we leave you with a live look at oracle park as the sun rises over the bay area. looks lovely. >> go giants. good morning. breaking news. america on strike. overnight 10,000 employees walk the job at john deere plants across the u.s. the largest strike of its kind in years. while a strike at kellogg cereal plants now enters its second week. and this morning, hollywood bracing for a massive work stoppage of its own. this morning what workers are demanding coast to coast and what it all means for you. supply chain crisis. with packed ports and empty store shelves, the white house

takes aim at the bottleneck that's threatening the economy and the holiday season. >> all of these goods won't move by themselves. >> just ahead, a firsthand look at what is now being done to get things moving again. we'll go one on one with the ceo of best buy. our best shot? a key fda hearing this morning on the future of boosters for tens of millions of americans. so will you be able to mix and match vaccines? we're live with everything you need to know. breaking overnight, a dramatic new twist in those south carolina mysteries. alex murdaugh's own lawyer admitting he's a person of interest in the double murder of his wife and son. this has the man he hired to shoot him speaks out. telling craig, he was never part of any scheme. >> he didn't get shot in the head? >> no. the exclusive interview straight ahead. all that plus the final frontier. >> oh, wow.

>> new images of william shatner's epic and record-setting space adventure alongside his fellow blue origin crew. >> i can't believe this. >> this morning, the star joins us in his first live interview since touching down to tell us all about his trek. today, thursday, october 14th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." so happy you're joining us on this thursday morning. >> and we're excited to catch up with william shatner. we're going to speak to him live and find out if he's still on cloud nine this morning. >> so emotional after that touchdown. another exclusive interview. craig sitting down with a man charged with shooting south

carolina attorney and why he was saying he was set up. >> we begin with the supply and worker crisis in the u.s. overnight, members of the united auto workers union went on strike against john deere and it's the latest in a series of strikes across the country. >> all this comes amid the bottleneck at ports that's creating empty shelves from coast to coast. the white house out with a plan to get the supply chain flowing again, all of this set to have a major impact on the holiday season. christmas, by the way, just 72 days away. we got it all covered. we're going to start with the latest on that strike. morgan chesky joins us from dallas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and this john deere strike comes at a critical time for a lot of farmers, they're right in the

middle of harvest season and need every piece of equipment and tool they can get their hands on. that strike one of several all across the country as workers demand better conditions and better pay. from the heartland to hollywood, tens of thousands of workers threatening to disrupt major american industries amid a nationwide worker shortage. workers prepares to draw the picket line over wages and conditions. overnight the country's last night public sector strike in two years. at agricultural manufacturer john deere. more than 10,000 workers of the united auto workers union rejecting a deal that included 5% wage hikes for workers and 6% for others, along with longer term raises. the manufacturer's done well during the pandemic and union members want more. their vice president writing in part, our members at john deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules. the strike set to take place during a harvesting season when many farmers need part for their equipment. and hollywood. the economy struggles amid a nationwide worker shortage. earlier this week, 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in television and film threatened to strike as soon as next monday

as crew members call for higher pay, better benefits and meal breaks. the union releasing a statement saying it will continue bargaining with producers, but the pace is not reflecting their urgency. the news catching the attention of numerous hollywood stars, jane fonda to kerry washington, expressing their supports on twitter. it comes as a strike at kellogg enters its second week, protesting at the manufacturing plant in nebraska. it's all a possible sign that workers have a new upper hand during a massive labor shortage as the country emerges from a pandemic. a record number of workers have quit their jobs. 4.3 million in august alone leaving many businesses struggling and offering higher wages and more perks. now this series of strikes guaranteed to affect an economy already striving to recover from the effects of the pandemic. >> back to the strike in hollywood for just a second.

if this thing goes through, what kind of an impact could it have on the industry, on entertainment going forward? >> reporter: we could see hollywood stopped in its tracks. and we've seen similar situations before. you go back to 2007, a massive iter's strike had a significant impact. a lot of shows had to postpone or stop shows entirely and a lot of cases, shows were canceled altogether. >> morgan, thank you. the other big economic story which is the nation's supply chain crisis, packed ports, bare shelves threatening the economy. the white house is banking on a new plan hoping to ease the backlog. miguel almaguer joins us from off the coast of california where ports are working overtime. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. about 40% of our nation's imported goods come on these massive cargo ships in the port

of los angeles and long beach. the problem is, there's dozens of those ships waiting to unload their cargo. that means grocery stores are empty and the deliveries may not be coming to your front porch. now the president is jumping in. will help come before the holidays? >> reporter: this morning new measures to resolve this bottleneck. the biden administration announcing wednesday operations at two major ports, l.a. and long beach, will now go 24/7. this to help reduce massive delays in getting popular goods off ships and into stores. everything from electronics and toys to food and apparel. >> opening up for less crowded hours when the goods can move faster. today's announcement has the potential to be a game changer. >> reporter: these backlogs

making products not just hard tore get, but also more expensive. annual inflation now at a 13-year high. prices for beef and bacon, used cars, gas, even furniture all up double digits. the delays also increasing production costs for many small businesses. >> everything that goes into producing these products and the raw goods, those are increasing in price. so it passes down to the consumer. >> reporter: to ease the pain of higher prices, the social security administration announcing its largest cost-of-living adjustment in nearly 40 years. shipping giants like fedex, ups, walmart and target committing to work off-peak hours to help ensure shelves are stocked. >> most consumers don't think about the supply chain until they can't find the toy that

