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at the memorial that continues to grow, this is at san jose city hall, of course remembering the nine men that were killed in the vta shooting that happened one week ago today. good morning. major beef. the meat industry reeling after the world's largest supplier is hacked. six major production plants in the u.s. forced to shut down. grocery stores, restaurants, and consumers bracing for potential shortages and rising prices. russian hackers again being blamed for the second major assault on u.s. infrastructure in less than a month. will they get their ransom this time? we'll have the very latest. moment of panic. new video capturing the chaos that erupted during that mass
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shooting at a concert near miami, and this never before seen angle showing gunfire coming from a second car. were more people involved in the deadly rampage? the new twist in the investigation just ahead, as police expand their manhunt. max capacity. reopen today. >> after 15 long months, it is time to open back up. >> covid cases now plunging to the lowest level since the early days of the pandemic. a major new milestone reached in new york's recovery, and straight ahead, a firsthand look at how the country is bouncing back. heros in action. >> let me see your hands! >> the dramatic body cam video showing police racing into danger to stop the shooting rampage at a california rail yard. all that, plus, returning home. naomi osaka back in the u.s. after her surprising withdraw from the french open. this morning, the new support she's getting from other star athletes.
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>> i hope that she can beat that and come out a better -- come out better and stronger. >> and the pledge from the biggest tournaments in tennis to address mental health concerns. and shove off! the gutsy teenager who fought off a giant bear to save her pet. >> i was like, oh, my gosh, there's a bear, and it is taking my dog. >> what she's saying about going mama bear on a mama bear, today, wednesday, june 2nd, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it is a wednesday morning, and we're glad to have you along with us. >> we sure are. we're going to start with that major cyberattack on the nation's food supply. >> to give you an idea of just
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how big this is, jbs is the world's largest meat supplier. 150 plants and more than 15 countries, counting major supermarket chains and mcdonald's among their customers. >> yeah, the attack could lead to shortages and raise prices at a time when consumers are already paying more. beef prices up 6.1% in a year due, in part, to the high demand and labor shortages during the pandemic. >> there are big concerns that these attacks are now happening more frequently. it was just last month that hackers shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the u.s. for nearly a week. that created long lines and panic buying at gas stations across the southeast. so what does this all mean for your next trip to the store and for companies trying to protect themselves? we have two reports this morning. let's get it started with nbc's tom costello. tom, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. so jbs says it believes it is making progress in addressing all of the implications from this ransomware attack, but this really drills down on the threat, a national security
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threat posed by the ransomware attacks, not only against gas pipeline but city halls and libraries and police stations. now, the nation's beef supply. the world's largest meat processing company is scrambling this morning to get back online after being hit with a ransomware attack that shuttered jbs operations in several states across the country. the union for more than 25,000 of its meat packing workers tells nbc news, all of the company's beef plants were shut down on tuesday. now, the company says the vast majority of our beef, pork, poultry, and prepared foods plants will be operational today. jbs also telling the biden administration it believes the ransomware attack came from a criminal group likely based in russia. >> the white house is engaging directly with the russian government on this matter and delivering the message that
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responsible countries do not harbor ransomware criminals. >> reporter: 15 countries jbs operates in, including brands like swift and pilgrims, found in stores like costco and walmart. it underscores the vulnerability of the food system, which rely on too few suppliers. >> if we had a more diverse supply and processing of our food, the impacts of this would be much less severe. >> reporter: it's the second major attack on critical u.s. infrastructure in just weeks. colonial pipeline suffered a similar ransomware attack which forced the nation's largest fuel pipeline offline for days, leading to fuel shortages and price spikes. colonial paid $4.4 million in ransom to the russian group known as dark side to regain control of its computers. the attack also comes as the meat packing industry is still recovering from the effects of a pandemic. >> this will just add further
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disruption to their lives and to their bottom line. >> reporter: yeah, and as you mentioned already, beef and poultry prices have been up this year. the usda reached out to other meat processors, encouraging them to not only safeguard their own computers but help fill the gap, if necessary, if there is any shortage. the farmers union says there's more than enough abundant supply of food and meat. back to you. >> tom, thank you very much. joining us now is christopher krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, cisa, and the founder of a cybersecurity firm. chris, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we don't have a ton of information, actually, about what has gone on here, but what leaps out to you? what strikes you? >> well, first, thanks for having me on. well, i think as we step back and look over the last several months, even going back into last fall when hospitals were getting locked up by ransomware, i think the macro economic level, we still have a long way to go in understanding the
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systemic risk that drives our economy. we don't know where to make the right investments necessarily beyond just the peanut butter approach. second, at the sector level, particularly for pipelines as well as food distribution, i think decades of deregulation and consolidation is introduced aggregated risk. so when we have events like this, there is a shock to the system. we need to, just like in the prior segment, we need to have an increased diversity and move away from a just-in-time delivery. then at the individual company level, whether it is colonial or jbs, while the investigations are ongoing, it is clear that every company out there needs to absolutely improve their security posture. most importantly, their business disruption processes. >> yeah. that's the big picture. i mean, getting down to brass tacks here, do you think this company, jbs, is going to have to pay the ransom here? >> some of the signals they've
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given, including statements overnight or reporting overnight that they may be able to get operations back up today indicates that perhaps they have a good recovery plan, they were able to get things back up and running. but the cascading effects across the workforce, where they've suspended shifts, if you think about the meat packing plants where they have hourly and shift workers, it takes time to move them in and out. there will no question be disruption. whether they have to pay, i certainly hope not. i continue to advocate any company against paying and investing in criminal enterprise. >> i was going to ask you about that. colonial pipeline reportedly did pay $4.4 million, which a tough spwhich a tough spot, granted, for them to be in on the other hand, doesn't this just incentivize the hackers they're thinking, well, this works. >> yup absolutely it validates a business model. make no mistake, ransomware is a business right now it is a business that is very profitable, and we will continue to see hackers overseas, criminals overseas, continue to
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flood into the market. until we change the equation and the profitability of this criminal enterprise, it will continue >> well, do you feel that these hackers are getting newly aggressive you mentioned the hospitals. we just had a gas pipeline now meat i mean, gas, hospitals, meat, these are major, big ticket infrastructure items >> well, look, i think the takeaway right now is if you're a corporate executive or a state and local government agency head, and you thought you would be spared, that criminals wouldn't go after you, guess what they went after our gas and our hot dogs no one is out of bounds here everyone is in play, and every single corporate executive needs to be convening their cybersecurity teams and business resilience teams today to understand what their continuity plans are. how are they going to recover from a hack? >> real quickly, once again, the suspects here are russian
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criminals. what is the role of russia here? i mean, the administration says it is essentially harboring these criminals. >> absolutely. this actually works in the strategic interest of the kremlin. it develops a strategic cyber workforce they may need later. it gives teenagers and 20-year-olds in russia something to do and maybe puts a lamborghini in the driveway. lastly, it aligns with their strategic objectives of undermining confidence in the american people of the government's ability to protect us they have to stop this, and president biden has an opportunity to put something on the table with his meeting with putin late they are month. >> couple wake-up calls recently chris krebs, appreciate it >> thanks. also this morning, there is an alarming new development tied to the mass shooting at a banquet hall near miami. as police hunt for gunmen, new footage has emerged that appears to show a second car that may have been involved in the attack nbc's sam brock joins us with the very latest. sam, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning.
