bridge, beautiful. thank you so much for starting your day with us. don't forget, we will be back. thank you for joining us on today in the bay. stick along. the today show starts right now. good morning.arts right now. heat blanket. warnings now issued for a staggering swath of the nation. hundreds of millions of americans baking in record highs. really hot. i mean, i can't handle. >> and the hottest day for many has yet to arrive. the sweltering forecast straight ahead. 187 minutes. former president trump's actions during the capitol insurrection. the focus of the january 6th hearings returning to prime time tonight.

we're live in washington with the key insiders set to speak. and the growing outrage over those deleted secret service text messages the committee now will never see. in court. disgraced south carolina attorney alex murdaugh moves one step closer to trial for the double murder of his wife and son. >> not guilty. >> just ahead, why murdaugh is pushing for the trial to happen sooner rather than later. shark scares. the sixth attack off the coast of new york this month. the teen bitten while surfing. how he managed to escape serious injury. and this image of a great whitewashed ashore, alarming beach goers les slowing and prices sky high, what you need to know if you're in the market to buy or sell. and top of their game. the world's best athletes celebrated at the espy awards, the night's big stars, winners, and the inspiring appearance by dick vitale.

>> perseverance, plus passion, plus pride, equals win in the game of life. >> his powerful message today, thursday, july 21st, 2022. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it is good to have you with us, thursday morning, hoda is with us. we have sheinelle with us. >> it's hot already. >> wherever you live, your feeling it. that brutal heat affecting a huge portion of the country. dangerous conditions making headlines all week. it's not close to being over. >> the northeast, it's expected to hit the mid 90s here in new rk texas and southern plains, they hit a record high of 109 in dallas yesterday.

in the southwest, death valley, living up to its helptation as the hottest place in the u.s., 123 degrees there yesterday. >> they don't call it death valley for nothing. the power grid is holding up in texas despite major concerns. we know the history there. let's start with sam brock in north texas. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning, this whole region has been baked by heat. nationally some 90 million people are under heat alert this morning. oklahoma didn't have a single city under 103 on tuesday. the good news, the electric grid is holding up. all this heat is adding fuel to the fire. the chalk mountain fire has now chewed up 6,000 acres as residents recall close encounters. >> three to four feet around it. >> reporter: the mercury reaching into the high 90s and

100s. landing five boston firefighters in the hospital this week with heat exhaustion battling flames. as a lightning strike claimed a life overnight at georgia's fort gordon, one soldier killed and another nine injured. reminder of dangerous conditions as heat blankets the nation. cities tying or breaking records. >> really hot. i mean, i can't handle it. >> reporter: a similar situation all through europe. extreme heat and drought conditions sparking wildfires. spain, italy, greece, tens of thousands forced from their homes.

this week london's fire brigade has the worst day since world war ii. president biden saying he's seen enough. >> it's a clear and present danger. the health of our citizens and communities is at stake. >> reporter: even with an aging energy grid in texas, a silver lining this week. the system has withstood record temperatures as the state's energy consumption broke a new record. yet electricity flowing to homes, keeping the air conditioners running. >> we have implemented a number of new measures over the last year to operate more conservative, make sure we have the power available to serve all texans. >> reporter: one of those messages is asking customers to conserve earlier. texas yesterday consumed more energy than new york and california combined. savannah? is it >> sam, thank you very much. dylan you're in for al

tracking the heat. what do we need to know? >> i'm going to show you a lot of numbers. there is some relief in sight in the middle of next week. right now we have heat advisories, watches, warnings in effect from coast-to-coast. as we go into the afternoon, the humidity is going to stay high and it's going to be uncomfortable through the weekend. look at the numbers the next three days, in dallas above 100 degrees, memphis up to 102 by friday and saturday. let's advance into the future. where we stay on the hot side in the southern plains. dallas stays at 102 on monday, 103 on tuesday. humidity is high, feels like it's close to 110 degrees. in the midwest, this is the area we see improvement, chicago in the low to mid 90s into saturday. but into next week, sunday 84. 82 degrees on monday and tuesday. so we are going to see relief in this part of the country. and the northeast, sunday looks like the hottest day, we are going to get a little bit of

relief from the humidity tomorrow but it builds back in saturday, 94 degrees, feels warmer, but then into monday we should drop to about 90 degrees, 87 on tuesday. still humid but we are seeing the smallest drop in those numbers. that should bring us some relief. >> good to see a break in the forecast there. dylan, thank you. in the meantime, the january 6th hearings return to primetime tonight. nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson is on the story. good morning. >> good morning. we're learning over the course of about two hours tonight we can expect to see footage we have never seen before.

from outtakes from a speech from former president trump after the attack to new footage of some members of congress escaping the house chamber and gallery this is from members of the committee, who are looking to lay out that mr. trump did nothing as the capitol was being overrun but that he also liked it. high stakes tonight with the committee in primetime set to layout what former president trump did or maybe more importantly did not do during those 187 minutes when the capitol was under attack. mr. trump waiting more than three hours before delivering a message to his supporters. >> so go home, we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: mr. trump releasing a message with a different tone on january 7th. >> to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. >> reporter: committee members saying they have outtakes of that speech that will be shown in that hearing. >> the president had difficulty with his remarks.

>> it will be significant what the president was willing to stay and what he wasn't willing to say. >> reporter: the goal to go through all of mr. trump's decision making as the riot unfolded. >> this was a dereliction of duty of the president. and we're going to talk in depth about the events that happened. >> reporter: it comes as the january 6th committee chair is now criticizing the secret service, suggesting the agency might have broken the law by not doing a better job keeping records of text messages from employees related to the attack. messages the committee wanted to see but that were deleted in 2021 when the secret service said agency phones were reset as part of a planned migration. some lawmakers frustrated that the agency didn't do more to preserve the records even after three reminders to do so. including one before january 6th.

