90s today. light traffic at the golden gate bridge. we are going to want the cool mornings later on. no problems on the san mateo bridge. the "today" show is just ahead, but catch local news right now on our brand-new newscast streaming and on nbcbayarea.com. if you stay here on nbc bay area, the "today" show is coming up next, but you can join us on our streaming platforms for more local news. can't wait to see you there. buenos días, feliz jueves a getting worse. >> and we are tracking it all. it is july the 13th. this is "today."

coast-to-coast threats. in chicago, a tornado outbreak. >> look. look, look, look. right here. right there. see it spinning up? >> multiple twisters ravaging the midwest, including one near o'hare airport. thousands of passengers forced to take shelter. out west and down south, that record-shattering heat wave intensifies. >> it's 100-too-many. >> and we'll have everything that you need to know. breaking news. president biden in finland this morning, wrapping up his overseas trip at russia's doorstep after delivering a stern message to vladimir putin. >> he thought unity would shatter at the first testing, but he thought wrong. >> we're there live. targeted attack. new details emerging on the fatal shooting of a prominent surgeon in tennessee. his own patient now facing

murder charges. inside the investigation and the growing tributes to the victims, straight ahead. breaking overnight. hollywood ending? actors poised to join writers on strike after contract negotiations fail. a first for the industry in more than 60 years. what it means for your favorite shows and movies, just as the summer blockbuster season heats up. those stories, plus, that's rich! after no powerball winner overnight, the combined lottery jackpot soared to nearly $1.5 billion. a new race to buy tickets now underway. and he's back! a major announcement from lebron james at the epsys. >> the day i can't give the game everything on the floor, the day i'll be done. lucky for you guys, that day is not today. >> and the moment of the night. a standing ovation for damar hamlin and his emotional thank

you to the people who saved his life. the highlights from a star-studded night today, thursday, july 13th, 2023. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning! so good to see you. happy thursday. we're happy you're with us on this thursday morning. damar hamlin in that moment on that stage, get your tissues ready. it's a big one. >> yeah. >> once again, of course, he's putting the focus elsewhere, and right on to the people, the bills training staff that came out and saved his life, those crucial moments. they were honored at the espy awards. look at that. not a dry eye. >> beautiful. we'll get to that later. but we'll start with that extreme weather. three major headlines from coast-to-coast. out west, the extreme heat. we're talking triple-digit temperatures, which has now actually become the norm in some

places. the city of phoenix under an excessive heat warning since the first of july. >> across the midwest, it is severe storms. a tornado near chicago's o'hare airport causing major delays yesterday. more areas on alert today. >> meantime, here in the northeast, more rain is on the way today for some of those areas that have been devastated by flooding earlier this week. the expected rainfall amount now increasing overnight. we've got it all covered, including our full forecast. but first up, nbc's erin mclaughlin in phoenix, where it's expected to reach 112 degrees today. hey, erin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. that's right. it has been so hot here in phoenix, we're talking sustained temperatures of 110 degrees. plus, that it's been call after call to fire stations like this one, as people are getting sick. meanwhile, overnight in the chicago area, tornadoes wreaking havoc.

>> no way! >> reporter: overnight, tornadoes touching down in chicago. dramatic funnels forming over the city -- >> look! look, look, look, right here! right there. see it spinning up? look at that spinning up there. right in front of you. >> reporter: clouds gathering over lake michigan, and passengers left stranded at chicago o'hare. it's part of the extreme weather coast-to-coast. for more than 100 million americans, it's already a scorching summer, with oppressive heat gripping much of the south and southwest. >> it's 100-and-too-many. >> reporter: a heat dome is responsible for the string of triple-digit temperatures. in phoenix, firefighters are bracing for a sweltering 115-degree day, marking two weeks at or above 110. >> we have deaths inside of homes within the city of anto us, that's just unacceptable. >> reporter: the inside of maria de la cruz's trailer feels like an oven.

>> you spend all day here? >> yes. >> this room cooled by an air-conditioning unit is her only refuge, but she says it's a struggle to pay her monthly bill. california, texas, and florida are also hitting record-setting highs. residents doing what they can to stay safe and cool. >> we are taking breaks as much as possible in the air-conditioning. >> reporter: el paso is expected to continue its hot streak with a record 28 days at 100 degrees or hotter, while miami hit a record high 97 degrees, with a heat index over 100 for 31 days and counting, with extreme heat not considered a fema disaster, states are left to fend for themselves, something politicians on both sides of the aisle want to change. >> it's a national problem. >> reporter: the push for help coming as the whole country weathers a summer of baking heat and intense storms. here in phoenix at 4:00 in the morning, it was 95 degrees. experts say if you are waking up

to this kind of heat, there are things that you can do. stay inside during the peak heat hours. stay hydrated and watch out for cooling centers to keep yourself safe. >> and check on your neighbors too. erin mclaughlin there in phoenix. thank you. also this morning, flood-ravaged areas of the northeast are bracing for even more rain on the heels of storms that dropped two months' worth of precipitation in just two days. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in hardwick, vermont, for us this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. and i want to take you to the inn by the river and what may be one of the most enduring images of this flood. this wasn't just a hotel that was washed away by floodwaters, this was somebody's dream. a couple bought it, they fixed it up, it was supposed to be their retirement. now it is a total loss. residents in vermont bracing for more heavy rain today as the state's governor urges everyone

to stay vigilant. >> this may not be over. with rain in the forecast and nowhere for it to go, we could see waters rise again. >> reporter: fema helping organize disaster efforts, with the national guard ready to mobilize if there's more flooding. >> we're staging in locations to be ready and prepared to respond. >> reporter: as widespread devastation from the catastrophic flooding sets in for so many living here. >> what is it like to come home to find this? >> it's devastating. absolutely devastating. i have no words. we just need help. >> reporter: that desperation echoed in towns across the state, with lifetimes of memories now irreparably damaged in just days. >> we're going to lose the stuff that means the most to us. but we have our cats and we have each other. >> reporter: murky floodwater still filling many streets, others lined with piles of debris and mud as residents start assessing the damage. >> what do you do? scrape it up, where do you put