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the surveillance video released by police does show an suv in this alley behind me with a gunman leaving the car, firing, and returning seconds later. now, another camera angle may reveal a second car and another shooter. we want to warn you, some of these images are disturbing. with the manhunt intensifying across florida for three gunmen, new views are coming to light of the harrowing events at the el mula banquet hall where 23 people were shot, two killed first this split screen shows the front entrance surveillance camera with party-goers waiting. a trio of shooters emerging, quickly spreading panic. the business also has a corner camera, and a source confirms to nbc news this new video is authentic. it shows gunfire seeming to come from a second car at the other end of the parking lot then a man appears to get inside that car as the shooting subsides miami-dade police did not immediately respond to requests for comment about a possible second car or additional
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suspects as a community coping with gun violence visibly grieves. >> what you're seeing is someone taking a firearm and causing as much damage as possible to innocent people, and that's not something that we should accept in the united states of america. >> reporter: kion hardeman, a miami-dade county commissioner, also viewed the new video. do you believe there are additional shooters targeting these people >> the videos i've seen, to me, indicate that there is another vehicle that's involved. there is another shooter that's involved, at least one. >> reporter: as this manhunt enters its fourth day, violence unfolded with regularity recently in miami. from a brazen shooting last week, where a man fired his weapon in broad daylight, hanging out of a car window. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: to a south beach confrontation outside a famous restaurant. >> this past week was just out of control >> reporter: seemingly no space safe, as miami-dade's mayor addresses what she calls a dangerous cycle spawned by a few bad actors will this leave a scar on
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miami-dade >> nobody ever recovers from this kind of violence. >> reporter: the mayor stressing they would like to do whatever is possible to prevent this kind of tragedy, guys, from happening again. that starts in a few hours with a meeting in miami-dade county about intervening in young people's lives before they pick up a gun hoda and savannah, back to you. >> sam brock for us there in miami. thank you. now to the events marking the 100th anniversary of the tulsa massacre the spotlight was brighter than it ever has been on this year's anniversary, as the president traveled to tulsa to lead the remembrance. the first sitting president ever to do so after meeting with survivors, he called on the nation to confront its legacy of racist violence. >> i come here to help fill the silence. because in silence, wounds deepen remembrance do wounds heal. >> the presicial inequality, in
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black businesses, and leveling the playing field when it comes to housing he also announced that vice president kamala harris will lead the administration's push to protect federal voting rights. coming up on 7:14. craig joins us with more encouraging news on the fight against the coronavirus. >> more good news, indeed. savannah, hoda, good morning good morning to you, as well a drastic decline in cases is leading more cities and states to drop restrictions as the country edges even closer to normalcy nbc's anne thompson is in times square with that story and a new milestone just reached here in new york city. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. times square is coming alive again. it is noisy. there are people, and it is wonderful. here and across the country, the crowds are back. things are starting to feel almost normal. today, several cities across the country reached major new milestones in the fight against covid, as the nation moves ever closer to the end of the
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pandemic this morning, busy is back people working, playing, and getting together again >> people are finally coming back out >> reporter: new york city, once the global epicenter of the covid crisis, reaching a remarkable new milestone, reporting no pandemic-related deaths monday for the first time since july and the citywide virus positivity rate, once in excess of 40%, is now at less than 1% its lowest point. >> clear piece of evidence that new york city is coming back strong. >> reporter: across the country, cases and deaths plunged to their lowest levels in nearly a year this morning, ohio is dropping its mask mandate and capacity rules. the city of brotherly love is back open today, as philadelphia discards its capacity limits and distancing rules on pennsylvania avenue, the white house announcing many employees will return to in-person work next month. the president's next vaccination
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goal looms >> our goal by july 4th is to have 70% of adult americans with at least one shot. >> reporter: with more people getting vaccinations and summer just around the corner, travel bookings are bouncing back. >> we're seeing pent-up demand from all of the people who couldn't travel last year. >> reporter: if you're dreaming of europe, starting this week, several countries are rolling out a new digital travel certificate. it tracks a visitor's vaccine and virus history. qualifying visitors won't have to quarantine and can move more freely but variants, including a new hybrid out of vietnam, continue to raise concerns. one sign that while things are getting better, the world has yet to vanquish the virus. now, on the vaccine front, moderna has joined moderna has joined pfizer in asking the fda for full approval of its vaccine that requires at least six more months of data, one more sign that the country is really on
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its way back craig? >> we love when you bring good news, anne thompson. thank you. thank you, anne. let's say good morning to mr. roker. smiley today. >> all happy >> i am. i am because we're all together. >> we're together. >> it's all good i don't ever take that for granted. >> aw. >> nor should we we should always enjoy each other because, you know, we're all we got right now, take a look at what's going on out west, we've got record-setting temperatures. spokane probably set a record today. reno, fresno, eli, dangerous heat with heat advisories and warnings for 10 million people temperatures, 110 degrees. several records will be likely today. and california is in drought 100% of the state in drought 74% of it in extreme drought look at the reservoirs, a real problem with reservoir levels at 50% or lower this is going to be a tough time
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going into the summertime months for california and that warm weather finally is making its way east. look at this, chicago, you're going to be in the 90s saturday and sunday cincinnati, upper 80s. hartford going to see a temperature of 91 degrees. by sunday, 90 in washington, d.c. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the nextle good morning. we've got that coastal fog and it's keeping our temperatures cool to start. san francisco expect a high of 64 degrees. up through santa rosa and napa,
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considerable cooling in through the afternoon, only topping out in the upper 70s, but we'll remain warm in areas along the tri-valley. to the south bay i expect to see 80s in the forecast, this is just going to set us up to remain in the 80s. plenty of sunshine toward the weekend. t 30 30 seconds >> that is your latest weather savannah >> we love you, too, al roker. >> we do. coming up, tennis star naomi osaka returned home to los angeles to a new wave of support after her sudden withdraw from the french open. just ahead, what the sport's biggest tournaments are now committed to doing to improve things on and off the court for all the players. plus, the just released body cam video showing the heroic actions of police during an office shooting rampage. the bravy displayed that saveder it's beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. - or the beast. - the beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy.
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was armed with a handgun. i'm kris sanchez, the santa clara county sheriff released body camera video of last week's deadly vta rail yard shooting. we see two deputies and three san jose police officers closing in on the gunman within nine minutes of that first 911 call dispatch. at the time, the sheriff said there were 100 employees in the area and the gunman had more ammunition stashed around the yard. the sheriff says she wanted the community to know how well the two agencies worked together and how well their training worked with the active shooter protocol. let's get a look at our forecast. vianey is in for kari. nice temperatures today? >> yes, at least around the coastline, cool, we have the cloudy skies of course, a live look at the airport in san francisco, and let's take a look at san jose's temperature trend. we have some cloud cover out there, temperatures in the 50s overall, by about 11:00/12:00 around your lunch hour expect it to bump up into upper 60s and low to mid-70s but expecting to see a couple upper 80s and maybe
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some 90s through the tri-valley. laura? >> slow that down. see you in half an hour for another update.
