♪ good morning hope rises >> it's extraordinary. it is really a hope rises >> it's extraordinary. it is really a big deal. >> new details emerge about pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, how it will be distributed and who gets it first, as we talk with the secretary of health and human services on the government's plan. and what's being done about the record-setting surge in covid cases across the country. falling in line. key republicans get behind president trump and his claims without evidence of widespread voter fraud. >> the president has every right to look into allegations and to

request recounts under the law >> while overnight the justice department's election crimes chief steps down in protest after the attorney general gives prosecutors the authority to investigate. but president-elect biden says it's case closed. >> this election is over. >> just ahead, the very latest from both camps. on the move, tropical storm eta setting its sights on the gulf coast after drenching south florida, while a winter storm begins its push across the country. what you can expect straight ahead. stay or go with millions of americans making their holiday travel plans, the airlines race to prepare. >> it's safer than going to the grocery store. it's safer than going to an office building. it's safer than even going to the doctor's office. >> what they say they'll do to keep passengers safe during the busiest travel days since the pandemic began those stories, plus, honoring alex. >> he loved this show. >> the touching way "jeopardy"

paid tribute to its beloved host on the first episode since his passing. >> on behalf of everyone here at "jeopardy," thank you for everything, alex >> today, tuesday, november 10th, 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >> hey, everybody, welcome to "today." so happy you are joining us on this tuesday morning good morning. >> good morning, everybody good to have you along a lot of developments happening today when it comes to an issue that impacts millions of us, health care. the united states supreme court is taking up the affordable care act today. the trump administration in court trying to get the law thrown out once and for all. president-elect biden plans to talk about obamacare as it's known today as well. we'll have complete coverage of that. >> but we are going to start with another major health concern, the coronavirus

we are learning more about that vaccine, the one said to be 90% effective against the virus. hopeful news on a day when the u.s. shattered another daily record nearly 134,000 new cases on monday nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the very latest on where everything stands good morning, miguel. >> hoda, good morning. that potential covid vaccine by pfizer is being touted as a real game-changer if it is 95% effective, it could help protect americans from the virus and get the economy reopened, two things desperately needed with pfizer now on track to seek emergency fda approval as early as this month, the two-dose vaccine given three weeks apart is being called one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in a century. the company says it's shown to be 90% effective in trials. >> it's extraordinary, wolf. it is really a big deal. now, obviously we need to go over the details of the data,

but this is a highly reputable company that has extensive experience in the development of countermeasures, including vaccines. >> reporter: pfizer's vaccine could be rolled out to front-line health care workers as early as december overnight, more promising news for patients with mild to moderate forms of covid. the fda giving emergency authorization to eli lilly's experimental antibody treatment, similar to the one president trump received the potential breakthroughs comes as new cases of covid explode across the nation. some hospitals are at a tipping point, out of beds and short on staff. >> we're in a whole new ball game with this virus right now what's going to happen over the next 12 to 18 weeks is going to be the darkest weeks of this entire pandemic for us. >> reporter: with new daily infections now easily surpassing 100,000 over each of the last six days, nearly every region is setting records for new cases,

hospitalizations and deaths. at the white house, another outbreak with housing secretary ben carson testing positive, along with david bossie, the man leading the president's election legal battle who was last seen in the east room on election night without a mask it comes as new jersey announced new covid restrictions and the governor in utah ordered a statewide mask mandate >> i just never thought this would take him. >> reporter: in hard-hit south dakota, chris bjorkman is still struggling to realize her husband, john, is gone, still hoping he'll walk through their front door. >> the grandkids miss him. i miss him >> reporter: this morning, as more americans lose their lives, there is growing hope a vaccine will soon save so many more. while the mortality rate isn't exploding like it did during the peak of the first wave months ago, the seven-day average of

deaths has now reached over 900 recently for the first time since august overnight the national death toll surpassed a staggering 240,000. hoda. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. earlier this morning we had a chance to speak with secretary of health and human services alex azar about this potential vaccine, the distribution plan if it is approved and where we are in the timeline. >> so the timeline is pfizer will be producing and delivering to us approximately 20 million doses of vaccine each month starting at the end of this month in november. moderna is also producing. we have anticipated that we will have enough vaccine by the end of december to have vaccinated our most vulnerable citizens in nursing homes and otherwise and by the end of january enough for all health care workers and first responders and enough for all americans by the end of march to early april to have general vaccination programs that comes on top of the historic announcement we just made that we have now authorized

the first monoclonal antibody in the world to treat people who are at risk of severe complications or hospitalizations in an outpatient setting after they have been diagnosed with covid so just incredible advances for human health this week it's just the fruits of operation warp speed and america's biopharmaceutical industry leading the world yet again. >> secretary alex azar we know a lot of folks question is there really a vaccine and if it's here when will it be distributed. we'll have tom costello with a closer look in our next half hour. now let's focus on the new fallout after the election president trump and his allies continuing to make unsubstantiated accusations of voter fraud in a number of states overnight, the attorney general directed prosecutors to investigate if they exist. we have two reports for you. we're starting with nbc's peter alexander at the white house hey, peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you president trump is still refusing to accept the results of the election with the support

of some of those closest to him. top republicans, including the attorney general, now backing up or amplifying the president's false claims but it comes as other advisers are worried the president's rejection of reality is only marginalizing himself and putting his legacy at risk this morning a week after the election, the president still out of sight and still fuming about the election results escalating his unsubstantiated claims it was stolen from him without presenting any evidence of widespread fraud. overnight attorney general william barr in a justice department memo authorizing u.s. attorneys to pursue substantial allegations of voting irregularities if they find them just hours after barr's announcement, the top justice department official in charge of investigating voter fraud quit defending the pres in a memo to colleagues obtained by nbc news, richard pilger suggested his resignation was a result of barr's actions the senate's top republican

defending the president. >> president trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. >> reporter: still, when the president's press secretary mad a new round of baseless claims, even fox news cut away >> unless he has more details to back that up, i can't in good countenance continue showing you this. >> reporter: multiple trump allies and advisers say the president is spiraling into rage and hurting his own legacy as well as the republican party a person close to the president telling nbc news there needs to be ab candid conversation with the president, there is no path to victory it does not behoove him to draw this out much further. the goal is branding trump as something other than a loser and about their chances of success, the trump advisor says, all you need to know is that vice president pence is going on vacation the president also sparking new turmoil on twitter, abruptly announcing the defense secretary, mark esper, has been terminated

