i think that's fun. >> you and me both. a live look for you at dublin. a beautiful way to start the morning there. the sunrise. kari's favorite part of the morning. thank you for making us a part of your morning. good morning. two weeks and presidential race heats up with just 14 days to go the final debate, 48 hours away, with newly enforced rules to avoid interruptions that disrupted the first. >> lft last in your class and first in your class. >> mr. president, can you let him finish >> he doesn't know how to do that. and this morning, massive turnout during early voting in dozens of states we'll have the very latest scary spike, new coronavirus infections in the u.s. rising at

an alarming rate once again, as the president goes after his own health experts >> people are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots, these people, these people that have gotten it wrong. >> dr. fauci brushing it off. >> it's like in "the godfather", nothing personal, strictly business >> just ahead, the new clash over the covid response and an inside look at a controversial trial infecting healthy people with the virus in order to fight it spy games? the u.s. brings charges against russian military officers tied to some of the world's biggest cyberattacks >> no country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously and irresponsibly as russia >> the hackers accused of targeting power grids, u.s. hospitals, even the olympics, and leading to $1 billion in financial losses we're live with new developments overnight. show of support. well wishes pouring in for jeff

bridges, the beloved star revealing he has been diagnosed with cancer and has started treatment. his emotional message to fans about his fight and his future those stories, plus monday night delight. >> end zone, kelce. >> football fans treated with two games with big wins for the chiefs cardinals >> christian kirk, about 80 yards to the house >> while baseball fans get ready for the long-awaited start of the world series today, tuesday, october 20th, 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. good morning welcome to "today. it is a tuesday morning. we're so happy that you're joining us nice to see you, savannah. >> it's a busy morning

we're so glad you're with us at the top, we're sending out love to jeff bridges he was just on our show last week and we adore him. he's announced that he's been diagnosed with cancer. he's starting treatment and we'll get the latest in just a few. >> a surprising announcement and he did it let's start with the race for the white house. the election exactly two weeks from today, but more than 26 million votes have already been cast, with early voting expanded to 39 states. >> the candidates themselves, president trump is holding a rally in pennsylvania today, joe biden is off the trail preparing for thursday night's debate. and we can also tell you this morning there's news that there will be more enforcement of the rules against interruptions, including muting the microphones at certain points. that's the new rule announced by the debate commission. nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander on duty for us. hi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. two weeks to go until election day, just two days until the

final debate, the last best chance for both of these candidates to try to make their case to tens of millions of voters. and the commission on presidential debates now says that it will mute one microphone or the other during parts of the debate to try to make sure both president trump and joe biden stick to agreed-upon rules, an effort the commission says to advance civil discourse. >> number two -- >> you just lost the left. >> number two -- >> reporter: after the first presidential debate debacle -- >> the question is -- >> supreme court justice, radical left -- >> will you shut up? >> reporter: announcing a new plan this week's final matchup, to enforce the rule that both candidates get two minutes of unsbupted time, they plan to mute the other can't's microphone. then for the balance of each segment is intended to be dedicated to open discussion, the commission says, both candidates' microphones will be open. the trump campaign releasing a

statement overnight saying, in part, president trump is committed to debating joe biden, regardless of last-minute rule changing. >> well, i think the whole thing is crazy. this commission, i had problems with them four years ago. >> reporter: also this morning with coronavirus cases surging again, president trump's unloading on the nation's top infectious disease expert, trashing dr. anthony fauci in a conference call. >> people are tired of hearing fauci and all these idiots, these people, these people that have gotten it wrong. every time he goes on television there's always a bomb, but there's a bigger bomb if you fire him. but fauci is a disaster. >> reporter: fauci weighing in on monday. >> it's like in "the godfather", nothing personal, strictly business as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: it comes after he opened up against threats against him and his family on "60 minutes". >> the public health message to save lives triggers such venom and animosity to me that it results in real and credible

threats to my life and my safety. >> have there been death threats against you and your family? >> yes. >> reporter: the president later on the trail in arizona. >> i love prescott. >> reporter: tying fauci to biden. >> he wants to listen to dr. fauci. >> reporter: biden firing back in a statement saying, that's not an attack, that's a badge of honor, adding, mr. president, you're right about one thing, the american people are tired. they're tired of your lies about this virus. biden is off the trail most of this week preparing for thursday's debate. his running mate, kamala harris, in florida, looking to help flip the state for democrats. >> you guys are going to determine the outcome of this election, i'm sure of it. >> reporter: and bashing president trump's handling of the pandemic. >> this man had an opportunity to deal with, but denied fact, denied science, and lied to the american people. >> reporter: the virus that keeps surging, the president says americans are tired of it

and that they want to be left alone. but even within his own party, the president is now facing crr his statements about dr. fauci, the retiring republican senator lamar alexander in a new statement praising fauci and saying if more americans paid attention to his advice, we would have fewer cases of covid and it would be safer to go back to school, to work and out to eat. >> still on the subject, peter, there's a new poll having to do with the president's health and how he's been communicating about it? >> the majority of americans, 52%, say they do not trust what president trump has said about his own health since testing positive for covid earlier this month. that's according to the latest nbc news survey online poll. even yesterday the president would not say whether he was tested before the last debate, the first one, or when he last tested negative, leaving a lot of questions when he may have first been infectious. >> peter, thank you. and we should mention you can watch the final presidential debate thursday night here on nbc.

our coverage begins at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific time. of course, with two weeks to go, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots. most states have expanded early voting by mail and in person for this election. wisconsin joins the list today and florida did the same yesterday. nbc's kerry sanders joins us from miami, where long lines were out there on opening day. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. another record broken in florida. politico reports 350,000 in-person voting took place on monday, and again today we have people lined up to vote early. election day is now two weeks away, but in more than half of the country the election is already in full swing. more than 26 million people have already voted either in person or by mail, an increase of more than 300% compared to this time four years ago. early voting is popular here in florida.

