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geographic location? even what state are they in? >> what authorities are saying about where they could be now. and run for the roses. excitement growing. excitement growing ahead of one of the most iconic events in sports. the kentucky derby. so mix up the mint juleps, grab your hats. we're taking you live to historic churchill downs, "today," friday, may 6th, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hello. good morning. good morning! good to see you. we're happy you're starting your friday off with us. savannah is off. craig is in. i can't believe the derby is sunday. >> tomorrow. saturday. >> oh, yeah. saturday. >> get your hat ready. >> we'll go to churchill downs in a moment. we have a lot to get to this morning including the news about the j&j vaccine.

we'll talk about the surge in cases and more with the doctor who leads the white house's response to covid. new details about the united states sharing information and intelligence with ukraine leading to some victories in the nation's war with russia. it comes as the first lady is on her way overseas now. she'll meet with u.s. troops and ukrainian refugees. we start with all eyes on wall street. entering trading after the dow's worse day. stock futures are up ahead of the morning bell. >> what does it mean for you and your investments? jo ling kent has more. >> reporter: it was the worst day for the markets in two years. today is expected to be rocky again. all the major gains from wednesday wiped out within hours of trading yesterday. an extraordinary reversal. with the april jobs report, investors are bracing for another roller coaster ride today. a massive u-turn on wall street this week. >> s&p 500 declining 3.6%. every sector is feeling the pain today. >> reporter: the dow plunging more than a thousand points on

thursday. its worst single day since 2020. the tech-heavy nasdaq also taking a beating. hundreds of billions of dollars of market value wiped out. it's rare that the nasdaq jumps and then falls 4% at least on consecutive days. >> reporter: it was a stunning reversal of the massive gains of the markets on wednesday. when investors initially cheered the fed's decision to hike interest rates again. in an attempt to get inflation under control. a day later on wall street, a total about face. investors selling off some of the biggest names. etsy sinking nearly 17%, tesla sliding more than 8%, amazon also down 7.5%. crypto currency taking a major hit, too.

popular pandemic stocks also continued their slide. peloton, zoom, and netflix also down more than 60% each in the last six months. >> the stock market is betting what the economy is going to look like not today but 12 months from now. what the market is saying, effectively, is it's going to be worse, not better, than where we are today. >> reporter: thanks to the interest rate hike, borrowing money is about to get even more expensive. experts recommend consumers weather the storm by reducing their debt. when it comes to your portfolio, they said hold tight. >> typically doing nothing is

the best trade you can make in an environment like this. there is no question that the next several months are going to be very, very bumpy. >> reporter: so the advice here, really, is to remain calm with your investments. later this morning we'll get the april jobs report. it's expected to show the unemployment rate tick down slightly, which will be good news and 380,000 jobs were added back to the economy. there are still nearly two job openings for every unemployed worker now. that labor shortage one of the main reasons that prices and inflation is still so high. >> jo ling kent this morning, thank you. this morning, concerns over covid are mounting once again. cases on the rise in the united states. the daily average climbing to 66,000. that's up 50% over the last two weeks. deaths up over 30% over that same period. now the vaccine push is taking a hit. the fda moving to restrict the use of johnson & johnson's one-shot dose due to the rare risk of blood clots. all this in the wake that the u.s. crossed a grim milestone, 1 million covid-related deaths. joining us now is white house covid-19 response coordinator. dr. jha, good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> the last three weeks, cases have gone up 70%. we're looking back at the calendar, and it was three weeks

ago that the airlines lifted their mask mandates because of that judge's order. do you guys see a direct correlation between those mask mandates being lifted and the numbers we're seeing now? >> yeah, hoda. a good question. what i think is driving the increase in infections across the country right now is this contagious new sub variant ba.2. it's spreading in large parts of the country. it's the dominant variant in the northeast and the midwest and other parts of the country, as well. i think that's the primary driver. still believe that masking on airplanes would have been helpful. i think the primary driver is the contagious sub variant. >> given that contagious sub variant and the numbers going higher, can we expect to see

