avoid that, despite the fact that it is in clearing mode. not so bad for a wednesday. >> the "today" show is just ahead on this wednesday morning. you can also get more local news right now with our new newscast streaming live on roku, amazon fire tv, samsung and xumo and nbcbayarea.com. >> a . good wednesday morning a new sign of hope in the showdown ove good wednesday morning a new sign of hope in the showdown over the debt ceiling. >> the default deadline is fast approaching still. it is may 17th this is "today." making progress. president biden and republican leaders expressing optimis for the first time as debt ceiling talks go down to the wire. >> there is still work to do. >> it is not that difficult to reach an agreement.

>> just ahead the mounting pressure to reach a deal with the world economy hanging in the balance. breaking overnight, the battle over abortion heating up again. north carolina banning most abortions after 12 weeks republican lawmakers overriding the governor's veto overnight to make it the law of the land. the reaction ahead and how the issue could impact the 2024 race. stunning failure an intruder breaks into the home of the white house national security adviser while he was speaking, despite 24-hour secret service protection outside an investigation into the disturbing breach now underway. alarmed over a.i the ceo behind chatgpt to urging congress to crackdown on artificial intelligence. >> my worst fears is that we, the technology industry, cause significant harm to the world. u. >> this morning, why he's

warning about the very technology he helped to create those stories, plus -- remarkable reunion a girl kidnapped six years ago now back with her father after a stranger saw the case on "unsolved mysteries" and gave the police a tip. y. and game changer. >> the number one pick in the 2023 nba draft goes to the san antonio spurs. >> san antonio wins the right to go first in the draft and select the best nba prospect since lebron james 7'5" teenage phenom from france, and the fans go wild [ cheers and applause today, wednesday, may 17th, 2023 ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody good morning welcome to "today" wednesday

morning. nice to have you along with us i think i can hear the san antonio fans from here >> let's say his name, wait, one more time. let's say his name his name is victor wembanyama. that will be a common household name soon in san antonio congrats to them for getting that incredible phenom. >> yeah. could change everything. we'll have more on the draft in just a bit but we will begin with the standoff over the debt limit there is just over two weeks until the treasury secretary says the u.s. will run out of money to pay its bills >> it would be a historic first, affecting everything from the ability of national parks to remain open, to social security payments and the global economy. >> but there are some positive signs at last this morning after the latest face to face between the president and the congressional leaders of both parties. for a look at where things stand now, we say good morning to nbc's senior capitol hill

correspondent, garrett haake good morning >> reporter: good morning to you. with time running out, the president is cancelling part of his planned trip to asia to deal with this crisis here at home. there are signs of progress this morning, including the newly appointed negotiators from the white house and speaker's office, meeting late last night to get a deal. according to two sources >> we're just getting started. >> reporter: with the clock ticking towards potential catastrophe, no deal yet over between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy over the nation's debt limit >> there is still work to do. >> reporter: but tuesday's white house meeting between the president and congressional leaders may have broken new ground. >> there is an overwhelming consensus, i think, in today's meeting with the congressional leaders that defaulting on the debt is simply not an option >> it is not that difficult to get to an agreement. >> reporter: for the first time, democratic leaders are conceding a bipartisan compromise will be needed to break the impasse, likely combining raising the spending limit with spending

cuts. >> we all agree that the only path forward is to reach a bipartisan agreement anchored in common ground. >> reporter: that means a so-called clean debt limit increase with no spending cuts attached favored by the president and democrats is now off the table. the white house says president biden has appointed two top aides to lead negotiations with the house speaker's team while the president will depart for the g7 summit in japan today as scheduled, he will cut his overseas trip short, skipping a trip to australia returning to washington sunday to deal with the crisis because the global financial system relies on the dollar, damage from even a short-term default could be disastrous. with the government unable to pay its bills, social security checks, tax refunds and veteran benefits could all be delayed. interest rates would spike and if the market takes a big hit, as expected, the value of

your retirement account could plummet. >> i mean, the stakes are incredible it would just crash the world economy if the debt ceiling is not lifted the clock is ticking already aren't there costs associated with the fact that we're going up to the wire again? >> reporter: well, yeah. history says so, and so does the treasury secretary back in 2011, last time we had a major standoff like this, stocks plunged 20% and the u.s. credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history. that's when congress passed it on the very last available day secretary yellen said yesterday the treasury is already seeing the impacts of this brinksmanship, her words, on market she is watching for things like business confidence and borrowing costs and the negotiation drags out toward that deadline, savannah? >> ironically, this has its own cost as they're talking about spending costs. garrett, we'll continue to watch. thank you. breaking news tied to the abortion debate. republican lawmakers in north carolina overriding the

governor's veto of a ban after 12 weeks, allowing it to become law now. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with details hi, stef good morning. >> hey, hoda, good morning in the wake of the overturning of roe v. wade north carolina has been considered a safe haven by some women seeking an abortion in the south, but now the landscape is shifting for them yet again with new obstacles making it more difficult to get the procedure overnight, u.s. abortion access facing another major shift as one of the remaining southern states to allow abortions tightens restrictions. late protests in the north carolina capitol after the state banned the procedure after 12 weeks. the democratic governor roy cooper vetoed the new ban and went on the road trying to persuade others to join his side but a united republican party voted to override him. >> the people of the state are just family values conservative people. >> reporter: supporters say the bill is a compromise since according to the cdc over 90% of

abortions take place before 20 weeks and it allows for rape, incest and health of the mother. but it includes more restrictions for those seeking abortion like mandated doctor's visits and more regulations for clinics. >> without the restrictions, it will really, really limit access to abortion at all >> reporter: governor cooper saying overnight, quote, several republican lawmakers broke their promises to protect women's reproductive freedom it is all part of the changing landscape for abortion access across the country since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year as many southern and some mid western states have banned abortion entirely or under six weeks. north carolina was one of the southern states with lighter restrictions the state has increase in abortions provided suggesting women from surrounding states may have traveled there, according to a nonprofit that supports abortion access. >> this is making sure politicians stay out of my family decisions, out of my doctor's offices. >> reporter: it comes as two other states are considering

