just a reminder for us, we are a week away from the tokyo olympics. we have more olympics coverage online and that's what is happening here on "today in the bay". >> we will see you back here at 7:25 for a local update. make sure you join us at 11:00. have a great friday. a stunning reverse ago in the nation's second largest city mask mandates back on. even for the vaccinated as cases there spike. and the delta variant roars through the unvaccinated south and midwest. the u.s. surgeon general issuing an unusual warng about a new public health crisis >> misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat. >> with just weeks to go until school returns, the time line for young children to be vaccinated delayed what you need to know just ahead.

breaking overnight, sounding the alarm. the faa demanding inspections for nearly 3,000 boeing 737s in the u.s. for a potential flaw that could incapacitate pilots the latest details, just out this morning desperation, devastating floods in western europe, the worst in more than a century bursting riverbanks. sweeping away cars and causing homes to collapse. over a hundred people dead, more than a thousand missing this morning. the military called in to join the urgent rescue effort titanic discovery, new images showing the wreckage of the world's most famous ship like never before. >> it's the everest of shipwrecks >> and for researchers, th clock is ticking before more clues to the "titanic's" past are lost forever we'll take you on the latest expedition plus, french open. the eiffel tower is back in business today after nine long months with no tourists. a welcome sign and a much needed boost. we're live in paris. and one week to go, the

world's greatest athletes touching down in tokyo and heading directly into that olympic bubble >> in the dining hall one of the biggest places to probably meet new people you're set up, plexiglass dividers in between every single seat. >> the eyes of the world on tokyo with seven days to go, friday, july 16th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >> and good morning, everybody welcome to "today" on a friday morning. hoda is getting a jump on the weekend. craig decided to come in a little early to help me out. thank you so much. >> yeah. >> and we've got a lot to talk about this morning we're covering our top stories from around the globe from tokyo where in just one week at this very time, mike tirico and i will be live on our air hosting the opening ceremonies one week from now.

tom llamas will be there with the final preparations and then to sout africa where devastating economic conditions turn deadly, we've live just outside of johannesburg kelly is live there. and in paris, the eiffel tower is reopening today as the city of light is showing new signs of life. molly hunter is there live but we're going to start in the u.s. and this startling rise in covid cases. los angeles this morning, once again requiring masks indoors even for the vaccinated. and the surgeon general has issued a new warning about vaccine misinformation calling that a public health crisis nbc's gabe gutierrez in hard hit memphis, tennessee, doctors ar calling for an investigation into the state's handling of the epidemic gabe, good morning bring us up to date. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. tennessee now leads the nation in the number of new covid cases per capita over the last two weeks. some of the remote counties around memphis are seeing a sharp rise some of those patients are

ending up here this morning as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, new changes from rural areas to big cities. los angeles, the nation's largest county is taking a step back, requiring masks indoors even for the vaccinated, effective sunday at yankees stadium in new york, positive horror covid tests forced last night's game against the red sox to be postponed. citing unspecified sources, espn is reporting slugger aaron judge to play in tuesday's all-star game in denver is one of six yankees to test positive and here in tennessee, infections are up more than 340% in just two weeks. >> what's disappointing this time, of course, is that it is so avoidable >> reporter: and now a longer wait for the 48 million children under 12 and their parents who were hoping to get their kids vaccinated by fall. the fda will now review several more months of safety data, meaning a vaccine for kids likely won't be available until

early next year. meanwhile, the u.s. surgeon general who lost ten famil members to covid is issuing his first health advisory, urging americans to help fight misinformation >> today, we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation's health. >> reporter: a recent stud finds that two-thirds of unvaccinated adults believe major myths about vaccines from causing infertility to changing your dna not true but it's feeding vaccine hesitancy as cases rise. in arkansas, the state's vaccination rate is just 35% >> were you skeptical of getting the vaccine? >> yes >> why is that >> because it was not proven yet. >> reporter: tate and his wife didn't get the shot, but the couple and four of their five kids tested positive for covid. she was placed on a ventilator while pregnant and lost the baby tate's wife survived, but he now has this message for people who think the pandemic is over

>> i want other people to hear my story so maybe they wil think twice about not getting vaccinated >> reporter: the cdc director now says that tennessee' decision to halt vaccine outreach to teenagers is incredibly disturbing. savannah, as you know, a top state health official says she was fired after she sent a memo to positions outlining a state policy that allowed minors to seek medical care without parental approval. >> thank you so much dr. richard besser, the former acting director of the cdc and president of the robert wood johnson foundation. dr. besser, good morning let me start to keep it in perspective, we are nowhere near the worst moments of this pandemic, but on the other hand, did you ever think we would be back here? now we have mask mandates again. we've seen the cases going up particularly in the unvaccinated pockets of this country. what do you make of it how worried are you? >> yeah. i mean, savannah, this does not surprise me. the pandemic is far from over.

until it's controlled across the united states and around the globe, we're going to continue to see new variants emerge and what we're seeing with the delta variant is that while it's not more severe than the strain that had circulated here before, it spreads more easily so in pockets of our country and there are lots of them where vaccine rates are really low, we're going to see it continue to spread, we're going to see it continue to affect younger people because younger people, there's a higher rate of not being vaccinated, and we're going to see stress on our system so seeing some of these recommendations coming back on board in places that are getting slammed by covid, that doesn't surprise me. i think we're going to see that in other parts of the country. >> can we talk about los angeles? i'm sure this is confusing to a lot of folks i mean even the vaccinated are being asked to wear a mask indoors. does that go against the science? i don't get that i mean, that's different than what the cdc says, isn't it? >> i see that as an implementation tool.

so they're asking people who are fully vaccinated who are protected to wear masks to sacrifice and do that so that they can ensure that people who are not vaccinated are wearing masks. in a restaurant in an indoor venue you can't tell looking a someone whether they're vaccinated or not. we get vaccinated to protect ourselves, but we also do it to protect those who can't be vaccinated, so children, those under 12, those with immune problems and if you want to ensure that you are creating a safe space for everyone, you're seeing in l.a. they're asking people who are protected, sorry about that, you're going to have to sacrifice and wear a mask until we get this under control. >> let's talk about little kids. you're a pediatrician. we just learned that it's going to be a few months longer before the vaccine is approved for those under 12 how worried are you about that >> well, you know, i'm the opposite of worried. i'm reassured.