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i'm not ready for that oh, the pool, maybe i'd try it morning, everybody good to have you along on a wednesday morning. 7:30 headlines now a community is mourning the loss of a firefighter killed during a shootout at a los angeles county fire station dozens of people gathered for a vigil last night to honor the 44-year-old engineer officials say he was killed yesterday while at work. the station's fire captain was also shot and is in critical condition. the suspect is an off duty firefighter who later returned home, barricaded himself inside, and then set his house on fire, according to officials a body believed to be that of the shooter was found at the property police say they have not determined the motive. the biden administration has suspended oil and gas leases in alaska's arctic national wildlife refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the trump administration the suspension revives a political fight over the remote 19 million acre region that is
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home to polar bears and other wildlife, as well as a rich reserve of oil. now to a graduation gift that's hard to beat. quite the big surprise during last weekend's commencement ceremony >> because you represent the best of your generation, we wish to give you a fresh start. therefore, the board of trustees has authorized me to forgive any debt [ cheers and applause >> yeah, that was university president, alfred anthony pickard delivering the good news the ceremony was attended by 2020 and 2021 classes because of the pandemic the black university was able to wipe out student debts through a number of scholarships you heard the students screaming. the parents screaming a little louder there in ohio. >> awesome meanwhile, after that
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stunning and surprising exit from the french open, tennis star naomi osaka is now back in the u.s. this morning. >> she arrived to new support from other athletes. her sponsors and fans. after taking a stand, in her words, to protect her mental health nbc's molly hunter has the very latest good morning >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. that's right, more heavy hitters are weighing in. novak djokovic, the latest to voice his solidarity he said, i've been there and understand it. he also says, we need her to be healthy, and he can't wait to see her back on the court. this morning, naomi osaka is back at home, arriving in los angeles one day after pulling out of the french open the organizers of the grand slam tournament now reaching out to osaka, offering support. mental health is a very challenging issue, their statement says it is both complex and personal, as what affects one individual does not necessarily affect another. the four-time grand slam winner and highest paid female athlete
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in the world publicly shared her struggles with mental health announcing her withdraw, the 23-year-old wrote she has suffered long bouts of depression since winning the u.s. open in 2018. >> all the chaos going on around her. >> reporter: after boycotting the media in paris, french open organizers gave osaka a stern warning, threatening to kick her out and handing down a $15,000 fine veteran tennis coach to the greats jaramillo says prepping his students off the court is vital. >> when i see that a player has talent and potential from their very early age, i start training them to be in front of the camera, to be in front of public because it's not only about hitting a forehand or backhand. >> reporter: venus williams offered her own approach. >> how i deal with it, i know every single person asks me a question and can't play as well as i can and never will. so no matter what you say or what you write, you'll never hold a candle to me. >> reporter: but american tennis
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star coco gauff says she knows other players have also struggled. >> i hope as a tour, that we can find ways to help her and help players going through situations like her >> reporter: more than a third of elite athletes report dealing with depression or anxiety kevin love got candid after a panic attack during an nba game, and michael phelps battled post-olympic depression. mental health experts say athletes often face unfair expectations. >> we equate success with health, right? somebody is successful, that automatically means they are healthy and that they can manage this moment. >> reporter: the grand slam tournaments say they will continue to improve the players' experience and look forward to welcoming osaka back to the court when she's ready >> we have wimbledon coming up in a couple weeks. we have the olympics a little later in the summertime. what's the story do you think naomi will play >> reporter: yeah, that's the big question, hoda it is a big couple of months, of course no indication yet that she's necessarily going to skip those tournaments. also no indication, though, that the rules are going to change to
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what she actually wants to see later this summer. hoda, savannah >> molly, thank you. we're going to continue this conversation in our next hour. carson is going to sit down witd their work to break the stigma in sports and beyond sports. up next, we are going to talk to this brave young lady, the teenager who, for better or worse, used her own bare hands to fend off a mama bear and save her beloved dog. how she is feeling about the wild encounter, and how her mom is feeling about what she did. first, these messages. >> man they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor
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>> i saw it. initially, i thought it was edited, one of the deep fakes. gadi schwartz has it from los angeles. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys yeah, this video is a parent's nightmare, literally the girl's mom you're about to meet said she couldn't sleep after what she saw her daughter do, all captured on their backyard security camera moseying her massive frame down a cinder block wall in a suburb outside of l.a., a big old mama bear stops as her cubs scamper underneath then come the cavalry, four backyard dogs barking at the intruders, the bear swiping with claws. and suddenly, in a flash, 17-year-old haley morinico rushes in. >> i was like, oh, my gosh, there is a bear, and it is taking my dog. it is lifting her off the ground if i don't do something about it, who knows what might happen to her >> reporter: now, to fully appreciate hailey's brawl against the bear, you have to see what she's talking about in slow motion.
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the bear grabs her service dog, valentina, something hailey told her tiktok followers she couldn't let happen. >> i have to protect her so i go over to the bears, i look her in the eyes and the first thing i think to do is push a bear, push an apex predator, man. >> reporter: experts say she's lucky, and humans should not fight bears barehanded unless you or your child is being attacked something her mom agrees with. >> i couldn't fall asleep, thinking of the horrible possibilities that could have happened thankfully, nothing did. >> reporter: in the heat of the fight haley tells nbc los angeles she sprained her if i think b-- finger. in the moment, all she could think was she had to protect her pup. >> she's the baby of the family. we go everywhere with her. couldn't bear to lose her or have anything happen to her. >> man those pups picked the right owner. gadi, are bears common in that area of southern california? >> reporter: yeah, this all happened in bradbury, at the foothills of the angeles
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national forest. hailey was surprised but not because there was a bear in the backyard but because it was a monday bears usually come on tuesday, which is trash day in the neighborhood she says she's seen those bears around before. she thought they were cute, but never that close again, her advice to others is the same as experts. don't try something like that yourself because the outcome could obviously be very, very different. >> by the way, that is pure instinct >> oh, yeah. >> you don't have a second to think. you just react. >> mama bear. >> oh, my word. >> two mama bears there. >> reporter: two seconds to get out there. >> gadi, thank you >> thanks, gadi. >> roker, would that have been al roker >> i would have said bye bye pepper i mean, i love pepper, but -- [ laughter ] >> i can always get another spice. because i knew the answer. i knew the answer. >> good thing you live in new york city. >> that's right. >> big rats. >> that would have been dog gone see ya later
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[ laughter ] >> don't show her this tape. okay anyway, let's look at what's happening for today. a lot of weather stretching from louisiana all the way up into the ohio river valley, and in fact, for tomorrow we've got a risk of severe weather 19 million people and that stretches from lynchburg up to philadelphia, new york, pittsburgh we're going to be watching this very closely today a cold front will move slowly advancing to the east, heat and humidity fueling these scattered storms we are going to watch this system push up into the northeast, and as it does, more heavy rain the severe threat will be up into the mid-atlantic on thursday rainfall, heavy rain through texas, one to three inches areas of three inches or more extending all the way up into the ohio, mississippi river valley and into the northeast and we've got the fog. you can see it here, using our live cam, a live look over the san francisco airport, certainly is seeing clouds in through the
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portions of the interior valley and san jose. today's temperature trend will continue to be a little bit cooler than what we've seen the past week, because that dry air mass that was sitting over the region has trekked out east. we're at about 56 degrees, expect to hit upper 70s and 80s. temperature difference right now running nine degrees cooler in livermore, getting even cooler towards the end of the week. >> that's your latest weather. guys >> deborah texted me she wants to talk to you after the segment is over. >> that's not the only reason. >> she said she won't save you from a bear either >> yeah, that's about right. all right. coming up, our celebration of pride month, beginning with a look at how far things have come 40 years after the first aids patients were diagnosed. >> joe fryer is going to share a powerful conversation of hardship and hope with four men from different generations, all living with hiv. first, your local news spirit.
