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congress and a deeply divided country tonight, expected to lay out sweeping pla with a whopping price tag. republicans gearing up for a fight. >> this is massive increases in spending. >> new this morning, what exactly is in the president's proposal, and how he plans to sell it to the american people we're live at the white house. breaking overnight a stand-off between police and protesters in north carolina over the shooting death of andrew brown, jr straight ahead, the new surveillance video showing a s.w.a.t. team arriving moments before brown was killed. the fbi opening an investigation and what the family's autopsy kill the uproar over a decision to release tens of thousands of mutated mosquitos in florida just ahead, the residents who are outraged, and why health

officials say it had to be done. and soak up the sun. near record high temperatures expected up and down the east coast pushing 90 degrees from the south all the way to new england. and millions of us can't wait to get outside today, wednesday, april 28th, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza good morning, everybody. welcome to "today. it's going to be a good day. it's sunny there are new mask rules look at the temperatures i can't believe it. >> i cannot wait to get outside. it is beautiful out there. >> look at the many areas of the east coast, going to be approaching record highs today. >> yeah. this warmth, as savannah said, comes at a great time, too the white house and cdc announcing most people can now go without a mask outside. those who have been fully

vaccinated can virtually return to normal outdoor activity >> we're going to talk about all that with dr. anthony fauci. we joins us live in a moment let's start with nbc's tom costello tom, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys good morning yeah, this new guidance from the cdc is based on the science, suggesting a very low risk if you're outside behind me, we have some early morning exercise folks out there working it hard, but they're also still wearing the mask. the cdc says if you are wearing the mask and fully vaccinated, you can participate in most activities you can lose the mask if you're fully vaccinated if you're not fully vaccinated, you can't do everything, but you can do a lot of activities just weeks away from summertime baseball, beaches, backyards, and barbecues, the white house and cdc say fully vaccinated americans can resume much of their pre-covid routines

>> gathering with a group of friends at a park, going for a picnic, as long as you are vaccinated and outdoors, you can do it without a mask. >> reporter: the cdc's guidance coming in a long graphic, color coded red, yellow, and green, advising fully vaccinated americans can go outside and exercise, go to outdoor parties, and dine outside without a mask. if you go to a big outdoor gathering, like a concert or sporting event, the cdc still recommends masks if you're not yet vaccinated, the guidance is similar at first, but wear a mask if you're with anyone else who is not vaccinated if you dine outside or attend concerts or sporting events. >> when you are fully vaccinated, you can return to many activities safely, and most of them outdoors and unmasked, and begin to get back to normal. >> reporter: critics argue the cdc has been slow to act on the science that suggests fewer than 10% of covid cases come from outside transmission.

at churchill downs racetrack in kentucky, a lot of spectators say the country is ready to go maskless. >> everyone has a choice. if they feel better with it, i have not a problem with it. >> reporter: other data suggests serious progress against covid. 54% of adults have now received at least one vaccine dose. 81% of those 65 and older. while the rate of vaccinations has slowed, new cases are down 21% in two weeks. hospitalizations down 9%. as more people become vaccinated. >> while we still have a long way to go in this fight, and a lot of work to do in may and june to get us to july 4th, we made stunning progress because of all of you, the american people. >> reporter: yeah, the cdc still recommending that you wear a mask, everybody wear a mask for most public indoor activities, especially worship services and theaters and the like. and people who are not vaccinated are really at an

increased, elevated risk. one last thought here, 570,000 people have now died from covid over the last year. it is just a stunning number that we sometimes lose track of. guys, back to you. >> we should never forget it, tom. thank you. joining us now, dr. anthony fauci. good morning to you. it's good to see you. >> good to see you. thank you for having me. >> there is going to be a collective sigh of relief about these new mask rules. hopefully your sigh of relief will be masked if you're indoors. if you're outdoors, you can take the mask off. just big picture for a moment, what does this mean in terms of our battle in this pandemic? >> well, it means that we're going in the right direction. i mean, even though, as mentioned correctly, there have been so many cases, we have over 570,000 deaths in the united states, so this is still an issue. we're still getting, you know, tens of thousands of new cases per day. but the thing that's become clear, you know, just from the

scientific evidence, that the risk of getting infected if you are vaccinated and outdoors is extremely low. i mean, minusculely low. that's the reason why the cdc has come out and made these kinds of recommendations making it much more flexible for people who are vaccinated to get out and enjoy the outdoors. as you showed on the chart that you just put up on the screen, outdoors, you can do virtually everything, except congregate in a massive way, for example, at a concert where there are tens of thousands of people. but anything short of that, if you are vaccinated, you really can be out there just enjoying the environment, which is really a big plus in getting people to get vaccinated. >> definitely. let's get to it because we still have a significant, the majority of people are not fully vaccinated in this country. if you look at the chart, the rules for un-vaccinated people are much more limiting. you mostly have to be masked

even if outdoors according to the cdc chart. but you just said it's minusculely low. according to the cdc, less than 10% of cases of covid-19 have been occurring outdoors. couldn't these recommendations have gone farther even? >> you know, savannah, there will always be that argument, that the cdc, being a science-based organization, always wants to wait until the evidence they get is clear, even though you know that it's still low, there's always that argument that the cdc tends to be a bit conservative. but they do that because they want to make sure they get it completely right and err always on the side of safety, but what i guarantee you're going to see, savannah, as more hich will absolutely result in less and less people getting infected. and the numbers per day, the weekly average of a daily number of cases is going to go down, and when it does, you are definitely going to see the cdc

come back and be more flexible. right now, they're going slowly about it. they're being very prudent about it. but as the case numbers come down, they're going to be pulling back on some of the restrictions, guaranteed. >> i get it. you know, it sets up a strange situation, especially when you start talking about kids. i'll tell you a story. i walked to pick up my little girl at the bus stop yesterday after the cdc recommendations came out. i took off my mask. i waited for her. there was no one else around. she got off the bus with her little mask on, she had to wear her mask, i didn't on the walk home. when are kids going to be able to take off the masks and play outside at the playground? >> you know, that's going to be the same thing that i mentioned a moment ago. it's going to be a situation -- well, first of all, kids will ultimately wind up getting vaccinated, but you want to have some activity in that direction before they do. high school kids will likely get vaccinated as we get into the fall term, and children of any age will likely be vaccinated by the time we get to the end of the year. but let's not talk about the end of the year.