thankfully this disease causes less severe illness in young children yes, there have been hundreds of children who have died, but there have been hundreds of thousands of adults who died and what the fda is saying is because this is less severe in young children, we want to see six months of safety data so that we can say to parents, and as a pediatrician i can say to my patients, they've done due diligence. although you aren't so concerned that covid is going to be severe in your child, we've shown that these vaccines are safe, and we recommend them >> can i just follow up on that? >> i think by doing that we're going to be able to see more parents be willing to vaccinate their kids >> as a mom of a 6 and 4-year-old, i like that. i'm glad to hear about that. on the other hand, when i hear about the delta variant ripping around the country through the unvaccinated, it didn't exist. we didn't know about it a few months ago i worry about some new variant coming along and maybe this one is more dangerous to little kids and here our kids are hanging out there unprotected. is that an irrational mom worry? >> that's not irrational at all. and it's really balancing those

two things, and i hope that fear that you're expressing will encourage more adults who may say, hey, i don't care about this, to get vaccinated to provide that barrier, that buffer around children and others who can't be vaccinated and recognize that there are people still who want to be vaccinated and we have to up those efforts to get them to people. so to workers who are in lower income jobs who can't take time off work, to people with disabilities who are homebound, we have to continue to double those efforts and we have to call out states that are saying, hey, we're not going to promote this to people for whom it's been authorized. that is just -- that has got to be unacceptable. >> dr. besser, as always, thank you. have a good weekend. appreciate it. >> thank you. turning now to the breaking news overnight from the faa calling for boeing 737s to undergo inspection over a dangerous potential issue as air travel ticks back up to prepandemic levels now.

nbc's stephanie gas -- gosk joins us with the breaking details. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, craig. there are inspections ordered of every 737 this morning. one of the most popular planes in the world. it's based on fears of oxygen levels dropping within the planes and potentially incapacitating crew members including pilots. federal regulators will now require more frequent testing of low cabin pressure warning systems. the faa citing safety concerns and reports of latent failures of the cabin altitude pressure switches. failure of these switches could result in dangerously low oxygen levels inside the cabin potentially causing crews to lose control of the plane. while the directive has been issued for all 737 aircraft, including that troubled 737 max, the faa says it is unrelated to any issues related to the max's return to service last november. >> boy, two follow-up questions really quickly. how far reaching will the order be from the faa, and do we expect this to have any major impact on air travel?

>> reporter: that's the big question. for those of us flying right now, we 2,500 planes in the u.s. and moly and we all know that demand is f delays and cancellations across the country due to a number of the faa will require switches to be inspected within 2,000 flight hours of their last test or within 90 days of the order. >> all right, stephanie gosk on that breaking news, thanks. now to that devastating and deadly flooding in western europe. rescue efforts under way in parts of germany and belgium in what is being called the worst flooding there in a century. so far, more than 100 people have been killed and about 1500 are still are still unaccounted for. >> the severe flooding coming after days of torrential rain there which turned into raging tore rents which swept away cars and caused houses to collapse across the region the german army has deployed about 900 soldiers to assist in

the search and rescue operation. officials there hoping liv some of the people that are missing just can't be reached because of mobile networks and internet connections going down. that's the hope. german chancellor angela merkel who was in washington on thursday to meet with president biden offers her condolences, said the full extent of this tragedy will only be seen in the coming days returning now to our countdown to tokyo, with just one week until the opening ceremony of the olympic games, the athletes are getting ready for go time. it's certainly not business as usual in the olympic village tom llamas is on the ground in tokyo. hi, tom, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah good morning to you. you said it. we are one week away from the opening ceremony and the olympic bubble that we are in alon with the athletes is coming under scrutiny, and that's because covid cases are rising here in tokyo. already a member of a foreign delegation had to be taken to the hospital because they were infected and right now the search is on

for a ugandan athlete who skipped a pcr test who can't b found anywhere and missed a covid test >> begin that quest for gold >> reporter: this morning a roster shake-up for team usa's men's basketball team. nba star bradley beal not >> since he was a little kid, this has been a dream of his and he was playing great so for him and his family, immediate family, it's devastating. so we just feel horrible about it >> jerami coming off a career high season. >> a second player, jerami grant from the detroit pistons is also now being monitored. in tokyo, a new wave of infections is troubling health officials. seven staff members at a hotel southwest of the city tested positive for covid, the same hotel where a brazilian delegation is staying. and somehow an olympic athlete in quarantine tested positive for covid

but despite all that, the excitement is still building for these games, and we're getting our first look at one of the most high-profile venues this is the tokyo aquatic center this is where legends are going to be made during these games in that pool right there. caeleb dressel, kati ledecky and the rest of team usa will be going for the gold the usa softball team is already practicing in japan. outfielder katie is telling us about the unique experience living inside the village. >> you walk out of your door, you immediately grab a mask. in the dining hall, one of the biggest places to meet new people, your setup is plexiglass dividers in between every single seat. >> reporter: good news for tennis fans. novak djokovic ranked number one in the family, announcing on twitter on a birthday message to one of his japanese fans he will be competing in tokyo, keeping

his chances alive for the first ever men's golden slam, a grand slam plus a gold medal >> tom, you've spoken with several athletes and organizers. you've had your ea to the ground. what's the general feeling going into the games >> reporter: look, savannah i can tell you we were out at some of the venues today they are absolutely incredible organizers are treating this event like it is the world's biggest and best sporting event. every single athlete is excited. they understand they have to follow these protocols, but they don't care they want to be here they want to compete they want to win a gold medal. simone biles is here mike tirico just got here from nbc sports we're just waiting for savannah and the entire "today" show team to get started >> i'm flying today. save my seat seat at the bar, that is yeah you know how that is you can watch the tokyo olympics by the way beginning july 23rd across the networks and platforms of nbc the opening ceremony is

literally one week from today and we're going to carry it live during these hours and then the "today" show will be special with all y'all. >> and then we'll head over. >> a week from saturday. >> by the way, right now where tom is, it's 81 degrees, feels like 87. and the feels like temperature through tuesday during the day, 96 to 100 degrees. >> in tokyo or here? >> in tokyo. in tokyo it's going be hot. and it's going to be hot here too. very much like tokyo here over the next few days in the northeast. 22 million people under heat advisories through saturday. we have this heat island effect going on rural areas with trees and greenery, that helps keep those areas cool shade and moisture in the cities, roads, parking lots all retain that heat. between new york city and newark, they're in the top three heat islands 17 degrees above average highs newark warmer at 7.7 and look at these temperatures we're expecting. heat and humidity up and down the eastern seaboard from new

