down and then a warm-up again. san francisco, we have mid-60s today and we get the early morning fog tomorrow. >> and the early morning commute easier now that we're in the summer months, but it is kicking in. 85 and 87 seeing a lot more traffic over the last few. >> all right. and "today" is just moments away. but you can get more local news right now with our newscast live on roku and other streaming platforms about, not to mention nbcbayarea.com. >> and that does it for us here. happy first day of summer. . good wednesday morning signs of hope emerging overnight in that search for the missing sub. >> a make-or-break i that mission.n that mission.

it's june 21st, this is "today." this is "today." breaking news, underwater noises a rescue ship reportedly detects banging sounds inside the search breaking news. underwater noises. a rescue ship reportedly detects banging zones inside the search zone. crews up against the clock hoping for the miracle. >> there is a full-court press effort -- >> a former passenger on that very sub tells us what it's like when he joins us live. battle lines. republicans outraged over the plea deal with no prison time for hunter biden. >> if you are the president's son, you get a sweetheart deal. >> biden's attorney commenting on the deal. >> i think what's fair is my client gets all of his life. >> where the fight goes next just ahead. making the case. the new evidence just revealed in the idaho college murders. prosecutors saying a cheek swab of the suspect linked him directly to the murder scene. we'll have the latest.

feeling the heat. tens of millions waking up to warnings today as that brutal heat wave in the south rolls on. al has your full forecast, including storms on the move. "today" exclusive. the judge at the center of the alex murdoch try breaking his silence. what he's now saying about the closely watched case and the intense spotlight he was under. all that, plus soak it in. the first day of summer has arrived. we will help you get ready for the season with a party in our yard, today, wednesday, june 21st, 2023. 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" on the first day of summer. good time-out you along with us. e we've got news on that search

for that submersible missing here the titanic wreckage. the coast guard reporting that the canadian aircraft reported noises in the search area. this is the first positive sign. >> yeah. it's led the coast guard to rolo indicate the search vehicles in an attempt to determine the origin of those sounds. and it comes amid new reporting that is not obtained by nbc news that searchers were hearing banging sounds every 30 minutes. >> of course, this is becoming more desperate by the hour. the submersible with just about a day's supply of oxygen left, and in a moment we'll talk to somebody who knows firsthand that knows what it's like to be in that very sub, but first let's get to tom costello with details on this search, this positive sign. >> reporter: good news. homeland security sources say

it's not sure it was banging they heard but it could be sounds or noises they are doing an examination of, and they have a big challenge. if they can identify where this mini sub might be, then they have to figure out how do they get the sub up out of the water to actually rescue the people inside. they are rushing salvage equipment in, but as you mentioned, the clock is ticking, less than 24 hours of air left inside the sub. a glimmer of hope this morning in the desperate search for that private sub in the north atlantic. the u.s. coast guard says a canadian aircraft using buoys detected underwater noises in the search area. and overnight, multiple reports suggest banging was heard at 30-minute intervals. that's according to an internal government update on the search. four hours later, banging was still heard and it was unclear

if those were the same noises detected by the sonar buoys. nbc news reached out to government authorities but so far has not verified the documents. the sub and it's five passengers disappeared sunday near the site of the titan take. less than a day's worth of air, located that vessel is a critical depth. but at a depth of 2 1/2 miles, it will require specialized equipment to reach and potentially bring the vessel back to the service. will the u.s. navy be able to get salvage equipment on time before the air runs out? >> what i can tell you is there is a full-court press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. >> reporter: this past year he talked about the risk of diving to the titanic. >> at some point safety just is pure waste. if you want to be safe, don't get out of bed, don't get out of your car, don't do anything. at some point, you are going to

take some risks. >> reporter: also onboard, a businessman and his son, as well as a frenchman and a billionaire, the explorers club, we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site. >> we're hopeful. it is a dangerous situation. there is no light. it is completely black. it is freezing cold down there. >> reporter: but safety has been in the spotlight with the passenger saying a waiver mentioning the sub has not been approved by any regulatory body. the sub can only be opened from the outside. >> the clock is ticking for them whether that floats on the surface or whether they are on the bottom alive. >> reporter: the sub went into the water sunday morning 8:00 a.m. with four days of air. we're into the third day. nbc news looked at a lawsuit from somebody in the company claiming that sub was not

certified and possibly not designed to dive to the depth that company wanted to go to. that lawsuit was settled. warned catastrophic problems with that mission given the design of the mini sub. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. >> joining us now is aaron newman. he knows several of the people aboard that sub and he also knows what it's like to be inside that very sub, the titan. he, himself, took a trip down to the titanic back in 2021 let's just start with the breaking news we have overnight. there were banging sounds that were heard from beneath the ocean. tell me what your reaction was to that. >> obviously, our focus is just on -- just hoping for this hollywood ending to happen, and we know the coast guard and everybody else is working so hard and the oceangate crew is

working as hard as they can to possibly find this if anything is out there so it's obviously exciting news. it's promising but there is work to be done and that's what the focus is so not losing any sleep over what's going on and just continue the mission >> it's fairly unique, the perspective you have because you have been on this very submersible. so kind of paint us a picture of what it would be like right now for those passengers who are aboard what is it like to descend to the ocean in this vehicle? >> well, it is an amazing journey, right so many people -- and these are not amateurs that are on even the mission specialists or the tourists that are on, these are people that have lived on the edge for a long time so these are people that are excited by this stuff. the journey is amazing you are basically going to another planet, the bottom of

