headed and where the storm is headed. download it to keep track of the forecast. it's more accurate than your iphone weather app. >> that is what's happening on "today in the bay." another local news update at 7:25. >> our midday news also for you. good morning, up in the air, more mask confusion this morning after the federal government decides to fight in court looking to reverse the ruling that lifted mask mandates. the cdc saying the masks are still needed leaving passengers frustrated. >> one minute wear them, one minute don't wear them, so hey, i'm keeping mine on. >> this morning, where is the heated battle going now ahead of the busy summer travel season? we'll ask the ceo of united airlines when he joins us live. breaking overnight, chaos on capitol hill, police order the emergency evacuation of the

entire congressional complex over a potential threat from an aircraft, but it was all a massive misunderstanding involving the u.s. army, the faa, and a nearby baseball game. straight ahead, the demand for answers. under siege, overnight, vladimir putin claiming russia now controls the entire city of mariupol and orders his forces to block the steel plant where thousands of ukrainians remain trapped. this after test launching a missile capable of reaching the united states. the very latest in a live report. new twist, a government investigation into that tragedy on the set of "rust" hammers the movie's production company for,

quote, an avoidable loss of life. so why is alec baldwin now claiming he's been exonerated? we'll have the latest just ahead. those stories, plus dinger, mayhem at a college baseball game after a pitcher suddenly tackles a player in the middle of his home run trot. >> oh, oh, my, oh, no. >> what his school is saying about that incident and the punishment he now faces. and royal reaction, how prince harry's controversial comments to hoda about the queen -- >> just making sure she's protected and got the right people around her -- >> are being received across the pond this morning as the rest of the royal family gets set to celebrate her 96th birthday today, thursday, april 21st, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is a thursday morning, glad you are starting it with us. hoda's got the day off. the queen has the day on. it's her 96th birthday. >> yes, she does, we are adding our birthday wishes to queen elizabeth this morning, the monarch turning 96 years young. and while her celebration will be a quiet one with family ahead of a bigger celebration later

this year, the headlines in the united kingdom this morning are all about harry and the prince's comments in that exclusive interview with hoda here on "today." we're going to go live to london for all of the reaction in just a bit. we want to begin with the latest on masks and travel in this country. the federal government is now appealing the court decision that ended the mandate that people have to wear facial coverings on public transportation, trains, planes, buses and the like. but for now that judge's decision remains in place, and that adds to what has already been a really confusing few days for travelers. in just a moment, we're going to talk to the ceo of united airlines. let's go first to nbc's tom costello. tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, savannah, let's be clear here. while justice is, in fact, appealing this federal judge's decision to wipe out the mask

mandate for the entire country, justice is not asking for a stay, it's not asking to reinstate the mask order. what it's trying to do is preserve the integrity and the authority of the cdc to act in the event of a public health emergency going forward rather. so if you're confused by the mask mandate, you're not alone. even as travelers are starting to lower their masks in some modes of public transportation. >> we can breathe. >> reporter: the justice department is appealing the ruling by a federal judge who found the mandate exceeded the cdc's authority. just hours before doj filed, the white house said any appeal would be about preserving the cdc's ability to respond to health crises. >> we expect there to be ups and downs in the pandemic, and we certainly want the cdc to continue to have this authority. >> reporter: public health experts say that authority is critical to keeping the public safe. >> when we under power public health decision-making, we put ourselves at risk, our families, our communities at risk in the

long-term. >> reporter: but the doj's move follows days of confusion for passengers nationwide. as the tsa and most local transit systems made masks optional. >> one minute wear them, one minute don't wear them, so hey, i'm keeping mine on. >> reporter: complicating things, some local jurisdictions have their own rules like philadelphia, san francisco, and new york where masks are still required in some but not all settings. >> amtrak you don't have to wear a mask, but you have to wear a mask on the bus, mta you got to wear a mask. what's going on? what is it? >> reporter: while average covid deaths have been trending down since a spike in february, we are still losing nearly 400 people a day. that's why some travelers say they'll keep masking up. it's frustrating for parents like her with kids under 5 who can't yet get vaccinated. >> we can continue to mask, but it also makes us very nervous to travel with individuals who may not be vaccinated and who are additionally not required to wear a mask. >> reporter: for now in most places, the decision to mask up is up to each individual

passenger. >> i choose not to wear one, but it's completely up to you as you want to move forward. >> reporter: all right, so what if you have booked a flight for the next few weeks or into the summer assuming the mask mandate was going to remain in effect. you've got an immunocompromised family member, young kids, bottom line is you're highly unlikely to get a refund for that ticket unless the airline cancels your flight, you should, though, be able to get a credit for that flight and be able to take another one down the road, savannah. >> tom, i'll pick it up there, tom costello for us there at reagan national. joining us now exclusively, scott kirby, the ceo of united airlines. mr. kirby, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> let's just start with the back and forth. of course earlier this week the federal judge down in florida rolling back the mask mandate. two days later the justice department announces it's going to be appealing. what's your reaction to the

judge's decision and the announcement from the administration that they're going to appeal? >> well, first, i think the most important point is that the science really indicates and we help work on the study that an airplane, particularly because of the air flow on the airplane is literally the safest place you can be indoors and around other people. we were on the road to are remove the mask before the judge's ruling. tom costello had it exactly right, this appeal is mostly about jurisdiction. i think it's very unlikely that a mask requirement is going to come back anytime in the foreseeable future. >> on the plane, yes, perhaps, but what about when you're, you know, you're waiting in line at

the airport? i was at an airport yesterday, packed, probably the most packed i've seen it over the last two and a half years, and now you've got a lot of folks walking around those airports unmasked, cases up as you know, 50% over the last two weeks. is this the best time to do this? >> yeah, look, i think almost everywhere we go, restaurants, sporting events, everywhere we go because of the availability of vaccines, the efficacy of treatments and the way the numbers have come down, broadly everywhere indoors we're getting back to living life as normal. covid is going to be with us. it's going to be endemic. it's going to be here for a long time, but we're learning to live with that, including in airports, restaurants, or sporting events. and by the way, the airports actually wind up being one of the safer places as well because the standards for air filters while they're not hepa grade, they're much higher than in most buildings. i look at it compared to other indoor locations and an airport is safer than most of the other indoor locations where you'll be. >> what about the immunocompromised, what about children under 5? >> yeah, so as a father of seven, i have two children under five, and am really confident in having them out both at airports or taking them to restaurants. we took them to a mavericks playoff game. really confident in being able to be there.