york with a heat index of 98, feels like 100 in new bern, 98 in raleigh charleston, 96 tomorrow, one more day of that in fact, really warm high humidity before this front comes through. it'll feel like 102 saturday in philadelphia 102 in elizabeth city. lynchburg, 96. but then the good news front pushes through and temperatures moderate to more seasonal conditions. new york city will see temperatures in the low to mid 80s. same in pittsburgh, cincinnati, chicago as well all the way down to nashville we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds

good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, we can see the fog that's draped right over the top of the tower there. we are going to see still some cool weather for our coastal areas, but our inland valleys are headed for the mid-80s for today. just a little bit warmer in some spots compared to yesterday as we bo into the rest of the weekend, highs in the 90s in some of the warmer inland valleys. while san francisco will get a little more sunshine and temperatures reaching into the upper 60s into next week. >> >> and that is your latest weather. guys >> you know it's casual friday when al roker has his jeans on >> oh, yeah, doing my regis philbin in my monochromatic look in honor of the rege and when we come back, we're going to take you to the eiffel tower. after nine long months of closure, will it be enough to keep businesses there afloat it's a question a lot of popular destinations are facing right now. there's molly hunter i wonder if she took the

elevator or climbed. >> probably climbed. probably climbed we're also going miles below the ocean's surface becaus divers are getting a look at the divers are getting a look at the wreckage of the "titanic" like

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good morning, it's 7:26. i'm marcus washington. here's today's top stories including two men accused in a bizarre bomb plot. good morning, i'm in san francisco this it morning. federal prosecutors are announcing charges against two men that had planned to fire bomb the democratic headquarters in sacramento. the two men began hatching that plan shortly after the 2020 election. both men are scheduled to appear later in federal court. if convicted, both men face 20 years in prison.

i'm in the bay area where they are closely watching covid numbers to see if mask mandates should come back. due to the quickly spreading delta variant, l.a. public health officials decided to bring back the indoor mask requirements regardless of person's vaccination status. they are considering people wear masks again indoors. san francisco is not planning on changing the rules back to an indoor mask mandate just yet. time to get a look at that forecast on this friday. meteorologist kari hall? >> it looks good as we have enjoyed cooler than normal weather to start out the week. now it's starting to warm up a few more degrees. as we take a look at these numbers, reaching into the mid-80s for today. our warmest spots in the inland value lease. but then thatynto monday. san francisco is going to see a lot more fog, it does get some more sunshine into the end of the weekend.

>> thank you. we'll have another update for you in 30 minutes. i'll see you back here then.

♪ playing your song, savannah guthrie help me out. 7:30 on a friday morning it is july 16th, 2021. take a look at that crowd outside. they're getting ready for that concert. three-time grammy winners dan + shay they're taking over the plaza. we're going to rock out a really fun friday morning concert it's the perfect weekend start >> i'm telling you it felt so good coming in this morning, crowd wrapped around the plaza. all vaccinated >> i was just outside. everybody is smiling, laughing and we'll take it.

>> sweating, laughing. >> good to see you >> good morning. >> 7:30 headlines now on a friday morning new york governor andrew cuomo is scheduled to be interviewed tomorrow as the state attorney general's office winds down it investigation of sexual misconduct and inappropriate sexual remarks several have accused him of unwanted kissing and inappropriate sexual remarks cuomo has apologized for making people feel uncomfortable, but has repeatedly denied that he did anything wrong nfl star richard sherman was released from jail yesterday following his arrest for allegedly trying to break into his in-laws' seattle area home yesterday police released surveillance video of the incident it happened on wednesday it shows sherman attempting to open a locked door according to police and demanding that his father-in-law come open it up. >> come through. come through >> sherman later was arrested outside the home he's facing a list of charges, including criminal trespassing,

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loosening restrictions americans can now visit and local businesses that hung on through the pandemic are counting on the return of tourists to stay afloat. nbc's molly hunter is live at the eiffel tower for us. molly, bonjour >> reporter: craig, savannah, bonjour. not even just at the eiffel tower. we are on top of the eiffel tower. so just like last year, it is back open. a couple of different thing, though there are lots of american tourists and this top floor is a lot higher than where we were last year. take a look. after its second closure in two years, the eiffel tower is open for business as paris roars back to life. this morning, tourists are lining up for opening day. >> are you excited, quinn? >> yes it's been on my bucket list. >> it's been on your bucket list. >> i mean, it's nice to have a bucket list at your age. >> yeah, 12 years old. >> reporter: a in typical year, the eiffel tower has 7 million visitors now just 10,000 people a day can visit with social distancing rules. and unlike last year the

elevators are working. just one more floor and we get to go to the very top. and that includes american tourists who are now allowed back into france >> how does it feel traveling? >> it feels normal i mean, we had a great flight. we just came in yesterday. travel is normal as usual. >> what are you most excited about? >> climbing up the eiffel tower. that's what you're most excited about? >> yes >> reporter: vaccination rates here are up since french president emmanuel macron announced proof of vaccination will be required to enter the city's famed street cafes and other venues, but many local businesses still need foreign tourists to stay afloat. david is desperate for americans to get on a plane. >> how many tours can you even quantify, tours a day in paris in 2019? >> several hundred, maybe a thousand people a day in july. mid-july is our busiest season and today we had zero. >> except for me >> reporter: and with no reservations, david squeezed in this first timer for a tour >> you have the eiffel tower right here on the left-hand

side side, the symbol of paris. >> so are you optimistic you need tourists back >> i am very optimistic and i desperately need tourists. that's right if 2019 was a level ten, last year was a level zero. paris is here. europe is here it's open, ready and we just need people to get on the planes and come i'm ready. desperate. i'm desperately ready. >> these are fun >> yeah. let's go see the city of lights. >> let's go. >> molly, you're living your best life. >> i know. >> every time we see you overseas that molly is having fun here's the thing this is all happening as europe is opening open more broadly to americans trying to return to normal, as well. >> reporter: yeah. craig, i mean, it's a tough gig. someone has to do it but we've been talking to a lot of americans in the last couple of days and they say travel feels pretty normal, actually. you have to go through a couple of extra tests and extra paperwork, but once you get there, there are few lines a lot fewer tourists a great time to see europe

