san raphael bridge. the backup a bigger backup than is currently at the bay bridge. that will change over the next half hour and the san mateo bridge moves smoothly. >> that's what's happening for "today in the bay." live local news at 7:25. >> the "today" show is next. have a great day. good morning super soakers. henri still drenching the northeast after crashing ashore, washing out roads, damaging homes and knocking out power to tens of thousands. while in tennessee, the frantic search for survivors after a weekend of historic rain and devastating flooding >> i mean, this is -- this is almost of biblical proportions here >> at least 21 people killed, dozens missing complete coverage straight ahead. breaking overnight, crowds and chaos. u.s. forces involved in a deadly firefight at the kabul airport

amid the race to evacuate thousands of americans and afghans. president biden highlighting the dangers and a new address to the nation >> we have a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong >> his national security adviser warning of potential terrorist threats aimed at the evacuation efforts. we're live with the very latest. vaccination boost? the fda expected to grant full approval to the pfizer shot as early as today health officials hoping to convince the unvaccinated to roll up their sleeves as frustration mounts on the front lines. >> we're honestly, we're trying to do our best, but something has to give. >> just ahead, the desperate plea from doctors and nurses with covid cases still climbing. who is next? inside "jeopardy!'s" uncertain future launching a new search to replace alex trebek after the abrupt exit of the show's newly named and embattled host all that plus --

sounding off >> richardson being left behind. >> after placing ninth in her first race back from suspension, sha'carri richardson takes aim >> tell me all you want to tell me all the [ bleep ] you want, because i'm here to stay >> her fiery message to critics and the reaction and feelin' blue a remarkable sight in the sky thanks to the rarest full moon of the year. the heavenly images from all around the world today, monday, august 23rd, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza good morning welcome to "today" on this monday morning thanks for joining us. i'm sheinelle jones alongside tom llamas this morning. >> people are probably saying

what's in my coffee right now? everything looks different savannah, hoda and craig have the morning off. as you can see, we're in a brand new space here while studio 1a gets a little touch up >> meantime, there is a lot to talk about this morning, especially on the weather front. tens of thousands are waking up without power now as henri, now a tropical depression, slowly moves over rhode island. >> it made landfall yesterday. trees and wires down across the region with the storm expected to continue throughout the day >> meantime, flooding is also the major story in parts of tennessee where torrential rain took residents by surprise over the weekend. that storm now being blamed for at least 21 deaths and more than 25 people are missing. we have it all covered for you this morning, including dylan's forecast but we'll begin with nbc's kathy park in rhode island kathy, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning to you henri is being blamed for widespread damage here in rhode island the winds got so fierce that

trees, massive trees like the one you see behind me, stood no chance in fact, this one toppled on to power lines. it appears this entire road is without power. we're told customers, it's likely they won't get power back on for several days. this morning, thousands in the northeast waking up without power after henri barrelled through the region as a tropical storm. the slow-moving system made landfall in coastal rhode island with winds reported at 60 miles per hour >> the damage is significant the wind especially created some significant not only power outages but also tree damage there's several large trees down throughout town. >> reporter: at the height of the storm, massive waves crashed shore lines, closing beaches and bridges. farther inland, a damaging blow to homes >> we saw a few trees come down, across the street his car port

got destroyed by a big tree. >> reporter: a day earlier, new york got a preview of henri as extreme weather battered them by area saturday night. ♪ you know i can't smile withou you ♪ >> reporter: cutting short a star-studded concert in new york >> proceed to your vehicles outside of the event site. >> reporter: the relentless rain, flooding streets and subways, a rush of water cascading down the stairs. the storm also saw parts of new jersey with flash flooding, stranding residents. >> with the support of several local police, fire, ems crews, the county, we were able to rescue about 150 to 200 residents from their homes >> reporter: connecticut and massachusetts got slammed too. >> thunder and lightning with this torrential rain that's been making driving really tough. >> reporter: trees toppled on to trees and power lines. president biden promising

federal support. >> fema has already prepositioned resources in the region to speed our ability to respond, including food, water, life-saving communications, equipment, as well as generators. >> reporter: henri weakening and leaving behind a weekend mess that could take days to clean up. and back here in rhode island, residents here in no strangers to powerful storms and hurricanes. in fact, you remember the devastation left behind by superstorm sandy in 2012 as well as hurricane bob in 1991 which killed more than a dozen people, left behind leaving $1 billion in damage. sheinelle. >> kathy, thank you. and there is more extreme weather to talk about. we want to turn now to the ongoing response to catastrophic flooding in tennessee. take a look at this where record rain caught residents off guard over the weekend, the rising water blamed for at least 21 deaths. and this morning, dozens unaccounted for. sack brock joins us from

waverly, one of the area that was hardest hit. >> reporter: i just spoke with one woman who said she was watching homes float down the street through her window. the sidewalk has been pried up. as we move across this lawn, you'll find a care at a 45 degree angle propped up against the house here. the record rainfall in 24 hours, 13.6 inches. they received more than 17 inches on saturday. water is the most powerful natural force on earth. and over the weekend, an unending deluge of it tore through communities in middle tennessee. >> there's houses moved off their foundation, cars and trees. this is almost of biblical proportions here, like a massive tornado came through here. >> reporter: some parts of the state recording more than a foot of rain in just a matter of hours, leaving vehicles strewn across lawns and wedged up

sideways against trees . >> what we have unfolding right now is a very tragic and difficult situation. >> reporter: the vicious flash floods have already claimed more than 20 lives including 7-month-old twins. the ranch owned by country legend loretta lynn sharing sunday its foreman was swept up in the flood waters. >> look at the power of the water. steel totally bent. >> one man in waverly narrating through a scene of destruction. >> another upside down vehicle. >> reporter: surreal and sorrowful with neighbors consoling one another. first responders comb through communities looking for more than two dozen people still missing. for many of the ground, the painful search is personal. >> it just went and got one of my best friends. he drowned in this. and it's -- sitting here

thinking about that, yeah, it's tough, but we're going to move forward. >> reporter: with the shock of the flooding still setting in -- >> our whole block is history. houses, washed them down. i meant, this is no lie. >> reporter: residents in four counties that experienced catastrophic conditions are buoyed by the return of cell phone service which has led to more survivors and fewer people missing. >> we have had several calls this morning, people reporting in to us that they have found some of the people that we had on our list. so praise god, we've been very fortunate. we hope that continues throughout day. >> reporter: as the search and rescue mission unfolded, the tennessee national guard was deployed as was nashville's helicopter aquatic rescue team. just so happens they were practicing large-scale missions just a couple of weeks ago. right now this morning, all hands on deck. tom, back to you. >> sam brock, thank you. >> horrible. let's bring in dylan who is in for al this morning keeping