they want to get their child for the holidays. >> reporter: another supply roadblock, a shortage of warehouse workers and truck drivers nationwide. the white house now working with states to accelerate the licensing of truckers. but experts say don't expect this crunch to be resolved until next summer, at the earliest. >> something like the python trying to swallow the alligator. that's the kind of volume that we're trying to send through our ports right now. >> reporter: authorities doing all they can to prevent what could become the shipping grinch this christmas. we're told there's about 60 of these massive cargo ships still offshore. we're told that process takes a couple of days, and officials say they wouldn't be caught up until sometime next summer. savannah? >> wow. it's astonishing to see that. thank you very much. turning now to the pandemic and critical fda meetings getting under way today to determine if and when millions more americans will get booster shots. gabe gutierrez is at a vaccination site right here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this vaccination center is

giving out booster shots to people age 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised. and so far much of the discussion has focused on pfizer's booster's shot. now an fda advisory panel will look into moderna and johnson & johnson and whether vaccines can be mixed and matched. >> reporter: this morning, an fda advisory panel is set to begin a two-day meeting to discuss allowing moderna and johnson & johnson booster shots, a crucial test before they would be authorized before emergency use. >> the fda is going to have their hands full in the next day and a half to really get their brains around all of this. >> reporter: also up for debate, whether to allow mixing and matching vaccines, getting a pfizer booster if you received initial doses from moderna. a new study shows mixing and matching boosters is safe and effective.

>> regardless of what you received initially, a booster vaccine with any of the three candidate vaccines will induce strong immune response. >> reporter: the study which has not been peer reviewed yet, found j&j recipients had higher antibody responses with a pfizer or moderna boosters, but researchers say that's only one factor of protection and didn't measure overall efficacy. the fda is questioning data j&j provided. fda scientists did say there may be a benefit from a second j&j dose two months after the initial shot but noted that data is limited and has not been thoroughly independently reviewed. it's not clear whether these concerns would be enough to delay the rollout. >> we have the vaccine supply and we'll be ready to hit the ground running as soon as any additional boosters are authorized. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house says vaccine mandates are working. 66 million eligible americans are still unvaccinated but that's down from 97 million in july when mandates were

announced. new data shows last week covid cases in the u.s. dropped 12% from the previous week. hospitalizations down 11%. still -- >> despite the recent decrease in cases, most communities across the country are still experiencing substantial to high levels of community transmission. >> last month, the president asked the labor department to make a rule saying that any company with 100 or more workers would have to mandate vaccines or weekly testing. a person familiar with the process tells nbc news that could be finalized as early as next week but questions remain about how it would be enforced and how it could with stand legal challenges from red states that are banning vaccine mandates. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. craig is back with us this morning from assignment. >> good morning to you. this morning, we are getting a new look at that successful and record-setting space launch in

west texas. jeff bezos's blue origin rocket carrying 90-year-old william shatner and three others into space making the "star trek" icon the oldest astronaut ever. tom costello has been following the space race and joins us once again. tom, after a number of delays, we finally got to see history yesterday. >> reporter: absolutely. we had a delay for 24 years because of wind. but this morning, william shatner, aka captain kirk, says this was a profound, life-changing experience. >> two, one. >> reporter: blasting off from west texas at speeds of over 2,000 miles per hour, blue origin has made history yet again. >> what a launch. >> reporter: sending one of hollywood's biggest stars soaring among them. >> no description to equal this. >> reporter: william shatner, also known as star trek's captain kirk overwhelmed by the

view above the earth. his more than three minutes of weightlessness heavy with meaning. >> wow. >> reporter: at 90 years old, shatner is now the oldest person his fellow crew members, blue origin executive, audrey powers, glen de vries and chris boshuizen, both reported paid a quarter million dollars for their seats. >> this is nuts! >> reporter: for shatner, the round trip is some 55 years in the making. but this flight turned science fiction into reality. >> welcome back. the newest astronauts. >> reporter: but not everyone is thrilled with the new billionaire space race. prince william saying it distracts from the fight against climate change. >> we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds repairing this planet not trying to find the next place to go

live. >> reporter: back on the ground, the space captain who has seen it all was still in awe. >> what you've given me is the most profound experience -- >> reporter: we caught up with him shortly after touchdown. describe the g forces, what did you feel? >> your skin, body is pressed and all the loose skin, you think, i should get cosmetic surgery. >> reporter: shatner's journey was quick but momentous and poignant as he looks to cling onto the ride of his lifetime. >> i hope i never recover from this. i hope that i can maintain what i feel now. i don't want to lose it. >> we talked about jeff bezos and blue origin having ambitions beyond just this short space flight. what's next? >> reporter: so we do have another blue origin flight in the coming weeks.

we don't really know at this point who will be on board that. we've got literally a japanese fashion mogul and his assistant going up to the russian side of the international space station. by the way, a russian movie star just shot a movie on the space station. also, next february, spacex is going to carry three passengers, each who paid $55 million for a ride. by the way, virgin galactic is carrying two italian air force officers and a researcher up there to do research. by the end of this year, the thinking is there may have been 30 private astronauts who have already been to space and even more on the way next year. >> getting crowded up there. thank you. and we're going to have a lot more on the history that was made when william shatner himself joins us live in just a few. there it is. >> good morning, good morning, will. we're going to take a quick pause and get a check of the weather. >> we're glad he's living long and prospering.