in some cases the wait to cast a ballot has been more than three hours. >> i just thought let me go and be one of the first people to vote and be able to celebrate that. >> if the line is this long now, i can only imagine what it's going to get to as the election gets closer. >> reporter: with an almost even split in florida between registered republicans and democrats, it's 29 electoral votes are still very much in play. both the trump and biden campaigns expect a close race in florida, even with democrats outpacing plans when it comes to mail-in ballots so far. >> it's a reason to be excited but not over-confident. remember, democrats saw this reality four years ago, we didn't like the ending. >> reporter: in georgia they're trying to avoid the voting line disasters that happened during the june primary. more than 1.5 million people have already voted there. >> you, the voter, are turning out in record numbers. >> reporter: while joe biden leads president trump in most national polls, republicans are

touting registration gains in key battle grounds like north carolina and pennsylvania. nationwide, one in ten eligible voters is between 18 and 23 years old, but typically the most reliable voters are over the age of 65, or in this case, 106 years old, voting monday in person in ft. lauderdale. >> how do you feel today doing this? >> very happy. >> very happy, she feels. >> wow, 106 years old. that's something. you were speaking about pennsylvania earlier. the supreme court just issued a key ruling on mail-in ballots there. what do you know about that? >> reporter: that's right, hoda. pennsylvania is a key state with 20 electoral votes. the u.s. supreme court ruling that in that state mail-in ballots that arrive up to three days after election day will still be counted. democrats believe that could be a key to victory. hoda? >> all right, kerry in miami for us, thank you. ten minutes after the hour.

let's get to craig who joins us with the latest on the spike in coronavirus cases we've been seeing. >> good morning to you as well. many states have already weathered two surges and now, now there's growing concern that some are currently heading into a third. new numbers this morning prompting stern warnings from experts and startling predictions about where we could be heading. nbc's tom costello has the story for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. absolutely, we're seven to eight months into this pandemic and a lot of people have pandemic fatigue and frustration, but experts are warning this is not the time to let our guard down. the situation is growing quite dire. some states are now putting out an all call for other states to respond with icu doctors and nurses. the number of new infections has risen to nearly 70,000 per day, the highest rate since late july. >> we're in a really dangerous point, and unfortunately we're

here partly because of our own making. >> reporter: nationwide, millions of americans are suffering from pandemic fatigue, tired of masks, social distancing, home-schooling and working from home. still, with colder months and flu season fast approaching, top doctors predict the worst could be yet to come. the stats are alarming. in 38 states and washington, d.c., cases are climbing, with nearly half seeing infections increase by at least 50%. fargo, north dakota, implementing the state's first mask mandate. >> in the last month our active cases have more than doubled, our hospitalizations are higher now for half the month of october than the entire month of september. >> reporter: also concerning, covid hospitalizations are at their peak in at least 14 states. california, texas and florida all inching closer to 1 million cases, while cases are spiking in vermont and new mexico. new front line er and icus are

once again understaffed. doctors, nurses and paramedics exhausted. from michigan -- >> they are significantly more sick than the ones we saw in the beginning of the pandemic. >> reporter: to utah -- >> the hours are long and the work is not easy, and so to do that for a sustained period of time is really a challenge. >> reporter: in wisconsin, hospitals are near the brink. without enough icu beds and staff, south dakota hospitals are pleading for help from other states. university of washington icu doctor vin gupta fears what could come, a u.s. death toll hitting 500,000 by february 1st. that would be more than the number of americans killed in world war ii. >> if we're seeing more of a relaxation towards normalization of life prematurely, more people will die. >> reporter: so, tom, these dire warnings, these startling predictions, more officials across the country are now considering implementing some

new restrictions, i understand. what are they considering? >> reporter: right now, there really is not a national call for a national lockdown, even dr. fauci says he would not advocate for that right now. wisconsin is limiting the number of people who can be inside together, chicago may take action as well. but the bottom line, the cdc says wear a mask, especially in public areas. public transportation areas especially, that can really protect you and others. but this number that we cited, the potential for half a million dead by february 1st, just a staggering number and it really underscores that this is very much a national emergency that we're in the middle of. guys, back to you. >> yeah, it is. tom costello, thank you, thanks for that. hoda, over to you guys. it is now 7:14. what do you say we check out the weather with mr. roker? >> who is ready for a little winter? >> winter? >> yes. >> no! >> we've got 7 million people under winter weather advisories, watches and warnings from great

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will remain in place at the u.s./canada border until at least november 21st. those restrictions could be extended to an even later date essential workers such as health care professionals, airline crews and truck drivers still permitted to cross. it was a big night for football fans. not one, but two monday night football games, including the dallas cowboys, taking on the arizona cardinals. >> here is first and ten kyler murray it's caught! christian kirk how about 80 yards to the house, just like that >> just like that. the cardinals took a commanding 21-0 lead in the second quarter and the cardinals never looked back dallas really off to a rough start this season. they're 2-4 on the season. their star quarterback, dak prescott, out for the season let's turn to the early game for a moment

patrick mahomes tossed two touchdown passes, as kansas city and the super bowl defending champions there. they topped the buffalo bills 26-17. >> that means delano melvin is happy now. they're scheduling it for your son. we've got a fascinating development to tell you about that comes for the search against solutions for covid-19 nbc's medical correspondent richard engel joins us from london good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah we all need a break-through and this morning here in london, scientists announced their plans to start challenge trials, that is intentionally infecting volunteers with the coronavirus in order to speed up development of a vaccine and treatment at this hospital in london, scientists are now preparing a secure facility where they plan to deliberately infect volunteers with the coronavirus.

the volunteers are used to test the effectiveness of vaccines and treatments it's a much faster way of working than the trials happening across the world now y under the current approach, volunteers live at home. their lives continuing as normal, which means they may or may never become infected. with the so-called challenge trial, infection is guaranteed the first step is a small, but critical one 90 healthy volunteers, 18 to 30 yoors o years old, are given tiny amounts by nose of the coronavirus. the goal is to determine the absolute minimum amount required to get them sick enough to test if vaccines or treatments are effective, but not make them too sick as to put their lives in danger once the tests are done, the volunteers would have to fully recover in isolation before going back into the public but not all virologists support

the plan because of the ethical dilemma of infecting healthy people without having a recovery drug on hand. >> i'm not a supporter of challenge trials at the moment, because what do they do? they inject healthy volunteers with a virus for which we have no cure. at the moment we're putting people at risk that, you know, i think we could have some really nasty problems >> so richard, what are the next steps then in these trials just how fast would this accelerate the vaccine timeline, even though, as you said, it is controversial? >> reporter: so they're not doing it exactly yet they just announced today their intentions to start doing this and they are starting to make the preparations, trying to figure out the exact dose of the coronavirus, think about that, to dose it like a pill of the virus so that you could take it in a safe way. this still needs to be approved by authorities here in the uk.