it? it's a long road ahead for business owners in downtown montpelier. >> it's a big mess. >> reporter: but local officials are now cautiously optimistic, as the wrightsville dam and other state rivers have started to recede. >> reporter: all rivers are expected to be below flood stage within the next 24 hours. >> reporter: and communities begin to rebuild. >> we will definitely come back from this. >> reporter: and as you take another look at the damage here, you can also see how far the river has fallen. and officials say that is really their hope, as we go through the next few days, that the waters have receded enough in these rivers and tributaries to hold a little bit more that's coming with these rainstorms. savannah? >> all right, kristen dahlgren. thank you, kristen. >> let's get more on the storms and the heat, let's bring in weekend today's angie lassman. >> i wish i had better news for that same area. we'll see another round of some of these strong storms working through and bringing with it some heavy rain. this is the same complex of storms that worked through parts of illinois and michigan

yesterday, bringing some of those tornados that we reported. now, as far as the heavy rain is correspond, again, some of those hard-hit areas, places like vermont, new york, new hampshire, have seen these rainfall rates impressive. up to 2 inches per hour. this is not what we need when we're trying to clean up. when it's all said and done, we could potentially be seeing widespread amounts, maybe an inch to 2 inches, but localized amounts up to 5 inches across this area. that does include those same places that received that 2 months' worth of rain in a short period of time earlier in the week. and we cannot not talk about the heat. it is impressive across much of the country, including the southwest, but let's focus on parts of the southeast and parts of the southern plains. corpus christi hits 95 degrees today, feeling like 114. memphis, you'll feel like 108. we go into tomorrow, 90s still out there. triple-digits for the feels-like temperatures remaining along th. you really haven't had a break

in texas. that will continue today. it feels summer-like throughout the weekend. it only continues for places like texas as we get into the next couple of days. dallas, 102 on saturday, 97 on sunday and monday we hit 103. it's going to be an uncomfortable couple of days for folks there. we'll have to be cranking that ac. >> absolutely. we'll check back, angie. thank you. president biden is in finland this morning, closing out his european visit by welcoming russia's neighbor to nato following that high-stakes summit in lithuania. nbc's chief white house correspondent peter alexander traveling with the president and joins us from helsinki this morning. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you on what is a gorgeous day here on the baltic sea. president biden is punctuating his european trip with today's stop here in finland. a victory lap of sorts, formally welcoming the 31st country into the nato alliance, after this week paving the way for sweden's membership, as well. both countries, finland and

sweden with their strong militaries have long avoided taking sides, so as not to provoke russia right next door. this morning, president biden standing in solidarity with nato's newest member, finland, after celebrating a harsh rebuke to russian president vladimir putin while celebrating the expanded strength of nato. >> putin still wrongly believes that he can outlast ukraine and even after all of this time, putin still doubts our staying power. he's still making a bad bet. >> reporter: the u.s. is by far ukraine's biggest backer, but president biden is walking a fine line as he does not believe ukraine should be admitted to join nato until after the war. the president in the former soviet state of lithuanian warning of a long fight for freedom. it follows a new round of attacks on kyiv, where air defenses defended off what ukrainian officials said were irani made drones. earlier, the president met with

zelenskyy who arrived at the summit, expressing anger at nato's refusal to set a concrete timeline for ukraine's entrance into nato, but left satisfied with the commitments. >> we have great unity from our leaders. >> reporter: president biden facing criticism for the u.s. commitment to deliver cluster bombs that are banned by more than 100 countries, including many nato nations. because those weapons pose a threat to civilians. zelenskyy defended the move. >> and i didn't hear from all of the parts of the world when russian began to use it. >> reporter: this stop comes almost five years to the day after former president trump huddled with putin here in helsinki, saying he believed putin's denials about russia's election interference over the assessments of america's intelligence agencies. and not far from here, russia is watching president biden's trip

closely, overnight responding to the nato summit, accusing the leaders of, quote, cold war schemes. president biden for his part will head home to washington later today after holding a news conference here in helsinki. savannah? >> peter alexander, thank you. also this morning, we're learning more about a murder of an acclaimed surgeon in tennessee, he was gunned down at a clinic while he was at work. police are now calling that a targeted attack. the man accused is in custody. nbc's blayne alexander has details on this. blayne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. that's right, police are calling this a targeted attack. this morning, the suspect is supposed to be going before a judge. he's being held right here on a $1.2 million bond. police are still investigating this entire incident, but they say so far it appears the accused gunman had one focus -- his doctor. at a doctor's clinic just outside of memphis, the emergency calls came within moments. >> we're in the northwest corner building from c-2, c-2, charlie

2. doctor down. two rounds, looks like to the chest. >> reporter: when police arrived, they found dr. benjamin mauck shot several times, killed in his own exam room. the shooter, police say, was his patient, 29-year-old larry pickens, arrested within minutes just outside the building. >> he was armed. he was not carrying a gun to use it, but he had it on his person. >> reporter: police say pickens had been in the office for several hours and that he was there to be treated. according to an affidavit obtained by nbc affiliate station wmc, a nurse recognized pickens from previous visits to the clinic. she says she was inside the room where pickens was being treated and saw him remove a pistol from his waistband and fire three rounds at dr. mauck. >> was he targeting this doctor specifically? >> what we know is that there was a one-on-one confrontation. he didn't attempt to shoot anyone else, that we're aware of, at this point. once he shot the doctor, then he

left the building. >> reporter: mauck was recently featured in "memphis" magazine as one of the region's top doctors. he specialized in hand and wrist surgery. just last week he spoke with our affiliate about fireworks safety. >> if any kids' hand is saved, this is worth it. >> reporter: mauck also served at a local children's hospital. the interim president writes, ben was a beloved colleague to many of us. one of his patients received two hand surgeries from dr. mauck. >> he was an amazing person and this world will definitely, definitely be different without him. he will definitely be missed. >> reporter: now, in addition to serving the community, this morning, dr. mauck is being remembered as a loving husband and father. in fact, everyone we spoke to just stressed how dedicated he was to his family.