we have severe weather to talk about. heavy rain. we're going to watch the showers and thunderstorms push up. you can see we do have about 4 million people down in southern texas right now with lots of wet weather coming up. it's pushing up and bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms from san antonio, all the way up to st. louis. we're going to watch severe weather, gusting winds, damaging hail and tornados possible with this system. we're going to watch it push forward this cold front. bringing in tropical downpours tomorrow up into the ohio river valley. the greatest risk from arkansas up into ohio. saturday moves into the northeast bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms and even some showers on into sunday as we get into the northeast. heaviest rain midmorning and as we travel up along the system, by tomorrow, we are looking into saturday, heavier rain from 1 to 3 inches of rain from detroit, st. louis, burlington and into

portland we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a red flag warning again for solano county. we see winds picking up in parts of the north bay, especially through the hills and the delta. temperatures reach into the mid 70s inland today. we warm up over the next few

days, headed for the low to mid 80s. then cooling down sunday into next week. san francisco expects highs warming into the low 70s. your l weather. >> thank you straight ahead, you have new developments in the many mysteries surrounding that predominant south carolina attorney. >> that's right. an exclusive conversation with a man that murdaugh claims hired just ahead, why he's saying he's being setup. his attorney will join us live. another today exclusive, the ceo of best buy will be here live we're going to get her take on this supply chain crisis the new plan to ease the problems and some good news on your holiday shopping. why the bargains are starting earlier than usual but first, this is "today" on nbc. u su

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it's 7:30. thursday morning october 14th, 2021 one day from the weekend, folks. >> friday eve. >> let's get your 7:30 headlines. breaking overnight, a massive fire ripped through a residential building in southern taiwan killing 46 people the building caught fire in the middle of the night while people were sleeping. officials are trying to figure out exactly how that started. a man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others in southern norway it happened yesterday in the

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surrounded by a series of mysterious tragedies this year starting with the double murder of his wife and son this summer. new this morning, one of murdaugh's attorneys say that authorities consider him a person of interest in that case with an interview with fox carolina news. though his attorneys continue to deny he had any involvement in the murders. murdaugh says he was shot in the head on a rural road law enforcement believes murdaugh conspired with curtis eddie smith to kill him as part of an insurance fraud scheme. >> does your client maintain complete innocence in this case? >> i didn't shoot him. i'm innocent if i shot him, he would have been dead. he's alive. >> smith now telling his side of the story. smith tells me he had no idea what murdaugh's plans were when he agreed to meet a man he

called his close friend on a remote road in hampton county, south carolina he says murdaugh showed up with a gun. >> he said, you're going to shoot me i said, no he made his move like this and i grabbed his arm. >> you took the gun. >> shoved it behind him, between me and him >> the gun went off. did it hit him >> no. >> that story -- >> there's no blood on me, no blood on him. >> he didn't get shot in the head >> made a move to get the gun and he hit the dirt. >> what percent are you positive that he didn't get shot, if you could put a percentage on it >> 1,000. >> reporter: murdaugh's lawyers will not comment the hampton county sheriff's incident report said murdaugh

did not have any visible injury but a corrected version released shortly after -- >> and the attorney joins us live this morning. good morning to you, sir >> good morning, craig, how are >> and the attorney joins us live this morning. good morning to you, you? >> i'm well. >> in simplest of terms, why do you think your client is being set up >> i think that he's being set up by a person who is a drug addict who is going through horrific withdrawals, 20 years opioid use, and i think that he is doing exactly what people with addict behavior do. he tried to turn himself into a victim and he tried to turn himself into a hero because the

attention that was on the car -- all the people out were figuring it out these are run flat tires this isn't what it looks like. nine days into his detox bed, from his detox bed, first person i've met to call somebody from a detox bed and get somebody arrested like that and that's exactly what he did his attorney at the bong heari said, my client is going in, going -- looking forward to cooperating in the murder investigation of his wife and child when his mental and physical stability is returned yet, a week earlier, he was mentally stable enough to lock my client up, based on his words. and that's it. >> you mentioned the opioid addiction and that is what alex murdaugh's attorneys contend led to all of this did your client sell drugs to murdaugh >> no, absolutely not. i've never had a client in 13 years break down and cry after some sort of issue like this you mention the insurance

scheme mr. murdaugh's attorneys yesterday came out and said, no, no, mr. smith didn't know about the insurance scheme he just showed up and obliged to shoot him. the conspiracy to commit insurance fraud should be dismissed this morning. >> did he provide drugs to murdaugh was there a relationship between the two of them that involved drugs? >> to my knowledge, absolutely not. what you're talking about is, you're perpetuating the lie that murdaugh put out he's used to people listening to his word and taking that and running with it. and that's exactly what happened in this case they didn't -- curtis smith told the exact same story that he told the police that day, that he told the -- another organization on his front porch, that he told the police without me present, i mean, this guy got arrested and was telling the same story over and over again he gets an attorney and guess what same story

he got a call from murdaugh, just like he always did. come work on something bring your work truck. what happens my client says, okay, tell me where to meet you. goes to meet him and at that point in time, on "dateline," you'll see it, an exchange took place where alex murdaugh was withdrawing, he's going through it somebody who was just cut off from their money supply that they were using for 20 years to buy opioids. he's known my client on a regular basis for six. the fact of the matter is, is that this -- go ahead, craig >> that's okay one of the outstanding questions in this case continues to be where did all of the money go? his attorneys have admitted that he stole from the law firm millions of dollars, no drug deal

was your client paid any large sum of money by murdaugh >> what we've done with the statement to the press about -- the public has not believed him when he said this is a 20-year opioid addiction i do our investigation shows mr. murdaugh has been to rehab multiple times and he was battling a severe opioid addiction and when you look at it through those lens, bring in the addicts, bring in the addiction experts and ask them, how far can an opioid addiction go if somebody doesn't have any consequences and unlimited money, then you'll find out where the money went. >> thank you >> thank you, craig. good to see you again. 7:38 coming up next, we're going to talk more about that history-making trip to space for a 90 years young bill shatner.