that approval is expected and they could start doing this in january. >> keep us posted, richard thank you, fascinating story now to a sweeping campaign of cyberattacks that's making headlines around the world this morning. the justice department has just indited six russian intelligence agency officers, claiming they hacked everything from foreign elections to the olympics and caused losses of nearly $1 billion to american companies. today's senior international correspondent keir simmons is following this story good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning. this morning a department of justice official confirm to go me that they do believe that this russian military intelligence unit just this year was trying to target japan's 2020 olympics, this same unit back in 2016 was responsible for the election hack. now it is accused of a large number of further cyberattacks the doj did not mention claims that russia was trying to

intervene in this year's election the 2018 olympic games in pyongyang were targeted by russian malware called olympic destroyer, according to the doj. on monday, u.s. officials indicting six members of a hacking unit called sound worm, from russia's military intelligence, the giu. >> no country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously and irresponsibly as russia >> reporter: and this morning, british officials are accusing russia of carrying out cyber reconnoissance on the delayed games in tokyo four years ago russia was banned from athletic competition because of a state-sanctioned doping campaign. its head of athletics then admitting to me -- >> do you accept that doping has been widespread in russia? >> also -- mainly, yes. >> reporter: but instead of cleaning up its act, the justice department says russia launched

a campaign to attack and disrupt the olympics on reopening day of the 2018 games in south korea, thousands of computers were compromised. the computer code even emulated north korean hackers in an apparent effort to disguise its origin other targets, u.s. and british officials say, two pennsylvania hospitals. the french 2017 presidential elections. ukraine's power grid and british investigators looking into the poisoning of a former russian intelligence officer. this morning, one russian journalist and security expert skeptical, naming and shaming russian intelligence will work >> will russia cease hacking >> i don't think so. >> reporter: ironically, one piece of malware even referenced the cybersecurity show mr. robot, where hackers aim to spread anarchy experts estimate the cost of russia's alleged hacking has reached $1 billion

>> so, keir, considering that these russian hackers likely won't be arrested here in the united states, what was the ultimate goal in even indicting them >> reporter: well, craig, for some years now american and british officials have been following this policy of naming and shaming russian hackers and hackers from other parts of the world. as i mentioned in my report, there are many who question whether it is working, and certainly the russian embassy there in washington saying this morning that this is a witch hunt and espionage mania, and insisting that russia does respect the sovereignty of other nations. that said, this morning japan saying that it is determined to protect its olympics next year from cyber hacking, craig. >> our senior international correspondent, keir simmons. thanks, buddy. just ahead, support flooding in for jeff bridges this morning, after he revealed his cancer diagnosis we're going to hear from him and we'll talk about the support that is flooding in to him but first, these messages.

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>> now [ bleep ] is coming to light. >> reporter: jeff bridges at a cast reunion here on "today" two years ago, recalling one of the many memorable lines from the cult classic, the big lebowski it's the same way he announced his medical condition to the world, writing on twitter, as the dude would say, new expletive has come to light, adding i have been diagnosed with lymphoma. although it is a serious disease, i feel fortunate that i have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good. the 70-year-old oscar winner going on to say that he has started treatment for the disease. although he did not specify which kind of lymphoma he has. according to the american cancer society, the two main types are hodgkin lymphoma and non-hodgkin lymphoma along with various medications, treatment usually involves chemotherapy, radiation, and in rare cases, stem cell transplants.

>> we all know jeff bridges as an actor, musician, and of course the dude. now he is adding artist to his resumé >> reporter: bridges and his daughter isabelle talking to al earlier this month about their new book "daddy daughter day". while his career spans over half a century, it's his role in big lebowski that fans remember most. >> that's how i start my preparation, look inside myself and see what aspects of myself i might magnify or ones that don't apply, kind of kick them to the curb. >> reporter: bridges has been nominated for seven oscars, winning in 2010 for his performance as a country crooner battling alcoholism in crazy heart. overnight, reaction to the news. bridges writing, and while i have you, please remember to go vote, because we're all in this together

>> common line of his, we are all in this together well, bridges last appeared on the big screen two years ago he's currently working on the tv mini series, "the old man" and his producers wishing him love and support sgli like how he said at the end of his tweet is prognosis is good. he may have some insight there thank you, natalie. >> he was just on with you, al. >> and there's always this kindness with him and this kind of dudeness, the dude abides and he know he's sending that out and we're sending it out to him. a terrific guy let's check your weather and see what we've got for today again, we are worrying about fire danger throughout much of northern and central california because of winds that are gusting over 30 miles per hour and low humidity and a lot of heat but we've got a little winter as far as the temperatures are concerned up to the north. billings 19 degrees below average, chicago, 55 you go to washington, they're going to be near 80 degrees today. that's 10 degrees above average.

memphis at 80 as well and the warmth makes its way to the east tomorrow, charlotte, nashville, cincinnati all above average, while milwaukee, fargo, rapid city below average and then as we head into the latter part of the week going into the weekend, temperatures do cool down by friday in boston, 74. staying mild in washington, 75 degrees, and temperatures in the 70s in cincinnati, topping out good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at our high temperatures for today, we're reaching into the upper 80s for the inland east bay, while the south bay will be in the mid-80s. palo alto expect a high of 83 degrees and 70 in san francisco am we'll see some mid-80s for santa rosa today. and we're also watching out for that high fire danger with our well above normal temperatures continuing over the next few days. as we transition to some cooler temperatures it will be gusty. we'll have to watch out for the fire danger.