now, as for the suspect, he is being charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault. hoda? >> blayne alexander for us this morning. thank you. much more to get to. we welcome craig. what have you got your eye on? >> hey, hoda and savannah. good morning to you as well. the espys were held. it's a big evening for the biggest names in sports. it was an annual affair and there were plenty of show-stopping moments last night. anne thompson is here with some of the highlights. >> this show had all the feels, including many special moments delivered by damar hamlin, among the best athletes in the world, and it included some very big news from one of basketball's biggest names. at a star-studded night, the biggest names in sports and entertainment thrilling the crowd. with surprise announcements, touching moments, and standing ovations.

all eyes, as always, were on lebron james, after hinting about possibly retiring. >> just for me personally, going forward, the game of basketball, i've got a lot to think about. >> reporter: but last night, he had an announcement. the day i can't give the game everything on the floor is the day i'll be done. lucky for you guys, that day is not today. james was one of a few athletes receiving honors, including the top male and female athlete awards, going to the kansas city chiefs' patrick mahomes and skier mikaela shiffrin, who just won her record-breaking 87th world cup race in march. >> it's been a long journey and it's not over yet. >> reporter: but the most emotional part of the night -- >> damar hamlin. >> reporter: -- belonged to damar hamlin, receiving a standing ovation as the buffalo bills safety emotionally honored the group of men and women who rushed to save his life after he collapsed on the field back in january, when a rare phenomenon caused his heart to stop during

a routine tackle. >> please welcome recipient of the pat tillman award for service, the trainer staff of the buffalo bills. >> reporter: hamlin joined on stage by the first responders and bills staff, praising his remarkable recovery. >> damar, first and foremost, thank you for staying alive, brother. >> reporter: hamlin supported by the biggest names in sports as the bills staff once again had his back. >> i know, you can't even watch that without tearing up, and the way they support him. the bills announced in late april that damar hamlin has been fully cleared by the doctors to resume playing football. and along with his training, he's also been holding events to teach cpr and distribute aeds, those are those external defibrillators that saved his life. just a remarkable scene last night. >> it was and continues to be

one of the best stories -- not just in sports, but just one of the best stories of the year. >> he is a living miracle. >> he is. >> thanks for staying alive, bro. thanks, anne. let's get the rest of our forecast and head over to ang. >> hey, guys. we have unsettled conditions across much of the rest of the country, severe storms, heavy rains for parts of new england, it will remain hot and humid through parts of the south and the rockies will deal with some showers and thunderstorms. if you're lookining for sunsnsh itit's out wesest. we'll l get to youour local foft inin the next t 30 seconds. oh. alrighght. ♪♪♪ oh. alrighght. goodod news for r great ha. shshop hair cacare at sephph. ♪♪

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ours. over the past few months, dozens of a-list actors have hit the picket lines to show their support for striking wga writers and have spoken out on the red carpet. >> i believe in -- in unions, i believe in labor, i believe in representation. >> reporter: while the writer's strike has already halted production of most scripted shows, without actors, many more tv films and shows will go dark. >> you'll start to see significant layoffs throughout hollywood because of this. >> reporter: hollywood insiders say while money is at the root of the labor dispute, it's not the only sticking point. the actor's union is also looking for more residuals for streaming content and protections against the use of ai-generated content in film and tv shows. this morning, the studios say they offered historic pay and residual increases in a groundbreaking ai proposal that protects actors' digital likenesses, but the actor's union is calling the studio's proposals insulting and

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warning signs. but as in every area that ai is used, there is plenty of misinformation out there, even as the technology improves by leaps and bounds as artificial intelligence poises to rework everything, it's being used by doctors, too. doctors a testing new ai technology that can help spot skin cancer. in a future iteration of that, with it would in theory give you back a result pretty quickly >> exactly within seconds >> reporter: the technology is already in use in the uk, where its maker, skin analytics says it has detected 99% of the cancers it's seen in the last year in the u.s., it's now awaiting fda approval dr. roberto novaro points out the need for something like this is enormous. >> across the country, there are extremely long wait periods for dermatologists ranging from six months, seven months >> reporter: so in theory, there is tremendous need for either more dermatologists or in this

case, maybe a technology that helps fill in for the lack of them >> we see thousands of cases in a year and it's always in the back of my mind, what am i missing. >> reporter: but he says it's not clear yet whether we can trust this system in all cases >> i want to see it on a variety of different skin types. we have good evidence showing that these algorithms can underperform in skin of color. >> they might miss cancer in a non-white patient. >> exactly >> reporter: a work in progress in some clinics, but the rush to work ai into medical care is on. at the mayo clinic in jacksonville, florida, an ai image points doctors to trouble spots in the scans of stroke victims. >> this cat scan will show you exactly that map of brain area at risk, down to the pixel level. >> reporter: dr. david freeman says it saves time and brain cells for 28-year-old raymond roe, who came in unable to move one side of his body

