we'll keep you updated on the commute and whatever else you need to know. let's look live at san francisco as we get started with this thursday. the "today" show is next. ♪♪ ♪ good morning giving a boost. the fda approves an extra dose of the pfizer vaccine for tens of millions, including older americans and others at high risk how soon will we see those shots in arms? what about the millions who have received other vacnes? we'll have the latest. border crisis. the biden administration reveals thousands of migrants at that bridge camp near texas have actually been allowed to enter the u.s. despite the warning just days ago.

>> if you come to the united states illegally, you will be returned >> inside the major reversal that's now leading to new controversy, chaos and confusion this morning flood fears. 35 million people up and down the east coast waking up to the threat of powerful storms today, dangerous flash flooding expected in parts of the northeast, still recovering three weeks after ida. al has everything you need to know man hunt intensifying. authorities in florida bring in dive teams to help search for gabby petito's fiance, the only person of interest in what is now a homicide investigation >> we are trying to cover every acre in this preserve. >> new details on the search and what's believed to be the last sighting of the couple together. all that plus $500 million mystery. a new twist in that infamous art

heist in boston. the largest ever that has police concerned it could remain unsolved forever and dog on the diamond a minor league baseball game brought to an unusual halt >> he wanted the baseball. >> the rookie move that threw players and umpires a curve, today september 23rd, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today. it's a thursday morning. happy that you guys are starting it with us and we're starting off with that breaking news, the fda authorizing pfizer's booster shot for older adults, frontline workers and others at high risk for covid. >> today the cdc will vote to pin down the specifics of just who can get that extra shot. still a lot of questions this morning, though, about just what this all means including where and when people can get their

extra dose. >> we'll talk to dr. ashish jha in just a moment but stephanie gosk joins us with the latest good morning >> reporter: good morning. first of all, this only applies to peo vaccine. they then have to fit that criteria, older than 65 or at high risk. that includes people who work at hospitals but also grocery store workers, teachers, they all qualify. but they can't come down to vaccination centers just yet the cdc has to release the additional guidance. but the fda with their decision has paved the way for millions of americans to get that third shot >> reporter: breaking overnight, the fda authorizing pfizer's covid-19 booster, making millions of americans eligible for a third shot people 65 and older, those at high risk for severe illness, and people who are frequently exposed to covid at their jobs,

like health care workers, school teachers, and grocery store employees. the third pfizer dose must come at least six months after the second shot. the fda's move does not apply to those who received the moderna or johnson & johnson vaccines. president biden initially announced last month that boosters would be available for everyone starting this week. >> the plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you got your second shot >> reporter: many experts say the administration's messaging on boosters has been confusing >> i'm hearing somewhere between total and complete confusion people hear these different messages coming out, they see the companies announcing that their boosters work and they're mixed up. >> reporter: an unknown number of people have already gotten unauthorized booster shots will little oversight to stop them. this primary care physicia says he's been bombarded by patients who want an extra dose. >> a lot of people are asking, how can i portray myself as

immunocompromised? and it puts you in a little bit of an awkward position. >> reporter: as millions of vaccinated americans wait for a booster, people in many other parts of the world still haven't gotten the first shot. at a virtual covid summit wednesday, president biden announced the u.s. will distribute an additional 500 million pfizer vaccines to low-income countries for a total of 1.1 billion. >> to beat the pandemic here, we need to beat it everywhere and i made the promise that america will become the arsenal of vaccines. >> reporter: but billions more doses are needed to tackle the problem around the world there's some good news on the numbers front. the cdc for the second week in a row is predicting that hospitalizations will go down over the next four weeks and our

nbc news data team also says that we passed the peak of this latest surge fueled by the delta variant last week. 7 out of the 8 last days cases have gone down that's the longest sustained decrease in cases in three months savannah >> stephanie, thank you. joining us now, dr. ashish jha the fda approved the booster for the elderly and the vulnerable how quickly do you think this will mean shots can get in arms? >> good morning, savannah. thanks for having me here. the cdc is going to vote on this today, specify what exactly we mean by medically vulnerable my guess tomorrow, monday, it should happen within the next few days it's going to be very, very soon. >> a lot of folks are disappointed that it wasn't more

widely authorized, this booster shot for basically every adult or person over 16 who is eligible for it. the biden administration clearly thought, we're trying to lower infections, we're trying to get ahead of the game. the fda said, well, the vaccines are still working to reduce hospitalization and death. it's sort of like, where do you come down on that argument could you break the back of the delta variant and stop the mutations if you reduced infection and doesn't that argue for a booster shot >> it would be very helpful for reducing infections across the country. there are two parts of this that i think are important. we have some other tools, testing, indoor masking, as ways to keep the infection numbers low. but also, we don't have that much data yet for young, healthy people

and even if we did, most of them are not yet six months out you have to wait at least six months and you should wait six months you're going to get a much better benefit if you wait six months my take is, we start with high-risk people now over the next couple of months we're going to get more data on young, healthy people. we'll see what the data says they will need boosters. and i expect most americans will end up getting a booster by the end of the year. >> the fda can revisit this. i know just from talking to folks, some people, they had moderna, but it's only pfizer that you can get the booster shot they're in the category of people who are eligible for a booster. can you mix and match like that? >> that's a great question immunologically, you can, all the evidence suggested it would be fine. we haven't studied it for this vaccine yet. we will and we're going to get more results in the next couple of weeks what i'm saying to folks who got moderna like me, is to wait a few more weeks we'll have more data >> let's talk about kids we got some good news from pfizer that showed the safety and efficacy of the vaccine for the 5 to 11 age group. i know that's an age group that you and i care deeply about with our kids how soon do you think that might actually be approved where we start seeing kids get their vaccines >> this is a great question. it depends completely on how the