let's talk about the immediate or intermediate future. when children are out in the community, when you have 30, 40, 50,000 new infections per day, they are unvaccinated now because children can't get vaccinated now. for that reason, they are more at risk of getting infected because they are out in the community where there is a lot of infection. when the community level starts to go way down, the risks to everybody, including the children, is going to be dramatically diminished. >> but isn't it a weird situation? because i'm not fully vaccinated yet. i can take off my mask and walk home. she can't. like, doesn't that just point up that the cdc guidelines, there's some kind of disconnect, if that's the situation? >> well, yeah. what you're pointing out, what you're referring to, savannah, is the top two not fully vaccinated, that people can go out without masks, if you walk,

run, with members of your household, attend a small outdoor gathering, fully ering,y vaccinated with friends. after that, everything has a mask on it, as you're showing correctly now on the screen. so what you're asking, if you are on the left-hand part and you see un-vaccinated people, walk outdoors with members of your household you're asking now if your child is a member of your household, can you walk outdoors with your child without a mask according to that chart, the answer is yes. >> but the child can't, not to beat it to death >> yes, yes. >> okay. real quickly, i want to ask you, popular podcast host, joe rogen, you may have heard about this, made comments about young people getting vaccinated it's getting a lot of buzz he said, if you're 21 years old and say to me, should i get vaccinated i say, no. if you're a healthy person, exercising all the time, you're young, eating well, i don't think you need to worry about this saying, young, healthy people shouldn't get vaccinated quickly, your response

>> well, that's incorrect, savannah the reason why is you're talking about yourself in a vacuum then. you're worried about yourself getting infected and likelihood that you're not going to get symptoms but you can get infected and will get infected if you put yourself at risk and even if you don't have any symptoms, you're propagating the outbreak because it is likely that you -- even if you have no symptoms -- that you may inadvertently and innocently then infect someone else who might infect someone who really could have a problem with a severe outcome so if you want to only worry about yourself and not society, then that's okay but if you're saying to yourself, even if i get infected, i could do damage to somebody else, even if i have no symptoms at all. the reason why you've got to be careful and get vaccinated >> yeah. so you say young, healthy people should get vaccinated? >> absolutely. >> all right >> absolutely. >> dr. fauci, as always, appreciate you getting up early

with us. thank you. >> good to be with you, savannah thank you for having me. >> take care. >> of course, we expect to hear a lot more about the pandemic and path toward reopening america from president biden tonight. he will deliver his first joint address to congress, and it will be like a speech unlike we've ever seen with attendance limited, security extremely tight. nbc's chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins us now with a preview. hey, kristen good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda. good morning to you. tonight will be a series of firsts this will be the first time a joint address is delivered with pandemic precautions only 200 people will be allowed in the chamber versus the normal 1,600. for the first time, the president will be flanked by two women. house speaker nancy pelosi and vice president kamala harris the president is expected to push for the most sweeping overhaul of government spending in a generation. republicans firmly opposed all on the eve of his 100th day in office.

just hours from now, in his first joint address to congress, president biden will aim to show he's making progress on his administration's most pressing challenge, the ongoing fight against covid-19 >> cases and deaths are down, down dramatically. >> reporter: and he will also pivot to his new call for congress to pass his nearly $2 trillion american families plan, which includes $200 billion for free universal preschool for 3 and 4-year-olds, and extends the child tax credit for five years. to pay for it, the president is proposing a set of tax increase on wealthy americans making more than $400,000, investors, and large corporations but republicans are already opposing the idea. >> it might as well be elizabeth warren and bernie sanders giving a speech tomorrow night. this is massive increases in spending. >> reporter: noting that with his covid relief and broader infrastructure plan, the president will have asked for a combined $6 trillion white house officials say the

president's other major focus tonight, racial justice and police reform. coming on the heels of derek chauvin's conviction, which the president controversially weighed in on before the verdict, saying he was hoping for the right outcome. tonight, the president will make an urgent push for congress to pass the george floyd bill, which would ban chokeholds, make it easier to prosecute law enforcement, and end immunity protections for police delivering the republican response, south carolina senator tim scott, the senate's only black republican, who is spearheading the gop effort to pass police reform and we have one more first to tell you about, since most cabinet members are watching from home. the white house says there will not be one identified designates it's worth noting that after 50 biden has attended more of these speeches than perhaps any other politician, and now it's his turn savannah >> yeah, all right, kristen.

that's interesting thank you so much. we'll bring you live coverage of that speech tonight to congress. 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time. in the next half hour, we'll talk to voters across the country to find out how they feel about the job the president has done in his first 100 days in office. it's 15 minutes after the hour let's bring craig in craig, you are going to be sitting down with president biden exclusively. >> hey, that's right, hoda our conversation at the white house will be the president's first after tonight's address. his only network interview marking his first 100 days in office there's a lot to talk about, the pandemic, how he plans to move the country, and his agenda forward. the situation at the border, as well, and lots more. we'll have that one-on-one with president biden for you friday morning here on "today." let's turn to other news of the day right now. the fbi has now opened federal civil rights investigations into the fatal police shooting of andrew brown, jr this as protests grow and the fight over body cam and dash cam footage of the incident heads to

court later this morning nbc's kerry sanders is on the ground for us once again in elizabeth city, north carolina kerry, good morning to you >> reporter: good morning, craig. you know, protests here had been peaceful, but overnight, with a curfew now in effect, there were confrontations from a weary public demanding to see the body camera videos, so they can determine for themselves what happened when deputies moved in, shot and killed andrew brown seven days ago >> leave now leave immediately. >> reporter: overnight in elizabeth city, north carolina, a newly imposed city curfew leading to arrests it comes as a newly released surveillance video shows sheriffs deputies moving in on andrew brown last week to serve an arrest warrant for allegedly selling illegal drugs. seconds after the marked pickup truck passes by, deputies can be heard yelling for brown to get his hands up, but it does not show the actual shooting

an attorney for brown's family says a 20-second video clip they were allowed to watch shows brown was in his car at the time with his hands on the steering wheel. a private autopsy requested by the family found he was shot four times in his right arm. the fifth and final bullet that killed him, in the back of his head, which the county medical examiner confirms. >> it's obvious he was trying to get away it's obvious and they're going to shoot him in the back of the head. >> execution that's what took place. >> reporter: the pasquotank county sheriff saying a private autopsy is one piece of the puzzle a judge will decide if footage will be made public, which the sheriff says he wants. the fbi now getting involved, announcing a federal civil rights investigation, as a devastated family and community demand answers a judge here in the courthouse is expected to hear arguments later this morning as to releasing the body cam and dash

cam videos he may choose to release it to the brown family and the attorneys, release it to the public at large, or not release it at all. craig? >> kerry sanders for us in north carolina, thank you. all right. it is that time of the morning when we say good morning to al boy, you got a good forecast today. >> yeah, we do lots of warm weather we want to give you an idea. we do have tornado watches now stretching from texas all the way into parts of arkansas we're going to look at that in more detail coming up in the next half hour but 245 million of us coast to coast will see highs today above 70 degrees 150 million of us highs coast to coast, above 80 degrees. >> whoo! >> yeah. let's see what we have as far as today is concerned warmest so far for new york, 82 in march, april 7th in raleigh. today we're going to bust right through that it's going to be fantastic 84 new york, 87 in d.c. and in raleigh. these warm temperatures hanging out.

however, our friends in new england and parts of the northeast coast, they got those cooler winds coming off the atlantic temperatures a little cooler than average for them. new york today almost 20 degrees above average at 84, d.c., 87, charlotte 86, cincinnati eight degrees above normal with 78 degrees. thursday from knoxville to atlanta down to charleston, raleigh and new york will all see temperatures above average as we get into the weekend, a little bit of a dip, then we come back up again with temperatures that are anywhere from five to ten degrees above average. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds still singing. just more in tune. still hard to find a spot. asier to park. still the gangs all here. the chevy family of suvs. making life's journey just better.