>> what the ai was able to do was very rapidly save at least 15 minutes' time and to equate that for every minute in stroke, it's 1.9 million neurons lost per minute >> reporter: raymond is now fully recovered thanks to that quick treatment. >> i have a lot more appreciation towards them and a lot more trust in technology if you were to told me -- if i had never had a stroke and told me, we're beginning to let ai work on you, i would be, like no >> reporter: researchers at the mayo clinic use ai to detect early signs of heart failure, using an electrocardiogram on an apple watch. but while ai could make all sorts of medical breakthroughs possible, there's a lot of misinformation you've got to watch out more chatgpt often makes things up, even though it sounds like an expert although doctors say it is still a tool, not a replacement for human medical expertise. >> i don't see this technology replacing doctors. the great power in this is we're helping augment their abilities

naturally to help the patient. >> reporter: when we speak to doctors about this, they say there is the long-term risk that we might, you know, lose our skills over time as we hand them over to ai but the american medical association estimates that there's like 77,000 openings across specialties we're going to need a lot more doctors. maybe ai can fill in for the gaps that we have right now. >> all right thank you, jake. all right, 7:43. let's get another check of the weather. we have angie lassman in for al. >> we have some severe weather to talk about and it's focused towards parts of the rockies, but also parts of the northeast and stretching down into the ohio valley. we are talking 22 million people at risk for large hail up to 2 inches, as well as those strong winds, and we can't rule out a couple of these tornadoes, places like pittsburgh up into binghamton and parts of new york good thursday morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. our temperatures are starting to warm up today mainly for the inland valleys. we are keeping it nice and mild for the inner bay. the coastline, 60s and 70s there. we will start to see a lot more

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we're so proud of you. congratulations! how did it feel to make it to the quarter finals of wimbledon? >> i tried to block everything out with each match and just focus on the next match, but i think in the past 24 or what, maybe 12 hours since i lost, it's starting to settle in that, well, i'm actually a wimbledon quarter finalist it's a dream come true i showed up here, playing really well in the tournament prior to wimbledon and taking my first title, but still a bit uncertain on how i would fare here wanting to get past the first round. then the second round comes. i'm playing the number one brit. i get past that and things kind of started to fall into place. it's honestly, it's indescribable. it's definitely a dream come true >> you're a joy to watch you're so expressive you played against some of the biggest players in the world medvedev, i mean, you had him running scared there until the very end how did you collect yourself in

this big moment when you haven't had that experience before >> yeah, i think, honestly, it's just enjoying it i think enjoying it was the biggest thing. so there are times throughout the course of the match in which you can say, yeah, i'm smiling or pretty expressive with my emotions, but at the end of the day, it's still a tennis match, the court is still the same size, the net is still the same height in a sport i've been playing since i was 2 years old. i've been in stressful situations in tennis matches before, and earlier in my career, i didn't really enjoy those situations i think now i'm at a stage where i can enjoy those situations, even when my back is against the wall or things aren't going well to say, hey, stick with it, things are going to work out you've been in situations like this before, you can resort to the experience and i think that played a big part in it. >> chris, i love to hear you talk about how your father got you into the sport and i know your dad's a minister

what role does faith play in your game? >> i wouldn't say as much in my on life or game, but in my overall outlook on life or my outlook on my career things weren't always -- i wasn't always a wimbledon quarter finalist in the world range. and it's not nearly i spent a lot of years hovering in that 220 in the world to 150 in the world range and it's not nearly that glamorous, believe it or not there's a lot of tough times, a lot of ups and downs but i think in the past kind of diligent about doing the smaller 12 months, i just kind of had to lock in, be a little bit more diligent about doing the smaller details in preparation and recovery and at that point, i just said, wherever my career is going to take me is going to take me. and it's a bit in some ways out of my hands and i'm going to allow things to play out if i'm meant to be a top 100 player, i'll get there in my own time if i'm meant to be a top 50 player, i'll get there in my ow player, i'll get there in my own time.

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batch of rain, that means another batch of potential flooding here's how it works through, through the day today. we'll see those high rainfall rates that will stick with us. maybe 2 inches per hour in these spots. we have alerts for 84 million people stretching from the pacific northwest down through the gulf coast and even as far south as south florida these are temperatures that are once again going to be oppressive for a lot of folks, including those into the southwest, where we could see triple-digit temperatures for the extended period. look where we go for thursday in phoenix, 113, by friday, 115 even warmer by saturday. you'll want a place to find that cool spot. dallas, triple digits. new orleans, into the 90s through the next couple of days. this will be something that we deal with for the extended period we'll continue to be watching this heat lasting for a couple days >> angie, thank you. officials in los angeles released disturbing body camera footage overnight. it appears to show a sheriff's deputy there punching a mother while she is holding her infant. it happened during a traffic stop last july

officials say deputies pulled over a car that did not have his headlights on. the driver was charged with being under the influence. several women were inside and were charged with child endangerment for having babies, none of whom were in car seats well, one of the deputies appears to punch a woman in the face twice when she wouldn't let go of her newborn. the county sheriff says he will refer the incident to the d.a. for a criminal investigation and now an update on a story that we brought you earlier this week on monday, we reported that captain jim dennis of the children's group rescue squad told an alabama news outlet that four people had died in his state after jumping off boats, linking it to an online trend. in a statement to al.com, dennis now says he cannot say those deaths were linked and law enforcement officials in that state tell nbc news that they do not have any record of deaths resulting from any social media trend. nbc news has been unable to reach dennis for further

comment. all right. some frightening moments yesterday aboard a flight from north carolina to florida. two passengers and two flight attendants were hurt after the plane hit severe turbulence. it happened as the allegiant air flight was getting ready to land once on the ground, the four people who were hurt were taken to the hospital for further evaluation the faa and the ntsb are investigating that incident. the excitement is just building this morning after nobody took home the top prize in last night's powerball drawing. that jackpot now soars to a staggering $875 million. oh, but that's not all there's another $560 million up for grabs in tomorrow's mega millions drawing so emilie ikeda is on double duty for us. hi, emilie, good morning >> reporter: good morning to you. you said it. no one won the powerball last night, which means first things first, i've got to buy my ticket $2 and i'll have my friend here help me out. $2 for the powerball, quick pick, essentially no effort on my part, for a shot to win one

of the top three largest powerball jackpot prizes in history. last year, we saw over -- thank you very much -- we saw a $2 billion prize back in 2016 another prize exceeding $2 billion. and so you think about it. okay, how much luck do i need to be able to win big from this ticket the odds are not ever in my favor. 1 in 292 million in other words, you are more likely to compete in the olympics, you're more likely to get attacked by a grizzly bear, to get struck by lightning, to become president of the united states the next drawing for the powerball is saturday night, but before that, as you mentioned, savannah, we've got another big one coming the mega millions for a cool $560 million that drawing will happen on friday night, guys i am playing both. so when you don't see me show up to work on monday, you'll know why i'm jet setting around the country. >> and when we show up at your doorstep, you'll know why. but emilie, if you don't get the big prize, there are other ways you can win some money, right?