fda decides to treat this. if they treat this as an urgency, which i think it is, they should be able to review it and get an authorization out in the next three to four weeks in that context, we should be able to get the first shot in by halloween. if they decide to go slowly and take their time, they could end up going longer than that. i hope they act quickly on this. >> we heard stephanie gosk saying that case numbers have dropped. we are seeing declines in the last week or two weeks do you consider that a blip or is this a sign that maybe we've turned the corner once again >> we've definitely turned the corner on the horrible summer surge that we saw in the deep south. there's still states in the country, in the midwest, great plains that are seeing increases. i worry that we're not done. but as a nation, i think the worst is behind us, at least for this surge. >> from your lips to god's ears as they say. thank you as always. we appreciate it. there is new controversy surrounding the migrants at that

makeshift camp near the texas border while some have been sent back to haiti, officials say thousands are being allowed to enter the u.s. morgan chesky has the latest on this development good morning >> reporter: good morning. we have some new numbers from dhs. more than 1400 migrants have now been deported back to haiti. here in del rio, these are just a few of the hundreds of texas state troopers lining the banks of the rio grande to prevent any further crossings and another group of migrants numbering in the hundreds is making their way towards this direction where thousands still remain beneath that bridge. >> reporter: this morning, our closest look yet as what's become the nation's new border flash point. it's a place where thousands of desperate haitians wait and hope their journey doesn't end here our crew given rare access to the camp where nearly 10,000 migrants have already been removed by processing or deportation. >> and they may be far from

home but even in the shadow of a border bridge, these men, women and children are trying to create whatever normal lives they can building shelters, crossing their fingers, everyone's future here incredibly uncertain. >> reporter: in washington, president biden facing backlash from his own party over the actions of border patrol agents on horseback now under investigation for how they handled migrants. >> we are following the trump policy. >> reporter: the white house rejecting that claim >> the trump administration approach to immigration was inhumane and immoral that's why we need a new policy in place and we need congress to pass that consulate policy. >> reporter: thousands of migrants who were under that bridge have already been released inside the united states many given notices to appear at immigration center within 60 days to get a court date for asylum hearings. back on the border, this state trooper watches and waits. do you see this problem letting up >> no, morgan. the numbers have not decreased at all. >> reporter: texas state troopers' cars line the riverbanks with hundreds of migrants potentially on the way, the message is clear. >> we have units on stand by. we're prepared for any surge and we can mobilize at a moment's notice.

>> reporter: prepared for thousands like we saw over the weekend? >> exactly. >> reporter: and despite having this particular crossing secure here, agents tell me one of their biggest concerns is that by surging so many resources to this one location, they're opening up other gaps on the border that could be taken advantage of those by criminals trafficking drugs, humans and that creates a serious concern here at the border. hoda? >> morgan chesky, thank you. we welcome craig back from assignment, and you're following the gabby petito case this morning. >> good morning to you. crews are headed back out this morning to continue scouring that large nature preserve in florida for any sign of the 22-year-old's fiance, brian laundrie. he's the only person of interest in petito's death and has not been seen now in more than a week. catie beck has more on the search and the investigation.

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. investigators have been searching the reserve behind me for days and have turned up no new leads on the whereabouts of brian laundrie. reports of gabby and brian's last days together in wyoming as the search for answers continues. >> reporter: with the nationwide man hunt for brian laundrie intensifying, new details emerging on one of the last known sightings of the couple together. a wyoming restaurant confirming gabby and brian were there on august 22nd, arriving on foot without their van. neighbors are personally invested in the case. karen lives across the street from the laundrie's home and remember them working on the van in the driveway. >> reporter: did it look like a happy situation? >> it seemed like your normal young couple hanging out. >> reporter: laundrie and his

parents would go on evening walks together. they seemed like a friendly, normal family. but adds now she has serious questions she would like answered. >> where is your son? why aren't you seeming to be more concerned about where your son is and supposedly the love of his life who is now no longer here, and how are you living with knowing that your son could be the one responsible? >> reporter: laundrie's parents told police brian went to the carlton reserve with a backpack on tuesday, september 14th, driving a silver ford mustang authorities towed from the family's home as evidence. a lawyer for the laundrie family says when he did not return, family members drove the car back from the preserve several days later. investigators have spent four days searching the 25,000 acre wetlands with dive teams, k-9 units and atvs, but have turned up no sign of laundrie. >> we've deployed enormous resources and trying to cover every acre in this preserve. >> reporter: petito's body was found 18 days after laundrie

arrived back in florida with the van they've been traveling in. he's not been charged with a crime and has not spoken with police. laundrie's parents, through their attorney, called gabby's death heartbreaking. this morning after multiple unconfirmed potential sightings, laundrie is still at large and petito's family no closer to the answers they so desperately seek. >> you mentioned that officials are bringing in drivers to search the swamp and that's a new detail. what made them decide to do that? >> reporter: well, investigators aren't telling us of any specific piece of evidence, but they have mentioned that 75% of the area they are searching back there is underwater. if there is evidence beneath the surface, this is going to be the best way to find it. we're here now as teams arrive again. they're going to be searching all day today. hoda? >> thank you so much.

this morning, al is tracking a new threat of severe weather. i can't believe we're saying it, more rain down south. >> especially here in the northeast. we really are starting to see this activity fire up. we've got a flash flood watch right now for -- we're talking 35 million people. low pressure spinning, you can see the rain all the way back from chicago and detroit and we've got the risk of severe weather today for windy conditions, 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts possible, tornado or two. hail threat is kind of low. watch this system push in today. heavy rain and storms for the i-95 corridor. heavy rain in the washington, d.c., area. flash flooding possible. tomorrow, that system pushes up to canada, the cold front pushes through the northeast and new england. we could see rainfall rates today 1 to 2 inches per hour. areas that could see 3 to 6 inches of rain and that's where we start to see all that flash flooding. we're going to get is to your

local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see still the fog near the coast and in san francisco. but it's going to clear out quickly. we'll head toward the mid 70s here today. inland areas much hotter compared to yesterday afternoon, reaching into the mid to upper 90s. 98 degrees in antioch, 92 in santa rosa, san jose in the upper 80s. warm weather today and tomorrow but milder for the weekend and definitely much cooler early

next week. >> thank you coming up, new details in an infamous art heist, $500 million worth of art stolen from a boston museum. just ahead, the latest twist in this 31-year-old mystery that has investigators fearing it will never be solved. with the spotlight on the gabby petito cases, interest in true crime cases being pushed to a new level. why do people find them so fascinating, and we'll explore that with keith morrison. that with keith morrison. but first, this is "today" on

