it's going to heat up as we go into the weekend so maybe a little less fog for the weekend. unfortunately we have one problem in the bay area, south bay 880, a crash leaves a big rig in the middle of the road. >> we will have an update in half an hour. >> we will see you back here at 7:25. have a great day. good morning summer surge >> it's far more intention patients are sicker, younger. >> health officials sounding the alarm begging americans to get vaccinated amid a wave of covid ses. new ones doubling daily. concerns it could spike higher as kids head back to school. we will take you inside a hard-hit hospital and sharp the latest warning from desperate doctors. biggest bill ever.

debate grows over the $3.5 trillion piece of legislation aimed at almost every part of the american economy republicans rallying against the massive bill set forth by president biden, but the white house and democrats may not need their support. >> we're going to get this done. >> we're live with the very latest on capitol hill. fires and floods. terrifying scenes out west thousands of firefighters battling deadly wildfires with no signs of relief amid record heat waves, while in arizona, that's not a boat. flash flooding turns streets into raging rivers al's got the latest forecast. inexcusable. a scathing new report raises troubling questions about the fbi's handling of allegations against disgraced gymnastics doctor larry nassar. why did they wait nearly a year as young girls remained in harm's way what the fbi is now saying and how nassar's victims are responding those stories, plus --

victory for britney. a big win for britney spears after an incredibly emotional day in court the pop superstar celebrating an online post, as she gets one step closer to winning her conservatorship battle with a powerful new lawyer by her side. and bang for the bucks >> holiday, he banks it home >> the milwaukee bucks rally to defeat the phoenix suns to even the nba times at two games apiece. >> this building is shaking! >> today, thursday, july 15, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey. welcome to "today. happy you're joining us this

thursday morning the gang's all here. >> by gang, you mean chip and joanna gaines, we mean. >> i can't believe they're here in studio. >> and starting a whole new network. cannot wait to catch up with them a summer surge and frightening numbers. look at this graph hard to believe. after months of decline, the curve is no longer flattening with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks. >> the reason it's clear that highly contagious delta variant now accounting for nearly 60% of new cases, and this comes as vaccinations have dropped 54% in the last week nbc's gabe gutierrez is in hard-hit arkansas. cases there, get this, up nearly 300% from one month ago. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: hi, hoda. good morning covid patients at this little rock hospital are doubling every ten days and doctors are telling them they regret not getting the covid vaccine when they had the chance over the past three weeks new

covid cases nationwide doubling daily. public health officials expect the highly contagious delta variant to keep spreading through at least september prime back to school season. >> unfortunately the worst is yet to come. it's going to get worst before it gets better in terms of spread of this infection right now. >> reporter: in some states the surge is already here. >> we're going to overwhelm the health care system here in arkansas within the next 14 days >> reporter: remarkably, the chief nursing officer at the university of arkansas for medical sciences says for them this covid wave is the worst they've seen. >> far more intense. the patients are sicker, they're younger. >> reporter: across country for many a new school year is just weeks away kids under the age of 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine will head into the classroom without a shot of protection 60% of children who are eligible for the vaccine still have not gotten it. so there are growing concerns schools could fuel the delta

spread. ♪ this light ♪ >> reporter: on the wednesday, pop sensation olivia rodrigo visited the white house to try to change that speaking directly to her younger fans. >> it's important to have conversations with friends and family members and encouraging all to get vaccinated. >> reporter: the reason is clear. the five states with the biggest two-week jump in cases all had lower vaccination rates. >> the tidal wave is coming towards our unvaccinated population this variant is spreading quickly and this variant has the ability to devastate those in its wake, she shouldn't have got sick >> reporter: in arkansas claire meyers sister battled the virus three weeks. she didn't think the vaccine mattered she died on friday >> it destroys your family in the blink of an eye. one minute she was okay and then one minute she wasn't. >> reporter: so the concern here is for younger people ahead of

the back-to-school season. but, hoda, doctors here at this little rock hospital say about 20% of their current patients are pregnant women who were reluctant to get the vaccine, hoda. >> horrifying. thank you, gabe. in washington this morning president biden is pushing congress to pass a new $3.5 trillion plan the bill would overhaul everything from early childhood education to health care to the tax code the biggest most expensive piece of legislation ever to pass through congress nbc's gary hake joins with more. >> reporter: good morning, savannah this massive piece of legislation still in the process of being written, by the way, would touch nearly every aspect of the american economy. democrats say it's what president biden ran on and what the american people want and they'll need every democratic senator to agree to overcome complete republican opposition. the new spending plan rolled out by senate democrats wednesday would be the single biggest and most expensive piece of legislation ever passed by the u.s. congress. >> we're going to get this done. >> reporter: it's the latest in a move of sweeping moves by president biden essentially reshaping the economy.

focusing on democrat priorities, like expanding social and environmental programs and facing universal republican opposition. >> the most consequential piece of legislation proposed since the great depression and fdr. >> reporter: this week families of around 60 million american children will begin receiving child tax credit payments of $300 a ma or more part of a stimulus plan and the new proposal child care, health care and climate change the $3.5 trillion includes clean energy, pay for universal pre-k for 3 and 4-year-olds and add new hearing, vision and dental care to medicare among dozens of other provisions it would be paid for largely with tax increases on corporations and families making more than $400,000 per year. along with a string of measures think year pumping money into the economy sparking fierce of inflation, currently soaring with highest rates since 2008. democrats going it alone with no

support from republicans who say the plan focusing on a liberal agenda. >> to me that's $3.5 trillion it was announced last night really is the extreme democrats freight train to socialism >> reporter: under special budget rules democrats could pass their legislation without republicans, needing all 50 senate democrats to back it. as for those child tax credit payments, the easiest way to think about them is this, if you got a stimulus check in the last year and have a child under 18 years old you're eligible. helping to lift 5 million people out of poverty. >> thank you very much. a major development overnight in the mounting political crisis in cuba for the first time cuba's president accepting some responsibility as protests spread across the country. nbc's kerry sanders is in

miami's little havana where many cuban-american, calling for change kerry, good morning. >> reporter: so good morning you know, after blaming the united states and it's embargo for the unrest in cuba, this morning cuba president miguel diaz canal is acknowledging his own government shortcomings that resulted in soaring prices and shortages of food and medicine, but it is unclear this morning if the communist government's admission of some culpability will be enough to quell the largest protest on that island in more than 30 years. in a national address over night, cuba's president admitting for the first time his government's failings, saying, i accept that we have responsibility in much of this adding, they need to learn from their mistakes, and analyze cuba's problems in order to act and overcome and avoid their repetition.