the president in august ridiculing him as yesper no, i get along with him. >> are you firing him, mr. president? >> i consider firing everybody >> reporter: filling the void, counterterrorism chief christopher miller esper in a recent interview saying who's going to come in behind me? it's going to be a real yes man and then god help us also a senior administration official tells nbc news that the president's personnel director has sent a message to departments throughout the administration that they should fire any political appointees looking for new work while the president disputes the election's results showing just how far the white house is willing to go to get folks in line with the president. savannah and hoda. >> wow peter, so much to unpack but let's head back to georgia for a second where the republican secretary of state is facing attacks from his own party break that down. >> reporter: yeah, you're right. okay, in georgia you've got the republican senators, they are facing runoffs in january. those could decide which party

controls the senate. and now echoing the president's false claims, they're going after their own state's secretary of state the criticism is that he was responsible for an election that was, well, as they say, that failed to deliver honest and transparent elections. they say he should resign. the secretary of state firing back, refusing to go anywhere, saying that he's also concerned about republicans keeping the senate and recommending that they focus on that hoda. >> peter alexander for us at the white house. hey, peter, thanks. >> as mentioned, president-elect biden is moving forward with his promise to address the threat of the pandemic while also declaring the election is over nbc's kristen welker is here with that part of the story. hi, kristen, good morning. >> hi, savannah and hoda, great to see both of you in person president-elect joe biden will put the focus on defending the signature achievement of the obama administration, the affordable care act. it comes as he's taking a tougher tone on having won the election and urging the country to move forward. for the second day in a row, president-elect joe biden is putting the nation's health in

the spotlight. this morning set to defend the signature legislation he helped pass as vice president, the affordable care act. the supreme court set to hear arguments in a make-or-break challenge to obamacare which mr. biden campaigned on protecting, a law that 20 million americans depend on for insurance. it comes after the president-elect announced a covid advisory board saying they'll work to expand rapid testing. >> this group will advise on detailed plans, built on a bedrock of science, and to keep compassion, empathy and care for every american at its core. >> reporter: biden also imploring governors to enforce a mask mandate and pleading with all americans to do their part. >> a mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling the country together. >> reporter: while the president-elect welcomed the news about pfizer's vaccine, he also had this somber warning. >> it's clear that this vaccine,

even if approved, will not be wildly available for many months yet to come. we're still facing a very dark winter. >> reporter: it comes as president trump is challenging the election results in several states, even as counting is ongoing. biden with this message monday. >> this election is over. >> reporter: republican senator susan collins, who just won a tough re-election, offering her congratulations on biden's apparent victory, writing he loves this country and i wish him every success, adding that president-elect biden and vice president-elect kamala harris should be given every opportunity to ensure they are ready to govern on january 20th. but a potential roadblock for the biden transition team. the trump appointee who heads the general services administration has not officially recognized biden as president-elect. doing so would release funds to his transition team and allow them access to current government officials and intelligence now, overnight the biden transition team saying it may

need to toughen its stance and possibly even pursue legal action against the gsa so that they can move forward and have access to daily briefings as well as millions of dollars in aid for the transition, savannah and hoda. >> all right, keep us posted, thank you. all right. we do have a lot coming up we're going to move to the weather now and get a check of some stuff going on in the gulf from dylan hey, dylan. >> hey, yes. we have a lot going on we do have tropical storm eta in the gulf but it's kid of quiet for a couple of days so i want to focus on this winter weather back through the upper midwest winter weather advisories, winter storm watches and warnings icing will be the main concern across northwestern iowa and southeastern minnesota but to the northwest of that where temperatures are much colder, we have significant snow in the forecast. it's all along this frontal boundary where we will see snow throughout the day across minneapolis/st. paul and then going into tomorrow we lose the

cold air but will see a whole lot of rain, through the interior northeast and down through the southeast. wednesday night into thursday morning we'll see heavy rain across the northeast and the rain sticks around through the southeast throughout the day on thursday with as much as about 2 to 4 inches of rain, especially across the carolinas we could even see 2 to 4 inches of rain through washington, d.c. as well. as for snow, minneapolis/st. paul about 2 to 4 inches of snow with locally up to about 6 inches so a little bit of everything going on. again, we have to tropical system which we'll get to in just a little bit. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at our high temperatures for today. after this chilly start, it's going to go back to where we were yesterday, mostly reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. and we are also looking at a lot of sunshine. then as we go through the forecast expect our temperatures to remain the same, but we'll see a change in our rain chances going toward the end of the week. some spotty showers moving in late thursday and continuing through saturday. >> and that's your latest and >> and that's your latest forecast back to you guys. >> all right, dylan, thank you. coming up, as americans consider their holiday plans, airlines are expanding their schedules. how they're preparing to keep passengers safe during the busiest travel days of the year and in the middle of a pandemic too. plus, in the wake of that hopeful vaccine news, tom costello takes a closer look at the challenges when it comes to distributi

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>> reporter: i'm bob redell in san ramon. at noon the state of california will announce which counties can move forward in reopening plans for covid and which might have to move back. here in contra costa county there are concerns that sacramento might push them back into the red tier of reopening. take a look at your tv screen. this maps shows contra costa and several other bay area counties are right now in the orange tier of reopening because they were able to reduce to a moderate rate of spread. since october 27 and loosened restrictions in restaurants and gathering places the number of cases has increased. that can make it tough for businesses because they have to serve outside, and right now those temperatures are very -- [ no audio ] we will have chilly temperatures in the forecast. the next several days we've seen highs reaching into the upper

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he will forever be an inspiration for his constant desire to learn, his kindness, and for his love of his family on behalf of everyone here at "jeopardy," thank you for everything, alex >> such a poignant moment. alex trebek given an honor on "jeopardy" last night. i mean the stage dimmed and i think that's how a lot of people felt in that moment. >> it was beautiful. he did shoot a lot of other episodes that he really wanted to air i think they had 34 more so we'll be seeing more of alex trebek ahead. >> yeah, we will of course have more on that

but let's get to your 7:30 headlines. the u.s. supreme court taking up what is likely to be one of the most consequential cases of the term, a break or braek challenge to obamacare 18 republican states led by texas are arguing that the individual mandate provision within the affordable care act is unconstitutional. >> that's not constitutional for the federal government to command people to buy something that they don't want, in this case health insurance that's too expensive to use. >> even if the supreme court agrees with that proposition, it then has to decide whether the rest of the law can be left standing, including coverage for people with pre-existing conditions the trump administration is arguing that the entire law should be thrown out the court's decision could come as late as june. big news on the aviation front. the boeing 737 max could be back in the air in just a matter of days the faa is said to be in the final stages of reviewing