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>> it was so sweet so a texas veteran turned author became an overnight best seller and it was all thanks to the generous actions of a stranger, who noticed him alone at a book signing table in kroger. he posted about it on tiktok, it went viral, and the rest is history. in a moment, we'll bring the pair together for the first time since sean warner's newfound success. but first, a closer look at their story. >> reporter: it was a small act of kindness. >> just sign it? >> if you could just sign it >> that helped turn a first-time novelist into an overnight best seller >> you know, when red came up and talked to me, i was just so eager to talk to anybody at that point. >> reporter: tiktoker red first discovered author sean warner earlier this month at a grocery store in ft. worth, texas. it was near the self-checkout line when he saw the writer all alone at a table with a stack of books and a weary look on his face

>> i do a little bit of tiktok and whatnot, so i think i'm going to go ahead and get a second one and gift it on there and see if we can get you a little bit of love on there. >> oh, okay. i won't say "no. >> reporter: red's video quickly gaining more than 18 million views and more than 3 million likes on the app >> i wasn't expecting this video to blow up like this people coming together this is -- it's so beautiful >> reporter: and with the power of the book talk hashtag attracting a diverse reading community. >> came in the mail. super excited to read it >> i'm so excited to read it thank you, sean. >> reporter: warner's debut novel, "leigh howard and the ghosts of simmons pier manor" amassed five-star reviews, climbing the ranks on amazon best seller list >> it's just an amazing thing and it's all on you for your kindness and generosity. thank you. >> reporter: and winning over new fans from all around the world. >> sean, your book made it to germany! >> reporter: warner, an army veteran and former paratrooper

in the 82nd airborne division went on to work as a software engineer before losing his job from company-wide layoffs years ago. that setback did not stop the father of two from moving forward. instead, he decided to pursue his childhood dream of being a writer >> the love just keeps pouring out. and as always, thanks to red your big heart and your generosity got this whole ball rolling. >> reporter: now it's a new beginning for the novelist, all thanks to one stranger's good deed >> this is so cool we're so happy to say, joining us now is best-selling author, sean warner. sean, this is an incredible story, an act of kindness. tell us what it felt like when you realized that your book was actually climbing the charts you are watching it in realtime. >> it started out with a lot of confusion. because we didn't know what was happening. our phones were going off. and we had no clue what was happening. and our daughter actually said,

dad's gone viral on tiktok >> and just to be clear, you've never met red before, you just happened to be at that grocery store. >> i was at kroger signing the books and red saw me sitting alone and came over and said hello and brightened up my day and then it just brightened up my life. >> it sure did it changed everything. we want to bring red in. i think he's here. >> yeah. >> hey, red, do you want to come out. you haven't seen each other since that day, that fateful moment >> hey >> hey >> oh, thank you so much >> no problem. >> sit down. red, will you tell us, when you walked up on that table and say you saw a guy with not a great look on his face, not feeling the best, tell us about that >> well, my brother sent me to go get ice cream, i was supposed to be at a birthday party, i was beelining it straight for the frozen foods section and i saw sean and something just registered with me i feel like i have a lot of passion for other people

i'm a big people person, so when i saw him and he didn't have a smile on his face, it just made me want to change it that's all i did i was like, hey, can i make a video of you, and it took off. honestly, i did such a small part it really came down to the people the people decided and it took off. >> it really took off. and sean, i just want to point out, since you are best-selling author, people are giving this book great reviews, as well. so they're buying it -- they're not buying it just to be nice people they're buying it, they're reading it, and they're loving it >> that was a hurdle for me to get over, because the last thing i wanted was sympathy. you know, a pity review, or pity buy and stuff like that. but after i got over that and i started reading some of these just really gracious reviews, then it was like, okay, i can sit back and start enjoying this now. >> you were getting choked up, sean, looking at people from all over the country and really around the world holding your book up, it arrived in the mail! what was that like >> it was just incredible. something i'd never thought had

happened but what really warms my heart, and i'm going to get choked up again, um, when parents say they're reading it with their kids >> what every writer would hope. it's the dream jared, what about for you? what has this meant for you? >> so much i'm a big people person, i always joke, i tell people, can you imagine -- thank god the book was good. can you imagine the blowback if it wasn't. and so many people, like hundreds of people have messaged me, whether they're authors or illustrators or whatever it may be and a lot of people have messaged me saying that, you know, sean's book, it -- i think it started out as being a nice gesture to somebody, but everybody kind of rallied and it became almost as if his success was our success. you know, and the people just got behind it. >> that's a beautiful way of putting it >> if there's a moral to the story, it's how a simple act of kindness can do so much. >> it really can >> such a great guy! >> i know. >> we love you

>> two great guys. i hope friends for life. craig has a little something for our best-selling author. here he is just to commemorate this moment. we want to mark your moment. >> this is, by the way -- love meeting you, love meeting you as well this is a great story. we wanted to present this to you. amazon best seller, tiktok famous, and all-around fantastic human being. >> we have to show everybody that's the -- where's the camera guys >> and you're signing that, by the way. >> yeah! >> love it the book is a great one. again, it's called "leigh howard and the ghosts of simmons pierce manor. are you going to write more books? >> i'm working on the sequel to that and i'm working on a movie script featuring a deep sea character. >> oh, my gosh incredible >> your beautiful wife is here beaming. we're just happy that your -- >> a beautiful wife. and your wife is over here, too. >> is your wife here

