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interest after a shooting rampage at a crowded bar and bowling alley in maine, up to 20 people killed, dozens more hurt. a community in shock. >> why would he do this? like why in lewiston, maine? >> schools closed, residents ordered to shelter in place, the hunt for the shooter still unfolding. we'll have the very latest in a live report from the scene. breaking overnight, on the ground. israeli soldiers and tanks enter gaza. part of a targeted raid against hamas to prepare nor the next stages of the war and expected full-scale assault. we're live on the front lines. house work, republicans finally elect a new speaker. >> in the days and weeks ahead, you're going to see congress working as hard as it's ever worked. and we are going to deliver for the american people. >> after three weeks of chaos and confusion, how did the gop unite behind a political unknown? and what impact will he have with the next government shutdown looming? extreme weather, heavy snow out west, flooding in the south, record heat up and down the east coast. al's tracking all of it and what

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this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, good to see you. welcome to "today," we're so happy that you're joining us on this busy, busy thursday morning. and we do want to get right to that breaking news. that tragic mass shooting overnight in maine. >> authorities say up to 20 people have been killed, dozens more injured after a gunman opened fire in multiple locations, a bar and a bowling alley in lewiston, maine, both were packed with people on a wednesday night. and at this hour, the urgent manhunt for the shooter is still unfolding. >> we can tell you that police have named 40-year-old robert card, he's a person of interest, a trained firearms instructor, who recently reported mental health issues. police saying he should be considered armed and dangerous. we do have complete coverage. our conversation with the mayor from a nearby town. we do start with nbc's emilie ikeda who made her way to the scene overnight. hey, mile, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, hoda, good morning to you.

we're just getting a better sense for how many people were killed in this shooting spree. law enforcement officials just telling nbc news 18 people were tragically killed, 4 others are in critical condition and at least another 60 people were injured. i should note, many of those injuries took place while people were fleeing the scene. some of that violence playing out just down the road from here at a bowling alley witnesses describe the chaos and confusion and some people taking coffer behind bowling pins as this morning the manhunt for the killer ramps up. this morning in maine, the race is on to find a killer who is still on the run. >> active shooter. in the town of worchester. >> reporter: police searching for a man of interest, 40-year-old robert card, saying he's arm and dangerous. >> if people see him, they should not approach card or make contact with him in any way. >> reporter: local police also releasing these photos of a inae and this white suv that authorities say was found nearby in the town of lisbon. on wednesday night, local

officials say the gunman attacked two locations about four miles apart. schemengees bar and grille and sparetime, a bowling alley full of young people. >> tonight was youth night so the place was just crawling with teenagers. so we suspect and fear that many of the victims there are going to be young teens. >> reporter: a police intelligence bulletin revealing more information about the person of interest saying card was trained as a firearms instructor, to be in the army reserve. that release also says he recently reported mental health issues including hearing voices and threats to shoot up the national guard base in maine. as the community waits and grieves, leroy walker says he hasn't heard from his son, who was at work as a manager. >> my son is dead. i know he's dead. i know it as well as i know i'm standing here telling you because he's not here and he's not at any hospital. >> reporter: anxious residents waiting outside the local

hospital hoping to hear any updates about loved ones. >> as one can imagine, it's your worst nightmare. >> reporter: and we've also learned from a law enforcement bulletin that the person of interest checked into a mental illness facility for two weeks in the summer. back here on the ground, meantime, utter shock. keep in mind, this is a state, maine, has only seen 29 homicides in the entirety of last year across the entire state. and now in a single night, 18 lives, we're learning from law enforcement sources, have just been taken an absolutely heart breaking scene here, guys. >> thank you very much. ng us now is the mayor of nearby auburn, maine. mr. mayor, good morning to you i know your town is hosting one of the reunification centers from this tragedy. what have you been hearing about what people experienced? >> good morning. it's really a surreal experience that was one of the common

comments i heard from people who were witnesses at the two facilities it was traumatic of course as one would imagine, also there was interspersed with some very great moments of reunification where loved ones came, found their, you know, their friends and family and were able to bring them home. >> mayor, were you able to glean any more of what actually happened because there are lots of bits and pieces and stories and you were able to talk to some people one on one here and there, and y to put them all >> really it's almost like, if a mosaic, if you would there were a lot o different snippets here and there, and trying to put them all together, my mind goes to a massive scene of chaos, disbelief. that was a common thing i heard, they thought it was some sort of halloween joke or something, the initial pops, if you would, until everything started escalating quite rapidly, and that's where everything kind of got blurry for a lot of folks. >> you're in the next town over,