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booster shots as early as the end of this week. the fda gave a green light for boosters for anyone over 65, high risk adults, teachers, health care workers, grocery store employees along with people who work or live in shelters and prisons. boosters will only be available to people who got their second dose of the pfizer vaccine at least six months ago, not people who got the other two vaccinations. we're waking up this morning to a hazy sky. we're going to see some moderate air quality today. watching out for some of that smoke starting to return to the bay area as the temperatures heat up. if you're about to head out in morgan hill, it's going to be in the low 50s. by afternoon mid 80s. temperatures hotter today than yesterday. as we go through the forecast into the weekend, it's going to be cooling off. that cooling trend continues into next week. san francisco headed toward 70

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exhaust its borrowing authority sometime next month unless the limit is raised. democrats and republicans in the senate are locked in a partisan standoff house speaker nancy pelosi says raising the debt limit is necessary to pay the bills that the country has already incurred, that it's not new spending, but republicans are calling it a blank check. some sad news from the entertainment world this morning, melvin van peebles has died he was known as the godfather of modern black cinema. he was a musician and a novelist he wrote and produced broadway musicals he died tuesday surrounded by his family in his manhattan home he was 89 years old. manhattan a minor league baseball game was interrupted in buffalo last night when a special guest made an untimely visited to the

mound. >> rookie the bat dog here at the field tonight, a little overanxious. >> just a little that's rookie, the official bat dog of the trenton thunder that golden retriever appeared to be looking for a ball to fetch. you can see the rookie back in the dugout, play resumed. >> his job is to get the bats. but i guess he went for the balls. one of the greatest art heists of all time. >> it happened in boston more than three decades ago $500 million worth of paintings stolen from a museum there and now a man authorities believed may have had the answers has died. >> gabe gutierrez joins us with more this is quite the head-scratcher. >> authorities have long suspected that bobby gentile knew something about what happened decades ago he's passed away and investigators are wondering if some of the answers may have

died with him. >> reporter: it's the biggest art heist in american history. 13 paintings worth half a billion dollars stolen from a boston museum in 1990. two men walked into the isabella stewart gardner museum and announced "this is a robbery." >> boston, a quiet museum, a daring robbery >> reporter: the cold case, the subject of a netflix documentary series this year. >> millions of dollars of artwork. >> reporter: more than 30 years after the paintings were taken, the mystery remains unsolved the frames still hang on the museum walls empty. >> boston was the wild west. >> the two front-runners were the italian mob or the irish mob. >> reporter: authorities believe robert "bobby" gentile may have answers. >> i think he has valuable information for whatever reason he's not sharing

>> reporter: the crime boss died last week following a stroke at the age of 85. >> but there's an enormous amount of evidence to point towards him having some knowledge of the crime that he's passed perhaps people will feel less intimidated. >> reporter: gentile's attorney saying he was the last person to have possessed the paintings from the isabella stewart gardner museum he denied this until his death a book was written about the heist after years of research. >> it seems very, very clear that he has some insider information. >> reporter: authorities searched gentile's home multiple times, including in 2016 his attorney telling reporters at the time -- >> he has denied any involvement. >> reporter: in 2015 the fbi released 25-year-old video hoping it might help crack the case so far, the mystery has remained unsolved >> his passing does not hurt our

investigation and it doesn't lessen our optimism that one day the paintings will be rerntued to the empty frames that are on the walls. >> they're optimistic. but with the crime boss dead, how do they hope to find any answers to this? >> authorities are hoping that now that he's dead, people might be more inclined to come forward. but the statute of limitations for the crime has expired. >> but they want the art back. >> and there's a 10 million reward for information leading to the safe -- >> you would think that alone by now would have motivated someone. >> you would think, but you don't want to get too involved -- >> hoda made a good point. how do you unload -- >> who is going to buy a rembrandt? >> we're not in the market for it, so we wouldn't know. >> thank you. we'll go inside america's growing obsession with true crime stories. it's being fueled at the moment by the case of gabby petito.

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helping. true crime is something we've been focused on for a couple of decades. these are stories that are incredibly intriguing. you get hooked on them they also bring attention to important issues, we hope. but the public's interest in true crime has just exploded we want take a look at why >> inside everyone lurks a sherlock holmes. >> reporter: it's become a national obsession, murder >> someone that will go into a home at night and will kill. >> reporter: mayhem. >> a killer on the loose in new york. >> reporter: serial killers. unsolved crimes. >> i saw him from tiktok which then made me call the authorities. >> reporter: in the gabby petito case, amateur sleuths comb the internet for clues and alerting authorities to leads that could help solve the case. >> this is gabby petito's van.

