key word there, friday. thank you for joining us. a live look in san francisco. taking a look there at the transamerica pyramid. oh, yes, it's friday. get out and enjoy some time with your loved ones. thank you for making us a part of your morning. good morning. final faceoff. >> why didn't you get it done?y you had eight years with obama. you know why, joe? because you're all talk and no action. >> a very confused guy. he thinks he's running against someone else. he's running against joe biden. >> the president and joe biden take it to each other on the issues in a much calmer last presidential debate. a clear contrast of two candidates on everything from the economy to national security to the pandemic. >> i say we're learning to live with it. we have no choice. we can't lock ourselves up in a

basement like joe does. >> you know, we're learning to live with it. people are learning to die with it. >> straight ahead, what the candidates plan for the final push, 11 days to election day. record shattered. coronavirus cases growing at a historic rate this morning. hot spots popping up from sea to shining sea, with winter fast approaching. the latest on the vaccine search and the fda's approval of the first drug for treating covid patients. in her own words. secret testimony from ghislaine maxwell. jeffrey epstein's alleged accomplice. now public. what she said under oath about the disturbing allegations against the two of them and what it means for her criminal case. breaking overnight, explosive situation. a dangerous new wildfire erupts in colorado. thousands evacuated and a national park closed, and this morning, fears it could merge with the state's largest wildfire ever. >> all that, plus no football fantasy, but long awaited opening weekend for the big ten is finally here.

today, friday, october 23rd, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it's friday morning. we're glad to have you along with us. hoda has the morning off. getting a jump on the weekend. >> getting a jump on the weekend. quite a debate last week. in fact, there was so much interest in last night's debate, check this out. this was a flight from detroit to washington, d.c. and just about every screen on that plane tuned in to see vice president biden and president trump square off in the final debate. >> about last night, with more enforcement of the rules, it was a far less contentious affair than that first debate. the president and joe biden laying out sharply different visions for the country. we have complete coverage with just 11 days to go now. let's start with peter alexander. hi, peter. good morning.

>> hey, savannah. good morning. you're right. this was a decidedly different debate. much calmer, far fewer interruptions. the president trying to cast himself as an outside, not the incumbent as he and joe biden traded accusations on everything from the coronavirus to corruption. the final faceoff, a far tamer, more traditional debate. the two candidates sparring over coronavirus, with more than 70,000 americans testing positive each day. the highest figure since july. >> it will go away, and as i say, we're rounding the turn. we're rounding the corner. it's going away. >> 220,000 americans dead. you hear nothing else i say tonight, hear this. anyone who is responsible for not taking control, in fact, not saying i take no responsibility initially, anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the united states of america. >> i can tell you from personal experience, i was in the hospital.

i had it. and i got better. >> we're about to go into a dark winter. a dark winter. and he has no clear plan, and there's no prospect that there's going to be a vaccine available for the majority of the american people before the middle of next year. >> biden on offense. >> he says that we're learning to live with it. people are learning to die with it. >> i take full responsibility. it's not my fault that it came here. it's china's fault. >> on health care, two starkly different visions if the affordable care act is overturned by the supreme court. >> what i would like to do is a much better health care, much better. we'll always protect people with pre-existing. so i would like to terminate obamacare, come up with a brand-new beautiful health care. >> he's been talking about this for a long time. there is no -- he's never come up with a plan. i guess we're going to get the pre-existing condition plan the same time we get the infrastructure plan. >> biden pushing renewable energy, saying he would wind down federal subsidies for the oil industry.

>> i would transition. from the oil industry, yes. >> that's a big statement. >> it is a big statement. >> why would you do that? >> because the oil industry pollutes significantly. >> and on immigration, biden slamming the trump administration for separating families at the southern border. >> and it makes us a laughingstock and violates every notion of who we are as a nation. >> president trump blaming his predecessor, barack obama. >> kristen, they did it, we changed the policy. >> your response to that? >> we did not separate -- >> who built the cages, joe? >> biden trying to turn the tables. >> now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents, and those kids are alone. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it's criminal. it's criminal. >> let me ask you about -- >> i will say this. we went down, we brought reporters, everything. they are so well taken care of. >> the issue of race taking center stage. >> i'm the least racist person in this room.

>> come on. this guy has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn. >> reporter: president trump reflecting when asking to speak directly to the black and brown americans when fear for the safety of their children. >> nobody has done more for the black community than donald trump. and if you look, with the exception of abraham lincoln. >> abraham lincoln here is one of the most racist presidents we have had in modern history. >> reporter: president trump also attacking biden about unverified claims about his son hunter biden's business dealings. >> you were getting a lot of money from russia. they were paying you a lot of money, and they probably still are. and now, with what came out today, it's probably worse. all the emails, the horrible emails of the kind of money you were raking in, you and your family. joe, you were vice president when some of this was happening, and it should have never happened. i think you owe an explanation to the american people. >> i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life.

we learned this president paid 50 times the tax in china, has a secret bank account with china. does business in china. and in fact, is talking about me taking money? >> on display, competing views on leadership. >> joe, i ran because of you. i ran because of barack obama. because you did a poor job. if i thought you did a good job, i would have never run. >> you know his character. you know my character. you know our reputations for honor and telling the truth. >> of course, with a huge hat congratulations to our colleague kristen welker who had command of this debate from start to finish. now 11 days until election day. joe biden trying to re-enforce his point today on covid and the economy, with remarks he'll deliver in delaware. the president travels to florida for a pair of rallies today and then he'll vote there tomorrow. savannah. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. with us to break down the night and the final 11 days in the

race, nbc political analyst, and former democratic representative claire mccaskill and rich lowrie, editor of "the national review." good morning to both of you. both candidates turned in much better performances, much crisper, much more focused. what was your takeaway from the night? >> trump obviously much better than the first debate. if he had been this way in the first debate, he would be much better off. at the very least, he gave republicans something to feel good about. after the first debate, every republican in the country wanted to go find some place to hide. biden's job wasn't that strenuous last night. all he had to do is hold serve. i think he basically did that, although he flagged towards the end. i think he got a little tired. that's when the big gift trump came, when he talked about ending the oil industry. you're going to hear a lot about that in the next week. going to hear a lot about it, especially in pennsylvania, which is -- if trump is going to get over 270 again, pennsylvania is absolutely key to that. and western pennsylvania is a major energy area. >> yeah, no question,

republicans already seizing on that, probably cutting an ad as we speak. let me turn to claire. what was your takeaway from the night? night? what do you thing was the big get for joe biden? >> well, if smearing hunter biden was going to work, biden would not be ahead by almost ten points. almost everybody in america has made up their mind and it's very clear when you look at what people said about who won the debate, it almost mirrors the national polling for president. so what joe biden had to do is hold his voters and find a few more and here's how he did it he understands the people who are not decided right now want this country to unite. they want us to come together. they don't want it to be all about, it's a democratic governor or a democratic mayor they want it to be about a president who understands we have a national crisis and he wants to lead everyone and unite everyone. i think joe biden did that very well last night. >> big winner of the night, the mute button. and i thought it was interesting because it didn't seem like it

was deployed all that much, but it was the deterrence factor, it seemed, the mere threat that the mic could be taken off something every mom in america knows the threat of taking something away sometimes gets the behavior you want from your little ones. what do you think, rich? >> well, yeah, this was a more normal debate, and it was a contentious debate, intense at times, but it was good you didn't have the constant interruptions. that is what made the first a complete mess and trump was largely responsible for it and took the blame for it. it was well moderated. they both had the opportunity to get their points across, and you learned more about them and their points of view so it was good >> real quick, claire, if you were advising biden with 11 days to go, what would you tell him >> stay the course people in america know that this president lies like no other president in our history has and last night was not different. it was lie after lie after lie check the fact checkers. he just doesn't know how to tell the truth.

