from oakland to san francisco. >> there you go. light commute and a beautiful sunrise. that's going to do it for us on this thursday morning. >> yeah, thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. as we say, happy thursday to you. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. "today" show is next. good morning. breaking overnight, roaring ashore. >> oh, my gosh! >> hurricane zeta racing up the east coast after making landfall in louisiana, causing deaths, damage, and power outages to more than a million people. even more destruction expected today. alill tell us what to expect, and he's now tracking snow in the forecast for the northeast. breaking news. terror in france. at least three people killed, others hurt, in a violent knife attack at a church in nice. the very latest in the live report straight ahead. florida face-off.

with just five days to go, president trump and joe biden set to hold dueling rallies in a battleground that could hold the key to the election. while a group of former homeland security secretaries join forces to dispel concerns over widespread voter fraud. >> it would be impossible for someone to orchestrate a massive fraud. >> savannah's exclusive conversation with them just ahead. mounting toll. the u.s. shatters another coronavirus record. more than 80,000 new cases in a single day, as dr. anthony fauci warns that even with a vaccine, a return to normal is not on the horizon. >> i think it will be easily by the end of 2021 and perhaps even into the next year before we start having some semblances of normality. from celebration to investigation. the dodgers' justin turner facing potential fines and suspension for celebrating on the field at the world series

while positive for coronavirus. what the league and his teammates are now saying about his decision. those stories, plus, you want surprise with that? >> ahh! >> we'll take you inside the new halloween trend of drive-through haunted houses today, thursday, october 29th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." it's a very busy thursday morning. we're so happy you're joining us today. >> nice to see you this morning. lots of breaking news to tell you about, including the frightening knife attack in france this morning. we will take you there for a live report just ahead. but we do begin with concerns here at home over zeta. it ripped through the gulf coast as a strong category 2 hurricane, leaving behind a path of destruction, and it is going to cause even more problems today as it moves up the east coast.

we're going to get to al's forecast in just a moment. first, nbc's morgan chesky has the latest from new orleans. hey, morgan. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning to you. right now, hurricane zeta being blamed for at least two deaths. an electrocution here and a drowning in mississippi. the city of new orleans in the hurricane cone seven times this season before hurricane zeta made a direct hit. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: this morning, coastal communities waking up to devastation again. >> 2-foot swell here. >> reporter: hurricane zeta, a category 2 storm, battering the battered coastline. it never waivered, rolling in with wind guests topping 100 miles an hour. >> though we have made it through, we have been damaged. we have been hit. >> reporter: the destructive

winds and heavy rain soaking the gulf of coast from louisiana to alabama, including mississippi, where cars were swamped in this biloxi parking garage. boats toppled and countless homes taking a big hit from the 11th hurricane this year. >> it was scary. >> reporter: the rapid growth seen from the international space station, swelling to a near category 3 just before making landfall. in new orleans, extra flood gates were shut as early as noon on wednesday, hoping to thwart the inevitable. >> you have a number of systems that have to come together to keep new orleans safe and dry. >> reporter: people here exhausted from the relentless storm season. people here in new orleans tweeting that they would like to cancel their subscription to the

relentless hurricane of the month, please. this restaurant owner had to close nine times this year. >> this is, by far, the most challenging, stressful year yet. >> reporter: a region beaten and battered by mother nature, ready for 2020 to finally end. >> when is it going to stop? when is it going to stop? >> reporter: this morning, the governor of louisiana expected to tour the worst of the damage today. this storm is now the worst to hit the state of louisiana this late into a hurricane season. hoda? >> morgan chesky, the folks in new orleans have been through a lot. >> it's enough already. we turn to al, who is tracking where zeta has been and also where it is headed now. >> that's right, guys. this is the fourth in a row rapidly intensifying hurricane. we've had eight this year so far, and that is all because of the climate change. warmer waters in the gulf. right now, 65 miles west/northwest of atlanta, still has 60-mile-per-hour winds. look at how fast it is moving right now at northeast at 39

miles an hour. right now, tropical storm warnings extend all the way into southern virginia. we have flood and flash flood watches working their way all the way up into the northeast. we've got this system now rocketing through. it moves off the coast very rapidly, but then heavy rain, flash flooding into the northeast and mid-atlantic states. colder air will filter into this tomorrow. we're going to end up with a period of a messy snow in the northeast, parts of the northeast and new england. rainfall amounts 1 to 2 inches but could be upwards of 3 inches of rain. look at this, we're talking about some places in the upper elevations from binghamton to mt. washington, about 5 to 6 inches of snow. by the way, we have another area of development, a tropical disturbance we're watching in the next five days. 40% chance of development. our hurricane season isn't over yet, guys. >> wow. >> al, thank you very much. now to this morning's breaking news out of france. a deadly knife attack inside a church. it happened in nice. police are saying it is a terrorist attack.

nbc's matt bradley joins us with the latest on it. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. a stunning development here in france. three people stabbed to death around a cathedral in the southern city of nice. this whole country had been bracing for another terror attack ever since a teacher was brutally beheaded in a community outside of paris here. now, it seems their worst expectations have come true. another day of horror in france. three people killed in a knife attack. two slaughtered inside a church, one woman's throat slit, another man stabbed to death. the third victim knifed outside as he tried to flee. police investigating the killers as a terror attack. the suspect was injured but is now in custody. the brutal murder happened in the notre dame basilica in the city of nice. the incident comes almost two weeks after another horrific attack. a teacher brutally beheaded, targeted because he showed cartoons of the prophet mohamed

in class. the motive for this attack is unclear, but the country is already reeling and mourning. you know, terror attacks aren't the only cause of tensions here. covid cases have been rising in this country, and it goes into a hard lockdown at midnight tonight. with this latest rash of terror attacks, that's likely to add anxiety to a country that's already very much on edge. savannah? >> difficult times, matt bradley on the breaking news. thank you. we'll turn our attention now to the presidential race. with just five days to go, the stage is set for dueling rallies in the battleground of florida. both president trump and joe biden will be making campaign stops there today. kristen welker joins us from tampa in a moment. first, nbc's peter alexander is taking a look at how the candidates are taking different approaches in the homestretch of the race. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. nice to see you. the candidates offering starkly different views on this

pandemic. the president insisting a vaccine will be here, in his words, momentarily, and that it will eradicate the virus. he insists we're rounding the turn despite public health experts' warnings to the contrary. joe biden, for his part, says he's not running on the false promise of ending the pandemic simply flipping a switch but promising that science will be driving his decisions. with days to go, the covid pandemic is still defining this race. joe biden blaming president trump for what he calls a failed response to the virus. >> seems like he doesn't care much about it. the longer he's in charge, the more reckless he gets. it's enough. >> reporter: president trump arguing biden wouldn't be able to bring the country back. >> biden is the candidate of layoffs. lockdowns and misery. >> reporter: at packed rallies in arizona, the president downplaying the virus and describing grim consequences if his opponent wins.