can you tell us about these places you had a local bar. you had a bowling alley. we heard it was youth night there, what kind of night would it have been on a wednesday night in lewiston, maine >> lewiston and auburn are one community separated by a river you know, our joint bowling alley, if you would, is in lewiston, and bowling is a great pastime, and we love it, and there was a youth league that night. schemengees is a wonderful place, especially if you like to play corn hole it's just a normal wednesday evening. the weather was wonderful in new england, and i think a lot of people were out taking advantage of that. >> how, mayor, is the community kind of holding it together? in a close-knit community like that everybody knows somebody who was either hurt or injured how are you guys keeping it together >> frankly, we don't know yet. i mean, this is all happening relatively late in the evening and overnight. i've gotten a lot of calls from friends and family in the area, of course, and i think it's a

little bit of shock. i think we're going to know more about that, you know, over the course of the next couple of hours and throughout the day i do know this community, i grew up here. it's a great community it's gone through a lot. obviously nothing like this, but i know for a fact that we're going to actually stay and we're going to stay strong and we're going to obviously find the individual who did this and bring him to justice quickly, very quickly, but also we're going to circle around our friends and family during their time of loss we're going to help them get through this. >> and the day ahead, we should mention of course this suspect is still on the loose, presumed to be armed, certainly dangerous. so how are you handling that with your community and with your colleagues, the police officers, what are you telling people there. >> obviously we have a large law enforcement presence throughout the entire region right now, air and ground assets, but we're telling all of our residents just to shelter in place we canceled all the schools in the area so there will be no school today stay home, keep your doors locked

you know, have good situational awareness. stay vigilant, report anything that seems out of the ordinary at this point. >> all right, mayor jason levesque, we are with you and appreciate your time this morning, and of course we will bring you the very latest from that scene throughout the morning. also breaking overnight, a significant development in the israel-hamas war israeli soldiers carrying out targeted raids inside gaza to prepare for what its military is calling, quote, the next stages of combat. nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel is in israel for us hey, richard, good morning >> reporter: good morning, hoda. israeli troops briefly entered the gaza strip and then left, and it remains unclear if a full-scale invasion is coming or when as israeli air strikes flatten the gaza strip and with pressure mounting on israel to pause its reprisal attacks and allow more aid to reach palestinian civilians, the israeli military overnight carried out its first

significant incursion into gaza sending in tanks from the guwahati brigade and special forces the israeli military released footage of the operation in northern gaza describing it as a targeted raid deep into gaza in a statement saying israeli soldiers located and struck numerous terrorists and operated to prepare the battlefield the troops withdrew after the mission. this was not israel's much anticipated full-scale invasion. thousands of israeli troops, many of them reservists, remain inside israel ringing gaza last night israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said a ground assault is coming and that only israel will decide when and how to do it. israel now appears to be testing the ground to judge hamas's reaction and strength. last night president biden defended israel's right and obligation to attack hamas after its militants killed more than 1,400 israelis and took more

than 200 hostages. but he added a note of caution. >> when this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes next and in our view, it has to be a two-state solution >> reporter: gaza is in a state of collapse, 12 hospitals already shut because of a lack of supplies. israel says it's targeting hamas tunnels that run under homes, schools, and hospitals in one building, we saw this little girl inside of what's left of her apartment. rescuers tell her to stay calm, that they're nearly done removing debris. her leg is trapped under concrete they try to free her without collapsing the pocket she's in and finally she's safe a u.n. official says that nowhere is safe in gaza, and israel's allies in the region,

jordan and egypt, are now calling on israel to stop its attacks on gaza fearing they could trigger a wider war. hoda. >> richard engel for us there at the border in israel thank you, richard after three weeks of chaos and in fighting in washington, house republicans have reached a new speaker. louisiana's mike johnson reached the 217 votes needed after failed attempts by three previous nominees. nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us with the new speaker who now holds the gavel. ryan, good morning >> reporter: savannah, good morning. mike johnson is not a household name but he is now second in line to the presidency and sitting in one of the most powerful seats in american politics at a very volatile time in the world it took four tries, but house republicans finally elected a speaker of the house. >> the speaker-elect mike johnson from the state of louisiana. >> reporter: louisiana's mike johnson was the last man standing, cobbling together the support from a fatigued conference to win the vote unanimously and then promising