so all joe has to do is stay joe, and i think he'll be fine >> rich, to you. what would you advise to president trump? >> he's got to work hard he's going to do a ton of rallies. he has to emphasize a ton of issues, especially the economy, and hope it tightens a little bit and his voters turn out in a massive way. >> claire and rich, thank you so much >> by the way, as we head into the final days of the campaign, we encourage you to check out nbcnews.com/2020 you'll find a live blog with the latest up to the minute reporting on the race. >> now let's focus on the topic that kicked off last night's debate, the coronavirus. and unfortunately, thursday was a record day in this country more than 77,000 new cases the most reported in the united states during a single day for the entire pandemic. but there is some good news this morning. the fda approving the very first covid treatment. national correspondent miguel almaguer has more on it. miguel, good morning to you.

>> craig, good morning on the heels of that record day for new infections, there is big news from the fda, greenlighting the first drug for treating covid. one that could potentially reduce treatments and also potentially help save lives. >> reporter: this morning, alarm in the heartland. north and south dakota is now first and second in the nation for covid case per capita. since colleges reopened there, cases are skyrocketing among 20-somethings. and from superspreader events like south dakota's biker rally in august. this week, fargo's mayor became the first in north dakota to mandate masks in public. >> we feel like that, oh, my gosh, we're almost like new york or big cities or california. we need to really push strongly to get those numbers down. >> the city of chicago also in crisis its mayor now ordering a mandatory curfew all social gatherings and nonessential businesses must shut down by 10:00 p.m

>> i don't want to put more restrictions in our city no one does. but i have to do what's right to save lives >> reporter: in utah, some hospitals are running out of icu beds. staff calling it a war zone. >> some days you go to work and you really hope that someone doesn't pass away on your shift. >> reporter: but hope is on the horizon. the fda now approving the antiviral drug remdesivir, which president trump received as the first covid treatment. studies show it reduces the amount of virus in the body, and while it hasn't shown to prevent deaths, it can help patients get out of the hospital even faster. this as pfizer begins testing its covid vaccine on 100 children ages 12 to 15 12-year-old avina just got his first of two doses his dad also participating in the trial. >> i can help with a lot of people and kids so that i can tell them, like, how it's

actually like. >> reporter: the trial's director says that testing the vaccine on kids is safe. >> after children get to about two or three years of age, their immune system is really pretty adult level. so i really have no concern that there's going to be a long-term adverse effect to children >> reporter: another vaccine maker, mo der that is beginning stage three clinical trials with 30,000 volunteers, but doctors say help can't come fast enough with yet another surge of covi cases expected this winter craig. >> good to hear some of that promising news there miguel, thank you. in other news this morning, for the first time, we're hearing directly from jeffrey epstein confidante, ghislaine maxwell. a newly unsealed deposition with her repeated denials with claims she participated in epstein's alleged abuse of underaged girls. she's awaiting trial now stephanie gosk joins us with the latest details good morning >> good morning, savannah.

maxwell and her attorneys fought hard to keep this deposition sealed but we're getting a look at how she answers questions a lot of people wanted to ask. at times she seemed snarky, combative, and above all, defiant. this morning, ghislaine maxwell in her own words the deposition unsealed by the court was taken in 2016 as part of the defamation trial by virginia giufre said maxwell recruited her and other underaged girls to have sex with jeffrey epstein. i never saw any inappropriate underaged activities with jeffrey, ever. later adding, i never had nonconsensual sex with anyone, ever, at any time, anybody, with anybody. she called giuffre a liar, an exaggerator, a fanticist, and a true terrible person she spoke with nbc after the deposition was released. >> i have done nothing but tell the truth in every interview, every deposition, and i know i have the truth on my side.

i know she doesn't >> telling savannah last year that maxwell first approached her when she was a minor, inviting her to be epstein's masseuse in palm beach >> i followed ghislaine up the stairs through jeffrey's bedroom, and into a bathroom. and there's this man laying naked on a green massage table in the middle of the room. >> that's the first time you laid eyes on jeffrey epstein >> the very first time and they looked at each other. and i felt the cheshire cat grin because he smiled and nodded, as in like approval >> reporter: she says what started as a massage turned into a sexual assault. later, maxwell is asked about an incident in her london townhouse, although names are redacted, the names are similar to how giuffre described a sexual encounter with prince andrew when asked about this photo, maxwell replies, i don't know if that's true, if that's a real

picture or not then telling the lawyers, he doesn't even know who virginia roberts is. maxwell says, did he tell you he didn't have sex with her it would be difficult to have sex with someone you don't know. prince andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations >> with this deposition coming out today, it clearly shows the transparency that we needed. >> reporter: maxwell is in federal custody here in new york after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking and perjury charges. those perjury charges stem from this deposition. her trial is set for next summer if she's found guilty on all these charges, she faces up to 35 years in prison savannah >> all right, stephanie, thank you very much. all right, what do you say we take a turn, take a look at the weather. mr. roker is standing by apparently, we have cooler weather coming >> cooler weather, wet weather a little snow, a little of everything for you a front pushing through the u.p. of michigan all the way down to kansas behind it, colder air and snow ahead of it, we have a risk of some severe weather from detroit

all the way down into central indiana. tornadoes are possible and ahead of it, we have unusually warm weather burlington, vermont, 71. cleveland, 77. little rock, 77. but you go behind the front, temperatures 19 degrees cooler than average for a high in minneapolis at 36. only 50 in amarillo. as we move into saturday, the cold air stretches from billings to buffalo, nashville, all the way down to little rock. as we get into next week, those cooler temperatures will be re-enforced. grand isle, temperatures in the mid 20s by monday. 44 in chicago on monday. and look for a high of only 57 on tuesday in little rock after a high of 70, 73 on sunday we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds (keyboard typing) here's what else you need to 'notuday'.