but the important point is all of our customers should feel free to wear a mask, and many of them are. employees and customers should feel free to wear a mask if they want, and for customers like that that are immunocompromised or that have other concerns or issues, tom talked about it before, we are working with those customers if they really don't want to fly to find another option, give them a credit or if they really never wanted to fly again, give them a refund. >> i want to ask you about this report out, united along with some other airlines now apparently going to be bringing back some of those passengers that were banned for life for bad behavior. united saying in a statement, quote, you're going to do it on

a case by case basis. my question is why would you reward bad behavior? >> well, so we didn't ban any of those customers for life, and some of them will be banned for life for bad behavior, but customers that simply refused to wear a mask, what we told them is you can't fly united until the mask mandate is over. if you're not going to wear a mask, you can't fly. we have talked to them individually and many of them, you know, assure us that, you know, now that the mask mandate is off, everything is going to be fine, and i trust that the vast majority of them will. look, we also had it different during the crisis. our flight attendants did an amazing job of deescalating. we had far fewer incidents than happened at other airlines. because of that we're comfortable that these people who just didn't want to wear a mask, now that there's no mask mandate, we can let them come back. >> yesterday you said that you've never seen demand for air travel like you've seen right now predicting that the rest of 2022 is going to look very good, not just for united but probably some other airlines as well. pilot shortages, a number of

routes have already been cut across the country because of the labor shortage. how confident are you that united's going to be able to handle the crush of summer travel that you're expecting? >> yeah, well, united is in a little different position again than some of the others. we've actually hired 6,000 people so far this year. we create great careers, it's not just a job. we create careers with great pay, great benefits for people, so we're able to hire, but there's a lot of strain around the system, around the airports, and because of that we're gradually adding our capacity back. you know, we're number one so far this month in lowest cancellation rate, highest on time performance. we're gradually adding capacity back with the recognition that you can't just snap everything and the whole system back, expect the faa to double volumes overnight or the tsa or all the other infrastructure, and so we've taken a different approach, which is willing to sacrifice short-term profitability in order to make sure we have high operating reliability for our customers. >> we'll have to leave it there,

united ceo scott kirby, just learned that he's a father of seven. wow, scott, thank you. >> thank you. >> now we move to those tense moments in washington last night when a small plane triggered an emergency evacuation of the u.s. capitol. in the end, it was all a misunderstanding tied to a baseball game, and this morning there's a lot of finger pointing going around. nbc's garrett haake was on the hill as the drama unfolded. garrett, good morning, the blame game, that's congress's national pastime. >> reporter: yeah, savannah, that's right. and believe me, nobody was more surprised than i was to be leaving last night and look up at the capitol dome and see parachutes coming down nearby. it was the army's golden knights parachute team jumping in a national park for military appreciation night. this confusing evacuation scare now has no less than the speaker of the house demanding answers. this morning house speaker nancy pelosi demanding answers from the faa, after this plane triggered last night's emergency evacuation of the u.s. capitol. it was carrying a team of army sky divers taking part in a parachute jump before a washington nationals game at the stadium just blocks from the capitol. the house speaker says capitol police were never informed of the flyover by the army golden knights taking place in restricted air space. pelosi calling the failure

outrageous and inexcusable, and evoking the capitol insurrection writing the unnecessary panic caused by this apparent negligence was particularly harmful for members, staff and institutional workers still grappling with the trauma of the attack on their workplace on january 6th. the faa said in a statement, it's conducting a thorough and expeditious review adding, we know our actions affect others, especially in our nation's capitol region, and we must communicate early and often with our law enforcement partners. asked about wednesday's flyover, an army spokesperson tells nbc news we are reviewing all aspects of the event to ensure all procedures were followed appropriately to coordinate both the flight and the parachute demonstration. the small plane carrying the golden knights circled the capitol area for several minutes as the parachute team jumped out. the famed army parachute team is known for demonstrations at air shows and sporting events, and even an appearance on "today" skydiving with jenna bush hager. on wednesday our aviation correspondent tom costello spotted the plane from the roof of nbc's washington bureau. >> we watched a small plane, a

cessna type plane come in and circle around the capitol, and then we saw four parachutists dropping out of that small plane. >> reporter: capitol police ordered an evacuation, writing in an email to staffers that it was tracking an aircraft that poses a probable threat to the capitol complex. minutes later capitol police gave the all clear saying there was no threat. two capitol police sources say there was a miscommunication between their partners and the organizers of the pregame event at nationals park. >> despite this being a rather unusual incident, the capitol was actually not the first time there's been a scare like this, and of course tensions are pretty high. >> reporter: no, not the first time. probably the most famous occasion like this was in 2004 during the funeral for former president ronald reagan when fighter jets had to be scrambled after a plane carrying kentucky's governor got a little too close for comfort, and then a lot of folks may remember back in 2015 when a mailman from florida landed a gyrocopter on

the capitol lawn. officials said later he was flying literally under the radar. they couldn't see him, and when they did, savannah, they just thought he was a bird. >> too close for comfort. thank you very much. now to that breaking news from overnight in ukraine where an urgent push is underway to save thousands of civilians and soldiers at that besieged steel plant in mariupol. this morning vladimir putin is talking about that situation. he's also talking about where russia's invasion now stands. nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us once again on the ground in ukraine. erin, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. here outside the capital they're still dealing with the destruction left behind by the russians. the ukrainians say russian forces blew up this bridge as they were retreating after losing the battle for kyiv. meanwhile, this morning the russians are claiming victory over another key city. this morning russian president vladimir putin claiming victory

in mariupol saying the whole city is controlled by the russian army. putin also claiming he's canceling the storming of a steel plant in the city where ukrainian force and hundreds of civilians remain holed up, surrounded and outnumbered by russian forces. ukraine saying a thousand civilians and 500 wounded soldiers need to be evacuated from the plant. but ukrainian and russian forces are still battling it out along the 300 mile stretch of ukraine's industrial heartland, a fight that could determine the outcome of this war. on wednesday, russia test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. while the pentagon says the test is not a threat to the u.s. or its allies, president putin saying it gives, quote, food for thought to russia's enemies as russian forces gain ground in the east. ukraine's allies scrambled to deliver the weapons officials say it needs to win. president zelenskyy working 24/7 to speed those shipments, tuesday expressing cautious optimism his message has been heard. with the white house poised to announce a new package of aid. this while outside the capital putin's soldiers are being investigated for alleged atrocities, escorted by the

military, we follow ukraine's wartime prosecutor into a now abandoned russian camp where n buried, booby traps and mines left by the russians, we carefully make our way through the woods. >> this was once a russian camp. now it's been cleared, and they're working to de-mine this area. they're also searching for bodies with 16 people missing in this area, they thought they had found one. they dug it up today and found out it was an animal. >> the grim dig for human remains begins, but finding nothing so far bringing little closure to the nearby village where three civilians have been missing for weeks. among the missing 23-yea among the missing 23-year-old vlad his mom says she hasn't given up hope and blames the russian president. these days in ukraine tears and anger are everywhere overnight, president zelenskyy tweeting about the situation in mariupol calling it a russian terror attack saying that ukrainian forces and civilians are still holed up inside that steel plant, and that he doesn't