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a very good morning. it is 7:56. i'm laura garcia. here is a look at what's happening now. >> i'm kris sanchez. the santa clara county sheriff released body camera video of last week's deadly vta rail yard shooting. we see two deputies and three san jose police officers closing in on the gunman within nine minutes of the first 911 call to dispatch. at the time the sheriff said there were 100 employees in the area and the gunman had more ammunition stashed around the yard. the sheriff wanted the community to know how well the two agencies worked together and how well their training worked with the active shooter protocol. i'm bob redell in san jose, at 11:00 this morning, the san jose police chief expected to share more information about what led two of his plain clothed officers to shoot and kill a man earlier this week. this happened monday night around 9:45 on tufts drive near
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068 and berryessa. the police say the two officers were in that neighborhood to collect information about an armed robbery, they made contact with the suspect in that crime, police have released surveillance photos from the moments just before the shooting that they say show the suspect was armed with a handgun. let's check the forecast right now, vianey is in for kari. hoy are we looking for this wednesday morning? >> a little foggy, maybe a lot depending on where you are. low clouds inland but look at the shot of the san francisco airport, you can see there we've got some limited visibility around the coastline but it helps keep temperatures a lot cooler, even in portions of the interior valleys and the south bay, upper 60s. it climbs into the upper 70s/low 80s, one of our warmest spots today of course tri-valley area, 57 degrees right now, and eventually we're going to climb up into the 80s but hey, at least no triple digits for today or near record highs. laura? >> you're speaking my language, not triple digits just yet.
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it's it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, butchered growing it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, butchered growing fallout after the largest meat supplier hacked the second major ransomware attack in less than a month. what it means for companies and consumers. >> this will just add further disruption to their lives and to their bottom lines then tackling mental health. with naomi osaka shining a light on the issue in pro sports, carson sits down with four nfl players fighting to break the stigma >> i needed help you know, i wasn't going to survive without help >> how they're changing the
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conversation off the field plus, remembering the aids epidemic we're kicking off our pride series with a look back at the crisis 40 years after the first diagnosis. >> an epidemic of a rare form of cancer >> joe fryer speaking with a group of men now sharing their inspiring story. >> people who, because they have been diagnosed, suddenly disappeared. we all knew what that silence meant. ♪ plus, show stopper >> meet the 10-year-old who clearly has talent the little kid with the big voice stealing the spotlight and wowing the judges. >> mariah better watch out. >> today, wednesday, june 2nd, 2021 ♪ >> good morning, "today. we're all here from lake martin, alabama. my name is kaylee, and we're
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celebrating my upcoming wedding june 12th. >> whoo! >> hi, we're the reman family from myrtle beach, south carolina. >> we watch the "today" show every morning. happy summer >> love it we love seeing your beautiful faces. those videos are awesome keep them coming we love having you part of the virtual plaza, and it is nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. >> indeed, it sure is. tomorrow on "today," it's been called the summer of princess diana the 40th anniversary of her royal wedding and what would have been her, get this, 60th birthday, both coming up next month. tomorrow, we'll have a live report from kensington palace, where her wedding gown is going on display. now let's get to your news at 8:00. the world's largest meat supplier is hoping to get most of its u.s. plants back online
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today after hackers crippled it with a ransomware attack tom costello has more on this latest cyber crime targeting americans in a way that can certainly affect their day to day lives. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. more infrastructure. this time, the critical food supply chain jbs, though, says it believes it is making significant progress in addressing the attack that was launched over the weekend. yesterday, six jbs plants were offline in the united states, as well as operations in canada and australia. as you mentioned, jbs is the world's biggest meat producer. a supplier to major u.s. brands including pilgrims, mcdonald's, costco, and walmart. the company told the white house it believes russian criminal hackers were behind the attack, demanding a ransom to free up the company computers. in a statement yesterday, jbs said the vast majority of our beef, pork, poultry, and prepared food plants will be operational today, wednesday it's just the latest pscyberattc
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against critical u.s. infrastructure last month, the colonial pipeline was hacked, shutting down a critical pipeline up the east coast and, as you know, squeezing gas pumps dry. president biden is meeting with vladimir putin in geneva in two weeks, and the white house says cybersecurity will be a top priority in the conversation experts kind of doubt that the kremlin will be in any way interested in actually going along and cracking down on russian criminal gangs that, for the most part, are targeting western governments and western companies. savannah, back to you. >> tom costello on our lead story, thank you very much. police in san jose released new body camera footage of the deadly workplace shooting at a rail yard last week that took nine lives it captures the chilling scene as officers hunt down the gunman we should warn you, the video is graphic and disturbing nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has that story >> reporter: just as the first officers were racing across the rail yard, gunshots could be heard coming from inside a building scrambling up a stairwell with guns drawn, a survivor suddenly
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emerges from an exit >> all right hands on your head >> back up. >> reporter: the team of sheriffs deputies and san jose police officers make entry >> ready >> yeah. >> reporter: once inside a dim dispatch center, the team of officers has no idea where the shooter is or if multiple gunmen are inside hiding. >> clear right. >> reporter: these are the heart-pounding moments as officers risk their own lives to >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: as the team closes in, yet another shot rings out the suspect is cornered. >> let me see your hands >> reporter: checking the stairwell for an ambush -- >> hold that stairwell. >> reporter: -- the team finds the suspect dead police blurred the video but said they found him with the gun still in his hand after taking his own life >> gun in his hand right there. >> stand by. >> they're willing to risk their lives going in there, knowing that other people can be saved >> reporter: nine men went to
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work that day and never came home targeted, investigators say, by a disgruntled coworker today, their lives are celebrated, as is the service from a group of heroic officers who rushed toward the gunfire, unsure if they, too, would ever go home. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news >> heroic indeed as for the investigation, police say the search for a motive remains ongoing. let's switch gears now so back in the '60s, karen was the third most popular name for baby girls born in the u.s like so many of the old favorites, it fell out of fashion. lately, it's been falling faster than ever. last year, only 325 newborn girls in the u.s. were named karen. >> huh. >> it plunged more than 170 places from the prior year, down to number 831. you can see it's been dropping even before karen became a meme, with some negative connotations. this year, it is expected to fall off of the top 1,000 list all together. >> oh, no.