(keyboard typing) good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at our high temperatures for today, expect those highs to be much cooler than we've seen recently only reaching 71 in observing oakland. 78 degrees today in concord. then as we go to the end of the weekend we'll be turning our attention to another high fire danger. fire weather watch going up on sunday morning continuing through tuesday morning. we'll also have some high winds especially for sunday afternoon. and that is your latest weather. >> all right, al thank you. coming up, the big ten ready to join the college football season tonight, millions of fans counting down to the opening kickoff, with covid precautions in place

we'll have a live report >> also this morning, kate snow sharing her conversation with law enforcement leaders from coast to coast what they are saying about the climate they're working in, facing daily scrutiny on the job and the changes they want to see. but first, this is "today" on

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of murdering his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son, connor. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in pleasanton. loosening covid restrictions starting today indoor dining can resume as long as restaurants are at just 25% capacity. the same with indoor worship services, movie theaters, bowling alleys and climbing walls. businesses must be following social distance rules and masks need to be worn by everyone. time now to check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. finally a little cooling coming our way. yes, it's going to be so nice these next couple of days, but we are going to have a high fire danger starting on sunday and we're also looking at temperatures that will be much cooler, but as we get the cooler air it's going to be very windy and that will continue into monday. san francisco will see mostly 60s throughout the forecast. and not a lot of fog over the next couple of days, laura.

and well, that's one way to do it, i guess. one way to vote. hassle free, no lines. you can do it at the international space station, like nasa astronaut kate rubins just did. look at that. >> wow, she voted by mail from space. >> apparently it's an absentee ballot. they fill out a ballot before launch and a secure electronic ballot is forwarded to him and returned by email. >> i guess if they can go to space, they can vote by mail. yeah. all right, cool. your 7:30 headlines on this friday morning, there's a wildfire burning in northern

colorado. it exploded on thursday. and it forced more evacuations. the so-called east troublesome fire grew from about 25,000 acres to 170,000 acres. it is now considered the second largest fire in colorado state history. thousands of residents in van county were told to leave everything and evacuate immediately. officials are concerned the blaze could merge with the cameron peak fire, which is colorado's largest fire on record. >> australian health officials have warned pope francis that he may have been exposed to the coronavirus. after a visit by the vatican's ambassador to australia earlier this month. archbishop adolfo elana had a face-to-face meeting with the pope at the vatican on october 6th. less than two weeks later, the archbishop tested positive for the virus. earlier this week, pope francis was seen wearing a mask for the first time at a service in rome after a number of his guards tested positive for covid-19. now to the nfl.

thursday night football ended with a dramatic come from behind win. but perhaps the most memorable play came earlier in the game. a play that one quarterback would probably like to forget. take a look. >> from the 12. jones keeps. he gets a block and takes off, and he is gone. trying to stay upright. he trips. >> oh. >> that is an apt metaphor for the giants' season. daniel jones going 80 yards. looks like he's going to stroll right into the end zone. >> that's just awful. >> no one in his way. just kind of fell down. 13 yard line. after the game, he was asked about the play. he said, quote, tried to run faster and got caught up. >> he got 75 yards farther than i would have. >> exactly. >> the giants would score three

plays later. >> in the end, the night belonged to the eagles. carson wentz finds boston scott for the 18-yard touchdown. just 40 seconds to go, too. so philadelphia holds on, wins it 22-21. >> nfc east continues to be the most disappointing conference. >> i mean, i don't think i could disagree. >> ugly football. >> we're heading into a big weekend for college football, though. >> that's right. the big ten season kicks off tonight. while there is a lot of excitement, there is also some concern. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from madison, wisconsin, home of the badgers. good morning. >> good morning. the wisconsin badgers begin their season tonight, taking on illinois, but madison's mayor is among those who have signed an open letter to the big ten, urging more covid precautions. overnight, the fighting illini arrive at their hotel, ready to kick off the big ten's unprecedented season. their game faces covered with masks. tonight, illinois takes on wisconsin, in a state where covid has been rising

dramatically, a record-breaking 48 deaths reported on wednesday. >> can the big ten do this season safely? >> well, i can tell you, that was the core question. >> the university of illinois' chancellor says better testing was the key answer. the big ten will require daily testing for athletes, coaches, and anyone else on the field. >> i can tell you, the health and safety of our student athletes was at the forefront of our minds. >> this week, some college town mayors wrote an open letter to the big ten, urging more covid precautions. >> is the return of college football too risky? >> i don't necessarily think it's too risky as long as it's done correctly. >> aaron stevens is the mayor of east lansing, the home of michigan state. >> if we want our economy to come back to normal, what we need to do is follow the rules in place. >> on thursday, the big ten announced games wouldn't be played if either team's positivity rate is more than 5%. the game would be considered a no contest, meaning it wouldn't

be counted as a win or loss for either team. >> he has time. it is caught as a touchdown. >> reporter: around the country, other college football conferences have been playing for more than an month. teams calling audibles because of covid. at the university of florida, 31 players have tested positive. notre dame had 18 cases. >> into the end zone. >> len snodgrass's son is a linebacker at nebraska. he was among the parents who sued the big ten when the season was postponed. now they have dropped the lawsuit. >> we're not debating covid-19. we realize this is a disease that's caused problems all over the world, but we also feel like being a part of these football teams and all of the precautions that are being taken, we feel like being a part of that football team is the most safe place for these kids. >> and so gabe, as you know, i mean, the game obviously paramount, but tailgating almost just as important for a lot of college football fans. what about tailgating there this weekend? >> yeah, no tailgating allowed

here, craig. and police plan to enforce a rule of no outdoor gatherings of more than 25 people. but craig, there is very little room for error. the big ten is trying to squeeze its season into about nine weeks. so there aren't really very many options to postpone games if players test positive, craig. >> gabe gutierrez for us in madison. thank you. coming up next, kate snow's eye-opening conversation with local police leaders from across the country. >> do you all think you're getting second guessed a lot right now by people who don't understand your work? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> what they want you to know about their work. how you can help bring about change, and some surprising takes on the calls by some to defund their departments. right after this.

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another reminder of the dangers of working in law enforcement. >> in the wake of high-profile police involved shootings, they have been the target o have been the target of protests and budget cuts. we wanted to examine what it's like to work in law enforcement right now, so we asked nbc's senior correspondent kate snow to find out. kate, good morning good good morning, savannah. there's been frustration and outrage in the streets communities demanding justice for people killed by police. in the months of unrest, we have heard a lot of voices but we haven't often heard from police themselves we organized a zoom and i spoke with five leaders in law enforce from seattle, l.a., boston and new york. between the five of you, you have about 100 years of law enforcement experience every one of them says policing has fundamentally changed. >> we are handling so much more. beyond what the normal basic police academy has taught us. >> the normal answer is just to

call the police. call the police. and it is a continual circle is of interaction with the police and the people who need more assistance than we are able to provide them. >> reporter: and they know they are under scrutiny. >> so much has changed in terms of technology, in terms of the level of accountability. >> reporter: the death of george floyd sent ripples across the country. >> with the help of a lot of activists and a lot of people who actually want to see change, things have been changing. >> but union representative officer paul criticizes new york city's reaction, passing a law banning choke holds or recklessly compressing a suspect's diaphragm. >> it was a snap judgment by politicians. if you're arresting a violent suspect and happen to end up on their back trying to handcuff them, you broke the law. i have been a cop for 33-plus years. it's probably the dumbest thing i have seen yet. >> sergeant perez, i saw you nodding along with some of that. >> the one thing we can't do is remove tools from officers that are truly trying to do what's right. i don't want to put my hands on anybody. i don't want to put my hands on