now as the committee starts to wrap up this round of public hearings, attorney general, merrick garland, is pledging the justice department's investigation will follow the law. >> no person is above the law in this country. >> reporter: so as for the live witnesses tonight they'll include two people from the trump administration. matthew pottinger and sarah matthews. both were at the white house on the sixth, both resigned after the attack. the committee is previewing more hearings down the road before the final result this fall. >> you have new poll numbers on how the hearings have been received. >> it's been a question. this new poll out this morning shows a majority of americans, nearly 60% are paying some

attention to the hearings. about half think former president trump should be charged with a crime, that falls on party lines. another question has been has this changed anybody's minds. and at this point the polling says not so much. the numbers have been where they've always been as whether people see january 6th as a threat to democracy. with one exception, independent voters now more than half call it an insurrection, that's up 9% from last year. what happened on january 6th doesn't appear to be a top voting issue. inflation and abortion rights seem to be the top for voters. >> nbc will bring you the hearing, live coverage starts at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific. you can find it on nbc news online as well. to the war in ukraine. coming up later we'll hear from ukraine's first lady, she sat down with peter alexander during her trip to washington. but first a rare interview with the head of the cia. andrea mitchell spoke with him on a wide range of issues including the war in ukraine. she joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the cia director, a former u.s. ambassador to russia is one of

the world's top experts on vladimir putin and the last u.s. official to meet face-to-face with the russian leader before he invaded ukraine. i spoke with director burns about putin's state of mind and his goals as russia is expanding its military efforts now. nearly five months into its brutal war on ukraine, russia's military assaults on the country remain relentless. saying it will move beyond the donbas region in eastern ukraine to threaten other areas including odesa, with a grinding war of attrition. >> so he can strangle the economy, wear down european publics and leaderships and the united states. putin was wrong in his assumptions about breaking the alliance and breaking ukrainian will before the war began and i think he's just as wrong now. >> reporter: russia's cost is high, around 15,000 troops dead.

and three times as many injured. so this week moscow turning to iran for armed drones. what are the implications of this new stronger alliance of adversaries. >> the purpose of those drones is to kill ukrainian civilians in a brutal and unprovoked war of aggression. >> reporter: as he waged war, he was plagued with rumors about his health. would you describe him as unstable? unhealthy? >> as far as we can tell he's entirely too healthy. >> reporter: against a backdrop of war and support for ukraine, wnba star brittney griner has been detained in russia for more than five months. overnight a tribute for her at the espy awards. >> we cannot stop fighting for her, we cannot stop believing for her and we will not stop hoping for the day we can welcome her home safely. >> these are awful and shameful steps to hold american citizens

for political leverage as well. i mean, in brittney griner's case my heart goes out to her wife and her family as well. >> reporter: in addition to all of the other global crises, the cia is now also assessing how climate change will create new conflicts over food and water and covid as well of course. i also asked director burns about the possibility of china invading taiwan. he believes that president xi jinping is determined to take control of taiwan, it's not a matter of if but when but he's learned from russia's experience in ukraine a quick victory only comes by using overwhelming force. >> we should mention the nbc universal news group is the media partner of the aspen security forum. alex murdaugh pleading not guilty to murder charges in the killing of his wife and son. stephanie gosk is here with more. >> reporter: this is a story that's brought media scrutiny to a small south carolina town and

one of the state's prominent families. alex murdaugh appeared in court yesterday. he said he believes the killer or killers are still at large. >> alex murdaugh appeared in court wednesday to enter his plea charged with killing his wife and son last summer. >> are you guilty or not guilty of the felonies you stand indicted >> not guilty. >> reporter: he is behind bars as he awaits trial the judge considering a gag order. >> this case needs to be tried in the courtroom. >> reporter: his day in court brings him one step closer to facing a jury after a 13 month investigation into the murders of his wife and their 22-year-old son. mccullough is on another case involving murdaugh and his son paul >> how unusual is it for the state to take more than a year

to bring murder charges? if they feel like the evidence is strong. >> circumstantial evidence cases are hard and when you have to rely on that evidence, you want to take your time and and methodical. >> reporter: murdaugh's wife and son were found shot to death outside of their south carolina estate last june alex murdaugh maintains his innocence. his attorneys previously released a statement saying in part their client did not have anything to do with the murders of maggie and paul he loved them more than anything in the world. sources close to the investigation tell nbc news authorities took more than a year to charge murdaugh to ensure a thorough investigation and they compiled evidence the public has not heard including cell phone video they believe puts murdaugh at the scene of the crime before it

took place but would also contradict his time line of events adding to the intrigue, a series of strange incidents following the double homicide like a failed suicide scheme when murdaugh allegedly planned for a man to shoot him so his other son could get his insurance policy in a joint motion the prosecution and defense said they'd like to see a speedy trial. murdaugh and his team hoping for it to start by october or november. newly released video showing a chase through the streets of new york city. the officer involved not in a car or on foot but rather on horseback. look at this, you can see him here talking to a suspected thief, the man takes off running and the pursuit begins you can see the horse

maneuvering through oncoming traffic as it runs down the street this happened near times square, to give you perspective, the entire chase lasted a little over 20 seconds, the suspect is grabbed by other officers on foot he was charged with robbery and criminal possession. >> if you're in a car, you couldn't keep up. >> in traffic. no so the horse the only way to go. we have a chance of stronger storms today in the northeast, especially acr baking heat, dry conditions, fire risk out west because it's been so dry with little rain and hot temperatures not helping once again we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds >> and that's your latest forecast.

it is a cloudy start for san francisco. a live look right now. here is a closer look at your forecasted highs for this afternoon. we will be in the 60s around the coast and 70s in oakland and 90s through the interior. 95 for concord. a closer day at your seven day forecast. that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan thank you. >> dylan, thank you. coming up with interest rates rising and sales slowing tom costello is helping us make sense of the housing market.

we need help, tom. >> reporter: it could be good news if you're ready to buy. maybe not so good news if you're trying to sell we're going to talk about the interest rate equation and how it is really impacting the market right now, guys also ahead an alarming new shark attack, a teen bitten while surfing at a popular summer destination how he is doing and another predator that washed ashore in another spot look at that but first, this is "today" on

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♪ ♪ we're back, 7:30, thursday morning. everybody is hot blooded right now, this is a popular spot today, water park in plano, texas, already 86 degrees there. going to hit 99 this afternoon, and that's not a dry heat. that's a wet heat. humidity. >> that place will be busy later today. >> jacob soboroff joins us you're from out west. >> i'm a fan of the splash pad. >> we'll start with your 7:30

headlines, we start in uvalde, texas, the school superintendent is representing the district police chief be fired for his handling of the robb elementary shooting arredondo was placed on administrative leave following the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. he and other officers have been heavily criticized waiting more than an hour to confront the gun man. several passengers were hurt yesterday after their plane hit turbulence mid flight. family and friends gathered in new york city yesterday to celebrate the life of ivana, trump. the former wife of the former president was remembered as a tough business and trail blazer. mr. trump attended the service along with the couple's three children ivanna trump died last week

after a fall in her townhouse. she was 73 years old we have new shark concerns after yet another attack at a beach in new york. >> it came the same day that a great whitewashed up dead on a nearby beach ann thompson has more for us this is scary. good morning. >> reporter: it is scary, but we have good news to start with this morning that teenager you mentioned, he is on the mend after encountering a shark in the waters off of new york's popular fire island.