>> yes >> the gang's all here you have to go out for coffee. have breakfast on the "today" show thank you so much. thank you for showing us the way. kindness counts, for sure. let's go over to angie lassman in for al. >> i'm going straight to amazon and purchasing that right after this hit let's talk about what's going on across the country severe storms from the ohio valley, stretched into parts of the northeast. new england could get more heavy rain we'll see hot and humid conditions across parts of the south. and out west, plenty of sunshine for you to enjoy your thursday the rockies will have some strong storms that will be possiblele wit good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to see a wide range in temperatures. it will be in the mid 60s for the coastline and upper 60s for san francisco, san mateo reaching 73 and hayward headed for 77 degrees. in concord, morgan hill, san

martine, low 90s today and even hotter tomorrow. we'll see triple digits pop up on the map. and that's your forecast guys, back over to you >> angie, thank you! as mr. roker likes to say, best time of the morning! >> sheinelle -- >> she's glowing, because she just got back from beyonce -- >> my train left at 5:00 this morning from philly. it was delayed it was worth it! we'll talk about it later. first up, should we start with the emmys the nominations have dropped for the 2023 tv awards and it was a massive year for hbo "succession" and "white lotus" sweeping the best supporting actor in a drama category. look at this those two categories alone make up 50 total emmy nominations this year. and when it comes to making history, ka von woodard is the youngest person to be nominated

for as best supporting actor the 10-year-old who is deaf broke hearts on "the last of us." and "ted lasso," this amazing cast joins the exclusive club of shows where every original cast member has been nominated for an emmy a few others to cross that benchmark, "will & grace," seinfeld, and "cheers. we have to mention the snubs this morning, the internet exploding with questions wondering where the nominations for harrison ford and "shrinking" or "yellowstone. the kevin costner's western getting no nods. next up, "mission impossible: dead reckoning part i. the movie has only been out for one day, but audiences are showing up in impressive numbers to watch tom cruise land this ♪

wild stunt yes. no one rides a motorcycle off a cliff quite like tom cruise. according to deadline, the new "mission impossible" raked in $16 million on opening day, include $7 million from a previews and that's on a rare wednesday release. that number will certainly go up heading into the weekend you said it's like one of the best movies you've ever seen and i'm a romantic comedy girl >> and you loved it. >> you're going to love it finally, "the blacklist. after ten epic seasons on nbc, the emmy winning series wraps up tonight. james spader hanging up his black hat one last time with a two-hour finale. and you know what we're going to miss the most? cameos like this one >> look at you look at you! al >> good to see you dembe, how are things? >> better for seeing you >> i love it >> roker's everywhere!

>> i was just about to say, kenan and cale -- >> you can catch "the blacklist" series finale at 8:00/7:00 central right here on nbc. >> all right, thank you. just ahead this morning, miss ally love is here, one for every day of the week to spice up your routine, have you feeling happier and healthier than ever. we'll share the love with ally, but first, a look at your local news and weather good morning. it's 8:26. two people are recovering after being rescued from an overnight

apartment fire on the peninsula after midnight on glendale avenue in north fair oaks just outside redwood city. firefighters rescued two people who were trapped. both are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the cause is still under investigation. let's get a look now at our weather from meteorologist kari hall. what's ahead? >> it's going to be hot for the inland valleys today but getting even hotter into the weekend. we are going to need the air-conditioning in morgan hill. san martine reaches 93 today. 75 for oakland. nice and mild in san francisco. tomorrow we can see our north bay temperatures, santa rosa reaching 95 with some low 80s in fremont. parts of the peninsula will be in the upper 70s and mid 80s.

up to 108 degrees in fairfield. >> such a wide range in temperatures. we'll have another local news update in half an hour.

8:30 now. it's a it's a beautiful thursday morning out on a nice, steamy plaza. we have troop number 4236. where are you guys from? >> l.a.. >> from l.a. right here! are you guys selling cookies >> giving away cookies >> we're going to pay, though. right? i've got thin mints. what have you got? >> these are lemon-ups >> do your chant real fast >> 3-2-1-6 >> they brought 76 girl scouts from los angeles on a nine-day trip >> i love it >> look at the chaperones. they're still smiling. you guys should come back tomorrow we'll have a live concert and kick up our boots for superstar brad paisley >> a lot to get to in the half

hour with so much hype around the upcoming blockbuster, "oppenheimer." willie geist had the chance to chat with one of their stars, matt damon you do not want to miss their conversation coming up in just a few minutes. and why a growing number of moms are joining forces and living under the same roof to mg raise kids maria shriver talked to some of these unconventional families about the power of banding together >> and ally love is sharing simple ideas for boosting your creativity and shaking up your routine. >> coming up, what's your money personality? apparently it's a thing. there are four different types of money personality we'll tell you what they are and how they can impact your choices as well. >> that's a good conversation. coming up tomorrow, popular sportscaster erin andrews. she's been so candid about her years-long ivf fertility journey. and now, joyful news for erin

and her husband. the arrival of the baby they fought long and hard for and she's going to be right here, exclusively to tell us about that dream finally coming true we look forward to that. >> all right angie, and if anyone's just joining us, i want to stand next to you we have the exact same suit. >> what are the odds >> my mom picked mine out. >> mine too. that's weird >> for real? >> yes >> what's your mom's name? >> liz >> liz and sammy you guys have great taste. >> we get it from our moms, right? let's talk about the weekend forecast our favorite time of the year. no surprise here, some dangerous heat expected out west and triple-digit temperatures, feels-like temperatures in parts of the south are going to be ridiculous, as well. triple-digit, too. severe storms are expected across parts of the midsection of the country for friday, but check out saturday they move a little farther to the east the heat, of course, continues for the west, too. middle of the country looks great. i think that's where all the sunshine is. and you can see it, pleasant conditions expected across the