know how long they can last. craig. >> all right, erin mclaughlin for us there once again, stay safe thank you. 18 minutes past the hour tom llamas joins and there's a dangerous situation unfolding in arizona. >> that's right. good morning, guys good morning to you, a fast-moving wildfire burning north of flag staff has exploded in size this morning to nearly 20,000 acres the so-called tunnel fire is being fueled by strong winds and dry conditions hundreds of families living in the area have been forced to evacuate their homes so far at least 25 structures have already been destroyed. hundreds of others are being threatened by those flames the cause of this fire, though, is still under investigation all right, time now for that first check of weather dylan in for al once again, from wildfires to storms. >> yeah, where the wildfires are it is hot and dry, and in the middle of the country we have that clash of warm air and cool air, typical for springtime, and that's going to produce some thunderstorms later on this afternoon. while tornados are possible, they're not very likely, so over the next several days it's really wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, and also large hail possible today notice tomorrow afternoon, though, we have this darker shade of orange here that's the best chance of seeing those wind gusts over 60 miles per hour we could still see some hail

again, not really a tornado setup, but we are still looking for the possibility of damaging winds, and then on saturday really just shifts a little farther to the east, but not by much the midwest from minneapolis, des moines, down to kansas city including wichita and oklahoma city, major cities expecting those stronger storms on saturday, too. that's a look at the weather across the country we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 -- ant to see, it removes them instantly with magic eraser. on our most advanced and inclusive smartphone camera yet.

live translate speaks your language and hers. it's the phone that understands we're all different. google pixel 6. for all you are. and good morning. we've had rain moving through the region. live look in downtown san jose. we'll continue to see some on and off showers throughout the african. concord getting a bit of a break. we have light to moderate rainfall that's expected to con on and off. morgan hill, expect to see a chance of isolated thunderstorms and small hail a possibility this evening. >> and that's your latest forecast >> all right, dylan, thank you coming up, inside the queen's plans to celebrate her 96th birthday today, and the intense reaction this morning to

prince harry's comments to hoda about his grandmother, the royal family, that exclusive conversation we've got it all covered from buckingham palace. also ahead, the daunting new challenge facing an american icon being created by ongoing changes to the weather in montana. kerry sanders takes a closer look at the efforts to save the american bison once again. but first, this is "today" on

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wet. as i mentioned, a lot of rain earlier this morning before the sun came up. we expect it to be spotty throughout the morning and tapering off. we are expecting some thunderstorms tonight. the national weather service predicting anywhere when all this rain is said and done between a quarter inch to an inch overall throughout the bay area. for more on what we can expect, meteorologist vianey arama. >> reporter: you and i have been chatting all morning. based on where you are, you might be in this pocket of dry weather right here. he wasn't wrong when he said there could be a band approaching his area. as you mentioned, it's going to be kind of off and on again throughout the morning. san francisco things are pretty quiet in through rich mand and oakland. south bay, light rain coming down through morgan hill right to see some rain. here's a closer look at what

we're monitoring for the remainder of your week. 15 to 25-plus miles of wind an hour. lightning and hail possibilities. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks, vianey. we'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes.

♪ 7:30 now. thursday morning, april 21st, 2022, and why are we showing you this field of bison down in florida? why are we playing "buffalo stance"? well, there's a new effort underway to save that american icon and kerry sanders will tell us all about it coming up. >> kudos to our music department. >> yeah. >> my goodness. >> and savannah, i would not have called that. >> you don't know that song? >> wasn't at the top of my head. >> human jukebox.

>> that was impressive. let's get right to your 7:30 headlines. the florida senate yesterday passed a bill that would revoke disney's special self-governing authority at its theme parks near orlando. lawmakers and the republican-controlled chamber backed that measure in a 23-16 vote. the bill is expected to pass florida's house as early as today. it is the latest chapter in a battle between disney and florida republicans. governor ron desantis pushed for that legislation after disney spoke out against florida's parental rights in education law, which critics call the don't say gay law. an arbitrator has ordered donald trump's presidential campaign to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to omarosa manigault newman, she is the former "apprentice" star who the trump campaign unsuccessfully sued over a book about her tenure as a white house adviser. the arbitrator ruled that a confidentiality agreement she signed while working on trump's 2016 campaign was invalid under new york law. now to some chaotic moments on the baseball field. it happened yesterday during a junior college game in texas. take a look at this. >> north central has taken the lead here in game one -- oh, oh, my, oh, no. oh, no. >> oh, no is right. a pitcher for weatherford college tackled the player from north central texas college just

moments after he hit a home run, a brawl ensued. it's unclear why the pitcher did it. the home run probably didn't help. umpires called the game off at that point. in a statement weatherford college said in part we are shocked and disappointed and do not condone this type of behavior. >> yikes. all right. turning now to, well, a huge birthday. the world marking a major milestone for the queen. today is her 96th birthday. the celebrations got underway in london just a short time ago with one of several gun salutes in her honor. >> yeah, now to the monarch herself. she's quietly celebrating with family while the uk is reacting loudly to those comments made by prince harry in hoda's exclusive interview. we're going to talk about all of

it with our royal commentator. first sam brock joins us with the latest. >> in that interview prince harry said the queen was in great form after suffering a series of health setbacks including a recent case of covid. he also raised eyeballs around the globe when he told hoda he's making sure she's protected and surrounded by the right people. as the queen quietly celebrates turning 96, a new photo to mark the occasion showing her taking the reins of two majestic horses. but the ride to try and unit her somewhat divided family has been long and bumpy. in an interview with hoda prince harry appeared hopeful but not certain that he and his wife and two kids would be in buckingham palace in june, that's when the queen's historic 70th year on the throne will be honored. >> do you think you'll come for the diamond jubilee? >> i don't know, there's lots of

security issues and everything else. trying to make it possible that, you know, i can get my kids to meet her. >> reporter: there are reports harry and meghan have been invited to appear on the balcony with the queen more than two years after the pair officially resigned from their official royal duties and moved to the u.s. when hoda asked about the queen's health after a recent visit, harry responded with this >> with her, it was great. it was so nice to see her. she's in great form. she's always got a great sense of humor with me, and i'm just making sure that she's, you know, protected and got the right people around her. >> reporter: prince harry also noticeably side stepping a question about his father prince charles and older brother prince william. >> do you miss your brother, your dad >> look, i mean, for me in the moment i'm here focused on these guys and these families and giving everything that i can >> reporter: those comments combined with harry's admission that home for now is the u.s. led to a wave of reaction in the

british tabloids, one, calling his words the ultimate royal snub, following a series of health setbacks including a bout with covid, the queen recently handing over more of her royal duties to her family with prince charles and camilla recently stepping in at the traditional easter service it remains to be seen if she can repair the royal rift straining her family before the queen celebrating 70 years on the throne a few months from now after harry and meghan's visit with the queen last week, there was some optimism the two would return with their children for the historic celebration in june now that very much remains unclear at this point. to mark the queen's birthday today, the royal family tweeting this picture of a blond haired cherubic queen elizabeth at the age of 2, saying in 1928 it was never expected she would be queen, and this year her majesty is celebrating her platinum jubilee, a first in british history and an unlikely set of circumstances that brought her to that point. >> we all watch "the crown" we know how it all went down. sam, thank you, we want to turn to nbc news royal commentator, daisy mcandrew who joins us from buckingham palace. good morning to you. i'm going to throw up these headlines that have been splashed across the uk this morning. nobody does it like the uk tabs.

