after this morning's service. >> all right. let's hope things pick up out there. >> not traffic-wise. picking up with bart but not the traffic. back at 7:25 with a live update. >> don't forget to join us for the newscast. today show is next. have a great one. the insurrection. televised live coast-to-coast in prime time, this morning the evidence and the evidence and videos that will be revealed for the very first time, was at stake for both parties, and the potential impact they could have on the minds of american voters. we are live with everything you need to know about this historic event.

mass shootings. >> he shot my friend closest to me. and i thought he was going to come back. >> schools are not safe anymore. something needs to really change. >> their harrowing accounts and calls for change straight ahead as the house with several republicans breaking ranks votes to approve new gun laws overnight. but are they doomed to fail as they head to the senate? we'll have the very latest. shocking arrest. overnight the fbi raids the home of a man accused of traveling to washington to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. >> threats of violence and actual violence against the

justices strike at the heart of our democracy. >> the alarming scare amid mounting concern over the safety of judges across the country. all that plus show down. in a new court filing brad pitt accuses angelina jolie of trying to intentionally inflict harm on him. inside the latest move on the ongoing legal battle between the two superstars. and garden party. >> tatum to brown. brown the bucket. >> the celtics outlast the warriors in game 3. >> kicks it out. smart. corner three. >> to grab the lead in the nba finals. "today," thursday, june 9th, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, it's so good to see you on this thursday morning, happy you're here. >> nice to have you along with us. we have a lot to cover, including the powerful storms, the suspected tornado touching

down in ohio and causing major damage to a distribution center there. check out the seen at this concert in maryland, the concert had to be cancelled because of flooding. but first our top story, the january 6th hearing getting under way tonight. the lawmakers have spoken to 1,000 witnesses, poured over 140,000 plus documents, and tonight americans will begin to see some of it during the first of at least seven public hearings we have it all covered. we start with nbc's peter alexander in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it has been more than 500 days since the violent attack right here at the u.s. capitol and the images from that day are still haunting, but the impact has been waning in the nearly year

and a half since. the committee tonight is hoping to reverse that. promising never before seen evidence, saying the new evidence, prime time presentation is going to show ongoing threats to american democracy and that former president trump was at the center of a coordinated effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. it was the most violent attack on the u.s. capitol in more than 200 years. and tonight in the very building where it took place, the house committee investigating the assault will lay out its initial findings in vivid detail for the american people. >> it was a multi-level, multi-step process of trying to negate, nullify and destroy joe biden's majority in the electoral college. >> reporter: tonight's presentation, aids say is an opening statement of sorts.

the first of seven, with how donald trump's claims of voter fraud laid the foundation for the deadly siege. leading off tonight's hearing, new video of the attack, as well as live testimony from a british documentary film maker embedded with the members of the far right group, the proud boys who captured the chaos. the night's first in-person witness, capitol police officer carol. she suffered an injury after she was knocked down by rioters. >> the images, the smell, the chaos, the -- it was -- that day was a war zone. >> reporter: the committee is also expected to show recorded testimony from some of the 1,000 other key witnesses interviewed, including the former president's

blasted the hearings slamming it as a partisan witch hunt. >> this committee is not about seeking the truth it's a smear campaign. >> reporter: but overnight video reveals kevin mccarthy after the january 6th attack on a call with gop members criticizing mr. trump and speaking in support of a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot. that he and his party now oppose. >> we cannot just sweep this under the rug. we need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. >> reporter: the committee said its investigation is ongoing, it's not finished yet. more than 820 people across the u.s. have been charged in the january 6th attack, at least 310 have pleaded guilty, and six defendants have been tried and convicted in court. >> thank you, peter. we want to turn to political director, chuck todd with us in new york.

a lot of these details have trickled out as the committee has been investigating over the past year or so. but it seems that the strategy is in the power of presentation. >> telling a story. a narrative. you know, not just connecting the dots for us to understand, but connecting and have visual dots. one of the things we're going to see tonight, we'll have a piece of it, there was a documentarian following around the far right group, the proud boys. so being able to not just hear testimony but see some of the evidence -- >> they hired a network news executive to produce this prime time hearing. >> i have to say that was a -- i understand looking for that kind of expertise.

but there's a fine line between using that expertise to not just be compelling but to be explanatory or looking like you're trying to jazz something up. there's that line. so i think the committee has to be careful of how they're using sort of that type of expertise. but i think they want to paint a picture, grab us by the lapels, pay attention to this. my concern is the people who are concerned will be watching the people that need to be concerned may not. >> that was my question. right after january 6th there was -- i won't say unanimous but widespread revulsion and horror at what had happened within and since then what have polls showed? are people persuadable on this issue? >> look at our own polling. when we first asked this, a majority of the country did say that president trump was primarily responsible. over time we just asked this question again, just before the hearings and we'll ask it again just to see, and you start to see the numbers look like the presidential ballot. meaning you're starting to see those, quote, on the blue side of the world see one thing and those on the red side -- >> people are retreating to their partisan corners.