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good morning. it's 7:56. i'm laura garcia. here's a look at what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm bob redell. later today the oakland city council will consider a resolution to declare the prevention of gun violence to be the top priority for oakland police and will consider a proposal to terminate oakland's

police's portion in the fbi's joint terrorism task force. the head of the police union says that would be counterproductive. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san mateo county where there's now a drive-through covid testing site for kids. the testing starts at 1:00 this afternoon for children 5 years and older. it's by appointment only, so do make an appointment. find a link to how you can do that on my facebook page and twitter feed. supervisors will consider a $16 million public health strategy to broaden test availability and offer inventives for testing and stipends for people who can't afford to miss work. the county is struggling with high rates of covid especially in the latino community. want to play it safe when you go outside maybe for a walk? when is the best time, kari? it's going to be a very warm day so early hours are the best. temperatures in the upper 80s and we'll see it gradually cooling off.

we're also watching out for the high fire danger throughout the end of the workweek, laura. all right. sounds good. another update in half an hour. have a great morning. in business you have to be able to shift-pivot-adapt.

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it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, on the trail with just two weeks to go until the election, both candidates making their final case early voting under way across the country, and the last debate now enforcing a major rule so what do you need to know? we're live with the latest plus, honoring our hidden heroes, we'll introduce you to a group of extraordinary military caregivers and their veterans. >> there's kind of this life to care giving, sometimes it feels like a constant game of curveballs. >> just ahead, our behind-the-scenes look at their

daily lives and incredible spirits. and everybody loves reunions harry smith catches up with the cast of "everybody loves raymond" 15 years later. >> one of the best lines i had was when i said to ray, if my parents lit an orphanage on fire on christmas day, they still wouldn't be as bad as your parents. >> the special reason they're getting back together. "today," tuesday, october 20th, 2020 >> hey, savannah and hoda. >> we are "today" show's biggest fans, all the way from texas. >> hi, everybody we're celebrating john's 60th birthday >> celebrating our third wedding anniversary. >> from marlton, new jersey, on the "today" show >> we're so happy you guys are with us. it is 8:01 on a tuesday morning and we're so excited, because we

have an extra special my "today" plaza today. >> we do these are good people. these are caregivers, military dedicated men and women who take care of our wounded veterans once they come home. have we thought about taking care of the wives and moms and sons and daughters and husbands who take care of our veterans? we're going to really try to shine a light on them. the third annual heroes and history makers gala is tonight we'll tell you all about it. >> it's near and dear to your heart. >> definitely. >> we'll talk about that and we're also really looking forward to something tomorrow here on "today." halloween right around the corner, of course. we've got a guide for families so everyone has a safe and happy halloween. it's going to be different, of course so vicky nguyen is going to share really clever ideas and creative ways to hand out candy, to making a mask a part of your little one's costume.

>> carson has a dlefr wclever w handing out candy. >> let's get to the news at 8:00 we have reached the final two weeks of a bitter presidential campaign nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander joins us with the things to watch today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. after the first debate debacle in an effort to limit interruptions at this thursday's matchup, the commission on presidential debates overnight said it would mute the microphones of president trump and joe biden to allow each candidate two minutes of uninterrupted time at the start of each segment. the commission says it is simply enforcing an agreed-upon rule. the president said he will participate in the debate but argues he thinks the commission is, quote, very unfair ahead of the election a ruling from the supreme court is going to law mail-in ballots in pennsylvania to be counted if they are received within three days of election day this move is a loss for republicans who had pushed to require that only ballots received by election day should

be counted it comes as early voting is under way in another critical swing state, florida, continuing now through november 1st and finally, as covid cases surge, president trump is laying into the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, in a call with campaign staff, the president calling fauci a disaster, and saying people are tired of hearing fauci and in the president's words, all these idiots. president trump said joe biden would listen to fauci, a comment that biden later said was not an attack, but a badge of honor, savannah. >> thank you very much a reminder, you can watch the final presidential debate this thursday night on nbc. our coverage begins at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific time. more now on the coronavirus crisis in the nation's heartland. wisconsin is one of the states with an alarming increase in new infections nbc's gabe gutierrez is in milwaukee for us good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. cars are lining up outside of this drive-through testing site

even before it opened for the first time on monday and now more covid restrictions are back in effect after a judge upheld the wisconsin governor's order limiting bars and restaurants to 25% capacity. hour after hour, cars snake around the parking lot outside miller park, the home of major league baseball's milwaukee brewers, now the area's newest covid testing site. >> we all want to get back to work and have life as normal as possible >> reporter: but as wisconsin health authorities report, more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases a day in the state, life is anything but normal here we spoke with several drivers from a distance. this 69-year-old and his wife were getting tested together. >> i can't taste or smell and i've got like a head cold and i can't go back to work until it's cleared. >> reporter: frank lockett is also feeling symptoms and has this warning. >> this ain't no joke.

>> reporter: right now, 82% of the hospital beds in wisconsin are filled authorities have opened an emergency field hospital, but so far it's empty still, the chief medical officer of the state's largest hospital says this winter could be devastating. >> there are really two areas that keep me up at night one of them is around what potentially may happen as we begin to see more influenza like illness, not just here in wisconsin, but across the country. beyond that, i think the bigger concern is what will happen in terms of the resilience of our team members this has gone on for a long time >> reporter: this morning, carmen lurma is fighting for her life in a madison hospital she was diagnosed with covid in july and spent 45 days in the icu. >> it's like gasping for air, that's how bad it feels. >> reporter: her doctors say the virus severely damaged her lungs. the 52-year-old needs a double lung transplant. >> i always tell people, you

know what, even if you don't like the mask, wear it it will save someone else's life. >> reporter: we expect another busy day at this testing site and also at polling places here in wisconsin early voting begins today, hoda. >> just heartbreaking to hear about those covid cases. thank you. it is 8:07 this feels like a good time for a little boost. >> i've got you covered. there's a little boy out there named aidan who hadn't seen his grandpa in a whole year. just check out the reaction when grandpa greg surprised him by showing up at his house in owensboro, kentucky. >> oh, my gosh aidan and grandpa, well, they just held on there for a long time in owensboro, kentucky. his mom said she didn't know what to expect, but didn't expect that reaction