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sunken ship's wreckage like never before >> nbc news anchor joe fryer has more on the man spearheading the effort just when you think you knew all the secrets of the "titanic. >> there's still more to find. so we started this week talking about folks going 50 miles plus up to go into space. now we're looking at a sunken ship that's fascinated us for decades. the man behind this mission did dream of blasting off into space growing up but is now focused on worlds below the new images taken more than 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface offer what was a window of the "titanic" including pictures of a stained glass window on the ocean's floor. you can see remnants of concrete flooring and tile and the rest unidentified debris that a team of researchers is still working to classify. it's the latest look at where the majestic ocean liner's wreckage has remained for more than a century

led by ceo stockton rush >> the everest of shipwrecks and we wanted to galvanize some interest in the deep ocean and the "titanic" is the way to do it >> reporter: the five-person crew descended in a vessel called titan, not a submarine, but a submersible. it requires a support ship on the water's surface. ocean gates is the only submersible in the world that can go deep enough to reach the wreckage their goal is to document the "titanic" with 4k video and state-of-the-art sonar and laser technology creating a 3-d high-res image of what remains of the ship. they also plan to study the sea life around it the luxury british steamship thought to be unsinkable did sink after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyag from england to new york in 1912, a disaster tha took more than 1,500 lives >> hold on >> oh, god

>> reporter: the ship's fate inspired one of the highest grossing films of all time the ship's deep sea grave wasn't discovered until 1985 motivating generations of explorers to capture what's left of the wreckage as i rapidly disintegrates. >> we will rely do try to keep the memory of those who die but also to keep their memory alive by being able to understand their artifacts and what really happened and is happening to the shipwreck. >> along with the scientists and experts, there are mission specialists who can pay to join the crew and help with the expedition rush says many do have family ties to the "titanic." ocean gate expeditions has completed three of its five planned missions the last one will wrap up and head back to the surface on august 7th >> you should go, joe. >> sure, count me in to -- >> scuba. >> as long as i don't have to -- >> snorkel or scuba. >> scuba is that the word >> as a matter of fact, we're going to need a bigger snorkel thank you, joe al, what you got

joe, don't crack a window, either that's not going to be good. hey, we put a screen door in anyway, we are looking at heavy showers and thunderstorms firing from oklahoma all the way into parts of the midwest as a frontal system pushes in that is actually going to bring some cooler air in in the meantime, we have a risk of strong storms from fayetteville up to boston, bangor, strong winds, isolated hail, a few strong storms stretching from maine down to arkansas gusty winds, local downpours moving in and then for tomorrow, that front will reach into the east coast bringing rain, heat, humidity, fuel, widespread, these widespread storms and then as we make our way into sunday, things will finally clear out. but in the meantime, heavy rain from boston all the way down to memphis. some places could be picking up to 4 inches of rain before i good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we take a look at temperatures,

we have mid-80s for highs today. just a little warmer tomorrow. that continues into the weekend. we are watching out for a chance of a few isolated thunderstorms that will be very close to the bay area. san francisco will get less of the clouds and fog for the weekend. and temperatures come up a couple degrees reaching into the upper 60s. we'll see that fog returning next week and it does stay cool there. >> and that is your latest weather. guys >> al, thank you coming up next, we may not think of sharks as warm and cuddly creatures, but we're going to introduce you to a conservationis who says they are fun and playful and has a treasure trove of video to prove it >> why she's trying to show sharks in a whole new light is right after this >> look at that. . in the midst of tears, i found there was, within me, an invincible smile. and that makes me happy. for it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me,

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it is so cool back here. >> it is really cool >> i love that >> graphics this morning but apparently to 85-year-ol valerie taylor, sharks, they've always been not just fascinating, but fun >> and she's talking about her remarkable life with nbc's kerry sanders who is on the beach without any shoes as usual this morning. kerry, good morning. hope you got a pedi. >> reporter: good morning. that's right australian valerie taylor is a legend more than 10,000 dives in her life, and that is the basis now for a new nat geo documentary. and during those dives she was in almost every one face-to-face with sharks. she has concluded that it is us, we're the threat to sharks we're the threat to sharks, the oceans and the planet. >> i'd never seen anybody hand feeding a great white shark off

the back of a boat i wanted to give that nice shark -- it was a boy shark. >> valerie taylor is a pioneer in the 1950s, swimming with sharks just wasn't done. but a young female scientist, it was just unheard of. famed oceanographer jean-michel cousteau say when everybody else was swimming away, valerie was swimming towards danger she and her husband with their underwater cameras brought the world the first close up under water views of great white sharks ever filmed >> they wanted dangerous marine animals or what they thought were dangerous they wanted drama. and if i could be in the film, fluttering around in my stollies britches, that was even better >> you are either crazy or incredibly courageous. >> i didn't take either of those things i'm incredibly curious

>> at a time when sharks were thought to be mindless killers, taylor and her husband were taking a different approach, rescuing this great white tangled in wire. and gently soothing it as it returns to the sea a memory now tinged with sadness. >> wow >> i think she was only free for another six months and a fisherman caught her >> over thousands of dives, valerie has had countless close calls. she's even been bitten four times. but her attitude has never changed. >> if things went wrong, i get frustrated and angry, but not really scared. >> taylor even proved firsthand how a shark's bite really works. >> the sharks don't have crush power. >> at age 85, taylor says she has no regrets and that she's looking forward to getting back in the ocean the source of all life on our planet >> the marine environment that i knew when i first took up

snorkeling and then diving doesn't exist anymore. it's been altered hugely by human impact >> do you believe that it can be brought back >> only if it's left alone and we're not going to leave it alone. >> filmmakers had more than 5,000 hours of film of valerie taylor's life, so it's a very rich documentary over the decades. it's called "playing with sharks." i think that's appropriately named. and the documentary is a nat geo documentary july 23rd on disney plus guys, a fascinating life savannah, the sand does great for the pedicure >> it does it exfoliates your feet. it does. she's a cool lady. i love that, kerry thank you. >> kudos to kerry's crew down there. >> nice. >> beautiful shots coming up, we don't have a lot of time, but we have the best the duo of the year the last three years running, dan + shay are going to rock the plaza. they have new songs, old songs,

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good morning, it's 7:56. i'm marcus washington. here's what's happening now. >> the bay area is closely watching covid numbers and the delta variant to see if mask mandates should come back. due to the quickly spreading delta variant, l.a. public health officials decides it's time to bring back the indoor mask requirements regardless of vaccination status. alameda county said it's considering recommending people wear masks again indoors. san francisco says it is not planning on changing the rules back to an indoor mask mandate just yet. good morning, i'm in san francisco this morning. federal prosecutors are announcing charges against two bay area men that have planned

to fire bomb the democrat you can headquarters in sacramento. the two men began hatching that plan shortly after the 2020 election. both men are scheduled to appear later in federal court. if convicted, both men face 20 years in prison. on this friday, it's time to get a look of that forecast. >> it looks pretty good today. the temperatures that we have had the past couple days does continue as we go into today as our high reaches the 80s in concorde. upper 60s in oakland. mid-70s for palo alto and san francisco in the mid-60s. as we go through our seven-day forecast, we will be on a warming trend with higher humidity and a slight chance of a thunderstorm on sunday into monday. we'll see the highs in the low 90s. in san francisco, just a little less fog and highs in the 60s into early next week. >> thank you, kari.

we'll have another update coming up in 30 minutes. i'll meet you back here then.