mask mandates put in place again? >> yeah, so, you know, we're suggesting -- i mean, we're suggesting what works. what we're expecting is that we'll have localities make those decisions. you know, the cdc laid out a map and a approach to when to think about mask mandates really driven by three factors. infections, hospitalizations, hospital capacity. most of the country remains in the green. not recommending to have mask mandates. we'll see localities make that decision on a case-by-case basis. >> the numbers are staggering. when we said 1 million people have died of covid-19. it's more than the spanish flu. it's more than the population of atlanta times two. i don't know if you had a chance to break down those numbers, doctor jha, of those million people, were you able to determine who, in that group, was vaccinated and who was not? >> yeah, so we track that. what we know is that a vast majority of americans who have perished from this disease were unvaccinated. in the latest round of

infections we saw the omicron surge in january. most of the deaths occurred either in unvaccinated people or people who are not boosted. vaccines remain the best way to protect yourselves. especially getting boosted. every one of those, vaccinated or unvaccinated, is tragedy. we have to do everything we can to prevent it. he t white house correspondent's dinner. there were a handful of people who tested positive for that. the president was in attendance at the white house correspondence dinner. it was, you know, 2600 people, i think, in this closed room. dr. fauci said himself he made the choice not to go because of his risk assessment. if you had a do over, would you tell the president of the united states, would you have asked him not to attend the event? >> i think if we take a step back here, hoda, and look at the event, look at events like that, everybody was vaccinated and boosted.

everybody had a negative test. i think the question is, are there ways of making gatherings safer, or not? i believe the white house correspondence dinner did the things we know make the event safer. you know, the president made a choice and based on all of the facts and the fact there are those sort of protections in place. i think that's the safe way to gather together. i actually encouraged people if they're going to gather to use the tools to make it a safer thing to do. >> quickly at the end here, the j&j vaccine. a lot of folks got the vaccine. we're hearing from the fda. it's sort of like, if you have a choice, choose pfizer or moderna because of the remote possibility of blood clots. for the folks who have gotten that vaccine, are they at any risk? >> that's a great question. what we know is extremely rare risk. here is the key point, all of those rare events happen in the first couple of weeks after you've gotten vaccinated. if you're more than a couple of weeks out, you're in the clear. we haven't seen any cases come up beyond a few weeks.

so if you've gotten one of these vaccines, the j&j vaccine, you're protected and out of the window where the rare risk can happen. >> do you like your new gig at the white house, dr. jha? >> it's a challenge but an opportunity to serve the american people. that's an honor of the lifetime. >> you're doing it well. we appreciate you, thank you so much. we turn to the latest from ukraine as the fighting rages on there. we're learning more about the help ukrainian forces are receiving from u.s. intelligence. as the fled heads to the region to meet with refugees displaced by the war. erin mclaughlin is in kyiv this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the first lady is expected here in the region this morning. dr. jill biden telling the press pool to let -- the trip is meant to let the ukrainian people know that we stand with them. this as we're getting more information about america's involvement in the conflict.

the sinking of the ship shocked the world. this morning, u.s. officials telling nbc news that happened with the help of the united states. the americans identified and located the vessel when asked by ukrainian officials. this video, not verified by the pentagon, appears to show it after it was hit sitting low in the water with smoke billowing. the u.s. did not know in advance the ukraine was going to target the moskva and not involved in the decision to strike, the officials said. adding the intelligence shared was meant to help ukraine defend itself. the news after yesterday's "new york times" report citing unnamed senior american officials that the u.s. provided intelligence that allowed the ukrainians to target and kill a number of russian generals. on thursday, the pentagon responded to the "new york times" report. >> do not provide intelligence and the location of senior military leaders on the battle field. >> reporter: as the russians work to clear mariupol so citizens can mark monday's

victory day, this man said, as russia prepares to celebrate the end of world war ii. as bloody battles rage at the steel plant where hundreds remain trapped inside. overnight president zelenskyy saying the russian shelling is ongoing. just imagine the hell, he says. a hell that mariupol photographer said is all too familiar having fled the city just days ago. his images are chilling. including the photos of a diary written by an 8-year-old boy whose family was injured in the shelling. a page from the diary reads "my grandfather died." the boy writes. i have a wound on my back. torn skin. my sister has a head injury. my mother has a hole in her leg. again reads the final words of the boy's diary entry out loud. >> reporter: the haunting portrait of innocence lost to war. that photographer is not naming the boy or his family because they're. both trapped inside of that devastated city along with