changes to that jet. the agency could lift the grounding order as soon as next week the 737 max you'll remember was taken out of service worldwide after two deadly crashes overseas american airlines said in october that it was planning to return the jets into service by the end of the year. it is official, the nba season will tip off december 22nd the league and players union announced overnight they have struck a deal on key dates and financial terms. instead of the standard 82 games, though, teams will play a 72-game schedule that will be revealed in the coming weeks training camps will open on december 1st, less than two months after last season ended with the l.a. lakers winning the championship >> all right now let's turn to the search for solutions and more on that promising news about the pfizer covid vaccine. >> a big question being asked this morning, how will it be distributed if it is approved. not only is there the challenge of getting it to millions of people, but also this particular vaccine must be stored at a very cold temperature and requires

two doses. nbc's tom costello has been talking to pfizer and other experts about how this will all roll out tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. this is a daunting challenge because every single american who wants to be vaccinated will need two shots three weeks apart. now consider how dispersed america is, right, from maine to new york city to alaska. and they have got to get these vials to every american spread out all over the country but the people in charge say they're ready. it's how to move hundreds of millions of doses of a covid vaccine to americans across the country. pfizer's vaccine must be kept at 70 degrees below zero celsius. while it waits to submit the vaccine for emergency fda approval next week, the company is already setting up a deep cold storage supply chain using suitcase-sized cooling boxes to ship critical supplies to doctors and hospitals nationwide, possibly by later

this month. five days >> once they take it out of the ice, they can keep it five days in the normal freezer. so we have worked extensively to develop this distribution network. >> reporter: as part of operation warp speed the military is working with drug makers like pfizer to coordinate distribution. >> so once you say execute, how fast does it get out there >> within 24 hours >> do you have doses of vaccine already stockpiled >> yes, we do. >> reporter: pfizer says it will ship doses from its facilities in michigan and wisconsin. with each person needing two shots, the company expects to have enough for 25 million people worldwide this year another 650 million next year. in north dakota where they are suffering through the nation's worst covid death rate, health officials are already working on getting the vaccine to remote corners of the state. >> we did identify locations throughout the state that have ultra cold chain storage capacity.

>> reporter: a u.s. advisory panel has already laid out who could get priority in receiving a vaccine, starting with front-line doctors, nurses, first responders and nursing home workers then people of all ages with two or more risk factors the next phase would include teachers, school staff, child care workers and people working in the food supply chain phase three would include children and young adults 30 and younger. phase four would include everyone else living in the u.s. so we mentioned a special container that's about the size of a suitcase, super cooled to minus 94 degrees fahrenheit. it's also got a big challenge because when they ship these out, 975 doses at a time, that container will keep it cold for ten days listen to this challenge they can only open it for one so consider you're in a doctor's office or you're in a hospital you open that container up one minute twice a day

if you do any more than that, you can literally cause many, many doses to go bad, guys. >> anybody who's ever stood in front of the freezer looking at the ice cream knows that a minute goes really fast. tom, a serious point, aren't the vials themselves also very delicate >> reporter: yeah, and they apparently can shatter in that kind of a temperature, negative 94 degrees fahrenheit. so the glass maker corning is working with pfizer to come up with special vials that will allow them to transport this vaccine across the country without it shattering. >> wow, tom, thank you so much it's so interesting to see first of all, just the advances of science, this breakthrough for it to come so fast, look so promising. yes, we might have a vaccine when you drill down and look at the logistical challenges, how to get it out to hundreds of millions of americans, not to mention the world, two doses this particular one needing the freezing temperatures, the vials, i mean you just recognize what a huge feat this is and we all have to have patience in the meantime. >> and a little bit of encouraging news when he said

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as we enter this sacred space where so many families are excited about reconnecting, the biggest airlines are beefing up capacity, expecting higher demand united airlines adding more than 1,400 flights the week of thanksgiving this morning the question facing many americans eager to embrace loved ones over the holidays, should i stay or should i go >> our plan is to go to new york as a whole family. we're going to get there in an airplane we're feeling comfortable with it. >> reporter: but others aren't quite ready yet. >> i'd rather just stay home until we can get a little bit more normal. >> we can all wear masks, but the baby can't so i'm prepared to skip it for now. >> reporter: this thanksgiving will be the first time many travelers take to the skies again. united airlines says it expects to see last-minute bookings up 40% compared to last year, adding 1,400 flights to meet demand. >> we expect the week of

thanksgiving will be the busiest week at united airlines since the onset of the pandemic. >> reporter: profits plummeted as covid fears soared. losses will likely top $500 billion this year. companies have responded by zeroing in on passenger safety and cleanliness. >> i think the airline industry has really put a lot of thought, a lot of energy into making a lot of adjustments to ensure health and safety is first and foremost. >> reporter: united and the department of defense teaming up on a six-month study that found the risk of getting covid-19 on commercial flights is nearly zero, thanks to cabin ventilation systems and high-tech air filters. >> even when it is completely full, it's safer than going to the grocery store, it's safer than going into an office building, it's safer than even going to the doctor's office. >> reporter: but still, new research revealed not everyone is on board. with more than 40% of people cancelling or postponing a trip because of the worsening pandemic though for many, a flight is the ticket for families to finally

be together. >> zooming with your grandkids is just no substitute for being able to hug them in person. >> reporter: these newlyweds planning to make the most of their thanksgiving. >> i think so much of this year has been taken away from everyone and being together for thanksgiving was something that was really important to us >> all right, sam. do you want to add another worry as thanksgiving approaches, a lot of college kids go home. so how are schools going to handle it when it's time for the kids to go back to college >> hoda, there is no uniform policy schools are doing this on an individual basis many of them, hoda, are encouraging their student body to get tested. they're offering free testing on campus a small percentage of schools like tulane university in new orleans are requiring mandatory exit testing for a percentage of their student body but the bottom line is that the

cdc has no official guidance when it comes to holiday breaks and college students of course this is coming as so many families are going to be reuniting in just a matter of weeks. back to you. >> sam brock, sam, thank you. let's get a check of the weather. dylan is in for al as he recovers hi, dylan, good morning. >> good morning, guys. temperatures are all over the place. things are kind of out of whack. take a look at where we have our frost advisories and freeze warnings across most of california, 20 million people seeing temperatures well below average all because of this dip in the jetstream. so we have record lows versus record high temperatures in the northeast. in fact 67 cities are likely to break records today. we could also see those records being broken again tomorrow. take a look at chicago, the high is 75 degrees, 25 degrees above average. now we have seven consecutive days of 70 degrees or warmer in the month of november, which is a record we're also looking for temperatures to stay warm through st. louis today, but going into thursday and friday and saturday we sink back down into the 50s and 60s chicago 48 on friday, so back to reality. in the northeast, temperatures

will still be mild thursday 59 degrees in portland, maine, but dropping to 48 on saturday d.c. will drop to 59 on saturday enjoy the warmth because more november-like weather is on its way. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's very chilly here. we probably set some record morning low temperatures and then we're heading mostly into the upper 50s and low 60s and as we go into the next several days no major changes in our temperatures, but we will start to see some rain coming in by the end of the week. friday and saturday we're looking at some spotty showers but clearing out on sunday. >> and that's your latest forecast, savannah. >> dylan, thank you. coming up next, we are going to add some inspiration in a new way to your morning. we cannot wait to introduce you to the first person with down syndrome to, these are his words, crush an iron man triathlon, what a story.