cuba now quiet. but over the weekend, thousands taking to the streets. [ chanting ] angry over shortages of food and medicine a lack of covid vaccines, and repeated electricity outages many want political change, too. calling for an end to the communist rule, that has dominated cuba more than 60 years. in florida, cuban-americans showing their support demanding the u.s. take action against the communist regime. superstar rapper pit bull releasing this call to action. >> this is about saving lives. this is about unity, not division and bottom line, it's about taking action. >> reporter: diana oquero to the u.s. from havana at 15 years old. these protests are not new we've seen them before something's different. what's different this time >> i think it's the passion. >> reporter: miami's republican mayor urging president biden to intervene, aware like the rafters crisis in 1980, the

cuban government could send hundreds of thousands of dissenters to the united states. as mayor of this city what do you do if thousands begin arriving by boat >> well, we will do what we've always done. we've always taken people in. >> reporter: the u.s. sending a clear message that while it supports the cuban people, a flotilla will not be tolerated. >> still reviewing our cube pa policy with an eye towards political and economic well-being of the cuban people. >> reporter: cuban-americans anxious the momentum may not last. >> let it go on too long, yes. a moment that could be lost. >> reporter: overnight the cuban government announced it will no longer tax food and medicine brought to the island by cuban-american families here in the united states, but with only

five flights a week it's unclear how providing food and medicine in that small quantity really has much of an impact, since the population of cuba is more than 11 million hoda >> kerry sanders thank you. also this morning a new report from the justice department blasting how the fbi handled allegations against former gymnastics doctor larry nassar suggesting the fbi dragged its feet before looking into sexual abuse putting even more girls in harm's way nbc's stephanie gosk has more on the troubling findings and you've followed this a long time. >> reporter: definitely striking the fbi first learned about the allegation as against larry nassar in july 2015 but took near been a year to open an investigation and during that time nassar kept his job at michigan state they say the abuser could have been stopped sooner. the scathing report outline as string of failures by the fbi in earliest stages of the larry nassar case including at first not handling allegations with

the utmost seriousness and urgency they deserved. in july 2015, usa gymnastics first told the fbi field office in indianapolis that multiple gymnasts made sexual abuse allegations and nassar lost his job as the olympics team doctor. according to the inspector general the field office conducted limited follow-up, only doing one phone interview, and not properly reviewing evidence in the case the mother of gymnast maggie nichols told savannah how frustrated she was when an agent finally reached out after months had gone by. >> i reported this over a year ago, and you're the first person from any form of law enforcement that has called me, and i said, so when did you get this assignment he told me, yesterday. >> reporter: while the investigation lagged nassar kept his job as a doctor at michigan state university and at a top gymnastic club continuing to abuse minors in his care in a statement the fbi calls conduct and facts in the report appalling and actions of bureau employees described are inexcusable and a discredit to the organization the agency adding, it's already

taking steps to improve and ensure failures don't happen again. the 57-year-old nassar is serving a life sentence for sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. in all, hundreds of women and girls have accused him of sexual abuse, including stars aly raisman and simone biles, who recently opened up how nassar's abuse affected her in her facebook docuseries. >> i stayed in my room i didn't want to go anywhere i kind of shut everybody out i don't know it was hard for me >> reporter: hmm biles and raisman calling for accountability for years and the inspector general says the fbi should have done a better job. >> well, the fbi says it is taking steps to improve their report and making any recommendations to that affect >> reporter: yeah. the inspector general wants the fbi to clearly state when employees should reach out when

an allegation of a chime against a child and to clearly state when and how those victims of that abuse should be interviewed. presumably not by a phone call. >> i'll never forget interview maggie nichols' mom. she was furious. all told her, be quiet we don't want to mess up the investigation. and then, she finds a whole year has passed and nothing had been done she was furious. stephanie, thank you. it's 15 past the hour. craig's here with a big step towards disrupting cyberattacks here in this country good morning. >> good morning to you as well a federal government launch as new effort to protect against those ransomware attacks and prevent them from happening in the future it's debuting a new website following a series of high-profile hacks that crippled companies forcing them to pay. s millions of dollars. tom costello joins us. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. everybody hear this message. ransomware, number one cybersecurity threat homeland rolling out a new, what it says, is a one-shop-stop for everybody to inform and empower themselves to protect their data. from fuel lines to the food chain, even first responders, ransomware cases up an astonishing 300% this year over last homeland circuit alejandra mayorkas. >> no business is too small to be a victim. >> reporter: this morning the government is launching a joint effort by homeland security and the justice department, stop ransomware.gov we resources to help identify, report and prevent cyber attacks. >> what kind of hard core tangible assistance can you offer? >> we have tremendous cyber expertise.