how is this harry interview landing there? what's getting the attention >> reporter: well, hello, savannah, and i have to say hoda really did as you americans say knock it out of the park with that interview as far as the british newspapers are concerned. it's pretty much on the front page of all of the newspapers, but particularly the tabloids, and you know that the tabloids and harry and harry and the tabloids have not had a happy relationship and they were pretty damning i was just looking at them minutes ago calling him the duke of woke, the duke of delusion saying that it was his dithering over whether or not he's coming to the jubilee and one of the more serious newspapers calling it a snub towards prince charles so a lot of the reaction from the newspapers very negative i think the reaction from the public not quite as negative, though

substance of the interview i think that the comments that seem to have gotten the most attention are where harry says that it was good to see the queen but he says he just wants to make sure that she's got the right people around her and is protected, and that did not sit well with the british press. do you have any sense of how it's sitting with the royal family >> reporter: well, the sort of mood music that's coming out is about one of the phrases that was used to me was quiet consternation, typical british understatement if you like i think they were pretty hurt by some of his comments and more what he didn't say than what he did say. so for instance, when hoda said, you know, implied have you caught up with your father and brother or do you miss them, he just ignored that question so the assumption being that, no, he probably doesn't miss them. he's concentrated his remarks on the queen. prince harry saying he wanted to make sure that his grandmother was surrounded by the right people and being protected

well, of course the unsaid criticism there is that she's surrounded by the wrong people and that she's not being protected. so not being protected by charles and william, not being protected by the firm from buckingham palace behind me or even not properly being looked after by her medical staff any of those would be an insult and i think has been taken as such. >> the queen's jubilee, today is the actual birthday but when you're a queen, you get two birthdays. the jubilee is later in the summer, early june harry left open the possibility that he might come how do you see that playing out? was that a surprise? >> reporter: i think that's the one positive element that certainly the royal family will be reading into that that perhaps they will make the effort to bring the children who of course lilibet hasn't met her name sake the queen yet. it is the queen's 96th birthday, and she's taken the decision to remove herself from windsor and go to wood farm, which is a fr

go to wood farm, which is a small for royal standards, five-bedroom red brick house that prince philip pretty much spent his retirement from 2017 in, and we're told that she really wants to have a quiet birthday remembering prince philip and that perhaps she'll have a tea party this weekend to celebrate her birthday i would imagine that might be with william and kate because their country house is only a couple of miles away we saw that lovely picture of her with those two ponies, and i think we're led to believe that it's one of the real draws why she wants to be there, particularly when she's feeling contemplative or sad it is her dog and particularly her horses that we know she turns to in those times. >> she sounds like she's going to her happy place thank you very much. appreciate it. up next on this earth day eve, signs of trouble for a national mammal, why the big and powerful american bison are actually shrinking, and the new efforts to reverse that trend.

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>> reporter: good morning, guys. i'm at paynes prairie preserve a state park here in florida, and over my shoulder, yes, those are bison. you can also call them buffalo there's about 50 of them here and you'll find buffalo in every state in the country, but the largest concentrations or among the largest concentrations arelo in montana, so we mounted up on media mogul ted turner's 113,000 acre ranch in montana where the buffalo are giving us a warning about climate change the mighty buffalo, also called bison, up to 60 million once roamed north america

almost hunted to extinction in the late 1800s, bison numberedwd then fewer than a thousand today with a half million in north america, the survival of bison's remarkable preservation story, but now signs of trouble. biologists say the big, powerful buffalo are shrinking. >> it is a profound consequence of climate change that wildlife are beginning to be very different than they've been over their evolutionary past. >> reporter: data from the last five decades confirms females are 11% smaller, males 23% smaller. when the seminole movie "dances with wolves" was released 32 years ago, ranchers feared that troubling trend had already started. >> bison are definitely more wild animal than cattle. >> reporter: jeremy gingrich says those brown grasses reflect national weather service data. for the last 22 years where the buffalo roam has fluctuated from abnormally dry to exception that will drought >> what concerns me when i see the dry ranges, are we going to have enough grass to maintain

the bison herd through the summer. >> reporter: a rancher's goal is straightforward, big animals, big herd here their meat ends up at one of ted's montana grill restaurants. >> i think ted had a vision, and that vision was to restore bison to the great plains and north america the way it belonged. >> reporter: it all started 20 years ago when media tycoon and conservationist ted turner decided raising buffalo to eat buffalo would save buffalo. >> it is a little bit counterintuitive that we need to eat bison to save them, but what that does is creates a market that incentivizes more ranchers to raise bison so we have more bison. >> and if we didn't have that market >> bison might be relegated to being in zoos. >> reporter: saved but now climate change records in montana show in just one generation temperatures have risen 2.7 degrees. >> bison can't sweat like we do. what they have to do instead is pump their blood faster and harder that takes energy. >> reporter: energy that saps their iconic bulk. ted turner's ranches once supported more than 55,000 bison. now it's down to 45,000. >> bison are just one of many saying to us we need to change our ways we need to address climate

change as the real and pressing problem that it is. >> reporter: buffalo in no danger today of extinction but now shape shifting before our very eyes. one reason the buffalo don't do well with climate change is they don't have sweat glands, so biologists say that they have to pump more blood in their body to try to reduce the temperatures, but as you can see, the buffalo here, well, the suggestion is from the experts that we've spoken to across the country, they're giving us a warning sign about the impacts that we have on the environment that is showing up sort of like evolutionary change right before our eyes, guys. >> kerry sanders, thank you for that we appreciate it. >> they really are beautiful animals, and i just found out from kerry that there's apparently bison in every state. did not know that. >> they don't sweat apparently either. >> learned a lot. >> and it's our national mammal. >> exactly never let them see you sweat. let's go to dylan. is there any sweat worthy weather on your map? >> we've got snow in montana, so the next big storm system producing rain, some mountain

snow, mostly up in the higher elevations, but it is cold in that part of the country also pretty chilly in the northeast, but temperatures are gett and here's a live look right now at our very own stormranger. things have calmed down on the radar. we have a couple of cells pushing through morgan hill right now. parts of the south bay. expect this to be on and off throughout the afternoon. we're going to get anywhere from about a quarter of an inch of rain and also the possibility of small hail and isolated thunderstorms heading into this evening with heavy sierra snow through friday. and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you, coming up alec baldwin speaking out and courting controversy again overnight. what he is now saying about the "rust" shooting after a hefty fine for the production company behind the film.