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complete an iron man triathlon swimming, biking, and running, and it earned him a guinness world record here's more on chris' inspiring journey. >> reporter: chris raced for 17 hours to cross this finish line, running straight into the history books. cheering fans hugged in the dark for the first person with down syndrome to ever attempt and complete an iron man triathlon. >> the first person with down syndrome -- >> reporter: we met chris the week before the race at his home near orlando and got a glimpse of his grueling training, four to eight hours a day, preparing to swim 2.4 miles in open water, ride 112 miles on a bike and then run a full marathon to cap it off

>> i can prove to kids that -- if i can do it, then they can too. >> reporter: chris couldn't walk until 4 years old or eat solid food until 5 and endured countless childhood surgeries. his parents want others raising children with disabilities to see what's possible. >> we want them to realize earlier that their child is a blessing and they can live an amazing life. >> reporter: and finish amazing races. early on race day in panama city beach, florida, chris plunged into the chilly water. his coach, dan, tethered to his side for safety. then on to biking where chris took a nasty spill, but kept going. showing the heart of a champion and finishing the race >> what does it feel like to be an iron man? >> it feels pretty amazing. >> reporter: now after recovering, he's been receiving messages from around the world, from the many people he's touched.

>> people look at him and what they're saying to themselves is, wow, if he can do that much, i wonder what i can do. >> reporter: chris would likely tell them there's only one way to find out. for "today," catie beck, nbc news. >> oh, my gosh. >> wow, wow. >> we do some wow sports stories and that one right there was the crown jewel. >> he's not done either. he wants to go to the iron man world championship in hawaii next year. go >> go, go. chris nickitch, iron man, we salute you this morning, sir. >> by the way, savannah, hoda, we've got another inspiring athlete to tell you about next hour this one the first woman to free climb in a single day one of el capitan's most challenging routes she'll join us live to talk about fulfilling her dream and what almost, almost stopped her, savannah.

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classroom by january 7th. now if approved by the board students would then have to enter the school campus at specific times using specific entries. there won't be lockers for students. they will have assigned seats and school lunches will be grab and go style to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. apple will have yet another event today. we expect they will announce their macbook laptops will be made with in-house-made chips as opposed to chips from intel. microsoft is selling its new xbox today. the playstation goes on sale in a couple of days. time to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those cooler temperatures. it's been so chilly across the bay area with many of our inland valleys starting out near freezing this morning. we are going to slowly warm up after seeing our temperatures now in the 30s. as you can see in concord right now 35 degrees.

as we go through the forecast, we're looking at highs that will be in the upper 50s with sunshine. it's going to be fairly nice and mild today and tomorrow but then we're getting ready for rain. it's set to move in late thursday. off and on showers on friday and then it starts to move out early on saturday. sunday is looking dry and another chance of rain early next week while san francisco will see those temperatures mainly in the upper 50s over the next few days. we're also gearing up for some rain near the coast starting late thursday. marcus? thanks, kari. we're going to have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. (garage door opening) it is my father's love...

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>> we're live with the latest. and on top of the world. she became the first woman to ever climb one of the most difficult routes to the top of yosemite's el capitan in less than a day now emily harrington is joining us live to talk about her amazing accomplishment and how she hopes to inspire others, today, tuesday, november 10th, 2020 >> hi, we're the jones family. >> from maryland. >> celebrating our son's 16th birthday on the "today" show >> hi. we're from pittsburgh, pennsylvania >> city of champions, home of the black and gold and - >> it's my birthday! >> good morning. >> from mobile, alabama, celebrating three years since brain surgery. we are the henderson family. >> the henderson family! we love you.

welcome back to "today." so happy you're waking up with us on a tuesday morning. and remember, if you just are waking up and you missed our first hour, don't worry, you can catch us any time. you've got something called the dvr. >> you sleep late, you do you. no judgment zone if you record it, you can rewind and watch. >> let's get right to your news at 8:00. the u.s. sees another daily record for covid cases hopes are now turning to a vaccine said to be more than 90% effective against the virus. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us with the very latest. hey, miguel, good morning. >> good morning. pfizer says that vaccine is up to 90% effective the company is on track to seek emergency fda approval this month. the two-dose vaccine given about three weeks apart is being called one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in the last century first responders can get it as soon as the end of this year all of this comes as covid cases explode across the u.s

in the last 24 hours alone, we've recorded another record, more than 133,000 new infections states like new jersey and colorado are now implementing new restrictions to slow the spread of the virus, but there is more promising news for those who may have mild to moderate cases of covid the fda has given emergency authorization to eli lilly's experimental antibody treatment which could help those that are hospitalized we need all the help that we can get. the u.s. surpassed 240,000 covid-related deaths overnight hoda. >> miguel, thank you. in politics now, the future of the affordable care act hangs in the balance today as it goes before the u.s. supreme court. in the meantime, the president has opened a new front in his battle over the election results. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is here with the latest on all of it, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. good to see both of you. president-elect joe biden will put the focus on defending the signature achievement of the obama administration, the

affordable care act. it comes as he is taking an increasingly tougher tone on having won the election and urging the country to move forward. this morning, president-elect joe biden preparing to deliver remarks to defend the signature legislation he helped pass as vice president, the affordable care act the supreme court is set to hear arguments in a make-or-break challenge to obamacare which mr. biden campaigned on protecting it comes a day after the president-elect announced a covid advisory board. >> this group will advise on detailed plans built on a bedrock of science and will keep compassion, empathy and care for every american at its core. >> reporter: and welcomed the news about pfizer's vaccine, but warned the country is not out of the woods yet. >> projections still indicate we can lose 200,000 more lives in the coming months before a vaccine can be made widely available. so we can't forego the important

work that needs to be done between now and then to get our country through the worst wave yet in this pandemic. >> reporter: biden also declaring -- >> this election is over it's time to put aside the partisanship and the rhetoric that is designed to demonize one another. >> reporter: president trump is results in several states, even as counting continues. overnight attorney general william barr in a justice department memo authorizing u.s. attorneys to pursue substantial allegations of voting irregularities if they find them. just hours after barr's announcement, the top justice department official in charge of investigating voter fraud, richard pilger, told colleagues he was quitting his post according to a copy of a memo obtained by nbc news. meanwhile the senate's top republican firmly defending the president. >> president trump is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options.