>> let's see, do they have new evidence? do they have something that says boy i have to check this out? it's not just about tonight. it's i have to understand all the hearings. i think that's why they brought in trying to jazz it up, grab people's attention. >> good to see you. we have special live coverage of the hearing starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. for a breakdown catch "meet the press" now streaming weekdays 4:00 eastern on nbc news now. there's movement on capitol hill tied to the push for gun restrictions. and it unfolded in the wake of an emotional hearing survivors and families of the victims in texas and buffalo shared their personal stories with lawmakers. morgan chesky joins us from uvalde. >> reporter: good morning. we are seeing ernest discussions begin everywhere. here in uvalde district officials will be meeting to discuss the fate of robb

elementary. and in austin, they'll start their committee meetings examining this shooting response. after that testimony with survivors calling on congress and demanding action. this morning momentum on capitol hill for raising the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 as the house passed their own legislative package. but that faces a battle in the senate where negotiations are still ongoing. it comes following harrowing testimony of survivors of recent massacres. including 11-year-old miah cerrillo. who recalled in detail the moment the shooter killed her teacher and classmates and how she had to play dead to survive. >> he shot my friend that was next to me.

and i thought he was going to come back to the room. so i grabbed the blood and i put it all over me. >> now the fourth grader afraid for her own safety and others in classrooms nationwide. >> do you feel safe at school? >> no. >> why not? >> because i don't want to get shot again. >> do you think it's going to happen again. >> reporter: dr. roy guerrero, the only pediatrician, described the horror he saw while treating victims at the hospital. >> the only identity was the blood spattered clothes attacked to them. >> the mother of an 11-year-old devastated. >> somewhere out there is a mom listening to our testimony thinking i can't even imagine their pain, not knowing that our >> reporter: as pressure goes, president biden asked by jimmy kimmel overnight whether he will take further executive action on guns.

>> i have issued executive orders within the power of the presidency to deal with guns. what i don't want to do, i don't want to emulate trump's abuse of the constitution and constitutional authority. >> reporter: eyes now turning to congress for a path forward. meanwhile, a group of bipartisan senators are still trying to reach a deal on potential new gun legislation. we are told that they are optimistic and their focus right now remains on increased background checks, incentivizing states to pass new red flag laws and new money for school security and mental health. >> powerful statements from those parents. thank you. also this morning a california man is in custody accused of traveling across the country to kill a supreme court justice. it's the latest incident raising questions about security for justices. pete williams has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: investigators say the police responded after

getting a 911 call that they say turned out to be from the man himself claiming he was armed and saying he came to the washington d.c. area to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. overnight, fbi investigators searched the california home of a man they say travelled from there to washington d.c. to ere attack a supreme court justice at about 1:00 in the morning police say a man got out of a taxi in front of the home of justice brett kavanaugh, who lives in m.d they say after spotting two u.s. marshals outside the house he walked a block away and called 911. >> he advised he's having suicidal and homicidal thoughts. >> reporter: police say he came to kill the justice and was armed. while still on the phone with police, officers arrived and arrested him court documents identify him as nicholas john roske, age 26 of simi valley, california.

investigators say he told them court might overturn roe v. wade he was carrying a hand dwun gun, ammunition, mace and tools he was upset that the supreme court might overturn roe v. wade and loosen gun laws and he planned to kill the justice and then himself attorney general merrick garland, who's a former federal judge himself said he earlier took steps to increase security for the justices >> threats of violence and actual violence against the justices strike at the heart of our democracy and we will do everything we can to prevent them and hold people who do them accountable. >> reporter: garland acted after protesters showed up at the homes of kavanaugh and two other justices following the leak of the abortion ruling. congress is now considering a bill to provide more money for securing the justices and their families but last month's murder of a retired wisconsin judge and the shooting attack at a judge's home in new jersey killing her son has prompted more calls for