we can assist a company in getting out of the situation that it finds itself in. without having to pay the criminal wrongdoers. >> reporter: cyber experts say the government play as critical role in disrupting these often overseas operations. >> the private sector does not have the capability to go over to a foreign government and enforce them, encourage them to arrest the actors. the u.s. government has to do that >> reporter: russian-linked cyber criminals now a top national security concern. creating fuel shortages when colonial pipeline temporarily halted operations before ultimately paying more than $4 million in ransom. meat supplier jbs hit by revil and this morning, r evil is online pushing president biden to do something about the hacks. >> expect to get enough information to act. >> reporter: the white house and homeland security not

commenting >> so we're not in a position, tom, to comment publicly on that today. >> reporter: it really complicated things when this hacking group revil goes off-line people currently in negotiations with revil toll get their data back have nobody to talk to and can't access their data. by the way, the fbi does not recommend paying a ransom but acknowledges sometimes companies simply have no choice. >> tom costello in washington. thank you, tom 18 minutes past the hour mr. roker, what you got? >> unfortunately a lot of severe weather to talk about. >> i don't like that face. >> i know! >> crazy, look on the map. heavy rain, monsoonal moisture in the northeast heavy thunderstorms moving into east and heat as well.

flagstaff, ars look at this incredible look at this car when we talk about flash flooding, monsoonal moisture coming in. ground can't hold it and, boom that car is gone everything is washed away in a matter of moments, and then talking about tornadoes in iowa. yesterday, 27 reports of tornadoes including this one in lake city, iowa. damage reported. we saw a lot of activity, a lot of farm activity where there was damage there being reported. so that's something that's going on, and, in fact, looking at more severe weather today from buffalo all the way to oklahoma city we've got a risk of severe weather for damaging winds, isolated hail, tornadoes are possible heavy rainfall localized amounts of up to six inches of rain stretching from tulsa, oklahoma to western new york and a lot of heat and humidity. we've got heat advisories for 15 million people here in the

northeast and a big area of high pressure pumping up warm, humid air. heat and humidity, going to make it feel like it's over 100 degrees. look at the northeast today going into the weekend temperatures into the upper 80s, low 90s, but you factor in the heat, and it feels like it's in triple digits from philly, ocean city on into washington, d.c we're going to get it your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. good morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. as we look at our temperatures for our 7-day forecast for inland valleys, look for a high of 80 degrees today in some of the warmest spots. still nice and cool. a warming trend will get under way as we head into the weekend.

by sunday up to about 90 degrees. it will be warmer but we are not talking about extreme heat here. san francisco is the reason why we're keeping it cool in the inland valleys, nice and cool into next week. >> and that is your latest weather. guys >> al, thank you. coming up, britney spears celebrating this morning after another raw and emotional day in court as a prominent and powerful new lawyer helps her break three from that conservatorship. plus, it's almost go time in toky

still ahead, chip and joanna gaines live in the studio to talk about their biggest project yet. >> having kids and working together for 18 years of marriage lots to talk about first, your local news. ng on empty dan...

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day. the school said it would make mask exemptions on a case by case basis, but we have yet to here from the district on the case. i am cierra johnson in san francisco. one county in the state of california, yolo county, urging residents to wear masks indoors even if they are vaccinated. this comes as 76% of the positive samples for covid were part of the delta variant. this county follows l.a. county, they did a similar move back at the end of june because of the prevalence of the delta variant. it's time to get a look at the forecast for you on this thursday. meteorologist, kari hall, has a look at that. >> starting out with fog once again in san francisco. we have seen also cloudy skies for much of the inland areas. coolest day of the week today with some of the valley temperatures up to about 80 degrees. a slow warm-up going into the weekend with highs by the end of the weekend into early next week reaching the low 90s. for san francisco, no major changes here. we're staying in the 60s

throughout the forecast. marcus. >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update for you coming up in 30 minutes. see you then.

hmm! >> we're back at 7:30. there she is. simone biles. >> arriving in tokyo. who doesn't want their camera on them after a 14-hour plane ride from the u.s. to japan? getting ready for her big moment along with five teammates. the sensational six? exactly right. >> call them super seven when we add hoda in. on the team. >> i can't wait, man! >> opening ceremonies. i'm leaving tomorrow.

i do. we have practice all next week. recording from tokyo all next week. for the first time hearing desperate calls for help after last month's gut-wrenching 911 tapes, the disbelief panic and confusion. >> and exactly what happened? >> i don't know. a lot of smoke going on. i can't see right now. >> you see smoke? sir -- where are we going? >> got to go. keep going. >> hello? >> oh, my god! >> hello? >> yes. i'm here. >> what are you seeing? >> i can't see nothing but smoke! >> a death toll 97 after two more bodies were found in the rubble and another 8 people still unaccounted for. important recall to tell you about this morning.

johnson & johnson is recalling some of its sun screen brands after low levels of benzene were found in samples. the recall includes five different neutrogena and aveno aerosol products. consumers could stop using those. for a full list, go to our website at today.com. and basketball finals tied at two games apiece after bucks rallied late to take game four in milwaukee. >> antetokounmpo is right there. >> got numbers. >> yeah. connaughten out for three. from downtown, and the bucks go up by two. >> yep. the bucks take a two-point lead over phoenix, three minutes left to play and hold on to the lead and won it 109-103. khris mills leading with 40 points. pivotal game five on saturday. >> hmm. go suns! >> who said that? >> and now we've got a series a.

good one. the latest on britney spears. the pop superstar back in court yesterday, this time sobbing with emotion as she fights to end her conservatorship and reclaim control of her life. we're in l.a. with more from erin mclaughlin. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. we thought the court hearing could be high drama and it met that expectation. britney spears making an impassioned plea to the court, speaking quickly, and at times, in tears, railing against her father and a conservatorship she says has ruined her life. this morning, britney spears appearing to celebrate on instagram posting she feels gratitude and blessed, coming of a her raw and emotional day in court on wednesday. testifying remotely by phone, the 39-year-old sobbed lashing out at her father jamie demanding he be removed as her conservatorship immediately and charged with conservatorship abuse. telling the judge she was extremely scared of jamie and