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look at the storm. >> we'll get breaks of sunshine. a live look in san jose. here's a look at stormranger. we have plenty of instability. we could she shower activity all the way through the afternoon. we're not clear yet. we have a band of cells through morgan hill. a band of rain could bring the possibility of small hail and, yes, isolated thunderstorms with lightning. also heavy sierra snow, and the wind is expected to pick up right around your lunch hour. be mindful of that as you head out for your afternoon. marcus? >> thank you. we're going to have another local news update in about 30 minutes. i'll see you back here then.

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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, what's the deal? the department of justice now looking to reverse the ruling that struck down mask mandates the about-face confusing travelers as more businesses pull back their requirements >> what is it? do you wear one or you don't wear one >> just ahead, what you need to know. then, new details -- >> it was an unsafe place to be. >> a government report hands the production company behind "rust" the maximum fine for safety failures on set that led to, quote, an avoidable loss of life what alec baldwin is saying about the investigation coming

up. plus, celebrating courage, john f. kennedy's grandson is here to reveal this year's profile in courage reward recipients we'll show you who made the list, what they did to be honored, and we'll share a special kennedy family announcement and you got to have faith, a new documentary looking at the life and career of george michael narrated and co-directed by the superstar himself before his death. how it's honoring his music and his memory, today thursday april 21st, 2022 ♪ >> hello harrisburg, north carolina visiting the today show from michigan

>> from raleigh massachusetts, just turned 8 today. >> a trip from ohio. >> celebrating my 11th birthday. >> girls trip from new orleans >> wishing my grandma happy 86th birthday. >> in elk horn, west virginia. >> athens, georgia. >> celebrating being cancer free >> all right, looking good welcome back to "today," nice to have you with us on a thursday morning, we've got tom with us, craig with us, hoda's getting the day off. she had a big week she had that prince harry interview which is still making quite the splash we've got a busy morning let's get to your news at 8:00 the biden administration has decided to appeal the judge's ruling that struck down the federal travel mask mandate. nbc's tom costello tells us what that means for anybody planning to catch a plane, train, public transport of any kind today, hi, tom, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, the bottom line, don't expect any you can go without the mask, the judge's order that essentially kills the mask order, that remains in place justice is, in fact, appealing that order, but it is not requesting a stay. it acknowledges that, in fact, everybody has now dropped the mask order what justice is really doing and the biden administration is trying to preserve the integrity and the ability of the cdc to issue public health orders going forward in the event of another health emergency that would require that kind of action. we can tell you that 56% of the american public supports wearing masks on planes and trains and buses, and so while the country is more leaning towards having masks than not, there is still an awful lot of confusion out there. because while the mask mandate is dropped on the federal level, local cities, in fact, still do in some cases require masks. in philly, for example, in new york, in san francisco depending on the transit system, and that's led to confusion across the country. the bottom line say the experts, if you would like to wear a mask, if you feel like you need that for protection for yourself, your family, somebody who's immunocompromised, then you should go ahead and mask up, but at the moment, it is not required if you are to fly i think you will find if you do fly that about 75% of the people inside the airport are still wearing masks. as we said, polls suggest most

as we said, polls suggest most americans still support masks in some form. savannah, back to you. >> all right, it will be interesting to see thanks, tom, appreciate it. we turn now to the three things to watch in ukraine this morning. russia says the military operation in mariupol is a success, even though ukrainian defenders remain holed up in a steel plant there. president putin ordered his forces to blockade the plant but not risk casualties by storming it also, four bus loads of civilians were able to leave mariupol on wednesday. that was the first significant evacuation in nearly two weeks and russia also released this video of what it said was the test launch of a nuclear capable missile that could reach the u.s. mainland. president putin warned this should give pause to those who are trying to threaten russia. back here at home, a workplace safety bureau in new mexico has issued a scathing report on that deadly shooting

on the set of the movie "rust. an attorney for alec baldwin who accidentally fired the shot claims the report clears his client nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has a closer look good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the report by the state includes more than 1,500 hours of staff time, 14 interviews, and a review of 566 documents. over the course of several months, investigators determined basic and standard firearm safety protocol were ignored or violated, and it came at a tragic price placing the blame directly on "rust" movie productions, this morning new mexico's occupational health and safety bureau says the film's management is responsible for the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins and severely wounding director joel souza, actor producer alec baldwin fired the shot the damning report saying those who ran the film's production knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and demonstrated

plain indifference to employee safety >> with respect to firearms, culture when they came to safety was almost nonexistent. >> the lengthy report, which includes an interview with former camera assistant lane luper. >> it was an unsafe place to be. >> reporter: cites multiple gun misfires on set that were never addressed by the film's management team. the finding also shows the armorer's multiple jobs left her with less time to focus on handling weapons investigators concluding the tragic incident never would have followed industry standards. >> i did not observe any safety or security issues at all. >> reporter: for his part, baldwin's attorney says the report exonerates mr. baldwin by making clear that he believed the gun held only dummy rounds when he fired it at hutchins during rehearsal the actor producer is still at the center of a civil lawsuit

filed by hutchins' husband who spoke to hoda. >> there were a number of ways that safety was an issue, and that safety standards were not followed including basic firearm safety >> reporter: but after the new report, a spokesman for "rust" says we disagree with the findings and plan to appeal. this morning a troubling investigation revealing safety never came first >> state investigators plan to levy a fine against the production company, the largesta one they can, $136,000 as for the criminal investigation and if a person or people will face charges, that's nearly complete. we're told about just ten days away from being done tom. >> all right, right around the corner miguel, thank you for that. we've got some surprising news from the world of college basketball jay wright, the long-time coach