security for judges, including a bill that would block personal information from judges and their families from the internet investigators say that continues to be a concern. they say roske got the idea of coming to kill justice kavanaugh after finding the justice's home address on the internet. roske has been charged with attempted murder of a judge, no comment from his lawyers >> thank you. hoda, savannah, good morning. military officials are investigating the cause of wednesday's crash of a u.s. marine's aircraft in southern california miguel almaguer has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this comes after another military accident in california two days ago, this time an osprey with five marines on board went down in a training exercise in the desert. >> we have a military aircraft

down. >> reporter: emergency crews responding wednesday when a military aircraft carrying five u.s. marines crashed during a training flight. it happened in the california desert about 100 miles east of san diego. officially the status of the marines was not immediately available. but according to the l.a. times, citing a federal source, four people died when the mv-22b osprey based at san diego's camp pendleton went down. military officials say early reports of nuclear material onboard the aircraft were false. the $73 million osprey is a toltrotor aircraft that can takeoff and land like a helicopter but can also fly long range like a plane it's mainly used by the marines to transport troops and equipment but it has a troubled history over the two decades

it's been in use just three months ago, four marines died when an osprey went down in norway during a nato training exercise in extreme weather conditions the marine corps has stood behind the aircraft calling it safe and effective yesterday's crash comes five days after a navy pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed here in southern california's mojave desert turning to the weather, al has a lot on his plate the image behind you, where is it ohio >> yes, this is tip city, ohio, outside of dayton. we're talking about a grocery store, distribution center you can see the damage this possible twister caused. tipping over tractor trailers, just devastating damage. then we had part of the system as it headed east, heavy rain, thunderstorms.

this is meriweather post pavilion outside of washington d.c. this is a halsey concert you can see the rain pouring in. folks were delayed and caught inside the stadium for a number of hours until they could get out. but really strong stuff. now we're going to talk about the rain moving away it's pushing through the northeast, new england right now, gets the heck out of here and things start to clear out. but out west we are talking unrelenting heat 29 million people from texas all the way up into the southwest and parts of california for heat watches and warnings these temperatures really anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees above average. las vegas 106, death valley, 119. tomorrow that stretches further to the west, palm springs 110. las vegas 110. albuquerque 98 degrees phoenix and el paso you're looking at six days of triple digit temperatures and, in fact, the climate connection in phoenix, average 6

degrees warmer since the 1940s el paso 3 degrees. and look at texas. we are talking about temperatures well above 100 from abilene down to corpus christi today into tomorrow. and the heat wave, dallas and austin, triple digits right on through tuesday. so the heat is on, this is dangerously hot weather. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. is crystal clear. and smart camera auto pans and zooms to keep you perfectly in frame. oh, and it syncs with your calendar. plus, with zoom, microsoft teams, and webex, you'll never miss a meeting. and neither will she. now that's a productive day. meta portal: make working from home work for you.

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trump and donald trump jr. will sit for depositions in july unless new york's top court issues a stay. it stems from allegations that the the trump organization inflated its financial statements donald trump slammed the investigation as politically motivated. a former missouri college student is finally back home this week after spending 8 months in the hospital following a highly publicized hazing incident the 19-year-old has severe brain damage, he was left blind and is not able to walk or communicate. last october he was forced to drink nearly an entire bottle of vodka while pledging the fraternity at the university of missouri last week his family settled a lawsuit with 23 defendants, including the fraternity. the nba finals, boston back

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intentionally harming him and his business they were once known for battling onscreen. ♪ >> it's all john, sweet heart. >> reporter: but this morning the legal battle between the former couple is heating up. new court documents filed last week against jolie and yuri shefler have damaged pit and diminished the value of the winery that pit owns shares. and saying that jolie has tried to push him into a partnership with poisonous intentions. in happier times the two bought shares in the company in 2008, even getting married there in '14. jolie has made no official statements or responses. pitt's lawyers argue she sought to cause him harm. pitt says both he and jolie understood neither could sell their stake without the other's knowledge and permission. >> something that's immediate apparent is that there is no written contract that he's

alleging that jolie has breached instead he's saying there were implied rights >> reporter: pitt's legal team accuses jolie of pulling out of share negotiations with him last year amid the couple's ongoing custody proceedings over their six children alleging she, quote, lied to under go secret negotiations with an undisclosed buyer. a buyer that pitt said is bent on taking over the winery. and is owned by shefler who he already refused to make a deal with and is owned by >> sometimes disputes are of such a personal nature that it's very difficult for the law to find the best path forward