>> if you vote for biden, it means no kids in school, no graduations, no weddings, no thanksgiving, no christmas, and other than that, you'll have a wonderful life. >> reporter: before casting his ballot in delaware, biden denouncing the claim that among the president's top accomplishments, ending the covid-19 pandemic. >> it's an insult to every single person suffering from covid-19. and every family who has lost a loved one. >> reporter: the white house acknowledging the release was poorly worded. with coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surging nationwide, this flashback to last spring. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner telling journalist bob woodward the u.s. was starting its comeback phase. according to audio obtained by cnn. >> we've put out rules to get back to work. trump's now back in charge. it's not the doctors.

they've kind of -- we have, like, a negotiated settlement. >> reporter: biden with oprah winfrey and a 94-year-old voter overnight, emphasizing the stakes in this election. >> you said this is the most important election of your lifetime. it's not because i'm running, it's because of the alternative. >> well, let me ask you, peter, there are a couple of court cases making headlines this morning, having to do with mail-in ballots. can you bring us up to date? >> reporter: that's right. in two crucial battlegrounds, pennsylvania and north carolina, there are two wins for democrats. in both states the supreme court effectively saying that the election officials can accept absentee ballots for several days after november 3rd in north carolina. the ballots will be counted if they arrive up to nine days after election day, as long as they are postmarked by then. in the pennsylvania case, a lower court ruling that says the state must count ballots arriving three days after election day. that will stay in place. notably, justice amy coney barrett did not take part in either one. of course, a spokesperson saying barrett had not had time to fully review the cases. >> peter alexander at the white

house, thank you. craig joins us now, more on the election. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. as you mentioned, the president and joe biden will be campaigning in florida today. in fact, they'll be campaigning in the same city, tampa. nbc's kristen welker has made her way there, as well. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, craig. good morning to you. the fight for florida is intensifying this morning, with its 29 electoral votes. florida is a huge prize. president trump won this state back in 2016. it is going to be critical if he wants to win re-election. i'm here outside a polling place where people have been lining up for days to cast their ballots early. it comes as the latest nbc/marist poll shows that this state is up for grabs. with dueling rallies in tampa today, president trump and vice president biden making a final push in florida.

after being tied here a month ago, our latest nbc news/marist poll has biden with a slight 4-point lead over president trump in the state. 51% to 47%. that's within the margin of error. biden's bounce fueled by a surge among seniors and independents, but president trump tops biden with several groups, including white voters, men, and the state's critical latino voters. 18-year-old sebastian's family is from cuba. he voted for the first time and cast his ballot for the president, citing the economy as his key issue. >> donald trump being a businessman is the person i want to see in office. >> reporter: natalie vega's family is from puerto rico, and she voted for biden, driven in part by spiking covid cases in florida. >> i think he has a plan for the pandemic and trying to get us out. >> reporter: so far, 6.3 million people have voted early in the sunshine state. that's a 57% increase from 2016. with registered democrats outpacing republicans. and while most voted by mail,

plenty are lining up to cast their ballots in person. >> everybody had the mask on, all 6 feet or more away from each other. there was sanitizing stations wherever in there. >> reporter: you felt safe voting? >> absolutely. >> reporter: biden is vastly outspending the president in florida, dropping more than $6 million in advertising compared to less than $300,000 for the trump campaign. while some voters are still haunted by the 2000 bush/gore recount, election officials say history will not repeat itself. should people will concerned about a rerun of 2000? >> i don't think so. the equipment, technology is advanced from what it was in 2000. these machines that we use now are so accurate. >> reporter: now, state law allows election officials to start voting all of those early and mail-in ballots now, which means that we could know the results of florida as early as election night. it is also worth noting the rnc and dnc are pouring millions

into this state, craig. >> kristen welker for us there in tampa. kristen, thank you. savannah? breaking news on the coronavirus overnight. the u.s. reported more than 80,000 cases yesterday, a new daily record for the third time in one week. that total includes the state of wisconsin's most dismal numbers yet. this is the state where health officials are urging people to stay home, except when absolutely necessary. nbc's kathy park joins us from madison this morning. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. the predicted fall surge is in full effect here. in wisconsin, more than 500 coronavirus deaths have reported this month alone. while there are promising treatments on the horizon, dr. anthony fauci warns the pandemic is far from over. a stark, new warning from dr. anthony fauci, who says even if effective vaccines are produced -- >> i think it will be easily by

the end of 2021 and perhaps even into the next year before we start having some semblances of normality. >> reporter: adding the upcoming holidays could drive new outbreaks. >> you get one person who is asymptomatic and infected, then all of a sudden, four or five people in that gathering are infected. to me, that's the exact scenario that you're going to see in thanksgiving. >> reporter: 38 states have seen a rise in hospitalizations over the last week, including wisconsin. now on a grim path to eclipse 2,000 deaths this weekend. >> it is a nightmare scenario, frankly, that this could get quite a bit worse. >> reporter: experts say the state could face a shortage of trained intensive care personnel. >> health care workers are coming down with infections just as the community is. >> reporter: icu doctors say it is difficult to provide comfort for patients in distress. >> it's terrifying to see someone struggling to breathe. you can see the fear in their eyes.

you can see how scared they are. >> reporter: governor evers sounding the alarm to curb the crisis. >> i'm going to make it easy. stay home. don't have people at your home. don't host or go to gatherings. >> reporter: on the campaign trail in wisconsin tuesday, president trump calling for the opposite approach. >> by the way, speaking of lockdowns, let's get your governor to open it up. >> reporter: days after the big ten restarted its season, the university of wisconsin is cancelling this saturday's game at nebraska after 12 members of the football team tested positive, including coach paul chryst, who said, in part, the safety of everyone in our program has to be our top priority. a state in crisis, struggling to slow a dramatic fall surge. and just to give another perspective on how challenging the situation currently is in the state, here at the university hospital in madison,

the volume of covid patients has doubled compared to the spring. nearly 30% of patients need some sort of icu-related care. savannah? >> kathy, thank you very much. it is 17 minutes after the hour. let's head over to mr. roker and get a check of the forecast. hey, al. >> hey, guys. western third of the country looks fantastic. however, we are looking at wet weather in the east. heavy rain due to zeta's remnants. also a secondary low bringing more rain into the mississippi and ohio river valleys. sunshine through the plains. sunny but not quite as warm out west. that's good news. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ ♪