wants him investigating. this conservatorship is literally allowing my dad to ruin my life. >> they're literally not listening to what i'm telling them. it's sad. >> reporter: the subject of a documentary. jamie spears controlled his daughter's finances for most of it with a second conservator now in charge of her personal affairs. on wednesday, britney tells the court the conservatorship even controlled her diet saying she was often barred from eating hamburgers and fries and drinking coffee. their goal, make me feel crazy, and i'm not. that's not okay. through his attorney, jamie spears refused to step down saying britney made a lot of misstatements and he's been there for her 24/7, loves his daughter and only wants the best for her. a judge recently did not approve

her request to remove him. now the over protected singer may be one step closer to gaining her freedom. the judge granting her request to choose her own lawyer, celebrity power attorney and former federal prosecutor matthew rosengart who's represented a-listers like ben affleck and sean penn. he will try to get britney spears out as soon as possible saying if he loves his daughter it is time to step aside. given the allegations that britney has been making against her father, why has it been so difficult for her to remove him as conservator? >> difficult thus far because she hasn't had an advocate like the one we saw today. >> reporter: britney's new celebrity attorney says, the goal now should be to free her from the conservatorship and her father for good. >> the question remains, why is he involved? he should step down voluntarily as that is in the best interests of britney spears. >> the next court date is scheduled for september. britney's new attorney says he may petition to remove her

father within the next several weeks. savannah? >> all right, erin, thank you. for more insight into what comes next for britney spears we turn to legal analyst lisa green. good morning. >> good morning. >> it strikes me that the hires of this attorney that she chose has the potential to really blow the case wide-open. fresh eyes, it's her choice, that he can really now dictate what happens in this case. what do you make of it? >> completely agree. i think we'll look back at yesterday as britney's independence day. here's why. this lawyer, experienced, former federal prosecutor, well versed in the ways of hollywood, is not a member of the insular bar that generally handles conservatorships. he's not going to disobey the law with conservatorships. as you say, here's a fresh, opening the windows, letting th advocate that britney, like everyone american deserves in

court. >> britney was once again speaking before the court. emotional. impassioned. speaking quickly. sometimes so quickly the court reporter couldn't keep up and at one point didn't want anybody to hear it, get reporters out of the room and then changed her mind. how does this go over with the judge? this is an audience of one. the judge decides her fate here. >> yeah. i think in the end, although as you know, savannah, most lawyers are reticent, reluctant to very clients speak publicly. britney has done herself favors by give giving the misery she's had as a fully grown adult, a millionaire and no ability to control her life. i actually think it's helpful for her. >> she made it clear she does not want to be evaluated again. she wants to be freed from this conservatorship but does not want to undergo a judge? >> most judges in this position

would want an evaluation. i expect will happen, now that britney finally has a lawyer who she has chosen herself and can trust, she may talk with her lawyer and look for a way to make that so. maybe feel less distrustful of the system, understand it's a box she needs to check and maybe have input into who had chosen for this significant step. >> finally, the question is not, whether she's perfectly mentally healthy. the question is whether she can take care of herself, whether these competent. it's a pretty low bar. isn't it? >> it's a low bar, but here's the catch 22. once you're placed in a conservatorship it's hard to get out. why hiring her own lawyer is a significant step. assistance to get in will and make that case, you know, advocate for her, as you know, talented lawyers can do. >> lisa green, our legal analyst. thank you very much. coming up next, a look at veterans who n veterans who need marijuana for chronic pain but cannot get it

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where about one in ten aligns as a veteran and the ones we spoke with say they should be able to get cannabis through recommendations from their v.a. doctor at the moment, they cannot now a new push here in washington hopes to change that. on a spectacular stretch of land by the north shore of oahu sits this farm. its exact location not publicized for security reasons, because inside these green houses sit 400 cannabis plants grown by veterans for veterans so each of these plants belongs to somebody. is that what the tags are? >> correct. >> reporter: jason hanly runs this farm where people grow their own medical marijuana. a lot cheaper than buying it some else. >> how many patients of veterans >> about 50%. >> a lot. >> that's a lot of veterans. >> reporter: these ten plants belong to gemma, a retired sergeant stationed in new york where 9/11 happened, deployed to the trade center almost immediately after the towers >> about seven or eight of us got really sick, and i'm still the last survivor out of the group.

>> reporter: stage four kidney failure on both of your kidneys? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: what does that do to you >> i vomit a lot i get weak stomach pains that can kill. >> reporter: osborne was losing weight fast, in pain constantly when persuaded to visit hawaii. what happened the first time you smoked cannabis? >> i got really, really, really high [ laughter ] so -- and that's important i got -- so i didn't feel the pain. >> reporter: what if -- if you hadn't found this farm and cannabis >> close to death. closer to death. >> reporter: cannabis works for osborne and other vets like her. the problem is, they can't get it from the v.a. it's against the law for government doctors to recommend it, because marijuana is still classified as a schedule i controlled narcotic means right

now even in the 36 states plus d.c. where medical marijuana is legal to treat conditions like chronic pain, vets can only access it if they find it on their own and pay for it out of pocket now a new push in washington hopes to change that. >> how many the v.a. can't do it it's an expensive. >> v.a. hospital, in states like virginia that allow use of marijuana certainly for medical purposes they can't offer it as an option. >> reporter: leah thinks that's important. still struggling with ptsd after 14 years in the navy. >> we should have a choice, though we don't want to have to take pharmaceuticals. we shouldn't have to we should have another option. >> reporter: there's not a position on bills authorizing cannabis use for vets, pointing out providers cannot help patients get it, but veterans

will not be denied benefits for marijuana use. you could say some vets are fighting the country they fought for but that's not how osborne sees it. >> the best job i ever had. >> in the air force. >> the air force. >> you just want them to open the door a little bit to something stigmatized you found as almost a miracle plant for you? >> absolutely. not almost it is. >> reporter: part of the reasons some vets argue it's so important. you heard there. expands the tool kit for their doctors in an important way. right now only two drugs, just two, approved to treat ptsd. a new one not approved in nearly two decades. advocates say, hey, this might be the time to at least open the door to something new. something they say works guys >> all right hallie jackson for us from d.c hallie, thank you. it is 7:47 mr. roker, what do you have? >> wildfires out in california and parts of oregon and the pacific northwest and it is not going anywhere anytime soon. in fact it is expanding. these are fires that are going