thousands of others. this morning spokesperson for the icrc tells me that another evacuation mission is underway out ofha tbet sieged steel plant. he could offer no further details so as not to comprise that operation. craig? back to you. >> that diary, it's just very sad. erin, thank you. advocates on both sides of grappling with what comes next. if the supreme court overturns roe v. wade, that especially true in texas. already home to one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws. nbc's morgan chesky is in fort worth with the latest on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now, if a woman shows up

to this clinic, abortion is already outlawed in texas after just six weeks. if the supreme court follows through on the draft opinion overturning roe, abortion could be all but outlawed here in the state of texas. not only that, but the state would join a host of other conservative-led states following suit. overnight chief justice john roberts speaking out about that draft opinion. blasting the unprecedented leak as, quote, "absolutely appalling." according to the "washington post." vowing it will not affect the court's work. but across the country, states and activists on both sides are getting ready. texas is at the epicenter of the abortion rights debate. it's one of 13 states with so-called trigger laws. that would ban abortion with exceptions for the health of the mother, if roe is overturned.

democrat beto o'rourke is seizing on the law abbott signed last year. >> this is not about life. this is about control. this is about controlling the lives of the women of texas and taking power away from them. >> reporter: advocates focussing on the leaked draft of the supreme court opinion itself urging the court to issue it without delay. >> i think the majority opinion, in this case, must be issued this week to show that the united states supreme court will not be intimidated. >> reporter: louisiana also would outlaw abortion if roe is overturned and the legislator is going further. advancing a bill criminalizing the procedure. meaning abortion providers and mothers could be charged with homicide. bradley pierce helped write the bill. >> we believe that abortion is cruel. it's the taking of an innocent life. we should make that illegal. there shouldn't be some exception for mothers. >> reporter: connecticut's governor signing a sweeping bill into law. offering expanded access to abortion and offering new protection for those even from out of state. dr. jill biden urging those to

step up efforts in their states. >> the election of the president matters. he's the one who puts the justices on the court. our state legislators are going to matter, too. so people have to get involved. >> reporter: now in the meantime, senate democrats are expected to hold a vote next wednesday on a bill that would guarantee abortion rights nationwide. as of right now, that measure is expected to fail. hoda? >> morgan, thank you. turning to the weather now. including more threats of severe storms across the south and mid atlantic today with nearly 40 million americans affected. this as parts of texas and oklahoma are still recovering from a severe outbreak of tornados over the last several days there. new drone footage showing the aftermath of a confirmed tornado. you can see campers overturned there. trees uprooted at an rv park in east texas. one resident was hit by a fallen tree. the injury, we're told, though, is not life threatening.

thankfully. that's a terrifying scene. >> yeah. a perfect segue to al. it seems like the weather is not letting up. >> i know. it's moving east, too. we have a lot of rain to talk about as we show you what is happening. we have flash flood watches and flood warnings from missouri into the northeast and mid atlantic states. we have a risk of severe weather for 38 million people stretching from washington to cincinnati and down to new orleans. savannah, georgia, as well. we're looking at wind gusts over 60 miles per hour possible. damaging winds, hail, and tornados possible as this system moves to the east. so heavy rain soaking the ohio valley into the mid atlantic today. a severe risk of weather from louisiana to virginia. tomorrow a rainy, cool day from d.c. and new york. showers and storms continue across the southeast. as we move into mother's day, this low pressure will linger along the eastern sea board. cool, cloudy, not a great day for mother's day. unseasonably cool for the mid atlantic and the northeast. look at the rainfall amounts through sunday. 1 to 3 inches in the northeast.

as you get into the appalachians, we could be looking at upwards of 4 inches or more. we're going to get your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. like... wearable training optimization tech. uh, how long are you... i'm done. i'm okay. good friday morning to you. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're waking up to a lot of clouds across parts of the bay area. we'll also see some sunshine this afternoon with high temperatures reaching into the low to mid-70s. also another nice day tomorrow but we're watching out for a slight chance of showers.

there will be some hit-or-miss rain and temperatures into the mid-60s with gusty winds. the chance of rain for early next week and we'll gradually warm up with highs in the low 70s for next thursday. r those i ready for some summer time temperatures. >> really? all right. >> that's coming up. before that, though, new images released in the manhunt new images for the corrections officer who helped the inmates escape what authorities are saying about where they could be. the countdown on to the iconic kentucky derby! everything you need too know about the horses, the hype, and one high profile absence at tomorrow's annual run for the roses. live from churchill downs. look at our duo there. it's a good day on nbc look at our duo there. this is "today" on nbc fanduel and draftkings, two out of state corporations making big promises to californians.