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the delta variant fuels a sharp rise in new covid cases. los angeles is once again requiring masks indoors, even for the fully vaccinated. and in tennessee, infections are up nearly 340% in two weeks. in the meantime, an fda official saying vaccinations for children under 12 probably won't be approved in time for the start of school this fall. vaccine myths that are keeping many adults from getting their shots are posing an imminent threat to our nation's health, as well. >> meanwhile, there are new covid fears in the world of baseball this morning after an outbreak in the new york yankees clubhouse. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with the latest and the concern is that the all-star game may have been a super spreader event. >> yeah. there are some worries here. that outbreak led to the cancellation of last night's game between the yankees and their long-time rivals, the boston red sox. but this development could potentially have an impact on the entire league. espn reporting tha is slugger aaron judge who

played in the major league all-star game on tuesday. the all-star game brings the best in baseball together. but this year's midsummer classic is sparking concerns it may be a potential covid super spreader. >> we're in a very fluid situation right now. >> the yankees announcing thursday that three of its pitchers tested positive for covid-19 and multiple rapid tests for three other players came back positive. >> we'll wait now for the lab tests to come back, which i'm assuming is going to be positive, as well. >> batting fourth and playing right field from the new york yankees, aaron judge. >> overnight, espn reporting slugger aaron judge is one of the yankees who tested positive on a rapid test, according to unspecified sources. new york's game against the red sox thursday night was postponed as a result. >> and the score is judge -- >> judge, who scored the first run in the all-star game at denver's coors field seen high-fiving his all-star teammates afterwards. >> he was in a clubhouse with 40 or so other players including

five members of the red sox. so that's obviously a big concern for the red sox and they had their players in the all-star game tested and the results so far have been negative. >> and the one-two, and he struck him out swinging. >> the yankees were among the first in the league to reach an 85% vaccination mark, which allowed them to roll back covid protocols like wearing masks in the dugout. >> right side and through for a base hit. >> this is the second time this season that the yankees have had multiple results in the organization. in may, several coaches and staffers tested positive in one week. all of them received the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine. now a new outbreak, leaving not only the yankees, but the rest of the league on alert. >> those testing results are going to be very carefully monitored. that will be an issue for at least every american league team and maybe every team, period, because the players were all in pretty close contact with each other at the all-star game. >> we reached out to the new york yankees to confirm judge's positive test, but have not heard back.

during the all-star events earlier this week, rapid and pcr tests were conducted every day and there were no positive results at that time. >> wow, thank you, stef. >> stephanie, thank you very much. have turned deadly and led to widespread damage. that unrest follows the arrest of the country's president in connection with a sweeping corruption probe. kelly is just outside johannesburg with a closer look. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, craig. there was more looting overnight, tensions still high here in south africa. more businesses damaged, as well. this mall is just one of hundreds that have been destroyed over the past several days here in south africa. you can see people here are now volunteering to come clean some of this up. but there's still a lot of pent up anger here, anger fueled by politics, poverty and the pandemic. this morning, america's most

important ally in africa rocked by historic sweeping and dangerous protests, fires and looting. tensions boiling in south africa prompting protests on a scale not seen in nearly three decades, since the end of the racist regime of minority rule known as apartheid, protests that had implications around the world. more than 100 people killed, thousands arrested, windows smashed and in some case businesses burned to the ground. in a dramatic moment captured on cell phone video, a toddler tossed and saved from a burning building torched by rioters. these demonstrations started after the arrest of former president jacob zuma who is facing a sweeping corruption investigation. even now, half of south africa's population lives below the poverty line and unemployment is at nearly 33%. all of that compounded over the past year by the pandemic. now some business owners struggling to figure out how

they'll recover. >> we know the rate of unemployment is very high, but when you do things like this, then it becomes more higher. >> reporter: in washington, the white house says it supports a solution that respects human rights and brings a peaceful resolution to the ongoing unrest. >> we certainly track and watch closely and have concerns about unrest that we see in the streets in south africa. >> reporter: and this morning, we're seeing another effect from all of these riots, long food and fuel lines in parts of country. today, the government givening beginning to deploy some of those 25,000 troops to help restore calm. craig. >> all right. kelly for us there in south africa, kelly, thank you. news is covered. miss guthrie. >> okay, savannah. >> a good one too. morning boost, college baseball player robert anthony cruise did not give up hope when he was passed over the major league baseball draft. sure enough, he got a surprise call from the washington

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it helped one woman have a baby even though doctors told her she would never be able to carry her own child. >> it's really an impressive story. millions of women suffer from uterine factor infertility that's when a woman can't carry a baby because her uterus isn't functioning. it's a condition impacting up to 5% of reproductive aged women. now some doctors are performing a groundbreaking transplan surgery which is helping some of these patients have children >> he's perfect. >> this is like not real >> not long ago, these two women were perfect strangers >> oh! >> now, they share a bond that is unbreakable in the form of this tiny baby boy named telbin walker. >> do you remember the first time you held telbin >> i do. i can't even explain, you know, how it feels to hold him now still. it's like a gift that i will never, ever, ever be able to

repay cheryl for >> chelsea genovonovic was a teenager when doctors told her she would never be able to get pregnant born with a rare condition called mrkh, her uterus never fully developed >> it was devastating. all i ever wanted to do was be a mom. >> chelsea and her husband, jake, tried surrogacy but were unsuccessful near the point of giving up, the couple decided to try something that seemed unimaginable >> for some reason, i had remembered where my primary care provider had given me that "time" magazine about the uterine transplants, and i'm like, i'm just going to google it >> that's when a uterus from a living or deceased donor is transplanted into another woman so that she can carry a baby it's an experimental surgery being tested for women who don't have a functioning uterus. so far, there have been 50 uterus transplants performed all over the world 20 babies have been born >> these women have ovaries,

they have eggs they just don't have the uterus to gestate the pregnancy so once we are able to give them that uterus, the vast majority get pregnant and have babies chelsea found a uterine transplant program at penn medicine in philadelphia >> and i said, well, i'm just going to apply they're never going to pick me, but -- >> why didn't you think they would pick you >> because there are so many people applying probably i didn't think it would be an option for us. >> there's one ovary right here. >> but after undergoing a series of tests, chelsea was not only selected to undergo a transplant, doctors told her they already had a donor who was a match. >> i was in shock because i wasn't actually believing that we were going to, you know, do this >> in february 2020, she underwent the 12-hour transplant surgery. six weeks later, doctors implanted one of the couple's three embryos. the first didn't work. but the second time around --