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>> i'd like to give a shoutout to my best friend karen swenson and our senior producer. there are amazing karens. >> because they're karens but they're not karens they got a bad rap >> a lot of good karens out there. let's get a boost. >> derrick harris took a job as a school custodian in alabama eight years ago to pay for college. well, he worked up to paraprofessional while in night school this week, he graduated, and teachers and students threw him a good-bye party. >> congratulations >> thank you [ applause ] [ applause ] >> big moment there. when the teachers first found out derek was going to college, they became his school moms. helped him plan courses and gave him a hand with his homework the best part, derek is going to
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♪ a-hey, a-hey-hey ♪ ♪ ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪ welcome back. june i welcome back june is lgbtq plus pride month, and this morning, we are kicking off the series marking the milestones of the community and also the ongoing struggle for equality >> we start with the journey through the hiv/aids epidemic. nearly 40 years to the day since the first case of aids was diagnosed in this country. >> nbc news now anchor joe fryer sat down with those who lived through the crisis joe, good morning. >> good morning. so it was june 5th of 1981, when the first five cases of a mysterious disease were first
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reported a disease that would later become known as aids since then, the disease has claimed more than 700,000 lives in america today, more than 1.1 million people in the u.s. are living with hiv many are undetectable, healthy and thriving, including actor billy porter who recently became public with his diagnosis. this morning, we want to reflect on four decades of pain and progress ♪ >> reporter: at first, the deadly intruder did not have a name. >> a lifestyle of some male homosexuals has triggered an epidemic of a rare form of cancer >> reporter: but it quickly developed a reputation >> the deaths kept coming and coming. >> reporter: the fear was palpable >> i was terrified of passing on hiv to someone else. >> reporter: but in the years that followed -- >> it was pretty miraculous for me. >> reporter: -- so was the breakthrough. >> because of them, i can live a healthy and happy life. >> reporter: we sat down with four gay men from four different
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generations, all living with hiv. the oldest is jesse mayan, who's still haunted by the beginning of the epidemic. >> people who because they had been diagnosed suddenly disappeared. and we all knew what that silence meant. >> reporter: jesse was diagnosed in the '80s after losing his partner, george, and so many others. >> it was hard it was very hard >> reporter: at the time, many leaders were accused of ignoring the crisis because it was deemed a gay disease. president reagan didn't give his first major speech on aids until 1987, six years after the first diagnosed case. >> reporter: for dr. anthony fauci, the epidemic was a turning point. in 1984, he was the nation's top infectious disease expert, the same job he holds today. when there is resistance, was it hard to get the resources you needed
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>> well, in the beginning, it was. i mean, we were trying to convince people that this was not something that was going to go away. this is something that was going to get worse and worse >> reporter: to raise awareness, the aids memorial quilt was unveiled on the national mall. its organizers read the names of those who died some shared their stories publicly, including actor rock hudson, teen ryan white who tested positive after a blood transfusion. real world star pedro, and basketball star magic johnson. in 1995, a combo therapy known as the aids cocktail was ushered in, followed by even better medications, offering hope but there was no cure for the stigma. >> right now, there are millions of people with hiv suffering from social rejection because they and other people believe that they're infectious. they're not. >> reporter: diagnosed in 2003, bruce richmond says he was terrified of giving hiv to someone else >> so i didn't love. i just -- i isolated myself.
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i was depressed. at times, i was suicidal >> reporter: but then he learned medication could reduce his viral load to undetectable levels, meaning he couldn't transmit the virus so bruce started an advocacy group and coined the phrase "u equals u." undetectable equals untransmittable, a message endorsed by the cdc. >> it gave me hope it meant i could be intimate people with hiv can live healthy lives and not pass on the virus to anyone. that's a revolution. >> reporter: today, about 38,000 americans are still diagnosed each year. deandre moore was 19 and remembers staring at a window covered in butterfly stickers. >> that moment, all i could think is, if i could be a butterfly and fly away from here, then everything is going to be okay. >> reporter: raev had a similar reaction, he was 27. >> i knew next to nothing about what it meant to be diagnosed with hiv it was a steep learning curve.
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>> reporter: what did you learn? >> well, i learned that i'm not going to die i'm alive and well >> reporter: you think back to that moment with the butterfly what would you tell yourself in that moment? >> you're going to be okay you're going to be just as beautiful. >> reporter: today, all four of these men are undetectable, and all are advocates, sharing their stories to educate the public and fight the stigma. >> it's taken us 30 years of the aids crisis to teach the whole world that our lives and our loves are equal to everyone else >> it blows my mind, just how far we've come, and then just what's possible now. >> reporter: what is possible now? >> my mind immediately says what isn't possible that's the answer. >> another key breakthrough, a daily pill that people who are hiv negative can take to prevent
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getting the disease. as for an hiv/aids vaccine, it's not happened yet dr. fauci tells me he is cautiously optimistic that someday, we will have a vaccine that is successful 26-year-old deandre moore, who you saw there, hopes he is someday going to be part of an aids-free generation we want to give a big thank you to three organizations that helped us with that story there, the aids health care foundation, aids united and the prevention access campaign. >> it is incredible to see how far we've come in those decades. we all remember those scenes in the '80s there still is a stigma. isn't that what you learned? >> yeah, there is. it is kind of amazing, especially with young people, which is surprising. a recent survey of hiv-negative millenials say they avoid hugging or talking to or being friends with someone with hiv. people living with hiv often report being hesitant still to open by share their status because they fear losing friends, family, or abuse,
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whether it's physical, emotional, or mental >> billy porter just last week announced it. >> sign of bravery even now. it is needed now, more than before. >> he waited 14 years. waited to tell his mother. the stigma is still there. >> joe, thank you. >> thank you, joe. >> again, we will be celebrating pride all month across all four hours of "today. our streaming platforms and online at today.com/pride. mr. roker, 8:18 now. how about a check of the weather? >> precisely all right. let's take a look ahead at the month of june. right now, it's looking cooler than average down through the southwest and the gulf coast warmer than average on both coasts and the upper midwest precipitation wise, looking wetter than average from texas all the way to the mid-atlantic. drier than average out in the pacific northwest and into the western plains for today, we have a lot of wet weather stretching from the gulf all the way into the northeast later today. out west, the temperatures continue to soar we're going to be looking at record-setting temperatures. triple digits through the southwest. 80s and 90s in the gulf. we are expecting sunshine up and