♪♪♪ good wednesday morning. as you get ready to head out for dropping the kids off at school in milpitas we'll start out with jacket weather, temperatures in the upper 40s and headed into today, by the time you pick them up we'll be in the upper 60s. a lot of sunshine in the forecast as it will be warmer in our inland spots, reaching into the low 80s and we'll see more of the same tomorrow. for the weekend in spots like santa rosa and gilroy, we'll reach into the upper 70s this weekend. >> that is >> and that is your latest weather. hoda. >> all right, al, thank you. the battle over mutant bugs, a controversial in florida, releasing genetically modified mosquitos into the wild. this morning what scientists hope to accomplish and how residents feel about it. then officials in japan

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hospital. this happened early last week. police say gonzalez was 26 years old, had a medical emergency. gonzalez's family blames police for using excessive force. good morning, i'm cierra johnson in san francisco. it's back to square one for folks in the north bay, leading the recall effort for the mayor of windsor. six women accused dominic foppoli for sexual assault. folks wanting to get him out of that position but they filed the paperwork for the recall unfortunately leaders there is a that they made errors when filing the paperwork in naming his position. they will likely now need to refile. we need to get a look at the forecast for today. here's meteorologist kari hall. >> yes, we have a lot of sunshine and quickly warming temperatures, if you're about to head out for a run in martinez, it's still in the low 50s but take a look at the trend as we go into today, reaching into the upper 70s, and some of our

inland valleys will reach into the low 80s. it's windy going into the week westbound highs in the upper 70s while san francisco in the mid-60s. laura? >> all right, thanks so much. we'll be back with another local news update for you in half an hour.

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>> let's get started this half hour with a fight over bugs in one state, and now it is getting nationwide attention. >> to control the population of annoying and potentially disease-spreading mosquitos, a controversial project is under way in the florida keys. it's highlighted by the release of even more mosquitos that have been genetically modified. >> sounds like the last thing we need, sam brock. sam's down in miami for us taking a closer look what's the word, sam good morning >> reporter: guys, good morning. everyone wants to talk about mosquitos at 7:30 in the morning, right you really can't have conversations about florida summers, though, without talking about heat, humidity, and, yes, mosquitos. there is a company that developed an entirely new technology, they believe will limit the population by releasing thousands more of them, but only male mosquitos which don't bite, in the hopes their female counterparts stop spreading disease. inside boxes like these, on the florida keys, a possible key to what scientists hope will slow an invasive and dangerous speci.

they're known to carry mosquito species they're called aedes aegypti they're known to carry diseases like zika, dengue, and the females spread infection with their bites. >> they make up 4% of the mosquito population but are responsible for virtually all of the mosquito-borne disease transmission to humans. >> reporter: the potential solution starts in this lab, where tiny eggs are injected with a modified dna strain, ultimately producing mosquitos that have a self-limiting gene only the male offspring can survive past an early stage. the boys, unlike their female counterparts, do not bite. >> they run out of females to mate with, and that's how you bring the population down. >> reporter: this week, oxy tech began the process of releasing 145,000 male eggs in six

locations along the keys that is part of a live experiment green lit by the epa, though some environmentalists are crying foul. >> genetic organisms isn't something we can control evolution finds its own way. >> reporter: this isn't disrupting anything within the environment naturally? >> we haven't seen it. we are targeting the ones that are invasive. >> reporter: similar projects in brazil led to a 94% reduction in the targeted mosquito population, and point out the research is peer reviewed. locally, residents buzzing about benefits and risks of unexpected consequences. >> my gut feeling says it is probably not a good thing, you know we don't know enough about it. >> reporter: the epa says they conducted an extensive risk assessment based on the best available science and does not expect the trial to have adverse potential for greatly reducing the amount of zika or dengue fever that's prevalent in a community? >> we hope so. that's why we're doing this. >> the debate on this one is

crystal clear. this is going on in florida, sam. are they planning to bring this project anywhere else in the u.s. >> reporter: that's the game plan, hoda here's the thing, the mosquitos only travel a few hundred yards, so this is surgical. if it works here, it can be exported to other places not just in florida but across the world. this company used similar technology in places like panama, malaysia, mexico, brazil as we mentioned, so they've been able to use it for taking care of pests that destroy crops and now also disease guys, back to you. >> sam brock for us there. thank you. >> interesting one to watch. coming up next, how would you rate the job president biden is doing in his first 100 days in office? >> senior correspondent hallie jackson talking to voters, including republicans, who changed their vote in the last election to see if the new president is meeting their expectations that's right after this.

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voted republican in 2016 but who flipped in 2020, to see how they think the president is doing in his first 100 daysuple of the sa little bit of hesitation on the president's policies, specifically immigration, but overall, praise for the president's personality. life-long republican sandy orth in iowa voted for her party's candidate in 2016, but last year >> there would have been no way that i could have voted for donald trump again >> reporter: so this november, she made a different decision. >> i really feel that joe biden had the temperament to help heal our country. >> reporter: how do you feel about him now? >> i think he is trying very, very hard to unite the country >> reporter: is there anything of the last 100 days of president biden that you have some discomfort with, that you are not on board with? >> well, the situation at the border

he just hasn't come up with the right solution to the problem yet. >> reporter: orth's view of the president, high marks on unity, hesitation on immigration, reflects how many americans feel 100 days in. our new nbc news polling shows 7 in 10 voters approve of how president biden is handling the pandemic, and more than half say he is doing well on the economy and uniting the country. but only about 3 in 10 voters approve of his work on immigration, with a record number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border an issue especially relevant in arizona, a state that flipped blue in 2020, partly because of voters in maricopa county. >> i think i was probably build a wall guy but that's obviously not been the answer, has it >> reporter: larry lives there and had never voted for a democrat for president until november >> i think biden is in there trying to face this problem and work with it >> reporter: for joy kinzer in

oklahoma city, the president's pledge on refugees was partly why she voted for him after reluctantly backing donald trump four years earlier did the trump presidency galvanize you to be more politically aware and involved >> that's fair to say. >> reporter: last week, president biden first backtracked on a promise to raise the refugee limit, then after backlash, reconsidered. >> i do think that we saw that we needed to keep the pressure up to ask him to keep his word promises when it comes to refugee resettlement. >> reporter: what kind of score card would you give him for these first 100 days so far? >> i felt humanity had come back to the office of the president. >> reporter: again and again, new democratic voters, like orth, rume, and kinzer cited president biden's temperament as a big reason why they feel confident in his first 100 day, but for a president who pledged unity. >> turn division into unity. >> that is still proving elusive as the penas illustrate.