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we're back at 7:43 with our series >> at the age of 90, bill origin rocket. an event watched all around the world. >> fresh that voyage, mr. shatner is with us live to tell us all about it. >> i did it. >> you did it! >> i hope we have time enough to get through all of the impressions. the first thing i want to say is the irony. i have an album out there called "bill. it's getting great reviews there's a song i wrote called so far from the moon, in which at that time the song relates to, 55 years ago, i lay in a pasture for a number of reasons looking up at the sky, seeing the astronauts walk on the moon and i was so far from the moon at 55 years later, here i am, a little closer to the moon than you guys, but the irony of it strikes me.

>> you know what, i watched you right after the moment you walked off that capsule and i thought you seemed star struck you just seemed so totally overwhelmed by the experience. >> you know, prior to going up there, lying in that chair, trying to think of something clever to say when i came out. if everything worked i see the little blue orb and i was trying to think of something clever to say. and then we get up and when i was there everything i thought might be clever to say went out the window because the experience, going at 2,500 miles per hour breaking through this little, thin blue skin that surrounds earth, that provides us with life, we broke with that with a count of one or two at 2500 miles per hour and the skin is 50 miles thick. and all of a sudden the blue is down below and the blackness of

space. big window, it was only black space is interesting, the universe lies there. but at that moment in that big window, it was only black and ominous and that was death and this was life and everything else just stood still for a moment i was overwhelmed with the experience, with the sensation of looking at death and looking at life and this -- you know, what's become a cliche of how we need to take care of the planet. but it's so fragile. people say, oh, it's fragile no, no, no there's this little tiny blue skin that is 50 miles wide and we pollute it and it's our means of living. i was struck so profoundly by it. >> that was a beautiful

sentiment and it brought you to tears. you're 90 years young -- >> i keep hearing that i keep hearing that. and another factor of this whole thing is, i keep saying, yeah, no, i'm not 90 the whole physical experience of mounting that gantry, getting into the chair and suddenly as i'm coming down i'm thinking, you know something, i'm 90 years old. >> you came back down to earth >> unfortunately, yeah >> how did it feel physically up there for you? >> well, we had a simulator. they simulate what they say you're going to feel and it doesn't come -- here you're going to be in weightlessness and you got to grab ahold of something. don't push too hard with your hands, just use your fingertips. you can talk about weightlessness all you want, but

the feeling of weightlessness is in describable first of all, your gut -- your body doesn't have any pressure your body is expanding secondly, you're floating and i don't want to turn somersaults i don't want to throw skittles i want to look out the window. it was incredible. you can describe five "g"s, but at two "g"s, i was trying to raise my hand and couldn't raise my hand. that's not just being 90 at five "g"s, everything is being pressed and you're like, how long can i take this and it's over in an instant as you hit the -- the air that i'm talking about. it comes like a thud as the spaceship hits the atmosphere and suddenly you're in 5 "g"s. and then you know that the parachutes should deploy will they bang they deployed. okay, i'm going to be all right. and then they've got -- they've

got boosters on the bottom of that thing so you don't hit it too hard and if they don't go off, something terrible will happen and they do go off and that's startling the whole thing was indescribable. so all this rehearsal we did, training, they call it, i call it rehearsal, you're in and out of those chairs using muscles and in this case 90-year-old muscles, that are on the cusp of -- i'm stiff and sore i ache >> well, i mean, what a thrilling -- it had everything we're so happy you're back >> it had everything and the realization, once again, the fragility of this planet, the coming catastrophic event and we all have to clean this act up now >> well said i kept thinking about that, when you go to space, they should have sent a poet to describe it. they kind of did bill shatner thanks for your poetry i'm glad you had so much fun

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sunshine. we're still watching solano county and the central valley where we have a high fire danger today. our north bay highs will be dry and breezy. our temperatures come up a few degrees, our inland valleys reaching into the mid 70s. a big cooldown sunday and early next week. san francisco has a nice mild weekend ahead with sunshine and highs in the mid 70s. >> we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

♪♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, on strike. from the heartland to hollywood, more workers hitting the picket lines this morning as retailers struggle to keep shelves stocked. >> i'm scared about what's going to happen this holiday season. >> we have a live interview with best buy's ceo on the crisis. sounding the alarm. >> it's easy for people to be dismissive and say, you look fine. but the reality is, i'm not. >> an nbc exclusive with three victims of the mysterious havana syndrome. the explanations they've gotten from experts.

plus no more rumors. it is official. after years away from the stage, adele is back. the new details on when you can listen to her album and the secrets behind some of the songs. and get ready for reba. ♪♪ a live interview with country music icon reba mcentire. what she's saying about her first ever duet with dolly parton. plus the special performance she's only sharing with us. today, thursday, october 14th, 2021. >> good morning to my husband and son. >> we love you! >> girls trip from minnesota. >> celebrating grace's 13th birthday at the "today" show. >> we love watching the "today" show. >> we're so excited to start our day with y'all.