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down the east coast, though some showers hugging the southeastern atlantic coast. strong storms firing up in good morning. it's about 8:19 right now, and we are going to see those clouds linger for the first half of our morning. take a live look over san jose, current temperature at 58 degrees. notice in the icons we have a mix of sun and clouds for the first half of the day, but eventually further in we'll get plenty of sunshine as the temperatures begin to warm up in the 70s and the upper 80s in antioch and we'll cool off for the remainder of the week ahead. >> that's your >> that's your latest weather. best time of the morning. >> what time is it, al >> "pop start" time. bam. >> let's get to it mary j. blige, the queen of hip hop and soul has a documentary, "mary j. blige, my life. it explores the making of the singer's 1994 hit album of the
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same name. in the first trailer for the documentary, blige reveals how making that record came at one of the most difficult times in her life here's a look. >> in the neighborhood we lived in, it was like prison there was a lot wrong, and there was a lot i needed to get out. ♪ please ♪ >> my life is probably my darkest album. it's one of the darkest times i've had most of the times, i was just depressed and didn't want to live i had it all inside, and i was able to sing it and write it i didn't know that so many people felt the same way it made it okay for people to say, it's all right to be me >> we still don't get to see that a lot, you know, still. >> that album is incredible. "my life" went three-times platinum, 85 weeks on the billboard hot 100. blige calls it one of the most inspiring albums of all time the documentary is great amazon prime video june 25th anybody ever seen mary j. blige? >> not live. >> here. >> one of the best live shows
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ever she performs live as if it is the last show she's ever going to do, and she does it every time so good. >> wow. next up, tiffany haddish, the actress and comedian, is opening up about plans to adopt. speaking with "entertainment tonight," haddish explains she's already completed the parenting classes required to go through the adoption process here's what she had to say on becoming a mom. >> i really wanted to be a foster parent. you know, because i'm at a certain level of success, my lawyer suggested it's probably best to just adopt i want to give somebody that's, like, 5 and up, already knows how to use the restroom, already knows how to talk, already knows how to communicate, and then all i'm doing is pouring knowledge, you know, pouring knowledge in, get them ready for the big, bad world. >> that's cheating. >> exactly. >> no matter how many classes she's taken, it ain't enough >> she'll be fantastic >> haddish has been open about being raised in the foster care system, so it is not surprised she's interested in adopting an
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older child. wishing you nothing but the begs tiffny on this exciting new chapter. "america's got talent. you saw the tease earlier today. the competition series premiered last night with impressive acts, including a 10-year-old boy named peter rosalia who stunned the judges with his vocals on this song, "all by myself. all f here's a peek. do ♪ all by myself don't wanna liv myself anymore ♪ all by myself anymore ♪ >> what the -- >> that's crazy. >> you know what i was going when i was 10, hoda? >> what, tell me eating spoonfuls of dirt >> you need on the show, carson. >> peter was told mariah carey better watch out peter wunlt the only one showing
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off an amazing iing voice last t the northwell health nurse choir, made up of front line heros here in new york, had a mash-up of "lean on me" and "stand by me." ♪ stand, stand by me call on me and i'll be there ♪ ♪ call on your brother when you need a hand we all need somebody to lean on ♪ >> how about that? >> brilliant. >> awesome. >> they impressed the judges so much so, here is what howie mandel had to say about that >> what a perfect song, "stand by me. you stand by people you don't know you watch horror and you watch strength i thought, i just want to stand by you stand by you >> thank you, howie. >> you know why i want to stand
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for you? so i can do this ♪ i think to myself ♪ >> there you go. >> all the way. >> nurses got that golden buzzer to send them that puts them through to the live shows at the dolby theater in hollywood. >> can we have them here after they win >> there was a special for northwell health on wnbc a fundraiser on monday they are amazing. >> wow we need them here. >> "agt" is tuesday nights, 8:00/7:00 central here on nbc. >> good one. finally, jennifer aniston, in case you haven't heard, there was a big "friends" reunion, they say, last week. rachel green herself took to instagram yesterday to share some behind the scenes photos from the taping of the show posting this pic with a selfie with the whole cast. aniston writing, basking in the love from the "friends" reunion. next, she shared a snap of david schwimmer on the couch with justin bieber and his wife, hailey
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you know justin popped up in the fashion show segment finally, one more on aniston alongside legendary tv director that is james burrows who actually worked on the very first season of "friends". does this prove the reunion happened >> could be deep fakes, carson. >> good "pop start." you're not done yet, young man. you have an important conversation to share in the next half hour and timely, too. >> that's right. four nfl players changing the game when it comes to mental health for athletes, which has been in the news a lot lately. we're going to chat with them, share our interview and some wise words first, your local news
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good morning. it's 8:26. i'm cierra johnson. as fire dangers increase, people in alameda will have a system to tell people when to evacuate. all alameda county residents have been divided into zones which you can see on their websites. residents can enter their address to know their zones. parts of santa cruz already use this system, and i know fire danger is at the top of a lot of folks' minds and it is kind of early, but it's been it's been so hot. >> the triple digit temperatures along with the dry air was not helping, but with this cloud cover and the fog that is going
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to bring some relief from the heat which also decreases the fire danger activity. over the next couple of hour, we'll notice temperatures climb into the 70s. we'll get some of the clouds to burn off into the interior valleys and it will be a lot clearer along the coast and the peninsula and you'll get away from the heat. '80s expected in livermore between 1:00 and 2:00. a cooling trend is expected to remain in toward the rest of this week and as we head into the weekend, for now, no rain in sight and we're keeping the sunshine for sure. >> over to you. >> we'll have another local news update for you in about a half hour.
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♪ and isn't it ironic don't you think ♪ ♪ it's like rain on your weddin day ♪ free ride when you've already paid >> so many alanises in the car. >> 8:30, a '90 iconic music video. alanis morissette's "ironic. why are we showing this? she is joining us live tomorrow on "today. can you remember >> 100%, yes "jagged little pill," huge record in the '90s she's gone on to do great
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things >> the 25th anniversary to her hit album. that'll be cool. >> it was supposed to happen with the pandemic but got messed up i think they have a broadway show about "jagged little pill." we'll catch up with her tomorrow just ahead this morning, you have a story we can't wait to see. timely. >> i do. there's so much talk about athletes and mental health recently, i had a chance to sit down with four stars in the nfl to talk about their struggles. breaking the stigma, as you can imagine, at the highest level of sports, and why they say something once seen as a weakness can be a secret weapon on the field and in life. also ahead, the wonderful julianne moore oh, there she is we're going to chat with her about a spooky new series that will keep you up at night. it is a stephen king special. >> look forward to that. and chris matthews is also with us this morning looking back at a career that took him from a life in politics to covering politics front row seat to history.