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we are back. it is 8:10 now, as carson joins us for a closer look at a project that's really become very close to your heart. >> it is for the past couple of years savannah has had the honor, along with actor and oscar winner, tom hanks, to be an ambassador for hidden heroes and you've spoken so fondly about this group. >> this is an initiative started by the elizabeth dole foundation to provide much needed support to the nearly 6 million military and veteran caregivers in the u.s. tonight is their annual gala, which i'm going to host again but it will be virtual this year we're going to meet some of these amazing caregivers and their veterans live in just a moment first, we wanted to show you a day in the life of two courageous families. >> there's kind of this life to

caregiving, sometimes it feels like a constant game of curveballs >> we were in these alone and just trying to figure out everything, and then him adjusting back to civilian life was just so challenging. sometimes i just didn't have answers. cara benson and trisa smith live hundreds of miles apart but are close at heart both are caregivers for their veteran husband. cara's husband was a combat army engineer in iraq and suffers from a traumatic brain injury and degenerative neurological issues >> he was injured in 2003, but to put it into perspective, we didn't receive even a partially firm diagnosis until 2018. there were so many years of this is wrong, and doctors saying well, you know, we don't know, it's in your head.

>> jason also suffers from a traumatic brain injury after being injured in an ied blast in afghanistan in 2009. >> i remember vividly just the hot embers falling and just the darkness turning into light and the feeling, the concussion. i shrugged it right off. i was back to work within a day. >> their husbands returns from deployment changed men, while their wives tried to pick up the pieces, suffering in silence themselves as the stress of their new roles as caregivers took a toll. >> it was very isolating and very infuriating and at that point in time we didn't have a support network, we didn't have caregivers that i knew i was just learning the system to help him out. and so it was so infuriating and so lonely to fight that fight. >> but four years ago, that fight got a little less lonely with the creation of the hidden

heroes campaign by the elizabeth dole foundation, providing veteran caregivers with the help and recognition they so deserve. hidden heroes connects caregivers to helpful resources and each other. >> hidden heroes has given me a voice, a sense of belonging. >> for me it's been life-changing. there is a camaraderie that comes in the darkest hours, really >> and now, both teresa and cara want to help light the way for others they have been selected to be hidden heroes fellows in honor for 225 caregivers around the country to serve as allies for other caregivers and give a voice to the voiceless. >> it's not going to be easy, but that doesn't mean because you fail sometimes, doesn't mean that, you know, you give up. >> don't give up, even if you have to take it minute by minute, step by step, even if you cannot see the finish line

and know that you don't have to do it alone. we'll be there to help you along when you need it. >> it is our pleasure to be joined now by trisa and jason smith, cara and eric benson and the poi ya family, the cool listen family and bristol families and the caregivers are heroes, too. cara, we just met you and heard a little about your story in the piece. how do you get up every day? where do you fill your tank? where do you find your resources to go forward every day, even on the hard ones? >> i think getting the network has really helped me find the resources. caregivers are a wealth of information and the more you connect with each other, the more we can share that information. you can decide whether you need to connect with a caregiver, see how they're doing, connect with

a friend, just that five-minute checkup does wonders when you are caregiving for a husband and multiple children. >> yeah, you've got your hands full we say good morning to the whole family there trisa, you and i have met over the years a few times. and you know there are folks right now watching, trisa, who aren't sure if we should reach out, who do feel alone but feel a little nervous about taking a step what has this meant to you and how would you encourage others >> reaching out, myself, i'm a caregiver, it has only empowered me, but has also given me the chance to own that not only am i a mother, a husband -- not a husband, not only am i a mother to my kids, i'm also a caregiver. that they're not

the caregiver title has give en me a voice that i can be able to help other caregivers to see that they're really not alone. we're doing a good job taking care of -- i mean, juggling everything it's not easy being a mother to these three kids it's amazing you guys are awesome you have a voice, your kids have a voice. carson, we have a surprise >> yes, and as a reminder, these are six of the 225 hidden heroes all across the country and to help them do their work, our parent company, comcast, is providing a brand new laptop to all 225 fellows. comcast is providing these gifts through their internet essentials program, the largest effort in the nation to close that digital divide. and we want to thank dell technologies for wrangling all the computers. so 225 brand new laptops going out to help them out. >> what do you think >> what do you think >> awesome thank you. >> bye. >> we want to show a little extra love to the poyer family

and maggie and jack who are here, the paban family and collins family, we see you, too. thank you for being with us. >> and good luck tonight. >> yeah, the gala is going to be tonight. i hope everybody joins virtually. we've got some incredible stories, including one that i brought to you last year about a mom and a wife who is taking care of her veteran and they have a beautiful update. that's all i've got to say >> tom hanks, hillary swank. >> a whole bunch of folks. >> 8:00 eastern? >> that's right. if you want to register, go over to today.com and thank you, again, to our beautiful families and all you do. it's time for another check of the weather. >> we're still tracking the tropics and we've got a system in the care bean it's a 10% chance of development but there's the development zone right now. we also are watching this system

now, it is a tropical storm episilon it will stay hopefully to the east of bermuda, but the only other epsilon name was back in five that one formed five weeks later. the next storm will tie 2005 for the most named storms. the rest of the country for today, autumn snow, we're looking at a dreary day from the mid-mississippi river valley into the northeast fair skies to the mid-atlantic >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look outside in san francisco. we are seeing that sunshine and also those winds that will be picking up as we go throughout today. we do have that red flag warning that will be in effect for the north bay hills through tomorrow morning. and then for the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains, we'll be added to that red flag warning that will start up again as we head into wednesday through friday. so we have a couple of time periods here where some high

winds and hot temperatures will continue. and that's your latest weather. guys >> all right, mr. roker. so pop start, before we dig in, it looks like there's some new pop start swag >> look at the swag i've got a friend in california made my pop start mask for me and the kids my name is on it we're going to sell them 40 bucks and i've told uncle al, for years, i said you should sell scarfs around the street that say "here's what's happening in your neck of the woods". >> lots to get to today. a couple of great trailers bruce springstein is up first. his newest album with the e street brand is called "letter to you" that finally comes out on friday. as part of the release, apple tv plus is premiering a documentary that's going to feature killer stuff. never-before-seen footage and this morning we're lucky enough to have an exclusive clip of the band working on the album and