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volodymyr zelenskyy, this is a time when democracy is really in jeopardy around the world, no place more than there. had to be not a difficult decision for the top of the list. >> i think this issue is so important, that's why we chose five winners this year not just one. the whole world stands with ukraine and president zelenskyy and standing up to tyranny and for democracy around the world democracy is under attack, there's no issue that's more important. so i'm so excited that this year we're celebrating these winners who put their lives and careers on the line to defend democracy. >> we have republicans, we have democrat, and a lot of this you have congresswoman liz cheney, you have several elections workers. tell us about those individuals and why they made this list. >> well, protecting democracy requires action at all levels of government, and i think this year we're making a statement that that's really true. we have an elections worker shaye moss who's committed much of her professional life of working for the elections commission and counting ballots. we have a secretary of state that's a very important job in our election system. rusty bowers took a stand, put country before party to stand up for democracy and stop an

illegal attempt to overthrow the 2020 election in arizona of course the whole world stands with president zelenskyy, and liz cheney really impressed me putting country before party again like rusty bowers to defend democracy. >> when you really dive into these individual stories a lot of them faced death threats for the stances they took to defend democracy. >> that's right, i spoke to shaye moss, her life really changed. she was an election worker she was called out by president trump, no one in that position should be could out by the sitting president for doing their job. she stood firm. >> you ever think about what your grandfather would think about the way politics is today? i mean, it was tough then, but i mean, it's just when you look at it now and the level of discourse. >> i think it's always been tough. i think he would be very optimistic as i am today people tried to overthrow the -- to overturn the election in 2020, but they weren't successful, and people are attacking democracy all the time, but there are people with integrity like these winners who are standing up and defending

democracy. >> we've got to catch up on some family business. first of all, congratulations, you just graduated from harvard, a j.d. mba, you're a lawyer, you've got your masters in business. >> that's right. >> and you've moved back home. >> i have. exactly, i'm living in my childhood bedroom. so it's all going according to plan. >> everybody wants to know what your plans are do you know what your plans are? >> i don't know my plan. i have a new nephew. >> your sister tatiana had a little baby. we didn't know if it was a boy or a girl, it's a boy. >> can you tell us his name? >> his name is edwin but i like to call him jack. >> wait, but his name is edwin. >> his name is edwin after your father. >> after my father. >> have you been over there? >> all the time. i can't get away from him. i love him. >> the first grandchild for your mom. >> yes. >> is she into it? >> so into it. i handed in my last paper on the day that he was born, so no one even noticed i finished school. >> you've been overtaken it's all about edwin/jack now. one of the times you came here

you were with your mom, i think it might have been the first time you were on with us and i asked you like everyone does whether you have a future in politics, and you said -- >> that i have no plans. >> no, you said stay tuned, savannah. >> i said stay tuned, savannah >> i'm still tuned. >> that was quite bold of me to say. >> that was quite bold and remarkable. >> i have no plans and updates to share. >> congratulations on everything thank you for introducing us to the profiles in courage award recipient. >> thank you so much. >> and the little nephew next time bring pictures. >> i will. >> okay. congratulations to tatiana and her husband. and we'll send it over to dylan. good morning, everyone, and we do have the really dangerous fire conditions in the southwest. >> that was quite bold and remarkleab. >> i have no plans and updates to share. >> congratulations on everything thank you for introducing us to the profiles in courage award recipient. >> thank you so much. >> and the little nephew next time bring pictures. >> i will. >> oy.ka congratulations to tatiana and her husband. and we'll send it over to dylan. good morning, everyone, and

we do have the really dangerous fire conditions in the southwest. 13 million people under these conditions with gusty winds, warm temperatures, and the air is very dry, so red flag warnings are in effect temperatures across the panhandle of texas up to 95 degrees in lubbock denver 79 degrees, that's 16 degrees above average. as we look to the north, especially tomorrow in some parts of the central plains we're looking for highs to run about 30 degrees above average, 94 for a high in grand island, kansas city 83, st. louis, back up to 83 after a couple of chilly days there. we are going to stay in the 80s back through west virginia going into the weekend and into monday we're up to 79 in philly sunday, 77, monday 75. we're finally getting into some spring-like temperatures on the east coast today, though, we do have the chance of some storms, and some of those storms could be severe with large hail and damaging winds the biggest threat to the plains today.

that's what's going on around the country. here's a peek out your window. pockets of rain through the bay area, expecting to see on-and-off showers in downtown san jose. for the most part the rain has tracked east. a couple showers in through dublin. san francisco, nice and light, a break through the south bay, but still seeing rain moving through morgan hill. expect to see the possibility of some hail and isolated thunderstorms and lightning with on-and-off again winds 15 to 25 and 30-plus miles per hour. and if you're heading out the door, don't forget to check us out on our sirius xm channel 108. >> this is where mr. roker says best time of the morning. >> i appreciate the hype i'll take it. >> i'm not as good as al. >> that was solid. george michael getting the documentary treatment. this film is coming out, called "george michael: freedom uncut" it's a project that's been underwork since before the grammy winner's death. he was heavily involved in the documentary. the final cut is set to feature his voice narrating the story behind his chart topping career.

it will cover his personal life. he is credited as a co-director on the movie, that includes incredible interviews with the like of stevie wonder and tony bennett. it hits theaters june 22nd. next up, prehistoric planet. what happens when you mix british national treasure david attenborough with jurassic park. you get this wildly realistic docuseries about the history of dinosaurs. the five-part show uses photo realistic visual effects to paint a picture of what creatures on earth's surface 66 million years ago and for perspective, that's exactly whe. [ laughter ] >> here's a al started working here. [ laughter ] >> here's a peek at the show >> some creatures could be called magnificent, explore the

coastlines where giants roamed the deserts where danger rules, and ice worlds where the survival is everything. >> i mean, come on. >> it's going to be good because of david's voice, then you have jon favreau who's doing it, he's producing it, and then all the score. never mind the visuals that are going to be amazing as you just saw, but the score is done by hans zimmer. >> the dinosaurs look a little friendly, though it's not like jurassic park. >> they're herbivores. >> i didn't see any -- the ones that eat plants look friendly. once you get to the carnivores apple tv plus is where you're going to go for that savannah, you can help us with this one last night canadian contestant mateo roach continued her 12-game winning streak after this rare final "jeopardy!" round. >> at the end of double "jeopardy!" i'm afraid lonnie and john will not be joining us for final today.