>> reporter: it seems we can't get enough true crime series are among the most-watched on tv turning people into big-time celebrities. >> you're going to have to kill me to shut me up. >> reporter: it's not just television 7 of the top 10 podcasts are now true crime, from crime junkie to the murdoch murders, to the og of them all, "dateline," which kicks off its 30th tv season this week. >> they said don't go down the steps. >> of course you went there? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: why now what's behind this exploding interest in murder our fascination is really nothing new and probably goes back a long way. lots of people remember the '90s when everybody was glued to the trials of the rich and famous and those grizzly cases.

hunger for this content is growing, maybe an escape for people stuck at home in a pandemic, where all of this technology that allows anyone to be an armchair detective. >> you have the opportunity for people to exchange and debate. >> reporter: for some, it's become a lifeline. >> i'm asking for your help. >> reporter: this arizona mom uses social media to solicit tips to find her missing solici tips to find her mis daughter alicia who disappeared from their home two years ago. a tiktok, she has over a quarter of a million followers. >> someone has to see something or know something. >> reporter: it's undeniably true that more men go missing than women that people of color make up a disproportionate share of the missing. those things are true too. and that they don't often get anywhere near the attention as cases like gabby petito. >> i like to call it missing white woman syndrome which cases become what we call

the top of wedding cake cases, the smallest tier at the top of the cake that receives all of that america's appetite for true crime will be quenched any time soon, or will it >> or will it? >> we love to hear you tell a story like that. people do -- they love to follow these stories and more and more they're getting involved. >> yeah. >> yes with groups of internet sleut we have done stories with groups of internet sleuths who will get together, sometimes whole teams of them, and they all will work on their computers in different cities and their bedrooms or their basements or kitchens or something and work on the strange little details of a case you never would imagine a person working on

but it would lead them to the solution of a 30-year-old or 40-year-old, 50-year-old case. and police departments are beginning to pay attention. >> police are looking in at these internet sleuths and saying, what did you find? >> 20 years ago, most police departments would say, civilians, stay out, we're the pros but that's not happening so much more. >> the point that you made at the end of the story, this obsession that we have in this country where missing people, most of them are white women, attractive white women why do you think that people of color don't get as much attention when they go missing versus -- not to diminish some -- >> i understand. why do i think what do i know but my thought is, it's the little red riding hood trope, helen of troy, it's all of the attractive white women over history who have gone missing and everyone made a huge fuss about them this gabby case, which is a very, very sad situation, one that everybody naturally would be interested in, exploded like

there was some sort of weather pattern immediately descended on the country and everybody knew about it within a matter of hours. do you go along with that or leave it alone >> thank you >> we're happy to have you and all of your "dateline" fans. it's the 30th season. >> yes we're excited. >> we're going to honor you. >> thank you, we have a whole thing planned for you. >> maybe i overdid it. there's not a cake or a toast -- >> we got to get a cake. >> we need a cake stat we're getting the cake. send it over to mr. roker. >> how many of you want to get keith to do our outgoing promos --

>> i already booked him. >> we're taking a look at what's going on in our climate. take a look at fall. since 1970, the average temperatures that fall has warmed up, 4 degrees down in the southwest, 2 degrees in the rockies. 2 to 3 degrees in the northeast. 95% of the country, you've seen an increase in the average fall temperature. look at minneapolis, 4 degrees above average, 1 1/2 degrees in new york city, 3.6 degrees in houston and, in fact, over the average, over the average fall days, 18 days above average in minneapolis, 10 degrees for fall in new york city 28 degrees in san francisco. and for october, the october outlook, warmer than average temperatures for october across 42 states. rest of the country today, heavy storms moving into the northeast and new england today. sunny and warm down through the south. more heat continuing out west. the pacific northwest looking warm, seattle 68 degrees that's what' good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. our temperatures are going to be

hotter today. our inland valleys our warmest spot in spots like antioch and ukiah down to gilroy it's going to reach into the upper 90s today. tomorrow we have some lower 90s, but we do catch a break this weekend as some cooler air moves in, seeing highs in the low 80s by sunday. next week we have highs in the upper 70s. san francisco will see highs in the mid 60s. >> keith didn't realize, he's impressed with our -- >> we're trying to impress keith. >> this is true. >> we want keith to love it. >> we're all star struck. >> it's an actual map. >> do you want to go touch it? >> i would love to >> let's hear keith do the weather. >> i did the weather once, about 412 years ago. this is cool you can touch this thing. >> cool. >> all be darned >> thank you thanks, keith. >> thank you >> getting the cake and

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wedding. >> she can be edgy, and i think john liked that. it was a different angle than his world. >> just ahead, a new look at the iconic couple's special day. and partners in crime. we'll catch up with mariska hargitay and christopher meloni ahead of the new season of their hit "law & order" shows. >> partners. then the "dateline" team will join us live as they celebrate 30 years of murders, mysteries and more >> we started digging into it and the bodies started piling up >> today, thursday, september 23rd, 2021 ♪ >> traveled from fredericksburg, virginia, las vegas, nevada, to celebrate the premier of "law & order." >> today is my 62nd birthday. >> college friends reuniting for our first trip to new york >> happy 43rd anniversary to my parents, rick and denise

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and then you have to either be 65 or older or at high risk. as you mentioned, that includes frontline workers, people who work at hospitals and grocery stores, also teachers. but they can't come running down to a vaccination center today. the cdc still has to meet and give out guidance on high risk and once that happens, people will be able to go but it means that they have to -- they have to wait and just give it a second but the fda has paved the way, as you said, for millions of americans to now get this booster. there's some good news this morning on covid numbers our nbc news data team telling us that we have passed the peak in the latest surge. that was fueled by the delta variant. passed the peak last week. that's the longest sustained decline that we've seen in covid cases for three months hoda >> that's good news there. thank you.