her eye on that flooding and henri. good morning. >> good morning, guys. part of the reason we saw the flooding through tennessee was we had just the week before tropical storm fred dump all that rain and a regular mesoscale system producing all that rain. so the ground was saturated and the water had nowhere to go. with what was at one point hurricane henri, most of the rain and flooding we saw was back through new york and new jersey. we saw 8.36 inches in jamesburg, new jersey, mostly on the west side of this storm. but now we have the flooding threat that includes parts of new york state, up across southern new england, as well, because the storm is going to slowly move to the north and east and rain itself out. it's only moving east at 1 miles per hour right now. it is a tropical depression. winds are at 30 miles per hour. so it is still breezy, but the rain is circling around new jersey. we'll eventually move through parts of the albany area and through massachusetts and through connecticut as we go through the day today. and by tomorrow morning, it will exit the east coast of

massachusetts so it won't be an issue any longer. but for today, we could still see an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain. that would give us storm totals up around 12 inches in some areas, especially back through new jersey. flooding will still be an issue today. sheinelle. >> dylan, thanks. we'll get to the rest of the forecast in just a bit. now to new developments in the fight against the coronavirus. full fda approval for the pfizer vaccine could come as early today. some hospitals in the south are being slammed by covid cases. frontline workers are running low on patience. nbc's kerry sanders is in florida where doctors are gathering this morning to address the unvaccinated. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. the fda has just given the pfizer vaccine full approval. no longer an emergency use approval, now full approval. all of this coming as there was a simulated walkout here today. about 100 doctor who is gathered

here saying enough is enough and now they're hoping with this approval of the pfizer vaccine more people will get vaccinated. this morning the fda giving full approval to pfizer's two-dose covid vaccine, making it the first in the united states to move beyond emergency use authorization. officials hope the move will help persuade more people to get the shot and make it possible for more businesses and schools to mandate the vaccine. >> this really tells people that there is no doubt whatsoever, based on the independent scientific review, that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks. >> reporter: welcome news as the nation's health care workers battling a relentless new wave as the delta variant rages. >> we're trying to do our best, but something has to give. >> reporter: across the south, icu beds are filling fast. five states within 10% of reaching capacity. and in florida, a state that

just topped 3 million cases, some doctors so fed up, they're gathering en masse today in palm beach to say enough is enough. >> as doctors, we are mentally and physically exhausted. i personally held hands with nurses, physicians. i've had friends who talked about leaving, you know, health care. we're exhausted. >> reporter: driving their frustration, the spread of vaccine misinformation, like this absurd theory during a recent school board meeting here. >> you take a black light flashlight and shine it on your veins and you're now going to glow in the black line because guess what? you're no longer human. >> reporter: social media is fuelling the spread, too, with rampant misinformation. >> the speed, scale and sophistication with which it is spreading and impacting our health is unprecedented. >> conservative co-host phil valentine passing away this weekend after being hospitalized with the virus. his brother telling "the tennesseean," before his death, i know if he were able to tell you this, he would tell you go

get vaccinated. the pfizer approval now by the fda actually gives some movement forward. for instance, the pentagon now can require members of the military to get vaccinated. those who have been fence sitting on this, a kaiser family foundation study, asked those who were thinking about it or put off by the emergency use authorization, three out of ten said once it was approved, they, too, would get vaccinated. and so we're beginning to see what some doctors believe is a significant step forward to getting more people in this country vaccinated. guys, we'll see how this goes in the coming days. >> kerry, thank you. now to the crisis? afghanistan, a deadly firefight involving u.s. forces at the airport in kabul it came just hours after president biden announced emergency evacuations were accelerating while noting, quote, a lot could still go wrong. nbc's chief foreign

correspondent richard engle is in doha, qatar, where some of the evacuees are arriving. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom the u.s. military and other countries are working extremely well, efficiently, and hard to get people off of that base. there are about 13,000 people on that base right now. the problem is at the gate there are lines that stretch for up to two miles in front of the gate there are even scammers asking people for $2,000 or $3,000 to get them to the front of the line with the promise that they can get them in. and then amid that mob, there was a sniper attack. no indication that it was the taliban that opened fire more likely it was an isis sniper, but it added to the chaos at the gate. the u.s. is steadily evacuating people from kabul airport. the desperate crowds pushing to get in, causing chaos.

20 people have been killed around the airport, most in mass shootings and stampedes. overnight, a clash outside as afghan guards exchanged fire with unidentified gunmen one guard was killed in the clash which involved american and german soldiers. the crowds are slowing down the evacuations. the taliban are generally allowing people to reach the u.s. base at the airport, but now too many people are coming the united states only wants to evacuate american citizens and afghan translators and contractors. but a state department memo obtained by nbc news says every time they open the gate, 150 nonapproved people get in. the u.s. embassy in kabul, which has moved to the airport, put out this statement in multiple languages. >> if you do not have approval for a flight, you should leave the area surrounding the airport immediately, for your safety, the safety of your family. >> reporter: president biden

recognizing the challenges >> there is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss of heartbreaking images you see on the television. it's just a fact my heart aches for those people you see. >> reporter: thousands of afghans have made it out of the airport, and the first stop for many is doha, qatar, including afghanistan's so-called robot girls. these high schoolers competed in competitions around the world, won events and awards. 18-year-old somia was the team captain. was it difficult for you to leave afghanistan, to leave your family, to leave your home 17-year-old ida is the team programmer >> i have recommendation for all the people that are still in afghanistan or around the world. just to not never give up and continue the things that you wee want >> we see those emotional moments more and more every day now. and, richard, there's a new development this morning and some tough talk from the taliban

over how long u.s. forces will remain in afghanistan to help with the evacuations. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: so the taliban have been cooperating with the u.s. military they have been trying to keep people back. people, sometimes they've been doing it in ways that the u.s. finds too brutal, whipping people, firing in the air but they have generally been keeping the crowds back and they have not been attacking u.s. forces president biden himself said that they are in -- the u.s. military is in close contact with the taliban to make this process, chaotic as it is, as smooth as possible now the taliban are saying if that extends, if the u.s. extends the deadline beyond august 31st, their position will change they didn't say exactly how it will change, but it seems that the taliban's patience with this process is running out >> richard engle with that new reporting this morning, thank you. >> tough situation turning back to the weather and the rest of dylan's forecast