changing access this week. south carolina is locked in a fierce fight over banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. and overnight, republicans in nebraska moved the 12 week abortion ban forward what this ensures is that abortion will remain in the spotlight at the center of political debate as we head into the 2024 election. the republican front-runner, former president trump, has been under pressure to say whether he would sign a national abortion ban. so far, refusing to answer the question, the very political question directly. >> not rulg it out not ruling it in >> thank you >> thank you. this morning the secret service is investigating an alarming security breach at the home of white house national security adviser jake sullivan, a home they were protecting. a man was able to get inside in the middle of the night while agents were on duty, and it was sullivan himself who discovered and confronted the intruder. nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles got the details on this ryan, good morning the secret service must be incredibly disturbed by this

breach. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, savannah they are very concerned and they admit this was a serious security breach. so much so that they're already making changes while they investigate what went wrong. according to "the washington post," this happened two weeks ago. that's when the man gained access to national security adviser jake sullivan's home in the middle of the night. they say he was there at 3:00 in the morning. and it was sullivan who actually found the man, approached him and asked him to leave the man did so, but still undetected it wasn't until sullivan went outside and informed the agents that the man was in the house that they learned about it thankfully sullivan was not hurt savannah, the white house is not commenting on this incident. >> just the visual there him having to go outside and say, you know, there was a guy inside my house and he's the white house national security adviser, obviously has access to some of the nation's top secrets. do officials think that whomever was in this house was targeting him because he is national

security adviser or is this just sort of random crime? >> reporter: savannah, that part remains unclear. secret service says they're still investigating, but the "post" is rereporting the man appeared intoxicate and didn't know where he was. there is no sign of any type of forced entry or no physical confrontation with sullivan and no point did it appear that sullivan or his family was in any type of danger, but we should also point out, that secret service was unable to question the intruder because he took off before they even learned that he was there. this, of course, comes against the backdrop of rising threats against public officials across the country. of course, just this week we saw the office of democratic congressman gerry connolly attacked by an intruder. so, savannah, this is something that is at the top of many people in washington's mind. >> yeah. foreign adversaries obviously another concern as well when you're talking about the white house national security adviser. ryan, thank you. let's move now to the war in christie

amid intense new russian air strikes, we're now learning that a former u.s. service member has died in the fighting there nbc's molly hunter joins us from kyiv now with the latest hey, molly, good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you very sad news. we have learned that nicholas mamer is one of at least ten americans to have died in the ukraine since the start of the war. this as the chris christies say they have the momentum around that eastern city of bakhmut >> reporter: this morning, the grim confirmation that another american has died fighting in christie overnight, nicholas's aunt confirmed the 45-year-old veteran from boise, idaho, passed away. yesterday a video shows the wagner mercenary chief prigozhin standing over what he says is a dead american soldier in bakhmut. the group posting an idaho driver's license and what appear to be genuine documents for him. the u.s. state department said

they were aware of the report but offer nod official confirmation his family says he was a decorated veteran, his service record on tand by nbc news shows he joined the u.s. army in 1996. he traveled to christie in 2022, posting this update. >> and i'm putting together a training program for the territorial defense. that is going to allow me to hopefully save some lives. >> reporter: the fiercest fighting today over the ruins of what was once the eastern city of bakhmut, the ukrainians say they have captured nearly eight square miles in the last few days overnight, president zelenskyy trying to capitalize with the momentum with european allies. >> that we in unity will give 100% when we have a goal to protect our people and our europe >> reporter: meanwhile, the fighting shows no signs of letting up, the cia sensing an opportunity inside russia where

privately some may disagree with the 15-month old war yesterday the agency posting a dramatic video aimed at recruiting russians. people around you may not want you to hear the truth, the video says, but we do. now there is potentially some big news here in kyiv. chinese special representative li hua is expected to be here for meetings we have not seen any official confirmation from the chinese or the ukrainians we have not seen pictures. china a staunch ally of russia and when secretary of state blinken was asked about a possible chinese role in mediation, or mediating between the russians and the ukrainians, he said previously it could be very beneficial. so we'll keep an eye on that, hoda. >> all right molly, thank you so much for us. all right. we turn now to the migrant crisis still going on. craig joins us good morning >> good morning. good morning to you as well. while the biden administration says illegal border crossings have been dropping over the last few days, the recent influx of migrants is stretching resources

in places you might not expect nbc national correspondent gabe gutierrez joins us now not from the border this morning but from newbergh, new york. it is a suburb of new york city. gabe, good morning >> reporter: craig, good morning. we're roughly 2,000 miles from the southern border, but this city and others like it are feeling the impact of the immigration debate the county here is now suing to keep migrants out, but not before some were already bussed to this hotel. this morning the ongoing migrant influx is being felt far beyond the southern border. just hours ago, two busses carrying nearly 100 migrants arrived in new york city from texas, while from chicago to philadelphia to denver and pittsburgh shelters are being stretched thin in cities from coast to coast illegal border crossings have dropped each day since the covid border restriction known as title 42 expired last week but with border processing centers slammed, newly-released

court documents revealed more than 6,400 migrants were released into the u.s. last thursday and friday. in chicago, there are pop-up showers for migrants living in police stations. >> they have not showered for -- probably five days to almost two weeks. >> reporter: while in new york city, parents and even students are protesting a new plan to temporarily house asylum seekers in school gyms what worries you most? >> i don't know these people why can't you send them someplace else. >> reporter: new york city mayor eric adams says there's just no room anywhere else we spoke with this woman who was living at an emergency shelter in new york times square for four months. how long do you expect to be here just trying to save up a little more money to be able to find another place to go, she tells us the mayor is blasting the biden administration for not doing more. >> we're not getting the support that we deserve here in new york city. >> reporter: the immigration debate now spilling into the