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the situation is wreaking havoc on family budgets everywhere, but it's showcasing the savviness of the american consumer leading to new habits >> sam brock has been talking to people about tricks they're using and got a few recommendations from experts sam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. americans are crafty if nothing else but yes, the sheer pain inflicted here at the pump is producing new patterns of behavior for people trying to soften that economic blow, for parents choosing to carpool not just with their kids but each other, meals out turning to online delivery. and drivers realizing you don't necessarily need premium gas the difference $4.75 versus $5.29. that's about $10 for a truck like this. anything and everything is on the table. for a nation that feels like it's stuck right now in gas

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errands online whenever poplar. >> reporter: popular food delivery apps charge delivery fees, service fees or both but if they cost a consumer 5 or $10, it might still be cheaper than a trip in the car others on social media scoping out alternative forms of transportation ♪ >> reporter: under the title when gas prices get too high, busting out kids cars, power wheels, go-carts the satire revealing at a time gas prices are so high, gas prices are exploding. >> i moved to the city, don't need my car, can't afford gas. >> reporter: even police departments are under strain this michigan's sheriff's office is feeling the pump at the wheel according to the facebook post and advised deputies to manage nonurgent calls over the phones. a sign of the times. gas stations offer credit cards

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rain into new england. the texas heat will continue and intensify. look for heavy rain to return e into the pacific northwest >> and that's your latest weather. guys >> al, thank you coming up next, do you want

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rainy thursday, now the sun is popping out. it is the last full day. >> we are going to go visit with him and just a little bit. >> you won't believe what you missed am, dvm, "the today show", you can catch up on everything. but dvr the show. let's get to the news at 8:00, the house investigation of the capitol hill riots becomes a prime time event tonight. the january 6th committee, is set to reveal videos that could potentially link former president trump to the violent uprising in the capital. garrett, good morning. >> reporter: the committee is meeting tonight with her opening arguments and their chance to lay out how there 10 months investigation they believe links the deadly attack

on the capital to what they say what the criminal conspiracy to overturn the election result that ran all the way to president trump himself you tonight the committee plans to show video from some of the more than 1000 any of these a conducted along the way included with trump family members, including evocative trump and jared kushner. now we show never seen below video from a filmmaker that was embedded on that day. we will hear from carolyn edwards, capitol hill police officer who suffered a brain injury battling with protesters. she will describe what she experienced. >> reporter: we had run back to the construction. i just remember to before they started approaching us come i just remembered saying, go. >> there was this notion, we need to go. because i knew this was about to be bad. >> reporter: edwards has a

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helen and sister, veronica just escaped from russian occupation. their lives, saved by book. they are safe bit of refuge after three months and mary opal. invading russian troops bombed their house, chased them into a basement, and killed yeager's grandfather. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: yeager kept a diary of his war through the eyes of a nine-year-old. columns of cartoon tanks, the russian helicopter, destroying buildings, and setting the force on fire. so this here's a burning forest? these are soldiers? and they're shooting? >> [ speaking foreign language ]

>> reporter: did you see a dead person on the street? did you see any bodies on the street? yeager drew his house before it was bombed. and his grandfather with king caring him to heaven. he drew the he wished he was having on his birthday. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: and activist snakes pictures of yeager's diary out of mary opal, and published them online. the public's response gave helen the courage to risk escaping the city. >> reporter: a network of activists, kept deep held and rescue the family last week. volunteers, pretending to be russian sympathizers drove into mariupol and smuggled them and the book out of the city. in a daring escape, inspired by

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>> vicki went, who else is in there with what we need to know? explain it? >> reporter: wanted to americans has already use this already. and if you got any shopping on stores come you've seen this obstinate checkout. by now save later, it's like modern-day lay way but you get what you want upfront, and if you pay on time, is free. so for fashion, full filling up your gas tank tank, this is popular with millenia's. engine disease. but here's what to consider before you buy now pay later. >> get it over with. >> reporter: in fashion, by now, pay later a trend that gives you more power by making one purchase and breaking it into four should but only pay $25 now. then, $25 every two weeks until

the shirt is paid off. but is not disclosing, walmart recently accepting it for groceries, even texaco and chevron for gas, allowing users to split up payments to fight inflation. by now pay later get you to get which one, but critics say that it could lend itself to risky spending. >> it's easier to spit up the prices, that make you feel like you're paying less, but in rall you are not. >> reporter: ava reinhardt is a full-time publisher who said she over spends and misses payments using these loans. >> i shop a lot more than i normally would. >> reporter: or others like eric aright a single mother of three, buy now, pay later. has helped her get groceries into these paychecks. >> when you're able to use these apps, for large purchases that you may not have all the money for, they come in handy.

