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we'll tell you why as we kick off with you. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. president biden's first international trip as leader of the free world is underway today mr. before thens the first stop was to visit some u.s. troops. he delivered this message. >> we're going to make it clear that the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle some of the most challenges. >> i'm heading to the g7, then to nato and then to meet with mr. putin to let him know what i want himo know >> coming up, a live update on the u.k. from pete sedgwick. the largest beef supplier in the world paid russian hackers $11 million to recover its

files. last month's crippling ransomware attack on jbs shut down meat plants across the u.s. and australia for at least a day. jbs was able to get mosts systems back on without help but chose to keep its files safe the company's ceo said they made tho pay so there square was not for president trump's controversial photo op at church. they cleared protesters so that a contractor could install fencing. critics have asserted that the former president or his attorney general ordered that operation to pave the way for an act of political theater. the report did find that the then attorney general william barr urged officials to speed things up once trump decided to walk through that area trump thanked the ig for totally

exonerating struggling to ramp up. erin mclaughlin has what you can expect >> reporter: may, frances. at airports across the countrys delays and media reports that tsa is experiencing staffing shortages with union members warning that this won't be an easy fix airports across the country, some are scrambling for staffing with record number of travelers returning to airports after historic pandemic lows more than 130 of the nation's largest airports are struggling to staff airport screeners the ripple effect from the tsa shortage already being felt by travelers at major airports. >> it is crazy. >> security lines so long in austin and charlotte, hundreds of travelers have missed their flights while airports in detroit, denver, outside of

wash among the hardest hit. >> reporter: with travel, a top tsa official asking for help. union reps say this problem can't be solved overnight. >> you can't train a tsa agent in a matter of weeks this is a very dangerous jobs but we give them minimum wage pay. >> reporter: tsa says they're well-positioned to meet rising traveller volumes. the agency began in the winter with $1,000 incentives for positions nationwide if you're traveling this summer, experts say arrive at the airport two to three hours before your flight and don't forget to wear your mask it's still a federal requirement, both at the airport and in the air frances? >> erin, thank you president biden's

vaccination goal of at least 70% of dose by july 4th is weeks away, but the fallen now vaccine doses are piling up and goin potentially millions of johnson & johnson doses will expire. in ohio 200,000 shots may need to be thrown out >> many are working and learning from home for over a year now. living rooms, dining rooms, guest bedrooms have been turned into offices just how clean are those spaces. nbc's vicky nguyen went swabbing for answers. >> reporter: as many as 70% of employees reported working from home now companies say they can work remotely as much as they want. cleaning crews sanitize desks daily but can we say the same for our home offices the ones we share with kids,

pets and our meals ho for invisible living cells. it's a germ meter. the higher the number the dirtier the surface. >> i swab my keyboard. mouse conveniently located next to my open food and desk >> reporter: here we go. it's not promising when there's visible dirt on the swab next i prep the sample and it mixes a reagent. >> i know the results are going to be bad because i've cleaned this area exactly this many times. i got a result of 1,513. for reference, hospitals are expected to keep their high touch surfaces below 100 we don't expect to have the same level of cleanliness in the average home, but 1500 indicates my keyboard could use some cleaning my mouse slightly lower at 1144

but my desk -- whoa, this one by far, 7506. help me out, my generous teammates agreed to swap their work spaces. many of their numbers were even higher than mine. >> oh, gross, 3200 on my keyboard >> 3,285 don't judge me. >> 12,743. is this bad, joe >> bad grade. >> producer jamie swabbed her work space. >> 7,319 disgusting. >> and her daughter. >> 5,736 gross. out of the three surface, keyboards were the germiest with an average of 6115 we took a trip to my desk at "30 rock" to compare it's cleaned a lot more often and it has this sign that says this area has been cleaned and disinfected.

i do the same three swabs. again, the keyboard is still dirtiest compared to the desk and mouse but at 251 it's far cleaner than any of our home offices. >> time to disinfect thanks for that report. a man who worked at the pomona fair plex vaccination site is accused of stealing more than 500 blanco individual 19 vaccination cards. he was charged wit grand theft prosecutors say those cards are worth 15 bucks apiece if they are sold illegally his arraignment is set for august 5th. there's something that will burn, burn, burn the skies this morning. it will be visible until 5:30 eastern. the partial eclipse can be seen in parts of the southeast, northeast, midwest and northern alaska if you miss it, nasa is streaming it online. >> truly beautiful. let's bring in nbc meteorologist janessa webb she has a look at our day.

hey, janessa, good morning >> good morning. yes, that eclipse, super exciting the clouds will be splitting apart. should be good viewing this morning. the temperatures still very toasty we're seeing the humidity levels still in the upper 70s we're going to continue to watch that be broken down this morning into your afternoon but we're going to see more refreshing air as this back door cold front starts to make its way through new york city, 81. we're going to be about 10 degrees lower than yesterday afternoon. boston, 73still slightly above e now this bubble of warm air, it continues from the upper midwest to the central tier. that stays in place all weekend long for your saturday and sunday this is still some records going to be broken in that area. watching the severe weather threat for today large hail damaging wind gusts

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money. >> i would be so very grateful if administration would consider giving the scholarship to someone who's going to community college. >> reporter: was this a spur of the moment decision? >> i was very proud and happy. it sat down and started hitting me someone else needs it more i made my mind up that i would do the right thing. >> reporter: berta whoa who is e to harvard, her mother worked 80 hours a week while attending community college. when you were young were you watching your mom work and go to school at the same time? >> yeah. i said, you can do it. hat. >> i know that this lady is going to make a change in the world one day. >> reporter: and she already has. morgan radford, nbc news, new york so incredible on so many

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right now at 4:30, mask confusion continues to grow as cal osha changes its tune on masks in the work place. what this decision means for you right before the state reopens in five days. and a violent attack puts a san francisco shopkeeper in the hospital. now his daughter is speaking out about how his life will be forever changed. "today in the bay" starts right now. good thursday m