let's not have any lectures. no lectures about how the president should immediately, cheerfully accept preliminary election results from the same characters who just spent four years refusing to accept the validity of the last election. >> reporter: now even though the overall count has been called, the counting is ongoing in four states. here's a look at where that is still happening. in georgia, biden is up 12,000. in north carolina president trump is up nearly 75,000 votes. in arizona, biden is up over 14,000. and in alaska, mr. trump is up nearly 55,000 votes. as a reminder, biden has already reached more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win. savannah and hoda. >> kristen, thank you very much. >> thank you, kristen. the vatican has released its long-awaited report on former american cardinal theodore mccarrick who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual misconduct. he was once one of the most visible and powerful in the church. anne thompson joins us now with a closer look.

hey, anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the vatican report more than two years in the making reveals a church that failed to stop theodore mccarrick because it basically gave him the benefit of the doubt in the face of accusations that many dismissed as rumors, incomplete information, lack of a direct complaint from the victim, and mccarrick's other good works throughout the rest of the church allowed this man to damage the faith as well as adults and child victims. the 400-plus page report details the offenses that forced former cardinal theodore mccarrick to give up his red hat and roman collar. >> nothing like this has happened before in the history of the church where there's such an intensive investigation into the misdeeds of someone who was once a cardinal. >> reporter: once the face of the u.s. catholic church's response to the sex abuse crisis, the news in 2018 that mccarrick had abused an altar boy decades before released a torrent of revelations.

his former diocese in newark, new jersey, revealed settlements in 2005 and 2007 with former seminarians accusing mccarrick of sexual misconduct. a family friend, james grimes, said mccarrick repeatedly abused him starting at age 11. >> he forced himself on me. it was always that left hand saying don't you know how powerful i am. >> reporter: then the vatican's former u.s. ambassador accused pope francis and other vatican officials of covering up mccarrick's misdeeds, charges francis denies, telling mexican tv he had no idea about mccarrick's past. now 90, mccarrick denied the altar boy's claim and has not commented on other accusations. the report identifies red flags and warnings raised in the 1990s, including accusations of sharing beds with young men studying to be priests at a new

jersey beach house, sex with a priest, and anonymous letters accusing mccarrick of pedophilia with his so-called nephews. an investigation at the request of pope john paul ii found only that he had shared a bed and no sexual misconduct. mccarrick insisted he had never had sexual relations. the report says the investigation had inaccurate and incomplete information, and john paul made mccarrick archbishop of washington and then cardinal. under pope benedict xvi there was an unsuccessful attempt to restrict the now retired cardinal's public life but no formal investigation, and the report says francis was not provided with the allegations against mccarrick when he became pope in the report, francis, like many, told investigators he had heard the rumors and accusations regarding mccarrick's conduct, but he thought they had been addressed by his predecessors. hoda. >> all right, anne thompson for us anne, thank you. it's 9 minutes after the

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we're back with historic feat we first told you about yesterday. this is one you and i have been discussing we're excited. the first woman to successfully free climb one of the most difficult routes on yosemite's treacherous el capitan >> her name is emily harrington. she's with us live this morning. but first let's go to natalie morales with more on emily's journey to the top hey, nat, good morning. >> hey, guys, it truly is incredible as you know, el capitan is a popular climbing destination it's not for the feint of heart. it's a nearly 3,000-foot vertical rock face well, emily harrington made the already difficult climb even more dangerous by the record-breaking pace she kept, finishing in just over 21 hours. emily harrington has literally climbed her way to the top the 34-year-old rock climber becoming the first woman ever to free climb the famed golden gate route of el capitan, doing it in under 24 hours

>> in order to free climb el cap in a day, you have to cut corners. for me it was just about balancing what types of risk i was willing to take in order to sacrifice my safety for speed. >> reporter: a head wound from a bad fall during the climb almost prevented her from completing it. >> there was a part of me that didn't want to keep going, but there was this other part of me that just knew that i could do it and i deserved -- i owed it to myself to try again. >> reporter: harrington pushed through, making her way up nearly 3,000 feet of el cap. one of the biggest, most iconic walls known the world over for its sheer size and difficulty. harrington is only the fourth person ever to free climb the golden gate route in a single day, using just her hands to grip ridges thin as dimes and ropes only as a safety measure, not to aid the climb. >> i feel like anybody could conceivably die on any given day. >> reporter: the sport of rock climbing made popular in the documentary "free solo" which

followed alex as he successfully attempted the first free solo climb of el capitan, scaling the vertical rock face without any protection from a fall. >> it's scary. >> savannah caught up with the world famous climber in 2018. >> and what is the joy of a free solo climb >> honestly a big part of the appeal is to be in this position that should be totally scary and crazy but to be super comfortable. >> a long time friend and partner of harrington, accompanied her on the first two-thirds of her historic climb. her fiance joined her for the final section, climbing much of the sheer rock in the dark of the night. ultimately achieving what she called an impossible dream setting a new record and scaling her way to new heights emily says rock climbing and particularly free climbing is typically a sport that is dominated by men and that for a long time she felt like she didn't belong, making this amazing accomplishment even sweeter, and she hopes that her

story will hopefully inspire other women to follow in her footsteps right up those massive rock faces, if we dare, savannah and hoda >> these feet are staying on the ground, but boy, are we inspired that sets us up really nicely to say good morning and congratulate emily herself emily harrington joins us now. congratulations! >> yes >> thank you so much. >> when you look at that video and you look at you hanging by your nails off the side of el cap, do you think i can't believe i did that >> yeah, part of me is kind of glad it's over >> we zoomed in a little bit on that forehead of yours, and we knew that you got a gash partway up the mountain -- or partway up the rock tell us about that moment and that decision about whether you should continue or whether you should stop. >> yeah. so i was climbing one of the harder pitches and i just had a slip it was really hot, the sun was

out and my foot slipped off. i just came into the wall really weirdly and nailed my forehead against the wall immediately there was blood everywhere because head wounds bleed a lot. we took a little bit of time to assess whether or not i had a concussion, if there was anything more serious going on and came to find out there probably wasn't so i decided to give myself one more try even though part of me really didn't want to continue going, i was really, really exhausted but i kind of decided that i owed it to myself to give it one more shot and that i deserved to try one more time. in the end, i was successful. >> i was reading about some of your thought processes when you're up there and you're literally hanging by a nail on the side of a wall and when that decision is before you, do i keep going or do i give up and i think we may not all -- in fact i can promise you i will