to get right to work >> the challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now >> reporter: johnson has a long list of work ahead of him. the government will run out of money in mid-november. aid packages to ukraine and israel are on the table as well as the approval of the farm bill and the reauthorization of the faa. much of this will require bipartisan support, something senate majority leader chuck schumer made clear >> i hope and look forward to working with him in a bipartisan way. i hope he will. >> reporter: but johnson has not been much of a bipartisan politician he holds conservative views on abortion, gay rights and gun control, and he was a leading voice in republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and even played into conspiracy theories about voting machines being tampered with, which were widely discredited >> there's a lot of merit to that, and when the president says the election is rigged, that's what he's talking about, that the fix was in. >> reporter: president biden

brushed off concerns johnson could stand in the way of certifying the next election >> just like i was not worried. the last guy be able toover turn the election >> reporter: it's a position biden's fellow democrats view as disqualifying, but republicans embraced, shouting down reportee now johnson will take on the diff attempts to question johnson on the topic. >> mr. johnson, you helped lead the efforts to overturn the 2020 election -- >> no! >> no! >> reporter: now johnson will take on the difficult task of managing a divided party at a time when there is so much to get done and johnson will be the first speaker of the house from louisiana, but he doesn't have much leadership experience, while he previously served as the vice chair of the conference, he has no experience as a chairman of a congressional committee. savannah >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, ryan, thank you. 7:15 a lot more to get to say good morning to craig. >> hey, hoda, savannah, good morning to you as well it was a day of courtroom drama at donald trump's civil fraud

trial here in new york the former president called to the stand by the judge and then fined $10,000 for violating a gag order in the case. nbc's senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is here with more on that. laura, good morning to you >> hey, good morning, craig. donald trump said he would testify at his civil fraud trial, but no one expected it to happen quite like this taking taking the stand in his own defense, and let's just say it did not go his way this morning donald trump facing a hefty fine from the judge who's determining the financial future of his name sake company. it started just like many days in the civil fraud trial, mr. trump using breaks in the testimony to make his case in front of the cameras outside the courtroom. >> judge is a very partisan judge with a person who's very partisan sitting alongside of him. perhaps even much more partisan than he is >> reporter: those few words prompting a dramatic fallout judge arthur engoron furious at what he took to be a reference

to the person sitting physically alongside him in court, his law clerk, as the judge barred everyone from talking about court staff weeks ago after mr. trump insinuated the clerk was biased in a post online. the judge appearing upset wednesday saying, quote, i am very protective of my staff. i don't want anybody killed. then going further with the courtroom now crowded, the judge holding an impromptu hearing putting the former president on the witness stand questioning him under oath about his remarks finding mr. trump not credible when he claimed to have been talking about michael cohen, his former fixer on the stand earlier in the day, not the law clerk. the judge handing down a $10,000 fine adding don't do it again or it will be worse >> did you violate the gag order, mr. president >> no. >> reporter: this just days after the judge hit mr. trump with a $5,000 fine for keeping up a disparaging photo of the same clerk on his campaign website.

as for cohen, he was forced to admit on cross examination his former boss did not directly ask him to inflate the assets of the trump organization, the crux of the state's case, yet the judge unmoved said there was enough other evidence to fill the courtroom prompting mr. trump to storm out. that remark from the judge yesterday notable as, remember, he's the one determining the penalty mr. trump ultimately faces in this case the former president expected back in court when he testifies later in this trial, guys. >> thank you, laura. >> thanks, laura time now for a check of the weather. it's a busy one for al what you got >> it is we got storms. we got snow. in fact, 12 million people under winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories in the plains and down through the gulf and into texas, flood watches, flood warnings you can see the snow in the plains, you can see those heavy thunderstorms stretching from dallas to austin, and we've got some severe drought from the plains to the gulf coast unfortunately, we've seen the

mississippi river at its all-time record low levels this month, lowest water levels on record from helena to memphis, tennessee, osceola to caruthersville arkansas, you're going to see about 5 inches of rain but unfortunately the corridor of the heaviest rain is going to miss the drought areas that really need it the most, so that's not great news. snowfall-wise, we're looking for upwards of foot of snow or more in parts of the rockies, so they're going to be starting their snow season fairly early, but it is almost like summertime here in the northeast with near record temperatures for new york city in the mid-70s, near 80 in philadelphia, 80 in washington, richmond going to come very, very close to a record at 83 degrees. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. ♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ we don't just have everything. we have your thing. good thursday morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. after a cold start, temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s this morning, it's going to be a very nice afternoon. it will be on the cool side, a little lower than normal as highs reach in the upper 60s and low 70s here and there. we will set this weather on repeat with temperatures each morning in the 40s and headed to near 70 degrees, and we will see y eso es lo último en el weather. guys >> thanks, al. just ahead, tom costello with a firsthand look this morning with this big change

