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>> the house, on friday, narrowly passing an assault weapons ban in the wake of a series of mass shootings across the u.s., but the bill has little chance of passing in the senate so where does the debate go from here breaking his silence will smith speaking out for the first time on camera with an apology to chris rock for that oscars slap. >> i'm human and i made a mistake. >> smith recording a video on social media, apologizing to rock, rock's family, and his fans but is it too little too late. and can it save his career all that, plus mega billion dollar winner. >> 36, 13, and the gold mega ball is 14 >> at least one winning ticket sold in that nearly $1.3 billion mega million dollar jackpot. with life changing dreams on the line, the rush is on to find out

who is waking up with that golden ticket. "today," saturday, july 30th, to 2022 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and kristen welker welcome to "today," thank you for joining us on this saturday morning so peter, we have a winner and it was neither of us we both bought tickets. >> that's right. we were part of the pool with the weekend team, $16 we won, divided by 37 people, you get 42 cents. >> i'm putting it in my savings account now. we have a lot more on the mega millions in a moment but first the serious news, the latest from overnight in kentucky where there has been a brief reprieve from the rain the death toll has now risen to at least 23 with fears the number will grow with many people still reported missing or unaccounted for, after days of

punishing floods. >> now all eyes are on the fact. the rain is expected to stay away for at least 24 hours but it's coming back this weekend and that has a lot of people nervous about what could happen in an already saturated south. that's where we begin this morning, jessiee kirsch is in hr hit jackson, kentucky. >> reporter: another tough morning here in eastern kentucky we're starting to see some of the floodwaters re re receding you can see the cars behind me as we do that, we'll get a better idea of how many lives have been lost with the death toll climbing and the rescues by boat and air this morning, eastern kentucky is finally drying out. >> everything is gone. like everything is gone. my whole life is gone. >> reporter: new images shared

by kentucky governor andy beshear's office, showing destruction from over head as rain slammed the region wednesday and thursday. >> from everything we've seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks. >> here in jackson, kentucky you can see water flowing more than 50 yards wide, this looks like a river but it's supposed to be dry land you can see homes partially flooded. the man who lives there said his home should be 20 feet up. the floodwaters are receding but the devastation is still occurring. hundreds more who escaped are now homeless. >> there's still a lot of people out there, a lot of people unaccounted for. we'll do our best to find them all. >> reporter: other people never left like billy smith whose basement and first floors flooded. was there a point you thought we

needed to go >> no. because, sir, at that point there's no place to go. >> reporter: this couple still has power. but jackson's mayor said there's no clean drinking water. >> we can't tell you when we'll have clean drinking waters. >> do you think it's days? >> i'm afraid it's days. >> reporter: just one community trying to bounce back without knowing how much and how many have been lost. >> beyond things that money can buy, what have you lost? >> i lost the sense of security. >> reporter: but with some of the people we've spoken to, this is still home, even when you see the devastation unfolded behind us at last check, according to officials, at least 23 people have been confirmed dead, peter and kristen, but with water receding we are expecting the death toll to climb. the governor has been saying that for a few days now. that's the expectation here in eastern kentucky

it's sunny and dry today but more rain in the forecast tomorrow and that's not what they need here back to you. >> it is not and those floodwaters behind you underscoring how devastating it was. thank you. somara will have more on the forecast in just a couple minutes. they say it takes a couple bucks and a dream, for one person that's true after buying a winning mega million ticket for $1.3 billion. the lump sum more than $700 million george is in philadelphia with more it looks like we might have a winner >> reporter: good morning, peter, that's right. it wasn't me across the country lines were out the door with people hoping to buy the winning ticket including this wawa in philadelphia $1.28 billion up for grabs and this morning americans are

waking up, checking the tickets to see if they have the winning combo. this morning, someone is very, very rich. at least one winning ticket sold in illinois. the life changing numbers, 13, 36, 45, 57, and 67 the mega ball of 14. the massive $1.28 billion jackpot won against staggering odds just one in 303 million. lucky for the winner or winners but a lotto let down for the rest of us. >> i've been going to stores, liquor stores, gas stations. >> reporter: hours before friday's drawings, officials raising the stakes to well over a billion dollars. stirring a frenzy of retailers across the country. >> busy. ticket, ticket, ticket >> reporter: i couldn't resist either here we go >> what is the annuity versus

the cash option payment for this prize. >> the annuity is paid out over 30 years the cash option is $742 million. >> if you're hungry you could buy 250 million big macks. quite the happy meal need a place to store leftovers, try new york city's most expensive apartment which you would be able to afford seven times over, a steal at $135 million with cash leftover for furniture. how about this home run? you'd be able to watch your share of them as the new owner of the miami marlins, valued at $990 million already on cloud nine? go beyond with a trip to the international space station, at 55 million per trip you can 18 times. >> what's the advice from the lottery as far as what to do next >> take a deep breath and let it

soak in for a second. >> reporter: and some other advice it seems like a no-brainer but don't lose your ticket sign it, maybe put it in a safe place, like a safe deposit box also a good time to hire an attorney and financial advise er find out the rules for claiming your prize in pennsylvania, winners cannot remain completely anonymous. as for the rest of us, it's back to work. peter and kristen. >> that's what we're doing this morning. george, we appreciate you. thank you. coming up in a little bit we'll talk to a former lottery winner and the best advice he has. back here in washington the house has passed an assault weapons ban for the first time in more than a quarter century it was approved narrowly on friday, it in a wake of mass shootings across the u.s. but the bill still faces stiff

opposition in the senate where does the debate go from here, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. that's right this surprise move on friday, house democrats made good on a vow to push for more gun reforms they say better reflects the opinion of the american people on how to address the country's gun violence ep idemic >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: this morning, house democrats kicking off a month-long recess with a first step to a legislative victory to the biden administration. >> the yeas is 217. >> reporter: narrowly passing a ban on assault weapons for the first the time since 1994. congressman chris jacobs whose district includes part of a still reeling buffalo, one of just two republicans voting yes.