it's always hard to run into an 11 day champ it's a rare solo final "jeopardy!" on the category on the internet. >> i guess it has happened before, but it's very rare. >> they didn't have any money to bet so they just ushered them out. >> going into the final round, mateo was the only contestant not in the negative ask still qualified to compete since she had nothing to lose, the tutor from toronto wagered 5 grand and guessed correctly bringing her total game winnings to $275,000. congrats >> you should be able to go and get a line of credit and come back, i'm going to nail this one. >> or at least let them stay and watch. they're like get out of here. >> or you go here, take my watch, i'm going to wager this thing. and finally, steven king, this week the legendary author horrified the internet when he tweeted out this microwave salmon recipe. get a nice salmon fillet at the supermarket, not too big put some olive oil and lemon juice on it, wrap it in damp paper towels, nuke it, put it in the microwave, three minutes or so, eat it the idea of microwaving fresh fish scared a lot of users on

twitter. the smell of microwaved fish is more horrifying than anything you've penned. another person adding this may be the shortest horror story you've ever written. steven's not the only one nuking fish he received support from fellow microwave chefs who claim that the wet paper towel is key to i guess making this thing edible what do you guys think is a quick meal gross or is it a genius life hack >> i love a microwave, but i have to draw the line at microwaving fish you will never get that smell out. >> my dad has microwaved king crab legs. my dad is a big microwave chef. >> one of my biggest pet peeves in life is people who microwave fish at work how could you? >> that should be illegal. >> or popcorn because then you're like -- >> so hungry >> i think the salmon in the wet paper towel if you break up the salmon and put it in a salad, i could see that working but not as like your main protein for dinner i'd want to cook it in a skillet. >> i was a little disappointed to see that from steven -- >> well, he's not a chef.

>> no, he's not. >> he can hire a chef. >> he probably has one thank you for that, carson. >> you got it, guys. speaking of food, still ahead, an easy and budget friendly feast from a real chef good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm kris sanchez. two big names in democratic politics are coming to the bay area today. former president barack obama will speak this afternoon at stanford, and he's expected to talk about the way we create and consume information and how that could threaten democracy. also vice president kamala harris will be in san francisco and among her stops will be ucsf where she'll address maternal health. she'll tour a health care facility, visit with expectant families and talk about the maternal health crisis. we want to talk about our weather forecast because it's

still stormy somewhere in the bay area. >> we have a lot of cloud cover and we did have some good amount of rain early on. but a lot of that rain trekking out east. what's left behind is spotty at times, some cloud cover. moving further done through the south, we have light rain coming down in morgan hill using our doppler radar storm ranger. expect that chance through the afternoon. also the winds will pick up right around your lunch hour. we're talking 15, 25-plus miles per hour, also because of the interaction of two systems there's also a good chance of seeing some thunderstorms, maybe the possibility of some hail. and there is a winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow morning for the sierras. please be careful. not a good day to commute out there.

thank you so much, we're out thank you so much, we're out here on the plaza, it's 8:30 thursday morning look at these darling faces, a little sunshine coming down on our neck of the woods. it's great to have folks here. i think we still have rolling spring break going on.

>> i think you're right. >> it's a good looking crowd, too. this is a handsome crowd. >> that's the spot where's the spot >> it's so sunny >> we have a busy half hour ahead on this thursday morning, including an exclusive conversation with former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick, once a rising star. he went from -- well, he went from politics to prison, and now the pulpit we talk candidly about all of it, his regrets, his efforts to repair relationships and rebuild trust and also his new purpose in his life. >> that's going to be a good one. all right, look forward to that. then we're going to talk about home, okay who wants to maximize time and space in your house? well, our shop all day team has found some of the best buys in fashion and beauty that also do double duty to help simplify your life. hi, makho, good morning. we'll find out what she's got. plus, if you're hungry and

tired of the same old chicken recipes, not anymore check this world renowned chef and restaurateur geoffrey zakarian is here with your new go to weeknight recipe. >> he wrapped it in a damp paper towel and nuke it is >> oh, my gosh >> i'll bet money on it. >> taking the world by storm. then on the third hour, we have two talented women stopping by, rachel and vanessa william, to talk about their wild new play, full of chaos, laughs, there's even karaoke. tomorrow is earth day, we're going to be celebrating in a big day around here. al is going to be live from puerto rico with a story behind the innovative new buildings that help deal with the effects of climate change. plus, we're going for a guinness world record, live from coast to coast wait for it, the most people watering plants at the same time >> are you serious is there a previous one we're trying to beat >> i don't know. >> oh, wow >> we're going to do it. >> we're going to do it. >> don't over water. >> watering from coast to coast. >> wow, that's going to be fun dilly dilly, how about the

weather? >> all right, well, we are looking at some temperatures finally feeling spring-like, but also pretty stormy in the pacific northwest. look at this storm system, the first one spinning onshore bringing rain to portland into seattle, we've got a lot of mountain snow, a secondary system is going to move right on shore as we finish off the week. it is also going to be bring much needed mountain snow for the cascades, into the sierra, into parts of the rockies, a pretty big snowstorm up across montana, into the dakotas as well where we could see blizzard that snow pack is important to build up this time of year in that part of the country. that's what's going on around the country. now here's a peek out your window. speaking of the snow pack, we are seeing the snow coming down in the sierra. we have a winter storm warning in effect through 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, not an ideal day to travel if you're planning to head to lake tahoe.

hold off to the weekend. satellite/radar, you can see the snow coming down. we had earlier showers. you can see that cold front starting to track east, but we have some instability off the coast as we get a jet stream that moves in. that will fire up a chance of thunderstorms into the afternoon. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> look at you multitasking. >> we've got three seconds to go. >> dylan, thank you. just ahead here, our exclusive conversation with former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick on his early release from prison after a major corruption scandal and how he says he's now working towards redemption but first this is "today" on nbc. this is elodia. she's a recording artist.

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at 8:36 with craig's exclusive interview with disgraced former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick. >> you'll remember he served more than seven years when his 28-year sentence for corruption-related crimes was commuted last year, and you

spoke with him, craig, about regrets and his search for redemption. >> yeah, we talked about that. as you mentioned, a lot of folks probably remember before his stunning fall from grace, kwame kilpatrick was a rising political star when we met at a detroit church where he attended services prior to his time behind bars he was reflective and eager to start over when kwame kilpatrick was sworn in as mayor of detroit in 2002 at age 31, described as brash and larger than life, he seemed to embody the big shoulder strength of the motor city then, the wheels fell off. a series of wrongdoing including lying about an affair with his chief of staff led to criminal charges forcing him to resign in 2008 and serve time in state prison in 2013 he was convicted of 24 federal corruption-related crimes and sentenced to 28 years in prison. >> not at this time i don't have any comment. >> kilpatrick was set to stay in prison until at least 2037, but

on his final day in office, president trump commuted kilpatrick's sentence. he was a free man. >> have you met president trump since you've been out? >> i have not. i'm looking forward to meeting him one day, though. >> what are you going to say to him? >> thank you thank you. absolutely thank you i'm going to give him a pound, listen, thank you, mr. president. >> reporter: now 51, kilpatrick is reflective and facing his regrets. >> when did you realize that things had gone off the tracks >> it was actually quick, 2008, you know, it was revealed that my tremendous character flaw and lying and manipulating of my own wife and family with having an adulterous relationship was put out in the public, and i had to protect my family and my then wife it was tough. many of the crimes he still denies committing. >> did you do it the mail fraud, the wire fraud, the perjury?