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absolute surprise. word that jfk jr., one of the most photographed men of his generation had secretly gotten married. that happened 25 years ago this week and it gives us a chance to look back on a bride and groom forever young. >> reporter: after a courtship relentlessly documented by the paparazzi, news that jfk jr. married carolyn bessette away from prying eyes stunned the world. >> america's most eligible bachelor, the closest we have to a crown prince was married over the weekend. >> reporter: the one professional photographer allowed, dennis reggie, brother to victoria reggie kennedy he took the photos sent around the world. >> came out of the chapel and john reached as a prince would for the hand of his bride and

brought it to his lips and kissed her hand and i thought it was a magic there. and you can see in her face, in carolyn's face surprise and elation and love and romance and all of those wonderful things. >> the sight was off the georgia coast, inside the tiny first african baptist church, with holes in the floor, no electricity or air-conditioning. >> the elegance in less being more and not making it a grand occasion, but a warm and loving, memorable weekend. i thought that they pulled it off magnificently. >> reporter: a friend brought a camcorder and turned his movie into a documentary. >> she was drop-dead gorgeous and funny and sassy. she could be edgy and i think john liked that. it was a different angle than his world. >> reporter: in the documentary, you see some of the 35 guests sworn to secrecy, traveling in by private plane and then a boat riding to the wedding in jeeps

and pickup trucks. a taxing journey he acknowledged the night before the wedding. >> i realize that we imposed certain upon this event. >> reporter: the dress became a sensation. the friend she met while working for calvin klein a year later had his own dress. away from more elaborate dresses from the 1980s, towards classics minimalism >> i think that i will always wonder what could have been, but what i know is that night for that one bright, shining moment, it was camelot in their own way, own version of camelot and it was beautiful. >> reporter: a picture perfect weekend with memories all their own. >> the couple was just short of

three years married when their plane crashed off of martha's vineyard on their way to the wedding of john's cousin the kennedy story now scheduled to be part of american love story, a spin-off from the creators of american crime story. >> 35 people at the wedding. that means not even the entire extended family. >> oh, no. what he did, he chose the member of the family that he was closest to in each branch. the shrivers, the smiths there are so many kennedysere am you see that picture they take every fourth of july, there are a hundred of them and there was no way you could keep that a secret and that's what's amazing, how they kept that a secret. i remember waking up to the news that he had gotten married and it was like, how did he do that? >> and you said, where was my invitation

from the thompson family >> we are way over here. >> thank you so much how about another check of the weather? >> let's see what we've got for you today as we take a look at the satellite picture. things are dry for the western two-thirds of the country. it's not until you get into the northeast where we're looking at a lot of wet weather around the upper great lakes as well. activity spinning around that big low-pressure system. look at the temperatures, 90s to 100s 90s down in southern texas a little cooler in the upper midwest and 50s around the great lakes where we have the low and rain spinning around we are looking at rainstorms in the northeast and the central great lakes. a little frost on the pumpkins there in the morning, in the upper mississippi river valley sunny and warm down through texas, and more heat conti good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is the heat we're talking about, continuing out west. we're reaching into the upper 90s today, tri-valley up to 96

degrees and for the north bay we will see temperatures in santa rosa reaching 92. 89 in san jose. now, with the heat ramping up today we're also going to see more smoke coming in and it's still going to be summerlike tomorrow, then going into the weekend starts to feel better with our inland temperatures in the low to mid 80s. catch us on radio, siriusxm channel 108. best time of the morning pop start! >> pop start bonus going on. >> we're close and cozy. let's say good morning to mariska hargitay and christopher meloni we have special guests talking about tonight's premier of "law & order: svu." but let's get to other pop start headlines. we'll start with "snl. the start of season 47 is just around the corner. they announced hosts owen wilson and kacey musgraves will lead the season premier kim kardashian west, the reality star and businesswoman, tweeting a photo of the announcement yesterday, writing, no turning back now kim is going to be with an "snl"

veteran for her first time hosting, halsey said to take the studio for her fourth time >> that's quite the pairing. >> jason sudeikis returning to the show, and musical guest brandi carlile stay tuned for more on that. elton john and charlie puth, they teamed up for a duet. ♪ month teaming up >> what do you think >> i like it >> nice rhythm.

>> remember that peter cetera song ♪ i am the man that will fight for your honor ♪ >> the lockdown sessions is set to feature more great duets. it will come out on october ale >> i'm 22nd one of our favorite people around here, kelly clarkson. christmas came early for fans of her overnight. kelly dropping a new single off her new holiday album. it's called "christmas isn't canceled, just you." >> that's funny. ♪ ♪ christmas isn't canceled just you ♪ >> isn't that funny?you.

♪ ♪ >> that's hilarious. >> catchy. >> do you like it? >> i love it top ten. >> christmas isn't canceled, it's you that's edgy. >> santa is going to be all alone. >> definitely catchy it's a sing along song. shaquille o'neal revealed that his go-to karaoke song is one of her classics. >> would you like to hear my go-to song. >> yes, i would.e to hear it ♪ ♪ ♪ since you've been gone ♪ >> oh, man you know the words just like

savannah >> what's your go-to karaoke song >> i'm not good at it, but i like to do "lose yourself" by eminem. >> what? >> it has lots of words and it's cool. >> you like it >> do i like eminem? >> what's your go-to karaoke song. >> i don't do karaoke, i just like that song. >> mine is the theme from "the love boat". >> elton john's "philadelphia freedom. >> i'm going to go with "bohemian rhapsody." >> it's like al going to do the weather at -- >> i did that yesterday. >> finally we turn to our special guests here, mariska and christopher. it's been 22 years since we first met them on "law & order:

svu. fighting crime in different units but never far apart. >> he's not a captain. i'm a captain. let's keep it real. >> can we get to the most important piece -- >> the chemistry question has been brought up all morning. >> there's a picture that you guys put out there, somebody did, it was hotness, there was something happening. >> you're teasing us can we show the picture and can you tell us if there's a love connection -- >> no. >> it must be. >> is it on in this new season, after all of these years you've been making us wait? >> our eyesight got so bad is that you? [ laughter ] >> you said i love you at the end of last season

>> did i >> i saw it. >> i was under emotional duress. >> you did >> you know, that was only because i was saying it because it was in the midst of an intervention my family was coming together with the help of olivia benson for an intervention. and one of my daughters said i love you but i was looking at mariska how can you not -- it just comes -- >> i love you. >> oh. >> see what i mean >> was chemistry like this back in the '90s when you screen tested for this back in the day? >> immediately. >> immediately. >> based on comedy really. >> truly it was an instant, instantaneous connection that is inexplicable, that has only grown. and i look at it as a gift but the second we met, it was like -- >> did you ever date for real? >> for four years and we just broke up two months ago. don't tell our spouses we met at the screen test. >> she was an l.a. girl, i was in new york.

