hi, everyone, i'm kate snow. >> i'm aaron gilchrest "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, monday, september 12th, 2022 remembering a royal. an emotional tribute in scotland to the life of queen elizabeth the new king leading the pat procession raging flames. california in the grips of relentless wildfires tens of thousands of acres already scorched we're tracking the progress in the fire-fight fighting for their lives president biden rolls out his new plan to eradicate cancer

the new strategy for the president's moon shot. and power struggle why the rising cost of utilities is leaving more americans in the dark good afternoon, we begin this hour with the historic tributes to the life of one of the world's most iconic figures. >> just last hour, king charles and his wife appeared at scottish parliament. they received condolence was members of the body. the king led a moment of silence, as well, to honor his mother you're looking at the king's casket in scotland she will be lying in state at st. giles cathedral in edinborough for the next 24 hours. mourners will be able to pay their respects before her body is taken to london tomorrow. >> earlier, throngs of people lined the streets to get one final glimpse of britain's longest serving monarch. king charms led the procession of the casket to the cathedral here's tom llamas now. >> reporter: good morning. all of edinburgh are awaiting the new king behind me is the official

residence of the queen in scotland it's where she's lying in rest right now. throughout this morning, we've been able to sort of look through the palace gates and see some of the rehearsals for the procession oday. what's going to happen here is that the hearse is going to take the queen's coffin out from this palace and then behind her walking the queen's children, including the new king wearing a military uniform this morning, king charles on his way to edinburgh to witness scotland's good-bye to his mother the new king starting his day receiving messages of condolence and delivering his first speech to members of parliament >> we gather today in remembrance of the remarkable span of the queen's dedicated service to her nation and peoples. >> reporter: and prince harry also paying tribute in a statement praising the queen's grace and dignity. this coming after that moment seen around the world. the two brothers back together

h harry and meghan join william and kate at windsor castle ♪ and now in scotland they are awaiting the royal family, including the king, in the capital they are lining up along the royal mile an intimate and historical sec section of old town. mourners preparing to say good-bye to queen elizabeth ii in an up close and personal manner >> she was a great lady. that's why we wanted to come up and show our respects. >> reporter: the late queen's sealed oak coffin draped in the royal standard of scotland lying in rest overnight in the throne room at hollyroad house. the scottish residence in elburg yesterday this powerful moment, her daughter giving her mother an emotional final courtesy as they arrived in edinburgh. those who waited hoursto catch a glimpse feel they owed it to the queen. the final good-bye started at balmoral castle north of edinburgh. a slow and regal journey through the picturesque countryside she

enjoyed. in this village, silence as the h hearse passed through. packing city streets and country roads. there are tens of thousands lining the streets now waiting for this moment right here -- to pay their respects to the queen. on the streets here, spontaneous applause erupting as the hearse carrying the queen's coffin drove by little sophie and her brother david among the many paying their respects did you say good-bye did you say a prayer or something. >> i just said good-bye. >> reporter: said good-bye what about you, did you say anything >> good-bye. >> reporter: good-bye. what's going to be different about this procession is the intimacy the path they're taking is through a narrow cobblestone road through old town edinburgh. the public is going to be so close to the royals they can almost touch them. it's going to be the first chance for the public to mourn the queen up close back to you. let's bring in nbc news

foreign correspondent molly hunter now in london molly, the uk has been preparing for a lot of change over the last several days. now that there is a new monarch there. what are people expecting? >> reporter: aaron, kate, good afternoon. that's right, so much change is happening. for example, the queen right here, if my prop skills work, the queen is on all of the paper money. and really her name, her image is all over this city. now with a new king, they're going to have to do some royal rebranding as the united kingdom's longest reigning monarch, the name, image, and initials of queen elizabeth ii have become a british staple with now king charles iii' ascension to the throne, the monarchy is set to see a changing of the guard for the first time in more than 70 years. >> we are going to have so many changes. we've to change passports, the money, all things. ♪ >> reporter: the most immediate change already in place -- ♪ ♪ god save our king ♪