including members of details who those may be. and the press who interacted with the president during yesterday's travel, the president's last previous test as we just reported was on tuesday when his test result was negative. he was at church when he got back from overseas on sunday, very briefly we did see him

again publicly as i noted yesterday, but his public appearances have been quite limited so for now we only have a limited view of who he would have been around in the course of the last couple of days, last 48 hours where we may have been in a position toin feck others around him but those are the questions here at white house. >> and you started to touch on this peter, but it is worth repeating and getting into the specifics of it. because the president, any president is well protected, a president who is 79 years old in the face of a covid pandemic all the more so. and there are protocols that he has been observing since he came into office about who could have contact with the president and what you have to establish to become in close contact with the president. you could walk us through that. >> yeah. you're exactly right. the white house has been very strict in these protocols and frankly for the course of the time that -- since this presidency began, in order to be in what we describe as the press

pool, the group that would interact with the president in some close space, you would have to test negative that day. if you were being invited into the oval office, you would have to have a negative test. and that wasn't unique to the press. that applies to the member of korld and the world leaders an the members of the president's own staff who we would see wearing different neon bracelets over the last couple of years, that would indicate that they were negative as you walked around campus. and if you were positive, you were not not allows on campus but you would have to test negative after a period of i believe it was ten days. i tested positive a while back and those restrictions were certainly applied to me as they are applied to everybody else. so the effort was to make sure that anybody who came into the proximity with the president had to have those tests. there were obviously large events, big gatherings on the south lawn, not every individual

who gathered for that would need to be tested but for events behind closed doors in the roosevelt room or the situation room or in the oval office, those individuals would have been tested and it would apply to the individuals most often who would be in the first rows of some of the public events that the president would be holding here at the white house. savannah, all an effort to try to keep the president as safe as possible. for those of us just joining us now, we do want to repeat just this morning the white house is saying that president biden now for the first time has tested positive for covid 19. he has been fully vaccinated and twice boosted and now gun the course of paxlovid, the five-day course, you take a couple of pills in the morning, a couple of pills at night. and as the white house described it right now, he is dealing with what they call, quote, very mild symptoms. >> let's turn to dr. cavita patel to walk us through. someone in this scenario.

79 years old and vaccinated and boosted. but what is your take on the president's positive diagnosis and the paxlovid now being administered. >> two points of interest. we know it is highly likely he's been infected with the ba.5 variant and there is updated show that paxlovid works against ba.5 but much less than the other variants. so i think taking all of that into consideration, this the best course of treatment for someone not just of his age but boosted. i'll just say as a side note, most patients that have it will do bound, fine and remember dr. fauci finished his course and had symptoms improve and then actually return. so, it is incredibly important. >> doctor, what is -- when your a physician treating here, what is the decision when you're looking at should we do the paxlovid which is the

therapeutic pill versus the monoclonal antibodies. are they not as effective against ba.5. how does that decision-making process play out. >> you are spot on. the monoclonal antibodies, we have a huge pana pleaa to choose from, but the truth is we really only have one that we could use for treatment. and it also has been reduced and in terms of its ability to prevent people from having hospitalizations and deaths. so, paxlovid, for a lot of people, including what was said, you take it five days and then it is much easier unless you have contraindications. there are some that can't terrorism paxlovid. but it is a more obvious choice if you are overall healthy, vaccinated plus boosted times two. i'm glad he got that second booster. it couldic ma the whole difference. >> and we've just heard from dr. jill biden who the white house

reports has tested negative. she's on travel in detroit and just spoke to reporters i believe. let's play it. >> my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he's doing fine. he's feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i'm keeping masked and so i'd like to go and see the program here, learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. so, thank you for being here today. >> how are you doing? you must be concerned. >> dr. jill biden who is got an event in detroit dr. jill biden addressing reporters on the news that her husband, president biden has tested positive for covid. she has just mentioned tested negative this morning. that's a live picture. she's now inside that event carrying on, but according to cdc guidelines, because she is a close contact wearing that mask. so we'll continue to watch those

pictures. i want to turn to dr. patel, just on this issue of the ba.5 variant. we're assuming this is the variant that he has, and there is no way for us to know right now. i just noted, when you go to the march 2020 version there's been a general trend, i think you'd agree of the virus becoming more contagious, but hopefully less virulent. is that the case with ba.5? >> yes. that's the case. the data supports even though this is the most infectious version of covid we've seen that it is not more severe. savannah, that doesn't mean that people always do fine. in fact, we're seeing people who have been boosted and are hospitalized especially if they're over the age of 60 which is why it's critical that president biden receive not just that immediate treatment, but that he will obviously have ongoing monitoring. i have no doubt they'll do genetic sequencing to figure out which variant he has and there

are other things we can offer him and feeling fine, relatively speaking in the hospital and we do finally have these treatments to offer and ba.5, it's just another highlight that it's incredibly serious and real and people need to take any symptoms they have seriously and get tested and treated. we just heard our white house correspondent walking through some of the protocols that are in effect at the white house, and it speaks to the fact that ba.5 is so contagious because according to white house protocol you can't get near the president without a negative test, and there are breakthrough infections and it is perfect. >> you can have a negative test and obviously this is what happened. the president probably had negative tests surrounding him on his foreign trip, domestically, but obviously someone can turn positive without realizing it because you can be asymptomatic and positive for a period of time, and in

this case, contact tracing, trying to figure out who is vulnerable around the president and that's why dr. biden's comment about masking is critical. in this scenario i would expect everyone on that white house campus to be in masks if they'll be near the positive. >> doctor, stand by as we continue the conversation. i want to go back to the white house, and peter alexander is there and i understand you have dr. jha. >> we just saw dr. jha, president biden started his paxlovid course, and the symptoms as he describes them, the president is tired, a runny nose and a dry cough. dr. jha said president biden went to bed last night and didn't feel well and tested positive this morning. when asked about it

specifically, the level of concern, a white house official tells nbc news, quote, very, very low. he feels fine at this time so it's a little better color about the experience that the president is having personally as it relates to covid-19. obviously, those first few days after you test positive can be the most uncomfortable for anyone who has had this virus so far and it's a good indication that right now his symptoms appear to be as they describe them, particularly mild. >> as it relates to jill biden, you did hear from her a moment ago and i've been speaking to her press secretary by press and he tells me, as you saw she was wearing a mask in detroit, that dr. jill biden, the first lady is now according to the cdc guidance considered a close contact. she is following the guidance when it comes to masking and distancing, but that she will keep her schedule in michigan and she's in the detroit area and later this afternoon as she heads to georgia and president