>> oh, my god. >> i went my whole life thinking i wasn't able to carry a child it's like something out of a dream. >> as chelsea's baby bump grew bigger, the couple couldn't help but wonder who was this mysterious donor >> all i knew is whoever this lady was, she was pretty selfless and pretty amazing. >> but a few weeks later, chelsea got the opportunity to meet the donor, cheryl irvin, a 42-year-old pennsylvania mother of two who decided to become a donor after hearing about the uterus transplants on the local news the two women had an instant connection >> something brought us together i mean, even our personalities seemed very similar. >> on may 18th, chelsea delivered baby telbin. and last month, cheryl met him for the first time >> really, we did it it worked. this is amazing.

>> what made you want to do this >> i had two great pregnancies i enjoyed pregnancy. i enjoyed the feeling of my kids so i just wanted to be able to give that to somebody else >> now, these two women call each other soul sisters. >> i do. i feel like a part of your family i'm like every picture, i'm like, oh, my god i felt like i was pregnant with you. >> thanks to a breakthroug surgery and a selfless act >> oh. >> we were all just standing around staring at each other >> i have chills >> my goodness >> so chelsea says, tells us in just a few months, they're going to try for one more baby with this same uterus doctors say while this type of transplant is being studied, they are getting better and better at it and having more success and they hope in the near future that it will become a viable option for women with this type of infertility so she'll do it one more time and then they'll take the uterus >> what a beautiful act of generosity from a total stranger i'm so moved by that >> she just wanted to give that experience >> what about those -- they do

those anti-rejection medications. do they -- i'm sure they looked into it, but is there any impact on the baby? >> that's a good question. that's a good question it's hard on the body. in fact, these same medications have been studied in pregnant kidney transplant recipients and doctors have not found any increase in the risk of birth defects, but doctors tell us there is still frankly so much they don't know about the full effect of these anti-rejection medications. so that is one of the many things they're still trying to learn about. so she'll try to have one more child and then they'll remove the uterus so she doesn't have to take those drugs any more >> amazing >> can that uterus be used for somebody else? >> see, that -- i asked that same question. i don't think so i think they're going to -- you know, two for one -- >> yeah, i know. >> it's not a car, yeah. >> and carson just said, you is the implications for the future there are so many women who have suffered from this you know, she found out when she was 15 >> that changes everything for a young woman. >> you know, do you tell your boyfriend in college you know, so this is ground breaking

>> very cool >> and scientists are amazing and the doctors and researchers. love that story. sheinelle, thank you all right, al, you can't top that >> no, nor do i want to. but in the meantime, let's show you what we have for today heavy rain developing through the upper ohio and mississippi river valleys back into the central mississippi river valley, as well. flood threat continuing through the southwest. heat continuing in the pacific northwest. sunshine making its way into the mi good friday morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. live look outside in san jose. it is cloudy but clearing up soon. temperatures stay nice and comfortable after a cool start. headed to the mid 70s. for the east bay, expect it to reach 80 in livermore, concord, 84. and upper 60s for oakland. napa, 75. going through the forecast for the weekend, going to continue to warm up. the warmest day is monday with a lot more sunshine.

>> and that is your latest weather. best time of the morning, popstart >> a caveat. >> and sheinelle's story >> that was good too >> no, i'm just the follow-up here olivia rodrigo and dr. anthony fauci. no, i'm not making an announcement for "dancing with the stars. these two met earlier this week when the pop star visited the white house to lend her voic to the vaccination efforts rodrigo with a whopping 28 million followers recorded special videos for the white house, including this one that we have an exclusive first look at it features the pair responding to fan tweets about the vaccine and, lucky you, you're going to get to hear dr. fauci's greatest or favorite concert of all time. >> wear your mask and get your vaccines i need to see olivia rodrigo live in concert in the first row. >> if i tell you the greatest concert i've ever been to, you're going to faint. the reason is i'm so old, it goes back to the late 1950s

at the paramount theater in new york city, which was a motow concert with the temptations, the four tops. i'm sorry. i'm really -- i'm a really old guy. >> that sounds incredible. >> she's like who are these temptations you speak of. >> i was at that concert >> yeah, exactly >> you can find more of their conversation in just a little bit over on today.com. next up, antonio banderas, the latest to join the cast of the highly anticipated franchise sequel "indiana jones 5. details on who he is going t play or portray, we don't know yet. but we know for sure the latest chapter in the series will feature the return of the fedora clad harrison ford reprising his iconic role. although the film which is currently in production across the pond did recently have a minor setback in shooting. last month, ford sustained an injury to his shoulder during a fight scene causing the 79-year-old actor to take a little break from filming.

but indiana jones 5, set your calendars for july of next year. next up, james gandolfini, from mob boss to paper pusher. he was almost cast in a very different role on nbc's long running sitcom, "the office. >> what? "sopranos" stars michael imperoli breaking the news to ricky gervais on a recent episode of their podcast talking sought sopranos. according to stripa, he was in talks to replace steve carell in season seven >> wow >> i think before james and after carell, they offered jim, i want to say, $4 million to play him for the season and hbo paid him 3 million not to do it. that's a fact. >> they paid him that to keep the legacy of "the sopranos" pure >> well, i guess that and also he had a deal with them. he was doing "the night of." >> oh, right, right, right

>> wow >> there you go. >> amazing >> never heard of that >> what a great deal >> not to do it. >> can you pay me $3 million to sit around >> they say there's the saying, the most powerful phrase in hollywood is no. >> wow >> maybe in life >> maybe >> you start with no >> i do. >> you do? >> no. >> for the phrase -- >> start with yes? roker is like, no, start with no >> thank you >> you got it. still ahead we're going to say yes, yes, yes to dan + shay and all their fans they are ready and assembled the country duo has a full half hour of music for us including one song that is rising to the top of the charts as we speak. dan + shay

it is 8:26. i am marcus washington. new this morning, next commuter office may involve hopping on a ferry to head to the bay to san francisco. the plan set in motion by kevin mullins. murphy news reporting he secured $5 million in the state budget for a ferry terminal in redwood city. the plan first talked about 25 years ago. supporters believe the new money will get that plan off the ground. right now, ferry service in

south san francisco. looking at the forecast, meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. >> you have slightly warmer temperatures headed our way for the weekend. we see highs for the inland areas reach into the low 80s. we have some upper 80s tomorrow. sunday we're going to see highs trending towards 90 degrees. we're watching a surge of monsoonal moisture, slight chance for an isolated thunderstorm or possibly dry lightning close by. san francisco is going to see less fog for the weekend, temperatures reach into the upper 60s. marcus? >> thanks, kari. another local news update coming in 30 minutes. meet back here then.