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. nice sunrise across the bay area as we take a live look outside at san jose also a chilly start. grab a jacket if you're going to be heading out. here's a look at our high temperatures for today. recovering nicely and reaching into the upper 070s and low 80s. temperatures comfortable for the next several days and halloween expect a high of 80 and 82 by sunday. >> and that is your latest weather. savannah >> al, thank you so much just ahead, the fbi this morning sounding the alarm on a major cybersecurity threat a coordinated attack targeting u.s. hospitals this morning, the race to find out who is behind it and why plus, the new coronavirus outbreak in europe cases there exploding, and new lockdowns being announced. keir simmons joins us live from

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misinformation, including those from holocaust deniers >> so somebody denying the murder of millions of people or instigating violence against a country as a head of state is not categorically falling in any of those three misinformation or other categories twitter has >> not misinformation, but we do have other policies around incitement of violence. >> somebody denies the holocaust happened is not misinformation. >> the tech ceos addressed concerns on ongoing, foreign interference going on now meant to disrupt next week's presidential election. the nfl is working on a plan to have some fans in attendance for super bowl lv. the game will be february the 7th at raymond james stadium in tampa, florida according to espn, the league plans to fill the stadium to about 20% capacity, which is about 13,000 fans. the nfl has not confirmed that report meantime, the 2021 boston

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targeting them tom costello has the details on this tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we're already getting reports of four to six hospitals that have been attacked, and some cybersecurity experts say there appears to be a link with russia this could be the most serious cyber attack to hit the united states ever. this morning, hospitals already battling the coronavirus are facing a new threat. three government agencies, including the fbi, are warning they have credible information of an increased and imminent cyber crime threat the target, hospitals and health care providers here in the u.s those agencies say cyber criminals are using ransomware, a tool that, in this case, could block hospitals from accessing their own data, and freeze critical operating systems until a ransom is paid. >> this ransomware is almost impossible to stop because all it takes is for one employee to click on a malicious link, and that injects the malware into the system they've locked up the data.

>> reporter: overnight, sky lakes medical center in oregon confirmed a ransomware attack compromised its computer systems, though it says no patient information has been compromised. one of at least four hospitals in three different states with reported issues just this week it's not clear whether the attacks are connected to the latest warning last month, a cyber attack targeting universal health services chain caused a computer failure, with some hospitals forced to use pen and paper to file patient information the company says the issue is now resolved in germany, a woman's death now being blamed on a ransomware attack when the hospital where she sought emergency treatment could not admit her due to its i.t. systems failing >> this threat is literally life and death scenario >> reporter: cybersecurity experts say the pandemic along with an emerging flu season, put hospitals in a uniquely vulnerable position. >> this is a perfect storm hitting the hospitals, and there's actually never been a

better time, if you want a fast payout, this would be the time to strike. >> tom, you covered cybersecurity for a long, long time do experts have advice for hospitals or companies that would help prevent that kind of an attack from happening in the first place? >> reporter: yeah. it's not too late. listen, cybersecurity experts always say the weakest link is the employee who opens a suspicious email and clicks on a suspicious link. that's number one. as they go through the list of do's and don't's, don't open any suspicious emails, and certainly don't click on a suspicious link forward in of that to your computer i.t. department also, make sure your computer software is up to date you're running the latest security software itself use multi-step authentication to have access to sensitive company data. so it is not just one thing, but it is many levels of security to ensure that not only you, individually are secure, but the

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hospitals struggling to keep up with demand, a growing list of countries are announcing a new restriction and lockdowns. >> "today" senior international correspondent keir simmons joins us from london with a closer look at what's happening there good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning. good morning, guys the rain here in europe pretty much sums up the atmosphere. in a moment, we're going to show you some stunning graphs that illustrate just how exponentially coronavirus is escalating here in europe. here in the uk, they're talking about 100,000 new infections per day, whereas in the czech republic, the crisis is so serious, they're asking the american national guard to come help work alongside doctors. europe convulsed by protests and riots. people increasingly frustrated with the mounting restrictions as european leaders desperately try to contain soaring covid cases. at a berlin demonstration, a coffin for the entertainment industry

germany closing pubs, restaurants, movie theaters, and gyms, for all of november. the alternative, germany's chancellor warns, an acute health emergency ♪ in a national television address, the french president announcing a second at least month-long lockdown. i know you are weary, but he warned, france is at risk of being overwhelmed. in every one of europe's major nations, it's the same story daily deaths are rising frighteningly fast 40% in a week. infections in france quadrupling since september. german infection rates lower, but approaching their april peak spain even higher. like most nations, its numbers of deaths are still low. even italy suffering so many fatalities the first time around, almost 25,000 infections

in 24 hours. while 205 people died. in the czech republic, they've recorded the second highest per capita death rate in the world some of belgium's doctors say they've been told to keep working, even if they have the coronavirus. while russian officials admit that in 16 regions, health care beds are at 90% capacity we must monitor the situation, says president putin reports in some parts of russia say the sick are being turned away from overwhelmed hospitals. >> my goodness keir, so these alarming trends in europe, they're also causing some concerns in global markets, as well, apparently. what more can you tell us about that >> reporter: yeah, that's right, craig. london's main market barely recovering this morning from an avalanche of selling yesterday it's at a six-month low. the same story in markets across

europe and there in new york basically, traders are waking up to the picture that the northern hemisphere may suffer from this coronavirus wave right through the winter of course, the issue is, there and here in europe, so many businesses haven't actually been able to recover from the first wave, craig. >> keir simmons in london for us, thank you. let's check in with al feels like every correspondent has an umbrella this morning it's raining everywhere. >> that's right. and it is a little on the chilly side we have a dip in the jet stream, and that's going to mean temperatures from albuquerque to boston, down to new orleans. everybody five to ten degrees below average. for tomorrow from caribou, maine, atlanta, lake charles, amarillo, temperatures still below average. the good news is as we get into next week, temperatures will start to rebound by sunday, new york will be 59 degrees. 66 on charlotte. cincinnati will get up to 53 degrees. then another dip comes in a little bit later on. and as far as the rain is concerned, look at that, heavy rain from remnants of zeta all the way into the northeast and the mid-atlantic states, down into the southeast