>> ten people killed, 13 in total shot by an ar-15 >> reporter: president biden praising the passage in a statement friday night and urging senators to move quickly. but the bill is likely doomed in an evenly divided senate that was forced to strip the ban to pass gun legislation in june democrats vowing to fill in the deal's gaps ever since with just over a week before the senate's summer break, democrats are looking at their own reform with a climate bill. eyes now turning to kyrsten sinema of arizona who was not part of late negotiations. leader schumer saying he's optimistic despite her silence. >> i've given every member a few days to read the bill and we'll all be talking. >> reporter: a rising number of

covid cases among senators senate 2kdemocrats masking up ad holding their breath the bill passes with new government data showing inflation and interest rates continuing to rise democrats are hoping this reconciliation deal will restore america's confidence in the economy and their party ahead of the midterm elections. >> the drama continues to unfold here in washington thank you. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency over the spread of monkeypox she said the disaster declaration will help respond more rapidly to the virus, including getting better access to vaccines. the cdc said new york has recorded the most cases nationwide, followed by california there have been more than 5,000 cases across the u.s. this year.

>> you may want to look up outside this weekend huge pieces of a chinese rocket are hurding back to earth this weekend. molly hunter is tracking this one from london. molly, good morning to you >> reporter: good morning to you. who knows. eyes on the skies. so china is facing serious international criticism this morning as once again space debris from one of its rockets but astronomers are working around the clock to figure out when and where that debris might land this morning pieces of china's rocket are hurdling back t scie lab to space and while the lab is in place, the booster rocket that helped take it there, now cradling back

to earth uncontrolled. >> the standard is that people deliberately bring large objects down in a safe location. they appear to have chosen not to do that. >> reporter: the rocket weighs almost 23 tons and is as tall as a 10 story building. they say the risk to the public is pretty low. but experts say the risk is way higher than it should be. >> there's a 99.5% chance that nothing interesting will happen. but it ought to be 99.99 it's more than 10 times the accepted standards for risks that the u.s. uses and it's something that people can choose not to do. >> reporter: this is not the first time china hazlett a earth. free fall last year the world wah alert watching this booster, it was filmed over jordan and saudi

arabia before crashing into the indian ocean the question this morning where will the debris from experts say the debris could crrth as soon as this afternoon the time line is rough, looking at some time between the next 24 and 48 hours the chinese plan to do it again, send another scientific lab up to their space station in october. >> we'll be watching for it. molly hunter, thank you for that. time to get a first look at the forecast for that we turn to somara theodore watching the skies but not for rocket debris. >> no. just rain. unfortunately this has been the story all week long. i know you've probably seen the visuals out of kentucky. every day this week, really, they have been seeing tons of rain and we have more of it in the forecast here's a look right now. we could see up to six inches of rain possible in some spots. heavy hitters are missouri along the arkansas border there.

and even areas like the carolinas along the coast of north carolina we could see one to three inches of rain. as we head throughout today, kentucky gets a little bit of a break. but that boundary that brought that rain earlier this week, will continue to push northward and that increases the flash flood risk again for areas lik

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this morning, a somber will smith in his own words directly addressing chris rock. >> chris, i apologize to you >> reporter: the embattled superstar actor putting out this video after months of silence. admitting he's tortured by what he did >> i'm human, and i made a mistake. and i'm trying not to think of myself as a piece of [bleep] i'm sorry really isn't sufficient >> oh, wow >> reporter: in the aftermath of the infamous slap smith said he tried to reach out to rock but the comedian wasn't ready to talk smith now also saying sorry to rock's loved ones. >> i wasn't thinking how many people got hurt in that moment

so i want to apologize to chris' mother i want to apologize to chris' family. >> how did it strike you >> i thought it was a solid first step in the right direction on i guess what we're going to call the will smith apology tour. >> i make this look good. >> reporter: experts say smith rumored to have dozens of projects in the works may need the tour to repair his damaged hollywood brand. >> is will smith cancelled >> he'll have a pause, there will be apprehension but he's a prominent figure, too much to not work anymore. >> reporter: as for rock, he's starting to open up on stage telling an audience last weekend before the apology, anyone who says words hurt, has never been punched in the face. despite his resignation from the academy, smith is eligible to be nominated for another oscar, he

just can't attend the ceremony but if you're asking will he be nominated after what happened? we'll wait and see >> i appreciate that report. i'm struck how long it took for this first step. feels like those are words that could have been said a while ago. >> i think the world would have welcomed that apology certainly in the wake of when it happened. but it is a reminder it's never too late to apologize. let's get a check of the weather. what's happening >> we're talking heat in the pacific northwest. we have triple digit temperatures out there we're talking at least 12 million people impacted with heat warnings in areas like washington, oregon, that hot pink color there everyone else under a heat advisory 111 in medford today they've been breaking records for a few times this week. seattle 93 for the high. we could break that record of

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