jill biden and she is according to her office right now going to continue with her schedule as planned. savannah, as we've been reporting he will continue to participate this morning meeting with some of his aides via zoom and conducting phone calls, as well, but obviously, he will be kept in isolation for an extended period of time which we believe will be five days. >> walk us through the protocols that the white house did in order to be in close proximity to the president. having had a negative test were then people wearing masks? i know masks were no longer required campus wide at the white house, but what if you were in close proximity to the president? >> if you were in close proximity to the president, that's a good question. i don't know ftc rules said if you must wear a mask. usually when we were around the president we would wear masks, but frankly, when you're in close proximity after testing negative you were no longer

required to wear masks and i know individuals had not out of an abundance of caution, in the nbc space which is quite small, we did wear masks and i don't know if you had to wear a mask if you were any specific distance. if any of the protocols do change today, i'm guessing we will see several of the president's top aides and advisers and others who have met with him in the course of the last 24, 48, 72 hours mask up out of an abundance of caution as they continue their schedule over the course of the day. as i speak to you right now we're exchanging text messages and others who are on employ qaa us to get a better sense of how this will impact their plans throughout this day and obviously this throws a wrench into the president's travels and fresh off a foreign trip and we'll continue to work on that. >> let me turn back to dr. patel. i want to ask you what the

gestation period is. what's the best information we have now between a positive diagnosis and when covid is contracted? it's hard to do the forensics here and everyone understands it's highly speculative and covid, between when you get it versus when you turn out positive, how long is that time period generally? >> the average time period has shortened, savannah. it could be on average 48 to 72 hours. wooe we're talking exposure likely in the last two or three days from when symptoms started and i believe they started yesterday just about the comment about feeling tired and then you go backward. we've seen exposure as far as serve to ten days and those are outliers and i would say this is an exposure much closer in time and because he has such a rigorous testing protocol, it was highly sensitive in catching

it the first minute that he exhibited and was able to take that test and have a positive test. it's a reminder, and i hope that the white house personnel not just for those around him that this can spread very quickly with a super spreader event in the administration. this is a word of caution that everyone should probably wear a mask even if they test negative. >> we know the president is taking paxlovid. he took his first dose according to dr. jha. paxlovid is a therapy and doesn't prevent covid and it's supposed to shorten the severity of the symptoms and how effective has it been? >> the studies show a reduction of hospitalization up to 88% of people who take paxlovid of those high risk and they're unvaccinated people that the studies were done on. they include some vaccinated people later and that number has

been brought down, and it blocks the replication of the virus. it is important to take it as early as you can in your diagnosis. i'm sure your colleagues have said this, it tastes like you're sucking on pennies. there is a taste that's so noxious, they can't handle the taste. five days and other than the taste and stomach upset it's relatively well tolerated and these are drugs we've used before in other viral illnesses. we have experience with them. >> want to turn to peter alexander. i understand a letter from the white house physician is expected soon? >> yeah, that's exactly right. we do expect to hear from the president's physician in a matter of moments from now. i keep checking my phone as we speak. it's worth noting his second booster shot office may -- excuse me, march 30th. i want to make sure i get that right. yeah. on march 30th. the new information that we're learning from the white house is that the press secretary karrine

st. pierre will brief reporters at some point. no time has been set. she'll be joineded by dr. ashish jha who has become familiar across the country for his expertise on this issue and the coordinator and the press secretary and the covid coordinator expected to brief reporters and the american public at some point over the course of this day as we have more details on that, we will share them with you, as well. >> stay there, peter. we continue to cover this breaking news story. president biden contracting covid. he tested positive this morning. the white house describes his symptoms as mild. dr. ashish jha who is the covid coordinator says he has a dry cough and feeling run down, but otherwise feeling fine. he is on paxlovid, an antiviral therapy and a drug taken in the early hours of the diagnosis as has happened here. i want to turn to dr. natalie azar.

along with the paxlovid that has been prescribed, you have a president who is 79 years old and you have a system set up where he can be monitored very closely. in that scenario what would you expect his treating physician and how he would handle these coming days? >> absolutely, savannah. also with the treatment of paxlovid, the president is taking medications for his chronic health conditions and one of which is a staten which is a cholesterol-lowering medication that has an interaction with paxlovid so people will probably not be taking that for the next cuffel of days and in terms of monitoring for his symptoms, savannah has been drilled into us for the next few years. they'll be monitoring his oxygen saturation and whether or not he'll be developing a worsening cough, high fever or shortness of breath that would indicate what is presumed to right now be an upper respiratory tract infection that that could move down into the lungs and cause

pneumonia. of course, that's the most serious concern in the first couple of days while he's taking the medication. >> and i was just talking to dr. patel about this, but what is the best information about this subvariant ba.5, the subvariant of the omicron variant and there's a spectrum and when you go back to the march 2020 persian of covid and then you have delta and omicron and where does that fit in the spectrum of how severe the symptoms can be. >> it is considered the most transmissible thus far particularly of the omicron variant and because of that we have seen a commensurate rise in cases and in hospitalizations, but noter inially with the speed that we saw the original omicron surge and that is because we have a significant amount of immunity in the population now with vaccination as well as

infection. so it's certainly in everyone's favor, if you will, but to your point and to discussing why this is significant is that older age, underlying medical conditions in spite of the fact that we know that it's more transmissible, but not necessarily more virulent, i.e., causing more severe disease, older populations are still vulnerable, and so we are seeing an increase in the number of death, but again, not at the same rate that we were seeing with the original omicron variant, savannah. >> all right. let me go back to peter alexander. we heard from dr. patel that the gestation period and the infection to when you get a positive test is generally 24 to 48 hours, two to three days and it would be outside of that foreign travel that he just took. so walk us through what he was doing and who he might have had

interactions with and what these last days, monday, tuesday, wednesday looked like for him? >> to this point the only confirmed contact is dr. jill biden, the first lady is considered a close contact. her press secretary sharing that with me and beyond that, we do not know who will officially be determined to be a close contact, but we can give you a sense of what his last several days have looked like. most notably, the president did travel from here in washington tomas mas yesterday for some remarks he delivered on the state of the climate and some of his infrastruck are goals there, and he was met and traveled at times with some of the individuals of the massachusetts delegation. the senators from that state, elizabeth warren and ed markey was among those. the entire event took place outside and air force one and whom the president would have been visiting with in his cabin as he was briefed on the events

of that day and those are details that we'll try to answer. obviously, each day the president does receive the presidential daily briefing where he receives the best intelligence that the u.s. has obtained from around the globe. those individuals who would have provided that information for him and sometimes thee best of . he arrives late on saturday from the middle east and flying back from saudi arabia after meeting with nine arab leaders on friday night, meeting with muhammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, but as you noted that would have been before that window and while they were inside they were unmasked and also what you would view as more than six feet away. they were sitting across a wide table. the president also attended church on sunday afternoon.