the chill continues in the central part of the country. plenty of sunshine in the western th good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing plenty of sunshine and nice sunrise and it's also a chilly start this morning so we've seen a lot of 40s and low 50s. so as we go into the afternoon, we go from our chilly morning to a warm afternoon. reaching up to 76 degrees in oakland, 69 degrees in san francisco. for the south bay expect a high of 80 in san jose and 83 in clear lake. savannah >> al, thank you. up next, new fallout after a member of the los angeles dodgers infected with the coronavirus joined the team's world series celebration on field. what his teammates are saying, and an investigation has been launched, right after this

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the dodgers won the world series. justin turner violated the agreed upon protocol when he took the field to celebrate putting others at risk >> reporter: arriving back at los angeles after the dodgers' first world series win in 32 years. >> that is strike three. the dodgers have won it all in 2020 >> reporter: major league baseball is now blasting superstar turner for putting others at risk for catching coronavirus. >> we are trying to find out if something happened with turner. >> reporter: before the start of the eighth inning, the player was taken from the game. he was tested positive for kr . coronavirus. >> he was taken out because of a positive test. >> reporter: but then he said that he couldn't believe he could not celebrate. so he went on the field with his

wife and families and teammates. >> reporter: then it was said he was taken off of the field for the safety of the teammates and others. but then he went to the team to aide the protocols. >> forget that. he is part of the team. we are not excluding him from anything. >> reporter: mlb says that turner emphatically refused to comply when he asked to comply for the security. he took the mask off sitting next to his coach, a cancer survivor. his decision to leave the field was wrong and put everyone in contact with him were at risk. >> i think that everyone he was in contact with would be in the contact tracing web anyway. >> reporter: and mlb says that it understands turner's desire to celebrate, but this morning the league is hoping that lives

were not put at risk after this celebration of a lifetime. so far aside from the tweet after the world series, no public comment from justin turner and we have reached out to the agent but there is no word back from the investigation from the mlb. >> and the league did do a pretty good job this year testing 172,000-plus tests and the positivity rate was like 0.05. >> yes, and the last couple of months nobody tested positive in baseball and so they were minding the ps and the qs. >> yes, and a shame to end it that way. all right. ahead, sheinelle is going to join us with pop start and -- sorry, no, it is over, the candy bracketween and the drive throughs that are serving up screams for the year. >> i like it.

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all right. it's time to get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> hey, we're looking at some nice weather for today as we're going to see our highs reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s. 86 degrees in ukiah and 77 will be the high in palo alto and in san francisco we can expect the temperatures to reach into the upper 60s. as we go into the forecast and into the weekend, looks great with highs still continuing like they will today, laura. >> all right, looks good. thanks so much for joining us, we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. woman: after covid, my hours got cut.

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it's 8:00 on "toda it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, breaking news gulf coast slammed hurricane zeta makes landfall as a deadly category 2 storm. >> oh, my gosh >> the already battered region once again feeling the effects >> when is it going to stop? when is it going to stop >> as the fast-moving storm heads east this morning, al is tracking it all. plus, joining forces savannah's exclusive interview with four former homeland security secretaries, two republicans, two democrats, about the safety of our election >> i am not concerned.

>> i'm not that concerned about the integrity of the actual vote >> i'm not concerned >> we know how to do this. >> just ahead, why they say you should not be worried about your vote and supersized scares. how the pandemic is changing every aspect of halloween. >> can you scare a person in a car? absolutely >> oh, yeah. >> we pull on into drive-through haunted houses a new way of delivering socially distanced frights. today, thursday, october 29th, 2020 ♪ hungry like the wolf >> 24 hours until "today"'s halloween show, and we're super excited! >> from r2-d2 and yoda, hi, savannah and hoda. ♪ i'm hungry like the ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya tomorrow ♪ >> first --

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that's absolutely right. this area is suffering from such storm fatigue. we know hurricane zeta now being blamed for at least three deaths an electrocution here in new orleans, a drowning in biloxi, mississippi. in the past few minutes, we learned someone was killed in georgia after these powerful winds toppled a tree onto a home there. this was a fast-moving hurricane, roaring ashore here with winds topping 100 miles an hour more than capable of ripping off roofs and knocking out power lines. as of this moment, about a million people are without power from hurricane zeta. we know that the governor of louisiana going to tour the worst of the devastation today this storm was primarily a danger in this area for the powerful winds, but to mississippi, they saw the worst of that storm surge. that's where we saw significant flooding right now, schools in charlotte, north carolina, studying remotely as a result of the deteriorating conditions there from the remnants of this hurricane. we'll send it back to you. >> all right, morgan chesky in new orleans, thanks. >> brings us to al with where zeta is headed now. >> right now, it is a tropical storm. 50 miles west of asheville, north carolina it still has 60-mile-per-hour winds. it'll cause big problems as far

as power outages are concerned as it moves into the northeast it is moving northeast at 39 miles per hour tropical storm warnings all the way into southern virginia we have flash flood and flood watches all the way into southern new jersey with this system rainfall amounts through friday as this makes its way across locally 3 inches or more, causing flooding on the back side of it, we're looking for more snow that will be developing from binghamton to laconia into the new england area anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of snow in the upper elevations and this just in from the national hurricane center, this next system, tropical disturbance, there is a 60% chance of development in the next five days this would be tropical storm eta. is it pronounced eta >> eta >> resident greek. >> the chances of up just went up in the last hour. >> can't believe that. >> al, we'll come back to you in a few moments, buddy thank you. meantime, we're following breaking news from overseas this

morning. at least three people are dead so far after a gruesome terror attack at a catholic church in france this all happened in the southern city of nice. police say a man with a knife killed two people inside a church there a third victim was fatally stabbed outside as she tried to run away a suspect is in custody. that attack is being investigated as an act of terrorism. security in france had already been tightened this month after a schoolteacher was murdered for showing cartoons of the prophet mohamed in class just five days until the election now the president and joe biden are both taking their campaigns to florida today. in arizona yesterday, the president said the u.s. is beating the covid pandemic the country hit a record 80,000 new cases in one day >> if you vote for biden, it means no kids in school, no graduations, no weddings, no thanksgiving, no christmas other than that, you have a wonderful life