lyrics to the national anthem reverted back to "god save the king," sung for the first time in decades at a memorial service for queen elizabeth and then events throughout the weekend. ♪ god save our king ♪ other more visible changes are also in the works. queen elizabeth was the first monarch to appear on postage, and now new stamps will need to be redesigned with an image of the king her majesty's iconic royal siper first introduced in the '50s will also be retired >> draft order - >> reporter: while the new king's moon gorom has jet to be officially revealed, he appeared to give the public a sneak peek at his majesty's on is not wearing a tie clip with a crown before the letters "cr" which stands for charles rex, latin for king the monogram will be on flags, british coins, even the iconic red mailboxes adorned for the late queen while those will stay in place

as they have for past monarchs, new post boxes w$95 million worf paper money fe into circulation. once the king's currency is in british wallets, it might be used to purchase products with a royal warrant appoint signifying they're used in the royal household. brands like coca-cola, cartier, even heinz tomato ketchup will need an updated seal that reads by appointment to his majesty, the king and of course there are thousands of souvenirs that will hit gift shop shelves in the coming weeks queen elizabeth graced everything from collectible cutlery to playing cards >> all hail the king >> reporter: now time will tell what knick knacks will be embellished with the likeness of the new king >> i don't think i realized how much stuff there is to be thinking about here. is there any sort of timeline

for when all the changes might happen >> reporter: aaron, so much stuff. one of the things obviously we are working on, looking at souvenirs, mementos, knick knacks my producer ran around, spoke with souvenir shops. they put the timeline at two to six months any big changes like minting new money, that's kind of a big announcement that's going to happen after the national mourning period. but one change i can confirm, i confirmed with high future nieces, they are already singing the new national anthem in schools across london. that would be "god save the king." back to you. >> makes sense molly hunter in london today thank you. the trump legal team is pushing back after the justice department appealed a federal judge's order to appoint a special master trump's lawyers claim there's no proof that any classified material at mar-a-lago was shared with anyone they also claim the government has not proven that the records are still classified the doj wants a stay on the judge's order so it can review documents taken in august. president biden is in boston

today focusing on two priorities for his administration -- the president speaking about his cancer moon shot initiative. a speech follows biden's remarks at boston's logan airport about upgrading our nation's infrastructure white house correspondent monica alba is traveling with the president in boston and joins me now. let's start with the cancer moon shot what is the message from the president today? >> reporter: yeah, this is a major address from president biden, kate, who of course is talking about this reducing cancer deaths by more than 50% over the next 25 years this is a huge goal for him and one that is, of course, very personal given his son, beau biden, died of brain cancer in 2015 it's something that when he was vice president he took upon as part of his agendas, as well and today he has chosen the backdrop of the jfk presidential library because today is the 60th anniversary of that speech from president kennedy talking about putting a man on the moon.

it's today the anniversary of that speech at rice university in houston so the president wanted to come here to boston to make that connection and talk about some of the things that his administration is going to be doing. he is naming somebody new to head up a whole area of biomedical innovation. and they're extremely encouraged, they say, by some federally backed study that show that some type of blood test can help to detect early prevention of cancers, and so the president is going to aissue very close his heart. kate >> and while in boston the president also spoke about the infrastructure law that he signed, that he passed, and how it's helping boston's airport. it's got to be policy but also political, right what's the goal of the administration there >> reporter: sure. we were right inside of terminal e which is what is going to be modernized, built in 1970. it desperately needed a facelift, and the president talked about how his bipartisan infrastructure law was able to allocate more than $50 million to make that a reality so the president talked about

why he wanted to do that, where he's hoping other airports can do the same, and yes, of course talking about a midterm message that will likely hear a lot of in the next eight or so weeks. take a listen to how the president talked about it earlier today at logan international. >> we're the united states of america, and investing the money we're investing in this infrastructure act, investing the money in the inflation reduction act, this means jobs jobs i can't think of any time we've ever given the american people an even shot they haven't stepped up to the ball >> reporter: the economy a major message, of course, kate and that will be the topic tomorrow when the president has a bigger event on the inflation reduction act, talking about at house. back to you. >> all right thank you. >> the west coast and the midwest today. in california crews are battling 11 major wildfires across that