anything if i can get voluntary compliance through a lot of training, implicit bias, de-escalation tools, i think i have gained the knowledge to do that >> after all the demonstrations we have seen and violence that's led to charges against police officers, there is so much distrust of police across the country right now. do you understand that distrust? >> we have to start gaining back the trust. police officers have to reach across that table and bring community members and community members are going to have to do the same thing and reach across that table and bring police officers, and figure out what your community needs and wants and try to figure out how to work towards that direction. >> officer bohannon, you have said you support defunding the police >> we all know defunding the police means a lot of different things i will support if we're taking funds and saying, hey, this is what we're going to do, these are resources that are going to be available to officers so when i go to a call, i can say, hey, there's a homeless outreach team that can come and show up or a mental health professional who

can come and show up instead of me, i support that 100%. >> you can't take away money from the police departments and expect the police departments to live up to these standards that they're putting on us right now. >> families who have lost loved ones at the hands of police, a lot of them believe there's inherent racism in the entire system >> you know, let's be frank. there's inherent racism across the country in many systems, your education system, your health care system i would even say in journalism we have seen elements of that. let's not single out one entity but work collectively to try to get to the root causes of why there are disparities. certainly, police is one where people focus the most because we have the ability and the authority to take a life, and there's nothing more tragic than seeing that happen unjustly. >> do you all think you're getting second guessed a lot right now by people who don't understand your work >> absolutely.

>> absolutely. >> two houston police officers were shot around 9:30 this morning. >> there have also been many incidents recently of officers being attacked, being hurt you have had officers killed i mean, i wonder what that does to you all and to the people that you manage are you scared to go to work has it changed the way you think about your work? >> we have a problem, and we all know there's a problem when people are getting killed innocent people are getting killed at the hands of police officers, but you're creating an us against them environment. a lot of that is being fueled by politicians. >> nobody has ever been in our shoes. and i encourage people, come ride along you want to talk about transparency, please, come on a ride-along with us >> sometimes what we forget are the officers' families, and the officers' families see everything that goes on every night. and they go home to families that are worried that they're going to die in the line of duty, maybe just sitting in

their car. >> we also talked about the idea of national standards for policing, and they all generally support that notion, for example, portland, oregon, still doesn't have body cameras on officers and if there were a national standard, maybe they would they would like to see standards for what kind of training officers get at the police academy, what kind of restraints officers use savannah >> good conversation, kate and you know, sometimes folks talk about civilian oversight of police how did that play with the folks you talked to? >> yeah, it was interesting. i asked about that, and their answers are more nuanced on that two of our panel really bristled at that, because they don't believe civilians understand the job of the police and they believe the chief should have the last word. officer bohannon thought some kind of oversight and buy-in from community is essential. >> kate, hope we can keep the conversation going thank you very much. >> such an important perspective there, too

>> let us switch gears and get another check of the weather mr. roche ser staker is standin >> you were talking about the east troublesome fire in colorado 170,000 acres. over 100,000 acres in one night. the cause of this, drought, high wind, steep terrain. because it's been warmer there because of climate change, a beetle infestation has killed a lot of trees that has led to explosive growth and that led to a lot of fuel available. 6,000 acres burning per hour that's the equivalent to 80 football fields burning every minute there when you look at the system, i mean, we're talking about wildfires that are larger, faster, and later in the season. and a fire this large, this late in october, very unusual there the record largest colorado wildfires, three have happened this year alone. out in california, four of the five biggest fires have happened there. the good news for colorado is they're going to be seeing finally some good news as far as their temperatures and a foot of snow that's going to help put those fires down a bit

unfortunately for california this weekend, bad news strong wind event with wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour may fuel those wildfires good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see cooler temperatures for today reaching into the upper 70s for the for the bay as well as the inland east bay down to the south county. some mid-70s for much of the inner bay. and we are going to continue to monitor for that high fire danger starting on sunday and early next week we'll have those high winds. but notice the temperatures are going to be much cooler. in fact, cooler than normal by sunday into monday continuing into tuesday. and that is your latest weather. >> thank you, al still ahead, a must-see before your start your holiday shopping >> that's right. what are we calling it, shipocalypse? shipageddon. with everyone ordering more online, the shipping industry set to face unprecedented

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and a good morning to you. it's 7:56. i'm marcus washington. here's what's happening now. >> reporter: i'm bob redell in pleasanton. alameda county is loosening covid-19 restrictions. starting today indoor dining can resume as long as restaurants are at just 25% capacity. the same with indoor worship services, movie theaters, indoor family entertainment centers. businesses must be following social distance rules and masks need to be worn by everyone. >> reporter: i'm sharon katsuda at san quentin prison with an update on the scott peterson case. earlier this month a california superior court ordered peterson's conviction re-examined due to possible juror misconduct. his death sentence was overturned on appeal in august. a judge will determine today

whether peterson needs a public defender or hire his own attorney. peterson will not be in the courtroom. he will appear by video from san quentin. peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son connor. all right. now it's time to get a look at the forecast for you on this friday. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. kari? and we are going to see some nice temperatures for today. only reaching into the 70s for much of the bay area. as we go into the weekend high fire danger will be of concern even as our temperatures will cool off, marcus. >> thanks, kari. another local news update in 30 minutes. (garage door opening) it is my father's love...

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>> this could be the grinch that steals christmas this year >> what you need to know to get your packages on time. and catching up with kidman. jenna goes one-on-one with nicole kidman, with the award-winning actress revealing about life down under, her latest role, and how she's looking to shake up hollywood. >> the producing side of it has been such a wonderful side to grow >> today, friday, october 23rd, 2020 >> from new york, we're celebrating -- >> my 10th birthday. >> greetings from north carolina we're celebrating 50 years for this one right here. >> from atlanta, georgia - >> we're celebrating - >> my 40th birthday. >> so many milestones.

so many happy faces. good morning, everybody. it is friday we're so glad to have you with us hoda has the morning off >> a jump start on the weekend, that hoda kotb friendly reminder, that dvr, set it for 7:00 a.m. you don't want to miss a minute of "today," even when you wake up late. there's a lot you miss in the first hour if you just join us at 8:00. >> we support you sleeping in. just set the dvr and we'll all be together. and looking forward to big things next week, by the way, including, say it together, now. "my today plazaween. it is sweeping the nation. our halloween extravaganza happening on friday. >> we'll also have big stars next week as well. we're talking about jimmy fallon is going to join us, bette midler is going to join us, anne hathaway, stanley tucci. all of them here on "today" next week >> let's get to the news at 8:00 a spirited but civil debate last night. highlighted the differences between president trump and joe biden on issues that have sharply divided the nation nbc white house correspondent peter alexander is in nashville where that final faceoff took