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and speaking of history, just ahead in the "3rd hour of today," a true living legend dick van dyke. i loved catching up with him this time, we talked about which role was the most fun, the performance he said wrecked his nerves, and the big honor he's about to receive >> man. >> cool, cool. >> that's awesome. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's take a look, see what you have coming up for your weekend. we start with friday, isolated showers up and down the eastern seaboard, into the gulf. record highs in the plains sunshine out west, they could really use some rain not going to get much of it saturday, with record heat stretching from the southwest into the plains. warming up in the northeast, mid-atlantic states. flood risk continuing down in texas, and then sunday, sunday, near record highs through the northeast and great lakes. gulf rain continues. not quite so hot out west and a and the cloud cover is definitely making its impact right now, keeping our temperatures pretty much cool through the majority of the bay
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area. fog along the coalivermore. livermore is one of those areas that will quickly warm up into the 80s. however, no triple digits expected for today. once the clouds clear out we will see a lot of sunshine especially in inland areas. take a look at the 24-hour temperature change compared to the same time yesterday. about five degrees cooler. we'll stay on trend through the weekend. >> that is the latest weather. savannah >> al, thank you. turning now to our ongoing series "mind matters." with tennis star naomi osaka opening up about her depression and anxiety, the mental health of professional athletes is in the spotlight again. >> carson, you shared a conversation with four nfl players, guys you don't typically hear talking about their mental health struggle. >> yeah, and it was a great conversation we're proud of it. four nfl stars who are leading the charge when it comes to breaking the stigma around mental health. each of them brought a unique perspective to the table as we talked about what it means to be a pro football player sharing
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something so personal. >> reporter: for 17 sundays during the year, some of the world's greatest athletes go >> reporter: while physical performance is key t aspect of health. >> for a long time, i mean, i was only focused on staying physically strong. your brain is a muscle, too, and it is something you have to practice >> reporter: a groundbreaking new nfl campaign is tackling mental health head on. i had a chance to sit down with four players leading the conversation solomon thomas of the las vegas raiders hit a low after he lost his sister. >> i needed help i wasn't going to survive without help >> reporter: dj chark, a wide receiver for the jacksonville jaguars, first recognized his struggle with anxiety at lsu. >> whether it was football related or not, i'd always be nervous. >> reporter: demario davis of the new orleans saints had learned that working on his mind was just as important as working
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out. >> the spiritual, mental, physical, you can't leave the mind behind. >> reporter: and adam thielen of the vikings shines the light on youth mental health through his foundation. >> i can't explain how important it is to just say, "hey, i have some things going on, and i need your help. we're there to help them now >> this is the moment for us to strive forward as humanity and be able to overcome this stigma around mental health >> reporter: you think people perceive you as being soft if you're talking about your mental health >> i still think the stigma is pretty strong. that's one reason i didn't start speaking right away about my depression, my journey, and my sister's journey, as well. i was afraid of what fans would think, if teammates would think i'm soft. >> you come out and speak on it, first thing is, he's weak or he's not a leader. it's like, oh, we don't want that on the team. >> i think that shows courage when you come open and say, i have whatever it is. >> reporter: me, too. >> i have this issue, something i'm struggling with. that's courage to come out and tell your brothers that in the locker room. >> reporter: these guys say the expectations of what it means to
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be an nfl player can add a whole new level of pressure. demario, there's this idea for people, it's football sunday here we go, tailgate we watch the gladiators come out of the tunnel. do you think by the nature of what you do professionally, it is even harder to express mental issues >> even if you want to look at gladiators on the field, what makes the best gladiator he needs to be as mentally sharp as he is physically. >> reporter: what can the nfl do >> i think the nfl's new mental health mandate a couple of years ago was great. making sure they have at least a psychologist or a therapist on every staff and making them available to everyone. but that really wasn't enough. >> reporter: now, the nfl has the hall of fame initiating a behavioral health program for players and families, and the league releasing a video series highlighting resources for players and fans. >> keep fighting keep going as bad and as dark as it gets, i promise you, there is somebody
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out there in your life that loves you and that will support you and help you get out of that situation. >> reporter: i think a way to break the stigma is leadership, right? using your platform, which the four of you are doing, is so important. for people watching this right now, what is your message for them >> it's okay to not be okay. you know, it's okay to be sad, awkward, whatever it is. go get help. there's help available >> just know you're not alone. i know that for a fact once i opened up, i found people who i'm able to have conversations with guys that you who i never thought i'd have a conversation with, definitely about this, definitely on the "today" show. >> i commend all you gentlemen as heros because of your honesty and transparency and being an example to many people to say, you know, hey, we don't have it all right. we're not perfect, but it's okay we're going to do this together. because of that, you guys are all leaders and heros, and i appreciate you guys. >> you can't underscore how important that conversation is, and for them to be speaking up like that. it wasn't that long ago, "the new york times" wrote a great article on it yesterday, about mental health, you could google athletes depression and get
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nothing. if you're a young athlete in college and feeling weird, feeling like you have anxiety, there was nothing there. it takes men like this, certainly takes kevin love, demar derozan in february of 2018 we've talked about michael phelps, people talking about it. it unlocks a thousand stories behind it. when they come out and talk, someone relates to it and someone's better off for it. >> used to be people waited until they were done with the sport, like terry bradshaw or phelps these guys are in the middle of it. >> naomi said it beforehand, this is happening. it is an important conversation to break the stigma, and i'm proud of those guys, especially at the nfl level we put them on such a pedestal thanks so them there is more of that conversation, by the way, as you can imagine. i spoke for about an hour with those guys if you want to watch it, today.com, you're welcome to do that. >> thank you, carson. >> you got it, guys. up next, we're fired up. oscar winner julianne moore is here she'll tell us about diving into kingspooky world of stephen
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we are back, 8:41. oscar winner julianne moore is returning to her talented, yet terrifying ways in the new stephen king series. >> julianne stars as a grieving widow, haunted by visions and realities about her late husband who was an author, as she struggles to keep his unreleased work hidden from the real world. take a look. >> those papers, unpublished works they need to be collected, examined it's part of the job >> it's so funny that you came today because i was just looking at your yearbook, picture of the hero who saved the famous writer's life. but i think reality, it was like a rabbit, you came back though to get your picture taken and get the credit i never care about credit at all, but you are not getting in there, and you're never going to see his papers
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>> that was not the creepy part. julie ann joins us, it's so great to see you >> good morning. >> tell us, what traits does a character need to have for you to say yes, i'm going to play that she is an interesting character. what was it about her? >> i don't know, honestly, that it's the character that i'm looking for. i think it's story you know, i think i want to know what story are we telling? that is what we are compelled by, the narratives this one was so wonderful because it really is a story about a very long, committed marriage and i thought that that was unusual. so it's kind of like a love story and a supernatural story all rolled into one. i found that fascinating. >> it's a love story with a lot of screaming. >> uh-huh. >> can we just say now, how do you perfect your scream are you going around the house during the pandemic just screaming? i heard your throat even got a
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little sore. >> oh, you know, it is a talent of mine, screaming i have to say. i'm a good screamer. no, unfortunately, with screaming, you just go there and you have to make sur on friday night. usually, you lose your voice and it was always, you know, pablo, who was our magnificent director, the end of the week he'd be like, we're going to do some screaming you know, it was also an expression of her grief. that's what it was, and that's what i thought was interesting you saw how this woman interacted in the world and also how she was alone and how enormous her pain was. sometimes it was reflected in the scream. >> i was looking back, julianne, to the beginning of your career, thinking, where did this whole thing start? i saw that it started on soap operas like on "as the world turns. >> that's right. >> is there anything you learned way back in the day, or is there a line that sticks with you that
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you say, i cannot get this one out of my head >> i'll tell you what didn't i learn. what you really learn is a work ethic. you go to work every single day, you're there at 7:00 in the morning and finish at 7:00 at night, if you're lucky you have to know your lines. you have to be prepared. you work with lots of different people the pace is quick. i think everything -- i mean, everything i learned about being an actor professionally i learned on the soap opera. but there were funny things, too. i think my favorite line i ever said on "as the world turns" is, now i know kevin is out of jail, i think i'll take a nap. that was classic >> that covers a lot of territory. >> exactly a lot of information in that one. >> i was reading about your folks and upbringing, and i thought it was cool, you said your parents, you know, they thought you were -- i think you said, like, they thought you were entitled to take a crack at it, to try to be an actor. they supported you, and you know there are a lot of parents who are like, that's great that you're into the arts and
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everything, but here's an accountant degree. >> right, right. >> that's a pretty big deal for a parent to put their faith in you and say, all right, you go take your shot >> oh, my goodness, yes. i'm so, so appreciative because i think my parents -- you know, like all parents, they want us to be happy and have a good job and be able to take care of ourselves. obviously, a career in the arts doesn't always necessarily work out. i think that they knew that i should try i think i always felt if it doesn't work out, i'll do something else they're incredibly supportive always. >> we were teasing your story to the affiliates around the country, and we mentioned that you were 60. everyone was convinced that we had a typo. >> no one believed it. >> no one believed it. >> honestly, next time you're here, we do want to check your i.d. because i'm not sure i believe it either. >> we don't. >> all right >> thank you >> happy birthday. >> thank you so much >> thank you. >> "lisey's story" is this
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friday on apple tv plus. "spirit untamed" hits theaters soon, i'm sure. >> friday, that's right. >> thank you. up next, we'll talk to chris matthews about his new memoirs
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our next guest, chris matthews, has really seen it all. the political insider turned on-air pundit head sits on capitol hill, working with legendary house speaker tip o'neill, writing speeches for president jimmy carter before turning to journalism, then a 20-year run as the host of "hardball" on msnbc. now, he has a memoir, "my life in politics and history. good morning good to see you. >> you're great and always upbeat it is so great to get up and see you, you and hoda.