billion with buy now, pay later services. the federal reserve says abouon afford their purchase. but a recent lending tree survey found for the two% of users were late on a payment, which can her credit scores. >> sending report can take 50 or more points off of your credit score. >> reporter: how to avoid getting in trouble? >> one of the things to know is yourself and your capabilities for managing your money. we see it is the safest way for people to use consumer debt. >> reporter: the vice president of public policy, one of the largest by now pay later companies. he says online credit cards, which profit from high-interest and revolving debt, after users get cut off after one missed payment. >> that's the effectively correct.

what we do is audit the account and wait for the customer to make a good payment before they are allowed to use the purchases. >> reporter: they have people buying things that they may not need? >> i can't comment on how many purchasing with her they need and when they see it, they by the jacket as well. >> reporter: they buy more than they intended to? >> they may have purchased something extra. >> reporter: before you take out a buy now, pay later loan, experts say no the consumer. set up text and email alerts to remind you of upcoming payments. and one more tip? >> if you ain't got it, don't try to spend it. >> reporter: very good advice, right now, it's a bit of a wild

west with these loans. some report their late payments to the credit bureau, others do not. by the way, apple is now assuming the cost. apple, part of wallet is has zero interest, so when apple gets into it you know it's a good thing. >> how is it possible to get these loans? how does that affect your credit? >> reporter: all of these companies we talked to say they run a soft credit check, which will hurt your credit score. but again this is really new for the credit bureaus themselves, they are trying to find how do they weigh the applications and of course good payments. you want to be careful and just make sure you can cover everything before you jump into this. >> vicki, thank you. al roker, how to check the weather? >> we are going to start at westwood we got record-breaking temperatures expected over the next several days. 29 million people and heat warnings, heated by his reef,

hit heat watches stretching from california, nevada, into the southwest. and look at these temperatures, texas you are going to be making, hundred stretching into the southwest, temperatures are going to last the weekend and early next weekend. 70s as you get to the plane, beautiful weather down in alaska, 60s, hawaii, temperatures in the 80s. heavy rain though in the northeast moving onto new england, then clearing out. more showers for the southwest again that texas heat is going to be brutal. where looking at severe storms for the planes and heavy rain returning into the pacific northwest. that is what is going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, meteorologist carrie whole, we are preparing for a hotter day with our inland temperatures headed for 100 degrees. it is going to reach also slightly hotter tomorrow, even up to 105 as we take a look at solano county. but then on saturday, it is

still pretty hot but the relief comes on sunday with more cloud, highs in the low 80s and then we will start to warm up the middle of next week. san francisco, mid 70s to today, but we reach 80s tomorrow and feeling much nicer, cooler by the end of the weekend. >> don't forget you can check us out on sirius xm channel 108. but right now, time to check out the og, and top of the morning. friends and family are honoring the late comedian netflix, bob saget tribute, the special features like chris rock, as well as appearances by some of bob's warmer full house stars, his widow kelly and here's a quick peek. >> the important thing to him was belonging to this group, to be a comedian. >> swear we were his best friends, i think that is the mark of a liar. where do i leave my last check? >> he was the brother i wanted. boy, you gotta thought of god

given brothers. amazing press, but he is more fair weather, so you are number one. >> you and catch the bob saget tribute on netflix starting tomorrow. next up, halo hit the red carpet to kickoff the tribeca film festival. anna documentary about the stars personal life, the united house theater. it was the first time that j lo actually got to see the final cut of the document and lucky for us, we know somebody who was there. how was that? >> it talks about the halftime in her life, where she really shows her vulnerability, like people didn't believe in her, she's a grinder she worked superhard. you are tearing was

there. and it made a good movie. >> you got to see it it made you feel like you are inspired and ultimately realize that the vulnerability is strength. >> she has strong as can be, but fun. if you want to check out halftime, start streaming tuesday on netflix. mike tyson the legendary boxer, is on hulu. a first look at the show, toronto rose transformation from heavyweight champion. he does d'amato, tysons coach, here's a look at it. >> they call me a savage. they knew who i am. >> embrace your ability. ability. >> now i'm really going to have some fun >> the eight episode episode start streaming on hulu in august. next up, the foo fighters,