on in northern california, and here's the problem we've got drought, and it is, a historic drought going on. what's happening, it's really dry. the flam act levels of all of these trees more like august or september. this extreme dryness causing fires to burn hotter and faster. these out-flow storms are creating wind gusts are 35 to 50 miles per hour, and that fans those flames right now 65 active large fires. more than 2 million acres burned just this year alone the bootleg fire at 201,000 acres. right now it's the hugest -- the first mega fire this year. seven times the size of san francisco. so this is a massive system, and it's also affecting air quality. the smoke from this, hazy skies reduced visibility, poor air good morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. that's pretty amazing we are seeing those fires.

the smoke coming in, as our temperatures are cooler, and we're looking at our air quality today, and temperatures are warming into the low 90s. san francisco, staying in the mid-60s as we keep the clouds and fog, mist and drizzle. clearing sunday and monday, but overall staying cool. and that's your latest weather. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda >> al, thank you. still ahead, from waco, texas, to right here in new york city, chip and joanna gaines are about to arrive in studio 1a. >> the home makeover duo will be here over the next three hours can't wait to catch up with them, right after this

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when the student did not wear a mask on the first day ofs send to the office. his son has a disability. we have yet to hear from the district on the case. time to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking that. >> feels good out here, even though we are starting off with clouds. it all clears for the inland areas as we look outside in dublin. take a look at the highs. this will be the coolest day of the week with only low 80s in some of the warmest spots. we will see temperatures in oakland reaching 66. 76 in san jose. 75 in santa rosa. as we go through the forecast over the weekend, our temperatures come up with a few degrees and still will be pleasantly warm going into sunday and next week. in san francisco, we will keep

the fog and highs in the 60s there, marcus. >> thanks, kari. we will have another local news update for you coming up in 30 minutes. i'll see you back here then.

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week away. we will have a full report live from tokyo. plus -- summer safety. a mother's warning about the potential dangers of using backyard trampolines at home. >> i had no idea what a spinal stroke was. >> just ahead what all parents need to know. and, games ground. chip and joanna gaines are here talking about their latest project as they celebrate a very special milestone. today thursday, july 15, 2021. hi, i'm in colorado celebrating my 50th birthday on the "today" show >> all: happy birthday >> hi! friends and family here to wish a happy 13th birthday! >> hi, hoda and savannah, from san antonio, texas, i celebrated my 13th birthday and hope to be a news reporter just like you guys

back to you, hoda and savannah >> well, she's got it. >> sign her up need one more chair at the table. by the way, looky look who's outside with us today. chip and joanna gaines on our plaza. moseying their way up to the studio. >> right behind us >> wait. by the way, our crowd has not been this big, i guess it's chip and joanna, their effect. >> how exciting! >> fun >> people came to the plaza and actually got to see some famous people that's great. >> pretty cool. >> and a big, new project. what it's like to be a party of seven now. >> going to be right in those chairs right over there in a few. >> and a total "today" takeover. three hours of the show. >> three hours of chip and joanna he's going the weather, too. >> really? >> no. just made that up. and get to the news.

coronavirus climbs once again in the u.s. gabe gutierrez is live in little rock, arkansas good morning. >> reporter: numbers rising here in arkansas and doctors say this is the worst covid surge they've seen at this little rock hospital, the number of patients is doubling about every ten days, and they're noticing a lot more young people here. now, public health officials now expect the highly contagious delta variant to keep spreading through at least september that is prime back-to-school season about 60% of kids who are eligible for the vaccine still have not gotten it so there are concerns that this could keep going until the fall, and that it could fuel the spread of the delta variant. now, on wednesday pop sensation olivia rodrigo visited the white house to try and change that speaking directly to her younger fans it's not just concerns about young people, guys here at this hospital, doctors are noticing about 20% of their

patients are pregnant women who were reluctant to get the vaccine. hoda >> gabe gutierrez for us, thank you. now to the countdown to tokyo. the pandemic also casting a cloud of uncertainty over the olympics just one week out a covid scare for team usa basketball and the medal ceremony is getting a safety reboot as well we're joined live from tokyo good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah. right, excitement is on now and so much news out of tokyo this morning. as you mention, the competition set to start in less than a week, and that's because some events start before the opening ceremony so athletes are very excited, but covid is still very much top of mind. here in tokyo this week, they hit a six-month high when it came to new infections this morning, in tokyo, getting ready for the games. baseball, softball, soccer, and artistic gymnastics kicking off competition in just six days as airports filter incoming athletes team be usa women's gymnastics

team touching down in tokyo. before taking off, simone biles telling us she's grateful. >> it will be different but it will be worth it and at least we get the opportunity to still compete at olympic games. >> reporter: still, pandemic reminders on full display. on wednesday tokyo hitting more than 1,100 new cases the most since january this morning a scare for team usa's men's basketball team. according to multiple reports, not confirmed by nbc news, nba star bradley beal has been placed under health and safety protocols due to covid-19. >> bradley beal -- oh, looks pretty. >> reporter: monday night he helped beat team argentina putting 17 points on the board, now tested multiple time as day. unclear what this means for the rest of team usa and their rivals beal played against three countries in the last week. thomas bach about the challenges

for the tokyo games and asked if he tried to convince japan's prime minister to allow spectators at the events. >> when were you informed there were going to be no spectators what did you say did you lobby to try to get fans back in? >> no. because we have said from the very beginning, one principle, and this is that, yes, we want to organize these olympic games, but we want to organize it in a safe and secure way for everybody. >> reporter: so we mentioned earlier, a change to the medal ceremony we're just learning new details now. you remember from olympics past that athletes, someone actually place as medal around the athlete's neck that changes this year the athletes presented with a tray, they'll then pick up the medal, put it around their neck, wearing masks. no high fiving or hugging. a sort of diy medal ceremony do