>> wishing my mom a happy 91st birthday. >> we're here from tennessee. >> today she turns 15! >> wow. >> doesn't that make you happy? it may be the best part of the day right there. welcome back to "today." so happy that you guys made us a part of your day. it's a thursday morning, also known as friday eve. >> also known as my husband's birthday. happy birthday to mike. >> his little mini me next there next to them. happy birthday, mike. we love you so much. >> i hoped he like -- >> we did all call. and al starting saying are you 1, 2 -- and that could go a while? >> let's get to our news at 8:00. labor disputes are disrupting some of the nation's most

important industries and it's happening while the economy is feeling the impact of the supply chain bottlenecks. morgan chesky joins us with a closer look at exactly what is going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the overnight development of a massive strike here with united auto workers union. more than 10,000 workers going on strike against john deere and this is after they rejected two prior offers of a 5 and a 6% wage hike in addition to longer term raises as well. following a pandemic couple years that have seen success for john deere. the workers say they would like to see this translated down the worker line to them as well. many farmers are right in the middle of harvest season where every piece of equipment and tool is in high demand. complicating this issue is the fact that we're seeing a supply chain backup with some of our shipments coming in particularly

on the west coast that have left store shelves bare. the biden administration is opening long beach and los angeles ports 24/7 to let some of those cargo ships come in in hopes as off-loading as quickly as possible. but on the other side, we're seeing a nationwide shortage of warehouse workers and truck drivers who are slowing down the process of getting those products on store shelves. to combat that, the white house said they're trying to accelerate the process for getting a truck driver license, but, unfortunately, industry experts say the soonest we could see any relief from that might not happen until next summer. with christmas just 72 days away, there are holiday concerns. hoda? >> morgan chesky in dallas for us. thank you. coming up in a couple of minutes, we'll talk about the forecast for the holiday shortages with the ceo of best buy. now to the mysterious illness that has sicken more than 200 americans around the world. the cause and the culprit remain unknown. andrea mitchell has been looking into it for us. good morning. >> for the first time, three of

the original victims in cases known as havana syndrome are speaking on television with the approval of the state department. they say they're going public now because they're alarmed by the escalation of incidence and out of concern for their colleagues. >> reporter: in march of 2017, tina, a career foreign service officer stationed in cuba, was standing at her kitchen window washing dishes when she felt a force. >> all of a sudden, with no reason or explanation, i felt like i was being struck with something. it was gripping. it was likg. it was like i had been seized by some invisible hand and i couldn't move. >> reporter: these diplomats, now at the u.s. embassy in paris, were stationed in havana and experiencing a piercing sound from outside their home. >> kind of at the same level all

the time very, very loud. it's nothing you could sit with. >> reporter: they didn't know it then, but kate, doug and tina would become three of the original u.s. diplomats diagnosed with neurological symptoms after experiencing mysterious episodes in havana. >> what did the neurologist tell you about the changes in your brain? >> he said, well, it's like you aged, you know, 20, 25 years all at once. >> reporter: cases like theirs are on rise across the globe who are what is to blame is it a device or weapon a top scientific panel found that the most likely explanation for the havana cases was directed pulsed radio frequency energy >> one of the reasons i haven't talked to the news is that i feel like i'm telling these bad actors how their weapon worked on me. they're getting intel on what they can use it for and how they can use it

>> are we test mice? a little bit felt like it. >> while doug recovered and is back at work, kate's diplomatic career is over and tina's is sidelined. >> this is the heartbreaker. this is the document that says maximum medical improvement which means i won't get any better. >> and that's the great loss you get all these people who have so much to offer who are not going to be the same it's not just us >> reporter: their lives forever altered. they're speaking out how so americans can understand the impact of these mysterious episodes. >> it's easy for people to be dismissive and say you look fine but the reality is, i'm not. and i don't think very many of us are and we just want to have our lives back >> reporter: hearing these stories really underscores the loss of talent throughout the government as a result of these episodes last week, president biden signed into law a new program to

compensate the victims the leading theory is it is some kind of device using pulse radio frequency. similar to what was first used in russia, in fact, but could have been used now by a hostile country trying to collect data from u.s. officials and laptops and cell phones but now as a weapon russia did invent similar technology during the cold war but it has denied any involvement. for now, the mystery continues savannah >> andrea, thank you andrea is going to have more of that exclusive investigation on "andrea mitchell reports" today on msnbc. it's time for a little boost. >> here we go. a massachusetts boy was so happy to go back to school this fall, he wanted to share his feelings with others. each morning, before his bus come, michael richardson stands in his driveway, he has a happy sign to lift the spirits of all those driving by >> to make people's day good because it's in the morning and

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the grinch, but shipping that could steal christmas. >> i'm scared about what's going to happen this holiday season. >> reporter: a big snag in the supply chain, already causing huge delays, now threatening holiday shopping this morning the white house is stepping in with railways, truck routes and warehouses understaffed and cargo ships stuck at sea and major retailers even chartering their own ships to bypass the delays, the administration met with port operators, trucker associations and executives to tackle the logistical bottleneck. >> this is the first key step for moving our entire freight, transportation, and logistical supply chain nationwide to a 24/7 system. >> reporter: to help clear out cargo, the port of l.a. is shifting to around the clock service. ups is too while utilizing enhanced data-sharing with ports that could move up to 20% more

containers meanwhile, fedex and walmart are extending their nighttime hours as samsung and target set 90 day deadlines to increase their cargo movement and free up space. >> things are trickling in slowly but we're just here waiting. >> reporter: experts say their best advice is to start holiday shopping now today, best buy is announcing they're rolling out black friday deals next week. amazon also getting a jump on offering early deals while target's new price match guarantee starts this week and runs through christmas eve according to staffing agency people ready, retail and delivery driver gigs are among the most indemand and available jobs, including at nordstrom, which plans to hire 28,000 new employees in the u.s. and canada part of an all-out sprint as stores and shoppers try to stock up before it's too late.