bruce talking about playing with the e street band after all of these years. >> we perform in service to our audience the pay is great but you are the reason we're here. >> that's big news >> now, there's one thing we could try. ♪ in my letter to you >> it is our commitment that hardens our purpose, our sense of do or die >> it's a little extra riff. >> the e street band is not a job. it is a vocation, a calling. it is both one of the most important things in your life, and of course it's only rock n roll. >> it's pretty cool to see the process and watch bruce and the guys work. the documentary hits apple tv plus on friday chadwick boseman, when the actor passed away in august it was revealed that there was one more movie that he starred in that had yesterday to be released

it's called ma rain he's back bomb and it follows blues singer played by viola davis and her trum trumpet player as they make their way in the 1920s in the music industry we have a nifrt lofirst look at trailer. >> tell the white man just what he can do. >> they don't care nothing about me all they want is my voice. >> how about the songs i give you? >> i'll take them off your hands for you. >> i've got my time coming to me >> you don't know nothing about what kind of blood i've got, what kind of heart i've got beating here. >> i'm sold. >> i want to see it. >> ten seconds, sold. "ma rainey's black bottom" hits netflix on october 17th. another trailer, the "mandalorian," it's season 2 of the star wars hit show, it is almost here. fans of baby yoda could not be more excited

overnight a new trailer teasing the adventure and action for the new season was released and here is a quick peak at it. >> i'm here on business. i need your help i've been requested to bring this one back to its kind. >> here we go. >> it's not much to work with, but it's good. >> look who is geeking out >> me and jack daily, we love the "mandalorian." >> goldie, our youngest, is going as baby yoda for halloween. we just got it and we were trying on the hat the other day. they looked adorable so, yeah -- >> oh, stop it right now >> that's cute on top of cute. anyway, that comes out, i believe, on the 30th ben stiller obviously one of the biggest names in hollywood but back in the 80s he

auditioned for a lot of roles. one of the roles he interviewed for was "back to the future. here he is reading the famous scene where marty finds himself on a date with miss mom. >> why are you so nervous? >> have you ever been like in a situation where -- well, you know you have to act a certain way, but when you get there, you're not sure you can really go through with it >> wow >> i think he has a vulnerability. >> that's kyra sedgwick. she was reading for the role of jennifer who would be played by claudia wells and elisabaeth shue in the second one you get it all included in the 35th anniversary box set finally, gwen stefani, fans of the no doubt star started asking what would it be like if gwen released a country album. last night on "the tonight show."

we were giving a look at what a gwen stefani country album infomercial might look like. >> you ain't no hollow back girl >>. ♪ few times i've been around i ain't no hollaback girl ♪ i saint no hollaback girl ♪ ♪ i ain't no hollaback girl >> there you go. >> yes >> that's good. >> she'll still teach you how to spell bananas, too >> thank you, carson just ahead, to start something, a new special, and fun, our special "reunited today" series. the cast of "everybody loves raymond. harry smith gets the pleasure of catching up with them. we'll catch up with harry after your local news.

good morning to you. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. happening today, mourners will gather for a celebration of life honoring a san francisco paramedic who died in a training accident. jason cortez died when he fell 30 feet from a fire escape landing two weeks ago. today's celebration of life will include a procession to oracle park where the ceremony will be held. it's not open to the public, but it will be streamed online. let's get a look at that forecast for you on this tuesday. meteorologist kari hall standing by. >> we are watching out for the red flag warning and high fire danger in the north bay hills especially today. we could see our winds in the

upper elevations gusting up to 40 miles an hour. that's coming along with some very low humidity. for the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains, there's a fire weather watch that may turn over to a red flag warning once we get closer to wednesday night. and that will continue through friday. so we have a couple of times here we are expecting higher winds and also some warm temperatures. but we are going to cool off heading into the weekend. we'll see highs reaching into the upper 70s by friday and then mid-70s for the inland valleys going into the weekend. so after a couple more days, marcus, we're going to cool off. >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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>> and our buddy harry smith, everybo"everybody loves raymond" one of the best shows of all time and this morning harry is catching up with the all-star cast as they reunite after 15 years and they do it for a great cause. >> and then coming oup the third hour, i'm going to catch up with music legend peter frampton. he gets very personal about his career and childhood he had a very famous classmate that helped him on his way back find his signature sound. >> what? who? >> you will not -- i had no idea carson probably knows, but i don't. >> i don't know. >> really? >> that's quite the tease there. >> i love that song. >> we know there are millions of you out there, including my mother-in-law, big fans of steals and deals, you want to join in tomorrow it is going to be day one of a two-day extravaganza celebrating ten years. >> what?

>> a decade of steals and deals. >> hshe has not changed. >> some of our favorite and best-selling products from the past decade. >> good. the prompter just went completely black anybody know what's coming up? >> it's halloween. >> oh, halloween we love to get dressed up. we've got a big week coming up we're adding a new twist and this will roll off the tongue. my today plaza wings. >> here's what we're doing we're inviting people all across the country to join us dress up in costume as we count down to our big reswreveal on fy and maybe you can join us on our virtual plaza on friday. >> it's like you don't want to say plaza-ween. >> let's hear it. >> how about a final check of the weather? >> i think there will be a subcategory, the forecast is mini baby yodas. >> there should be. >> you can't have enough baby yodas.

let's show you what we've got going on we are looking at snow up in the plains, fair skies in the mid tack and southeast, a dreary day from oklahoma to the northeast, fire danger out west and tomorrow more snow through the plains it's a little wet through the northeast but more mild. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we take a look at our inland temperatures and the seven-day forecast. we'll have a couple more days of some hot and windy conditions causing our red flag warning in the high fire conditions we'll see. by the end of the week as we transition toward cooler temperatures, it's going to get quite gusty. and then after that, once the winds calm down, we should have a quiet weekend as we drop back into the low to mid-70s. in san francisco, we'll go from the 70s down to the 60s. carson guessed who it is