we are back now. it is 8:30 on a fri-yay morning. that's a great big name because we've got dan + shay out o the plaza in person for our citi concert series >> the country duo has a new album out next month and we're getting a special preview on one of the songs on that release, plus some other huge hit including one that won a grammy this year. they're nominated for three grammys and they win all three grammys. >> and dan + shay are sticking

around for our third hour. plus, it's the news nerds versus the weather wizards in a game of mini golf. you'll have to guess who is on which team >> come on, news nerds >> we didn't let you down. >> come on >> al, what have you got brewing? >> we're going to be talking about steamy stuff for the weekend. let's show you what's going on we are looking at heavy rain in the northeast all the way down into the gulf coast. dangerous heat out west. and then on sunday, sunday, more strong storms making their way from the gulf into the mid-atlantic and northeast record heat out west mainly dry along the west coast good friday morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. take a look at the seven-day forecast for the inland areas. just a touch warmer in some spots today, overall still pretty nice. the warming trend continues for the weekend. we reach up to 90 degrees sunday for inland areas and peaking monday. just a little hotter while san

francisco will see less fog, temperatures reach into the upper 60s and we'll see sunshine for the weekend. >> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi ♪ >> al, thank you so much it's now time. the moment we've been waiting for. well, maybe all our lives. >> not just us this whole crowd who has been here for a long time but before we get to dan + shay and they rock the plaza, let's take a closer look at how these country crooners rose to the top. ♪ dynamic country duo dan smyers and shay mooney have been making hits together for more than eight years. ♪ since their first platinum certified debut single, "19 you

and me," they've been soaring up the charts with three studio albums, 8 number one country singles and over 8 billion streams. ♪ when i taste tequila ♪ crossover grammy winning hit "tequila" was the most streamed country song from 2018. >> and the grammy goes to -- >> "speechless," dan + shay. >> chart topping "speechless" won the songwriters another grammy in 2019 ♪ it's been 10,000 hours ♪ >> and this year, they took home a third grammy for "10,000 hours" with justin bieber. >> as you can tell, we're very excited. we have no speech prepared >> and before they kick off their tour and release their new album "good things" next month, the guys are returning to ou neck of the woods. we're thrilled to welcome dan + shay back to our citi stage. now in a song off their new album being released next month -- >> here is dan + shay with "good

things." ♪ ♪ said some things i ain't prou of i wish i could take back ♪ ♪ never meant to make you hurt like that, no ♪ ♪ for a while it was perfect you made my world stand still ♪ ♪ oh, and something about you always will ♪ ♪ so when when it's late at night, hey, you're still wide awake ♪ ♪ if you're with your friends o you're lonely ♪ ♪ when you hear somebody start to say my name ♪ ♪ oh, when you think of me i hope you think good things ♪ ♪ i hope you think good things ♪ ♪ i hope you think good things ♪ ♪ i hope you ♪ ♪ picture that night in portlan

we drank three bottles of wine ♪ ♪ i said i love you about a million times ♪ ♪ and then we drove to new york city just to kiss in the rain ♪ ♪ now when it's pouring do you see my face ♪ ♪ so when it's late at night an you're still wide awake ♪ ♪ if you're with your friends o you're lonely, when you hear somebody start to say my name ♪ ♪ oh, when you think of me i hope you think good things ♪ >> somebody, make some noise in this place ♪ think good things ♪ ♪ i hope you think good things ♪ ♪ i hope you ♪ ♪ think of the way that i started to shake when i held you for the first time ♪ ♪ and every kiss that our lips made feel like new year's eve at midnight ♪ ♪ think of the 3:00 a.m. conversations, all of the big dreams that we were chasing

down ♪ ♪ if i ever cross your mind somehow when it's late at night and you're still wide awake ♪ ♪ if you're with your friends o you're lonely ♪ ♪ when you hear som say my name ♪ ♪ oh, when you think of me i hope you think good things ♪ >> wow dan + shay hitting those high notes early in the morning. not easy the upcoming album "good things" is out next month but it's available for preorder nationwide now >> and you'll want to get your hands on this one. dan + shay just gettin started out here friday morning,

our concert series continues grammy winners dan + shay ar here with us this morning. first of all, what is it like to be performing after the last 18 months >> this is the greatest feeling in the world, man, being back in new york city, being in front of you guys, in front of fans we've missed y'all so much thank you guys for being here. i saw on social media, there were a lot of folks camped out overnight. good to see you too. >> first time you've played? >> it is, in a little over a year we're a little rusty are we doing all right >> you still got it. >> a new record coming out by all accounts, from being a fan of yours, the 12 tracks on "good things" seems to be your best work you seem genuinely excited about these songs. >> we worked super hard on this project. it felt like our first album where you have all the time in the world to work on it. we had over a year to work on this album just cooped up in the studio we got a release date. august 13th it comes out we just dropped the title track off that album last night and so proud of this an

we feel our fans deserve the best so we push ourselves to keep raising the bar. >> you guys have been in the game for a long time best duo in country music. what's the secret to this magic that you two seem to have? >> oh, man, being genuine. we genuinely love what we do we get to play for amazing fans. and we like each other a lot we're best friends in our lives. it's not hard. we don't have to fake any of this we love what we do we love to create music together and like dan said, we owe our fans and radio, everyone, you guys to create the best music we possibly can we feel like on this next record we've truly reached a next level of what we're doing. >> we love it. when can we see you on tour? >> we're going to be everywhere. we're going on tour this september. we're going to be here in new york city in madison square garden which is like the craziest thing in the world to say. we've dreamed of that our dive entire lives >> how hard is it after you've been with your families together for so long, now you're going out on tour. is that going to be kind of weird? >> they're probably ready for us to get out of the house. no, we're all excited, man

we are's looking forward to it you don't realize how much you miss it until it's taken away from you we haven't seen our fans face-to-face like this we're looking out and seeing you guys you guys are the reason we get it's going to be extra special we're going to savor every tour right after >> you guys might as well knock it out >> what are you going to play now? >> a little song you might know, it's called "glad you exist. >> dan + shay, take it away. >> get ready ♪ ♪ here's to all the late night drunk phone calls that you picked up ♪ ♪ here's to all the bad decisions that you didn't judge ♪ ♪ all the love yous and hate yous and the secrets that you told me ♪ ♪ here's to everyone but mostly us ♪ ♪ there's a couple billion people in the world ♪