that was more than 72 hours that those individuals could be on a heightened state of alert given their proximity to the president. those are questions we're trying to sort out right now. again, to this point the best information that we have is that only the first lady has been determined to be a close contact. >> peter, we just received the letter from the white house, and from dr. kevin o'connor, physician to the president. let me just read it since we're on air tlthd. this morning it's part of the screening for the president that the covid virus was detected by antigen testing, pcr testing, i won't say it all. on testing, president biden is experiencing minor symptoms, a runny nose with an occasional dry cough which started yesterday evening and he meets the food and drug administration authorization for paxlovid and i have begun initiating that treatment and we think, know that that has happened. the president is fully vehicles

vaccinated and i anticipate that he will respond positively, and early paxlovid in this case provides additional protection against severe disease and he will isolate according to cdc recommendations and i will continue to update with changes on his condition. the white house physician mem memorandum to karrine st. pierre. dr. patel, the physician makes a good point if you are vaccinated and have both boosters you will have a better experience with covid than if you were totally unprotected. >> that's absolutely right. >> i think that's why there is a debate among physicians about whether or not someone would need paxlovid and the president's age and just the fact that he is such a national security leader. there's no question that this is the right treatment for him, but certainly boosted, vaccinated and if you were otherwise healthy and younger, we have not

necessarily been automatically taking paxlovid. as you remember with president trump was so threatening because we didn't have much to offer and now we can actually have some security that the president will do fine. we fully expect him to not only recover, but hopefully be able to contain the spread of this because of the testing, masking and protocols that are in place. >> immunity from that second booster, we are told, wanes after about four months and just to do the math. he's nine days short of that, because it was march 30th that he received the second booster. >> right. >> want to go to peter alexander and i believe we have a sound bite from speaker pelosi and let's hear her response to the news. >> on my way here i heard that our president was diagnosed with covid. i understand the symptoms are light. i hope they continue to be so.

that was my experience, and i hope that that's the case for the president. >> speaker pelosi just a few moments ago hearing had the news about president biden's tighe diagnosis and a positive test of covid-19, and he is experiencing a runny nose, dry cough and fatigue and he has started, of course, paxlovid. let's go to peter. i know you have more reaction coming out of washington now. >> yeah. nancy pelosi was one of those that tested positive after being with president biden, and she tested positive the next day and remarkably the president did not have covid at that time. it was interesting to hear her symptoms were quite mild and got out of it very quickly. the minority leader mitch mcconnell from kentucky who nbc caught up to as he was departing from the senate chamber just moments ago and asked for reaction to the president's positive test. he said i am hoping he gets well

soon and doesn't have difficulty getting past it. that's the latest from mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi from capitol hill right now. again, the best information we get nexted would come in the form of a priefing to the secretary and to this point you are hearing from the president's own doctor and from others who are involved in his medical treatment, dr. ashish jha among them and an effort from the white house as they've communicated from the start to be as transparent as possible if there were any positive tests. we'll continue asking these questions and see what better answers we can continue to get. >> peter, stand by there. we want to bring in former press secretary jen psaki who is on the phone with us. i know you're quite familiar with the protocols and protections surrounding the president. peter walked us through. we know to be close in proximity with the president you had to have a negative covid test. would you then be required to wear a mask if you would be in

the oval office or some indoor setting with the president? >> that was physically the protocol, savannah, and good morning. that was typically the protocol in the white house and meetings in the white house, but it's important to remember that the president does not only conduct business of being president in the white house and most recently on a foreign trip, of course, he does domestic travel where he engages with people in person and people are not always required to wear masks when they're attending events or in meetings outside the white house. >> you obviously held this position until quite recently as the white house press secretary. we learned that there will be a briefing later on with the press secretary, with dr. jna who is the covid coordinator and is also involved in the president's care. take us inside a moment like this at the white house. what is the number one concern you have as you're giving the american people about this president that he has contracted covid? >> i think there are two big concerns and one is to be as

transparent as possible and you don't want to have a mystery as to how the president is doing and what his health looks like and that is the reason why i suspect they put out this morning that he's experiencing mild symptoms and he's begun to take paxlovid. the second concern is making sure over the coming days and nobody knows when he'll test positive even if he's taking paxlovid which will shorten that, but making sure that he is working. and that will be something that they'll have to plan out for every day. showing him on the phone with congressional leaders, foreign leaders and engaging in the business of doing his job. the white house is set up to do that, but they need to visually show the american public he is doing that and i'm sure that's in this moment. >> let me turn to dr. patel, as mentioned, the president is 79 years old and we know that covid has been tough or the elderly than it has on other populations, however, on the plus side for him he is

vaccinated and twice boosted. the fact that he is showing symptoms, this isn't just a positive test. he is showing symptoms. what do you make of that? >> number one, it just reveals how ba.5 is not just more infectious, but we know that the mutations lend itself to getting lower into the respiratory part, kind of in the bottom of the lung list, savannah. we are seeing people who have a positive test and then they're done. you'll hear people say i did have symptoms and they're much easier to manifest quickly and i want to remind people that even though he's had the four shots, as you mentioned, the last one was in march and we have memory cell immunity and with older people they lose immunity faster than younger adults. all of those factors combined we have to keep vigilance, which is why i'm concerned about a trend where i'm seeing older people

vaccinated and hospitalized. so early dogue nosis and treatment and certainly surrounding people is key. the follow-up, long covid. we are seeing so many people vaccinated, boosted and infected and weeks out having these persistent symptoms. i think the president is going to be constantly checked from a medical standpoint that want to check in with him how he's doing overall and make sure that even months out if they're not feeling symptoms on this. long covid is a phenomenon that many, many poem people at any age and what's important about that right now? >> savannah, it is an important thing. there are a couple of types

present more with pulmonary, heart, lung, persistent shortness of breath after infection. some folks have more significant neurological side effects search as cognitive fogginess and headaches and perhaps the most disturbing are folks that really are having symptoms that are quite characteristic of what we know as chronic fatigue syndrome with this debilitating fatigue and the inability to engage in their normal lives withe and so and so forth. it is a retrogenous, and there's no one diagnosis and the cdc has four weeks or longer with infection it may come and go. the studies are heterogenous and these patients all the while are suffering quite significantly. the best case scenario is those that have a long tail, that is a

symptom that they had from the beginning that doesn't get better, but it doesn't impact their daily lives. the prevalence of this is anywhere between 10% to 30% depending on what study you read. >> i was just looking at one who said one in five who have gotten covid are saying they're experiencing long covid. is there any connection, dr. azar, with how virulent and how strong the symptoms are to give you long covid? are there symptoms to give you hope that you won't get long covid? >> well, there it is. it's a bit of a double-edged sword. if you did have a more severe illness, for example, if you were in the icu and had a more significant infection initially that you are more likely to experience long term symptoms and we all know and i've certainly had these patients who were young and otherwise healthy