the ocean, 4,000 meters down the idea that you are getting in this craft it is bolted in. it is a tube that's comfortable, but not spacious at the surface when you first get in, it's hot and stuffy, so you are layering down. you have a pack lunch with you and a little bit of water. but you are planning for the day to be there. and as you start to descend through the water column, it is an amazing journey to see the light very quickly disappear and within five, ten minutes, you are in pitch dark, complete dark and you have the lights from the sub, right you have the lights from the submersible that you can see outside and internally but without those, your light is gone at any depth below a couple hundred meters so anyone in that would be in complete darkness if they didn't have power still at this point and by the time you hit the bottom, the water down there is below what a standard freezing temperature is, so the water is 29, 30 degrees fahrenheit. and that's going to conduct

right through that metal so it was cold when we were at the bottom you had layered up you had wool hats on and were doing everything to stay warm at that bottom. >> let's talk more about the passengers onboard like you said, they are not your ordinary civilians these are explorers. and you know some of them personally tell us about them. >> yes these are -- these are -- i will start with stockton. he is somebody that had this vision he wants to take people to the bottom of the ocean. he definitely had this vision, and he built it. you know, so he was an amazing guy, and -- you know, he made a lot happen he was on every mission, right not every single one but he was always leading the charge. so he was a guy who was, you know, not sitting in the back instructing people, he was leading the charge i spoke with him last week about possibly diving in the azores, you know so he was really -- this is just

the beginning of his vision of what he wanted people like p.h., the french explorer, he's been down for the titanic more than anyone else. he's the one that brought up the las vegas exhibit. this is a guy that's soft-spoken, humble, but he's probably the leading sub expert out there. and then hamish, here is another guy that's broken records and done amazing things. none of these people are people that i would consider tourists tourist is such a bad term these are people that lived on the edge and loved what they are doing. if anything is going on, these are people that are calm and thinking this through and doing what they can to stay alive. so this is -- it is a good set of people. >> aaron, with the moments we have left, i'm just curious, when you signed all those waivers and legal releases and you are getting in that tube, did you feel safe or did you

feel, like, i might be rolling the dice here with my life for this adventure >> listen, we always -- you know, i felt safe the whole time they were a professional crew. they did a lot of training around safety and the back-up systems around dropping weights and, you know, so i felt very safe but we are -- you know, obviously, this is the type of exploration that's doing things. this is not a disney ride, right? this is stuff -- we're going places that very few people have been, and this is inventing things so there are risks, right? but we know that and all these people accepted that now we have to focus on how do we everything we can to rescue these people and figure out where they are and keep -- keep pushing. i'm a big advocate that we know less about the bottom of the ocean than the surface of the moon, and we need to do more research into the bottom of the

ocean and learning about it. there is so much resources and animal life and biology down there. we need to tap into this and that is one of stockton's vision, was how do we do this. >> yeah. well, we want to thank you so much for your unique perspective on this. we will have a lot more on the search also, a closer look at the rise of extreme tourism. new fall-out and reaction to hunter biden's deal with federal prosecutors. the president's son will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges, likely avoiding jail time and republicans are outraged they're accusing the justice department of a double standard. kristin welker joins us with more. good morning >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you this case caps a five-year investigation into hunter biden's dealings. but it hasn't put a lid on the political problems surrounding the president's son. the justice department, and the president is yet again on defense. president biden standing by his

son, hunter, reacting to his plea deal during an event in california, tuesday. after a five-year investigation into hunter biden's finances, the 53-year-old struck a deal with federal prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges for failing to pay income taxes in 2017 and 2018 and avoiding prosecution on a felony charge of illegally possessing a gun while he was using drugs. two sources tell nbc news the government will recommend probation. >> i think what's fair is, you know, my client gets off with his life. >> reporter: it comes days after former president trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges died to his dealings of classified material. mr. trump comparing hunter's deal to a mere traffic adding, our system is broken the doj has one standard for mr. trump and another for biden and

the democrats. >> while i welcome these charges and the guilty plea, i have a sense that this will do very little to allay the concerns of millions of americans that we just simply don't have equal treatment under the law. >> if you are the president's political opponent, doj tries to literally put you in jail and give you prison time if you are the president's son, you get a sweetheart deal. >> reporter: merrick garland pledged he will not interfere with the investigation which has been led by u.s. attorney, david weissa trump-appointed prosecutor >> that should give you some comfort that this is not a sweetheart deal, but it is standard. >> reporter: he worked for a ukrainian energy company while then vice president biden was in charge of ukraine policy savannah asked candidate biden about that in 2020 >> no one has found anything wrong with his dealings in ukraine except for, they say, it