>> don't tell. >> peter frampton had a famous high school friend that helped him. >> how did you find out? >> i knew where he was from. they went to high school in east london and they were about the same age i just guessed. >> we're not telling >> way more famous than i thought. >> is he okay >> all right, guys, coming up, the author of an inspiring book, empowering women dealing with breast cancer. we're going to ask h

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we are back, back 8:36 with pink power today for breast cancer awareness month. this morning we're looking at powerful stories from survivors themselves. >> as a college senior, award winning journalist ali rogin underwent a double preventive mastectomy after pesting positive for the brca gene

mutation now she's focused on bringing together a sisterhood of people who beat the disease in a book "beat breast cancer like a boss". >> thank you so much for having me. >> we're so proud of you and this book is really -- it's really different, because you talk about beating breast cancer and i'm sure a lot of people think, oh, is that just for people who don't have it anymore. and you really expand that definition can you tell me about why you came up with this title and what it means to you? >> right what beating breast cancer means to me is something very different from the normal definition, which is going into remission and remaining cancer free i think that's far too limiting of a definition and it certainly leaves out a lot of women fin this community, and of course men, including those who are metastatic who will be living with breast cancer for the rest of their life. those who have gone through multiple recurrences of breast cancer as so many women, hoda, i'm sure

can attest, breast cancer is a daily struggle and that is the struggle that i want to talk about when we talk about beating breast cancer, because it is something that women who are dealing with breast cancer have to think about beating every single day. >> yeah, it is that. and i think a lot of women see it as something that shapes them but doesn't define them, yet it's always part of them and i thought what was fascinating about the book, too, is you spoke to cokie roberts and you spoke to her in a time where you thought she had actually beaten breast cancer, but that wasn't the case at all, was it >> that's exactly right, hoda. and i think the late great cokie really taught me a lesson that, unfortunately, i didn't fully realize until after she had passed when i interviewed her for this book, i was talking to her about her previous fight and i was in the mindset of thinking she has breast cancer in her rearview mirror what i didn't know is that she was back actively in the fight, her cancer had returned and it had progressed and yet she spoke to me with

such a presence and an assuredness of being in the moment, talking to me about the things that she had done in her previous fight, which i know she carried on to her second fight, about being close with family, spending time with those she loved, doing the things that made her happy and so i think to me nobody really embodied beating breast cancer every single day like cokie roberts. >> you tell a lot of stories, people from all walks of life, news professionals, people in the boardroom, athletes. tell me about maggie ka dur ka she's known as the bald ballerina on her blog. what did she teach you >> maggie is so incredibly inspiring. she was starting out as a young promising ballerina in new york city when she just graduated college, and she felt a pain in her sternum. and she tried to get it checked out, worrying that it might be breast cancer, but she was turned away by many doctors, who said you're way too young, just let it pass. by the time she got in to see a

doctor, her cancer had progressed to the point where she is metastatic and she will be living with breast cancer for the rest of her life she had to put her dancing career on hold but she didn't let that stop her from living an incredible life. she's now an advocate and a spokeswoman for those in the metastatic breast cancer community for which there is currently no cure, and she's still dancing every single day and just living life exuberantly and is such an inspiration. >> you interviewed so many people was there a common thread through all of these women because you don't want to wake up every morning and say, oh, gosh, is today the day it comes back that's not what you want to be saying to yourself so what was the admon thread you learned from these women >> what was interesting was i approached these women thinking they were going to provide me with lessons about the strategies that they had employed in their professional lives and how those strategies then translated to their fight with breast cancer what i realized is that breast

cancer isn't like any other challenge that these women ever went through you can't just work harder at breast cancer and have it go away there's a certain amount of control that you need to let go and, you know, put your faith in the medicine and the team of doctors that's around you. and that takes a lot of mental strength to reorient your thinking about this challenge. and all of these women have different strategies that they employed, each one of them was very different, and so while i don't think this book can provide anybody with a specific lesson and a how-to, it does give a lot of anecdotal information about how do you rethink this breast cancer battle because it is so different from other challenges we face. >> ali, if you end up doing a volume 2, you should talk to hoda, because hoda, her one word mantra was forward, right? just go forward. ali, we're so proud of you i have to brag because we worked together many, many years ago in washington you worked on the daily rundown

and you were an msnbc producer back then and you've moved your way on up in network news and we're so proud of you. thank you and congrats on the book. >> thank you so much >> you can read "beat breast cancer like a boss" and you can woman 1: get your vote-by-mail ballot? woman 2: you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. surfer: or you can fill it out anywhere. man 1: it's easy to mail it back. you don't even need a stamp. man 2: or you can use an official drop box. woman 3: you can even drop it off at the polls. man 3: then, track it to confirm your county got it. see? they got it! woman 4: mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted.

and we're we're back kicking off a special series "reunited today," where we bring together casts from some of your favorite tv shows and movies. >> we're really excited about this and we're starting off with a fantastic one. harry smith sat down with the cast of "everybody loves raymond. they're reuniting for a very special cause and this is my late grandmother's favorite show we used to watch every episode >> every episode and for years after, right you know, what's interesting to me is in the years since the show went off the air, the

members of the cast of "everybody loves raymond" would put on a show to raise money for the fight against multiple myeloma which took the life of the great peter boyle not long after the show went off the air. you can't do an in-person show with an audience and everything, so the answer is a table read. >> well, raymond, it's official. they love you no matter what you do [ laughter ] >> with a wagon load of emmys and nine seasons of smile-worthy ratings, "everybody loves raymond" broadcast its final episode in may of 2005. >> i'm sorry, but i am not the yeller. >> you are the reason for the yeller. >> then came syndication and the show was everywhere. >> that's going to need another coke the dial, there's one, there's another one, there's >> it was like sieinfeld-ian proportions. if you are surfing on the dial, there's one, there's another one, there's another one. >> you say that with a little

bit of dread, there's another one, there's another one. [ laughter ] >> "raymond" is one of those shows audiences like to watch over and over again. it's a sitcom classic, no question >> i don't know what to do sometimes i just want to smack you. [ laughter ] >> when you looked over the script, what was it like to go back and sort of walk through that part again? >> you know, it's funny, harry it immediately reminded me -- because, you know, a lot of those scripts we haven't seen in maybe, i don't know, two years, it reminded me how amazing the writing was. and that's what really has always stood out we were very lucky to get a cast like this, we had a chemistry early on that, you know, you can't predict and you can't plan but it was really how all of the writing just stood up. >> i laughed out loud. by the way, as i do, when i see