living a robust life, it can be debilitating. we see demographic characteristics that point to a greater risk in certain individuals and certainly vaccination does reduce the risk mostly by reducing severity of infection and likelihood of infection. >> dr. patel, let me get you in on the issue of paxlovid and we talked a few moments ago that the president has administered his first dose of paxlovid which is the antiviral therapy if you take it in the early days that is said to reduce the severity in the illness. as you mentioned there are some who reported this rebound effect and they feel better and days or weeks later it seems to come back. what do we know about that? has it been established or is it anecdotal at some point? >> in the study i see 1% to 3% of patients in the rebound effect and leading to that emergency authorization, but we

have real world data, if you will that shows that there's a higher percentage. i'm sure all of us know somebody that said yeah, we have a rebound and dr. fauci one of the prominent cases. we are not allowed to prescribe a longer course than five days. typically, people will take five days, feel better and test negative, and a pcr will likely be positive from days to weeks. a rapid antigen is very helpful to show that you cleared the symptoms and some of the infectious piece, but moving on that, they experience days later a rebound of symptoms, some say worse than their original illness, but here's what the most important fact is, we have not seen cases of rebound end up in the hospital. the drug is still preventing people from hospitalization and death. >> i would think that that -- that physicians who were considering whether or not to give him paxlovid, obviously that cost benefits analysis would have been at the forefront

of their minds and they thought better to prescribe this. >> yes. absolutely. that's why, again, because of his age and the statistics around the infectiousness of ba.5, along with the fact that we're in the middle of a surge, he is someone that is way too important to take a risk with for any reason. so this was the first obvious treatment and we're limited because monoclonals as we talked about are less effective against ba.5. >> dr. patel, thank you very much. dr. azar, and jen psaki and white house correspondent peter alexander. as we close for the moment. president biden tested positive for covid this morning. he reported to his doctors having a dry cough and a poor night's sleep and with a runny nose and the white house describing the symptoms as mild. he was prescribed paxlovid that is supposed to reduce the severity and length of the

illness. president biden will continue to work. and jen biden is continuing her work, and this has been an nbc news special report and much more tonight on "nightly news" this evening. i'm we are we're back with your help thj m health this morning. the fake online reviews and impact they can have when you're looking for a medical professional >> yeah, kate snow is looking into this. good morning first kate snow is here with a warning about online reviews everyone needs to hear good morning.

>> good morning. the truth is, there are many people making money selling fake reviews for medical professionals and trusting a fake review can even hurt you. when we go for medical help as many as 70 of us go for an online certain but be aware the five-star rating may not be what it appears. there are groups devoted to selling, trading fake news. >> some are trading positive reviews and others are buying positive reviews >> yeah. there is a open marketpl. >> katie dean started digging into online review fraud after her own bad experience here is someone promising to pay $100 per review and another offers five-star reviews to understand what a fake review of a medical professional looks

like, she pointed us to this den sift pointed us to this dentist with hundreds of five-star reviews on yelp and has pictures of a-listers on his yelp page but yelp has pulled down some of his glowing reviews after concluding they were paid for. dean found suspicious reviews that yelp later took down. the exact same words written by people in different cities on different days. >> the words are the same. this is the place to go if you're looking to do a full smile makeover. >> copy, pasted fake reviews. >> it's not just yelp. on google reviews we found this post. >> this person said she addressed my concerns, did a good job, the doctor is male. >> that's a red flag, sure. >> dean also mapped out facebook reviewers on a spread sheet. >> eight of those patients use the same peru travel company. >> and the same lock smith in england, and garage door company in nevada.

what's the most logical explanation? >> they're all fake. >> reporter: this woman said she went to the doctor because of the five-star rating at the top of his page. >> i started reading people's experiences and they were so happy. >> reporter: she told us she cut off her treatment plan early, disappointed by the results and after a friend pointed her to a number of one star reviews, which she had to scroll down to the bottom of the yelp page to find under a section of reviews not recommended. >> i started seeing a lot of very upset people with his services that really made me worry. >> reporter: unlike the main yelp page, that not recommended section lists one star reviews first. when this patient read those reviews, she got a completely different picture.

>> if i did know about that section, i would have not gone and had this entire mess started. >> reporter: she's on the hook for more than $8,000 people relying on the reviews likely have no idea that the california dental board is seeking disciplinary action against him, citing allegations of gross negligence, unprofessional conduct he did not respond to request for comments on his yelp page he responded to a negative review saying we stand behind our work and if patients are not happy with our work we redo them how can you look out for reviews, be aware of a number of five star reviews following a negative one look past the stars and skim the test to see if details make sense for that business. if you're going to search for a doctor or dentist online, take some time, your health could be at stake >> yelp, google, meta all say fake reviews are prohibited on their platforms. last year yelp closed 85,000 user accounts due to potentially

fraudulent or abusive behavior as for facebook groups you can sell or trade reviews, they took down the groups we asked about and remember the section of not recommended reviews, the patient wished she had seen sooner we asked yelp why that exists. they say the section is for reviews that their algorithm determines is less helpful or biassed. >> very eye opening. makes you want to go back to word of mouth. >> that's what experts say, ask a friend. >> ask around. kate, thank you very much. time for another check of the weather, dylan. >> yes, we are still talking about the heat through the middle of the country, down south into the northeast it's hot everywhere, dry out west we have a chance of some isolated severe storms today, especially across new england and strong sto >> white party in san francisco. current temperatures come out

the door, in the 50s. look at our afternoon highs, we are going to be in the 60s in san francisco. then, we have a couple of 70s around oakland, down to the south bay. 82 degrees for san jose. cool to hot microclimates, >> don't forget we're on the radio too listen to us at sirius xm channel 108 >> we're everywhere. >> it's pop start. >> yes house of dragon, cue the game of thrones theme song we're getting a peek at the spin off series. it's set to take place 200 years before game of thrones house of dragons, everybody has their eye on one thing, the iron throne >> i consider the matter urgent. that of your succession. >> who else would have a claim >> the first born child. >> no queen has ever sat the