♪ and a million other places we could be but you're here with me ♪ ♪ take a moment just to take it in cause every high and every low led to this ♪ ♪ i'm just so glad you exist ♪ ♪ hoo, hoo ♪ ♪ hey, look what a hello from a stranger turned into ♪ ♪ caught up in a moment like it's just us in this room ♪ ♪ all the right words at the right time and you know 'em because you know me ♪ ♪ better than anyone else we don't need anyone else ♪ ♪ there's a couple billion people in the world and a million other places we could be ♪ ♪ but you're here with me take moment ♪ ♪ just to take it in, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ because every high and every

low led to this ♪ ♪ whoo, whoo ♪ ♪ don't you ever go don't you ever go, don't you ever go changin' ♪ ♪ never let me go never let me go never let me go, baby ♪ ♪ don't you ever go, don't you ever go, don't you ever go changing ♪ ♪ never let me go never ever le me go, never let me go, baby ♪ ♪ there's a couple billion people in the world and a million other places we could be, but you're here with me ♪ ♪ take a moment just to take it in cause every high and every low led to this ♪ ♪ i'm just so glad you exist ♪ ♪ whoo, whoo ♪ ♪ i'm glad you exist, ooh ♪ [ cheers and applause >> and we're back with more

music from dan + shay, but first, this is "toy" on nbc. da

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just an amtrak away. >> yes >> we have a great crowd this morning. they have another one of their hits to perform for us but before we do, we want to congratulate you two the song they're about to sing has set a new record do you all know this >> nope. >> look at their faces they don't know this >> "10,000 hours" is the top streamed country song of 2021 so far on spotify, which is an incredible feat >> i did not know that >> i was reading that -- that's amazing did you guys make it up? >> by the way, i personally streamed it 10,000 times it's real. >> go over to that -- you see that thing right there the pedestal, be very careful. >> be delicate >> no, no. >> press it gently

>> you do it >> no. the magic trick. >> yay >> there you go. >> there you go. >> unreal. >> this is crazy >> congratulations >> this is the heaviest thing i've ever -- >> add to that your collection of awards. >> i thought y'all were playing a prank on us. >> no. the most streamed country song on spotify >> this is unreal. thank you to spotify for supporting the song, to justin for being part of this with us and you guys for streaming the heck out of it man, that's unreal i would lift it higher but it's very heavy >> be very gentle. that's very heavy. >> you have to perform holding it that will be your pick >> it's unreal thank you, guys. >> congratulations >> thank you >> so i guess it makes sense, without further ado, how about we hear the most streamed country song of 2021 >> let's do it, man. y'all going to help us out on this one you guys ready ♪ ♪ do you love the rain does it make you dance ♪ ♪ when you're drunk with your

friends at a party ♪ ♪ what's your favorite song does it make you smile, do you think of me ♪ ♪ when you close your eyes, tel me, what are you dreamin', everything, i wanna know it all ♪ ♪ i'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more, oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours ♪ ♪ and i might never get there, but i'm gonna try ♪ ♪ if it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you ♪ >> are we still feeling good out there? ♪ do you miss the road that you grew up on ♪ ♪ did you get your middle name from your grandma ♪ ♪ when you think about your forever now, do you think of me ♪

♪ when you close your eyes, tel me, what are you dreamin' ♪ ♪ everything, i wanna know it all ♪ ♪ i'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more ♪ ♪ oh, if that's what it takes t learn that sweet heart of yours ♪ ♪ and i might never get there, but i'm gonna try ♪ ♪ if it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you i'm gonna love you ♪ ♪ ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ ooh, want the good and the ba and everything in between ♪ ♪ ooh, gotta cure my curiosity ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ ♪ i'd spend 10,000 hours and 10,000 more ♪ ♪ oh, if that's what it takes t

learn that sweet heart of yours ♪ ♪ and i might never get there but i'm gonna try ♪ ♪ if it's 10,000 hours or the rest of my life ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you i'm gonna love you ♪ ♪i'm gonna love you i-i-i'm gonna love you ♪ thank you guys so much we love you! >> dan + shay, everybody we've got another performance from dan + shay coming up in the third hour, so stick around. we love you guys we're back in a moment but first, this is "today" on

one more big thank you to dan + shay >> and their band too. >> you haven't missed a beat the band is great. love the songs, the new album comes out -- >> august 13th a party in nashville. >> don't you have a listening par party. >> we might have a surprise in nashville. nashville, stay tuned. welcome to come down it's going to be great. >> everybody, all right. >> one more thing to celebrate birthdays. >> it would be great if we get dan + shay sing birthday to all our smucker's folks. a little happy birthday. >> absolutely. >> just start us off ♪ happy birthday ♪ >> they're singing happy birthday to our smucker's folks. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> happy 100th birthday to lee from charlotte, north carolina, married to the love of her life

for 35 year, mary of greenwich, connecticut, 100 the secret of longevity, a cup of tea every day craig has the same thing but with bourbon in in james white, we salute from shelbyville, illinois. thank you for your service thelma jones celebrating 101 years. she loves watching "law & order" reruns da, da, da harold is from north dakota. a sports fan, 100 years old. likes to hit the greens three times a week just like carson and last but not least, happy 100th birthday to margaret, active lady from ft. pierce, florida, the proudest accomplishment she says being induct the into the sunshine state's shuffleboard hall of fame i love that don't forget if you know somebody turn 1g 00 or celebrating their 75th anniversary go to today.com. celebrity inspired style at normal people prices.

>> you're off to tokyo >> i am. >> safe flight. >> see you from the other side. >> see new japan. >> third hour, we have refreshing recipes to keep you cool. >> don't forget to check out our new podcast. download today on apple or spotify. >> dan + shay. cheers to you. >> we've been watching sheinelle bust a move all morning. >> rise and shine. >> jenna. >> nearly two miles in the air >> this is amazing >> yes >> your grampy would be so proud. >> thank you, al

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. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today i ". >> good morning. welcome to the third hour of "today" on this fri-yay. craig melvin, sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer. al roker. >> it's a big friday morning here, too, by the way, including the competition that you didn't know you had been waiting for. we're talking about mini golf. it's our latest buddy up, the news birds versus the weather wizards. someone hit the shot of your