never try to do that but we can all relate to that feeling of being so intimidated by a challenge before you but deciding to go forward how did you think about it in that moment? how do you think about those kinds of challenges? >> i mean i think that those types of challenges and those moments when you're feeling uncomfortable, when you're feeling afraid are -- it's kind of the reason i climb. i think as human beings, and especially, you know, for someone like myself, a lot of times the way that i live is pretty comfortable and i don't have to force myself into situations that feel uncomfortable or scary i think that sometimes those are the most important moments to experience, because they're the moments that we grow the most. and for me that vehicle for experiencing that sort of edge is climbing. i think that a lot of times people shy away from being afraid, they shy away from that type of emotion. i think in reality maybe we should get a little more comfortable with being afraid

and sort of analyzing it i think in a way it can become a strength. >> wow, life lesson -- >> we just looked at each other and thought okay. >> things to check off will you just walk us through a little bit of the logistics because i don't get it you have ropes but they're not -- they're just there to be there, they're not there to save you if you fall. are you eating on the way up are you resting? are you napping? what's happening >> is there a starbucks up there? >> it's a great question so the route is kind of divided up into rope lengths so i'll climb one rope length and stop and my partner comes up and i keep going up and down like that, making my way up the wall. there are little ledges along the way. there's places where you can stand. sometimes you can lay down, sometimes you can sleep. and, yeah, i do -- alex, my partner, alex, and adrian also both had like a backpack on with food and water so i was eating and drinking on the way up because most of the time people

spent multiple days on the wall, so they're actually sleeping up there and living up there for a while. >> there are various ways to scale el cap this is one of the more challenging routes called golden gate you're the first woman to do it in under 24 hours. it's one thing to do it, it's another thing to do it fast. why did you want to do that? did you have somewhere to be >> you know, free climbing el cap in a day has always been something i wanted to do as a climber. it's sort of like the epitome of big wall free climbing in our world, just the challenge of starting from the ground and climbing until you get to the top and not stopping on one of the biggest, most historic features in the world is pretty inspiring to me. and the fact -- doing it in a day just gets it down into being only about climbing so you don't have to bring a bunch of stuff to sleep you're really just starting at the bottom and going to the top. actually one of the reasons that i decided to do it was that the

first person, human being, ever to free climb el capitan in day was a woman by another route called the nose and her name is lynn hill and she did it in 1994 when i first started climbing, she was a huge inspiration to me, and so, i don't know, for me it was just something that i always had in the back of my mind but never really thought i would be able to do. >> emily, what did your parents think? did you call them before did you say i'll let you know when it's over >> the latter. i said i would let them know when it was over they're used to stuff like this. i've been climbing for 23 years. i did call them on the summit and they were super happy. >> i go back to this question of fear, because those of us mortals down here just can't even imagine how you're able to do that, the athletic feat, the technical feat, but really more than anything else, the emotional feat of conquering fear alex, who's your buddy who

climbed part of this with you, i interviewed him when they did the documentary on his climb i could not get a straight answer out of him about do you feel fear. i was trying to ask him. i know that you overcome it, but when you're up there, are you afraid and i guess the same question to you. when you're up there, are you afraid or are you at some mental place past fear? >> yeah, that's a really good question let me just start out by saying i am very different from alex. i don't know if he feels fear. he's that way. i for one feel fear all the time i am afraid. i deal with my fear pretty constantly in climbing and i think more than anything, the idea to get past is the idea that you have to beat your fear, that you have to conquer your fear i don't actually believe that that's a thing that we can do. i think once you feel it, it's there and you kind of have to exist with it and learn how to

move through it. for me it's less about conquering my fear and beating it and more about sitting with it, understanding it and recognizing why it's there and then taking the steps to move through it and to almost use it in a way, almost become comfortable with that emotion and just sort of let it be, even though it's uncomfortable. >> life lessons from you thank you. >> i feel like people are googling you and looking at all the inspirational talks you've given, emily thanks so much we're so happy for you. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> take care, emily. that's a wow. >> she's a wow i was just about to say. let's turn and get a check of the weather. dylan, are you inspired? >> i am. hoda, i think you need a new book of quotes to include everything she said. >> exactly. >> let's take a look at the tropics. we've been talking about tropical storm eta that was impacting the florida keys now it is just sitting and moving south at about 5 miles per hour the whole track of this storm is

all over the place yesterday, if you remember, it was up near gainesville. now it is taking this expected turn more towards panama city, but the cone of uncertainty is pretty wide. so while we aren't seeing impacts right now, we're dealing with that going into the weekend. also subtropical storm theta now means we have 29 storms this season it is officially the busiest hurricane season ever on record. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. if you are about to step out the door, this is what you'll feel. make sure you have a nice, warm jacket. we're mostly only looking at temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s to start. then as we go into the afternoon, we have sunshine and a calmer wind. and we'll see our high temperatures reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. we are going to have more weather like this and we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast coming up in about a minute. forecast

hoda. >> all right, thank you, dylan just ahead we have another story you're going to love it's about a guy, his love for his friends and his mission to track them down in vietnam during the war we'll talk to him in just a good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. san jose leaders today may take another step towards transparency with the new policy on releasing police video footage. it follows some highly charged incidents during protests this summer following the death of george floyd. sjpd was asked to release all video footage but they initially withheld its video. they'll clarify what the department must release depending on who is making that request. a look at that forecast for you today here in the bay area. meteorologist kari hall has a look at the cold temperatures. >> yeah, we're only looking at

high s that will reach into the upper 50s. we're expecting more of the same tomorrow on veterans day but we'll see clouds starting to roll in. and by late thursday night, we'll see some showers as our next storm system approaches. off and on rain in the forecast for friday into early saturday. but if you are making saturday afternoon plans, looks like the rain will be clearing out by then, and sunday is looking dry before another storm system moves in early next week. it does look pretty busy here, but at least we'll have those breaks in between and temperatures stay cool only reaching into the upper 50s in san francisco and up to about 60 degrees for the weekend in the city. >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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greatest beer run ever kerry is going to bring it to us like only kerry sanders can, with most of the people involved, carson >> i would like to watch that movie, that is for sure. that is also known as the greatest story ever told, craig. thank you very much. also we're working on a popstart this morning it's busy, lots to get to, including news on a hollywood icon, a holiday classic, and the daughter of some music legends on the way. in addition to that, patrick schwarzenegger will join us and we're going to chat about his new movie, moving back in with his mom, maria, at the beginning of quarantine and a lot more coming up on the third hour, we will hear from two people who just took a truly historic ride, the first-ever passengers to test human travel inside the high-speed hyperloop and then tomorrow morning on "today," hoda, you're catching up with vince vaughn who has a new movie coming out. >> yeah, i do, it's called "freaky" and it's been great vince has been doing a lot of