for today, kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> joining us now is corie barry, the ceo of best buy which has nearly 1,000 stores across the country. it's good to have you here with us you're on the front lines in a way of all of those issues that kristen just laid out. you have inflation up, you have employee shortages, talking about the economy in general and this shipping backlog. how are you handling it? what is your view of this crisis >> i think one of the important things at best buy, we've been navigating this for almost 20 months consumer electronics was one of the first categories to pop and that meant demand skyrocketed globally and some of the factories were shutting down and our teams have been working hard with our vendor partners through this whole time to bring in product what that means is, we've been

planning way ahead of time for the holiday. and we're actually in a relatively good inventory position there's a few spotty things like gaming consoles or a phone, that always happens but we're going into the season with more inventory than last year those with specialty and those who have really diversified their supply chains are going to be in a markedly better position through the crisis. >> big companies. >> the other thing we keep seeing is prices are going to go up when people buy something, be prepared to pay more is that what you're expecting? >> in our case, we've been navigating this for a long time. there are certain categories that people have talked about, like appliances where we've seen some of the price inincreases, but we're heading into the most busy time of the year. we're going to be priced competitively. there's going to be great deals out there. >> what's your view of the employee shortage.

everyone talks about the great resignation. millions of americans leaving the workforce and leaving retail jobs such a best buy or wherever because they can get a better job elsewhere. >> we're in a really good situation with our employees and i think for us, one of the magical things that's happened is we've unleashed the ingenuity of our employees they're working call centers if they're nervous about being in the store. >> have wages gone up? >> over a year ago we raised our minimum wage to $15. it's not about wages i think it's about feeling like a valued employee. our turnover is down versus two years ago. what's the wellness and the care for your employees >> one of the things a lot of people wonder are, are employees required to get vaccinations i know at yours, there are incentives there's not a requirement. what's the percentage of employees at best buy who are vaccinated >> the majority of our employees are vaccinated what's being interesting for us, we tried very hard, we believe vaccination is incredibly crucial and important. we've done everything from $100,000 in sweepstakes, paid time off to take the vaccination. if you're feeling ill, we're giving $250 bonuses to anyone who gets vaccinated.

>> what do you think about the proposed rule, mandate that employers with over 100 employees, clearly best buy would fit into that category, require a vaccine. are you supportive of that >> to the extent that there's osha guidance, we're absolutely supportive of following the guidance we've done that since day one, to be very clear we've been very much in line with cdc guidance and osha guidance. >> we appreciate you coming to see us it's nice to see you in person happy to be off zoom. >> so happy. >> thank you so much, corie barry, ceo of best buy. let's send it over to mr. roker to get a check of weather. >> beautiful weather in the eastern third of the country summer-like conditions, heavy rain down through texas into the mid mississippi river valley a fire risk starting to fire up

good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. yes, we're going to have a high fire danger for parts of the bay area, not as widespread as we started the week. it also includes the sacramento valley and areas off towards the east. now, we're going to see still some warmer temperatures and breezy winds and highs today for inland valley is headed for the mid-70 rs. we do continue to warm up for the weekend but yet a nice cooldown is headed our way from sunday into early next week. weather. find us on siriusxm channel 108 and the best time of the morning right here, right now, "pop start. >> cashmere, cashmere. >> very nice >> and j.crew. >> but i lost. >> won for you great. you're welcome >> first up, adele, the grammy winner is back with big

announcements on that highly anticipated new album and herei. good morning >> good morning. so you've got, you know, new relationship, new magazine cover, now a new album we haven't heard new music from her in more than five years. now adele is most definitely back ♪ hello from the outside ♪ >> reporter: adele and her fans will soon say hello again. the pop powerhouse sent music lovers into a frenzy announcing her new album's release date and opening up in a raw and emotional instagram post i was nowhere near where i hoped to be nearly three years ago describing a maze of mess and inner turmoil. she calls the new album her ride or die throughout the most turbulent period of her life the british superstar who got divorced before her 31st birthday said i shed many layers and wrapped myself in new ones i rebuilt my house and my heart

since then and this album narrates it. in a recent interview with "vogue." adele reveals that she and her ex-husband were broken up for some time before they let anyone know now she's turning tables, sharing that time in the gym has been her -- she's debuted a striking new look and posted pictures with sports agent rich paul suggesting a new romance. for her long-awaited return to music, "30" will be adele's first album in six years the 15-time grammy winner posted a snippet of the single "easy on me" last week. during an instagram live, she talked about life in lockdown. >> my mental health is very good at the moment.

i take it day by day >> reporter: also played part of her new single ♪ >> reporter: i finally found my feeling again, adele says. i would go as far as to say i've never felt more peaceful in my life. >> goosebumps. the new single is out tomorrow the album drops on november 19th >> let's remind people how dominant she is in music the grammys have the three big categories she's won all three categories on two separate occasions where she swept the big categories. >> and deserves it i can't wait to hear this. >> thanks so much for the report. we're going to move on to the beatles. a new series about the band is headed to disney+. the show comes from peter jackson, promises hours of never-before-seen footage shot during the recording of "let it be." the trailer giving a glimpse

into their final time making a record together and their last live performance here's a peek of that. >> how could it be, paul the tracks we like >> what's our next move? >> let george in >> it's a comical thing in 50 years time they broke up because of yoko. >> grinding to a halt. >> grinding to a halt, i think it's taking off? >> what you think you've seen of the music documentary is so good it starts streaming on disney+ november 25th. reba mcentire, we'll talk to the country star as she gets set to reunite with her fans on a new tour and she's performing one of her most iconic -- she's on team adele. right after this i want families to experience another culture, religion, another way of being >> they'll do it >> there's no tv