suburbs, too orange county, new york granted a temporary restraining order stopping more migrants from being bussed to local hotels for now. the county executive says homeless veterans were pushed out of hotel housing early to make way >> 20 veterans were displaced. that really sends a bad message. >> you can't just drop a bombshell on them and kick them back out to the streets. leave the veterans alone. >> reporter: neighboring rockland county also sued to keep migrants out. so we expect more court battles in the coming days meanwhile, new york city budget officials estimate that housing and caring for migrants will cost taxpayers more than $4 billion by next year, craig. >> gabe gutierrez for us there gabe, thank you. all right. let's talk about basketball. the party is probably still going on in san antonio this morning after the spurs won last night's nba draft lottery. >> the second pick will be made

by the charlotte hornets and that means that the number one pick in the 2023 nba draft goes to the san antonio spurs. okay. >> there you go. >> so the spurs get the first pick in next month's nba draft and the reason it is such a humongous deal is the player they're most likely to draft is victor wembanyama. he's 19 years old. he's from france, considered the nba's top prospect not since lebron james entered the league 20 years ago have folks been this excited. he's 7'5". highly skilled can shoot three-pointer, handle the ball he can pass. the san antonio fans are flipping out >> they should be. david robinson, tim duncan, they have a long line of great big men down in san antonio. he's the next big thing hands down. >> we loved watching the bar explode when san antonio, when they announced. >> it's not even the pick. you get to pick the pick. >> we got it >>fire already fired up. >> let's get a check of the weather from dylan. >> nice to see you again

kind of has a fallish feel outside. it is very dry it will be breezy today. because of that, we do have red flag warnings in effect mainly across southern new england. also down into central and southern new jersey. winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour humidity is down to around 20% to 30% and we do have just that dry air in place with that cool air. temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average. then tomorrow morning, some areas like bingington new york, 20 degrees 42 in philadelphia, 32 in albany because of that, we have breeze watches and frost advisories a lot of you, i'm sure, already put your plants outside. this is an alert for your plants you might want to bring them in tonight because they could be impacted by that we have storms along the gulf coast. the middle of the country is looking nice and warm. ththat's a looook at the w weatr across t the countryry we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 s seconds and d that's your latest

you fofoxes talkining about m? no, it's's just uberer one st. yeah, yoyou get 10% % off ord. milkshshakes too..... ♪ good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. take a look at our temperatures and where we're headed today, reaching into the mid to upper 60s, from san francisco to san mateo, across the bay 69 degrees for a high today in oakland and 77 in fremont. we'll all feel a slight cooldown today, even in the inland valleys that reach into the mid to low 80s. tomorrow it's going to be cooler, only 78 degrees in san jose, as well as 75 in and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you, dylan. still ahead, an urgent

warning to congress about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence this comes from one of the ceos behind that rapidly emerging technology tom costello on the story for us hi, tom. >> yeah, good morning. sam altman is pleading with congress, regulate a.i. before it's too late. and elon musk says there's a risk it could destroy humanity sorry to give you that breakfast news that's the warning is, guys. >> all right we'll get to that. also a missing girl featured on the series "unsolved mysteries" found safe six year afs her disappearance. it was a tip that led to a reunion with her father. reunion with her father. but first, this is "today" on

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out of the passenger side of the car. she screamed as he started pulling her bag and he fired a shot into the ground. shrapnel hit the 15-month-old baby in the stroller. the nanny was not hurt. the baby was taken to the hospital and is said to be okay. activists are promising a new round of action in san francisco in response to the da's decision not to file charges in the recent high-profile shooting by a walgreens security guard. banko brown is the victim here. supporters are organizing a rally for later this morning outside of the sf district attorney's office. their anger, in response to da jenkins' decision not to file charges against that security guard that shot brown. also, supervisor aaron peskin plans to introduce a resolution asking the state attorney general and u.s. department of justice to review the evidence. a vote may happen as soon as next week. let's get a look at that forecast for this wednesday morning with meteorologist kari hall. >> we're starting out with a lot of clouds across parts of the bay area, but it's going to

quickly clear out, especially for the inland areas, headed for the low to mid-80s today. you'll notice that it will be a little cooler compared to yesterday and that is the trend going toward the end of the week, into the weekend, it looks really nice with a lot of sunshine in the forecast. but for san francisco it's going to start out cloudy, some peaks of sunshine and highs reach into

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and let's just say it didn't take long for that moment to totally blow up online we'll get to that on "popstart". >> that was so fun >> i think she was nervous about it and i think it was well received. >> the cover was great but the behind the scenes video. >> i know. she's cool she said 10 bathing suits or 9 bathing suits she tried on new warnings about the dangers posed from artificial intelligence and it's coming from some of the very same people leading that industry >> sam altman who helped create chatgpt, the program sweeping the world. folks are talking about it every day. altman went before congress yesterday asking lawmakers to pass laws and regulate a.i. as fast as possible this as "the new york times" reports that researchers in microsoft believe a.i. is showing signs of, quote, human reasoning. >> everybody stop and watch this story. it is important.