place. peter, good morning. >> hey, savannah good morning to you. finally, a debate. it was substantive and informative. the two candidates presenting starkly different visions of america. the president trying to cast himself as an outsider, not as the incumbent. as he and joe biden traded accusations over everything from the coronavirus to corruption. >> reporter: the final face-off. a far tamer, more traditional debate. the two candidates sparring over coronavirus, with more than 70,000 americans testing positive each day. the highest figure since july. >> it will go away, and as i say, we're rounding the turn we're rounding the corner. it's going away. >> 220,000 americans dead. you hear nothing else i say tonight, hear this anyone who is responsible for not taking control, in fact, not saying i take no responsibility initially, anyone who is responsible for that many deaths

should not remain as president of the united states of america. >> on health care, two starkly different visions. if the affordable care act is overturned by the supreme court. >> what i would like to do is a much better health care. much better. we'll always protect people with pre-existing so i would like to terminate obamacare, come up with a brand-new beautiful health care. >> he's been talking about this for a long time. there is no -- he's never come up with a plan i guess we're going to get the pre-existing condition plan the same time we get the infrastructure plan. >> biden pushing renewable energy, saying he would wind down federal subsidies for the oil industry >> i have a transition from the oil industry, yes. >> oh, that is a big statement. >> i would transition. >> that is a big statement. >> why would you say that? >> because the oil industry pollutes significantly. >> and on immigration, biden slamming the trump administration for separating

families at the southern border. >> they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents, and those kids are alone nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it's criminal. it's criminal. >> let me ask you about -- >> i will say this, they went down, we brought reporters, everything they are so well taken care of they're in facilities that were so clean >> the issue of race taking center stage >> i'm the least racist person in this room >> come on this guy has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn >> president trump deflecting when asked to speak directly to black and brown americans who fear for the safety of their children >> nobody has done more for the black community than donald trump. and if you look, with the exception of abraham lincoln >> abraham lincoln here is one of the most racist presidents we have in had modern history >> and a huge congratulations to our friend and colleague kristen welker who had command of this debate from start to finish. now 11 days to election day, joe biden will speak about covid and the economy in an event in

delaware today the president travels to florida for two rallies before he says he'll be voting there tomorrow. savannah. >> all right a great service performed by our colleague. we are all so proud. peter, thank you the food and drug administration has approved the first drug for the treatment of covid-19 the fda says the antiviral drug remdesivir can help some patients who are sick enough to be in the hospital recover more quickly. limited emergency use has been allowed since may. remdesivir was one of the drugs that was actually given to president trump when he contracted the virus the approval comes as a new wave of infections spreads across the country. >> southwest airlines is dropping a pandemic policy that provided more social distancing on flights it will no longer keep the middle seats empty starting december 1st american and united have been filling their flights for months southwest says air filtering and masks have created healthy environments aboard planes the airline posted the third quarter loss yesterday of $1.2 billion, its biggest ever.

8:06 we have the news we don't have hoda but we have a boost. the boost must go on it's always nice to have someone looking out for you when things aren't going your way, of course, and this man having a trouble nailing a skateboard trick when a neighbor down the street shouts out the encouragement he needs >> are you okay? >> i'm all good. >> you did it! >> thank you >> wow you did it she runs closer to continue her new role as both coach and cheering section >> that's cool >> sweet up next on a friday morning, a story you really can't afford to miss if you're getting daily deliveries because of the pandemic and planning to shop online for the holiday season. >> 7 million more packages are expected to be delivered per day between thanksgiving and christmas.

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51% of people are anxious about going to stores this holiday season because of covid-19 now, you add that to the holiday crush, and it is no surprise that carriers are really concerned they are maxed out the pandemic accelerating online shopping unboxing a shipping craze. with more demand than the capacity to deliver, and with the holiday shopping season upon us, experts say it's the perfect storm for shipageddon. >> shipageddon could be the grinch that steals christmas this year. >> david is the ceo of channel adviser, a company that helps brands and retailers sell products online. >> this year, what are you telling people when it comes to ordering and how far ahead do we need to order? >> i would say getting most of your shopping done before the thanksgiving holiday is probably the safest thing to do >> what about the sales we typically see, black friday, cyber monday, super saturday >> i think you'll see a lot more promotional activity trying to get consumers to purchase earlier in the holidays for

exactly this reason. >> in fact, 75% of people are looking to jump-start their holiday shopping earlier than ever due to worries of inventory and shipping delays. some carriers are already feeling the shipping crunch. fedex says they have experienced peek levels since march. dhl since june >> we're not just talking about holiday gifts that could be caught up in the shipageddon, but everyday supplies people rely on too. >> absolutely. retailers were appropriately prioritize things like medications. i have seen the u.s. postal service is prioritizing ballots for the election before they focus on packages. >> as we head into the peak season between thanksgiving and christmas, shippers are expecting an estimated 7 million more packages a day. and experts predict delays >> this is an unprecedented year for the industry we're really experiencing sort of a peak on top of a peak >> she is with fedex >> we have been preparing for this all year, but it's just that, a marathon, a shipathon. >> what kind of things are you doing differently to meet

demand >> we're hiring 70,000 new members. expanding our retail points. adding almost 8,000 new locations with dollar general across the country. >> reporter: u.p.s. is always hiring. they plan on adding 100,000 holiday positions. major carriers are relying more on weekend deliveries. if you plan to ship, compare different options for the best rate check websites like cargo monkey and ship gooder. stores like postnet do the same, and ship on site if you're packing and shipping an item yourself, you want to make sure you pack it carefully and that you use the right size box, because if you use a box that too big, it will cost you more to avoid delays, consider bopis. buy online, pick up in store many retailers offer it like walmart and target. there are even drive-throughs and designating parking spots. so you don't have to get out of the car. with shipageddon in the forecast, early shopping could

be just what you need to weather a potentially stormy shipping season yeah, and really, that's going to be a big term, buy online, pick up in store it's a great alternative for shoppers we're going to make it a thing >> i thought it was band name. bopis. from the '90s. >> besides the packing carefully that you just showed us with the mug, what are other tips, things we need to keep in mind when we're shopping >> i like bopis because it helps you avoid surprises. one year we actually ordered a doll that arrived three days before christmas, and it was actually a broom. and a broom is not a doll. it was a mini crisis. the other thing i would say to support small businesses, think about where you may have to ship those gifts to, and maybe there's a small business or a local business you could buy that gift at, they could wrap it for you, and maybe your recipient can pick it up that's a thought >> okay, and you said you want to make sure you have a new sturdy shipping box and all that >> yes, that's super important if you're packing yourself this year, use a sturdy or a new box. wrap those things individually, and give them some space, some cushioning

also, this is another thing. you always put the label on the outside, but don't forget about putting a label on the inside, because especially now with the crush, things get damaged. if the first label comes off, the shippers can look inside and see, oh, it's supposed to go here >> all right great tips >> thank you bopis. catching on. >> so many contributions to the lexicon. thank you so much. >> trying to get it into webster's. >> here's a guy who always delivers, al >> we're tracking the tropics. we have the this tropical disturbance. in the next five days it has a 60% chance of development. look at this the development will bring it across cuba, could become a tropical depression. heavy rain for cuba, southern florida, the bahamas if it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named bopis kidding, but flood watch for southeastern florida heavy rain from fort pierce to key largo, upward of three inches or more rest of the country, morning