sets a bad image. >> do you agree it sets a bad image? >> yeah. and my son said that. >> reporter: now the u.s. attorney, david weiss, says th overnight committee chairman says he wants a briefing by weiss why that is. notably, the doj restricted the amount of information that can be shared by congressional investigators during their probe. republicans on the hill, meanwhile, are vowing to continue their own investigations into hunter biden regardless a part of the backdrop heading into 2024. >> thank you, kristin. let's turn now to the legal troubles facing former president trump. the criminal trump trial over his alleged mishandling of classified documents now scheduled to begin later this summer garrett haake is covering that story for us good morning tell us about the timeline for this trial >> good morning. the judge set an august 14th trial date that's not likely to stick the main reason is the classified nature of the

evidence in this case itself mr. trump's attorneys need security clearances for one thing, and that's a process that can take months. there is other motions or appeals that could delay getting things started, too. you are talking about a two-week trial getting underway in the heart of the presidential primary season, maybe early next year it's a tricky split screen for the former president >> let's talk about that political impact have you seen any from this indictment of president trump? >> former president trump is still the frontrunner and by a growing margin according to polls. mr. trump has used both of his indictments very successfully to raise money and to rally his base now there is some evidence that he may be seeing some slippage in his report. there is a new cnn poll that came out yesterday that showed . but the good news fo mr. trump's overall favor

ibility. falling among republicans, as much as ten points and he's back below 50% support in the primary, which means more republicans want somebody else to be the nominee. support is scattered between ron desantis, who is 20 points back. every other candidate still in single digits. >> garrett, thank you. update now on the section of i-95 that collapsed in philadelphia earlier this month. it will reopen to traffic this weekend. that is much earlier than expected pennsylvania governor josh shapiro made that announcement yesterday while providing an update on the rebuilding process. the overpass crashed after a deadly tanker truck fire it created headaches with commuters and truckers in the region the governor says 24/7 from crews work on site will allow them to open the highway in the coming days. when it first happened, they said it would be months. another major story, the weather blanketing the south millions of people facing severe storms mr. roker is here and he's got the details in the forecast.

hey, al. >> showers today, hit or miss from tampa to washington making its way to the north in fact, we're looking at so much rain, we have flood watches valid until friday evening stretching from the carolinas all the way down into florida. out as we move from the west into bismarck and florida, the hazards we've got there, damaging hail, two inches in diameter or more wind gusts of 75 miles an hour or more. and we can't rule out a couple of tornadoes along the eastern seaboard we're talking some areas upwards of five inches of rain or more and also heavier showers and thunderstorms back up through the plains we will get to your local forerecast in ththe next 30 0 s. helplps you stayay connected, ♪ helplps you stayay connected, sasafe ♪♪ and chargeged.

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aaron mclaughlin has that story. hey, erin. >> that's right. prosecutors are revealing the results of bryan kohberger's dna test it is not locking good for the defense. i'll have more on what they are alleging and the latest court documents. and the desperate search for the titanic sub. and now the microscope on what some are calling extreme tourism. that's just ahead. but first, this is "today" on

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detected on tuesday night. the coast guard says four hours later it was still going so while that submersible hasn't been located this morning, this may be the first sliver of hope. this morning, search crews racing against time to find that missing submersible after the u.s. coast guard confirmed overnight that underwater noises have been detected in the area the sonar buoys that found the noises part of a massive search effort that would face a challenging rescue very few vessels and instruments are able to work at such extreme ocean depths the titanic sits 13,000 feet under the sea. that's more than nine times the length of the empire state building only a small group of people have ventured that far it is part of the reason why oceangate pitches passengers a once in a lifetime experience for the price of $250,000. an eight-day journey, about 900 miles off the coast of cape cod. ocean gate's ceo, one of those onboard the titan now, told nbc in 2022, passengers have to do more than pay a steep fee.

>> this is a real expedition. we have all kinds of challenges. >> reporter: former passengers say you have to sign a massive waiver that right up front says the trip can result in death once passengers board the support ship, oceangat provides a vessel orientation and safety briefing. the submersible's controls are quite basic. >> we run the whole thing with this game controller. >> reporter: the vessel detaches and starts to submerge. >> you feel somewhat like you are on a total different planet as you descend. >> reporter: it takes about 2 1/2 hours to travel over two miles deep under the sea passengers describe the vessel as cold with only one porthole to allow passengers to look out site at just over 22 feet long and 8.3 feet high, this photo shows the seating configuration and practice

passengers on the floor barefoot so what if nature calls on the roughly ten hour mission there is a small bathroom with a privacy curtain. they turn the music up loud. the view of the wreckage can last four or five hours. passengers who have reached these depths an exclusive club more people have gone into space. but going this deep underwater is actually technologically harder to engineer. >> this incident is causing broader tourism industry and especially extreme tourism to be looked at under a close microscope to say, are we doing everything we can? are we minimizing risks? >> what do we know about energy procedures onboard >> reporter: right former passenger tell us they're taught to use this manual system where they're able to drop weight, and that would bring the vessel to the surface. there is supposed to be a necklace system that automatically corrodes after 24 hours in the water that also would bring the submersible up, unless it is trapped beneath something. still a lot of possibilities as

they try to zero in on that banging, guys. >> such a challenge. thank you. let's get another check of the weather from mr. roker. >> all right we're talking about this unrelenting heat right now down through the southwest. 25 million people under heat advisories and heat warnings look at the sizzle today the record heat that's going to continue, plus the feels like temperatures, the heat index going to feel like 111 in houston. 115. 107 in presidio. 116 in brownsville 100 in new orleans tomorrow. and on into the weekend, the unrelenting temperatures continue with high 90s through houston, alexandria, saint angelo and mid to high 90s through dallas and we also have tropical storm bret out there in the atlantic there in the atlantic. we've also got this area that has a 70% chance of development.