nbc's tom costello it is pretty rare you see a ceo to say, regulate us. i'm worried about what our technology can literally do to the world and to humanity. >> that's exactly right. sam altman says a.i. could be as revolutionary as the printing press was, but given that it's evolving by the minute, it could prove to be destructive and devastating for humanity he and other a.i. execs going before congress, urging congress, write new a.i. laws, license, regulate a.i., just as nuclear energy and clean water are regulated. underscoring the promise and peril posed by artificial intelligence -- >> we have seen what happens when technology outpaces regulation. >> reporter: tuesday's senate hearing started with a voice that sounded like senator richard blumenthal but wasn't. >> that voice is not mine. the audio was an a.i. voice

cloning software trained on my floor speeches >> reporter: the words written by a.i. program chatgpt. the man behind chatgpt is pleading with congress to regulate a.i. before it's too late >> my worst fears is that we, the field, the technology, cause significant harm to the world. if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong. >> reporter: ai's peril is far more than drafting love letters and college essays researchers warn it could create counterfeit humans, steal identities, spread fake news and medical advice, undermine elections, democracies and even start wars and there is wide agreement that humans could soon start losing their jobs to a.i. >> how do we find meaning in life if a.i. can do your job better than you can. >> reporter: elon musk, who helped fund open ai is among hundreds of tech leaders calling for the industry to hit pause.

last night he talked exclusively to cnbc's david faber. >> there is a strong possibility that it will make life much better, and there is some chance that it goes wrong and destroys humanity hopefully that chance is small, but it is not zero. >> reporter: for years hollywood has envisioned a dark future controlled by computers. >> what am i >> reporter: i. robot may be extreme, dr. jeffrey hinton recently left his job at google to issue a stark warning. >> i think it's possible that people are just passing phase in the evolution of intelligence. >> reporter: people are passing phase, in other words, computers will take over >> yes, that's possible. >> reporter: an existential threat to all of us. listen to where that warning is coming from. these interest guys who invented this technology and growing bipartisan agreement in congress that a.i. needs to be regulated,

but the u.s. is far behind europe where new a.i. guardrail laws are moving towards passage, riskier apps would be facing oversight in europe, laws would move to protect children, ban scoring people based on their behavior and remote facial recognition using that in stores, for example. this is really a grave new world, you guys. >> it really is and a scary one too in ways. jake, everyone is remarking, oh, here the industry itself is saying please, regulate us regulate us, but a number of scientists and including now the former god father of a.i., have said, well, let's just pause for a moment let's hit the brakes for a moment and not develop it any further until we get a handle on this so they're saying regulate us, and they're not saying and we'll pause why you do. >> that is right you guys, there is this sort of sense experts tell me that these ceos want to create that this is somehow inevitable, right? that it's like the weather and

it's just going to roll in we have to deal with it, start stocking up on umbrellas but you know, experts have been talking to me about really the very good likelihood that open democratic society like ours can decide what it deploys it does not have to go forward with something like that whether that needs to be something like a six-month pause, like you mentioned, or perhaps some other form of regulation entirely. i mean, we have -- we would all be sitting here smoking cigarettes if it weren't for the efforts of regulators and academics and trial lawyers to sort out the harms of cigarettes i'm not comparing the dangers here to say a.i. is as dangerous as cigarettes. but we as a society have choices, experts say, and we do not simply need to let this roll into our lives. >> jake, you said when this tech goes wrong, it goes very wrong i don't really understand what that means so, if you were to explain like what's the worst case scenario that can happen if this thing goes flooding through society. >> well, the short term and the long term is a way to think

about it in the short term, the immediate threats that people are worried about is first of all just sort of the end of factual evidence the end of being able to trust our eyes and our ears when you hear the president speaking or you see a photograph that looks like something out of a news camera, right? those sorts of things are currently -- we're using off the shelf a.i., easy to fake so in the short term we're talking about this sort of general loss of trust on the eve of something like the 2024 election in the in the long term, of course, we're talking about losing all sorts of skills perhaps coming to rely on a.i. to write our love letters for us, write our resumes for us, decide who gets a job, who gets a loan, who gets bail in this way that we'll maybe do to our ability to make those sorts of decisions what you're relying on something like a map on your phone has done to our sense of direction. then, of course, there is this long, long term thing that everybody is worried about the idea that artificial intelligence can be agi,

artificial generative intelligence, enslave us all, develop a mind of its all. that is not the thing -- experts say that's not the thing to worry about as much as these short term dangers that we need to get in front of right now. >> it's so scary, though i mentioned again, jeffrey hinton, he helped to create the technology behind a.i. he just left google. he said to "the new york times" the idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people, a few people believe that but most people thought it was way off. i thought it was way off i thought it was 30 to 50 years even longer away perhaps obviously i no longer think that what is the thing that happened in the last six to 12 months that suddenly took this from, oh, a.i., it's nice. it makes our google search a little better, to real experts with skin in the game who are working in the field who help birthed this technology say whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa we have to press the brakes here >> right well, the difference between then and now is essentially a

new piece of technology. it's things like something called transformer model we don't have to get into the weeds on this. but basically once upon a time in a.i. you had to train things very slowly and it took forever, tok billions of dollars and thousands of hours to train a single piece of a.i. to make a decision, pick a pattern out of data then just a few years ago these transformer models made it possible for you to suddenly just pour the internet through these systems so they can just pick up the greatest hits of our taste in art, our taste in music, how we write letters to one another. it's that capable that has suddenly created all these large language models open a.i. and google and meta debut and those are setting off this concern because they're concerned now about the possibility of what we're seeing as emergent behaviors, that's what they talk about, where basically these things are doing things that people who made them did not expect it's that element of surprise that has people worried about the future and has everybody talking, of course, at yesterday's hearing all act regulation. >> the conversation we got to keep having, jake. thank you very much.