fog. that will burn off here in the northeast. storms firing up from the great lakes down to texas. record cold in the plains and the fire risk growing again out west >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at our high temperatures for today, enjoy a really nice friday with nice fall-like weather only reaching 74 in san jose and 78 in concord. but then as we go into the weekend, we'll have a high fire danger, especially on sunday into monday as our winds pick up and temperatures will be dropping as well. we're only looking at highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. but those high winds will be something we'll keep you updated on. >> and that is your latest weather. >> al, thank you >> now it's time for one of our favorites, mr. smith goes to - >> this morning, harry smith is going to new hampshire to visit with a group hit hard by the

pandemic, oyster farmers >> with many restaurants closed down, the oyster farmers have struggled to make ends meet, but now there is a surprising source of help that could save the small farmers and help the ocean at the same time good to see you, buddy >> good stuff, right a show of hands from the folks in the studio. oyster fans? we have oyster fans there? >> i don't know how to chew or -- yeah >> that didn't go the way you thought it would, did it but i respect the oyster >> well, these oyster farmers in trouble because of the things you said, the nature conservancy comes in and says, you know what, we can help you and help the earth at the same time take a look. >> on a crisp fall morning, we are buzzing across new hampshire's great bay. looking for something we had not seen before. from the surface, i did see all these dark spots >> yep >> and the dark spots are -- >> oyster condos it is a type of cage that holds

these bags. these bags hold the oysters and so all of these dark spots are just rows of bags with oysters in them. >> our guide is laura brown of fox point oysters. she's turned what was a lifeless mud flap into an ecofriendly protein producing farm >> lift this lid with me we're going to tip it over this way. gently wiggle it first to get it out of the mud okay, now we can lift it up. there you go so there's some life >> oysters are farmed because 85% of the naturally occurring oyster reefs in the world no longer exist and what you may have forgotten from junior high biology is these little bivalves are more effective than the filter on your faucet. >> they're just like nature's little pump. and they help filter the water out so the sunlight can come through and the water is clear so any habitat that needs can. >> one oyster filtered 50 gallons of water a day 50 gallons

hard to imagine. >> this is an unused mud flat, so the farm is creating a really nice habitat for a bunch of species in here, too >> for brown, growing earth friendly, people-pleasing oysters is a gratifying way to make a living. same story across the water in little bay this is your farm? >> yes it's 4 1/2 acres of heaven. >> brian doesn't mind getting wet and spending most every day tending the condos he says the hard work has paid off. >> last year was a really good year this year, we were set up to double what we did last year >> but then came the covid close-down restaurants with doors locked or at reduced capacity. ginaco had no choice but to turn to retail. >> all of a sudden, you have to get into the retail business was it enough to compensate for your loss of all your wholesale business >> no, no, it wasn't >> to the rescue, the nature conservancy and the pew

charitable trust, buying up 5 million oysters. oysters that will be transplanted to restore reefs in seven states >> and we're going to deploy those oysters on 20 restoration sites in those seven states and rebuild at least 27 acres of oyster reefs in the process. >> natural oyster reefs. >> natural oyster reefs. oyster sanctuaries that can't be harvested. >> a win/win, as they say. so nature conservancy comes along and says, hey, we want to buy up some of your oysters. when you heard that, what did you think? >> oh, yes please that sounds great. there's a lot of oysters you can't sell them fast enough, they get too big you can't just stop your farm. they're growing. so knowing that they were going to buy them was a huge life-saver, huge >> when an oyster gets too big, it's hard to sell, so this infusion of cash will help 100 farmers like laura and brian

is this satisfying work? >> absolutely. one of my favorite things is to go to an event and shuck oysters for people and get to watch them enjoy. you know, what you have done you spent three years growing that oyster. they have no idea. you know, that oyster has been through your hands umpteen times, you know, from the time it was a pepper flake that you brought in to this beautiful three-inch-round oyster. and that's pretty incredible >> as long as we were in the neighborhood -- for those of you at home wanting to know if it's hard to shuck an oyster, not so tough. >> you're like a pro >> not so tough. >> i'm impressed >> um, salty so if you're someplace in the middle of the country, saying i'm too far away from the coast to get a good oyster, there are places we'll have on our website where you can actually order the oysters and get them 24 hours later. and i suggest you get one of

these little babies. all you have to do is look at the hinge. there's a hinge right there. you put the thing -- you put the shucker in the hinge >> lift it up. >> well, listen. of course, because i'm trying to do this live on television -- >> you also don't want to cut yourself >> exactly right anyway, it's doable. >> cool. >> thank you, harry. what a great idea, too way to go, charitable trust. >> order the oysters and you get them 24 hours later. it is quite amazing. >> i'm going online. i'm getting those bad boys >> you love oysters. >> and my son nick we will put down about three dozen in a sitting >> savannah is sitting there saying, ew >> i see they come with fries sometimes, and i like that there's a little something for everybody. i'm super happy to hear how that all worked out a real win/win >> thank you, harry. >> thank you, harry. just ahead, jenna is catching up with nicole kidman before the premiere of her binge-worthy new show.

plus, bobby flay working on a tasty spin on wings on "today food."

good friday morning. i'm chris chmura. pg&e is still restoring power this morning to some customers whose electric was turned off due to fire danger this week. more shutoffs might occur this weekend. pg&e is now looking at possibly much larger and more widespread outages starting sunday. that's when extremely high fire danger is forecast. pg&e says conditions are still in flux, though. customers at risk of losing electric might be notified later today. all right, who do you recommend should be keeping an eye on the weather this weekend, kari? >> i think it will definitely be the east bay and parts of the

north bay. we are going to see still some nice, calm weather for today and definitely a good day to prepare for the potential of having power outages as our highs in concord and livermore reach the upper 70s. san jose will see mid-70s. it's going to be nice throughout the weekend but, of course, we are going to continue to watch out for that fire weather watch that will be in effect for pretty much all the bay area and our elevations up above 1,000 feet. and the high winds will start late sunday afternoon. of course, we'll keep you updated, chris. i'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. now back to the "today" show in new york. in the bay area, we believe in science.