that's supposed to speed up the boarding process that's being rolled out by a major airline today. >> reporter: good morning, we're on board a united airlines plane. have you heard of wilma? no, she's not a flight attendant, it's the new way united is boarding, windows first, then middle, then aisle now will everybody want to sit at the window so they can get their bags overhead. coming up, we'll explain how all of this will work when we come back. >> that's what we're saying. >> we're worried about that. plus, are they getting closer inside the new push to end the actor's strike in hollywood? hollywood? and the major toll it's taking

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10:30 last night. traffic was impacted for a short time, but now all lanes have been reopened. san francisco leaders are ready to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to halting a surge in car break-ins. later today they plan to announce new legislation in sacramento. it calls for some sort of boost to help local law enforcement. that announcement is expected to happen at 1:30 this afternoon. this comes as the district attorney jenkins vowed to be more aggressive when prosecuting car burglary suspects. yeah, this is a crash. we are using video because this cleared seconds ago, so that flatbed tow truck and car no longer there. look at the map. we have a backup from that point, northbound 280. i believe they did clear the

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>> we're back, 7:30, we continue to follow this morning's top story, a shooting rampage in lewiston, maine, and the search for the gunman who opened fire on people at two locations, a busy bowling alley, a crowded bar on a wednesday night. that gunman is still on the loose. >> nbc's sam brock traveled to lewiston overnight he joins us now from the scene

of one of those shootings, hey, sam, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, savannah, craig, good morning, normal life just shattered again for communities. as we speak right now, there are several towns in this part of maine that are under shelter in place orders that is a list that has expanded as of this morning to bowdin, a town about 15, 20 minutes away, a town of 3,000 people just to give you a sense of people waking up this morning to this chaotic manhunt over my shoulder you'll see the sheriff's car right here down this hill is a white sign, that white sign is - schemengees a bar and grill, one of two locations where this killing was conducted. now the chronology of the killings, guys, that is still unfolding. at some point around 7:00 last night, within a distance of four or five miles, the shooter in this case killed between 15 to 20 people and injured up to 50 at those two locations police right now are searching for a person of interest, his name is robert card. they have not called him a

suspect, but the suspect is the person you have seen so far with that semiautomatic rifle, a snapshot of it as he walked into the bowling alley before he started firing here is some background on card. 40 years old, approximately 20 years of military service armed with an ar-15 style rifle. now, according to the maine information and analytics center which is basically a database for law enforcement, they have pointed out the fact that he was firearm trained, had spent time they believe in the army reserve and was struggling with his mental health. had apparently been committed to a mental health care facility at some point for a couple of weeks recently and had, quote, been hearing voices and again, as we talk about these mass shootings, rarely is this something that pops up out of nowhere there are almost always red flags. it appears if, in fact, card is the person, that would be the case here as well. right now you have schools and government buildings that are shut down as this manhunt continues, and schemengees did post on its facebook just a couple of hours ago some terse words saying, quote, my heart is crushed. i am at a loss for words, in a split second your world gets

turned upside down for no good reason. no one, of course, can make any sense of any of this back to you. >> sam brock on our breaking news this morning, thank you. let's switch gears now, let's talk about the new boarding process that united airlines is kicking off today. here's the bottom line, if you have a window seat, you get to board before most other passengers, and there are some caveats, there are some exceptions nbc's tom costello went behind the scenes at united to see how it works hey tom, morning >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. i've got my ticket listen, the timing here is important because we are just weeks away from the busy thanksgiving season, then the december holiday travel season, and so everybody is going to be trying to get on to these planes, carrying extra coats, presents and luggage all competing for that overhead bin space. so united has a plan it happens year round, packed airports and planes long lines and a boarding process that

takes forever. as the clock ticks down to an on-time departure. >> always the biggest challenge is getting on and off. it just takes so long. >> you are allowed two items you can bring on board. >> reporter: this morning united is trying a new approach to speed things along in economy, and it's got a lot of folks talking. >> i know that something does have to give because boarding is not great. >> not efficient. >> they call it wilma, boarding windows first, then middle seats then aisles. business class preboarding and priority passengers still go first and entire families can board together if somebody's got the window seat. then wilma kicks in. >> and by doing this, we're saving two minutes >> two minutes off of each flight. >> two minutes off each flight. >> reporter: linda jojo is united chief customer service officer. >> two minutes is all you're saving but that adds up. >> it does add up. >> airlines have 45 minutes from