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more on this one maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys just an amazing story as you have been saying the time. now she is kayla unbehaun was 9 years old back in 2017 when police say she was kidnapped by her own mother who did not have legal custody at the time. now she is actually back home, here in illinois, with her dad after someone, states away, recognized her from the netflix's hit "unsolved mysteries. they say this is not an isolated case, adding sometimes america's true crime addiction indeed pays off. from in depth docuseries to hours' long podcasts, this morning investigators say america's true crime addiction has helped bring a young girl home. >> hi. this is kayla here >> reporter: back in 2017, police in south elgin, illinois say then 9-year-old kayla was abducted by her mother heather after a judge granted her father full custody of the child.

his dad speaking to our affiliate at the time. >> when she canceled all that social media, that's another sign that she wasn't ever intending to come back. >> reporter: despite years of dead ends, he refused to let the case grow cold, including in push on to the national stage, in early 2020 appearing on "vanished" a series streaming on peacock, which is owned by our parent company, nbc universal. >> here i am at home wondering where my daughter is at. >> reporter: and on netflix's "unsolved mysteries. finally this weekend, a crucial break in the case. when investigators say someone in north carolina who saw that netflix show recognized kayla at a clothing store and alerted police because of the tip, police say kayla now 15 is back home with her dad while her mother was arrested and charged with kidnapping she was released from custody after posting a $25,000 bond ryan writing in a statement, i'm

overjoyed that kayla is home safe, adding we ask for privacy as question get to know each other again and navigate this new beginning. >> six years is way too long let's face it, six minutes, six seconds is way too long to be away from your own child >> reporter: this is not the only case where true crime shows have made a difference from hbo's "the jinx" led to the solving of murder conviction of robert durst to the iconic serial podcast, which helped free syed from prison more than 20 years of he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend experts say the genre could be an invaluable tool to cracking cases. kayla is the latest proof of that do you work to get these kids' cases into these true crime series to get that spotlight on them >> we do as we saw today, it takes one set of eyes to be a hero. >> reporter: and we should note advocates with the national center for missing and exploited

children who you just heard from on that piece say they only put these cases on these platforms and shows when authorities say they are indeed comfortable it they follow their lead true crime fans and online sleuths can produce complications like potentially naming the wrong suspect online. but they add in a lot of cases this genre can produce crucial tips and crack the case wide open guys >> maggie vespa there in illinois thank you. y-dylan, is it too early to talk about the weekend weather forecast it's wednesday. acceptable >> i think it's acceptable, yes. temperatures, i think, will be okay we're watching maybe a storm system for the northeast on saturday but in the meantime, lots of sunshine back through the great lakes. cooler than it was yesterday severe storms possible later this afternoon along the gulf coast and back through the west, we're still dealing with those temperatures well below average good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to see temperatures in our inland areas a little bit

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economic catastrophe nbc's senior correspondent on capitol hill garrett haake has the latest on these negotiations some new signs in leading with the congressional leaders. >> reporter: it seems that way but the clock is definitely clicking louder now with two weeks to avert what would be an unprecedented economic calamity if the u.s. were to default on its debt so that new urgency in washington on this issue was really palpable yesterday. the president canceling the second half of his planned trip to japan and australia just to make sure he's back in d.c. on sunday to continue these talks he also pointed a team of three people to negotiate directly with the speaker's representatives over what a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling would even look like with sources telling nbc that this core group at the capitol late last night. while the two sides still appear to be a good distance apart on actual policy, both sides are optimistic that at least a deal can be reached >> there was an overwhelming consensus in today's meeting, the congressional leaders, that defaulting on the debt is simply not an option. >> it is possible to get a deal

by the end of the week it's not that difficult to get to an agreement. >> reporter: so the consequences of not being able to get to a deal here would be enormous. stock market crash potentially went down 20% last time that we almost didn't get a deal interest rates could spike government payments could all be delayed or stopped savannah, there has never been a default on the u.s. debt now this core group of negotiators has 15 days to make sure that's not the case. >> that's a day no one wants to see. garrett, thank you very much we are learning this morning about the victims of that mass shooting in northern new mexico. police now saying it appears to have been a completely random attack by the 18-year-old gunman erin mclaughlin has that story for us erin, good morning >> reporter: craig, good morning. once the first shots were fired inside the community of farmington, new mexico, hundreds

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>> he was just shooting indiscriminately, houses, cars, people >> reporter: police say first shots were fired at 10:56 in the morning. about ten minutes later, police shot the gunman dead, having been armed with three different weapons, including an assault-style rifle. police say he purchased one of the weapons legally last year. the rest belonged to a family member >> he got them from a family member. and by got them, that's a loose interpretation of the word >> reporter: all of the victims shot in their cars among those lost, 79-year-old shirley voita, a mother of five and retired school nurse who had been married for 57 years. >> just pillars of the community. >> reporter: 97-year-old gwendolyn died along her 73-year-old daughter melody. family member and state representative tells nbc news, they were women of faith >> it is a horrible thing when tragedy hits and i -- i can tell you that

aunt melody would be the first one that put her arms around that young man who she lost her life to. >> reporter: we're learning more about the suspect's past police say he did have minor infractions as a juvenile, but that nothing would rise to the level of a serious crime court documents show he filed for a divorce last year and people who knew him had concerns for his mental health. craig? >> erin, thank you. voters in jacksonville, florida made history yesterday electing a democrat, donna deegan, as the city's first female mayor the upset victory makes her only the second democrat to win a jacksonville mayor's race in 30 years. she defeated republican daniel davis who heads the city's chamber of commerce. he was endorsed by florida governor ron desantis, although the governor didn't do any campaigning for him. deegan is a former tv news anchor, had breast cancer, a survivor and founded a breast cancer support group. >> here is something pretty cool the first full-size digital scan