good news about bret that will stay to the south of haiti, puerto rico, no big problems there smoke still coming out of the wild fires, especially for parts of minnesota on into wisconsin 30 million people at risk for high levels of ozone pollution wild fire smoke possible in good tuesday morning. here's a live look in downtown san jose. and here's what you can expect now and next. we've got summer beginning in less than 15 minutes today at 7:57. we are going to see a warmer day with temperatures in the upper 70s then a slight return with temperatures into thursday and friday. weekend a warming and that's your latest weather.

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>> we're excited because tomorrow kelly clarkson is going to stop by and visit us. we want to catch up with her she has a busy life, a busy career just a day before her highly anticipated album drops and before she becomes our neighbor right here in 30 rock. her show is moving right here, so we're excited to visit with her. >> 8:00 on a wednesday morning the search for that missing submersible focused on part of the atlantic time is running short for rescuers and the five people aboard that sub. nbc's tom costello is in boston with the latest on the top of the hour tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning so coast guard command here in boston here behind me, they confirm that the canadian p-3 search plane yesterday dropped a sonar buoy and that sonar buoy picked up some sort of tapping or banging underwater. unconfirmed what kind of tapping or banging it was. was it from inside the missing sub? was it some other sound in the

ocean? we simply don't know there is another report out there that, in fact, the banging was at 30-minute intervals so nbc news has not independently confirmed that here's the challenge, though if they can find and locate this missing mini sub, then they've got to find a way to lift that up and out of the water. they are rushing more assets, more assets into the area, more ships and more planes and salvage equipment, but i asked the salvage commander on the ground here at the coast guard boston, can they, in fact, effect a rescue? do they have time? well, the u.s. navy or the canadian navy be able to get salvage equipment here on time before the air runs out? >> what i can tell you is there is a full press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. >> reporter: we talk about air running out. right now we think they only

have 24 hours left the navy moved equipment so they can take it out on to the search site that's still a day's trip, maybe longer out to the site itself. in the meantime, the five people onboard, we haven't heard from him since sunday morning when they went into the ocean four days of oxygen inside the ship and right now we're down to about 24 hours or so back to you. >> thank you. another day of brutal heat and the storm threat that comes with it. many homes are without air-conditioning because of the widespread power outages al is tracking all of this. >> good morning. this system moving up the east coast is going to cause weather to deteriorate in that rescue zone off newfoundland. heavier showers and thunderstorms, that has the national weather service issuing flood watches from florida all the way up into the carolinas through friday morning for heavy rain

we could be looking at upwards of five inches of rain in the southeast. so flooding is a possibly. as we go into the rockies and the plains, from saint angelo to cheyenne, a threat of severe weather, more damaging hail, two inches in diameter and a couple of tornadoes possible. and record heat continues throughout the southwest and into texas for 26 million people look at these air temperatures and feels like temperatures. it is going to feel like 115 in san antonio, 111 in dallas, 116 in brownsville and this is going to continue right on into the weekend. guys >> all right thank you, al. just one day after secretary of state antony blinken finished his ice-breaking trip to china, president biden referred to president xi as a dictator biden was speaking at a fundraiser in california last night. he said xi was upset when the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon in february because according to biden xi didn't know it had gone off course.

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trial of the former officer down in charleston who is accused of shooting walter scott in the back a few years ago but judge newman admitted this was the highest profile trial of his career, the trial of alex murdaugh we spent some time talking about the trial itself, also talking about the fascination with all the inner workings of the trial as well. judge newman spending some time here yesterday telling me what it was like to be at the center of it all. the trial grabbed headlines around the world >> i'm alex murdaugh. >> once head of a prominent south carolina legal dynasty standing trial for the murders of his wife and son. overseeing the high-profile case, judge clifton newman were you surprised by the attention, the extent of it? >> probably shouldn't have been surprised. you know, high-profile lawyer,

death of a wife, death of a child, accusations of stealing millions of dollars from clients, allegations of a lawyer hooked on drugs. it had all the ingredients for something of major public interest. >> reporter: it all started on the night of june 7th, 2021, when alex murdaugh called police claiming he found his wife and son shot to death on the family's country estate. >> what's your emergency >> i need the police and answer immediately. my wife and child have got shot badly! >> reporter: turns out that call was just one in a long series of lies exposed during his six-week trial. >> i want to give them as much accurate information as i could. >> reporter: turns out that one

call turned out to be lies about where he had been the night his wife and son were killed, lies about a staged suicide attempt, admissions about drug abuse and allegations of stealing millions of dollars from his clients. through it all, judge newman widely seen as a calming presence and by-the-book jurist. in the end, it took the jury less than three hours to convict him. were you surprised at all with which the speed of the jury came back with the verdict? >> i wasn't. my experience in recent years is that jurors don't take a long time deliberating after they've spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening to testimony and receiving evidence. >> reporter: last march, judge newman sentenced murdaugh to two life sentences, while declaring