>> you met at the screen test. do you feel like your chemistry is how you both got the roles? that worked so well, the producers were like, these -- >> buy one, get one free >> i always say that we went in and i was telling her a story that had a good, nice finish, punch line and i had -- i told them, can you hold on one second i wanted to finish the story all the suits are going -- >> what's going on here? when i walked in, i scanned it and i went, that's the guy >> savannah compared it to "moonlighting. >> we were all rooting for bruce and cybill shepherd to get together >> there's so much love, trust, ease and chemistry and the gift of it is, it has truly stood the test of time. >> it's cool because now you've come back, i'm sure you were so sad during this time when he was gone and now you have this whole new

"law & order" world, but the world lives in the "svu" world, there's the crossover, which is fun. >> a cross pollination there. >> i loved it when laverne would show up on "happy days." >> that's a solid show. >> thank you it's a little different way of telling a story than "law & order" is used to. but i think that was the marching orders of, you know, we're going to have more of -- we get to tell the story over eight episodes >> you broke your ankle. >> i did >> that's one of the toughest injuries going how are you doing? >> thank you for asking. it's so funny because i love to say, like, oh, you should see the other guy. but the truth of the matter is, i tripped in the ring walking across the street. >> i'm feeling great i'm feeling bionic after i had surgery, i had two plates and 13 pins we all had to keep it under wraps.

it was one of those things where it happened a couple of weeks before we started shooting our amazing writers -- >> did you see the melissa mccarthy video >> i did. >> what did you think when you saw that >> first of all, i'm her biggest fan and she's the greatest thing going. she's so funny, and it was so generous and honoring and funny. and i was here trying to keep it under wraps and she was like ahh! >> she went out on the street with a video with a sign saying, honk if you're praying for mariska hargitay. >> lots of honks. >> they're great writers to rewrite the script and put it in there >> look at her. >> did they write in that you had a broken ankle >> you did you'll have to watch tonight. >> will you at least answer this do you know whether you're going to get together this season or not telling or do you honestly don't know. >> i don't know. >> really? >> we're really --

>> it's -- >> right now after being gone for ten years and the way that he left and the complexity -- >> and how i came back. >> we're still finding our way >> okay. >> but it's complex and real what i love about it most is that it's earned this relationship is truly earned not a lot of people have a -- >> 23-year relationship -- >> that's why everyone is rooting for it to happen. >> it should never happen. >> no, right. >> like "moonlighting," the minute it happened -- >> sam and diane. >> raise your hand if it should happen >> percolating, 23 years. >> you don't think it should happen -- >> we're not allowed to vote. >> we're not allowed to vote >> we got a poll out we polled our viewers. >> america wants it. >> let's do a deep dive into that

we're steve kornacki on the big board. >> can i say something about today that is amazing. we're sitting here, it's our 23rd year, it's premier day, and today we are starting to shoot our 500th episode. >> yes it really is a milestone just so grateful and profound and -- >> that's earned too, this love for the show and these good morning, 8:26, i'm marcus washington. firefighters still at the scene of a grass fire in north bay that has burned more than 100 acres. it started yesterday afternoon near highway 12 in shellville, this is on the napa and sonoma county line. no evacuations were ordered and no structures were threatened as of last night it was 80% contained. teams stayed through the night to make sure there were no flare-ups. let's get a look at that forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall she has been tracking that. >> yeah, some of that smoke will be drifting toward napa and temperatures will be heating up today. we are headed toward the upper 90s for our inland valleys and

tomorrow still feeling summerlike. going into the weekend we will be a little bit cooler with low to mid 80s and next week that's when it finally will feel like fall with upper 70s in the forecast. san francisco will head toward the mid 70s for today, that's all quickly clears out but we will see it linger going into the weekend and that's going to keep temperatures lower with highs in the mid 60s going into the next several days. mark us? >> thanks, kari. we will have another local news update coming up for new 30 minutes. i will see you back here then.

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in the flesh she's celebrating the release of her new album. >> big fans. looking forward to that. in the meantime, the first full day of fall. >> this is the second full day. >> is it >> yesterday was the first full day. >> i trust you it's the second full day of fall we're going to focus on the new season throughout -- >> today is the first day. >> today it's fall maybe it's the first day maybe it's the second day. nonetheless, vicky nguyen is going to join us we're going to talk about flu season jill martin is here to get your fall wardrobe in order. az a few of her back to basic finds. >> later in the third hour, who wants to make extra spending cash you can clear out some of the clutter all around your house. golf fans, finally, the 43rd ryder cup is officially on tomorrow on the show, i will be live from whistling straits in wisconsin.

i'll have a full preview, and team usa needs it. we've lost 9 out of the last 11 ryder cups to the european team. >> maybe you should play. >> i'm flying there to give a pep talk. >> who is on the team this year? >> we have 9 out of the top 10 golfers in the world jon rahm is on team europe >> let's get a check of the weather. we'll take a pause >> today, climate week weather weather. we'll take is sponsored by delta. keep climbing. >> let's look ahead to our weekend. never too early to do that we start off with warmth in the pacific northwest. on saturday, the rain is mainly in the plain sunny and mild throughout the mid mississippi river valley plenty of sunshine into the pacific northwest. sunday, it's quiet around much of the country we like that, maybe a little rain in the pacific northwest.

good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at our temperatures today we will reach into the upper 90s in the inland valleys, it's still going smoky conditions, low 90s for tomorrow but going into the weekend the cooldown continues, low to mid 80s for some of our warmest spots inland and low 70s next week. for san francisco the fog clears out quickly, we will heard toward the mid 70s for today and cooler as we see more fog leading into the weekend with mid 60s by sunday. and just a reminder, this is climate week here on today be sure to check out our streaming channel today all day for more of our "today" goes green initiative >> thank you in addition to it being the first full day of fall, we've got some stars in the house to tell us about it. >> check it out, you guys. our friends from "dateline" are here we have lester holt, keith morrison.