>> this is a celebration of what we all have in common. ♪ good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. and people in the north bay this morning may be waking up this morning without power. the pg&e power shutoffs. take a look at the map showinged affected areas. it's 5,000 customers in napa, sonoma and solano counties. taking a look at the forecast this morning with kari hall standing by to take a look at that. >> yeah, that fire danger is 10:00 this morning mainly for

solano county and the sacramento valley for today. it's not as widespread, we'll see winds picking. you 25 to 30 miles per hour. upper elevations will not feel a lot of that wind. then as we go through the forecast, the temperatures will be heating up. mid-70s today. low 80s tomorrow. but then we come back down on sunday, and we're back to fall seasonable weather, at least into next week. more clouds on wednesday. san francisco mr. see temperatures in upper 60s, reaching into the mid-70s for the weekend. marcus. >> thanks, kari. i'll have another local news update for you in another 30 minutes. have a good day.

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we're shining a light on a deserving veteran and the work that she does to give back to her community. >> hi, morgain >> this army veteran thought she would serve in the military for life but a chronic illness forced her to retire and the transition to civilian life was devastating. she turned that trauma into a business, giving back to veterans just like her with the help of her veteran community and our sponsor, progressive, we were able to pull off a big surprise. >> reporter: nothing gave janay more pride than wearing her military uniform. >> i liken it to superman with his cape on. this uniform is part of our identity we eat in it, sleep in it, train with it and some of us die in it. >> reporter: janay joined the rotc while in high school and later the army, quickly rising in the ranks, eventually earning

a promotion for a position at the white house. >> what was it about military culture that attracted you >> i fell in love with the camaraderie. i love the structure we have a mission. >> reporter: but her time in the army was cut short janay contracted lyme disease in 2003 and her health started to decline. >> i no longer could run i started having heart palpitations, it was a lot. >> and then there was the mental toll, the uncertainty of her future causing her to fall into a depression >> i even felt suicidal at times. >> you did >> yes even to the point of suicidal ideation >> nobody knew what you were thinking or feeling? >> i was good at wearing a mask. i would cry on the way to work, get myself together, walk in and do a 12-hour shift. >> reporter: after ten years serving in the army, janay was

medically discharged she is the transition was traumatic. >> it was crushing, to be honest with you i didn't realize at that time that i was suffering from a lot of ptsd. >> reporter: she found comfort in transition classes, helping veterans adjust to life without the uniform. >> what did those classes teach you? >> they were helpful there was multiple classes, anything from finance, to veterans benefits. >> reporter: one class focusing on image and how to dress professionally impacted janay so much that she decided to become an instructor. later starting her own business offering those same services to even more veterans >> my big dream was to be able to continue working in the military community and seeing something established ere the process is identical and every member has access to everything. >> reporter: but when the pandemic hit, so did budget cuts and these classes were pulled back also slowing down janay's new business

on top of it all, she was dealt another blow last summer >> i was driving on a major highway and apparently a tractor-trailer, the tire blew i remember a car swerving. and when i looked back in front of me, there was this tire and i remember bracing >> reporter: janay injured her neck, back and shoulder. and her car was also totaled in the accident >> do you have a car now >> i don't >> can't get around? >> i actually learned to appreciate walking a lot more now. between walking and ubering mostly. >> reporter: despite all those struggles, janay still shows up for her veteran community, so they came together to show up for her. >> oh, my gosh [ cheers and applause

>> yes >> all of these people came out today because they know what a big part you have and they wanted to support you and all the work that you're doing for the veteran community. we know you've had a little bit of difficulty getting back on your feet after your accident, so our sponsors here at progressive decided to gift you this beautiful car as part of their keys to progress program s to support veterans like you >> oh, man i prayed i can't even think straight right now. >> now we get the happy tears. >> the shock wore off.

>> what an it might be a little while >> what an amazing moment. despite everything she's been through, as you can see, janay is an inspiring woman with so much love to give. if you know or someone you know who is struggling emotionally, you can always call the national suicide prevention lifeline for help that number is on your screen. >> she was so lovely. >> to see that moment, i need a beat to process it >> i hope she's zipping around in that cool red car >> such an important transition from soldiering to civility. and her wanting to open up a business and help others shows you her patriotism. >> and a lot of them thank them for their service, but don't think about what that life is like afterwards. >> great story >> thank you. still coming up this morning, one of the queens of country music, the great reba mcentire is with us live and sharing a new take on one of her classic hits can't wait to tch up with ca

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♪♪ >> announcer: the ♪ >> announcer: the citi music series on today is proudly presented to you by citi >> welcome back. only a handful of recognized by just their first name, adele, beyonce and, of course, reba >> she has a new box set that's putting a different spin on her music library. reba, it's so good to see you this morning how are you? >> i'm doing great how are you guys doing >> we're doing good. happy that you're on a lot of artists put out box sets before. how did you come up with the idea to break it up into three different categories >> i didn't come up with that.