zoom meetings, he's got kids a lot of people don't know a lot about vince vaughn he's married and has two children anyway, he said he had to do a lot of his work in his tree fort but we'll get to all of it right now, dylan, you have a check of the weather. >> we do have a big storm in the pacific northwest. and it's producing a lot of rain along the coast and a lot of snow in the highest elevations we could see several inches of snow winds could get gusty too. there's the system moving onshore bringing a lot of moisture with it any of the remaining fires that are out there, this will help with that. we're looking for temperatures to drop pretty significantly on the back side of this storm so as it moves to the east, it will bring snow through idaho, through montana and through the northern rockies, too. some areas could pick up 12 inches of snow not feeling winter here but they're feeling it out that way. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are feeling winter here. it's been so cool this morning. and we're looking at high temperatures that will reach

into the upper 50s with mostly sunny skies. we'll see more of the same tomorrow, but then it will get slightly milder by the end of the week as some rain arrives that will bring us some off and on showers starting late thursday evening into friday. also some off and on rain early saturday morning. we'll have another storm system moving in early next week on monday. that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. time now for popstart. we get carson working from home. hey, carson. >> hi, guys, good morning. graphics department over here also wants a tree fort he wants the hyperloop to take him to his tree fort good morning, everybody. first up blue ivy, the daughter of beyonce and jay-z, she's been busier than most 8-year-olds she's already been in a couple of her mom's music videos and won a b.e.t. award for working on the single "brown skin girl" with beyonce now blue ivy can add another item to her resume she's going to be narrating the new audio book version of matthew cherry's oscar-winning

short film, "hair love." it's a cute film that follows a dad that must do his daughter's hair for the very first time blue ivy's intro for that book was released online. here's a little clip. >> dreamscape presents "hair love "by matthew a. cherry narrated by blue ivy carter. >> wow. >> that's pretty good right there. "hair love" audio book is out today. if you don't know the story, it's a really, really great one. up next, michael j. fox, it's been a while since he took up the role of marty mcfly from "back to the future part 3" released back in 1990. now as teased earlier, lil nas x has gotten michael j. fox to time travel once again the new teaser for "holiday" lil nas x's single, shows him arriving to an old west town

before becoming the new santa claus and it looks like there's a time travel twist. ♪ hey, it's a holiday ♪ >> whatever you do, nas, don't go to 2020 >> amazing >> can you say hit >> good advice too >> i wish marty mcfly told us all that a little while ago, 2020, not a good place to go that video "holiday" comes out on friday. next up, a little more holiday news to share with you all this morning dr. seuss' "how the grinch stole christmas" is a classic brought to both the small and big screens multiple times but this morning right here right now, we are excited to announce nbc will be lighting up the holiday season with a

two-hour stage production of the grinch musical with glee's matthew morrison taking on the role of the grinch and he sent us this quick message. >> nbc is going to bring dr. seuss' the grinch musical to tv this december, and i will be playing the dastardly but loveable grinch. while the pandemic presents some challenges in bringing the stage musical to life, we are putting together a really special show with some crazy fun imaginative things going on. we're going to have so much fun this holiday season, we all need some cheer i will see you on december 9th >> wow, nice, carson. >> isn't that good we need that we've needed sports to come back, we need these live musicals to be back on, the holiday spirit the show must go on and that will go on december 9th, 8:00 p.m. here on nbc. finally, quickly, kelly clarkson, we love highlighting her kellyoake covers that she does they're all b plus or better some are a plus.

this is one. this is kelly nailing aerosmith's "dream on. ♪ dream on, dream on ♪ dream on, dream on ♪ dream on ♪ sing for the years ♪ sing for the laughter ♪ sing for the tears >> wow. >> probably vocally one of the hardest songs to cover, especially that part for kelly not an issue, not a problem, she's incredible very cool version. that is your popstart today. >> a plus, carson, a plus. >> we got chills and not just because you guys try to keep it 68 degrees in here that was incredible. >> that was pretty cool. coming up next, guys, a story that proves friendship truly knows no bounds. >> kerry sanders will introduce us to a guy who snuck into vietnam during the war to find his friends and deliver them beer but first, this is "today" on

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we are back coming up on 8:40 with our series honoring our military ahead of veterans day tomorrow. >> that's right. absolutely incredible story, don't we, craig? >> we do it's one of those stories, savannah, that shows the power of friendship and the powerful connection shared between our nation's veterans and those who are still serving. nbc's kerry sanders joins us from florida with the details on this one kerry, this is a pretty cool one. >> reporter: guys, this sounds like a tall tale, but it really happened let me set the scene for you the vietnam war is under way, it's tearing the country apart, and the guys who were deployed overseas need a morale boost therein lies the story of the

greatest beer run ever it's a war story like no other how do you describe what this adventure was? >> strange >> reporter: the strange adventure started at doc fiddler's. a bar in a neighborhood in northern manhattan >> the bartender had it on the news, 6:00 news. >> reporter: it was november, 1967 on the news, a massive anti-war protest in central park. >> he said, you know, those guys must be dying they see something like this on the news over there. somebody has to go over there and buy them all a beer or something and tell them that we're behind them, we support them and we're not like those people down in central park. >> reporter: go to vietnam, find buddies from the neighborhood, bring them a beer? believe it or not, the bartender was stone cold sober >> i said if you want, i'll go over there and i'll buy them all a beer. >> reporter: just two days later, chickie, a former marine

and merchant mariner was onboard a wartime supply ship. in his small bag a list of guys from the neighborhood and cans of beer. >> what was the expectation you'd actually find these guys from the neighborhood? >> i had no idea none whatsoever. >> reporter: two slow months later anchored off a harbor, chickie went to shore. he thought he'd be back in three days he hitched a ride with some friendly u.s. military police. >> they have these mp helmets and everything i noticed on the helmets that the number was the same number on tommy collins' address. so i asked him, i said, any of you guys know tommy collins from new york oh, yeah, we know tommy. i go up the gangway and said, hey, tommy he said holy cripe, chickie, what are you doing here? i said i came to bring you a beer. >> how did that beer taste >> let's just say i barely tasted it because it went down so fast. >> reporter: the next day he hopped an air transport looking for number two on the list, kevin. >> kevin spots you in a pretty

remote area of vietnam. >> it was about a mile or two long, this road. i saw the dust coming up in the road, and so i put my hands up like, hey, stop, you know. >> you didn't know who it was? >> i had no idea who it was. >> so i stopped and picked him up and i said what the hell are you doing out here he says i come over to bring the boys some beers. and to let them know that we appreciate what they're doing. i said chick, you've got to be kidding me that's how i met him. >> reporter: chickie was able to con his way around vietnam it would turn out wearing civilian clothes let those in uniform to assume he was an agent. >> so you just let them believe that you were cia. >> absolutely. >> reporter: he ended up south of the dmz, caught in a firefight, sharing a foxhole

with an old buddy from the neighborhood, rick dugan >> there was some fighting going on and i was making love to the ground at the time. >> reporter: time to leave. >> i went to where my ship would have been and it had gone. >> your ship had left? >> it left. >> reporter: stranded in saigon, a real world nightmare a day later, the tet offensive began. chickie decided i may not make it home but there is another name on my list. >> could you believe your eyes when you saw him >> it was a morale booster for me i was shocked. >> reporter: at the end of the day the war zone beer run was more than about beer. >> he came and put himself in harm's way just to give us support. and i'll never forget it >> you're looking tearful. >> it brings back a lot of memories. >> reporter: chickie ended up getting beer to four out of the six neighborhood buddies of the two he couldn't find, one had had gone home early. the other, ritchie reynolds, had been killed in action.