>> they call it a murderers' row of "dateline" correspondents it's the longest running series in the history of nbc's prime time >> "law & order" and "dateline." >> lester, tell us about the olden days [ laughter ] >> i was knee high >> this is the staying power of "dateline. it's an incredible testament -- >> it's about good storytelling, getting into the stories, getting to know the characters and really kind of living in the moment taking people through the stories. what resonates with a lot of the viewers is that some of the people in this program, you might relate to. they could be your next-door neighbor it could be someone you work with >> murphy -- dennis, you used to say stuff. people used to say, how come "dateline" does all murder and you said it's not about the murder >> a woman said, you're one of the dateline guys. i like it because you do stories

about the wrongdoers being brought to account >> probably couldn't answer this, there's been so many stories. do any one of them stick out? >> one for me was in new mexico. a girl was left for dead she ended up surviving she was in a coma for months almost a decade went by. 25 surgeries they finally caught her attacker and she was able to testify against him and she had her final surgery recently to get her smile back >> wow >> keith, you've got the premier on friday, if i'm not mistaken what's -- what are we -- >> going to a small town in kentucky a place called pembroke. maybe 700, 800 people there. a place where murders never occur. >> until they do. >> why were the three of them? >> three of them >> and who were they >> how many poles did you lean up against

>> a bunch >> you never know what's going on with your neighbors secrets, secrets, secrets. >> stay in the big city. >> 24/7, now, "dateline." >> it's out there somewhere. we have a podcast that jus started. >> all over peacock. >> i love your podcasts. i listen to the thing about pam when i was recovering from surgery. i have to bring up my favorite, "dateline" hoda. she was part of "today's" journey. let's bring out the champagne. we want to toast all of you, incredible success for the network. all of your hard work and great stories. do you day drink on "dateline" >> yes, they do. >> congrats, you guys. they'll be back in the third hour the 30th season of "dateline"

tomorrow 9/8 central. >> we have a lot of "law & order" fans out here too we hope that mariska and christopher will come out and say "hi. they're pumped up. we have your guide to cold and flu season, including why it's important when you get your flu shot this year here they come mariska and chris. there are your people. hold on. >> how great is it to have the "law & order" folks the same day as the "dateline"? >> worlds colliding. >> this is the mt. rushmore of nbc prime time. >> and you got some big fans over here who want to say hey to you. >> i like your shirt. >> 53 years of television excellence. first, guys, this is "today" on nbc

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welcome back. welcome back we're putting the focus on the flu season >> covid is continuing to surge. doctors are warning the flu will also be a major threat over the next few months. >> vicky nguyen is here with more it's hard to think about the flu, so few cases last year. >> the first, second, third day of fall, i'm not sure exactly. >> nobody knows. >> it does sound counterintuitive because we had a tiny number of flu cases last year, the virus could come back this year with a vengeance. this morning what you and your family need to know to stay safe this flu season. >> reporter: workers racing to get shots out in time for the start of flu season. we got a rare look inside this flu vaccine manufacturing facility, one of the largest in the country, to see how shots are made >> to prevent any contamination,

i have to take off my makeup, nail polish and no jewelry inside the manufacturing area. >> reporter: scientists started making the vaccine in february, growing it inside eggs during our visit, syringes were filled and inspected for quality and shipped across the country. >> how many are produced here every day?r: doctors say getting a flu shot year is more important than ever. this infectious disease doctor says there were fewer flu cases last year thanks to lock down, remote school and work, masking and social distancing. we weren't as exposed the virus, didn't build up immunity and this year we may be more susceptible to getting sick. people are letting their guards down after covid fatigue. >> people are out and about more and normalizing their behavior not as much masking and careful behaviors as we saw last year. >> reporter: so who should get

the flu vaccine? the cdc says everyone six months of age and older should get the shot, especially young children, elderly, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems. the best time is right now so the vaccine has enough time to kick in before flu becomes widespread, usually in december. and the cdc says data shows you can safely get your flu shot at the same time as a covid vaccine. back at this facility, dr. michael greenberg says he's hopeful this year's vaccine will be highly effective. >> we hope, like every year, it's a good match and 2 out of 3 years, the world scientists get it right. >> reporter: in a good year, the flu vaccine is 60% effective compare that to the new covid vaccines which studies show are 90% or more effective. why is it so difficult to create a highly effective vaccine for the flu? >> viruses are pretty tricky creatures. they mutate all the time which requires us to update the flu vaccine composition each year.

>> a year where health care workers want to avoid a possible twindemic of flu and covid-19. >> we don't want to add more illness and potentially even death on top of what's already going on with the pandemic >> reporter: and one thing to keep in mind, the flu vaccine has been shown to be very effective in preventing severe illness and death. according to the cdc, during our last severe flu season, that was about two years ago, the shot prevented 7 1/2 million illnesses and more than 60,000 deaths that's significant we have a lot more information on how to protect your family from the flu that's all on today.com. >> thank you very much >> the phrase will be, oh, it's only the flu. >> got to get the shot. do you wish you could design your perfect shirt jill has found a way to do it. first, thi