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>> you can check out ryan and rob's attempt to turn that football club into a heck of an under dog story when it premiers on fx next month. next up, gwyneth paltrow, catching up with her in the hamptons she opened up about what it was like to step back from hollywood, to grow her business into a luxury brand worth more than $250 million. and she told willie about juggling her favorite roles these days, that's ceo and mom of two teens >> you work here at the shop. >> may i help you? >> i'm looking for sleep milk. >> really? >> yeah. >> you've come to the right place. >> gwyneth paltrow likes to dabble in the details. massaging just about every aspect of the company she has grown from a simple newsletter to a global brand valued at more than $250 million. >> i never felt very fully comfortable being in the public

eye to that degree adore. >> the 49-year-old is more ready in her role as ceo, as wife, and as mom to two teenagers she shares with ex-husband chris martin. >> i do have one going off to college. you realize how finite, it went so quickly >> when you think about the hollywood side of your life now, what does it take to get you involved >> i mean, if my husband was

doing something and wanted me to do it, i would do it >> you can catch their full conversation this weekend on sunday today you got a chance to spend time with her >> yeah. i go to go to a pj party. >> so fun. >> you know what i love about this we're in our pjs and she's better at the irish good-bye that i am. she slipped out, i slipped out, in bed by 9:00 i said 8:30, she said it was 9:00 give us credit. >> i slept in those pjs, of course. >> that was my question. >> can i be pop start correspondent for one second >> sure. >> an old clip from trl, look at you, has been exploding all over the internet it's because of the new mr. and mrs. affleck but look at how this conversation between carson and j-lo 20 years ago predicted the surprising vegas nuptials. >> how are you guys going to do like a wedding how are you going to try and -- is there a deserted-enough island >> i don't know. >> why don't you guys get like that -- what would be the plane -- get like bigger than a g-4, get it in the air -- >> vegas >> vegas there you go.

>> did you remember that >> i forgot all about it. >> you are viral it's all over the internet. >> there's another clip of me and kid rock talking about a new york real estate magnet who would become president 15 years later, donald trump. >> really? >> no, i'm kidding >> i was going to say, carson what's going to happen in the future >> no, but that was crazy. >> do you remember that time >> i do. j-lo was at trl all the time, she was dating puffy, who i was friends with, and then she did gili, the movie, met ben, and all of a sudden was dating ben >> you are an oracle. >> and 20 years later. >> what's happening in 20 years from now >> i'll tell you after the break. >> okay. coming up if you never feel well rested even after a full night's sleep do not go anywhere we'll talk to to an expert about the surprising takeaway from a new study. plus a new round of sizzling steals and deals

more from jill and the folks on our plaza after your local news. ♪ >> a very good morning to you, it is a: 26, i'm laura garcia. we're following breaking news, president joe biden has tested positive for covid-19. he is fully vaccinated and twice boosted. according to white house statements, biden is experiencing very mild symptoms. a deadly double shooting in east bay is under investigation. it happened after 1:00 a.m., in antioch, and west d street. police say one person died and the other is in critical condition. a look at our forecast --

>> we are starting out in the 50s. it is hazy and muggy outside. right now, a live look in san jose. you can see some skies. but, meanwhile through san francisco, we have been cloudy and foggy all morning long. expect to see the temperatures climb from the 50s, into the 80s and 90s, especially for the interior valleys. that is going to warm up fast, around here. especially into the afternoon. meanwhile, daytime highs can be in the 60s. at least through the coastline. take a look at morgan hill, 94 degrees. areas around concorde and livermore, 95. ura? >> lath

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spring daisy how is that possible do you have a check of the weather? >> you're requesting rain in your neck of the woods but it looks like it rained on your poster where do you live? >> san antonio, texas. >> it's hot and dry, and unfortunately more of the same going into the weekend maybe when al is back we can change up the forecast a little bit. going into this weekend we are going to see hot, dry conditions especially down through texas into the mid atlantic, the northeast, severe storms possible on saturday across the upper midwest but not a lot going on across the country besides the heat on sunday in the northeast we'll likely see records

the warmest of this stretch. >> we need rain in california, too. for now, we have the fog in san francisco. this is how we are starting our morning, in the 50s, and cloudy. by the afternoon, we will get nice clearing, especially for inland areas. it is going to be very quick to warm up into the 80s with the south bay, 90s for the interior, livermore and concorde . martinez, 89. if you are heading withdrawal missing the excitement of the olympics, the world track and field championships are being held in oregon you can watch tonight 8:00 eastern on usa network and saturday 9:00/8 central on nbc and peacock. >> see the future olympians right there.

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we are back with our ongoing series sleep better "today" and if you are feeling bleary eyed this morning, there could be a reason, a new study finds a huge majority of americans, 7 out of 10 need a better quality of sleep each night to feel rested and restored what's going wrong how can we fix it? dr. carol ash is a sleep expert. good to see you. >> good morning, savannah. >> you sound like you had a good night's sleep last night. >> i did >> you sound serene and

peaceful what did this study show what popped out to you >> it emphasized we have a bigger problem than we recognized that's because most of the data we've used to look at sleep health looked at duration of sleep and/or the trackers that people use to monitor their sleep, stages of sleep and didn't look at quality and the researchers that did this study are some of the leading researchers in sleep science so it's a really significant and powerful study what they recognized is we didn't have a consistent definition of what is restorative sleep or the tools we looked at to identify sleep health didn't have standardized or the right questions. >> i was wondering that. it finds 7 out of 10 of us don't get enough restorative sleep which made me wonder what is restorative sleep. >> well, restorative sleep

mostly occurs in the deeper stages of sleep or stage three sleep. when you fall asleep at night you transition through a structure process, lighter sleep, into deep sleep, rem sleep and the pattern repeats every 90 to 120 minutes. and things that disrupt that, stop us from getting quality sleep or deep sleep. we don't feel energized, well rested, our mood is not good. >> it's i got eight hours of sleep last night, why don't i feel better? that's a sign you're not getting the restorative sleep you need. >> we think if we're getting the right amount of sleep. there is a normal amount of sleep, 7 to 9 on average most of us need 8. if you're not transitioning into the deeper quality sleep that you need for restoration, it will be affecting your sleep health and consequences. >> you have some good tips for us what's on your list in terms of how we can improve our sleep >> number one the most important

thing is understand that sleep really is a priority when you make it a priority there's things we can control. you can stick to the same wake up time every single day, weekends and weekdays. >> does that mean i have to get up at 3:00 a.m. on the weekends. no way, doc. you want to keep a relaxing bedtime routine. and the right environment is really critical. you want a warm, cool, dark environment. get rid of the electronics that might be keeping you up at night. savannah even the foods we might eat. avoid alcohol three hours before, caffeine and sugary foods can release adrenaline >> is it a bad idea to eat right before bed anyway? >> yeah. the big meals can disrupt sleep and cause problems transitioning into sleep if you follow those tips, after a month you will wake up feeling energized, your mood will be improved and your well being will be improved if not, there's plenty of

resources, talk to your doctor, reach out to a sleep specialist. there's plenty of help sleep matters. >> what are you at risk for if you're not getting the kind of sleep you need. >> it's significant and we fail to recognize the connection between poor sleep and our health it can cause obesity, insulin resistance, heart disease, strokes, heart attacks, depression anxiety it's important we get our sleep. >> it is indeed. do what the doctor says, i'm going to take a nap. carson to you. >> that was -- i need to sleep more that's what i learned from that segment. we are on the plaza. we have our crowd, the great jill martin. all about sizzling sings for your sumavme