the mother/daughter duojoined our miami town hall before the election isa voted for president biden. barbara did not. we checked back in with them 100 days in. >> when you have alexandria cortez saying he has exceeded her expectations in the first 100 days, that makes me shutter. >> i think biden is doing a great job of bringing the drama down. >> reporter: a divided family reflecting a divided nation, with many hoping for healing. >> i'm not convinced that it is impossible, but it is going to take time. it is going to take more time than 100 days, yeah. >> reporter: that issue of uniting the country is one that president biden is going to talk about in his speech tonight. a white house official telling me he will talk about the power of coming together to deal with some of the issues facing our country. and actually, the issue of unity is considered the second most important issue to folks that we polled in our recent nbc news polling. the first, getting a handle on the covid crisis, something else we'll hear the president talk about. back to you. >> hallie, thank you so much another reminder, the president's first speech to

congress is tonight. nbc news will have live coverage it starts at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. craig gets up early and sits down with the president for an exclusive interview tomorrow morning. >> i was going to say, late night for you, too. >> and for everybody, all concerned. except for al, he is a happy weather guy. >> i'm actually happy for my friend craig melvin because he gets to watch it down in a hotel room the kids are not there, sit back, maybe a sip of brandy, cigar and watch the president. >> it is a school night. >> good night for craig melvin anyway, let's show you what we have going on for today. severe weather through 10:00 a.m. central daylight time we have tornado watches stretching from central texas all the way up into the northwestern corner of arkansas. severe weather today possible from syracuse, new york, to del rio, texas we're going to watch 24 million people keeping an eye out. very large hail, damaging winds, possibility of tornadoes we'll watch this system make its way to the east.

severe threat in the plains. a flood risk in the mississippi river valley as we get to thursday, soaking rain into the ohio river valley. scattered storms oh oil can. oil can. um -- >> nobody knows. >> i don't know. oh, i got to get that worked on. cold front moves through the east on friday morning rain for new england strong winds developing, cooler weather. look at this rainfall though anywhere from about 1 to 2 inches from the northeast. as you get down into the mississippi river valley, locally, 4 to 6 inches of rain that's what's going on aroun good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today is warmer and windy with a lot of sunshine. check out high temperatures today, reaching up to 80 in san jose. oakland reaching 72, and some low 80s for much of the north bay, and san francisco reaches into the mid-60s and as we go through the forecast, our inland areas in spots like livermore

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and olympic organizers say they won't decide on numbers of spectators until june. this morning, a reassuring tone to olympic meetings, as the difficult details of holding a covid-safe olympics are hammered out. >> we are ready to minimize risks. >> reporter: this week, emergency covid measures were reimposed in tokyo and three other areas in japan in a bid to curb rising infections planes loaded with vaccines have been arriving, but so far, just over 1% of the country has been inoculated thousands won't be making the journey to japan overseas spectators have been banned because of covid. even athletes' families will stay home. everyone arriving at the airport must present a negative test, then get tested regularly. athletes won't be required to quarantine, but movements will be severely restricted for japanese-hawaii surfer, this is a chance to surf at her first ever olympics, though she'll

miss the fans. >> it's a little sad, but we're going to make it work. we have social media and stuff to inspire this. >> reporter: as the olympic flame works its way across japan, with spectators discouraged from organizing, organicers are promising to strictly enforce the rules as the countdown continues for a games unlike any staged before ahead of the ioc saying they may even impose stricter restrictions if needed, guys >> wow keir simmons, thank you. oh, by the way, in case you didn't know, you can catch the tokyo olympics this summer on all of the networks and platforms of nbc >> we are fired up >> uh-huh. >> let's do it carson, you have a good one. nominee julia michaels. my anticipated debut album release. we talked about her journey in music, coping with nerves, becoming a star after writing so many hits for others joichb join us for that after a quick check of your local news

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a very good morning to you. it is 7:56. i'm laura garcia. >> reporter: i'm smplg snch in sunnyvale, some of the details on the president's plan for universal pre-k. we're talking about 5 million children free preschool for all three and 4-year-olds. free preschool could save families up to $30,000 a year. the american family plan calls for expanded child tax credit which could save at least $250 a month per child. we expect more details in the president's address tonight. good morning, i'm cierra johnson in san francisco. it's back to square one in the north bay leading the recall effort for the mayor of windsor. backtrack there, six women

accused dominic foppoli of sexual assault. folks wanting to get him out of the position but they filed a paperwork for the unfortunately, unfortunately leaders say they made errors when filing the paperwork in naming his position so they will likely now need to refile. let's get a look at the folk for this wednesday morning with meteorologist kari hall. nice day ahead? >> yes and it's going to be warmer, too, laura, even though it's starting out cool. we have sunshine and quickly warming temperatures. some of our inland spots like antioch and santa rosa will reach into the mid 80s today, and we'll do it all over again tomorrow. the winds picking up and sunshine in the forecast and we also see those winds at times especially near the coast really picking up for saturday, sunday into monday, with san francisco's high temperatures staying in the 60s and morning starts in the 50s.

laura? >> thanks so much, and thank you for joining us as well. we'll be basket with another local news update in half an hour.

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it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, turning the corner. the new guidance from the cdc about wearing masks outdoors dr. fauci breaking it down this morning on "today." if you are vaccinated and outdoors is extremely low. >> what you need to know then back in court scott pederson and his defense team pushing for a retrial nearly two decades after he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child just ahead, why pederson was granted more time to make his

case. plus, eye-opening investigation. our closer look at a school's controversial treatment program for children with disabilities why some parents are defending this therapy method. and climbing the charts. pop singer julia michaels opens up about facing her fears in the music world. >> all of a sudden, i was on these stages that i wasn't familiar with, opening for people in stadiums it was like pretty horrifying. i'm not going to lie >> carson shares her inspiring message, and how she is making her mark in more ways than one >> lift it up a little more. there we go. >> that's a leo for my daughter, london rose. >> that's beautiful. >> what is tattooed on your hand >> i love you more >> today, wednesday, april 28th, 2021 ♪ >> after 43 years in the west virginia coal mines, i finally get to do what i want to do. >> not so fast, dad. happy retirement, dad.