midwest, the high plains we'll see nice conditions, but it will be warm, even out west we'll see triple digits into parts of california. that's a look k at good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to be heating up today for the inland areas back to the low 90s like yesterday. tomorrow, another spike in temperatures as we head for 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we will be hottest on saturday as we continue that excessive heat warning for the inland valleys. early next week we see numbers coming back down and that's a look at your forecast >> thank you and thanks to your mom, too. >> thank you >> we're rating this group we're paying, don't worry. coming up next, guys, willie, what a conversation. one on one with matt damon on

his highly anticipated new movie "oppenheimer." his friendship and movies with ben affleck. they talk about a lot of stuff but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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role in the upcoming movie "oppenheimer," he plays leslie gross jr., who is tasked with supervisors "oppenheimer" on the manhattan project, the secret operation to create the world's first atomic bomb. >> why don't you have a nobel prize? >> they're making me one for this >> perhaps i'll have the same luck >> a nobel prize for making a bomb >> have you heard of the general? did you know anything about him? >> i wasn't familiar with all the details.military's very nec need to compart and how fraught this whole situation was with the differing philosophies the military's very necessary need to compartmentalize versus the scientists who share all their information, because they're all about trying to get to the greater truth so they want to build on each other's work, but it was like herding cats for him most of the time with the scientists, because they just did not align philosophically. >> reporter: "oppenheimer" comes

in the same year for damon as the hit movie "air," directed by ben affleck. >> got a name for it >> air jordan. >> what was it like to be directed by your best friend >> it was great. it was great you know, great directors really give you the freedom -- it's a collaboration, it's a partnership. >> and imagine you have a shorthand on set >> you can waste so much time by trying to be polite and in the movie business and in theater they develop a whole vocabulary for how to talk to somebody and how to tell somebody they're sucking. and we can just say, you suck. >> it's not -- that was great, but what if we try this -- >> i'm wondering if he feels a little more reserved in this -- just tell me i'm overacting, you know >> reporter: "goodwill hunting," the movie that changed his life, began as a writing assignment was damon was studying at harvard. >> well, i got a number!

how do you like them apples! >> i started in a playwriting class and handed it to ben and was like, what do you think of this and he said, i think we should do this. >> whoever we forgot, we love you and thank you so much! >> what was it like the next day after the oscars was it literally an overnight thinking, walking outside and people go, you're matt damon -- >> we had a really funny thing happen, actually we were shooting "dogma" in pittsburgh, so ben and i had to fly -- the night after the oscars we had to fly a red eye to pittsburgh from l.a and we come off the plane and there are like 30 people in the jetway at the gate waiting for us, cheering and there was this kind of momentary hysteria it was, ah, can i have a picture? but ben and i just sat and talked to everybody, you know, for 15 minutes or so, and then the way the pittsburgh airport

is, there's a tram that you have to take, so we go and get on the tram, and by the time we're on the tram, we're on the tram with these 30 people, they've all completely lost interest in us and we were holding the thing, sitting there -- ben goes, can you believe this [ bleep ] he goes, that was it 15 minutes >> you know, a little look behind the curtain you were just asking what kind of guy -- you've spent some time around matt damon. he is who he appears to be, a genuinely good guy, a thoughtful guy, sat with us for a long time, shared stories from his past, talked in-depth about this movie "oppenheimer," which is so extraordinary. he's a great guy for a star that big to feel so down to earth -- >> and be so comfortable in his skin it seems effortless, but it's not effortless to be there >> congratulations, by the way >> what's your favorite of your 300? >> don't do that >> let's do it >> you know, the first one we had was leslie odom. he will always be special to me. driving around in a car with al pacino

that was pretty special. fly fishing with david letterman wasn't too bad riding around a petty c was a lot of fun. so i feel through central park a couple of months ago with melissa mckarat was a lot of fun so i feel very lucky and i give great credit to our team, our producers, our bookers, our editors who put all of this stuff together every week and do such a great job and work so hard to put that show on the air. >> congrats on what you've built. >> thanks for all of your support, always. >> we will be watching on sunday for sure coming up next, single moms who knows it takes a village, and that's why they started something called a mommune not a commune, a mommune not a commune, a mommune maria shriver has the story, but (warehouse ambience) inintroducing g togo's new frfrench dip s sandwiches feataturing frfresh artisasan b piled highgh with tendnder roast bebeef,

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are headed by women, women much more likely, of course, to experience poverty, stress, just one of the reasons that moms, some of them are deciding, what if we joined forces? >> maria shriver is back with more on this >> good morning to everybody well, millions of women in this country find themselves alone with children after divorce, the death of a spouse, or a number of other circumstances, and it can be a lonely and challenging time but as the moms we spoke to have discovered, it doesn't have to be >> reporter: the number of single mothers in this country is on a steady rise. and while the u.s. has the highest rate of children living in single-parent households, americans are also much less likely to live in extended families than anywhere else in the world. a reality that has some parents and their children looking for other options. >> we knew that we would be happier, no matter what happened, if we all combined >> it was just such a good opportunity that there was no

reason not to. >> reporter: it was four years ago that kim neff came to her kids, samantha and jackson, with an idea. the same one that crystal terry presented to her son, shane. >> i remember the day my mom told me. i was instantly excited. >> reporter: the two moms met when their boys were in the same first grade class and years later went through separations and divorces around the same time in 2019, they decided that they would be better off living together >> you thought, okay, this would be better for us financially we can share the rent, share the utilities, share the groceries >> right >> you can help with child care, i'm at the office, you're at home did you think of it also as emotional support? >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> yeah, but i didn't -- i didn't realize that would be such a big benefit of it until we moved in together there's another adult here that understands what i'm facing, what i'm going through like the component that you have in a marriage, but without the romantic piece of it, has been

huge >> we live on a mommune by the lake >> reporter: the term mommune has become a popular way of two or more moms living together with their children. a newer hashtag, but not a new concept. >> after i divorced out of a 17-year marriage, i'm settling, raising my son on my own, and it didn't feel right. like, you know, where's my tribe? >> reporter: 22 years ago carmel boss decided to interview other single mothers with the hope of finding another family to share her home >> i found somebody with my own, you know, priorities and philosophy and -- but then these other 17 all wanted to do the same thing, you know and i had this list, and i thought, one's got a 3-year-old, one's got a 4-year-old, i'm just going to call them back and introduce them to each other >> once you found your own match, you started matching other people you'd interviewed with one another