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welcome back this morning. on your health the controversy over hormone therapy as a treatment for menopause. >> this has been going on for a long time. many say hormones are safe for most patients, but many, many women are still afraid to take them and many doctors will not prescribe them >> that's interesting. we will find out more. our good friend, maria shriver joins us with more. hi, maria. >> hi, ladies. good morning well, every year more than 2 million american women enter menopause. that's 6,000 women every single day. as recently as the late '90s, hormone therapy was the most commonly prescribed treatment for menopause. but all that changed some 20 years ago after a government funded study left the public panicked that hormones were totally unsafe, causing millions of patients to stop taking them in their tracks and leaving generations of women suffering even today as a treatment for menopause, the data on hormone therapy is

unequivocal. researchers call estrogen and progesterone a first line therapy for kbhon and debilitating symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and pain during sex hormones reduce a woman's risk of osteoporosis, urinary tract infections and type ii diabetes. and top medical organizations say for most women under 60, the benefits of hormones outweigh the risks. still surveys show more than half of menopause women don't use hormone therapy, scared off sayed sayed a advocates from by an nih-funded study was the whi from two decades ago that they say dramatically overstated the risk of hormones. >> that study really missed some of the facts >> reporter: dr. sharon malone

is a veteran obgyn who says that the whi study launched in the early '90s looked at hormone therapy and post menopausal women over 60. in 2002, researchers abruptly halted, citing evidenc that older women had a slightly raised risk of serious diseases. but the message to the public was far more alarming. take this 2002 segment with a w.h.i. researcher on "today" show >> you saw the risk of strokes increase by 41%. invasive breast cancer increase by 26% so what are we telling women who 6 million women in america today who are taking hrt >> not only the six million, but all those women who every day as they reach menopause have to make a choice of what they're going to do. >> it was horrible there were headlines in "the new york times" about the horrors of hormone replacement therapy.

patients came in and they felt betrayed >> reporter: but dr. malone says those risks were vastly overblown and didn't apply at all to women under 60 who were still in menopause >> all of the things they said, the breast cancer, the stroke, none of those things applied to younger women. it only applied to women who were older. >> reporter: what should nih do to correct the record? >> what nih should do is hold another press conference, if need be. the most common reason why women avoid hormone replacement therapy, it is the fear of breast cancer. >> reporter: so we went to the nih for answers. dr. austin clayton is director of their office of research on women's health the change that women today want is they say, look at 20 years ago. nih left us thinking that hormones were bad. nih should bring us up to date on the new evidence of that hormone therapy. is that going to happen? >> there is a lot of new

evidence discussions like we're having are the right way for us to get to as many women as possible. >> reporter: all the women on hormones at that time were taken off. it left women thinking that if they took hormones they would get breast cancer, heart disease or all of the above. and that's wrong >> so an answer to a question that was designed to answer, but it did leave other questions unanswered i understand that led to fears about menopause hormone therapy. we know that hormone therapy can be safe and effective for relieving menopause symptoms the benefits can outweigh the risks. >> reporter: she said the nih never meant to mislead women about hormone safety but go to the website on hormone therapy an you will still find a list of studies focused on the health risks, not the benefits. >> does this need to be updated, do you think >> happy to review that and see if there's new information that needs to be added.

we want women to have information that's current to make their treatment decisions >> reporter: so if you have certain pre-existing conditions, including a history of breast cancer, research shows hormones may raise your risk for some diseases the nih recommends women go to third party websites where you can enter your health information and then get expert advice on whether hormones are a good fit for you as always, you should consult your doctor. go to the menopause society, and they can connect you to a doctor who is really up to date on the newest findings on this. >> it is great how you pressed the woman from nih trying to correct the record there i can't believe for all these years women have been like, wait, now it is not true. >> it is very astonishing that this still persists. how long ago was it, maria, that people recognized this study was overblown and misinterpreted and applied to a population that didn't need it >> there is a lot of heat around

it right now there is a lot of heat around menopause. a lot of new companies coming up -- actually new nonhormonal treatment that was just announced called viosa just the other day. and women can go and talk to their doctors about that it's not available right yet, but it should be in the next couple of weeks. it's expensive, but it's something that's coming out. so, there's a lot of heat around this discussion still. women want nih to do a big correct. they're not going to get that, but they'll get the answers that you just got there. >> you almost got it you tried. you almost got it, maria. >> this is a topic everybody is talking about. if you want more information on menopause and its treatments go to our website today.com/health. let's go over to dylan and get a check of the weather. >> thank you again, guys chance of stronger storms today across the western plains, through the central plains temperatures will be well into the low to mid 80s it will be a warm one there.

good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday. for those inland areas we're looking at mid-80s in our warmest spots. then we'll see some temperatures in the upper 70s from the tri-valley to the south county, all the way up to the north bay. it's going to be a nice weekend as well. take a look at the sunshine in the forecast. upper 70s and just a touch warmer on sunday. san francisco will continue to see clouds and fog, peeks of sunshine and highs reaching in and that's your latest forecast. >> best part best part! >> all right ladies and gentlemen, first up, hans and frans who remembers this '80s snl classic? watch. >> let us begin by introducing ourselves. i'm hans. >> and i am frans. w. and we want to pump you up. >> all right

starting today, they're back as the iconic body building buddies. they're starring in a four part podcast, along with conan o'brian. here is the story. the four wrote a script in the early '90s the project never got off the ground for each episode, they will read scenes from the movie that was never made we have a "popstart" exclusive check it out. >> do we >> welcome we're back >> as always, don't try to adjust your tv sets. this is our actual size. >> yeah, that's right. yeah you're looking at two of the most massive muscle gods you have ever seen in your life. >> yeah. because i am hans. >> and i am frans. and we want to pump you up. >> yes >> the all-time best which i can't wait the first episode is out today, guys check that out. coming up next, martha stewart. the icon revealed in her "sports illustrated" swim suit cover hear with you guys right here on monday morning

she has gone viral fans and celebrity friends flooding love for the 81-year-old who made history as the oldest swim suit cover model on s.i. ever drew barrymore said, see, i always say you are not from one super model to another, she says 81 years of wow i am beyond obsessed with this we could not agree more. congrats, martha that was amazing. and coming up next, "the office." this might be hard to believe. it's been ten years since the beloved sitcom aired its final episode. get ready to grab a kleenex, guys, because we have a throwback for you. >> i thought it was weird when you picked us to make a documentary. but all in all, i think an ordinary paper company like dunder mifflin was a great subject for a documentary. there is a lot of beauty in ordinary things. isn't that kind of the point >> i love it we're not the only ones looking