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welcome back day two of our sizzling summer steals and deals jill martin has returned she has a fresh batch of bargains to help you entertain throughout the season. put up the qr code if you would, you can shop taking a shot of that with your camera or text if you like and shop along with us. good morning. >> good morning. we have our excited crowd here >> yesterday the crowd was doing the percentages. i was watching from home. >> yes let's start. everyone is looking for a good time these are ways to entertain as we get out there again so let's start with the lights, actually. >> i love these. >> the out door and indoor string lights, retail $159.99. what i love about these are, they're waterproof and 48 feet of lights. so i just put them up and leave them up. and you don't have to worry about them and it just sets a vibe when you walk in. >> the bistro light so pretty.

can you connect if you want? >> yes 48 feet, $159.99 the deal is 49. so -- >> 69% off. >> yes nothing like setting a table. and a napkin can just pop even if you just use your plates that you have, your white plates. the tim clarke design summer napkins set, retail 74, 100% cotton and machine washable. pick from nine different pattern and sets the retail is 74 the deal is 24 -- >> how many do you get >> you get four. they are -- christine and hanna? >> 68% off. >> yeah. >> that's what we call a screaming deal what are these pretty trays. >> the retail is $49 the back has feet. also these are done by local artists and the brand says a portion of the proceeds go to the artists to support them. each are differently designed. the retail 49, the deal 24 -- alex >> 51% off. >> he said it like he meant it,

too. i like your style, alex. >> carson is excited about this. he said he's in charge of the barbecue >> yeah. >> so the omnivore, organic sea salt blend, a three pack you get the salt, the limone, and the porcine. a unique flavor for each, use with meats, poultry, vegetables, soups and more put it on anything simple and easy to use retail 30, deal 15 that's 50% off and you get the set. >> that's for all three salts. >> yeah. i know you're a chef now, but for me this is easy to use the four in one grill xl

140. i think we have a video to show the ways to use it use it as a grill, a press, a sandwich maker, waffle maker. >> so these attachments just go on. >> exactly you put them in and they cater to whatever you're doing. >> that's fun. >> retail 140, the deal is $70, that's 50% off >> okay. >> and last up, during the pandemic, who knows, during, in, after, a lot of us did home movies and drive-in movies, i had people come in cars. this is a life safer, the zoomie home theatre l.e.d you can connect remotely to your smart phone, laptop or tablet and it comes with everything you need to hook up and watch. just project it on a wall. >> get a sheet. >> yes so much fun. the retail 400 the deal 149

cindy? >> 63% off. >> cindy, 63% off. nailed it. >> let's run through the products one more time thank you for partaking. the tech for you string lights, the napkin sets, the organic sea salt, the grill xl and the home projector. time to have fun. >> good job, jacksonville. if you want to shop the deals, use the qr code you see or head to "today".com sheinelle to you. i am here with internet legend, linda skeens, she is sharing some of her recipes that helped her sweep the competition at her local fair. she's a rock star. and she's going to share some recipes. but first, this is "today" on but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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we're back "today. "today" food viral sensation to my right. you may not recognize her but you may have heard her name. >> at last month's virginia, kentucky fair, linda skeens dominated the food competition winning 25 different ribbons for her cooking, baking and crafting. >> but she never came forward after being announced as a winner and then the internet went crazy trying to track her down there was a facebook group, they had shirts and they created a song ♪ have you heard of linda skeens ♪ ♪ she's a blue ribbon machine ♪ >> so the question for the internet, where is linda skeens? we put our investigative stills to the test and we found her. >> i'm here. >> linda >> our queen >> put it in perspective here,

you don't have an email address, a cell phone, no social mead ya. now that you're seeing the buzz, what do you make of the attention? >> i don't know what to think about it because i've been cooking and doing this for like 50-some years so i don't understand why there's such a big deal but i appreciate it. >> not only did you win 25 ribbons at this single fair, you didn't come forward and claim your prize how come >> well, i did go -- i did go to the fair and get my stuff. >> you did. >> yes but nobody didn't know me. this guy sitting there, he told later on the phone he said i got to sit beside her and talk to her, but i didn't know it. i didn't tell him who i was. i was admiring his picture he drew so we were talking. >> did you get any of those t-shirts with your face on them? >> i don't know anything about that. >> how did you realize people

were looking for you >> my granddaughter and daughter done that. >> on the internet, probably >> yes >> when you came here, is that your first time on an airplane >> yes. >> when you flew here to the "today" show what was that experience like? >> fun a little bit nervous but i found after the first one, the second plane i had no problem. >> what do you think of new york >> i love it i've been watching nbc since david brinkley was on here willard scott is one of my heroes. >> we have this one picture. you won 25 blue ribbons this year but you've won about 450 -- >> oh my goodness. >> -- ribbons over the last ten years. look at this you must have a competitive side. >> i do. >> or do you love to cook this much >> we want to let you cook we get to taste them. >> what do you want to start with >> peanut butter fudge. >> pass it down. >> what's the secret to the good peanut butter fudge? >> love.

>> i'm assuming that's with everything >> you can build a home out of this. >> i've been making this for my husband for years. it's his favorite. >> i can't wait to try it. are you giving us the recipes or is it a secret >> this isn't one of those -- >> that's my husband's favorite. >> what does your husband do >> he's a retired coal miner, he worked 30 years. >> my father was from kentucky, so i knew that was your neck of the woods. >> what do you think of this internet fame and being on the "today" show >> he thinks it's great but he's

used to this. >> it's like being at home. >> i had to make stuff for him before i came up here. >> what is your favorite is it the fudge or the pies? >> my favorite, my mexican corn bread. >> i want the brownie. >> brownie if you make homemade taco soup. >> this is your corn bread that's the favorite. >> you do a lot of jarring >> yeah. >> i hope we have this online for people watching. >> before we came here, i made dill pickles, raspberry peach jam. >> dylan is like ready. >> they're exclusive on "today".com. >> you have your own baking show >> huh. >> do you want your own baking show. >> no, i don't have one. >> do you want one i'm going to give you one. >> everybody at home is like, say yes. >> "today".com >> this is not the last time you'll see linda. >> we're back with the third and

fourth hours >> jalapenos >> that is delicious >> this is my favorite >> the jam is -- >> that's what my husband said

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