he would be forced to live with what he'd done. >> within your own soul, you have to deal with that and i know you have to see paul and maggie during the nighttime when you are attempting to go to sleep. i'm sure they come to visit you. >> reporter: pretty powerful. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you think that he'll be haunted by his wife and son? >> oh, i think so. it has to be i cannot imagine him having a peaceful night knowing what he did. i'm sure if he had an opportunity to do it over again, he'd never do it. >> reporter: judge newman's reserve demeanor on the bench drawing many admirers. his story made more impressive by where it started, in a segregated school in a small south carolina town, inspired by the landmark case, brown v the

board of education he went to law school and became a prosecutor before coming a judge in 2000. one of his daughters, joselyn, following in his footsteps, is now a state judge, too so growing up, you would see dad in court in action. >> it was kind of scary. he was a good prosecutor i would sit in the jury box and watch him at work. >> reporter: judge newman and her father talk often. so she had a front row seat as he made headlines from the bench of the murdaugh trial. >> i knew it was a big deal. but it happened even before that, just scrolling through instagram and seeing a "dateline" post about alex murdaugh was just amazing. i am pretty sure i took a screen shot of that and sent it around to the family. >> reporter: he plans to retire this fall as his legal career comes to a close, he reflected on murdaugh and his most high-profile case.

>> felt sorry for him. felt that he was just in a position where he could not -- where if there is a hole that he could go into, he would dive into that hole and keep going to the lowest depths. i wasn't trying to pull him out of that hole, but i wanted to give him an opportunity to say something. >> reporter: alex murdaugh still maintains he did not kill his wife and son there were certain questions that judge newman declined to answer because this is a case that is being appealed it is also interesting to point out, you just heard from one of his daughters there. judge newman had four children you will appreciate this all four of the children ended up taking the lsat all four of them ended up going to law school, actually. two finished and became attorneys. just two weeks prior to this trial starting, his youngest son died suddenly, and a lot of folks said to the judge, we would understand if you wanted

to delay the start of the trial. judge newman insisted that, because there had been so many people who had been involved in jury selection and seating the jury, he wanted to seat them for that reason. and also he needed the distraction as well. and his wife, for the first time ever, was in court every day to support her husband during the course of that trial. >> wow pretty extraordinary that he decided to just go forward and do the job beforehand when he had had such personal grief. craig, thank you very much appreciate it. >> thank you, craig. >> we will switch gears and get a check of al's forecast. hey, al. good morning we're looking mostly right now at activity along the eastern seaboard showers and thunderstorms from florida into the del mar peninsula. it will make its way east as we move over to the next 48 hours also showers and thunderstorms through the plains today where we could be seeing severe weather. hundreds and triple digits into the mid-teens, stretching from the southwest right on into parts of louisiana

90s in southern florida. 90s also in the upper great lakes. look for severe storms firing up as the system starts to push its way east the heat continues in texas. plenty of sunshine around the great lakes. minneapolis today, 92 degrees. heavy rain down through the southeast. and we do welcome summer with lots of sunshine. live look now in downtown san jose. daytime highs today will eventually bump up into some 70s for interior but if you're going to be around san francisco, we're talking mid and upper 60s. also breezy winds at times especially around the coastline. heading into thursday, we're going to see the return of some fo best time of the morning, including the ice cream bracket.

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but the poster teases priscilla is coming soon, so you don't have to wait long for that. next up, taylor swift. if you weren't able to score tickets here in the states, well, there is still hope if you have your passport ready and it's not expired yesterday swift added 42 international shows to the tour, including more concerts in the uk, mexico and italy australia. it is scheduled to end august 17th, 2024 in london for anybody still emotionally scarred by the ticketing debacle, here's how you get the tickets. head over to ticketmaster or taylor's website. register with the multi-step process. that requires preregistration to be eligible for the regular and presale events and may the odds be ever in your favor. >> may the force be with you >> yeah, good luck with that next up, pharrell williams debuted his collection with louie vuitton. taking on the role of creator director >> oh, wow

>> it was a star-studded event everybody was there. >> everybody. >> after the show, the runway part of the show ended, pharrell pulled double duty and grabbed the mic and did his 2003 hit with jay-z "frontin'". ♪ ♪ >> cool. >> this guy can do it all. >> oh, he's the man. so talented. >> he is really artistic, really cares about the planet has a skin line, a clothing line, does everything. fashion is at the center of all of that. great, great person. happy for pharrell next up, harrison ford

prepsz to say good-bye to indiana jones, a character he played now for four decades. indy himself got all choked up sharing a sweet thank you to the fans who stuck with him over the years. take a look. >> can i just say on behalf of all the fans, thank you. it's been such an adventure. we love you so much. i don't want to make you blush or anything, but you mean the world to us. and thank you. that's all i have to say. >> and -- and i must say to you thank you sincerely. it means the world to me. >> that's a nice moment, right he seems like the kind of guy like that earnest of a thank you is all harrison ford needs he doesn't need the accolades. >> he doesn't want the witty line. >> it's fantastic. it is a wonderful send-off. >> you saw it? >> yeah. >> how do you get these? >> he's al roker. >> no. how do you you can't tell us? >> do you get screeners of these? >> no, no, no. it was a bunch of people i'll tell you.