>> it's an insult to every single person suffering from covid-19 and every family who has lost a loved one. >> biden also made an unannounced appearance yesterday on oprah winfrey's get out the vote zoom session. so all right. we have the news cover and i have a nice morning boost for you guys. everyone needs, everybody needs, to lower their stress levels these days, but sometimes it takes a little reminder. check out this 2-year-old helping his baby sister find her comfort zone [ crying ] >> it's okay it's okay. take a deep breath >> look at that. inhale, exhale good advice from a 2-year-old life coach here's her message, everybody, calm down. do like the toddler says i think we've all been that child. >> right. >> it feels good to let it all go. >> that is sweet. when we come back, you have a really important conversation just a few days out from this election.

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we are back. we are back. 8:11 with november 3rd just five days away, concern other the integrity of our election, concern is peaking. >> savannah, you had the good fortunate of speaking with four former homeland security secretaries, both parties. you sat down with them. >> they really wanted to get together and join forces to send a message of reassurance tom ridge and michael chertoff served up president bush napolitano and jeh johnson served under the obama administration this is the first and only interview, and they stressed not only the safety but the importance of the election and the patience as we wait for results to come in next week's election. how concerned are you about the integrity of next week's elections? >> i'm not that concerned about the integrity of the actual

vote >> we had a national the nation was at war with itself we know how to do this. >> i'm not concerned about the security of the election i'm concerned about the anxiety surrounding the election >> i'm not concerned about widespread fraud i think that's a myth. >> reporter: but americans are unsure a recent nbc news/surveymonkey poll finding only 15% of adults are very confident that the election will be conducted in a fair and equal way secretary johnson, people do pick up the newspaper. they might see a situation where some ballots got lost or mailed to the wrong person, and they might think, ah-ha, there's that ballot fraud what would you say to somebody who reads about these incidents and wonders whether mail-in voting can be carried out on a widespread basis faithfully? >> we do not have absolutely perfect elections in our democracy. so if one were to read about something like that in connection with this election,

don't lose heart vote yourself and have confidence in the results. the incidents of actual fraud are very, very low in connection with mail-in balloting. >> reporter: in recent months, president trump has fanned the flames of uncertainty, with repeated attacks on mail-in voting and the overall election. >> the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. >> reporter: secretary ridge, the president has been laying the groundwork for months now that there could be fraud in this election. what do you think of those remarks? >> i am beyond disappointed because it undermines the historic legitimacy and importance of the most fundamental institution of self-government. >> reporter: secretary chertoff, where do you stand on some of these remarks from the president? >> let me say, first, to be crystal clear, there is no real prospect of widespread fraud in the election you couldn't scale it to be widespread there's no history of that

happening. and everybody is very much on guard to make sure there isn't any monkeying around with the voting process frankly, sometimes when i hear what president trump says, i feel i'm listening to a banana republic dictator, claiming about either locking up his opponents or claiming that the elections are rigged, and those are not consistent with the american values or the constitutional values, and i hate to say it, but there are foreign powers who are gleeful that we have some domestic actors like donald trump working to undermine the unity of effort which is of course out of the playbook of vladimir putin. >> reporter: last week, the nation's top intelligence official and fbi director warned of efforts by russia and iran to interfere in the election. >> these actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. >> reporter: what do you think russia may be trying to do with

regard to our election >> to try and change opinions, to drive outcomes by affecting opinions vis-a-vis the elections. i'd say to those who might use -- take a look at the social media, they're best to be spectacle. >> reporter: how concerned are you in the days following the election, november 3rd, about this tension that exists in our country right now, really boiling over >> yeah, i would say people just need to take a deep breath and let the counting proceed. >> it's really important for americans to understand that the delay in the final count is not in any manner, shape, or form evidence of widespread fraud as a matter of fact, i think all of us could make a very good

case that the kind of review that those local officials go through, in terms of bar codes, in terms of technology, verification, validation of the signatures, frankly enhances the security around those absentee ballots. november 3rd is the last day to cast your vote, not the last day for the vote to be counted >> reporter: the president just tweeted this week, "must have final vote total on november 3rd," and said something similar yesterday. how much of a problem is that, secretary chertoff >> donald trump has done some dog whistling out there to some of his supporters, suggesting that, somehow, this is beginning to be an illegitimate result it is not conceivable that there will be any kind of significant or material fraud in this election we have a widely distributed set of election officials. it would be impossible for someone to orchestrate a massive fraud. >> have you all already voted? show of hands. are you going to vote next week? >> already voted >> i'm going to drop mine off today. >> i'm going to wait in line no

matter how long it takes >> really so extraordinary to have, you know, bipartisan, republicans and democrats, sit down because they wanted to reassure americans they wanted to say, it is going to be fine be patient secretary ridge, who served under -- he was the first homeland security secretary under president bush, he said three times the same thing he said, "november 3rd is the last date to cast your vote. it is not the last day to count your vote. you should expect that because of the pandemic and the mail-in votes, it is going to take a few days. >> not only was the conversation reassuring, the takeaway, and they said it several times, variations of it, there is no real chance for widespread voter fraud. there's no real chance for widespread voter fraud. >> because of the way we conduct elections, county by county, state by state you can't pull that off. but there's foreign interference that we know about and reported on it was fascinating conversation. we'll put it online. >> i feel reassured. >> that's what they wanted to

do. >> they did their job. >> thank you thank you so much for that time for another quick check of the weather mr. roker, we're looking down at louisiana. >> we are. that conversation is exactly what we all needed to see. thanks so much we are looking at right now things are drying out in louisiana, thank goodness, but we do have zeta moving into the mid-atlantic and northeast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. chill continues in the midsection of the country. plenty of sunshine through the upper mississippi river valley and we are looking at plenty of sunshine out west. coming up in the next half hour, we're going to take a look at >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we take a look at our highs for today. expect it to reach into the upper 60s. at half moon bay and san francisco. for the inland areas, up to the low 80s today, but in between a lot of 70s on the map. it's going to be great as we go into the next several days. our halloween weekend looks like it will reach up to 80 degrees