state. 11,000 people have been forced from their homes and in chicago, unrelenting rain has doused that cityhere in two years. nbc news has more from steve patterson. we'll start in california. some 8,300 firefighters working to contain the fires we knew the threat was increasing after the storms last week any progress being made so far >> reporter: yeah, 11 fires burning in california. 18 across oregon and washington state. overall 92 large active wildfires burning across the country, covering more than 720,000 acres. fire season here in full effect. stoked by the incredible heat wave over last week. spreading across the driest vegetation, really the west has ever seen because of this mega drought that we're in, fanning the storms, coming with that tropical storm also the region hit hard by that, as well. now firefighters battling across multiple state lines luckily the storm brought rain and much cooler temperatures, but it also caused winds to sort

of fan the flames out. the one fire fairview nearing 30,000 we got auw e people therg with the rain, the flooding? how's the city responding to it? >> reporter: yeah, worst flooding the city has seen in two years. the city getting six inches all at once. that was not predicted let me tell you, people had to be rescued from their vehicles in waist-keep water. -- waist-deep water. soldier field turned into a water park storm drains turned into geysers. the city basically telling people don't use your washing machines, don't use your dishwashers. stay away from lake michigan as they try to secure roads and make sure the city's safe. threat not over until later today. >> steve patterson, thanks it was supposed to be a game changer in your wallet >> but it appears the apple credit card might not be adding up we have more now on the "money

mi minute." christina some. >> reporter: goldman sachs has a reputation on wall street for having a golden touch when it comes to making money, but it's having a trouble with the apple card you mentioned users are failing to pay for almost 3% of charges that's the highest loss rate among all the country's big card issuers. even sub prime lenders are doing better activist investor dan lobe is dropping efforts to get disney to sell espn at least for now. over the weekend, the ceo said he has a secret plan to get the sports cable channel growing again. and lastly, for most of the pandemic customers of small businesses have been spending even as prices increased now they're pushing back a survey shows that more than a third of those businesses are reporting reduced consumer demand as they are forced to raise prices in response to their own cost increases one particular coffee shop has lost more than half of its customers as people go next door to mcdonald's to pay $1 for a

cup of coffee instead of the $3 it charges something i've definitely noticed, that prices have gone up, even some restaurants and stores have been adding a surcharge on the bottom to reflect inflation. >> yes yet i still go and buy the cup of coffee -- the $3 cup of coffee >> not even $3 in new york more like $4, $6 >> thank you >> reporter: thank you up next, pleading guilty the former nfl coach who seriously injured a girl in a car crash takes a plea deal. hi bs.ch time he could spend bendar you're watching "nbc news daily. amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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bottom of the hour here are stories making headlines on "nbc news daily" -- a possible death from monkeypox is under investigation in los angeles county more than 4,000 monkeypox cases were reported in california last week back in august, a person in texas died after being diagnosed with monkeypox the investigation in los angeles still in its early stages. the house committee investigating the january 6th riot is preparing to go back into session multiple sources tell nbc news the next hearing will likely take place on wednesday, september 28th that date has not been finalized, though. you may recall the committee has

already held multiple primetime hearings revealing new details about the attack on the capitol. and elon musk has an all-new reason as to why he should not be held to his $44 billion deal to buy twitter musk now claims a severance payment to a twitter whistleblower invalidates the agreement. twitter argues the ceo simply got cold feet after stock prices fell this year the dispute heads to court next month. more people are feeling the sting of inflation these days. and center that could be really -- that could be serious more than a third of americans are having a hard time paying utility bills. for some being able to afford care is a challenge. joining us are sema modi and sara epperson. how much americans are really at risk of having their power shut off? >> reporter: americans are finding it difficult to pay their energy bills due to skyrocketing electricity prices,

extreme weather, about 20 million are behind on paying their bills. of those, about three million are anticipated to see their power shut off by the end of this year. that's according to data from the national energy assistance director's association and experts we spoke to, they say we could see more households go dark this month listen in. >> we expect a rising wave in the number of shutoffs and really the increase in crushing bills over the next few weeks. september tends to be the time when we see peaks in the amount of inability that people can pay their rising electricity bills and what's happening now in the united states is that we have these record heat waves which are just making people's bills explode. >> reporter: that's jean sue who you heard there along with other energy advocates they're all sending a strong message to washington saying states and the federal government should ban utilities from shutting off the power even if folks are behind on paying.