back at that touching moment with the fictional camera crewed that followed them around. for nine seasons right here on nbc. pam herself posted this behind the scenes pic from the finale and echoing the show's last words on instagram writing, "there is a lot of beauty in ordinary things. can't that kind of the point?" still ahead, we will click with one of our favorites this morning. ladies and gentlemen, marcus samuelson is here. his recipe for a fun play on a good morning to you. it is 8:26, i'm marcus washington. breaking news just into our newsroom. a 3.2 magnitude earthquake hitting near tres pino s within the last 15 minutes. there's also been an aftershock, about 2.6 momentatarily ago.o. so far thehere are no repeports damamage or ininjuries. meantime,, oaklandnd leaders ha

apapproved a newew sideshoww crackdown.n. it includess a penalalty for a e prpromoting, o organizingg or partrticipating in the sideshow. councilmembers unanimously approving that ordinance in a late-night decision. time to get a look at the forecast for you. kari hall is checking those numbers. >> we're starting out with clouds in some of our coastal areas but clear in the inlane valleys. that's where our temperatures will be, in the 80s today, but a little cooler than yesterday. in mountain view expect 78 degrees and 69 in oakland. mid to upper 60s in san francisco and we'll have a cooling trend that continues into tomorrow as well. by friday we're looking at san jose's high temperature of 77 degrees. it's going to be really pleasant for these next few days, so make some plans to get outside. marcus. >> thanks so much, kari. we'll have another local news update in 30 minutes. rell see you back he

hey, everybody we're back what a gorgeous, gorgeous day on the plaza. we want to give some camera time to our crowd

wait a minute. i'm sorry. wait a minute. >> isn't this an adorable little trend? this is maddie is she not the cutest? >> we love you. >> i love the jean jacket. that's why i bonded with her. >> i think you're never happier than when you're clutching a baby. >> i saw her, and i was like, do you mind if i steal your baby? >> oh. look at that kiss? she just blew a kiss >> blow kiss do it again. do it again. do it again. >> yes, perform for us. >> blow a kiss for mommy >> no. >> we caught the first one. >> she said, talk to my agent. >> isn't this the sweetest babe? do you want her back i'll take her. >> hang on all right. we're also going to have a behind the scenes look at, wait for it, season 18 of "america's got talent" with its beloved host and judges. >> and then adriana will reveal

our very first travel awards products our editors have tested and loved from the ultimate travel outfit to luggage that can make life easier when you're on the go. >> and we know that we are going to eat well when this man is on the plaza. marcus samuelson in the house. he is making tibs and grits. one of the hot new items right off the menu if you don't know what tibs are, you will know by the end of this morning. >> i am already hungry. >> savannah is in her own world over here. >> she did just say daddy. sorry, mom we all know how that goes. >> can we keep here? is that okay okay >> grandma said no. coming up on "3rd hour of today," gut health is on the spotlight. believe it or not, five ways to improve yours. all right. but first can we get a shot at the control room guys, let us introduce you to kate, one of our beloved production managers.

she is literally the engine that makes this place go. >> yes. >> today is kate's last day with "the today show. she started here a decade ago. then she joined "today." she's not going far. she's moving to our nbc specials unit but, kate, we love you we want to wish you the best don't go far we will be working a lot with kate with a lot of big events coming up. she is incredible. >> she will be doing a lot of parades and all the rest kate is the cream of the crop. we love you, kate. we'll see you soon all right. how about a check of the weather. >> how are your mommy muscles doing? >> i'm out of practice. i can feel it. >> she is lovely i can't even focus all right. we do have some weather to talk about, though. we are going to see much cooler temperatures across the northeast. if you feel it if you are out there back through the great lakes, temperature only in the 60s. look to the west and we're looking at mid to upper 80s down through texas, too tomorrow we will see the chance of stronger storms, especially across western nebraska into kansas, oklahoma, the panhandle

of texas where we could see some of those strong storms winds and large hail our biggest threat we can't rule out a tornado. it is really the wind and the hail we're focused on. a little stormy down in the southeast, too that's and we are going to see more sunshine across the bay area. temperatures inland reaching into the mid-80s. so just a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. and you'll notice that it will still be very nice and mild through the next several days into the weekend and just a touch warmer from sunday into monday. in san francisco, you'll definitely need the jacket as our temperatures go from 50 to 65 just about each and every day. low clouds and fog will hover for the morning but then >> and a friendly reminder here. you can stream all four hours of "today" and your local nbc station on peacock it's part of the peacock news morning live collection. you can learn more by heading to

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we are back. and so is "america aes got talent." >> the all-around talent show is set for its 18th season with bigger and better, more jaw-dropping acts. >> 18th season >> jason kennedy had a chance to spend some time with that entire crew jason? >> hey, friends. good morning it is never a dull afternoon when you spend the day with simon cowl, howie mandel, heidi klum and sofía vergara. in just a short time it's very obvious, beyond the incredible acts, their chemistry is the

secret sauce that makes the show thrive in search of life, liberty and that "it" factor, "america's got talent" is back. >> this is how you do it after 18 years, agt is still discovering cutting-edge talent. >> i can't tell you how many times i look at my friends here across the table and on the stage and our jaws are just dropped going, wow. >> more cuteness. >> why are you so adorable >> i don't know. >> or unique talent. and more emotion >> as a fan of the show, whether you are watching it or watching your social media channels, i can tell you guys really like each other. >> when we say we are a family, it does actually feel that way because we like each other. >> and there is no b.s like genuinely everyone loves being here. >> we are like a family, but a dysfunctional family in the best way possible, dysfunction together.