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we are back with our friend jill martin. >> she got a new episode of her monthly show it's airing today on our streaming platform we'll give you a sneak peek right now at the feature products you can scan the qr code if you want to shop right now. >> i'm so excited. fall is starting i don't care what day it is. we're in fall. we're moving forward and i feel like physical clutter can often transfer to emotional chaos. and so we've been working all year and i've put together this show that really takes us back to the basics. items that you can cleanse your closet with, less stuff and more actual great basics that you can mix and match. >> it doesn't get more basic than a t-shirt what's special about this one? >> you say it's not exciting, a t-shirt, this is exciting. every six months to a year, go through your t-shirt drawer, take out anything that is not a ten. if it's not great, donate, consign. this is amazing. it's on amazon for $25

you can customize your own shirt. we have "b" roll of it you stand in front of your phone and you're able to -- it makes it for you to your measurements. it's fitted to you >> does that mean it's tight >> it fits to your exact measurements of your body. you can do a cotton modal or -- >> that's her pose >> you hold -- anyone can do this supereasy. they send it to you and in the supereasy. they tag they put your initials >> that's so cute. >> it fits your body and $25 amazing to start your basics back to the basics. >> i love that. >> next up, the everlane jeans how many jeans do you have in your closet? >> all mom jeans. >> most people have 20 or 25

we wanted to give you one jean if you're going to go with one, the straight fit with a little bit of crop, that's the jean of the year. >> it is >> a little crop on the ankles. >> it's high waisted >> it's high waisted, which i prefer >> floods? >> they're perfect for floods. >> is it 1972? high waters. >> i was saying if you had a flood, you won't get your pants wet. >> they used to call those floods. >> and it's a great denim. next up, the new bag now with everything going on is this wipeable nylon with the leather trim this is a small company we love and what we did is a lot of times it can be overwhelming when designing the one bag you're taking with all of your stuff in it, that organized chaos.

i created a landing page, scan the qr code, and you can personalize these with whatever print you like and then whatever initials or message you want on it these are really great, a small company that we're introducing to you and i did it for you a lot of times it can be overwhelming and there's a discount just for our show >> is there a bad bag and a good bag? what's the thing with bags >> bags are the best you put your stuff in them. >> does size matter? >> size matters always. >> i like a big bag like this. you can put your other bag in it. >> and that's what we love about that but the organization it being light, it's only as heavy as you fill it, which is for a woman, that's what we do >> this is 1999. this is the jacket it has thousands of five-star reviews on amazon. i tried it, picked it. it's machine washable. which i love with now everything has ease to it you can pick different patterns. it has zippers it also has the adjustable draw string

it fits to your body >> this jacket can be $180 in a store. how is it $20? >> that's what it is now >> it's good quality. >> i go on the search for you so you don't have to. >> i like it look at the fuzzy -- >> some of them have -- >> thank you >> $19.99. >> now, this last one is very important to my family we pass this along when you need a little inspiration it's called "the soul support book." meditation on getting unstuck in your creative products, relationships and life so i pulled a few of the pages i love this is one of the favorite examples i have. when you're in a bind, my mom passes this onto each of us. when you're in a bind, this has adult cartoons that kids can ye. i wanted to share it with relate to too that get you out of that emotional bind and get

you unstuck. this is really worked for me over the past year and a half. i wanted to share it with anyone it's a great gift. under $10. we sign it and pass it along to different things one of the basics i need. >> it would be a good coffee table book we don't often do books. >> are you selling that or is this an aside? >> it's part of the basics for me, getting unstuck in your life under $10. >> i love it it's an older book if you haven't seen it, it's new to you. >> i've never seen it. >> $29 >> thank you jill is coming back -- this has been great with me you're always invited to these shopping things. more picks on the third hour and your whole show is on today all day today. >> it's right there. things are going to sell out fast please tune in >> they always sell out fast because you make good picks. >> be sure to tune into to tuno today.com/shopallday we're back in a moment, but

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mr. roker. the music is there >> that's right. that's it. let's start spinning those bad boys up and show you who we got. first up, it is a happy 100th birthday to jack sheerer he says the secret to longevity, eating often we thank you for your service, sir. virginia of naples, florida. you're looking at the rays number one fan never misses a game. happy birthday to ella may, a dancing machine from warwick, rhode island secret to longevity, just keep dancing. herman of new jersey is 100. he served our country during world war ii and we salute you as well for your service margaret of wisconsin. 100. an elementary school teacher who started her career in a one-room schoolhouse. last but not least, happy 100th birthday to james stafford jr.,

active guy from peoria, illinois, featured on a local billboard for his big win at the recreation senior olympics you go, james! >> go, james thank you, al. just head on the third hour, we'll have much more with our friends from "dateline" -- >> that's sticking with me saying we shoot "dateline" more in small towns it makes you think the murders are happening in towns we live in >> and then coming up on hoda and jenna, great new chat with pastor michael todd. he was my first guest -- >> oklahoma. >> from tulsa. he's going to be back. he'll be live with us and he's got answers, real secret answers making the impossible possible. >> subscribe wherever you get your podcast. >> guess who i'm interviewing today? maria shriver and oprah winfrey.

>> whoa! together good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. oakland leaders are declaring an emergency due to a surge in crime. this week the city marked its 100th homicide of the year. yesterday a police officer was shot in the line of duty. he is expected to recover, but leaders are now declaring gun violence a public health crisis

asking alameda county to allocate federal stimulus money for violence prevention, including mental health services and community medical clinics. happening now, our bob redell is speaking with city leaders he will have the full story at mid di, link to more at the top of our homepage. oakland schools have become the first of the bay area to require all eligible students to receive a covid vaccination. find out the steps and how soon other districts may follow. we will have the local bl update in an hour.

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is "3rd hour of today." >> good thursday morning, welcome to this third hour of today, september 23rd, friday eve, craig, here, mr. roker, dylan dreyer is here, sheinelle is off this morning. hopefully she's back tomorrow. >> she's resting her voice. if you're not 100%, don't come. >> that's what i said. she said she'll be back tomorrow. >> we have an all-star lineup in studio this morning. check out the four true crime rock stars. we're talking