they say it could pose a great risk to their livelihood especially going into the winter season the biggest peeves advice -- turn off the lights before you leave home, the air conditioner, and consider using a fan check your fridge to ensure no cold air is being leaked >> good tips there i want to ask about the larger economy, too we're going to get this read on the consumer price index tomorrow what are economists expecting at this point >> reporter: the good news is that inflation expectations are coming down as gas prices continue to trend lower. economists expecting about an 8% rise in august inflation which seems high, but it's in line more or less than what we saw last month the fed releases a report saying prices across the board in key parts of the economy softened in the month of august. yet another sign that inflation may be starting to cool. >> all right seema mody, thank you. some families are struggling with an entirely different challenge -- paying for the care

of people with disabilities. sharon epperson's taking a look at that for us sharon, good to see you. ♪ >> reporter: daniel trush was just 12 years old when a brain aneurysm rupture changed the course of his life >> i went into a coma and was in a coma for 30 days and was in the hospital and rehab for a total of 341 days. but who's counting am i right >> reporter: he's now 38 and the president of daniel's music foundation, a new york-based nonprofit that provides free music programs for people with disabilities his parents are in their 60s and helped daniel reach his goals by planning for his financial security >> i'm used to business plans, and so i converted a business plan to a personal plan. and it goes down to the plan, okay this is what we have coming in this is what we want to do

where's the surplus? how much do we have to save? >> reporter: experts say accessing government and employer benefits and setting up targeted savings are critical to secure a disabled person's financial future if they inherit a traditional or roth ira or 401(k), they can stretch distributions over their lifetime instead of having to withdraw the money within ten years like most beneficiaries. an able account lets families save up to $16,000 a year without impacting government benefits for someone who became disabled before age 26. and it's also important to find a community of support so when people come here, they come here for the joy of music but they also come here knowing that there are other people that are going through what they're going through, not just emotionally or physically, but financially. >> we find that a lot of the parents, caregivers, come together because there's a commonality. they feel comfortable, sometimes people outside do not understand what they're going through >> reporter: not just in

creating a financial plan but a life plan for people with disabilities to share their special talents. >> we judge our success by the number of smiles that we get >> reporter: and this unexpected executive is almost always smiling. ♪ >> when they see me, they might not think that i could do much, but then when i show them what i can do, their minds are blown. >> reporter: daniel is amazing he's also an unexpected survivor one in 50 people has a brain aneurysm, only about half of those who suffer a brain aneurysm rupture survive september is brain aneurysm awareness month. find out more about this disease which i suffered, too. go to bafound.org, the brain aneurysm foundation, to learn more aaron, kate, back to you >> got it bafoun.org

thank you. this time tomorrow voters in three states will head to the polls for the final primary day of the 2022 election cycle >> people are going to be voting in rhode island and delaware and new hampshire. whoever wins will have just eight weeks to win over supporters ahead of the november midterms joining us now are nbc lx national political editor noah pranski, and political national report sahil kapur and reporter dasha burns. you're keeping a close eye on the new hampshire primary. walk us through it and why it's been watched >> reporter: yeah, look, we've talked a lot about senate races in these primaries but control of the house is just as important and just as tenuous for democrats. and here in new hampshire, you have one of the more vulnerable democratic incumbents in representative chris pappas. and two republican candidates

who are leading the pack here who are both trying to carry the maga mantle into the general election both of the republican candidates, karoline leavitt and matt mowers, they are both from the trump world. they both worked in the trump administration, both are really playing up those trump ties. and both are very young candidates in a state that has one of the older populations you've got a 33-year-old in mowers and a 25-year-old in leavitt. what will be interesting to see, though, whoever wins here, what happens between the primary and the general. as you note, new hampshire has got a lot of unaffiliated voters, 38%. so whoever wins the primary is going to have to win over moderates and unaffiliated voters, as well. >> the live free or die state, after all. you've been talking with voters in the state what are voters telling you? what's going to be driving them to the polls tomorrow? >> reporter: well, we're talking to republican voters because it is the republican candidates that are in the spotlight here