we love you. >> our boy wants to say hi to his favorite host. >> hi, al. >> hi, al. >> earlier this year, i introduced the world to my baby boy. >> making me a grandma no, glam-ma. >> i was like, that's not grandma. >> no. >> that's hotness. >> yeah. >> guys, good morning. welcome back to "today." it is wednesday morning, smack dab in the middle of the week. we're glad you're with us. >> we're starting off with a big announcement we have an upcoming prime time event we're calling "inspiring america. >> we're excited about it. it is a show dedicated to people who bring out the very best of what america has to offer by having a positive impact on their communities. you've got a really special interview for the show. >> we all got to meet interesting people, be part of the prime time special on saturday i got the opportunity to sit

down with alex trebek's widow. she shared the heartbreaking loss of her husband of 30 years, the treasured moments of their life together, and the incredible grace and strength alex showed throughout his battle with cancer now, jean is working on the causes he was so passionate about, the fight against homelessness, and the legacy of his work with the humanitarian aid group world vision here's a quick look, a preview of our conversation. alex was such an inspiration to people were you surprised at how many lives he touched, and how much meaning he has for so many people >> yes, i was. and i think alex was, too. i think one of the beautiful things, the blessings that came, if you can call it a blessing, was that he got to really see the outpouring of love and admiration that he gave to the world. and some people just -- you know, you don't see that while you're still embodied. you don't get to really witness all the love that people feel

for you. and i know that that was, in and of itself, a huge inspiration for alex >> wow >> what a lovely sentiment. >> oh, she is, she is full of grate. i loved being in her presence. we'll have that full conversation this saturday night during "inspiring america. gets started at 8:00 eastern/7:00 central on nbc and telemundo. really hope you make a point to tune in for that on saturday you'll feel good. let's get to the news at 8:00 americans will be seeing fewer face masks, perhaps most iconic symbol of the pandemic the cdc has changed its guidelines for going without masks outside. nbc's tom costello joins us now with the very latest hey, tom good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning. here's the bottom line, almost everybody right now can start exercising outside again, walking the dog, going on walks without a mask the cdc has laid out a very colorful graphic, yellow, green, and red, on color-coded what you

can and can't do bottom line, if you're vaccinated, you can do almost everything that you could do pre-pandemic if you're not vaccinated, again, exercising outside is fine, walking the dog, that kind of thing. if you're going to associate with other people who are not vaccinated, they encourage you to wear a mask if you're going to dine outdoors, you're going to wear a mask as well earlier this morning on the "today" show, dr. fauci weighed in on what this means for fully vaccinated people. >> outdoors, you can do virtually everything except congregate in a massive way, for example, at a concert, where there are tens of thousands of people but anything short of that, if you're vaccinated, you really can be out there just enjoying the environment, which is really a big plus >> yeah. >> in getting people vaccinated. >> reporter: there is a caveat here they are still recommending, urging everybody to wear masks indoors and in public arenas for example, if you're going to the barbershop, the grocery

store, whatever, regardless of whether you are vaccinated, encouraging everybody to wear a mask indoors as you heard, if you're in a big crowd outdoors, a concert, something like that, wear the mask as well guys, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you just a reminder, we have all the information you need to roll up your sleeve, get your shot just scan the qr code on your screen right now, or you can head to planyourvaccine.com. a crime that captivated the nation nearly two decades ago is back in the news scott peterson was sentenced to death after murdering his pregnant wife laci and their unborn son erin mclaughlin tells us why, after all this time, pederson is now back in court and before a judge. erin, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. scott peterson was in court yesterday, though virtually this time for years, the convicted murderer maintained his innocence and argued his original trial was flawed. a judge granted more time for his team to pull together their new defense. nearly 17 years after being

found guilty of murdering his wife laci and unborn child, scott peterson was back in court on tuesday, appearing over a zoom call from prison. no cameras or recordings were allowed. it is part of a push by his defense team to retry the case last year the california court ordered a second look at the case, and yesterday the judge allowed more discovery time relating to two separate issues tied to his 2004 conviction. one, alleged juror misconduct, which his defense is pushing for a full retrial the other tied to his now overturned death sentence. peterson has served more than 16 years at san quentin state prison, convicted of killing his wife laci and their unborn son connor in a trial that captivated the nation. the desperate search for laci then eight months pregnant with baby connor stretched for months baby conner, their remains washing ashore miles to where

pederson claimed to have been fishing on christmas eve his then girlfriend, a massage therapist amber fry, testified she had no idea he was married, saying they'd been dating a month before laci went missing. >> scott told me he was not married. >> reporter: last november, california supreme court upheld both of peterson's murder convictions. prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty again. amber fry's attorney says she is prepared to testify again if a judge rules peterson should get a new trial. court is scheduled to reconvene in june. next week would have been laci's 46th birthday. connor would have been 18 years old. savannah >> erin mclaughlin, keep us posted on what happens there 8:08 how about a boost for wednesday? >> i got one for you golf every michael visacki is finally getting the chance to live his dream he shared this emotional breakthrough moment with the pe his mom and dad. he sank a clutch putt on the last hole on monday.

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we're we're back at 8:14 with an investigation into a residential facility in massachusetts using a highly controversial device on people with disabilities. >> yeah. the families of those involved vigorously defend the practice, but human rights advocates passionately condemn it. we'll bring nbc senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden in right there. cynthia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, that's right currently, 55 people are attached to this device. some of them with profound autism they're on the device 24 hours a day, when they sleep, when they shower advocates say it helps control them, that they can better control themselves so they don't harm themselves or others. i began reporting on this facility back in 2007 and wanted to know how painful the shock, the skin shock was they hooked me up to the device, and i can tell you, it hurt. it really hurts. i asked the founder, dr. matthew israel about that.

he said, to work, it has to hurt now, the price tag is $275,000 per person, per year we're going to show you some things that you may find disturbing take a look. this is the only place in the world that uses a therapy on children with disabilities, many with severe autism, that the u.n. has called torture. they've been doing it 30 years. >> the abuse is happening every single day. >> reporter: human rights lawyer eric rosenthal is outraged. >> people tied down screaming, "stop, stop, it hurts, please stop." you don't have to be a human rights lawyer to know, there's something deeply wrong here. >> reporter: we visited jrc just before the pandemic and saw a backpack containing a device called a graduated electronic decelerator, ged, connected to

electrodes that delivers a painful skin shock, designed to modify behavior. the idea, give two-second shocks so they'll stop hurting themselves or others but there have been terrible abuses, like andre mccollins, tied to a restrain board for 28 hours, and shocked 31 times while tied to a board for refusing to remove his coat. extreme cases like this became public a decade ago, but complaints persist 24-year-old torrez says he spent from 8 to 18 on the ged. he says, among other things, he was shocked for wetting the bed. >> shock me if i didn't wake up, then i'd pee the bed and she'd shock me again. >> reporter: he worries about those who are still there. >> what they're doing is just taking people that have issues and just building more >> reporter: linda crook says

problems at jrc are in the past. we've changed a lot of things over the years >> reporter: founder and designer of the ged, israel, is gone, and she is in charge. >> he left in 2011, retired, yes. >> reporter: well, he didn't just retire. he was accused of having suppressed evidence in a very serious case where the ged had, by everyone's definition, been misused. >> yes, and he retired >> reporter: israel agreed to leave after being accused of destroying a surveillance tape of a student being shocked 77 times in just one night. after a prank caller instructed the staff to do so >> we made countless changes to our policies and procedures, including limitations to the ged device, a different set of training for the staff that are certified to use the device. there are a lot of changes that have been. >> reporter: you do understand that there are people who care very much about children with disabilities >> yes >> reporter: who --