>> good morning, everyone. we are watching henri, a tropical depression, move through the northeast. we have a chance for strong storms through the northern plains lots of cloud-to-ground lightning. farther south, we are talking exceptional heat, high temperatures up around 100 degrees. but it will feel like it's closer to 110. out west, it is still hot, especially in the southwest, but that is more typical for that area and it looks cooler across the west coast that's the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds >> good monday morning.

i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are waking up to some low clouds and fog, especially near the coast, and some of that smoke is mixing in for parts of the north bay, the coast as well as the east bay. although we are seeing some of the hazy skies over the south bay, air quality is pretty good as we have seen some of the smoke drifting up higher. temperatures today only reaching into the mid 70s. low to mid 80s for our warmest spots. while the coast will reach into the low 60s. and that's your latest forecast still ahead, the new search for a new "jeopardy!" host following the decision by with the embattled mike richards to step down after just nine days so what happens to the episodes he's already filmed and is there a clear favorite to replace him? we'll have the latest. plus, sha'carri richardson's highly anticipated return to the track after her olympic ban. the headline-making message she delivered to her doubters after a race that didn't go quite as planned. but first, this is "today" on

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francisco. today is the first day of classes for san francisco state university and the school year is going to look a little different because students as well as those unrepresented staff members will be required to be vaccinated and show that proof of vaccination, that proof of vaccination was needed to be shown by august 13th. those that have not done that so far will face weekly testing. another school diablo valley college is starting cool as well. vaccination is not required. masks are required. >> i guess we are still masking up because the air quality is not too good. >> yeah. it's going to be unhealthy for people sensitive to the wildfire. notice the temperatures are going to be cooler than what we normally have for this time in august. we're looking at highs in the south bay reaching 75 degrees, 76 to santa rosa and antioch 86 degrees. our inland temperatures will stay nice and comfortable at least through wednesday but then it will start to heat up from thursday into the weekend. highs in the 90s while san

francisco will see those temperatures trending up to the mid 70s by friday. >> more local news in just a half hour. hope your monday is off to a pretty good start. we'll see you soon.

7:30 now on a monday morning, august 23rd, 2021 if you're heading out in the northeast, here is a look at what you could face. heavy rain from henri falling across the region. >> yeah, it is a mess out there. that's where we begin your 7:30 headlines right now. the slow-moving system made landfall in rhode island with winds reported at 60 miles per hour at the height of the storm, massive waves crashed, shorelines closing beaches and bridges. farther inland, it brought down trees and power lines. this morning, the storm appears to be stalling near the new york/connecticut border raising concerns over more heavy rains and flooding

we'll get to dylan's forecast, coming up. some now some sad news in the music world, done everly, one half of the everly brothers, died at his home in nashville. ♪ wake up, little susie, wake up ♪ ♪ wake up, little susie, wake up ♪ >> don and his late brother, phil, were known for hit songs such as "bye-bye love" and "all i have to do is dream. they were part of the first class of the inductees into the rock & roll hall of fame in 198 of they were inducted into the country music hall of fame don everly was 84 years old. and if you looked up over the weekend, you probably noticed a full moonlighting up the night sky. it was a rare seasonal blue moon, also known as a sturgeon moon photographers from new york to brazil and greece and russia that captured these stunning

images the moon appeared full here in north america both saturday and sunday nights, but peaked sunday morning after the sun came up. you were telling me -- >> it was beautiful. we were outside and where i live it's usually pitch black at night, but it was bright it was almost like it was in the afternoon, gorgeous. turning now to "jeopardy!" deja vu. the quiz show is now looking for a new host after the new host stepped down amid a series of scandals nbc news anchor joe fryer is here >> here we go again. >> here we go again. jeopardy started filming the new season with mike richards as host last thursday within 24 hours of taping his first episodes, richards stepped down and production was canceled richards will remain the show's executive producer and says "jeopardy!" is now going on bring back guest hosts so they can restart production as the game show tries to get back on track. >> reporter: this morning, a game show known for tough questions is facing perhaps the most challenging one yet

who is the host. guest hosts will once again step behind the electric turn >> our final category today -- >> reporter: it's unclear if that will include fan favorite levar burton, scoring endorsements on twitter from the likes of ryan reynolds and seth mcfarlane. leslie jones ken jennings told the "new york times," jeopardy is one of the last pure things in a troubled age and i hate something pure strange like that has to be sullied by back-stage drama >> it made et feel like they didn't care about the people who watch the show >> reporter: richards was chosen to replace alex trebek the controversies culminated last week with a bombshell report by "the ringer," saying richards' old podcast, "the random show," recorded in 2013 and 2014 he made several disparaging remarks about people with mental dblts, jewish people and jokes

about women's body >> everyone is going to wear one pieces and look frumpy and overweight >> reporter: the backlash was swift. by friday, in a note, richards stepped down by saying, it has become clear that moving forward as "jeopardy" host has become not the right decision for the show sony television said they support him stepping down adding they were surprised about with his podcast, the offensive language he used in the past they've spoken with him about their concerns and expectations moving forward >> so what happened to the episodes recorded last thursday? >> sony says they did record five episodes with richards as host those will air in september. one of the contestants was on a big winning streak at the e end of last season so they need to air. as for richards and that note to the jeopardy staff, he apologized for the unwanted negative attention this has all caused says he has a lot of work to do to regain their trust and confidence miyam bialik will remain a host, for shows and specials as well

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failed drug test led to her missing the olympics we spoke to her before the race and nbc's stephanie gosk is here now with the latest >> good morning, guys. sha'carri richardson is back in competition after being kept off the u.s. olympic team, a decision that outraged many of her fans as for the results of that race, not exactly what she was hoping for, but her comments after running turning out to be the real highlight >> nine talented women on this track right now, but the world thinking this is richardson versus is the tokyo podium in the women's 100. >> reporter: it was the showdown that fans had been hoping for at the olympics >> here comes sha'carri richardson is going to tokyo >> reporter: sha'carri won the olympic trials in spectacular fashion but was suspended for a positive marijuana test before the games, telling savannah at the time she took responsibility but asked for empathy. >> i just say don't judge me because i am human i am you i just happen to run a little

faster >> reporter: on saturday, she was up against two of the greatest sprinters in u.s. history, shelly ann frazier price, gold medalist elaine thompson who won the race. >> richardson being left behind! >> reporter: even as viewers of the race saw nike commercials featuring richardson, she finished dead last, stepping in front of the microphones in an u want to, cut all of this [ bleep ] you want, i'm he interview that went viral. >> you know what i'm capable of. call me out if you want to tell all the [ bleep ] you want because i'm here to stay >> it's been a bumpy road for the star runner, but as she told tom llamas right before the race, the experience has made her stronger >> it gives me more to show the world that i'm here to stay. at the end of the day, i did make a mistake, but that doesn't take away from my talent >> reporter: even after the disappointment this weekend, looking forward to the future. >> congratulations to the people that won, but they're not done seeing me yet, period. >> do we know what is next for her?