>> yeah. >> soon after carmel founded coabode, an organization that matches single mothers who want to share a home or support each other in other ways. and she says traffic to the website is skyrocketing. >> this is in a way an old-fashioned village concept, really >> yeah. >> but it seems to be taking on more urgency or more popularity right now. why do you think that is >> i think the two pain points that it resolves, the economic struggles that people are having, and just the emotional, the disconnection that occurred in the last three years, in particular >> reporter: according to the u.s. census bureau, 80% of single-parent families in the u.s. are headed by single mothers. and 23% of them live below the poverty line without this living arrangement, kim and crystal say, their lives would look very different. >> i wouldn't be building for any kind of future if i was trying to pull this off on my own. it would be a paycheck-to-paycheck circumstance

>> how do you implement boundaries or do you do you say like, okay, this is family, this is my family, this is my space and my space >> we talk about that all the time, that this is our space it's not your space, your space, it's our space >> yeah. >> and it works for us i love it. >> a shared space and a true village. >> we're a family of five, and like, that is so cool. so cool. >> okay. even though all of their kids have graduated last month, crystal and kim say they have no plans to stop living together. both of them do date, but they're not looking for a big commitment and they say disrupting the arrangement that's been so wonderful for the families, a person would have to bring a lot to the table to disrupt a lot. >> what a concept! >> it would be fun if we all did it don't you want maria raising your kids? >> yeah! i know >> you would be like, family therapy with maria is weekly >> we would all be better people >> all right, maria, thank you >> just ahead, what brings you

joy? for ally love, the perfect week involves exercise, friends, and ice cream. now you're speaking my language. she's here to inspire us with ideas for making every day feel special. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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to help you love your mornings, every single one of them throughout the week. "today" contributor and our pal ally love is here to help you with daily ideas to help you decompress and get moving, get creative you branded the days of the week so you can have something to focus on >> so hoda, we make a quarter of a million of decisions a week. why not make it easier on monday, we call it motivational mondays every monday, write a post-it note, put it on a wall in the house. it can be the one big hairy thing you need to do that week or the words you need to hear or something that's going to anchor you. >> something new each day. i know you do this and post it and it's inspiring for other

people you can post it too, if you want >> i do it on social i put it on my wall in my house so i can see it every day. >> what's happening on tuesdays? >> takeout tuesday my husband and i, we'll take one theme, right, burgers, for the month, every tuesday we'll try a different burger place and at the end of the month, we'll decide which is the best for the rest of the month, go to the favorite burger place and call it the day. >> do you have your favorite, or you can't tell us. >> is this shake shack >> this is also breakfast, by the way. >> what's happening? >> i love a burger me too >> that's tuesdays now we are off to work-in wednesdays >> work-in wednesdays. we're going to work it here's the deal, on wednesday, your workout is nonnegotiable. your work-in is nonnegotiable. at the top of the hour, maybe you take some squats, lateral flexion, you have to do something at the top of the hour on wednesday

now you talk about, that's work-in. i know you do a lot of inner work, too. so it's not just making sure you're healthy and you're eating right. it's like mind/body/spirit for you, right >> exactly these days are your reminders. have a little fun, takeout tuesday, work-in wednesday >> let's get thirsty on thursday >> thirsty thursdays thursday's the new friday. we love to have a good time. i also encourage folks, alternate your cocktails with your mocktails i love a good gin and tonic. this is a blueberry mocktail you have your first cocktail, then the next drink will be a mocktail it gets you ready for that friday, because you still have to work on friday, even if it's, working from home. >> so you do a mocktail -- look, you're handing me the g&t. >> i mean, it is thursday. >> it really is. i like that. do you limit your drinks on the weekends >> no.

>> i just wanted to know if you were normal. >> how do i answer that? i do not limit my drinks friend group friday. it's one of my favorite days it's the day that you're with your friend group. we alternate going to each other's homes and make your favorite dish. my favorite dish is a curry chicken. >> you do a curry chicken? >> i love -- this is my favorite food the way to my heart is right you know that that's already mapped out. >> and you're rotating. it's not all on you. >> this is a big one, one of your favorites. >> this is beautiful. snail mail saturday here >> oh, my god, that's so yummy i love that you plan every friday, a different friend you know that that's already mapped out >> and you're rotating it's not all on you. >> this is a big one, one of your favorites >> this is beautiful snail mail saturday. i know most folks get e-mails all the time text messages from your loved ones, you might get a whatsapp, but when's the last time you send a postcard that will take forever and you get it on a random day from someone that you enjoy. i wrote, savannah, you and al, a post-it, postcard, a snail mail saturday to let you know how

much i appreciate all of you >> what a great thing to receive in the mail! >> and sunday, we'll either end the week or start the week with fun, however you look at it. you can do this with your family, yourself, take out ice cream, decorate it, and have a you can have good time. you can have it for breakfast or a snack or dessert >> and if you're on peloton, look up "sundays with love," it's inspirational incredible class with ally. i do them and redo them. they don't need to be current, but they need to be done ally's back in the next hour and has energy-boosting tips to join our start today community, we have more than 500,000 strong scan the qr code, get the newsletter and you'll be set we're back after your local news and weather. have a good one, guys.

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