>> i did the perjury, you know, but all of this mail fraud, wire fraud, anybody that's -- >> conspiracy. >> conspiracies, absolutely not. >> 24 counts. >> 24 counts of federal charges. >> and you still maintain that you were innocent of the overwhelming majority of those charges? >> absolutely. absolutely >> talk to me about the kwame kilpatrick before prison and the kwame kilpatrick that sits here now. >> you know, the kwame kilpatrick before prison really thought he had it all figured out. going into that prison was like a womb for me. i was literally in darkness. i was broken to the points of even having thoughts about not being here anymore, but out of that came a totally new

understanding because i was broken enough to receive the spirit of humility >> reporter: although kilpatrick resists saying he found god in prison, his faith has become the focal point of his life. >> i was broken enough and all out of options and in a position where i just don't know what else to do i've come to the end of myself, and i accepted christ as my lord and savior, and everything in my life changed from the moment i got up off my knees to now. >> reporter: he's got a new purpose, remarried with baby due in june, and as an ordained pastor, he started an online ministry. >> suddenly the holy spirit showed up. >> i have a mission, and that mission, i'm on borrowed time, you know, i'm still serving a 28-year sentence i just feel like i have a different warden in a different place. i really do.

>> part of the christian faith is atonement for wrongdoings, do you feel like you've done that with the people of detroit, with friends, with family >> i apologized to the people of detroit so many times, they stopped telling me -- don't keep apologizing, we've got it, we're clear. i've asked for forgiveness from this city, and it's been accepted, the people who are willing -- there are some people, you know, they'll never accept, but in this town, i believe they have. >> kilpatrick says the people he feels he wronged the most, his three sons now grown men he's been working to repair those relationships while starting that new life we should mention that the white house cited kilpatrick's time in prison as the reason his sentence was commuting saying he taught a public speaking class and he also led bible study groups as well >> interesting to see, you know, what -- the transformation appears. >> yeah, he's trying he's trying. >> craig, thank you. just ahead, we're going to take a turn to a realtor, and we're going to go shop the shop all day team is here. they call these products the

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food, and this morning, not one but two easy weeknight recipes that you can make on a budget. we've got a classic ratatouille, and a special technique for roasted chicken. celebrity chef geoffrey zakarian here to show us how it's done. he of course is the host of the new food network show "big restaurant bet." g.z. welcome back. >> thank you so much nice to be back. before we get into, this you've got to weigh into this debate. i don't know if you saw this from steven king earlier. >> the steven king >> renowned chef. >> he's taking salmon, he's wrapping it in a paper towel and microwaving it for three minutes. what say you to that >> absolutely. >> what? why not? it's a really gentle way of cooking salmon. >> because it's a 1982 device? >> really works. i cook fish in the microwave all the time you don't have to use butter.

>> i'm really shocked. >> and it doesn't smell? >> well, it might. but it is fish >> chef is apparently -- >> very good >> vegetables too, asparagus is great, spinach is great in a microwave. all the nutrients stay, no water. >> let's get into a more traditional way of food preparation. >> okay. so spatchcock. what does that mean? >> it's a fancy name for a flattened chicken. we take our regular chicken. i'm using gloves so it's more sanitary just down the back, that's the back of the chicken. you can go either way. you can use a knife. i've decided to use kitchen shears what i'm going to do just like this, very easy. this is safe for the stock, chicken stock. we don't throw anything away then you just put it like this >> oh, wow >> you hear that

>> i know. it's hard. >> what's the benefit of cooking chicken that way >> speaking of a steven king horror show. >> you worry about salmon in the microwave, i'm cracking chicken over here. salt and pepper, great question, really, really easy because what happens is you get half the time so a normal chicken like this would take about 45 to an hour, it's about a 3.5 pound bird. you want to season with authority, you really have to and it takes half the time for this to get up to 165 internal, will be about 30 minutes, 35 minutes. very important, hot cast iron pan, skin side down, okay? let's go over here, you can see what we're doing we have this going beautiful, now we're going to turn it over, and you want to help me with this? be careful watch out. we've got a jumper put the lemon, i like to put the lemon flesh side right there what happens it gets nice and caramelized. you have a beautiful caramelized lemon. there's no rules if you have thyme and rosemary, fine anything that's a hard herb like

savory or sage or bay leaves or stuff like this, love this you just cook it to 165 very gently okay >> what's the verdict over there? >> so juicy. >> incredible. >> what's the relationship between like quality chicken and like technique in which you cook chicken? >> the relationship. like is this a fancy chicken that no one at home can get? >> you want to cook the chicken at 155, 160. if you can do that and use a digital thermometer, it's pretty hard to mess up a bird it might cook a little longer, a little less. >> so that can't go in the oven or anything? >> yeah, it can go in the oven let's cut it down like this, >> they might be a little there you go ratatouille, one of my favorite movies, one of my favorite things to do so basically this is great with vegetables that aren't at their

prime. they're a little over, and that's -- i got this from my mom and when i worked in france, they don't throw away anything. >> you mean they're not in -- >> they might be a little wilted, not stale, but a little wilted not their best this is a great relationship -- it's a great vegetarian dish eggplant, pepper, zucchini, onion. what i like to do is keep them in a cast iron pan separately. why separately when you put them all together, that's mush. what we do is we season -- we don't season them, we just put them in there, and then we sere them off separately. >> so you cook each vegetable -- >> put it in the same pan, and then we sere the eggplant, the onion, the pepper and here we have all of them right now all together, already seared, and we're going to just add our last ingredients. this is such a fantastic dish. onions, pepper. >> peppers, yeah >> as they say in my town, boston garlic. stir that around, thyme, bay leaf, tomatoes, a lot of people would put stock or water in this no, no it looks dry but once you bake it, all the water in the vegetables, which vegetables are

mostly water, comes out. look what you have, this gorgeous -- >> how long does it snake. >> an hour, an hour and ten minutes. you want it to look almost over. when you grate this you can put some parmesan cheese on it let me make it rain for you. >> i love it when they rain. >> maybe a little olive oil. >> thank you, sir. >> fantastic dish, really delicious. >> thank you for this recipe, for more at today.com/food stick around, geoffrey's going to be back in the fourth hour with a healthy and hearty pasta dish thumbs up? >> thumbs up. >> thank you >> cutting the chicken with a fork. >> third hour of "today" is back, first your local news, weather, some ratatouille and these messages >> ratatou good morning. it's 8:56. i'm kris sanchez. we are in a microclimate weather alert because rain is coming down in parts of the bay area, and we could even see thunderstorms tonight and rain up into tomorrow morning. that's what it will look like this morning.

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