it yourself. it's going to be different but be real. winning a med's, an incredible moment and not lost in the way they put on a medal. >> any way you get a medal, still pretty darn good tom, thank you see you day after tomorrow. watch the tokyo olympics beginning july 23rd on our network and across nbc. "tiger king" star joe exotic could be getting out of prison sooner than expected a federal appeals court agreed to vacate his sentence on a technicality and resentence the star of the netflix series he had been sentenced to 22 years, behind bars for hiring to kill animal activist carole baskin the plot failed and his convictions still stand. but his new sentence could be several months or several years shorter. 8:07, boost time >> here we go. okay tiktok videos of teams showing off the latest dance craze but a guy in california proving there's no age barrier when iar

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ages 16 to 3. >> how sweet and their fixer upper show became an instant hit. put home renovation on the map and after ending that show to take a little time out of the spotlight, their back, babe, with their biggest project yet, and we're so glad they made it to studio 1a to hang with us for a couple of hours. first of all. >> hi. >> the biggest change of all is happening in that chair. >> look at this. look at this. >> we need a french braid, a little bit of -- extra conditioner. >> and we didn't know fabio was coming. >> like her style. >> it's like the rest of the country, sadly in some ways. nobody can agree either in this camp or this camp twitter is similar in that regard with my hair.

either you love it or -- >> you hate it. what does joanna say >> it's grown on me. >> no it has not. >> yeah. it's grown on me he's about to shave it >> i actually like it. i think it's cute. >> thank you, well it's -- >> going to miss it for sure. >> it's a 50/50. either in one camp or the other. >> i say cut it. >> really? >> yeah, cut t. and my face, my -- oh, i just don't like it it's all -- i need you to cut>> it you grew it out for a reason, though, right? >> well, twofold it's evolved into a real philanthropy excited about raising the money part of it, but the pandemic hit and cut it out of our routine like most people after it got a little longer and also longer you know what? i'm going to go for it grow this out until, hoda, like, i like to continue to bring in bucket lister-type situations into my life when i die i'm going to say, remember that season i had that long hair and when i'm bald as bat here in a couple of months after he shave it literally with razor blades and i'm bald, then i'll say i've never been bald before either. >> talk about your kids. five of them and six you're about to give birth to. >> little maggie. >> little maggie >> the magnolia network feel on the big day? >> this morning i sat there, in the bathroom, crying i was like, why am i crying? it felt like i was giving birth -- i always cry when i give birth a baby two and a half years in

the making and -- here's the debut. we're so excited. it felt like i was g in the making. >> you kind of shocked the whole wide world when you left, because you left at the height of your popularity probably figured out, nobody does that. you were so popular. your fans were devastated. they loved you so much it wasn't at all clear you would come back to tv. >> sure. >> you weren't sure were you going to but came back because you have a whole network, do a lot of shows but fixer uppers, too. >> getting to highlight other people's stories when you meet the people on the network and see their stories.

>> hoda got to one yesterday and we all cried passionate, powerful. >> inspiring people. we're excited about highlighting them. >> the people who you have on your show are all winners. i was just thinking to myself, like, but you guys -- you said something interesting. you needed a break to decide that you were going to go on. >> yes. >> and in that break, you guys were, i think, at a real low point? which surprised me to hear i didn't know that, but what was happening in that moment >> sure. >> five season in, which translates to six years of being on television or filming on top of our growing family, and our business i think we were just exhausted when you start getting in that ring up of just doing and then you forget the why, which i think by season five we were, like, just showing up. i felt inside, fledgling something the not right inside and we both knew we needed to

step back and kind of evaluate what we were saying yes to and the why, and said for a full year we're going to not take any -- sat back. focus on the business. >> sometimes that's the opportunity we weren't chasing it it sort of came in through the we weren't chasing it, when it felt like it was no longer -- filling us the way we hoped it would at some point in this, on that journey, it was easy for us to kind of step away from it, because it wasn't like that was the net goal no matter what. imagine somebody in law school wanting to be an attorney and finding out taking the bar i don't know if i want to do that. well, you committed to that place. for us, if this isn't going to be our future let's step back and see what our future is. >> what was that time? that space what did you learn about yourselves and your family >> so many people, i want to say this part. like so many people experienced that in the last year and hoda talked about that. it's like people who thought

going into the pandemic, oh, my gosh we're going to all have to click together and do this thing click together in this additional space multigenerational families come back together. kind of for the first time at least in generations. right? all of this stuff happened we joked it was like, when the pandemic came due, like when it actually started evolving, jo and i were like, oh, man this last season prepared us for this season. it was like the sweetest season. it took a minute obviously, we were all anxious to do other things as we started gelling and getting used to family dinners again and used to just being together as a family like playing checkers because we a bit bored we were like what a beautiful gift it became a gift sorry. what are you going to say? >> nothing pup said it all. >> such a beautiful parents and

hands-on parent. i like the advice you have, jo a lot of kids on devices and your son on his a lot. every time he felt a buzz checked his pocket you had a solution. >> yeah. i think, you know, as we -- >> sorry, hold on. >> exactly right. just created -- >> it's my mom hold on. i'll call you back okay i love you, too. >> back to your hairdresser. >> yes just, we have a little station where everyone charges their phone and finally decided, we don't like how our kids stay on -- almost look like robots with all of us just like when it buzzes you've got to check it and when they're reading, they're checking it just became a house rule when you're at home, all of the phones go in one spot. if you want to check a text or email, you go to that spot but it's not on your body. no phones on bodies. that's the rule at home.

