bay return to their homes, many are wondering if they can do this again. "today in the bay" starts