i'm the doer, not the thinker upper. but my record label came up with it my team worked hard with them. instead of doing a box set, which we have done before, it was revised. it's the songs that the band and i went into the studio and re-recorded the songs that have been number one records. but we recorded them the way we do them on stage live. and then the remix is the dance mix of all the songs, ten song that is we do which were a lot of fun and i went into the studio with dave cobb and stripped down some of the songs "fancy" is on all three albums. >> i can't believe you had never gotten together and collaborated with dolly parton. but you two get together and do a duet how was that >> it was a lot of fun getting to do the video. unfortunately, we didn't get to do the recording together because of covid i put the tracks down with dave cobb and then we sent the tracks and my vocal over to dolly and she came up with this version that is totally different than any way anybody else has ever sung the song. and i was thrilled to death with it we couldn't believe we hadn't done a duet before but it was fun. >> i love seeing you two

together. >> thank you. >> the song is called "does he love you" and i think you posted on instagram footage of you and your boyfriend, rex, singing it to your dog. how much fun was that? >> it was a lot of fun it was a. justin came one the idea for tiktok and we've been having so much fun putting stuff on tiktok, just cutting up and he wants his own trailer and we have to talk to his assistant before we can give him treats. it's causing problems around here at the house. justin came one the idea for tiktok and we've been having so much fun putting stuff on tiktok, just cutting up and he wants his own trailer and we have to talk to his assistant before we can give him treats. it's causing problems around here at the house. but we're getting over it. >> the dog is getting a big head this is new love for you, you and rex. >> yeah, rex and i have known each other since '91 when we were in "the gambler" movie together and in 2020, when mama got sick, he called me -- we had gotten to see each other before, because we're both on "young sheldon."

starting in march of 2020, we just kept talking and visiting and finally got together, seeing each other again in june and we've been pretty much inseparable ever since >> pandemic love affair. >> you're going to perform "is there life out there." >> it's a song that people can relate to in their own way if they're a little depressed or down or if they're just wondering what is left in life for me, this is a song that's reassuring them, yes, there is life out there keep up the good faith and keep on trucking. >> let's roll it reba mcentire, "is there life out there.

♪ and she thought she'd done some living ♪ ♪ now she's just wondering what she's living for ♪ ♪ now she's feeling like there' something more ♪ ♪ is there life out there so much she hasn't done ♪ ♪ is there life beyond her family and her home ♪ ♪ she's done what she said, should she do what she dares ♪ ♪ she doesn't want to leave ♪ ♪ she's wondering if there's ons life out there ♪ ♪ she's always lived for tomorrow ♪ ♪ she never learned how to live for today ♪ ♪ but she's dying to try something foolish ♪ ♪ do something crazy or just ge away ♪ foolish ♪

♪ do something crazy or just much she hasn't done ♪ ♪ is there life beyond her family and her home ♪ ♪ she's done what she said life should she do what she dares ♪ as ♪ she doesn't want to leave ♪ ♪ she's just wondering if there's life out there ♪ ♪ there's places in the sun where she's never been ♪ ♪ where life is fair and time i♪ ♪ she looks out her window her friend ♪ ♪ would she do it the same as

she did back then ♪ ♪ she looks out her window and she wonders again ♪ ♪ is there life out there so much she hasn't done ♪ ♪ her family and her home ♪ ♪ she's done what she said ♪ ♪ should she do what she dares ♪ ♪ she doesn't want to leave ♪ ♪♪ ♪ she's just wondering ♪ ♪ ♪ is there life out there so much she hasn't done ♪ ♪ is there life beyond her family and her home ♪ ♪ she's done what she should ♪ ♪ should she do what she dares ♪ ♪ she doesn't want to leave she's wondering if there's life out there ♪ there ♪

♪ l ♪ is there life out there ♪ ♪ life out there ♪ >> well, done. >> reba, it turns out the answer is, yes, there is life out there according to mr. william shatner from going into outer space yesterday. >> i saw that yesterday. i was so thrilled for him. >> you sound incredible. that was so fun to watch congratulations on the box set are you excited to get back out on the road and tour >> we are. we haven't done a live concert since march 1st, 2020. we're ready to get back out on tour next january. >> you sound so good congratulations on the box set, the tour, the new love, all the things. >> so good to see you, reba. all of that. >> good to see y'all have a great day. >> she's going to come back and chat a little further on the fourth hour. this is "today" on nbc

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switch to geico for more ways to save. we're back al, it's birthday time. >> that's what the music means let's start spinning those smukers jars and wish some folks happy birthday happy 100th birthday to milton a proud grandpa from florida his grandson says milton is best known for his trademark eyebrows jean of new jersey is 100. rumor has it, she makes the best apple pie you will ever taste. happy 100th birthday to eleanor, an avid reader from mcdonald, kansas what's her secret? coffee mary sally of virginia celebrating 103 years. her family loves her great sense of humor john is from portland, oregon, a jokester, also

he's 100 served as a transport pilot in world war ii and we salute you for your service and happy 103rd birthday to jimmy, a sports fan from mesa, arizona. he says the secret to longevity, a coney island hot dog that's what we're talking about. happy birthday to everybody. >> thank you so much coming up, access sutton foster shares what saved her life first, coming up in the third hour, william shatner back on earth and back with us live sharing more on his adventures in space first, your local news and weather.

♪♪ and a good morning to you. it's:56. i'm marcus washington. officials say the vaccine mandates start today. 123 officer will not be on patrol. the city's department of human

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