>> as do we. >> reporter: who hear you are using painful skin shocks and say, what are you doing? >> they've never been here they don't know what we're about. they don't know the behaviors that our kids exhibit. >> reporter: young people like this, we're blurring his face at his parents' request i'm cynthia. we'll call him charlie he is non-verbal and before he arrived he spent all day alone in a padded cell this is jrc's video when charlie first arrived. his therapist says after a short time on the ged -- >> he is what he is, a happy camper. >> reporter: but mark said the reality when he worked at jrc was not so rosy when he was there. he was shocked for a range of what he saw as everyday behaviors. >> rocking, spinning, running back and forth. >> reporter: these aren't self-harm behaviors. >> they're not

they're not hurting themselves they're not hurting anybody. >> reporter: he says he quit after two years because of what he saw as abuse. the worst, an incident involving a girl who was non-verbal as well as deaf and blind >> they were shocking her. there was tears coming down her eyes well, come to find out, she had a broken tooth she had a broken tooth, and they were shocking her. >> reporter: because she's moaning. >> yes, because she's in pain. >> reporter: one of the reasons that you wanted to come forward, you're sick, you have cancer. >> yeah. i hope i live to see the day that this place will stop using shock treatment. i'm looking for that day >> reporter: mark pereira passed away shortly after this interview. jrc told us mark was a disgrund ld -- disgruntled employee, and if he'd seen such abuse, he was obligated to report it. there are serious concerns about

abuses in the past mike flamia has represented the jrc for 30 years. >> mistakes were made, but that happens in every treatment program in the country you will have people say, i did not have a good experience there. they didn't treat me right >> reporter: this isn't just they didn't treat me right this is tying someone down to a restraint board and shocking them 31 times. i mean, nobody could defend that, correct? you're not defending that? >> the treatment for that client worked beautifully on that day, it didn't work, and they should have -- with hindsight, they should have stopped the treatment earlier that day but the treatment did -- he did extremely well here. >> reporter: just before the pandemic, jrc arranged for us to talk to 30 or so parents, all of whom strongly support the use of the device, and note, a judge approved >> restraints didn't work. medicines didn't work. >> reporter: andrew is intellectually disabled, his mother says, and autistic. the ged changed him. >> this treatment is wonderful,

and we love his new life. >> reporter: we sat down with a lot of parents, and they said, it's helped our kid. what do you say to them? >> i sympathize with them because i know how hard it can be we know better treatment is possible and so, you know, what i say to those parents is, your kid deserves better. >> reporter: so we spoke to numerous experts who told us there are now other treatments available for even the most extreme behavior problems that don't leave the emotional scars of this painful ged treatment. now, jrc says they're committed to the residents at the facility they believe the treatment has saved lives. they point out, in fact, that in massachusetts in 2018, a court ruled the treatment was humane and effective in a small number of cases they have there now, the future of the device is in limbo just before the pandemic, the fda banned the device from use at the facility, but because of

the pandemic, allowed it to continue to be used. so today it is being used. jrc last week went to a federal court, said that the fda had overstepped, and that the ban should not go into effect. the american academy of pediatrics, and many other groups are saying, no, the ban is totally appropriate we wait for the court to rule. one final thing, last night, i did speak to dr. israel, the founder. he said that he believes that the ged and he made a contribution to mankind with the life-saving treatment. he says it is a good alternative to drugs there's more on today.com. back to you guys. >> thank you, cynthia. it is 8:23 let's switch gears and get al's forecast hey, al. >> good morning, and as we can see, some strong storms now working their way from texas all the way off into chicago and the u.p. of michigan to the east clear skies out west, where temperatures are fairly warm 80s as we go up and down the west coast 70s as you get to the pacific

northwest. 90s in southern texas. 80s from texas all the way to the mid-atlantic states and into the northeast with summertime highs. we do have a flood risk up into the mid-mississippi river valley, strong storms down through texas. mountain snows in parts of the rockies and plenty of sunshine good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing plenty of sunshine here and a slightly warmer day on tap for much of the bay area. take a look at napa where we will tip 81 degrees while san francisco will be in the low 60s and in of the inland spots. san jose will reach 80 degrees while palo alto will be in the upper 70s. we will see this weather continuing for the next few days and we'll take a look at this and the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> that is your l weather. guys. >> all right, al, thank you, ahead, carson's conversation -- >> what'd i do >> -- with music sensation julia michaels.

>> you may not know her name, but she's been doing this a long time she's been writing or co-authoring, i mean, like hundreds of really big hit pop songs for other people huge artist. this is her first full-length debut album. we've been waiting for it. we're going to chat. you'll see that coming up in a few minutes, and i think you'll like it. then are you in a cooking rut? jill martin has the answers, steals and deals after your local news >> she's out of the basement

good morning. it's 8:26. i'm laura garcia. leaders in san jose today plan to introduce a new ordinance to boost the fines for illegal dumping. as it stands, it's amounts it's staggered whether it's the first, second or third offense. they will make it a $10,000 fine for any violation. it will be introduced today to the city council's rules committee. let's get a look at the forecast for this midweek wednesday. how are we looking, kari? >> it will be warmer compared to the way we started the week. think about it, on monday we were seeing some of the warmest spots and we were reaching low 60s and today it's up to 84

degrees for some of our inland valleys in cities like santa rosa, gilroy and concord. we'll see the same tomorrow. heading into friday it comes down a few degrees and the winds will kick up this weekend and weal see the highs in the 07s and is does get warmer next week while san francisco will see the highs in the mid-60s and it will be very windy there along the coastline as well as san francisco as we get into saturday, sunday and even into early next week, but we are dry over the next seven days. no changes there, no rain on the horizon. laura? >> all right. thank you very much. and thank you for joining us, as well. another local news update is coming up in half an hour. i hope to see you then. have a great morning.