>> reporter: these four judges and host terry cruz have been dysfunctional for four years >> i'm going to make it hard for somebody else to try to take this spot. i know i'm saying it. there is no agt after terry. >> i'm going to say yes. >> reporter: and the show has heart. the judge's reactions are authentic. nothing is staged or canned. >> the truth is honestly, people don't believe this, is that nobody has a clue who is going to be on stage or what they're going to do until they walk up >> okay. action >> heidi, i love your sisterhood bond with sofia. >> i love having a strong woman next to me. i feel like it makes me stronger and we have fun together we can laugh at one another. >> i think we are very similar personalities. a lot we have in common and we're moms also. >> terry and i get our hair done together >> we're the bookends.

>> reporter: just like the auditions -- some things don't always go as planned. >> reporter: early on in the season while you were shooting, you lost your voice. >> i mean, i had to save the day. i became the interpreter. >> whose idea is it to make sofía vergara the interpreter. >> he said he wrote the act. he seemed to be in it to win it. she says, simon says in winning, in winning it in winning. >> i should be paid double i can barely understand him with his english accent. >> can i just make a prediction right now? >> i smell emmy. >> reporter: laughs and jokes aside, they take pride in what they do. they know the decisions they make change lives. >> particularly if you have a great audition within five minutes your whole life could

literally change overnight >> sometimes it hits me that many of them each season literally change their lives or their families' lives. it is important. it is beautiful. >> reporter: and that sentiment perhaps resonating a little more for simon after several series of bike accidents. you went through a series of stents, and i'm curious how your life outlook has changed. >> it was painful. it wasn't great. however, i was so unfit before the accident i didn't know how unfit i was until i had to do all the stuff afterwards, and i'm like, my god. things like that i believe happen for a reason. >> reporter: and we can't get you off a bike, you're going to bike for the rest of your life >> i'm still on the bike i'm obsessed with it >> i appreciate you guys so much congratulations. 18 seasons beautiful people. >> thank you. >> i want to mention season 18 will premier on nbc tuesday, may 30th at 8:00 p.m. >> all right get excited. >> "america's got talent" tuesday, 8:00 p.m. all right.

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>> yeah! >> before we start cooking here, tell me about the spot down in atlanta because this is your first restaurant. >> first restaurant in atlanta it is like brunch city this dish we're going today is really inspired by brunch. it is a shrimp and grits we tweaked from my heritage in ethiopia so we call it tibs and bits which is really a nice stir fry with grits >> why do we call it tibs. >> it is one of the dishes that comes from ethiopia. sere some beef, serve it with grits and put heat on it you know what, can i tell you how excited i am because it's the first time i'm cooking outside on the plaza live. how cool is this right? how cool is this >> summer is here. what did you put on the pan to start? >> a little onion and garlic can we smell that? can we smell that, right a little onion and garlic, ginger and i'm going to add in our beef. >> okay. >> beautiful tenderloin beef

then this comes from my home country. >> it's a spice blend that you find all over ethiopia it has a little heat on it can i tell you what else -- >> what oil? just olive oil. >> just olive oil. one of the cool things about living in new york city, we have all these cool restaurants yesterday i was invited to one of the jenna and hoda parties. >> yeah. >> you know like they get invited to the fancy party. >> yeah. >> we don't get invited to them. savannah you don't get invited dylan. i walked in, martha stewart was there. everybody was there. i was like, i'm with jenna i'm with hoda. restaurant danielle turns 30, yes. >> big shoutout to our friend danielle it was fancy of course there was hoda drinking in the corner but she's here she recovered fast >> what's the word on the dish, boys and girls >> so good >> really good >> no.

but it's so much fun to be here on the plaza, cooking outside. cooking tibs and bits. i'm going to plate this for you. >> this is done. >> done. >> what do we add to it. >> a little bit -- just like this olive oil, a little bit of butter. >> just a little bit of butter, right. >> just a smidge. >> just a little bit. >> so, look at that. look how nice that looks, right? >> marcus, what if you can't find that spice? i love that spice. where do you find it >> smoked paprika. >> you like spice. you like chile. >> i like to be invited to fancy parties. >> i know. >> i don't cut it. >> next one. we're going to get invited to. >> the grits are cooked for about 20 minutes little bit of cream. little bit of water. you know the grits got to be really, really nice and creamy. >> i do. i take my grits very seriously it needs to just -- >> beautiful look at these grits.

>> water and milk. >> whole milk. >> now we're ready to plate. look at this look at this >> are you guys eating over there? i know that hoda snot eating because she had a fancy meal last night the other ones -- the other ones come on. come on. >> so this is on the menu. >> that's it >> how do you get the meat so tender. >> fancy tenderloin, but you got to cook it in a hot pan, adding the spice. it's really, really delicious. >> can i just say how happy i am to be here it's so much fun. >> thank you >> thank you very much >> marcus samuelson. >> you can find the recipes today.com/food, go there and get this because you want to eat this for sure. just ahead on "3rd hour,"

bernadette peters. hoda and jenna, wedding guest attire but first your local news and weather. ♪ good morning to you. it is 8:56, i'm marcus washington.

activists today are promising a new round of action in san francisco. this is in response to d.a. jenkins' decision not to file charges in the recent high-profile shooting by a walgreens security guard. supporters of the victim are organizing a rally outside of the sf district attorney's office. also a supervisor plans to introduce a resolution asking the state attorney general and the u.s. department of justice to review that evidence. it may happen as soon as next week. the protest is scheduled to start at midday. we'll have the latest in a live report. you can check our home page for more coverage as it unfolds.

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this morning on the third hour of "today," debt debate. >> there is still work to do. >> debt ceiling talks are going down to the wire. the government set to run out of money in a matter of weeks. how it could impact your money, 401(k), maybe even your job. plus, time for a gut check. five ways to