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still a low, since the start of the pandemic. i'm bob redell outside san jose police headquarters where another san jose police officer has been accused of wrongdoing on the job. nbc bay area learned an officer who responded to a home recently with a mother and daughter inside is accused of performing a solo sex act in their kitchen. you might recall recently another officer was placed on administrative leave for allegedly being intoxicated when he responded to the scene of the kidnapping of a baby boy. time to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. how is it looking, kari? >> it starts out with clouds but clears out today and then more clouds tonight. we'll see changing weather throughout the weekend, but it gets much cooler on mother's day, with some breezy winds in a couple of spots may see wet weather. we'll see that continue into early next week and then more sunshine, warming temperatures. san francisco in for a breezy weekend, highs in the low to mid-60s today.

63 tomorrow with the gusts possibility topping 40 miles per hour and still windy with some light rain possible on sunday. marcus? >> all right, thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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headlines. a former defense secretary under donald trump is making a stunning accusation. the "new york times" is reporting this morning that in his upcoming book, mark esper said then president trump floated the idea of launching missiles into mexico according to esper trump said he wanted to, quote, destroy the drug labs. nbc news reached out to mr. trump's team and have not received response. the times said it was vented by the pentagon to check the information and more than two-star generals reviewed the book for accuracy. the man accused of attacking dave chappell is charged with four accounts. the incident was criminal but did not rise to the felony level. police arrested 23-year-old isaiah lee after he allegedly jumped on stage and tackled chappelle at the hollywood bowl on tuesday night police said lee had a replica handgun with a knife blade it's not clear if he brandished

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marshals service so far not bearing any fruit there's optimism now the duo will be caught after newly released images of the suspects we're about to show you and help being enlisted at the borders. a full week into a frantic manhunt and casey white and vicky white are still nowhere to be found you don't know what region of the country they might be in. >> we have no idea >> reporter: the u.s. marshall service releasing a batch of new photos and artist renders featuring the towering 6'9" casey with the tattoos depicting the look of a white supremacist prison game. vicky's rendering showing what she would look like with dark hair it's likely both altered their opinions the u.s. marshals have branchs across the country aiding the search they can't specify the number

resources, the agency confirms outreach to border currents saying everything is on the table to find the pair's location >> we have been in contact with cvp, you know, border patrol, homeland security. we rely on those relationships to kind of communicate some of the intelligence >> reporter: vicky and casey white, who are not related, walked out of the jail last friday with the highly regarded deputy taking the capital murder suspect by herself violating protocol since the escape, casey white is being investigated for another possible murder of his then girlfriend christy shelton her death in 2008, was previously ruled a suicide >> so casey white with my mom the night she committed suicide. nothing was ever really investigated >> reporter: shelton's daughter who asked us not to use her name or show her identity flagging the case to authorities. >> i don't feel like she even had a fighting chase -- chance for getting justice for what happened >> reporter: casey, a violent career criminal who has been in and out of jail for decades, is now vanished without a trace

with his former jailer authorities believe the pair is likely armed and they consider them desperate and dangerous investigators believe that the six hour long head start the pair received before police knew they escaped is significant. especially when you consider the law enforcement expertise that vicky white was working with there's reports she may have been rehearsing the escape days in advance they said there's no way to prove that back to you, craig. >> wow all right. sam brock, once again, thank you. coming up next, one of the most iconic sporting events in the world! we're talking about tomorrow's running of the kentucky derby. we've got dylan standing by live at churchill downs we have mike tirico. we'll check in both of them coming up after this

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back to full capacity this weekend. one of the most recognizable names in horse racing won't be there. bob baffert suspended this year and next without baffert, some say it could open the door for a new face of horse racing the bluegrass, the mint juleps, and the 3-year-old thoroughbreds, the hallmarks of the kentucky derby will be on display for the 148th running of one of the oldest tradition in sports this race returns with a tarnished image. >> medina spirit has won the kentucky derby >> a failed post race drug test that ultimately banned seven-time derby winner and trainer bob baffert from churchill downs through 2023. >> i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i didn't do. >> that doesn't mean his footprint won't be there baffert's former assistant from 20 years ago took over two of the trainer's horses. >> so, you know, honor and excitement i'm in for a journey here. .