it's funny no spoilers, but it's the harrison -- it's the indiana jones we were waiting for. forget about number four, that crystal skull debacle. this is fantastic. >> how is the new "mission impossible"? have you seen that >> can't say >> how about the priscilla movie that's not out >> indiana jones and the dial of destiny hits theaters next friday. >> for the rest of us. >> hoda, i have bad news for you. let me make my way through it. today's ice cream truck bracket. >> don't tell me. >> which treats were hot enough to make it to the top when it comes to vehicles for delivery cone drumstick >> no! >> in the battle of the drumstick versus chocolate eclair bar, so drumsticks will be moving on the eclair is gone. >> maybe people haven't tried it. >> over on the east side of the bracket, the ice cream sammy push-up pops, 80% of the vote. no surprise there.

we have a classic showdown for the tasting top two. it comes down to the drumstick to the ice cream sandwich. >> the drumstick has so much going for it. it has nuts. it has ice cream - >> america is into nostalgia and throwback. this is blue devils/tarheels. >> i love the sandwich, but i'm going drumstick. >> wait, you're going drumstick? >> i don't know. because i think the nuts make it -- i don't like nuts all that much. >> we're a nation of texture, though. >> yeah. and the drum stick has it all. >> nuts, chocolate, ice cream. >> i think so. i think so. >> boom. it's like a smorgasbord. >> we'll find out tomorrow coming up, it is the first official day of summer. >> 10:27 a.m. >> what? >> 10:27 a.m. >> two hours and two minutes away

>> we'll help you spruce up your backyard for entertaining and the perfect recipes to match but first your local news and weather. .

good morning. dublin police are investigating a deadly crash that split a car in two. it happened late last night near dorr di and fall creek road. witnesses say some of the wreckage was unidentifiable. the car struck a tree then a pole before bursting into flames. two men died in the crash and the driver was 25 years old. our meteorologist has our forecast. what are you seeing? >> comfortable is the word. pleasant might be a nice addition to that. if you look at the skies over san jose, we have clear conditions. we will see the wind pick up into the afternoon around the coastline and the temperatures around san francisco, 65 degrees. now heading into thursday, we will notice a dip in temperatures because we've got a nearby system that might even bring the possibility for drizzle and the morning fog before we see a gradual warm up

leading us into the weekend just in time for the pride parade on sunday. your inland forecast, upper 70s today. coolingnto i

and we are back. it is 8:30 on a beautiful wednesday morning. and not just any wednesday, you

guys you know what today is it is the first official day of summer to help us kick it off with our sponsor wayfair that provided outdoor furniture and decor to make our furniture look snazzy very cool. >> if you are feeling inspired, interior designer, lauren mack, is here to help us spruce up our own backdoor spaces. what is cuter than this? >> craig would love that. >> plus, we have good eats today. can't wait for the menu. perfect for outdoor summer hanging, including margaritas. >> how refreshing! a refreshing spin. >> and summer kick-off rolls off in the third hour from travel to weather to the cost of movies. we will keep you safe and save you money. >> all right, mr. roker, how about a check of the weather >> all right let's look to the weekend as we get ready for that showers and storms on friday record heat in texas sunshine along the west coast. saturday more rain in the

northeast. a summer sizzle continues down through texas. sunshine from southwest into the pacific northwest. then sunday, sunday, we are looking for the storms to continue in new england and the northeast. some rain in the upper plains and mississippi river valley sunny and dry the western third of the country that's what's going on around the rest of the country. you saw there sunny and dry. that's what we're going to be seeing today for the official first day of summer. we are going to bump up into the 70s for inland areas. it will be comfortable and warm but then you'll notice a dip in the temperatures in that early morning fog. also, if you're going to be around the coastline, keep in mind we'll be seeing breezy conditions a

all four hours of "today" and your local nbc station live on peacock. part of the morning news live collection, and you can find details at peacocktv.com/morning news guys >> al, thank you one of the world's biggest sporting events is about to return in a big way. the women's world cup kicking off on july 20th. yes! >> we are so pumped. this morning on our program we get to announce three of the players who will be representing team usa are you ready? let us hear it for lynn williams kelly o'hara and kristie mewis! ladies, this is big news congratulations! all right. who's played in the world cup before you have all right.

tell us what it was like when you got the news you were on the team >> i felt like i was getting called for the first time to go to a world cup i'm so excited this is my fourth one. but when i got the news, i honestly broke out in tears. >> it's been a long road for you. you had some injuries. you missed it a couple years ago. but now you are back with your first world cup. how does it feel >> i'm so excited and i'm so excited to have these two with me they have been my rock this whole journey. >> and, lynn, this is a first go for you. tell us what it was like when you got the news >> i cried as well it will be my first one. i have only gone to one major tournament before. this means everything. we have trained so long and we fight so hard to do this, so it means everything to me. >> how does the team look? how are you feeling about the playing? >> good. >> a lot of prep >> we can't tell you. >> do you know >> we put together the pieces. but 11:30 today it comes out >> we'll watch it there. >> yeah. >> have you been prepping for

wales? is that your first match >> that's like a send-off game july 9th before he head off to australia. >> did you watch "ted lasso" are you all caught up? >> i am, actually. >> guys, we have jerseys here as well >> that's cool >> have you had it yet >> yes, i have every time i see it, though, i still get excited. >> don't drop the jersey. >> do not drop those >> all right congratulations. we'll see you in australia and new zealand. >> congratulations >> by the way, you can catch all the action in the women's world cup. it is on telemundo and peacock, starting with that send-off match on july 9th. go get them. >> usa usa! usa! we got it! >> coming up next, you guys, two authors who found each other online wait until you hear how they wrote their love story in their books.