in the valleys. and slightly warmer on sunday. monday our temperatures peak. san francisco will reach into the mid-70s. >> and that is your latest weather. hoda >> al, thank you. ms. sheinelle jones. we were watching you do your janet jackson in the open today. it made us feel good. we can't wait to see your costume this year. >> incredible. >> no pressure. >> can't wait for this year's costume. >> it was raining, and i was thinking, don't fall. >> you were great. >> i heard savannah say we're making the best of it this year. stay tuned shall we start with bruce springsteen today? we got his new album, "letter to you," and now we know more about how it was made. bruce revealed most of the album was created using a guitar made for him by a fan. >> wow >> i was coming out of my play on broadway, and there's a small group of fans, sign things, talk to some people there was a kid standing there,

or a guy standing there with this guitar. he handed it to me i thought he wanted me to sign it he said, "no, no, it's for you it's for you i want you to have it. so i left it in my living room, and when i started to feel like writing, i just picked it up it sounded so beautiful. most of the songs from the record came out of it. i owe a debt to my mysterious friend who handed me -- handed this to me on the street in new york city. >> can you imagine if you're the fan watching right now, and you're like, wait, that was me he doesn't even know my name that's amazing next up, elton john. the icon is getting into the drs halloween spiritual home tiktok dressed as an elvis the whole family joined in ♪ ♪ la, la, la, la, la la, la, la

la, la ♪ >> that's a fun family. >> elton's husband, david, their two sons, zachary and elijah elton is killing it on tiktok. since it's almost halloween, we wanted to throw this out there talking about janet, we'll talk about elton. >> that was 2018. >> people are like, who are you? come on, dude. come on! >> that was fun. >> we tried. >> so much fun. >> love it. next up, david letterman he stopped by jimmy kimmel's show last night to talk about basically whatever he wanted 18-minute interview. one of the highlights was letterman and kimmel talking about regis philbin. the former late-night host talking about what you always saw is what you got with regis >> somebody said, let's pick somebody to drive across country with, if it couldn't be regis, then i would hitchhike because he just -- he was always regis. isn't that what your experience was? >> always. he always referred to himself as regis. i'd imagine that he woke up in the middle of the night saying, regis needs to go to the bathroom

regis was just exactly like he was on television at all times >> that's nice to hear, isn't it >> boy, he was in our studio so many times we felt like he was part of our family, too. he treated everybody, us and our entire crew, just like that. we miss him. >> absolutely. next up, the flaming lips are one of the few bands still performing during the pandemic but don't worry, if their new music video is any indication, they're doing it safely. the video for "assassins of youth" shows a recent concert where not only is the band in space bubbles but the crowd is, too. flaming lips front man wayne coyne walking over the crowd before returning to the stage. let's show you a clip here ♪ awesome, right creative. >> what happens if one of the bubbles, like, pops? >> they're pretty thick. i don't know how you get in. remember, craig, i was like, i don't know the band said the concert was

done with strict safety measures bubbles were completely disinfected. that is a good point maybe it could be the way forward for live concerts. >> or for all of us. >> sounds good, too. >> get in your own bubble. >> yeah. finally, macklemore, like a lot of parents, the rapper and singer has been spending a whole lot of time with the kids at home macklemore is dad of two young girls, sloan and colette he shared a video of them relaxing in a pillow fort, reading a book we're familiar with wasn't planned. >> wait, what? >> by savannah guthrie >> are you kidding >> they happened to be reading it, and he posted a clip look at this >> dived into the water and swam toward the cat and rescued ms. fuzzy in five seconds flat ms. fuzzy in arm, penny swam around, slipped on her shoes, and shook off her gown

>> how cool is that? i am dying. i mean, mclemore is reading my rhymes. >> turn it into a rap for kids >> so awesome. thank you. >> how awesome is that i'm still campaigning to be sabrina strawberry. >> as you should be. >> you'll have to fight me for that >> all right there you go. >> sheinelle, thank you. just ahead -- wow, i cannot wait you know how i love the milk bar and their desserts the creative force behind milk bar bakery is with us. christina herself. christina tossi herself, and she is going to show us how to get our kids involved in the kitchen with some fun and sweet, they have to be sweet, breakfast recipes. also, if you want a halloween scare in a year when haunted houses are off the table, joe fryer found the solution for us. wow, looks scary first, your local news

good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. people already bringing signs and flowers to orenda where friends and family gather to remember those killed in last year's airbnb halloween shooting of five people died when shots were fired in a packed party inside a short-term rental unit. four more people were injured. although several arrests were later made, police let the suspect goes due to lack of evidence. the case remains unsolved. time to get a look at the forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring that for us. how is it looking? >> it's starting out really chilly. i wanted to show you the current temperatures we're feeling.

a lot of people get ready to head out the door for work. upper 30s in napa. 48 degrees in hayward. after this chilly start, it's going to be a nice afternoon. warming up into the mid to upper 70s. a few low 80s as well in the inland valleys. we'll see more of this going into the next several days into the halloween weekend, and it continues to warm up into the beginning of early next week. we'll also see some warming along the coastline, marcus. >> thanks, kari. and i'll have another local news update coming up in half an hour. see you then. who's supporting prop 15?

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lifeline during this stressful pandemic. then we're going to make breakfast really fun with milk bar chef christina tosi. wait until you see what she has cooked up to add adventure to your family's mornings kids can get involved, too. >> love it. on the "3rd hour of today," a little something to get you in the halloween spirit we are going to take you on a tour of the actual castles behind some of the classics, like dracula, frankenstein we'll do that in a minute. keir simmons is there for us first, mr. roker, how about the forecast >> all right, guys, it would be fantastic. let's do it. all right. your weekend outlook let's start off with friday. quiet, which is great. a little wet snow in the northeast. chilly in the plains wet weather in the pacific northwest. on saturday, it'll be dry in the eastern third of the country autumnal highs in the midsection it is going to be mild out west. and your halloween forecast, take a look right now. in ghoul creek, washington, 45

and clear. pumpkin center, florida, 77 degrees. sleepy hallow, new york, clear and 42 degrees and we're looking for beautiful weather on sunday. northeast showers -- >> wow. >> -- it'll be dry. >> oh, the count. >> i'm doing the count that's right we're going to get to your local >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at our high temperatures for today. we'll reach up to 80 degrees for the inland valleys. some upper 70s on friday. and then on saturday, halloween, we're looking pretty good here across the bay area. it will continue to warm up. we're looking at also a warm-up for san francisco as we reach into the mid-70s there. but even going in through next week, we'll see our highs up to 84 degrees, feeling more like summer. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah >> thank you, count. al, thank you. coming up next, firsthand