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you know, i think, like you, i've had the joy of having a real fellowship and friendship with our audience all these years. i really feel them they say, i miss you, and it means a lot to me. this woman, this happened a number of times, said my husband watched you to the very end. i mean, it is warm and affectionate this book of mine is a way to tell them, i had another life before you saw me on tv. it's a life that had a lot of adventure, years in africa, bumming around in my 120 suzuki teaching business, and hitchhiking in africa. then all this political stuff, "inside the back room," fighting with president reagan and making deals with him, and being on air force one with jimmy carter before that, writing speeches for president of the united states to give at the next stop. being at the berlin wall when it was coming down, and interviewing people on the communist side, being in south africa with archbishop tutu as he was voting for the first time at the age of 62
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they got rid of apartheid and nelson mandela was elected i just went through a lot of it but it's been on my mind one thing about being off the o and really write full-time i never had that before. >> you know, you cover a lot of territory there. you've had quite the life, in both politics and journalism i was thinking about that. you actually happen to be on the front lines. you saw a lot of history in person, both as a politico and as a journalist. what was your favorite between the two, being on the inside doing it, or on the outside covering it? >> being up in air force one with a typewriter, knocking out speeches, that was pretty exciting also, you know, i mentioned the berlin wall. i have to say the most exciting moment of my life as a jourjou journalist was standing. it was raining at night. the brandenburg gate was about to open. people were milling around, waiting for it to open to cross over to the west i was interviewing people, like you do every morning
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i said, what does freedom mean to you, to a young guy in his i said in german, and he said, talking to you in that moment, i realized, everything iron curtain, everything we were brought up to believe about communism was true they weren't allowed to speak or talk to anybody. one young woman, a nurse, said, you know, we want to talk about capitalism and socialism, but they said, we want to make our decisions ourselves. we want to make our decision what to do in life i think that's what is at stake with democracy even here in this country. in south africa, i was interviewing people as they were voting for the first time in their lives. africans who had stood in line for hours to vote the first time a young woman was standing in line i was struck by the fact she was white, and she said, a white woman said, this is the day i waited for my whole life we've seen wondrous things in our lives, and i've been able to be right there when they happened usually it's good news it's getting to freedom.
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that's why i think we should treasure the freedom we have in this country to vote and to have this conversation, you know. just to talk the way we're thinking >> no question about it. chris, you hosted a show called "hardball. i've been your guest on the show you never were afraid of a hard question i'm going to ask you flat out, you left msnbc, retired, and you apologized for some inappropriate comments in the past. >> sure. >> about women you write about it in the book you took it on you've reflected on it. >> sure. >> what did you learn, and what has that experience taught you >> well, i own it. it's part of my life you know, i think i understood because my wife played tennis -- you're an athlete, too -- my wife played tennis at stanford the women's team had to pay for its own road trips the men got everything paid for. these little things that are big in your life, you can't go on road games i saw the need for gender equality in this business of television i made a rule from the beginning of the chris matthews show, which you were wonderful to come on, and i said 50/50 every week,
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equal men and equal women. we're going to stick to that rule never broke that rule. also, my top executive producers have been women. the best of them right now, you know, klank, tammy understand, first of all, i didn't pick those women because they were women. they're the best that's why i picked them they're the best executive producers. where i fell down and made a mistake, where i did something wrong, i had a habit occasionally complimenting women on their appearance. it is not a compliment in the workplace to compliment on someone's appearance and maybe i'm old school i'm not making defenses. i own it i lost the show over it, so i learned my lesson. you're right to bring it up, and i'm glad you did i wouldn't have brought it up myself, but you brought it up. it's your job to ask the tough questions. i always say, the viewer out there is counting on us to answer the question they have in mind. >> yup. >> you certainly nailed me with that one thank you, savannah. >> chris -- >> part of the chris matthews story, whether i like it or not. but this book, i think, puts it
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all in context i wrote about that incident. i've done this before. i did it one too many times, complimenting people you know, years ago, that was considered a nice thing to do. it is not a nice thing to do, especially in the workplace, to a person -- >> i brought it up, but there is a whole life in this memoir. you were really there on the front lines of history the book is called "this country. go to today.com/shop to check it out. we're back in a moment
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third hour coming up good morning. it is 8:56. i'm cierra johnson. we will talk more about the deadly police shooting shutting down northbound lanes of highway 57. the man killed by two police
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officers monday night. police have released surveillance images they say stanley was armed with a gun. two plain-clothes officers were in the neighborhood. happening now the chief is expected to speak at 11:00 a.m. and bob riddell will be following that story and we'll have more information in the midday newscast. you can head to the homepage for more of the back story. the unthinkable happened, when a gunman killed nine of his coworkers in the rail yard shooting. the memorial continues to grow at san jose city hall. now new body camera video shows the response of law enforcement as they hoped in on the gunman. you can go to our homepage, we have a link to some of the body cam video. we'll have more updates for you in about a half hour.
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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the "3rd hour of today." >> good wednesday morning. welcome to the "3rd hour of today." it is june 2nd. craig melvin with al roker. this is sheinelle jones. this is dylan dreyer. that's baby dreyer there. have we gotten a name yet? >> in my head. i'm not telling. >> oh, you have a name? >> yes, we have a name. >> you settled on a name? >> we have a name. >> that's breaking news. >> you buried the lead. >> no one knows. >> can you give a clue? >> does brian know? >> he knows. >> calvin knows, and he is very good at

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