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>> jenna is here with a special love story involving the author from the june book club. >> yes the june pick. hi, guys the author and his husband byron lane are actually both writers i met up with them recently at a cocktail bar here in new york where they told me how they first fell in love, thanks to some very well written online dating profiles. >> wait. don't you love that that like is in the structure of what captivated you >> i'm like, this is the one for

me if it's the grammar that gets him. >> after the first date in 2013, steven and byron each knew they had found someone special, both authors in love with writing and now each other byron says steven's calm nature and heart. kindness and sense of humor. two years after they met, byron faced devastating news >> you were diagnosed with cancer. >> that was a really sad moment. >> he had surgery to remove the tumor and thought he was in the clear. but almost five years later, byron felt a lump in his upper thigh. >> the hard part is when it came back. >> during the pandemic. >> as a caretaker for him, that was a really frightening moment. >> after surgery and three months of chemotherapy, byron was declared cancer-free. >> did you know then that you wanted to marry him? >> yeah.

i learned there are people who come into your life who you can count on, who shows up in times that are the worst. >> byron decided to propose. and true to their relationship, wrote his proposal in the acknowledgments of his book. >> thank you to steven, my nighttime star and all the magical blue skies in between. i love us. i love you will you marry me? >> steven accepted instantly a year later accepted publicly in his own book. >> to byron lane, a thousand times, yes i'm so damn lucky to spend my life with you. >> why am i the only one crying? that's so beautiful! steven and byron got married in their hometown of palm springs, california they spend most of their days writing in their house both published books on the same day this may byron's book "big gay wedding" and steven's book "the celebrants."

mine as a love story there is this great found family of friendship love. >> steven and byron's well-written love story has some twists and turns but mostly, they say, it's filled with happiness. >> when you describe your love, how do you describe it >> he gets coffee and goes off to one-half of the house we're writing. we meet again for lunch. it is a lovely life. and i feel so lucky. >> i mean, aren't you so inspired by them and, you know, they say both of them have written stories with gay story lines in it, which is particularly important to them this pride month, but every month that they get to represent a love that they didn't really get to read as children. and now as authors, they get to change the way that we see love. and i think it is pretty incredible steven's book, "the celebrants"

is our june pick i hope you read with me. get your copy, scan your qr code you can also get "my big gay wedding. it's hilarious. >> "a star is bored" looks good, too. >> it's hilarious. he was carrie fisher's assistant. they are lovely. >> lovely, lovely. coming up next, designer lauren mack is working her magic. diy ideas to improve your outdoor space, like the cutest way to rep

estamos de regreso saying hi to so many folks on the plaza. we're so grateful to have them here we're kicking off the first day of summer right here. >> as you get ready to enjoy more time outside, some fun and easy diy projects that can

spruce up your backyard. >> we're happy to have lauren mack here. she has tips and inspiration that she shares on her instagram game daily today she will share tips, and these are so clever, lauren. can we do this we're not exactly creative. >> that's okay. >> so you have an old tire, which we get. >> yes listen, i love upcycling and turning trash into treasure. this old tire, any one of you guys can find in your backyard it is super easy to cut out a hole, make it bigger any bitter old girlfriend will show you how to do this, okay? >> yes, okay. >> okay? cut that right out to make the hole a little bigger then you want to spray paint it. i love spray paint because it gets in all the grooves. i have spray painted this blue because i'm with an under the sea thing. >> what is this going to be? >> it is going to be a sand pit. >> okay!

our producers are playing in it. >> get in. >> painting and design. >> anything we want? >> anything you want you can do polka dots, stripes, make it a beach wall go for the under the sea theme like i did or personalize it with your kids handprints and make a memory out of this. >> can i ask you a question. should we be concerned that it's dirty because it was a tire? >> no. that spray paint just lumps it on in. anything you want to do. protect those little hands make one little slip all the way around. >> and then what >> and then you have a diy sand pit! >> that's really cute! >> ant that great? >> they like it. >> this is so affordable, a free tire, some paint, $10. >> that's really good. >> this next one is amazing.