a tribute concert to honor their drummer who passed away back in march. the special shows are scheduled for september. there will be in one in london and los angeles. two social media to thank the fans for their ongoing love and some of the. and the band promises to have more information about how fans can get tickets to that. next up, the monsters, rob zombie's remake about televisions iconic spooky family. jeff daniel phillips will take the role of herman munster, lillian daniel roebuck starr as grandpa. it promises to be a movie that will stick to the spirit of the original show. let's give you little look. ♪

it was part of my childhood. >> i love that show. i watched a lot of them. it's part of my childhood. it was on cbs, and it looked like they are staying really true to it. >> did they have a long-running season? >> the munsters is scheduled to schedule some time. and finally jurassic world, is the big day, the drastic paris streaming channel all day, 12:30, jeff goldblum and erto take you behind the scenes. all the drastic you can take. that is all today on peacock. straightahead, friendly

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good morning to you, it is a: 26. we want to take a live look in san francisco this morning as covid cases there are now reportedly near level not seen since january per the chronicle reporting that the city seven day positivity rate is nearing 15%. during the winter surge it was a bit less than 19%. this graph right here may give you a better idea of the variant now floating out. take a look at that, the shades of green, those represent two new variants known as ba for nba five which represent 14%

since emerging last month. the red and pink make up early part of the variance which is dominated nationwide since april. time take a look at forecast, we are talking about that warm- up we had today. we are getting ready for that especially for the inland valleys. san francisco, reaching into the mid-70s today, but 87 in san jose and 92 in livermore. it will get even hotter tomorrow and that is when the heat advisories go up around the bay area. at some of our inland areas, reach up to 100 areas. on saturday, we are in the mid 90s, but we are seeing significant cooling on sunday, maybe even some rain by 760 as a drops to the upper 60s. where going have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

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smith. he will talk about casting chemistry and how he has done it again and again. wait until you hear what the young friends did before they were famous. and and for the first time, and more than 2.5 years, the one and only valley valerie bertinelli, she has been a guest on our show so many times, she is a dressing room. now, we are going to catch up, find out her how her summer is been going and also just talk about a great meal she has for us. >> i hope she makes that chicken diet. still ahead on the third hour, this is no ordinary houseguest. we are going to introduce you to simon, is a pricing star on take tack. always ready for an adventure. you had a bones day. tomorrow, you're in for a treat, trick brooklyn's hottest new restaurant is going to beach stopping by to share his posta secrets. >> all right looking forward to that, let's grab one more check of the weather.

the we can we will start off with tomorrow spring beauty in the east, southwest, severe storm in the lower this is sebie valley, heavy really rain moving into the northwest, saturday storms, along the mid- atlantic. record highs continue in texas with a sizzling southwest and a soggy pacific northwest. and then sunday, more florida's dorms jam up to the mid- necessary ohio valley, and the scorching continues in the southwest. and more wet weather in the pacific northwest. that is what is going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i meteorologist cary hall, make sure you prepare for the really hot temperatures headed our way for today in the valley. we will reach 96 degrees, even hotter tomorrow as we get a lot of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings going up. and then for saturday, still pretty hot, sundays your data

make some outdoor plans, although we may have a few spotty showers in the north bay, san francisco also heating up to 86 degrees but feeling much nicer in time for the weekend. and that is your latest weather. >> weight, did you see savanna g waved at me? >> high five, savannah, high- fived you. how about savanna g hugged me? thank you sweetie. >> that is awesome. it's a great crowd. what are you going to try to make him go around the horn again? >> we're not going to have to do it, but i was represented in force, 10% of the group are redheads. where are y'all from? >> southwind. >> everybody's represented on the plaza. >> happy 20th birthday. >> all right, just ahead, everybody may not know his name, but they should. james burrows the tv director extraordinaire. harry smith had some amazing stories about the decades of