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on a friday morning. you say friday, sheinelle jones, i say friyay we're going to be celebrating with them in a bit >> sheinelle is with us. carson is off. sheinelle is taking "popstart" by the horns today >> we have a good one for you today, including -- this way including a first look at what to expect from adele when she hosts "snl" tomorrow night >> i cannot wait is she going to sing too in. >> everybody is waiting, but there's actually another musical guest, so we'll get into that. >> all right and then jenna has a good one.

an interview with oscar-winner nicole kidman. she opens up about a new project she's working on, her first with fellow star hugh grant the chances of a new season of "big little lies" and finding the silver lining of life in quarantine >> and we have our good buddy bobby flay standing by he's going to cook up a football feast with honey glazed wings. these may even turn savannah guthrie into a wings fan >> they sound good and fried shrimp if it's fried, i love it >> we also understand bobby has some big news to share >> oh, really? looking forward to that. that's a little bit of a tease before all that, mr. roker, how about a final check of the friday weather >> let's look at the weather, show you what we have going on for tomorrow, wet weather lingering in new england, along the southeast coast as well. a fire threat in the southern rockies. snow and wind in the plains. and a record chill in the eastern plains look for heavy snow moving through the rockies and up into the plains again winds return out west. we may have some fire danger

problems there, and tropical rain developing down in fl >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we will be watching out for high fire danger and high wind event starting on sunday. as we could see some of those gusts reaching up to 70 miles per hour in some of our hilltops and the valley wind gusts reaching 50 miles per hour. but we are going to have some calm weather for today and tomorrow. sunday is when those temperatures will drop and the winds will pick up and we'll have to continue to watch out for that as we go into early next week with some gradual warming on the way. >> and that's your latest weather. it's time for the best night of the week. that's right, it's sunday night football night in america. it's state farm stadium, as the seahawks fly into another bird, the cardinals. oh, my gosh. it's a battle of talons. feathers will be everywhere.

can't wait to see it sunday night football night in america. >> we have heard the seahawk before that was the first time hearing the cardinal can you give it to us again? >> i love it when it's a bird battle two bird teams >> if you do the eagles, what sound is that? >> you may not know this, but they're all the same >> one is a little higher than the other. >> good. >> i think i hurt something, actually i'll be back i'll see you in just a minute. >> that wasn't a cardinal. it was lower back pain all right, guys. just ahead, we cannot wait to find out where the voting stands in our candy bracket >> i take issue with the candy bracket. >> why hold on. we're going to get to the latest on bracketween sheinelle is handling that (garage door opening) the 1966 e-type roadster...

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we're back 8:35 time. >> blake "popstart" time. >> blake livery and ryan reynolds are calling attention to voting, but not in the way you think. on thursday, reynolds, who was born in canada, posted this photo to instagram, writing it was his first time voting in america. he and his wife blake are beaming from ear to ear. blake also posted a similar picture to her own instagram, but people noticed something a bit different about her image. side by side, look at this you can see somehow, look on her feet fans online instantly confused as to what happened. some saying she photoshopped the heels in the image see that >> i do. >> upon closer inspection, it looks like -- did she draw the shoes on we don't know. we may never know. but ryan reynolds of course poking fun at his wife by posting his own take of her footwear to be continued on that one. next up "saturday night

live" has a big show coming up adele is taking up hosting duties the show posting this image of the grammy winner reading through lines this week. and now, we have the first set of promos featuring adele. she's joined by musical guest her, and member kate mckinnon, although there seems to be some confusion as to who the musical guest actually is. look at this >> hi, i'm adele, and i'm hosting "saturday night live" this week with musical guest her. >> with her or her >> no, her >> oh, her >> yes, me it is i who will be musical guest this week. >> or maybe me >> while we haven't seen adele act before, the second promo shows she can pull off a decent american accent. look at this one >> "saturday night live" this week with musical guest her. >> i'm sorry, bad idea that was a bad idea. >> oh, my god. hello, girlfriend. >> now that is good. >> is that the way we sound? we'll see how adele does when

"saturday night live" airs tomorrow at 11:30 here on nbc. >> finally, the moment we have been waiting for the "today" the latest update on the "today" candy bracketween. 200 votes on the east coast alone. we started with 16 candies yesterday, and over the day, the votes kept rolling in. you can do this at today.com this morning we can reveal our elite eight. york peppermint patty. has advanced to take on almond joy. here's a big battle, reese's versus m&ms. snickers crushed the competition milky way is up now against starburst, and just eked out the bracket. >> real win over twizzlers. and 100 grand is going up against butterfinger who do you have? >> butterfinger shouldn't even be there >> payday is out that went all the way in my bracket. >> really? >> yeah. >> a peanut candy bar went all

the way? >> delicious try it >> don't yuck my yum >> your what >> don't yuck my yum >> i have snickers going all the way. >> i had payday going all the way. who did you have >> musketeers. this is a refreshing competition. go ahead and cast your vote. >> i'm not trying to yuck your yum here >> but you are >> i will say when i got in this morning, i saw the bracket i was a little disappointed. no whatchamacallit, no nestle crunch >> and the fact that mounds and almond joy -- i'm sorry, they never would have made it to the elite eight if not for that. >> two of the most disgusting candies possibly >> wow >> sometime you feel like a nut. >> you never know. >> the inside of a mounds or almond joy is like someone already prechewed it ever >> i like them >> so passionate about it. >> today.com/food is where you can vote >> we have gone overboard again. up next, jenna goes one-on-one with hollywood's biggest stars, nicole kidman, on her thrilling new project and spreading joy in

the pandemic with husband keith urban.

and welcome back on this friday morning so nicole kidman has dazzled us on the big screen, but recently, it's her television career that has everyone talking >> she earned an emmy for her role as celeste on "big little lies." she's looking at the teleprompter >> i was like, is there a glare. >> i couldn't see. >> you caught up with nicole so exciting. >> i love calling her nicole, too. nicole was calling me from australia, where she's working and we talked about quarantine life with keith and her girls, the possibility of more "big little lies" and yes, her highly anticipated new show >> this is what i know i'm in a room with two detectives who are treating me like i'm a suspect >> nicole kidman's new show "the undoing" reunites her with the

show runner behind "big little lies" but this time around, we're not so sure who's good and who's bad. >> we have always seen things so clearly. how can you not see this now >> "the undoing" is suspense it is a drama. it is a character study. i mean, how would you describe it to a friend >> it's meant to be completely twisty and tourney where you never know what's going to happen i play a therapist, and my husband is hugh grant, and we have a ten-year happy marriage until there's an incident. and suddenly, my whole world and the rug is pulled out from under me >> it's so well done and i had to do a little research because i was like, okay, nicole kidman and hugh grant have definitely been in films together before. but i was wrong. >> i have always wanted to work with him because he's so good. and he's obviously incredibly

witty and charming but he was a great -- a great onscreen husband until he wasn't >> until he wasn't >> nicole's actual husband, fellow aussie and country superstar keith urban. they have been married a hollywood lifetime, 14 years, and have two girls, sunday and faith. >> like many of us, you're quarantined with your husband. >> yes >> your kids >> yes >> i read something you said that really rang true to me, that in some ways it was magical just to be together with this uninterrupted time >> keith and i always try to go, okay, what do we get out of it we started doing little sort of insta concerts, he did, and i would dance around there were so many people hurting, as there is still, and trying to be incredibly

respectful of that but just spread a little joy >> but when nicole's not helping stage keith urban's country concerts, she's running her own productions. something we learn she has done from a very young age. >> i read, too, as a little girl in australia, your parents would come out, you would say okay, i'm going to perform for you but now it's time for you to pay me >> um, we would put on plays with the neighborhood kids and everyone would want an ice cream as payment i was like, i don't have any money, so we better charge 5 cents for the ticket >> i mean, is that baby producer nicole at work >> i mean, the producing side of it has been such a wonderful place, actually, to suddenly grow and it happened because reese witherspoon and i were like, we're so frustrated here because there's no roles for women that we really want to play, that we