>> yeah. she has the worlds in 2022, the worlds in 2023 and then you have paris in 2024 truncated schedule because norm eye it's four years and now it's going be three. and she may have come in last, but remember, the margins in these races are super, super small. don't count her out. >> we'll see what happens. >> she makes it look pretty strong, one, two, three again. let's get a check of the weather from dylan >> good morning. it will be a hot one down south and it's going stick around perhaps through at least thursday 23 million people under heat advisories or heat warnings. again, some of these are in effect through thursday with not only the hot temperatures, but humidity through southern parts of the country we are looking for a high today in shreveport of 99. it will feel like 108 in new orleans. it will feel like 109 degrees, even up into memphis, tennessee, it will feel like 107. as we continue through this week, we're looking for high temperatures to stay well up

into the 90s when you factor in the humidity from st. louis all the way to baton rouge into jackson, florida, it will feel like it is 109, 110 degrees all week long so it is going be brutally hot continuing. you'll need to stay in the air conditioning, limit your outdoor activity during that middle part of the day and make sure you stay hydrated, not just for you, but for pets, as well. this will be a major heat story for areas all week l >> here's a peek out your window. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're waking up to a cloudy sky across the bay area and the air quality advisory continues for the north bay but temperature wise, looks pretty good here. low 80s for our warmest spots and we'll see that continue through at least wednesday but then thursday our valleys start to heat up and it's going to be hot with friday and saturday's temperatures reaching into the mid to upper 90s.

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good morning. it's 7:56. i'm kris sanchez. here's what's breaking right now. >> i'm bob redell with developing news. the fda has just granted full approval for the pfizer covid vaccine which could remove a key reason why some people have refused to get that shot and perhaps convince them to finally roll up their sleeves. the number of people that have voiced concerns about the fact that vaccines have been administered under emergency use authorization. doctors and scientists say the vaccines are not only effective but very safe. we want to get a look at the forecast because we know smoke is in our headlines too. >> we've seen the hazy skies over the bay area, the north bay and the coast and east bay but it will turn good as we look the south bay and santa clara

valley. the smoke drifts up higher we get a strong wind coming off the ocean and it's going to bring in a nice cool breeze. our temperatures in some of our warmest spots reach into the low 80s. we do see some slightly cooler weather than normal and then heats up between thursday and friday and saturday, we'll see highs in the low to mid 90s and san francisco will go from the low 60s to the mid 70s bit end of the week. it will be sunny but more of a hazy sunshine as more smoke returns to the bay area. kris? >> thank you, kari. more local news coming up in just a half hour. hope you're off to a good start.

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>> the baby came out screaming. mom and baby are doing well. >> and the good news for an american men and the young afghan child he's looking to adopt. we'll have an update you won't want to miss. plus, scam alert. a closer look at how hackers are using text messages to access your banking information. >> my reaction right off the bat was, like, shock, oh, my gosh, my account has been frozen. >> just ahead, the warning signs we should all be looking out for. and come on, get happy. our exclusive first look at the new bob ross documentary. >> i've been wanting to get this story out for all these years. >> what we're learn background the happy little painter's empire that may surprise you today, monday, august 23rd, 2021. >> i'm shanna. >> i'm lily. >> and we're kerry sanders' biggest fans. >> we're the spelman family coming to you from new york. >> and i'm celebrating my first year at spelman college. >> we would like to wish our

son, caiden, a wonderful happy birthday. >> happy birthday, caiden. >> we get to celebrate with the "today" show. >> in studio 1a. >> i love it. welcome back on this monday morning. thank you for starting it with us. i'm sheinelle jones alongside tom llamas. is a va na, hoda, craig are all off. i love this part of the show. we get to see people all around the country. and i love that we have some kerry fans. >> huge kerry sanders fans. >> kerry! >> i wonder if kerry knows them. >> how do you feel mr. rock star? >> i had no idea that was coming. i don't know who it was. i don't have a monitor here, but wow. i feel honored. >> you have fans all over the planet and we love you, too. we'll talk to you in just a bit. thank you, kerry. we have something to highlight for you this morning. we'll have it on our streaming channel tomorrow. covid in the classroom. >> yeah. we know parents all across the country have questions for

returning to school, kids under 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine. we're going to bring in our experts to bring in all your most pressing questions during an hour-long special all day on "today all day." that's tomorrow. watch starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern on today.com. news at 8:00, more than 20 people are dead, many still missing in tennessee after record rainfall caused catastrophic flooding. sam brock joins us from waverly, tennessee, with the latest. sam, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning, tom, good morning. this is rainfall of historic proportions. what you're looking at this morning is the haunting aftermath of that over my shoulder. this home has been tilted a couple of feet off of its foundation. this rainwater was so powerful, it lifted homes literally away and sent them rushing down the street. there's a small creek to the right of this home that was so swollen, it came over not just the lot of land that i'm standing on, but over the highway which is a quarter smile in the other direction that way.

as we pan along, what you'll see is vinyl and wood crushed together. that looks like tornadic activity, but it's not. that's from water. you can see a couple of them crisscrossed inside of this home. certainly propped up against it. around the corner, there is a gas station with a house wrapped around a pole at the gas station. there are this morning 21 people who have been confirmed, about two dozen considered missing right now. we are expecting updates from local authorities any moment now. among the deceased, two 7-month-old babies. this has been beyond wrenching for this community. when you talk to the folks on the ground right now, the sheriff says they recovered one of his best friends yesterday. they all have a personal connection though and have trying to move forward. you mentioned the rainfall totals. the previous record was 13.6 inches in a 24-hour period in