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we're back. we're back 8:35 more of our special series in collaboration with the zuckerberg initiative. mental health and america's kids. >> 2020 has been a challenging year for most of us, especially though, especially for children. in fact, according to one survey, 87% of students say the coronavirus added stress or anxiety to their lives. >> but there is a school in missouri aiming to help students navigate the hurdles morgan radford took a trip there to see what it's all about good morning >> reporter: hey there, guys, good morning so cairos academy is a charter school in st. louis. they've taken a groundbreaking

approach to taking care of what they call the whole student. focusing not just on their academics but also on their mental health. something that is especially important now during the pandemic so with the permission of their parents, we spoke to some of the students about why they say this particular school has changed their lives. on the first day of school at cairos academy in st. louis, students are paired with coaches. >> i thought a coach was for gym, then i thought they didn't have gym here. >> reporter: no, not sports coaching, but, rather, life coaches. each student has a designated adult that acts as a mentor to turn to for advice and for help. seventh grader alyssa wagner and her coach, casey mcbride, have a very special bond. what did you think of casey when you first met her? >> she'd be the person who i could share things with, and she would completely support me. she was that person for me

>> reporter: ceo and co-founder of cairos academy, gavin, put the mentorship in place so each student gets individualized attention. you're also a coach? >> from the ceo to teachers to our operations team to the front desk receptionist, every adult in the building works one-on-one with kids. >> reporter: coaches offer academic support, helping students with schoolwork and time management. >> what is your project right now? tell me more. >> reporter: when covid-19 hit, these coaches became students' lifelines. >> we changed from checking in two to three times a week to checking in daily. middle school is a time when depression and anxiety comes out. checking for signs of anxiety and depression, then also making sure that they are acclimating well to school virtually. >> reporter: alyssa, how did you feel when the pandemic hit >> i was kind of scared because i didn't want anybody in my family specifically to pass away or anything. >> reporter: but alyssa and her family did face a tragic loss. we were really sorry to hear

your grandfather passed away during the pandemic. when that happened, how did your friends and your coach help you through that >> my coach, she helped me emotionally as well as academically back in school, i didn't do anything i sat on my phone and sulked she kind of helped me get back on my feet and set goals again for myself >> i think you are going to like the novel. it is about a strong female lead character. >> reporter: coaches are trained to recognize the dangers that can come with feeling alone, especially during a pandemic so to counter isolation, they lead small groups of students through a weekly group exercise called circle. may i join you guys at circle this morning >> awesome i don't see why not. >> let's get start. >> reporter: circles begin with meditation. >> take three, silent, deep breaths for me in through your nose, out through your mouth >> reporter: followed by

introductions. >> hi, i'm malik today, i am feeling extravagant. >> i am katie. i'm feeling accepted today >> reporter: the coach encourages students to share how they're feeling and realize what they have in common, while supporting each other along the way. you said, i feel accepted. how does coming to circle make you feel >> when you're in circle, it just feels like you're a part of a bigger community you have, like, people to go to if you need help or support in any form >> reporter: what makes cairos different from other schools you've been to >> they try to help you as much as they can. if you're struggling mentally and stuff, they take the consideration in thinking about you as a person, and not just your learning. >> reporter: so your brain and your heart >> yeah. >> reporter: cairos academies firmly believes monitoring the mental health of students is just as critical as monitoring their academic success >> taking those things into account is really important

because you don't know what anyone is going through, especially in times like now our students are going through a lot. >> reporter: for alyssa, that support has carried her through this pandemic. >> she gave me a sense of security, and i just felt a lot better after i check in. they became a lot more important. >> reporter: so what's really cool about cairos is they are a middle school now, but they plan to add one new grade level every single year until they reach the 12th grade, so the coaches can stay with the students throughout their entire academic process, also ensuring their mental health is taken care of, guys. >> morgan, i feel like we have the model. someone has done it right. that was, you know, something none of us had back in the day. >> no. imagine not just having a teach er, adults who are interested, but how students open up when you're seeing each other in a different way. >> how you treat each other. >> it's a sign of not just where we are but hopefully where we're headed, where the students are treating the whole student not just reading, writing, and math, but mental, as well.

>> morgan said it, head and heart. she's right. thank you to morgan for that in collaboration with the zuckerberg initiative, we have some great resources for parents and kids in the new parenting guide section of our website check them out today.com/parents. get some good info there. up next, a way for kids and parents to have some stress-free fun. >> we are talking pancakes with a twist, other exciting breakfast creations that can only come from one mind. whoever else that other person was. christina tosi, the milk bar dessert queen shares really good ideas to perk up the morning ideas to perk up the morning in the bay area, we believe in science. traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic.

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the creative force behind the wildly successful milk bar bakery >> we love her so much i was just looking at the wall behind us because these are all christina tosi's confections she's so clever. she's got some fun, new ideas she's sharing with all of us, and it's not just for adults it is for little hands, too. it is called "milk bar kids only." christina, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> we're good. we are huge fans of you, as you know, and all of your delicious and clever desserts. so what made you want to get the little ones involved >> i mean, i think a kid's imagination is underleveraged. i don't think we give kids enough credit, especially when it comes to time in the kitchen. when i'm at milk bar, i'm always trying to attach on to that childlike wonder, the nostalgic flavors, so i decided to write a cookbook for kids but also adults that want to go back to that childlike imagination spend time in the kitchen. >> we got your cookbook. haley read the words, "kids

only," and literally won't let me touch the cookbook. you have great recipes in there. we're making pancakes this morning? >> compost pancakes. we have a cookie at the bakery are salty, sweet things in it. when it comes to pancakes, i think, again, worlds of imagination at our fingertips. these pancakes have whatever you want in them it is a pancake base with anything from chocolate chips and oats, pretzels, butter scotch chips. if you need a kick, you can put instant or ground coffee in there. give them a sweet flip, and you have an amazing stack of pancakes. >> i saw cookies there, too, christina. what kinds are those >> i'm not leaving you high and dry without cookies. it is fall it is cinnamon butterscotch,