and i'm hearing the voters really reflecting a lot of the issues that candidates have been talking about on the campaign trail. a lot of focus on the economy, focus on immigration, issues in school, creation, some of those -- education, some of those cultural battles we've seen come up on the national level, as well i want you to listen to what one voter told me earlier today. >> i believe in god. i believe in hard work i was raised to not take handouts but to do what you can do for yourself. but i was also taught that if you work hard, you can get what you need and live a good life in the united states. and i'm finding that that's not the case anymore >> reporter: laulaura, says she single divorced with kids, she's renting an apartment she can barely afford. she tells me she feels like the powers that be right now are not doing a lot to help the middle class.

kate >> dasha, thank you. we'll check back tomorrow. i want to bring in sahill now. you're in las vegas, nevada, where 60 days away from the midterms, one of the most endangered democratic incumbent is in nevada tell us about that match-up. >> reporter: that's right. it is extremely tight, and i can tell you that republicans see this race, this senate race as their best opportunity to flip a democratic-held seat and potentially capturecontrol of the chamber. the single biggest reason is that the economic pain of inflation has hit particularly hard here. to understand why, you have to understand that this electorate, nevada's electorate, is packed with working class nevadans who work in the casino, the fancy casinos and hotels right behind me, on the las vegas strip, and make them function they have been hit hard by the rising costs of gas and food and adam laxault, republican nominee, is highlighting this all the time as his single most salient messages to voters if you're unhappy with the status quo, vote for me, i'm the change candidate and polls do show that there is a lot of dissatisfaction among nevada voters.

katherine cortez master is portraying this as a choice and is trying to use the issue of abortion to galvanize democratic voters, to motivate them to go to the polls she's arguing that laxuault is a corrupt scion of a political dynasty. it could come down to that and the margin in this crucial area of clark county. kate >> all right thank you so much. nbc lx national political editor noah pranski is joining us now and obviously we have a lot of conversations talking about democrats and republicans as we look at some of these races that are happening. in utah, they want to get more third-party candidates in the mix now. what's the plan there? >> reporter: well, we've got the rise of the third-party candidate. andy mcmullen large leap because democrats are so uncompetitive there they backed the independent in this race and all of a sudden we got a split a conservative independent versus a conservative republican

♪ it's a game called pin the tail on the donkey or the elephant. show me where you think utah is. >> utah in general is going to be right there right in there -- about there. >> reporter: utah, home of the great salt lake, the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, and purple politics? let's not kid anybody. utah is nowhere near swing state status but they've embraced a lot of reforms you typically see in blue states. all-male elections, rank choice voting, protection of same-sex marriage, criminal justice reforms, and maybe the most interesting one if you're among the 60% of americans who say we need more than just the two major political parties -- legitimate third-party options we criss-crossed the state to find out if utah of all places could become a model for a new less partisan american democracy. we start with a man trying to break the republican and

democratic duopoly >> i'm evan mcmullen, independent u.s. senate candidate from utah. >> reporter: a former cia agent and chief policy director for house republicans, mcmullen checks most boxes for most conservatives except one -- support for trump. >> people assume that if you vote for trump that means you were a supporter of everything he said or did and it's just not the case, especially here in utah. >> reporter: so why here when similar independent bids have failed most other ho didn't accr invitations for an interview still has the money and trump endorsement many believe he needs to win re-election one factor is the unusual boost utah democrats gave mcmullen, choosing not to nominate their own candidate for the race instead, rallying their voters around the moderate conservative and the other piece is the trump-style combative politics other conservatives may embrace just don't play as well in a state where two-thirds of the residents belong to the church of jesus christ of latter day

saints research shows their loyalty has waned over the last decade, even as evangelical christians become more likely to vote republican and then you start discovering more reforms that many other states consider progressive. >> i think we see them as common sense. >> reporter: republican deirdre henderson, utah's lieutenant governor and top elections official what percentage of your ballots are cast by male >> 90%-plus. people love vote by mail we can have easy access to the ballot as well as wonderful election security. you can have both. it's not one or the other. >> reporter: it's republicans here standing up to republican >> maybe that supeewer consequences maybe >> maybe >> reporter: for some, trump is