tennessee. that was in 1982. more than 17 inches fell on saturday, this, as one man describes it, is now of biblical proportions in middle tennessee. we'll have more for you throughout the day. >> just heartbreaking. sam, thank you. and we are tracking even more weather. millions of people in the northeast are dealing with flooding, power outages, and travel troubles after henri made landfall as a tropical storm on sunday. dylan, how much longer is that system going to linger? >> this storm is going to continue to produce a lot of rain as we go through the day today. that's been the trend. we had tropical storm fred. that's what created the soaking wet ground. and then just a regular rain event on top of that producing up to 17 inches of rain in tennessee. in the northeast with this storm, we had so much moisture in the atmosphere. you could feel it. the air just felt heavy. when you have that type of situation, the rain comes down hard and steady. parts of new jersey picked up 8 to 10 inches of rainfall. we saw a lot of flooding out that way as well. on the very western side to have

storm, not really where we were expecting it. the flash flood watches continue for parts of new jersey, new york, up across new england, as well, because the storm is now only moving at 1 mile per hour. so it's got all this rain with it. not a lot of wind, like 30-mile-per-hour winds right now, but you can see the heavy rain moving back across long island, through connecticut, and it will stick around massachusetts through the day today before it exists off the east coast of massachusetts by tomorrow morning. and then we will start to see this whole storm system pull away. how much more rain could we see? 1 to 3 inches of additional rain especially across long island. rhode island at the time of the arrival of the storm had up to 70-mile-per-hour winds. we'll get an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain on top of that. we are going to have to deal with this today, but all will be better tomorrow. sheinelle. >> thank you, dylan. the fda is set to give full approval to the pfizer covid

vaccine, it comes as hospitals across the south are running out of space. nbc's kerry sanders is in florida where many health care workers say they are frustrated and fed up. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. the fda is expected to give the pfizer vaccine full approval lifting the emergency use authorization that had been granted for months now with the pfizer vaccine. that means that doctors believe more people will get vaccinated. there was about 3 in 10 who were fence sitters who told the kaiser family foundation they will get vaccinated. doctors believe the best way to prevent it is the vaccination. here in florida, especially in the south, in alabama, mississippi, georgia, and texas, hospitals icus are within 10% of reaching their capacity. doctors gathered in palm beach county to say enough is enough. the challenge is getting people

to divorce the politics from all of this and establish the medical science that says get a vaccination. >> kerry, thank you. this next story is completely bonkers. a kentucky race horse is recovering after a very eventful weekend. 2-year-old bold and bossy threw her jockey just before her race on saturday. she then bolted from the track and ran six miles up the highway crossing the state line into indiana. she then robbed a bank -- no, i'm joking. police officers and trainers corralled her into a barn to settle her down. sunday morning, the barn caught fire. bold and bossy suffered some burns on her neck, but the owner says she's expected to make a full recovery. >> she's having a tough time. >> yeah, but if she races, i'm going to bet on her. that horse is wild. >> is the jockey okay? >> i'm going the say yes. i don't know for sure. we will try to find out. don't ride a horse named bold and bossy. >> ready for the morning boost? >> i hope so. >> a pair of fathers that call themselves the dumb dads are at

it again. treating life with young kids like a sporting event and that means holding a news conference after the first day of school. >> it's been a shaky start to the school year? >> well, i don't think anybody expected to us dominate from day one, but getting a call from the school was unexpected. >> first day picture, was it taken? >> technically yes, but we're going to run it again this weekend for a re-enactment. >> the good-bye hug lingered, which set us back emotionally. >> some attention? high tops? >> i guess. would have been nice to know about finger painting on day one. >> have you figured out how to log into the school website? >> no. no idea. >> both of these guys are both stay-at-home dads. that's why you see that right there with them. they're the kind of dads i want my kids in their kids' class, right? they make the events fun. >> it's funny because it's all true. that was funny. just ahead, an extraordinary story that's emerged from one of the emergency evacuations bringing people out of

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time of desperation. thanks so the actions of the u.s. military in air and on the ground, both mother and baby are in good condition and safe >> reporter: on a journey to start a new life, now an unforgettable birth story, an afghan woman giving birth aboard a u.s. evacuation plane. these remarkable images show the moments just after airmen from the 86th medical group helped deliver the baby girl in the cargo bay of this c-17 the aircraft was en route to germany from an intermediate staging base in the middle east when the mother went into labor in midair and began experiencing complications due to low blood pressure the quick-thinking aircraft commander descended the c-17, lowering the altitude to increase air pressure inside the aircraft, a move that helped stabilize the mother and save her and her baby's life. the plane safely landed in ramstein air base in southwest germany where u.s. medical

professionals rushed on board. army captain erin brymer, an rn who thought the baby had already been born got a surprise when she arrived on board and had to perform the delivery herself >> she was understandably quite scared i didn't know if she spoke any english so i was just trying to be -- like eye contact, you got this mama and trying to reassure her. i delivered the baby, the baby came out screaming thankfully. mom and baby are doing well. >> reporter: it all comes as thousands of afghans are desperately trying to escape the country following the taliban's takeover with heartbreaking videos of the despair emerging, like this one showing a crowd passing a baby up to a serviceman who lifts the infant over the razor wire >> we have an enormous amount of humanitarian need. the health women and children are at the center of that crisis >> reporter: among those who have been able to safely get out, 10-year-old noman whose story anne thompson brought you last week. the boy is currently travel, another man and a child he's

adopting his adoptive father says his son has been eager to reach the u.s. >> he's very excited about it. he's looking forward to it >> reporter: mustabah has traveled from florida to an undisclosed airport in the u.s. where he's anxiously hoping his son will soon arrive, although the timeline is still uncertain. >> he said i just need to hug my son. at this point, he's willing to stop his world to try to make that happen. >> reporter: the adoption center says everyone is feeling very thankful to know the two young boys are out safely, out of afghanistan, but there is some frustration on their part that it's been difficult to get information about their whereabouts and about when they'll actually arrive in the united states. these things are so complicated. there's so many people moving out of the country >> it's heartbreaking. >> difficult to keep track >> you just reported, got back from reporting in afghanistan. tell us what it was like there on the ground, especially witnessing the fall of kabul firsthand. >> it was interesting because the saturday before, it didn't

feel like things were that drastically different. people were out, people were shopping it felt like almost a business as usual day in kabul. people were telling us that they were making preparations, they were starting to get nervous they were booking out flights. they were taking out cash from the banks, but they never thought, the people we spoke to, that kabul was going to fall in a matter of hours. >> i mean, like that >> they thought maybe weeks, maybe days, at the worst case, but not hours. >> at the time you were reporting on women in afghanistan and the taliban has sent one message now, we're seeing images showing a much different message, what is your sense of what happens going forward? >> i think it will be tough for women in afghanistan, and they know that and they've been braced for that now for months, really, ever since that peace deal was made with the taliban they've been preparing themselves they've been raising the alarm they've been saying, look, this is not going to end well for us. and i don't think that has changed and you're hearing that from women activists you're seeing women female journalists who feel like