>> messier is among the favorites brown colt is up at the top at 3-1 odds. jockey mike smith could become the oldest rider to win the derby at 56 with horse taiba the young 26-year-old hopes to steer toward victory >> this opportunity is humbling and i hope people see this is the youngest guy here and big things are coming. >> as the anticipation builds in louisville, tourism is at a high bouncing back from the pandemic. attracting horse racing fans from all over. >> i'm from montreal, quebec, canada. >> maryland. >> california. >> even a prederby gala is planned tonight with a star-studded is guest list including orlando bloom and janet jackson. all for the run for the roses. of the triple crown races, the derby is the only one uninterrupted since first run in 1875 even during covid, it managed to

go ahead just a little later in the year. you guys may remember it was in september. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. we're looking forward to this. steph, thank you for more on the drama and the excitement of the kentucky derby we have dylan dreyer along with our other pal. >> good morning. first of all, we haven't been here in the last couple of years. me personally. >> good to have you back. >> it's nice to be back. last year wasn't at full capacity we're back this year someone who is not back is bob baffert, do you think it'll be felt his presence isn't here >> certainly if you're watching on tv, i think stefanie hit it perfectly in the set up story, bob is the human face of this sport for the last two decades he's one of the most successful trainers of all time, village won six derbies. would have been a seventh last

year as mentioned, it was disqualified but the presence of baffert is here with the two horses messier and taiba. both have chances. they're trained by a guy who was an assistant for baffert his presence will be a part of the event. his familiar mane of white hair will not be. >> of course i like to gamble and bet on the horses i tend to go to 15-21 odd but who are the favorites? >> it's not a clear cut. there's a horse to beat which is always fun for the wagering and gives you a little bit better return, if you find the right one. epicenter is one of the horses to watch steve asmussen has won more races in the history of north american thorough bred racing but not the derby. and zandon is trained by chad brown. that's my bet. >> those are the horses everyone is talking about what is it like, you know, in the corners of the track here? who has the buzz >> this is the week we do "today" show hours we show up early at the track. there's a lot of buzz about a horse from china -- from japan, excuse me, that is getting a lot of attention crown pride has gotten a lot of

attention and a great track record and horse racing in japan had a great run the last six or seven months the people who know around here are thinking about adding him to the betting opgszs for the weekend. >> i got to meet cyberknife yesterday. did you know he has a goat that keeps him comfortable and keeps him calm before the race >> it's a five-hour show that's why we have 16 of us to cover. i didn't know that thank you. >> yeah. i think i'm going to place my bet on him 20-1 odds. >> all right >> thanks, dylan the coverage of the 148th running of the kentucky derby is tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern. streaming on peacock people are wondering if it rains, what goes down. >> i want to ask mike. it looks like it'll be rainy today. >> yeah. >> maybe showery tomorrow. the track looks like it could be a little messy what does that mean? >> yeah, al. one thing we look at when we check out who to bet is a horse favorite because they've run

well in the mud. most of these horses have not run on a muddy track so if you guys can take care of the weather today. >> this track dries well there's a chance it won't be as muddy as if it rained during the day like it did a few years ago. >> okay. >> all right anyway we'll show you what we got temperature wise and as far as the derby saturday at 2:30, the coverage begins, mostly cloudy, breezy, cool 64 could be a sprinkle or two what we're talking about is some heat from new orleans where today it's going to be 89, dallas 95, midland, texas 102. denver almost 20 degrees above average at 88. sunday the heat continues. records possible in dallas, little rock, jackson, new orleans, austin, all the way down to luray dough with 106 degrees. dozens of more records likely from quincy, illinois, midland, texas. this lasts into next week mid 90s memphis, new orleans, down to dallas and into houston, texas.

here in the northeast, oh, my gosh temperatures only 66 in des moines today cleveland 57 new york six degrees cooler than average. tomorrow the cool continues. going right on into mother's day. temperatures stay below average. then slowly start to warm up as we get into tuesday. mid 60s. by tuesday upper 60s that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. and that's your latest weather. we have a great celebration. a special one for mother's day it's the start of national nurses week. >> we'll introduce you into a mother/daughter duo going above and beyond to help people in their community to get the care >> happy friday to you. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see some mix of

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