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♪ i want to live in a world ♪ 8:30 it's wednesday morning with one of julia michaels' many, many hits. >> right there. >> carson, you're lucky. you got to chat with her. >> i didn't realize how prolific she was. >> talented. she's been writing chart-topping songs for others forever, and now dropping her first full-length record we're going to talk to her about that she also had crippling stage fright, if you can imagine that. she told a great story about how she dealt with it, plus what inspires her to write for herself and others. >> she's super open, and so are you. that'll be a good conversation

looking forward to it. then "steals and deals." some say "pop start" is the best part of the morning, and i agree, but "steals and deals" is right up there today, jilly jill is in the kitchen. and that's exciting, some new stuff. >> that's her favorite room of the house apparently on the "3rd hour of today," we are talking about the return of the "handmaid's tale" with one of the stars, bradley whitford he is going to talk to us about that and his podcast and his dog and lots of other stuff, as well. also, can we mention something? guess who is getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> who >> kathie lee. >> let's go. >> 11:30 on the west coast by the way, her star will be five stars away from her beloved regis, which is the perfect placement for that she's going to join us tomorrow on "today" to discuss all of it. hats off to her. >> going to be a cool day in her life love that. al, let's get a check of the weather.

you guys ready to play a little weather game >> love it. >> ready. >> who has the warmer day this spring, denver or chicago? >> chicago. >> chicago. >> denver. >> let's find out. ladies and gentlemen, chicago is correct. >> let's go. >> wow. >> their they're going to be 61 degrees today. here's another one for you, you guys got that one, minneapolis or new york, who had the warmer spring day >> new york. >> new york. >> let's find out. new york no minneapolis. >> it was snowing there. >> one for one >> weather changes that's the way it works, okay? final one. atlanta and washington, d.c., who had the warmer day >> d.c. >> i'll fight on this one. >> atlanta. >> d.c. is going to shock you. >> oh! >> atlanta, april 13th they're going to be 84 87 in washington, d.c. there you go, losers let's show you what we have for today. summer highs up and down the eastern seaboard flood risk in the midsection of the country. severe storms through texas. gorgeous day along the west coast. that's w

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are enjoying a beautiful day. tack a live look outside in dublin. it's slow move, but we do have the sunshine and make sure you grab the sunglasses before you head out and it will warm up quickly today. livermore will reach into the mid-80s today and we'll see some more 80s tomorrow and slightly cooler for the weekend and it will be a very windy weekend with highs in the upper 70s and dry weather continues into next week. >> tha >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> tell them what they didn't win. >> exactly. carson, we've been waiting for this all morning you'll go one-on-one with music sensation julia michaels. >> this is the last tease, then we're going to watch this sucker she is a force to be reckoned with in the music industry we shared a great chat about life, tattoos, mental health those are the three things i talk about every day of my life all day and on sunday. so join us for that. plus a great love story between

her and j.p. sacks there, a canadian artist, they did that song if the world was ending

the citi music series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> we're back, 8:36, carson, it's time, we want to hear this conversation with julia michaels. >> you may or may not know her name yet you definitely know her music. the song you're hearing was just nominated for a grammy as sock of the year. she's co-authored countless hits, we're talking justin bi bieber's sorry, even lincoln park, gwen stefani and the list goes on. it is her turn this week her highly anticipated debut full length album comes out of the we had a chance to chapter about music life and a lot more. ♪ i want to live in a world ♪ >> at 27, julia michaels is much

more than a new pop star putting out her very first album she's written or co-authored over 120 pop songs massive hits for artists like justin bieber, selena gomez, janelle monae, keith urban and pink, just to name a few she is no one hit wonder her first effort as a solo artist was 2017's hit "issues. it went five times platinum and earned two grammy nominations solidifying julia michaels as much more than a song writer but a force to be reckoned with as an artist. >> you're one of the most well-respected people in music i'm psyched to talk to you about your new record. >> thank you very much that's very flattering and i suck at compliments, but thank you. >> her tattoos are almost as iconic as her hits, and we took a second to compare ink. >> i basically just want like a pin-up girl with boxing gloves. >> that's awesome. >> and this is the last one he did.

>> i love that >> lift it up a little bit more. there we go. >> that's leo for my daughter london rose. >> that's beautiful. >> what's tattooed on your hands? >> >> i love you more four years ago what drove you to perform them yourself as an artist >> i had written a song called "issues. i was just like i don't know if i feel comfortable having somebody sing something so intimate about me. >> reporter: issues addresses her mental health struggles. she says it wasn't easy being thrust into the pspotlight. >> what was life like being shot into the camera your first time as a solo artist >> it was pretty wild. all of a sudden i was on these stages i wasn't familiar with. it was pretty horrifying, i'm not going to lie. >> i heard you had a panic attack the first time you did "issues" live.

>> i turned around, i was like i can't breathe. >> i know you had issues with stage fright, how did you get over that? >> i remember i was doing the vmas, i was having so much anxiety. my hands were sweeting, there was a girl that looked at me and she goes, it's okay. you've got this. and i just looked at her the whole time. >> you just locked in with her and forgot about everybody else? that's your guardian angel. >> every time i would open for somebody, i would focus on the people that knew the song, like, oh, i don't feel so alone up here by myself >> you know, you've written so much about that topic, mental health, there seems to be a bit of a pivot in the writing. this is about xexes and lovers, you sound like a jealous girlfriend >> i mean, i do say in "issues" i'm a jealous person that has carried on. but i'm in a very healthy, wonderful relationship, and you know, even though i sing about love and being really happy and healthy, i still have anxiety i still have depression. those don't just go away when

you're happy ♪ but if the world was ending ♪ >> recently she released if the world was ending with canadian singer and now boyfriend j.p.saxe who wrote the song five months before the pandemic and was nominated at last month's grammys for song of the year. >> i know that you guys came together on the track "if the world ended. how did that happen? >> the first time we ever met was when we wrote "if the world was ending." we had our first date the next day and we've been together ever since. >> such an awesome 2021 love story. >> sounds like a cheesy romcom. >> julia and j.p. co-wrote two of the ten songs on the new full length record, including the lead single "all your exes". ♪ i want to live in a world where all your exes are dead ♪ >> i want to live in a world where all your exes are dead you've got a chain saw i wonder if you're trying to channel your inner marshal mathers or what's going on. >> my inner american psycho. it was funny, we were at the

studio one day and he was just like you just want to live in a world where all my exes are dead, don't you? and i was like yep it's then you know, i love you so much that the idea of you being with somebody else before me like physically hurts me. >> the music video idea for all your exes, walk me through how that came about. >> i had this idea for a dinner party where i'm sort of like setting up for like all his friends, and i'm like being susie homemaker. there was a director that had kind of a similar idea to me he dwgoes julia, how cool wouldi be if all the people at the dinner party were actually his exes and they were dead. and i was like that's sick love that. >> did you ever take a second to validate like the incredible work you've done not just for others but for yourself? >> no, never >> that's a problem, julia >> i'm like highly insecure. i don't know if you know that or if it doesn't come out in my music enough. >> i know, you're a boss, though you have to start to believe it.