>> that's good isn't that good? >> they're developing, growing at their growing at 14, 15, 16, i don't want this to be part of -- >> right brilliant. we're going to visit with you all day. fun visiting now you'll be back on the third hour and back with me and jenna on the fourth -- jenna's dieing when's it happening? >> the original super fan. >> because of her mom. >> yeah. we're so happy. >> congratulations. >> congrats on the new network and good luck i. >> like the hair stick with it. >> thank you. a check of the weather now -- what? yes. >> twitter poll. twitter poll, oh, great. >> you watch 50/50. mr. roker what say you >> huh good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we take a look at our temperatures for the inland areas over the next seven days, this is the coolest day we'll see in quite awhile before the temperatures come up a few

degrees each day, peaking monday in the low 90s, and starting to go back down by middle of next week. san francisco remains steady, with clouds and fog. mist and drizzle. temperatures remain in the low to mid-60s, just a little bit more sunshine from sunday into monday, cooler by middle of next week. that is your latest weather. >> that is your latest weather the best time of the day. >> what time is it >> it's "pop start" time. >> haven't said that in 17 months. >> how feel >> perfect. >> why are we over here. >> i don't know. >> it's all professional there you go naomi oh sake, tennis champion sharing an inside look at her personal life and training in an upcoming docuseries on netflix exclusive first look at the show now. in the clip osaka opening up recently as prioritizing her meant the health reveals the pressure she feels to maintain a

certain image. >> i feel like i always have this pressure to maintain a good, squeaky image and not get into any controversy, and as long as i do that, then everything's chill >> do you know exactly what you need to be at your best? i don't feel you need a lot of help from outside. >> the docuseries now starts streaming on netflix tomorrow. next up, another athlete looked forward to seeing in tokyo. simone biles on the latest cover's "sports illustrated. she opens up what it's like to train for the olympics over the past year. the gymnast already holds 30 medals from past wince, reveals how she'll know when the right time is to hang up the leotard and check start the next chapter of her life. >> you always have to give up in

your own time, and i think that's when i would stop, because i wouldn't want it taken from me and have a doctor say you can't do this or it will be really, like, hurtful to you i'd rather just hang it up myself, and you just have to learn when it's your time. >> right. >> whenever that is. >> the ripe old days of 24. >> wow man. >> you can -- hopefully not, though grab the august olympics preview issue of "sports illustrated" on standards now. next up, paul mccartney, sir paul mccartney, beatles icon, a six-part docuseries. sitting down with famed record producer rick rubin, a deep dive into his historic career and a first clip exclusive to show you. here sir paul reveals surprising origins behind the title song from the beatles '67 album "sergeant pepper's lonely heart club band. >> on a plane and he said, could

you pass the salt and pepper and i said, sergeant pepper. he said what salt and pepper, i said, oh, i thought you said sergeant pepper we laughed about it. more i thought about it, sergeant pepper, kind of a cool character. >> there you go. start streaming tomorrow on hulu july 16th. good morning. it is 8:26. i am marcus washington. the city of san jose is in the process of creating a new gun control measure that makes gun owners pay for the cost of gun violence. they threatened legal action if they followed through on plans. the mayor issued a statement he is not surprised with the threat, even if the draft ordinance is in the today. meteorologist kari hall is

tracking it now. >> waking up to clouds, we're going to see a clearing outgoing into today. wide range of temperatures. but overall cooler for many microclimates, north bay to east bay. temperatures reach to the mid to upper 70s and low 80s for concord and livermore. 66 in oakland. upper 50s for half moon bay. we are going to see temperatures warming up going into the weekend, low 90s for the valleys by the end of the weekend, cooler weather near the coast. marcus? >> thanks, kari. another local update coming up in 30 minutes. meet you back here then.

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bringing out the kid in any adult. shop "today" with jill martin. >> you think trampolines are dangerous. what about a boozie pinata. >> yeah. >> driving into work today, "snl's" sicily strong joins us best supporting actress, congrats to you and a new comedy 1940s music's breaks out what they're great in it. legendary lorne michaels is a part of it a lot to talk about. and the "3rd hour today," sheinelle sits down and opens about her daughter's rise as a daughter, mogul and now a mother. >> looks like tara crashed the party. tomorrow back rockin' the plaza for our citi music series. >> cannot way to see the award-winning country duo. mr. roker, how's the weather

going to be? >> not too bad a look at the weekend and what we're looking at for tomorrow. a flood threat in the northeast. fire danger out west and heavy rain moves in to the they need the rain sunday -- sunday -- near record highs in the northwest and the western sctered showers in the mid-atlantic states. lower mississippi river valley, and sunshine through the great good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we look at the seven-day forecast for the inland areas, it will be actually cooler today compared to what we'll have this weekend. we will start a warming trend, temperatures peaking monday. not too bad, reaching the low 90s in warmer spots. we're also going to keep temperatures in the 60s in san francisco. the cool ocean breeze keeps our temperatures moderated, quiet weather patterns will continue.

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we potential backyard safety today and a mother's warning about a potential backyard danger. talking about trampolines. >> consumer correspondent vicky nguyen joins us with all we need to know before letting children bounce around in those. >> really important information. trampolines are a great way to addition to thousands of backyards last year, but fun as it can be to jump sky-high, some things to know this morning to avoid serious injuries. >> we love to be outside >> the outside -- love to be outside -- >> reporter: mary an active and athletic 14-year-old asked for a trampoline last summer

during one session attempt add flip and landed on her neck. >> i landed funny and was like, it's time to go inside. >> reporter: about an hour later started to lose control of her legs. >> i couldn't walk straight. running into walls showily began to lose function from there. >> reporter: mary was rushed to the hospital. >> by the time we got to the hospital i couldn't move anything from, like, my waist down. >> devastating in every way. >> reporter: we spoke with a doctor in children's hospital in pittsburgh last year who initially treated mary for her injuries and believe she suffered a rare but serious spinal cord stroke. >> that's when the spinal cord doesn't get significant blood flow for a period of time. >> reporter: did the trampoline contribute to the injury >> i have 0 say, yes, she was jumping on the trampoline had a fall and acute neurologic change. >> reporter: while this is rare, it does happen data from the consumer product safety administration says thousands ends up in the e.r.