they're at risk, female activists who say they're at risk and on top of that, you have, you know, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, really, of people, women and children, who have been displaced in that country. lots of people are getting out lots of people are going to have to stay there. and the aid isn't getting in and that's a real, real problem. >> and it seems like the airport is that sort of line of hope where hope ends and -- yeah. >> and it's key that, yes, of course, it's important to get people out, but it's also important to get aid into the country. it's a difficult issue because you're dealing now with a government that is run by the taliban. but, again, you know, a quarter of a million to a million -- half a million people displaced by fighting. and they have nothing. they don't have their homes. they don't have a way to make money. they don't have food >> so much work to be done challenge. >> yes >> thank you let's head over to dylan for the latest on today's forecast we're tracking so much weather across the country

>> there is a lot going on in the northeast, we will continue to see the rain move through new england. a chance of stronger storms today. you can see that activity starting to fire up in southwestern wisconsin, northern illinois down south, it's sunny you'll see highs in the upper 90s with humidity making it feel like it's about 110 degrees for the next several days. in the northwest, though, we are get something relief, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. that will feel real nice we are looking for highs near average in the southwest although we could see some of those thunderstorms with the monsoonal moisture continuing and down through florida we have a chance of widespread thunderstorm good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we are starting with low clouds and fog, and some smoke mixing in. for parts of the north bay, east bay and the coast, we're going to see moderate air quality so the air quality advisory will continue. for south bay, santa clara valley, looking good today, with temperatures reaching into the low 80s.

a brisk ocean breeze picking up today. we'll keep temperatures cooler before it heats up friday. and that's your latest forecast >> dylan, thank you. guess what >> what? >> carson is here. >> i'm frozen. >> people at home have no idea have you reported -- >> can you see the goose bumps >> seriously >> i don't know if we -- >> look at the hair on dylan's arm. >> i like it cold. the house is 65 at all times >> this is like 55 >> this is a legit meat locker situation. a cold front it's going to be jerky by the end of the show. first up, bob rossi, the iconic artist behind possibly one of the most calming shows to air on television is the subject of a netflix documentary "bob ross: happy accidents, betrayal and grief." it's the untold story of the painting instructor's career and the shocking battle over his business empire.

in an exclusive first look at the film, we see the joy ross felt from teaching new students. take a look. >> bob liked the thrill of watching a new student smile with a fresh, new, beautiful painting bob would just make them so happy, it's unreal it's like, man, did i do this? i couldn't have. yes, you did >> there's a lot going on besides painting and i think people are aware of that and they enjoy thatross, >> i want to know more >> bob ross, "happy accident," in the title, "betrayal and greed. you wouldn't expect those things that hits netflix next wednesday. next up, our buddy, chip gaines, the "fixer upper" star there's a lot of things we love about him and big news from chip about those golden locks, he's decided to chop them off, but it's for a good cause.

he's teaming up with st. jude. a fund-raising event will benefit their lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children four years ago, chip did this. he raised $230,000 on social media. this time around, for every fund-raising milestone he hits, chip has agreed to chop off an additional extra inch of his hair if you'd like more information about chip gaines' hair, go to our instagram page and we'll have details on the website, today.com. that campaign begins today and runs through friday. good for him next up, justin timberlake, he sings, he dances, and apparently he works at target. not really, but there is a video out now that has gone viral and sign over 2 million times showing justin behind the register he's ringing up his buddy's purchases inside of target >> ice breakers. >> yeah. i got the drink. >> what else do you want >> a piece of gum.lf of mexico.

>> thanks. >> he rings up the gum and the mints and puts them right back >> what is he doing? >> a lot to learn. >> there's another video posted, it's a tiktok by douglas anthony where the two are seen jamming in the parking lot a speaker in hand. this happens in california a lot. >> it happens all the time >> you see a guy walking and you're my god, that guy looks like keanu reeves. and then you realize, oh, it is keanu reeves >> sometimes they lead people on i had ll cool jay on my flight two days ago he was having a moment he had his ear phones in and nobody bothered him. that's how it works. next up, harrison ford, the "indiana jones" star make a quick stop over the weekend at a london firehouse to brighten a real life hero's day the westminster fire bring grade tweeted "hans solo comes to sojo." he congratulated andrew shaw on his last night shift for 31

years of service that is one cool send-off for retirement ford is currently in london shooting the fifth installment of "indiana jones. finally, gwen stefani, her son zuma is officially an teenager sharing a look inside the birthday celebrations with blake and the other boys there you have zuma in the middle, that's apollo and kingston tugging at the heart strings, happy 13th birthday to my zuma baby we love you so much. they grow up so fast >> i love that did you know dylan dreyer's first concert, ever, no doubt -- >> that's awesome. >> of course when i was allowed to go. >> out on college went on tour -- >> what was your first concert >> ziggy marley. santa barbara. >> really quickly? >> vanilla ice and mc hammer that was big in my day boyz

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8:26. scott mcgrew. we have more on the development of the naval base. council narrowly completing the agreement with the local developer. the project may lead to 13,000 housing units and housing and commercial space. this is the second time a developer has been chosen. last time the deal fell apart in talks over worker wages. let's check in with kari. the smoke and cooler weather. >> yeah, we're getting a bit of it all for much of the bay area. moderate air quality for parts

of the north bay and coast and east bay, moderate air quality. it looks to improve for south bay and santa clara valley with a brisk wind coming in, helping to improve air quality for the south bay. temperatures only reach low to mid 70s for some spots. for some inland areas, it will be in the low 80s today. little cooler than normal, but it will continue to warm heading through the week. friday, highs in the mid 70s, and san francisco going from low 60s and fog to more sunshine and highs in the mid 70s by end of the week. thank you. more local news in a half hour. you can always check nbcbayarea.com anytime we're not on air.