re-runs of "raymond" and i basically spent the pandemic sitting in front of the tv watching re-runs of "raymond," and i laugh every time >> you kind of get to see the show like a viewer i appreciated it so much more now looking back at the scripts now, because i had forgotten what it was like i'm reading it on the page and i'm like, man, this was good. >> easier now, no doubt. the show was roughly based on ray romano's own family and romano was also one of the executive producers. >> when you're in there and you're part of the writing and producing, it's hard to watch it from a neutral standpoint. it was great to experience it now. i recommend it to anybody who has had a show that's been off the air for 15 years >> among the most important aspects of successful sitcom is

casting. >> one of the things that has to happen is the casting has to be special, we read 200 women until patty came in the room to read for the wife >> explain to me how you can't fold a shirt explain to me how an adult human with thumbs is not able to do that >> they knew immediately and she often got the best lines. >> one of the best lines i had in all nine seasons was when i said to ray, if my parents lit an orphanage on fire on christmas day, they still wouldn't be as bad as your parents. >> she was the anchor, in my opinion. she was surrounded by this circus and what i loved with patty was -- i don't have to tell you, incredibly talented, but it was so easy to fall into that woe is me victimhood, and she played the strong woman who wouldn't take anyone's crap. >> lost since that last episode,

both peter boyle and the redoubtable doris roberts. >> i am going to give you the secret to marital bliss. >> after you give it to him, why don't you let me in on it. >> we didn't do one script, we did select screens throughout the seasons and there were a lot of times where the scene, like mother comes in and we had to stop the scene there, but the funniest stuff was coming up with doris coming in or peter coming in. so, yeah, you just appreciate them and miss them even more. >> as for that ever-present suggestion common among hit come december about a reunion or a reboot -- >> we've kind of agreed that that -- not probably, it won't happen with us we're missing peter, we're missing doris, we're missing the crux of the show this is kind of as close as it will get to us performing again the show we may do something together as a group and as a panel, as a talk show or something, but to actually perform as our characters, i think this is the

only chance you'll get to see it, you know >> sounds like a blast and if you want to watch, you can go on the myeloma website, they have a youtube channel and on facebook. it's free, it's friday night, and them getting together and hearing them talk about it, their enthusiasm for it was just fantastic and quite infectious. >> i could have watched another 20 minutes of that, easy everybody has got a favorite. >> it's so much like lucy and dick van dyke. it has so many of those perfect notes, the perfect pitch. >> do you have a favorite episode? >> oh, my gosh, the episode where they leave -- they come back from vacation and they leave the suitcase on the landing and they put -- they will not -- it's a battle of wills. >> the one where she throws out the mohammed ali ougautograph. >> or he record over their wedding. harry, thank you.

>> we've got two viewers right there. >> by the way, the reunited series is going to continue tomorrow because one hoda kotb, you hung out with the cast of "meet the parents." >> it was fun. bill stiller and company were there. funny as can be. they have some great insight when de niro and ben worked together for the first time, ben was terrified. he was describing what that felt like great bunch. we look forward to that. >> first, though, we are going to take you to global life field in texas they're getting ready for tonight's start of the fall

after a shortened season, tonight the world series finally starts. >> that's right, no yankees. but the matchup is the los angeles dodgers and tampa bay rays and just like everything else in 2020, the classic is going to look different. >> the games are being held at a neutral site, that's globe life

field in arlington, texas. and nbc's morgan chesky is right there. hey, morgan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and it feels oddly surreal, yet comforting to say game one kicking off tonight of the world series 11,500 fans are going to be the lucky ones to walk inside the doors. official tell me they do plan on having to remind everyone, make sure you have a mask on. that side, the excitement is building and fans are flying in from all over the country, which makes the new covid protocols even more critical >> the eighth pitch has been the magic one tonight. >> reporter: two hard-fought game sevens now making for a one-of-a-kind world series >> and they win the national league pennant. >> reporter: out to prove even a pandemic can't stop baseball. >> how does it feel to look out on this field and know that we still at least have the world series >> it has been so great to hear the cheers, the roar of the crowd. just to hear that spontaneous

reaction from fans is something that's been missing. >> reporter: major vp rob mattwood says the fans will find the stadium right. seats are zip tied to keep everyone socially distance and everyone is required to wear masks all game long, despite the sellout series, the shadow of covid-19 still looming large >> it's a difficult thing. >> dodger die-hard john stein is flying for the first time since march to catch the games he knows the stakes are high not just for his team. >> you can't just randomly run up to strangers and hug them and stuff. >> reporter: even the players having to hold back. >> it's been a rough year. >> reporter: rays pitcher ryan yarbrough can't wait to see fans but says he still misses the high-fives. >> i think that's the hardest thing, not being able to have those moments. >> reporter: baseball hasn't had

one player or staff member test positive for covid-19. >> let's go dodgers! >> reporter: with just seven games left in the season, for most fans just getting to watch the series is a home run. >> when you're sitting there mask on, socially distanced in a quarter-filled stadium, you're still going to feel the magic? >> morgan, i feel the magic watching the game in my living room i will absolutely feel the magic in the stadium on tuesday. >> reporter: lots of magic to be felt tonight no high-fives or hugs, but there's going to be a lot of cheering going on in arlington back to you guys good morning to you. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. pg&e is letting thousands of bay area customers know it's possible they may lose power as soon as tomorrow. this is due to return of high fire danger. many of those customers are in the same areas where power shutoffs happened last week. as soon as tomorrow night, some 7,000 customers in six counties

may face shutoffs depending on how conditions motorolaize. happening now, cierra johnson is talking to people who are already frustrated. she'll have a full report. we're also posting the updates on our twitter feed. also the doj hits google with a new lawsuit accusing them of antitrust practices in search functions. scott mcgrew is breaking it all down for us. you can also go to our home page for more including possible fallout.

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