relish so we kind of got off of our butts and kind of went, let's try to do it ourselves. and that's how "big little lies" happened >> today i felt alive. i felt good. is that crazy? >> no. >> and it's nicole's acclaimed turn as celeste on "big little lies" that won her an emmy and after two seasons, left us wanting more >> will there be a season three? >> we're all very close. so our desire is for there to be a season three part of the thing is trying to make something happen, but there's definitely the passion and the desire i just want to go back to monterey and hang out with my girls. >> hoda and i looked today through the breadth of work you have done, and we actually couldn't believe it. we were like, "cold mountain" and "the hours." you look back at your work, as a little girl who performed in her backyard for ice cream cones, like, are you astonished >> yeah. yeah, astonished is a great

word on my knees going thank you for giving me this path in life. >> oh, we had such a good conversation at one point, she was like, she plays a psychiatrist in the show, which is really, really intense. she's like, why are we going to my childhood i'm like, i'm on a couch, you play a psychiatrist. here we go but our thanks to nicole she joined us in the morning in australia, and "the undoing" premieres sunday night it is on hbo. henry and i have been watching it really good. a little scary just what you want for october >> okay. all right. thank you, jbh up next, get ready for a master class on delicious football food from none other than the man himself, there he is, bobby flay up early making chicken wings and fried shrimp

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yes on 19. it's friday, so you know what that means it's time for "today food loves

football." >> this sunday night, the seahawks and cardinals are going head to head, or beak to beak, in a matchup of state farm stadium. >> talon to talon. you can't watch the game without gameday treats who better to show us how that's done than the one and only, there he is, bobby flay. bobby, good to see you, sir. good morning >> good morning. >> before we get to business, what's this big announcement >> so i have a really great story to tell about the restaurant business in terms of what to look forward to. my partners in see sceasar's pa where we have naked grill, we decided to go forward with a new restaurant. and it's obviously evoking the amalfi coast in italy, which is one of my passions i'm so, so, so excited

i think you guys have some of the renderings we have been, for the last six months during quarantine, i have been working with one of the most sought after young designers in the country, olivia jane olivia and i have been designing this restaurant every day during the quarantine and she's crushed it we have an amazing space going to open probably around late spring. it's going to be where the grill has been for 16 years. we have until about november 16th to get your last meal at l. if you're a mesa grill don't fret if you are a mesa grill fan, and we will have another one in vegas 2.0, but just not quite yet. >> this is exciting, especially because the restaurant industry, as we know, has been so hard hit. to double down and get in there, people will be heartened by that and hopefully it will catch on as we all recover and the economy recovers >> it's been well documented how challenging the restaurant business has been across the country, of course but we're starting to see some good stories we just ordered bobby's burger

palace in the atlanta airport just yesterday to me, that shows signs people are traveling again. that the numbers are up, and they have to eat when they're in the airport, so we're happy to be there we have a couple good stories, and of course, opening amalfi is an amazing story amazing fish you know, wrapped with a lot of pasta. it's a place that i am so incredibly passionate about. to bring something to life like that with my partners has been amazing. >> now we only have two minutes for your wings and shrimp. >> let's hear about the wings. >> let's get to the wings first. what i do is make a very quick spice rub. you take a little bit of paprika, not very spicy, but just some spices cumin and coriander. and that's a spice rub i like to throw my wings in like that so they get a little crust when we're cooking them. we put them into some canola oil. if you want to make it healthier, you can bake them as

well spice rub them and put them in the oven at 400 degrees. they get nice and crispy in the oven. now to glaze them, we have to put flavor on these things, and we have a mings chur of some chipotle hot sauce and some honey, and we just take the wings out of the oil, and you can see how crispy they get. you get that nice crust on the outside. and then we glaze them with our chipotle and honey sauce and there's a little butter in here as well you have to have butter in wings. and you just kind of give them a quick toss make sure they get nice and glazed then pour them right into the bowl and maybe a squeeze of lime. >> all right we only have a minute. will you show us the shrimp now? >> yes, of course. because we're opening amalfi, there's going to be a lot of fish there on the restaurant, on the amalfi

menu, this is better known as frito miso, and also known as fried shrimp. so the fried shrimp is flour, a little all-purpose flour and i serve it with an aioli, and these are really good game day things because everyone wants chicken wings. they want a little twist on them, and then for those people that like, you know, things that are crispy and shrimp, this is a perfect recipe they're on your website, so if you want to get going, go to the store today, and you'll be ready for the big game >> bobby flay, congrats, bobby >> as bobby flay just mentioned, today.com/food for those recipes, and the big game on sunday night, seahawks/cardinals one more time, al. >> sunday night on nbc coverage at 7:00 eastern >> congrats, bobby >> now, let's say quick hello. put it up on the screen. my today plaza there they are >> hey >> hi. all right. looking good let's zoom in. we've got julie and rob in new

york they have their daughters katie and anna with them this morning. hi we love a love story it's your 20th anniversary and do we have this right? there's an nbc angle to your love story >> yeah. >> yeah, we met 24 years ago i was a producer at 10 nbc in rochester. new york. >> i was a dorky kid just fresh out of college stuck behind the studio camera >> and he caught my eye. and we played softball one summer and started dating. >> and then the magic happened >> there you go. >> that is awesome it sure did. we see your lovely daughters you're still the tech chief there, right, rob? >> still there, 24 years later still in the control room. doing some directing, and still there. >> peacock love. we love that >> happy anniversary >> thanks, guys. let's put the big board back up again and say hi to some folks charles, we see you. you're turning 50 years old. way to go, charles

nice beard, too. got the frank family in atlanta. it's allison's 18th birthday nice to see you guys all right. jacob turning double digits. jacob, way to go, dude and shana, having her bat mitzvah this weekend very nice. have a great weekend, everybody. >> happy everything. >> up next, "3rd hour. "4th hour" as well >> fifth, sixth. >> yes, "today" all day. good morning. it's 8:56. i'm chris chmura. the scott peterson case is back in court. today in modesto, a judge will ask if peterson needs a public defender or plans to hire his own attorney. he'll appear from san quentin. earlier this month, the state court ordered his case

re-examined due to possible juror misconduct. his death sentence was overturned on appeal in august. happening now, we have a crew monitoring the hearing. we'll have a live report in our midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. you can also link to more details from our home page. alameda county is allowing a new round of reopenings. however, the u.s. as a whole hit a new record in coronavirus cases. we have full details online. we'll have a weather update for you in an hour and hope you'll join us at 11:00 a.m. plus-

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live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the "the 3rd hour of today." >> welcome to "the 3rd hour of today." it's friyay, october 23rd. nobody says it like craig says. i'm al with craig, dylan, sheinelle. we're all here and we have a lot going on. >> we love the monochromatic look. >> thank you. it's my homage to the millionaire version of regis philb philbin. who wants to be am millionaire. >> you put it together well. a little hint of purple.