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spielberg of sitcoms james burrows, has been a nearly >> reporter: james burrows has been a nearly constant presence in your living room for more than 40 years. he directs sitcoms. >> i also have over 1000 stories and situations that happened to me over time. >> reporter: just think the sitcoms are parents and grandparents love. >> if you don't have a new spoon -- >> reporter: taxi. >> you should see what's written on the wall of the ladies room. >> i know what it says in there, i wrote a. >> "cheers." >> and a lot of the ones you grew up with. "frazier." >> my wife had left me, which was painful, which was painful, and then she came back to me, which was excruciating. >> reporter: and oh yes, does

he have stories to tell. the people from the cast of "friends." >> they were all six friends who were under 30 who were friends when they were casper it and they were all sweet people. and when i do a show, especially with the cast of unknown that is my job to make them like one another, or dare i say love one another. >> reporter: love, says burrows is a difference maker. >> if they feel that way about one another, that's going to translate. >> reporter: it sure did. before the show even aired, he took the young cast las vegas. >> acid guys, just want you to know that this is your last shot at anonymity. you will never be able to sit in a restaurant, or walk through casino without being mauled, once the show goes on the air. >> reporter: directed by james burrows have anecdotes aplenty. but it is also a how-to manual

for sitcom success. you talk about casting, and you talked about different people who came in who you knew instantly. how did you know? >> sometimes you know by the fact that there are 10 people that came before them are no good. >> reporter: but seriously, folks. >> we started the reading with air, we knew. it was chemistry. >> what are you doing? >> i think she sprung a leak. >> what are you talking about? >> reporter: chemistry, and the believability of one act, one character. what is the center? >> the center is the window that the audience sees. it was mary, it was newhart, it was judd hirsch, it was teddy danson, it was marek mccormick, it was ke is the person who

talks to the crazy people so it allows you to accept them. the sender believes that this person has merit. >> a catholic girl gone bad, and karen, what are you supposed to be? >> reporter: lots and lots of emmys, accolades, the respect and affection of his cast, yet, burrows let one or two shows get away, including seinfeld. >> i did the ones i wanted to do, and they turned out okay. yeah. cut to the view of the backyard, you'll see how long it is. >> reporter: james burrows has indeed prospered, but those nights back to back to back sitcoms are long gone. are the days of the sitcom, are they over? >> i have attended the funeral a number of times, they never put the casket in the ground.

>> reporter: you were the right person at the right time. >> i know, i was very lucky. >> wow. amazing read. >> reporter: he talks about, i want my people to go out to the end of the plane, go to the very end of the plane. and if you fall down, i promise i will catch you. amazing performances. one more thing, a read from the book, i believe that kindness come is the most important currency that can be traded in goodness and and hard. an amazing career. >> when other actors talk about him, they revere him, he is like their father figure. was . >> thought i was watching selling sun set. thank you. coming up next we've been waiting for this all morning, time to catch up with our dear friend valerie bertinelli. she is been through some challenging years and she believes in putting yourself

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welcome back in case you haven't notice welcome back. in case you haven't noticed, we are pretty excited about her next guest her name of course is valerie bertinelli. she's been a regular with us here on "today.". on the one who is counting the days since she's been here. so let's not wait any longer. valerie will you come on out? >> hi, guys. hi, sweetheart. >> hello, hello. >> i'm really happy to be back. >> oh, my god, i'm such a weepy little mess. >> sorry. >> by the way, we have not seen you, you sat in his chair so many times. >> why am i crying? >> because you are home. >> i have missed all of you guys so, so much. we got to play around a little

bit, by virtual, that it is just not the same. it's just -- this is -- >> and you know >>what, too? a i'm looking ndat you, so much h happened since you last sat here live in one of these chairs. >> oh, god. >> so much has happened and so much has passed, your ex- husband, eddie van halen, passed away, your son got a grammy nomination, you had a marriage that ended. so much to talk about. >> yeah, i would like to keep moving, no matter what happens. >> what did eddie's passing teacher revealed to you in your life? >> love. if there's nothing else in this world, go back to that key point that you know you have inside you, that you know that you feel for the people that are closest to you. that love, love always wins, no matter what. even when they are gone.

there still that love to be grateful for that you had. and that you had a good relationship throughout. >> good moments as well. >> near the end, i wrote about it in the book because i just thought it was something that people needed to hear that no matter what you go through, you can always find your way back to love, and forgiveness. and we were able to do that, thankfully. if we had stayed with that, i was had spent more time with him pretty i was grateful that we had that. >> i wonder, too, because you were in a relationship, at the time married. >> we were separated. >> that's a difficult thing, i was looking at your very honest in your life. divorce sucks. that's what you wrote. what sucked about it? >> because you're never going to get married thinking you're