for trampoline-related injuries each year with the vast majority children 1 in 10 create permanent injuries this sports doctor helped children recover from trampoline injuries she co-authored the american academy of pediatric policy. >> the trampoline mat is misleading, its softness you generate more force when you land than if or regular ground. >> reporter: the american ped attacks administration says they're dangerous for children and should be strongly discouraged. the doctor says if you still discouraged. the doctor says if you s plan to use one at home make sure only one at a time. mersaults and put it on a r level surface away from hazards. every parent needs to know

before allowing their children to jump. >> i had no idea what a spinal stroke was so i would definitely look at not just the falls and the breaks and the injuries that are typical with what we hear from trampolines. >> merci working hard to recover. >> there can be no walking unless we have abdominal function and she's regaining abdominal function, praise god. >> reporter: she rotates and trains with former pittsburgh steeler john kohl. >> what ultimately are you working so hard for? >> to walk i want to be a veterinarian. >> she has an incredible spirit. we reached out to several trampoline manufacturers one maker suggests buying from a reputable company adhering to safety specifications, and you can find all that on the website. make sure you have proper insulation and following all of

those instructions for pam, a difficult recovery, anything is possible for her including walking. for more trampoline safety tips head over to today.com. >> wow what about the netting around it one trampoline safer than the other? >> yeah. actually said two-thirds of the injuries that happen on trampolines happen right there on the mat netting, don't let that provide a false sense of security. got to watch the kids. sometimes they climb on the net, and that can lead to a different kind of fall. >> a lot of times too many kids in the trampoline together. >> right one. >> important to do jumping one at a time. a great way to reduce the number of injuries. >> just set rules. we have one. a trampoline it's more a clubhouse. go in, bring music, hang out, have snacks in there jump a little, no flips. nothing crazy, just a place to go. >> got to be careful thank you. coming up next, jill martin's here with her hit list and what's trending on social media. >> including a statement handbag adding a pop of color to any

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♪ and i stood tall and did it my way ♪ >> yes yes. >> going all the way down. incredible emmy-winning actress cecily strong. her character work on "snl" has kept us laughing on "snl." and out with another projectinn long. >> and "schmigadoon. in a rut with her boyfriend and go on a wilder until retreat to work on things and end up, of course, trapped in an old magical town, along singing and dancing townspeople. and pretty judgey locals take a look. >> sleeping on the ground for days so why would we pass up an actual bed >> that settles it, then carson -- run down to the inn and tell harvey we have two very special guests checking in. r, r >> well, what an unusual and exotic couple the two of you

make no wedding rings, i see. >> oh, no. we're not married. >> definitely not. >> really? >> oh! it's going to be good. cecily, good morning, good morning! good to see you. >> good morning! >> we want to get to "schmigadoon" in a second. we just said that "snl" is nominated for 21 emmy awards you are nominated yourself for an emmy. how did that feel when you heard the nominations come down? >> it was great. i mean, they called me i was very tired we had a little "schmigadoon" premiere the night before. it was a lovely surprise hearing the nominations and and great hearing the nominations. keenan and aidy having their it was very nice and we gotns and lead and supporting actor in comedy and bowen, having his historical moment.

seen a first featured player nominated. it was very nice and we got to have that great last cold open, but the year was pretty special. so it was a nice topper for that. >> we've been just eating up "schmigadoon" with a big, old spoon. a cuckoo concept two modern people on a wilderness adventure stumble into a land of musicals. your idea? it's kind of perfect >> i wish i could take the credit it was senko paul's idea, our show runner as well. once i got involved i was all-in i still am i think i'm a bigger fan of watching the show than even getting to be in it. >> you get not only to sing and dance. >> i love the show. >> and act also get to produce alongside lorne michaels and wondered what that's been like for you >> oh, he listens to everything i say now. >> [ laughter ]. >> it was great to be a producer, because i loved the

show so much and i've been cast in 2018, so kind of like, whether or not they call me producer, i'm going to insert myself into the conversation. >> well, the cast -- >> easier this way. >> the cast is crazy good. alan cumming, kristin chenoweth, got you, look at all of those folks. >> it's crazy, and, yes. crazy we got everybody, and i think everybody has such great moments. i'm excited for -- you know, knowing each episode and who's got their big number, i think everybody really shines. >> it's like -- for people who love broadway but it's also, like, got an edge? >> yeah. >> you're in on the joke of sort of the like, are you surreal bust into song in the middle of this broad daylight thing. >> yeah. i think it was -- having keegan's character very much not a fan of musicals was the big placeholder for some of our

audience, but i also think it's very funny no matter what so that's a good way, too. if you just like funny shows you'll probably like this one, too. >> we love this one, cecily. it premieres tomorrow, friday, july 16th on apple tv plus. >> thank you for pronouncing it so well. >> we like to say it. >> sounds like -- >> al said it sounds like lorna doone, so we think of a cookie. >> yes. >> and you'll join us later on "hoda & jenna," look for you then. >> you bet. coming up, more chip and joanna gaines in the third and fourth hours special guests as well for home i am marcus washington. the mayor and city manager set up a time of restarting of the russell city energy center. they opposed the plan following

an explosion in may where chunks of metal came from the plant. nearby residents were evacuated due to release of explosive hydrogen gas. the city won't support rhee starting the plant until the cause is determined. cal pine hasn't commented. and following today's hearing, we have a live report in the midday newscast. we'll post updates during the hearing on our twitter feed. palo alto schools are facing legal action over mask policies. one family says the district was wrong when the child was sent to the office not wearing a mask in summer school. sharon katsuda has details midday. head to the home page for more of the back story. and getting back hundreds of dollars, links of details of the child tax credit payments. we have local weather in an hour.

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