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back at 8:30 now on a monday morning, the 23rd of august, 2021 we have a lot to get to this hour it sounds like i'm a radio dj, one thing i'll never be able to do, including everything you need to know there's an alarming text message scam >> americans have been swindled out of millions of dollars nag has been looking int it and has important information on how to spot it and what you can do if you've been targeted >> you said you were targeted? >> i was, on friday. also our buddy harry smith is here. he'll introduce us to a family with a special art collection to

put a long overdue spotlight on african-american history and coming up at 8:00, the great alfreo willard she'll fill us in on the return of her hit show. calling on animal lovers stations across the country are hosting the 6th annual clear the shelters initiative. the goal is literally to empty animal shelters across the country.ive event that's have seen, count them, we want to build on the success of the first five events that have seen, count them, more than half a million pets adopted. if you've been talking to your kids about getting a pet, now is the time learn how to participate find shelters that participating in your area we'll have that list at today.com. now let's get a check of the weather. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by capitol one. what's in your wallet? >> after a rough weekend in the northeast, let's take a look at what we can expect for the rest of the week. we are still dealing with henri as it continues to rain across new england. we're going to have to deal with

sweltering heat down south with your feels-like temperatures around 110 degrees it will stay dry out west, hazy, too, because of the smoke in the air. by the middle of the week, it is hot and dry in the southwest we will see showers move into the southeast. those could produce heavier downpours. it is going to stay hot and humid, and then we finish off the week with lots of sunshine up and down the east coast temperatures should be in the 80s, 70s up across northern new england. we're looking at the chance of some stronger storms through the upper midwest and the northern good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we're watching air quality with drifts of smoke today. you might want to limit time out there for areas in the north bay. temperatures are reaching into the low 80s for inland areas, and we're going to see some nice and comfortable weather through middle of the week. by end of the week, it is going to start to heat up. we'll see valley temperatures headed to the mid 90s, and san francisco will reach into the mid 70s, warming up there as

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♪♪ this morning, hundreds of thousands of americans being targeted via text messages >> that the. it's called smishing with a few clicks you can give criminals access to your accounts >> vicky nguyen joins us with more on what you need to know. it happened to me this weekend >> i saw the text. it looks legitimate. you may have signed up for text alerts to keep tabs on your bank and credit card info now the bad guys are tapping into that technology to rip you off. they're tricking you with sites that look just like the real thing. how do i know? because i got a tailor made behind the scenes look at how it's done.

this morning, what to watch for to protect your wallet check out these text message scams people posted on social media, scary warnings people received locked account, abnormal activity but the texts are all bogus. the text is known as smishing. a hacker tries to trick you into clicking a link. it takes you to a website that looks like your bank once you're there, cyber crooks can steal your data, money and identity >> i received a text message while i was at work that just had some kind of anxiety inciting language. >> wanted you to click the link >> victims telling nbc news those text messages look very real >> the text wasn't suspicious at all. i had opted for fraud texts. >> my reaction was, like, shock, like oh, my gosh, my account has been frozen.

>> reporter: it's happening more and more the fcc says smishing complaints doubled to more than 334,000 in 2020 costing americans $86 million. >> it looks exactly like messages i would get when somebody would transfer money to me or i would transfer money to them i lost $3,500. >> reporter: smishing has gotten the attention of the fbi what do you think is behind this increase >> everybody has cell phones and companies are looking to become more accessible to people. and criminals and scammers are taking advantage of that fact. >> right now, i'm in my new york city apartment cyber security expert jim stickily, he's across the country in san diego together, we're going to show you exactly how this scam works and how sophisticated scammers have gotten. jim sends me an ominous text message. it says bank alert, we have detected suspicious login activity and there's a link here for me to click if i want more details. so i'm going to do that. it takes me to a page that looks

just like my bank page in california, jim can see everything i'm doing in realtime >> she clicked the link and gone to our site. this tells me we've got the right phone number so we know this phone number is legitimate and tied to this person. >> reporter: but it gets even more personal. >> it wants my primary account number >> she's enter into her account number >> my password my social security number. and my zip code. >> really, that's everything we need to commit identity theft. >> reporter: jim explains how easy it is to set up this scam i can see why people fall for this because it looks like an official text and then it takes you to a website that looks real, too. >> it's not hard to do it took me about 15 minutes from beginning to end to create that entire thing, and criminals do it all the time. and they pick any random financial institution, put their logo in and just like that they're ready to go. >> reporter: but he says you can beat these high tech scams with a low-tech solution. what's the best advice here when you get a text like that >> first, stop, take a moment.

don't click the link instead, go to the website yourself type in www whatever theon organization is, dot com login. everything is happening on your account, you'll know it when you get logged in. >> reporter: if you get a text message like this, don't click that link. how can you protect yourself instead of opting for those text messages or emails from your bank, download your bank's app and give the app permission to give you alerts directly to your phone. that way you know the alert is coming through the bank. >> i always say no to the notifications because you don't want your phone going off all day. so what should you do if you accidentally put in your information? >> immediately call your bank, tell them what information you gave out and ask them to put a temporary hold on all of your accounts if you've already had money stolen, the good news here is that federal law requires banks to refund that money, but its may take some time

be persistent. >> so i want to make sure this happened to me this weekend, it wasn't you and your producer >> no. >> doing the same trick to me. so crazy what is being done to try and catch these guys it looks like it's so hard >> it happened to you. it happened to my mom right after we did this story. the fbi says these scammers come from all over the world. aheadig their they're very good at hiding their identities, but the public can help by reporting these crimes to the internet complaint center go to ic3.gov or put in that information -- >> like our parents. victims to this every day, all day, twice on sunday if they got a text on their phone, they think it's legit if i told my mom, oh, you got smished last night she had no idea about this that's the group that's getting targeted >> now they're targeting younger and younger people, too. because they're very trusting and they're always on their phones and that's another group that the ftc and fbi say is a

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and we're back one of our favorite segments "steals and deals" is still my "mr. smith goes to --" is my favorite >> this morning is going to be good harry is taking us to tacoma, washington, a family on a mission to educate as many people as possible on some untold stories of african-americans. >> so we were in tulsa earlier this summer reporting on the race massacre of a hundred years ago. we're in a community center and out of the corner is a tiny room

with a couple of pieces in it. i'm looking in and here comes bernard kinzy and says, bigger than life person, let me show you what we got here he said but this is a tiny little sample. the real thing, if you want to see it, come to tacoma later this summer. so we did. tacoma, washington, has a beautiful art museum the couple in this picture, it's their name on the giant sign outside. >> to whom much is given, much is required in a life of no regrets and that's what we try to live every day. >> reporter: bernard and shirley kinzy are here to share their life's passion, a breath-taking collection of art and historic memorabilia >> people want to know where do you find these things? and i had to stop and say, you know, i don't know how we found it it literally found us. >> reporter: what you find inside is beautiful, rich and revelatory like this signature painting by ava, a woman unshackled