cozy warm hug time this is my cozy warm hug of the chocolate chip cookie's cousin, a cinnamon butterscotch cookie it is a cinnamon cookie dough, ton of butterscotch chips, and it feels like you're at grandma's house, getting a warm cookie out of the oven. >> what about the monkey in the middle muffins with you, i might think there is an actual monkey there, but what is in the middle >> this was my niece's idea. i was asking her when i was writing the cookbook, like, i have all these muffin ideas. what sounds great to you she was like, call one monkey in the middle i said, i love that game what if we made a peanut butter chocolate chip muffin and stuffed bananas in the middle, covered them with batter, then baked them off you know kids like surprises or to play practical jokes. my nieces do this is a monkey in the middle muffin

you break it wide open, and there is a giant banana hiding in the center. >> i love that what is the most, like -- what is the most popular recipe in that cookbook, do you think? what is your number one? >> i have to say, like, where i got my start in the kitchen was with cereal squares. taking rice crispie treats but turning them up a notch. i have these cocoa cabana cereal squares. it is taking whatever cereal you have in the pantry and bringing it to life with imagination. these are fruit loops with some coconut marshmallows and melted butter you can do a riff on apple pie these days you can do a riff on chocolate and peppermint you could do anything with just a bag of marshmallows, a little butter, five cups of cereal, and a whole lot of imagination >> boom. >> imagination, man, that's your specialty. christina, that's your secret ingredient thank you so much. the book is called "milk bar

kids only. please send birthday truffles. okay, you can find out more about it at today.com/shop we'll have more of christina's recipes at today.com/food, as well. >> thank you, christina. what's halloween without a visit to a haunted house joe fryer shows us how the holiday staple is being re-imagined in this pandemic to bring thrills and chills this year fi

welcome back halloween 2020 is almost here, but it is halloween 2020, so people are having to come up with new ways to keep it fun and also safe. >> people are doing it, too. nbc's joe fryer got a taste of that creativity firsthand. drive-through haunted house. >> yeah, that's right. think about it, a year ago, i was doing a halloween story at universal studios, weaving through the haunted mazes where the monsters get really close to you with lots of screaming

this year, that's not a very good idea. in aberdeen, maryland, one attraction found a creative way to save the scares >> reporter: it's not a house. ah geez but it sure is haunted >> i'm trying to get scared. >> reporter: a halloween experience that's braved from the comfort, or discomfort, of your car now we're going into the woods as if the cornfield wasn't scary enough >> it was really a lot scarier than i originally thought. >> reporter: legends of the fog is an annual attraction that as bedevilled a chunk of the barberry family farm for 14 years. >> we scare people for a hobby. >> reporter: in a normal year, guests would roam inside this haunted hotel and through a confounding corn maze. >> it is a really intense, in your face experience >> reporter: during a pandemic, in your face is out of place >> welcome, welcome, welcome >> reporter: so the barberries concocted a blueprint that keeps visitors in their cars

while still immersing them in a scary story. that clown is scary. that clown is coming toward the car. >> we came up with every crazy possibility for this drive-through. >> reporter: can you scare a person in a car? >> absolutely. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: how badly >> you can't scare them out of their car, for sure, but we've had a lot of jumps and a lot of people moving to the center. >> reporter: there is even an eerie soundtrack pumped into your cell phone. some of it personalized. >> hey there, joe fryer, it looks like you're all alone in that car where is savannah? where is hoda? where is al? >> reporter: i was alone on my tour, slinking past creepy creatures. what is that lurking in the shadows of the woods. >> please help >> reporter: before winding through acres of towering corn stalks nope, nope, nope, nope >> getting the opportunity to be scared was awesome >> reporter: this halloween, a

harmless scare is practically a privilege. >> just the fact we're able to be open when so many others aren't that fortunate is really a blessing for us. >> reporter: a blessing courtesy of a drive-through that's serving up a side of spooks. >> oh, my. >> legends of the fog says they're inspired to apply this drive-through concept to other seasonal events beyond halloween. that's another positive out of all this back to you. >> great idea, joe thank you. thanks for that. >> thank you, joe. let's stay in the halloween spirit and go to my today plazaween. we've assembled the final group of families from coast to coast. we'll start in colorado. let's look for the adams family. not dressed as you might think, all right. their costumes are out of this world. josh is 8, an astronaut blasting off into space mom, lisa. dad, mike. sister alanna. they're all rocket scientists. guys, these are homemade costumes who was responsible? >> mom >> of course you did it. >> i love the aliens.

>> love that. >> you have pool noodles, cardboard boxes. you did it old school. great. who came up with the idea? >> awesome >> congratulations, y'all. you look great. >> very cool next up, the mooskies, up early in san diego. >> hi. >> this is pretty scary. we have amy and marcello, their kids mia and max, decked out for dia de los muertos beautiful. how did you come up with this idea >> hi, al. we're celebrating dia de los muertos. very well said it is a celebration of family and friends who have passed away >> family from mexico. >> from mexico >> absolutely gorgeous costumes. incredible we're going to throw it way back way, way back with a couple of twins in new jersey. they're 6 years old.

they're george and george. this is incredible carter is king george iii. cooper is george washington. >> brilliant. >> mom, who else, made those costumes those are absolutely gorgeous. how long did it take you, mom, to make those? >> they took longer than we expected longer than we want to admit. >> well, you know what, the time really paid off. they're beautiful. boys, you look so good >> thanks. >> say thank you. >> thank you >> they like "hamilton"? >> they love "hamilton." >> yeah! >> of course. >> look like they could be on broadway, robin. congratulations. >> thank you. >> boys are adorable. >> let's wrap it up in ft. worth, texas that is where we find the, shall we say, banks family >> wow. >> the cast of "fresh prince of bel air.

i see uncle will, viv, charlton, the banks. you guys crushed it. well done. roker and i tried this last year, but i think -- >> you got us beat. >> hands down. whose idea was it? >> during quarantine, we decided to introduce our kids to "fresh prince of bel air. they fell in love with it like we did in the '90s 30th anniversary of the "fresh prince of bel air," we decided to go from the cranks to the banks. >> even the mural in the background. >> throw up the big board, guys. one of these families today will be in the final competition. today's plazaween finale cast your vote we good morning to you. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. san jose mayor this morning is among those joining the calls for the ceo of a large silicon valley political action committee to step down. it comes in the wake of this ad you see here. it's a political ad. some call it racist for its depiction of black people. they directed the ad at a san

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