>> yes everyone loves a gallery wall. am i right >> yes. >> so this is a really fun diy gallery wall that you can make with old picture frames. these are drawer liners. but this is what i'm using for this any combination you find, figure out the best solution for you. i'm hot gluing it. you can super glue it. >> all crafters have a hot glue gun. >> make sure you push it hard and let it set once you do that, you will spray paint it to customize it to your own liking ta-da! >> look at that. >> and how you can plant. >> get in here, girl. >> if you have always wanted flower boxes, but you don't have them, this is like your own flower box. >> put dirt in. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> it's okay so i put it in. >> it's so easy. >> this is great hang it up put this over here. >> look over here.

look what you did. it's so lovely you can customize it to your own colors what's great about this is you can take this inside. >> that's so pretty. >> enjoy it all the way around. >> beautiful what a clever idea. >> very, very cute. >> all right this right here is a beautiful little fire pit outside, right >> yes, it is. i love going outside but i want you to see those mosquitos do not play. and i can't deal with it plus, i love some ambiance so you can find a bowl, a plantar, whatever dish or vessel you love, fill it with sand first because you want to put the candles in. >> these are special candles, right? >> these are citronella. you can fill it with sand. put those in place. >> okay, more sand. >> clearly the theme today is sand sand is cheap. don't forget that. >> after you put all the sand

in. >> yes, that lumps them in place. >> pat it down. >> you want to keep it nice and secure. >> okay, got it. >> and then? >> there you go, girl. at the very end, you want to top it off with some gravel. you can use rocks. i use aquarium gravel. >> yeah, okay. >> oh, wow >> and then ta-da! >> i think we have some video of this in action, but it is incredible to watch what it looks like at night. >> yes that version that you are seeing right now is an upgraded version. i use these tiki torch canisters. this was $1.68, ladies fill it up. >> instead of the candles. >> exactly. >> brilliant >> we're not allowed to set things on fire here on the plaza, but you saw the video it is really cool. lauren, what a great idea. carson, you will keep the summer thing going. you have elizabeth with you. >> yeah. we have a couple recipes here. we got this something about a bright and fresh salad i don't know i found the cocktail here that is delicious this is kicking off summer officially we have a lot of fun, a lot of great stuff planned for you. maybe a couple cocktails but, first, this is

el verano comienza hoy es sponsored by wayfair you've got just what i need. >> and welcome back. we are marking the first day of summer out here on the plaza with furniture provided by our sponsor wayfair. what a better to celebrate summer than good hard core entertaining outdoors. hosting is easier when you have the right recipes at your fingertips we are here with simple, affordable dishes to feed a crowd. always good to have you. >> oh, honey, listen. >> you light up the plaza. >> you are so sweet. >> you can celebrate anything. and it is your birthday today. >> it is my birthday >> happy birthday! >> i'm going to tell you hoda and jenna declared this the easy, breezy summer. that was it. easy, breezy summer. i did hard all yearlong last year and i tell you, i'm not

doing hard anymore not this summer. so this is easy. >> easy, breezy. >> the hardest thing i'm going to do is take off my sports bra after hot yoga that's all i'm doing. >> i can't get that out of my head. >> you're fine it's fine. this is a spring roll salad, so instead of -- instead of having to roll it all up in rice papers, that's hard. i'm not doing hard we will mix it together and eat it as a salad. let's start with that. we have a little bit of maple syrup. >> sure. >> we have sesame oil. it's all of the asian wonderful flavors. >> delicious >> we have cirrache, peanut butter, garlic, and we just process this i already had carrots in there, so it's healthy, too you will get some carrots.

>> right, a little protein. >> yeah. and then we will blend this until it gets smooth we need our soy, and we are good what we are going to do is put this in. we want to blend it until it's super smooth okay then we will get over here to all of our vegetables. we want to shred our cabbage thinly i want to show you a trick this is life changing. you probably know. watch. you don't have to go like this look at there. now, that's a different one. that's a different guy anyway, so we're going to add -- >> hi, guys. >> hi. >> we have all of our carrots in here. >> i like the crunch you have to have the cabbage. >> after we mix this up, it will be good for days. >> what are the things in here. >> it's all summer it is the trifecta it's basil, cilantro and - it doesn't get better. we have rotisserie chicken we didn't even cook that because that's hard and i'm not doing it

we have our peppers, our dressing -- honey, tomato sandwiches i'm going to tell you, it's not summer until you have eaten a tomato sandwich and it's dripping down your arms and you have to lean out over the garbage can. >> sometimes you have to get out of elizabeth's way let her go it is all about the tomatoes. >> okay. tomato sandwich. i brought these from home. if you could have seen tsa, they were looking at it like they have never seen tomatoes before. i said, listen, it's a tomato. if you would put it back down, i would appreciate it. >> it's all good >> we have our beautiful tomatoes look at that this is the key, salt it salt and it let it sit. >> why is that >> let it sit because that's going to get all that juiciness. it will draw out some of the moisture it will also get into the tomato the other thing, sometimes i will take them because a tomato that's just off the vine, that's warm, i will take it and put it on the dashboard of my car and i

will let it sit for a little while, just let it warm up. >> do you can your tomatoes? >> whoa! that's the high school i know. >> it is the death of the tomato you cannot put it in the freezer. >> when someone cuts you off, do you grab it and throw it at them >> that is yummy >> here we go. >> do you let it get hot >> you got to let it get hot this is fake homemade mayonnaise making your own can be hard, and i'm not doing hard we have our lemon. we have our cajun seasoning. and then we also have basil. we mix that up i like to do these foreign appetizers for parties we had lobster salad -

>> is this a margarita >> happy summer! have a good morning. it's 8:56. a live look at sfo where a short time from now, president biden boards air force one back to d.c. following a three-day bay area visit. the president yesterday attended a closed door meeting on artificial intelligence. he then flew to marin for a fund-raiser and there in a sold out event, attendees gave the event between 5 to $10,000. you might say our tom geonns

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