on her dress, tiny inscriptions of african-american inventions >> seed planters, corn harvesters, shoemaker cab net, everything on here and you see her braces shackled. and now -- >> yeah. >> and we did not come to america searching for a better place. we came and made it a better place. >> in the mural that is america's story, there are crucial sections that are blank. between the broad brush strokes, what's missing are details details that make it richer, more defined, more truthful. like the service of black soldiers in world war i. >> we had 400,000 black men go off to europe. but they could only dig ditches and bury the dead. the french government asks our general to allow the black troops to fight in french

uniforms, french tanks and the 369th harlem hell fighters took on the task. they fought for 192 days and was the first regiment to reach the rhine river. >> reporter: black history, says bernard, is american history >> 41st and 42nd congress, 1870, black senator and congressman in the south. elected because black people could vote in other words, in 1867, we voted. if you vote, you get this. okay that's just that simple. >> reporter: history and art that is transparent, transformative >> and this particular piece reminds me of home i grew up on a little dirt road in a two bedroom house with a tin roof >> reporter: the piece by artist huey lee smith >> so when i saw this a number of years ago now, i looked at this and i said, you know, that's me. that's me jumping rope on the foundation of the house i grew up in. didn't know where i was going, but i was going somewhere. >> reporter: somewhere was historically black florida a&m

university where she met bernard. two things about shirley caught his attention. >> she's always the prettiest lady in the room and she had such courage to get arrested during the civil rights period at florida a&m. >> reporter: while the art collection came later, it's been funded in part -- listen to this >> you know, we agreed that when we moved from california from tallahassee that we would save her check and live on my check and for the first 15 years, we didn't spend a paycheck. >> and my friends say, oh, shirley, that's you're money you're spending. >> reporter: the collection, or parts of it, have been displayed from epcott to hong kong and seen by millions >> three things. i hope they walk away being inspired, motivated, and a little bit more educated i hope they have some inside one

of those -- i think it was oprah who used to call them ah-ha moments like, this is why that happened this is why this is going on this is what you can do about it >> reporter: walk through the collection and you can almost hear the words of poet maya angelou. >> you may write me down in history with your lies you may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, i will rise. >> coming to the kinzy collection, you'll be doing like this >> reporter: no question, you will get schooled by what you see here, but in a good way. >> we are truly americans. >> reporter: mackenzie's son, kaleel is curator of the collection >> that's my wish, is that this is enriching and that people come and that they get something from it, whether it's big or small, but that they, again, leave expanded and then enjoy the time

>> we certainly did. so if you are in the pacific northwest, you must go >> we learned something, i did, just from this piece >> right >> and honestly, we were in there for hours. we were in there all day it gives me goose bumps to think about just how it's edifying you get in there and there's so much beautiful to see and there's so much to learn in such a good way >> and you were saying that's just a piece of the collection >> yeah, i'm sure there's -- they've got a lot. and oh, by the way, they started with $78 in their pockets when they moved to los angeles. >> where is that again >> tacoma, washington, in a big art museum >> harry, thank you. we know you celebrated a big milestone over the weekend so we have a little something for you. because you're amazing >> here we go, buddy >> happy birthday! >> wait a minute, what is that there? >> don't smell it. don't smell it >> turn it around. it will say 7. >> there you go, buddy >> 70 years ago. >> you are the skipper to my gilligan, my friend. two-part question for you, mr. smith.

>> yes >> when you turn -- had this birthday, a, are you extra reflective and b, if so, what sorts of things do you reflect on >> so one of the things i know for sure at this point in my life that i've known for the lifetime, i'm the most fortunate person on the planet and when you get to 7-0, you get the flood of it. you really get the flood of it there's the amazing andrea joyce to whom i've been married for decades and decades. that's what i feel more than anything else. and there's the boys there's grady and jake at a yankees game, of course. don't even now how -- >> what did you do to celebrate? >> got together with a bunch of friends. because it's covid, one of my sons, his office, he was exposed last week so it's that kind of a thing. and listen, i have nothing but a life of fantastic riches >> and you share so much of it with us, too >> well, look at the tacoma story. and you just run into people >> where were you born

>> hammond, indiana, st. margaret's hospital. there i am my brother was a drum major in the marching band or a high school and he played the sousaphone and people said maybe that's where you learned to toot your own horn >> illinois? >> just south -- there i am in college, mr. football. >> linebacker? >> no. he's the star. he has a whole history >> central college in bell, iowa, watch out, everybody football team has not had a losing season since eisenhower was president. >> really? >> the first time that came -- the closest they came was when i played. lansing, illinois. right on the indiana state line. my bedroom window faced north and you could see the glow of the glass furnaces from gary in east chicago and the soot. >> and where is one place in the world that you haven't been that you still want to go to?

>> there's a lot of asia i need to see yet, a lot of asia. but we've done stories on every continent. >> and people should know, harry comes off as warm and intelligent and just amazing storyteller. and you are like that off camera, as well. you are such a great guy, harry. you have zero ego and you are such a great mentor to younger journalists. you helped me out a lot when i started out. harry, awesome happy birthday, man. >> nothing for me? i'm still the new guy around here he's done zero for me. >> it takes time >> there's still time. >> i taught you how to chip a year ago >> come to my house and drink my beer, that's all you do. >> anytime >> last note on the harry fest as we look at these pictures from around the world, what i have learned from you most is you're always in a place to yous receive. no matter where he goes, he's always listening you heard him say he got this story idea because he was here he's always in a place to receive. you're right and your stories are so good because of that.

>> because he listens. >> off in a corner and your life, your curiosity has driven your journalism in a way time, i am insatiable in terms of what i want to know and what i'd want to learn. if that's your driving force, you will be just fine. >> here is to another great decade ahead >> they're wrapping up should we keep going, rry? should we keep going, rry? >> i'm goingha t is your family ready for an emergency? you can prepare by mapping out two ways to escape your home, creating a supply kit, and including your whole family in practice drills. for help creating an emergency plan, visit safetyactioncenter.pge.com

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well, good morning. 8:56. i am scott mcgrew. fda regulators granted full approval to pfizer's covid vaccine. it applies to 16 and over,

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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning and welcome to the third hour of "today" in our new classroom for the week on this monday, august 23rd. i'm sheinelle here with dylan. tom llamas is sitting with us. al and craig are off this morning. >> good to be with you guys. we should probably exchange, the studio is under construction. >> so we're squeezing into this space. >> it was the sheinelle jones dressing room, right? >> exactly. >> you don't want to know the story of the dressing rooms.