going to get a divorce, you think it is going to last forever. and here i am a twice divorced. so i don't know everything. it sucks. it sucks because it is hard to not have a person in your life that you that you were going to spend the rest of your life with. >> you know what is great about you, and it started when you walk out here and you had tears in your eyes. sometimes when life gets tough, they become concrete, their heart is rock hard and nothing is going to get to them again, no, not you. you don't have that. >> really? because i feel like, i'm going to be more than happy to be happily divorced and spend the rest of my life alone. i will be happy that way. what with my six cats and my dog and my son and hopefully one day grandchildren. >> you don't think you will look for love? >> oh, god, no. because of the challenges i'm going through now, divorce sucks, i can never imagine trusting anyone again to get

into my life. so i've got to have some trust issues. can i just say something real quick without taking us off -- my brother, rick had open heart surgery yesterday and i just want to say hi to enzo, he's my nephew entered jessica and david, get better. stop doing this and stop scaring us. >> let us know how he was doing. >> so far, so good. >> can we just see wolf e? will he has incredibly music out. what is it like, you are writing next to them, you could to see his open road. >> just so you know, when you see your children prosper and just their eyes wide, the things that happened that they don't enjoy, just watching you there vision it has been wonderful. >> i love your love for each other and i love to hear you

joe. he's like hey, mom, arms length, let go. >> if like he lost me on instagram. >> one of the reasons we love you is because you make this lace feel like home and you are going to cook for us in a little while. you can make? >> i'm to make some ginger scallion chicken. >> if she doesn't make chicken thighs, they are going to walk you out. >> and cauliflower potato salad. >> we are going to go with you and we are going to take a little break and we will be back ce feel like home this is "today" on nbc.

we are back with a great valerie bertinelli. she's back with one of her special rep is appease. recipes. >> i've little surgical issues. these are light issues and val,

nobody wants to cook happy but we don't want to substitute labor for that. >> and you and i can a substitute play for this because this marinade does two rings. it's going to marinade or taken, it is also going to be a great sauce for the chicken thigh. >> you love chicken thighs. >> i do. >> they have so much flavor. we have a little sesame seed oil, we have some rice wine vinegar and we have some soy sauce and in their we also have some grated ginger and grated garlic and mash it up. so we are going to give it a whisk. >> this is going to your sauce? >> you can put eggrolls in this, salmon, anything you can put it on anything. by this is the sauce and we are going to take two tablespoons, and they always premeasured for me i love it. and then we are going to add some more to jazz it up. so we had some veggie oil. >> could you put on fish, too?

>> yes it would be great on fish, salmon, anything. and then we want some spice in there. so this is basaltic oil. spicy. >> when it's with the capers? >> you can put it on fish, you can put it on shrimp. okay, then what we are going to do is take our chicken thigh and this is boneless, skinless. >> how come? >> i really like to get the marinade in their, let this sit for about 30 minutes. and you can do with bone in, that is fine. this is easier to eat. we are not going to season these until right before we put them on the grill, okay? let that marinade, at least 30 minutes it could be longer. then you're going to take them out and you are going to wipe them off a little bit, just drive them off and get them onto a nice hot grill pan. >> i'm standing around.

>> i was hoping you could do this for tacos, too. >> that would be great. yeah. put on a slaw? >> i have one i'm going to show you later area >> okay, how long should this go? >> let this go for 10 minutes, the chicken will tell you when it's ready to be taken off. you don't want to rip it up or anything, once it starts to get, pop it around. >> you don't want to jerk it off the stove? >> no. you can also season it, you're going to get your pepper on there and get your salt on there. and then when you flip it, and i think we have a plate for you guys. and then we get to this. this is when it's do >> and then you put the sauce on. >> dipped it. >> what is that you're putting on the cauliflower?

>> you put your hard-boiled eggs in there, you mix it with your mail, your deal, your tribes, it's delicious. it's not potato salad, it is cauliflower salad. >> what's happening on your cooking show? >> isn't it great? >> the meat is so good. >> it is so flavorful, yeah. well valerie's home cooking is still on on the weekends and then we found another 10 more episodes that will be airing next year and then i don't know. i don't know what is next for me after that. >> wow. >> maybe i will take a long break. maybe i can do another said, i don't know. >> would you do another? >> i would love to do one with cindy burrows. >> with jimmy burrows who we

just did the story on? >> i love him. he is the best. this is really good, valerie thank you, you're going to come back and visit with us again in the fourth hour. be sure to catch new episodes of valerie's home cooking, on sunday, or you can get it stream on discovery platinum. still coming up, grab your flip-flops, hoda and jenna are taking us to the beach. good morning, everyone it is a: 56. here's a live look. the toll authority is planning

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