>> to ritchie reynolds who was killed in action and also to you guys who probably didn't get the thanks that you deserved, we salute you >> wow >> i'm still a little lost how they were able to connect the dots here. chickie going around imagine going around an area the size of southern california from los angeles down to san diego, wandering around don't forget there's a war going on of course there are no cell phones and by happenstance bumping into your friends the book is just out today if it sounds like that this book could become a movie, hollywood has already contacted them about making a feature movie here. >> who is going to play chickie? i mean come on that is so good. and by the way, there are no accidents, kerry, there are no accidents. >> kerry, how long was chickie there in total >> it turns out -- i mean it was a long time. it took him three months remember just crossing in a ship took more than two months and

then he got stuck, the tet offensive for those who remember history know that was a big surprise because he thought, wow, i'm getting out of here the next thing that happens. so he was there for a long time. i should point out that the clothes that he was wearing, the checked shirt and the pants, once he got off the ship he wore the same clothes the whole time. he was covered in mud and dirt he was just a mess by the time he finally got out of vietnam. >> that's incredible. >> what a story. one of your best ever. well told, kerry, thank you. >> thank you, kerry. just ahead, we're going to catch up with patrick schwarzenegger and he'll tell us about his latest movie role playing uncle to his sister katherine and chri

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character joins a group of part of a criminal underground operation. they steal from the rich and give to themselves. >> you're part of this now plausible deniability was over two houses ago. >> yeah, i understand that. >> take a look and tell me what you see. >> a businessman >> someone 20 years older than you. i live a comfortable life but i have a lot less left of it than you do, so -- >> so you don't want to spend what's left if the in a cell >> so i want to ask you to help me keep these kids in line can you do that for me >> yes, sir. >> we'll get more in a moment. patrick, good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, thank you so much for having me how are you doing? >> good, good. you know, we kind of consider you family because maria, your

mom, is our sister i was just laughing when i was thinking you moved home with her during the pandemic. how was that she must have loved it but how did you feel about it? >> i loved it too. we had such a great time i don't know when in life i'm ever going to be able to move back in with her so we had a blast and did things that we wouldn't do in a normal time obviously, because it wasn't a normal time. but we had so much fun together. >> whenever anyone meets the kids, all of you guys, and your mom, they always wonder what did maria do to have these kids turn out the way they did and also to have such a strong bond with their mom. so what was it, patrick, that was in the house what did your mom do to make you all turn out this way? >> i joke about it all the time, but it's true. it's manners she was very -- she was really on the border of extremely strict and then also, you know, had a lot of trust with us kids and trusted us to do the right decisions. i think it really comes from her mom and what her mom taught her

and her kids and our grandmother. it really came down to manners and having respect for other people and treat people the way you want to be treated you know, our family is a really close family, we have a really tight bond my mother and i are extremely close, i love her so much. yeah, we just -- we just get along really well. >> it goes more than that. when she walks in the room, you had to stand up. that's the way maria ran that ship at your house. >> if she walks in the door and you don't stand up, she just stands there waiting for you to stand up she won't say anything or she'll -- and wait for you to stand up and greet her same if you don't open the door. she'll just wait outside until you come back and open the door for her. >> mom, gold love it. >> love maria. >> tell us about this new role and what attracted you to this project? >> first off what attracted me, i'm a big fan of heist movies. i love those type of films and

those kind of thrillers and action, suspense, but really i wanted to work with michael shannon. he's an actor i have looked up to that has obviously tons of awards and accolades, but to work opposite of someone like that that takes his craft so serious and is so renowned in the space, i couldn't wait to work with someone like that. >> that's not the only role you have taken on. you are now uncle patrick to little lila maria. how has that role been for you >> it's been -- it's been great. you know, it's been really tough with covid and, you know, chris has been out filming the new jurassic park over in london so it's been kind of tough for catherine with coming over and seeing us kids, but we get tested every time before we see her. but it's been really -- it still feels like it hasn't hit that she has a baby it's been really crazy but, you know, she's a really beautiful girl and i can't wait

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we appreciate you. >> you're er nurses, by the way. >> let's say hello to everybody. we've got the jones family in maryland it's josh and rachel's first anniversary. happy anniversary to you guys. angela is turning 50 years old. >> go, angela. >> and celebrating a 13th birthday, the big teens. don't forget you can sign up -- >> wilders, we see you. we've got more coming up on "hoda and jenna. good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. what may be the supreme court's most closely watched case on the docket plays out today. justices are hearing arguments on the future of the affordable care act. opponents believe so-called obamacare should be dismantled. if so, it would leave hundreds of thousands of covered california recipients in

jeopardy of losing coverage. the court will likely not issue a decision until next year. next's year coverage will not be impacted. happening now, president-elect biden is preparing to hold a news conference about what's at stake. kris sanchez is monitoring those developments and what it may mean for those who rely on cover california. she'll have a live report during our midday news cast. some counties may be bracing for a possible reopening rollback. every tuesday, the state reassesses the color coded tiers for each county. some counties have been seeing recent surges in covid cases. you can stay current on our twitter feed right now where we're post anything announcements as they come in. also get more of the back story right now on our home page including which counties are most likely to experience some changes when it comes to indoor dining operations. i'm marcus washington. we'll have more local weather for you nan hour.

live from stuz dio 1a, thiss the third hour of "today." >> good morning and welcome to the third hour of "today" on this tuesday, november 10th. we are just rolling right along. the 10th of november, just saying that -- my goodness. i'm sheinelle in studio 1a. dylan is in studio 1a. craig is working from home and our buddy al is taking some time off focusing on his health. good morning to you, craig. >> good to see you, ladies, good to see you. >> we have a lot to get to on this tuesday morning, including a look behind the scenes at the historic hyperloop test run. we talked about thi