>> i've gotten a lot of texts from people, and no, i'm not going to name names. >> give me one, give me just one. >> o post this, but i just want you to know that "all your exes" is like the best thing i've ever heard. >> cool. >> i asked if she'd heard from any of her exes on that song. >> or his exes >> yeah. she's great. she's lovable, like craig said that's a sick idea i love it. the album is called not in chronological order or nico for short. it's very good and out on friday. >> i didn't know much about her, in the last three or four minutes, like the way you -- that was fantastic >> thank you >> and she came on our plaza. >> in '18 i think. >> mr. daly, you "pop start," you got some big news from the billbo

we're we're back, carson, it's the time >> it is >> "pop start"'s like blowing up 50 balloons real quick we have an announcement from the will board music awards. we can reveal the finalists for the top 100 artists. the weeknd, the baby had a big year with songs like rock star, drake had a viral track. and levitating of course the late rapper pop smoking, for his posthumously released album, shoot for the stars and aim for the moon following an amazing super bowl performance the weeknd's blinding light the full list is going to be announced on billboard's twitter, facebook, and youtube tomorrow during the list live show with special guests that include gronkowski and paris hilton. you can catch the billboard music awards may 21st right here

on nbc. next up, physical, not the '80s classic song, though it could be we're talking about a new series starring rose burns. the show follows a struggling 1980s housewife who finds empowerment in the world of aerobic fitness. here's a peek. >> savannah. >> no, punch, punch, punch, punch. >> mama. >> you're teaching a class >> five, six, seven. >> yeah. >> i didn't know you liked people enough to do that. >> i'm a big fan of people >> only you have the power to change you >> are you ready >> i'm here for it >> it's a savannah guthrie autobiography. remember the craze of the, you know, what did you do? you were an instructor, savannah. >> i was. >> was it jazzercise. >> it wasn't jazzercise. like in the '90s, step aerobics, which i still do this is the first i'm hearing it i'm so excited i hope that she comes on we could do an aerobics routine together.

>> i've been at the nbc gym working out, and what's it called >> the grapevine >> it's like just a really side together side clap situation like this one, two -- if you want to give a little hop, that's good. >> it's almost like a line dance. >> yeah, it is that's like your basic aerobics >> how does that get your heart rate up? >> keep doing it >> you add moves to it you dance. >> did you make good money >> well, yeah, back then i got to belong to the ymca for free. >> you could do the ymca. >> it was good money, 10 bucks an hour. you're going to love this show, "physical" premiers on apple tv plus. >> feel the burn, carson. >> i feel invigorated. >> i felt my heart rate going up. >> my heart rate went down. >> then you're not trying hard enough let's go, carson >> okay. >> wow >> okay. >> that looked like blake shelton. by the way, uncle al, this next story is for you flintstones, have you heard about this

it's been a while since you heard from the flintstones they are coming back, america's favorite prehistoric family, a new series titled "bedrock." it's going to pick up after the story left off, fred on the brink of retirement. little pebbles all grown up. actor and producer elizabeth banks developing this project for fox. she's going to be the voice of the new adult pebbles. we are excited. >> that's going to be a good one. >> our jazzercise ate all our time. >> but it was worth it. >> flintstones jill martin when we come back with all that you need to up your kitchen game >> there she's doing it too. >> doing it too. >> there you go! an '80s, '90s version of steals and deals. and deals.

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home over the last year meant a lot of us are spending a lot of time in our kitchen. >> yeah, some people are today lifestyle contributor jill martin joins us with some of the best deals on products that will make cooking a piece of cake >> ladies and gentlemen, of course, you know what to do with the phone. you see the qr code at the bottom of your screen. take out the phone use the camera scan it for some instant access. >> it'll be there. >> in a second >> bam >> it's coming. >> all right >> it'll get there eventually. >> hi, guys. >> hi, jill. >> yes, i'm out of the basement. don't worry, i'm not preparing food for you i am giving you kitchen essentials we're all going to start hopefully to entertain again i just wanted to bring a little coffee, a little bright into your home. let's start with something i could use. let's start with the recipe. our best-selling books these are always popular the penguin random house cookbook sets. retails 51.98 to 70 dollars. sets from best-selling authors, many whom you've seen on "today." everything you want to whip up food in your air fryer, comfort food

each set comes with two to three books. retail, $51.98 to $70. deal, $21, up to 70% off next up, sheinelle and i just did a cleanse of her -- as random as this sounds -- of her container drawer she didn't have tops and bottoms. we said, get rid of everything, keep the set thm is a prep sealer vacuum container. the retail, $39.95 to $69.95 now, it's the choice of two options. the food-saving 5-piece vacuum container set or a set, carson, just for marinating. both come with the pumps to vacuum seal it food lasts four times longer retail, $39.95 to $69.95 $20 to $34, 51% off. and really fun colors so it actually could make a great gift >> okay. this i love. look how great i love the pink. the two-piece set. retail, $89.

this is one of their best-selling products. you have the 8 inch and the 11 inch non-stick ceramic coating to whip up really anything. handles that stay cool, and dishwasher safe. super fun colors retail, $89. deal, $25. 72% off. >> jill, can those go in the oven >> they cannot go in the oven. these can't. >> they're pink and cute >> they're pink and yellow, and they do go -- there's nothing in here, but they go -- yeah. okay, but these can go in the oven straight to table the retail, $24 to $85.70. the options beautiful platters in different silhouettes and al, you said it. it can go in the dishwasher, the microwave and oven safe. so you can just put it in and then serve it. >> gorgeous white porcelain. retail, $24 to $85.70. deal, $20 to $40, up to 70% off. i'm actually going to check on those pans to see if they can go

in the oven. i'll get back to you on that, al. >> okey-doke. >> next is the knife block set the retail is $345 i actually used the dark wood of this, but i wanted to offer this because it's just so beautiful if you have space -- >> i love knives. >> -- to display it, 15-piece set. prepare the ultimate feast pairin kitchen sheers, this is a beautiful gift and something people don't buy for themselves. $345 the deal, $99, 71% off last up, super into this for entertaining now that i'm out of the basement, i'm ready to rock and roll with the entertaining look at this napkin holder look at the serving plates look how beautiful these are look at the salad bowl fabulous the entertaining accessories l retail is 50 to 175. they're offering their best selling serve ware in an alloy and wood the alloy collection can be

chilled in the freezer or warmed up in the oven it keeps food at the temperature you want it. so it's literally oven to table or freezer to table. the retail 51 to 175 dollars the deal, $25.77 comes in that beautiful box, up to 70% off let's go over the products again. ed penguin random house cook boot set. >> the container set the two-piece fry pan set. the entertaining accessories from nambe just a reminder "today" works with affiliate partners and may earn a commission through purchases made at our link at today.com. so happy entertaining. savannah, i learned a fun fact about you. i didn't know about the dancing. i used to be a party motivator at weddings and bat mitzvahs and i used to do like the lawn mower and the pick the apple, put it in the basket >> >> what does that mean, party motivator? >> the flava flav? >> she was the hype person.

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to step down. earlier this week organizers launched paperwork for a recall and they made technical errors when they filed the paperwork. that included failing to accurately name his position. as a result the campaign will have to re-file and have it approved before they can ever begin to gather signatures. happening now, our sierra johnson is looking closer at what it will take to get the new effort off the ground. you can find the link at the top of the homepage. alameda police are talking about just-released body cam video showing the death of a man in police custody. the family are invoking the name of george floyd. president biden delivering his first-ever address to congress among the items he's pushing free preschool for all american families. at the top of the homepage, everything you need to know. make sure you tune in at 6:00 for all of that.

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