the moment a plane arrives until it must leave again. two minutes may not seem like a lot to you, but going into the winter when storms can cause airlines to run behind schedule, two minutes could make a big difference >> if i can get on first, i would do that. >> and your carry-ons first. >> yes, that's a big thing to be able to get on with my carry-on that there's room for me. >> reporter: every airline has a different approach to boarding there's the cattle call all at once, group boarding, group one to 99, rear to front boarding and random zone boarding now united is going with wilma >> if we can get two minutes back on this flight and two minutes back on the next flight, we're going to help especially those customers traveling later in the day to be closer on time. >> tom, we're already debating this here at this desk united's not just going to spring this on everybody they've been testing this thing out. how has the test been going? >> reporter: yeah, so they first started testing wilma about five

years ago in 2017, and they found it was saving them time, so they need to then refine the process, see if they can make it work better. but i asked them, i said you guys have been flying for 92 years, what took so long to figure this out, and they make the point, listen, technology changes. planes change. all of us, passengers we change, we get a little bigger and slower, right? the apps, everything changes, and so they have to evolve and change the process over time, and so this is their latest plan, and this too could change and evolve and we'll see if other airlines also change their plans. >> i'm bummed out for the aisle people >> and i'm an aisle person. i like to stretch out. >> me too. what do we do? >> we'll have to unite. >> stick my legs right out there in the aisle. >> reporter: but i've got to make a point and this is important, guys, really quickly. united says don't worry they're changing the interiors of the plane so everybody is going to have space for their bags in the overhead bin

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>> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here's kristin welker. good morning. we are coming on the air with breaking news. officials in lewiston, maine are about to give an update on the mass shooting that killed 18 people and injured to 60, and the all-out manhunt for the shooter considered armed and very dangerous. let's listen in. >> as you may notice, my voice is a little hoarse after working through the night. as you all know, last night local, county, state and federal law enforcement officers from around the state of maine responded to reports of an active shooter at several locations in lewiston including sparetime recreation and schemengees bar and grill. these law enforcement officers

in the face of danger responded swiftly, selflessly, and with great bravery. bravery that they continue to demonstrate today as they continue to search tirelessly for a person of interest in connection with last night's events. on behalf of all maine people, i express my deep gratitude for your response and for your continued service. i also do so for maine's hospitals and other medical emergency responses -- responders. i'm profoundly saddened to stand before you today to report that 18 people lost their lives, and 13 people injured in last night's attacks. in memory of those we lost, and in honor of those who were injured, president biden and i have ordered all u.s. flags and state of maine flags to be lowered to half-staff

immediately for the next five days. maine state police have issued a shelter in place order for lewiston, lisbon, and bowden. as the manhunt for that person of interest, robert card of bowden continues. i will let law enforcement speak to the ongoing manhunt and to their investigation, but mr. card is considered armed and dangerous, and police advise that maine people should not approach him under any circumstances. i continue to strongly urge maine people to follow the direction of state and local law enforcement amid this ever-changing situation. please, if you see anything suspicious, please call 911. there are still many things we don't yet know about these

attacks, but the full weight of my administration is behind law enforcement's efforts to capture the person of interest, robert card, to hold whoever's responsible for this atrocity accountable under the full force of state and federal law, and to seek full justice for the victims and their families. we are -- we cannot and we will not rest in this endeavor. my administration is coordinating closely with local, regional, and federal officials to respond to this shooting. i have spoken twice with president biden. i've spoken with vice president harris, secretary of homeland security mayorkas, and secretary of health and human services, becerra. all of whom have called me last night to express the biden

administration's full and unwavering support, and to offer any and all help that we, the people of maine, might require. the governors of our neighbors new england states and of other states have contacted me to offer aid, and i am sincerely grateful for their friendship and support. we have been in touch with every member of the maine congressional delegation, all of whom have offered their full support for which i am also grateful. i also spoke with the auburn mayor last night to reiterate that we are standing by them, and that we are ready to provide any help people in these communities need and to deploy all available state resources including grief counsellors and other mental health services. we need to help our communities

heal. if you or a person you love needs someone to talk to during this difficult time, please call or text 988. for free and confidential counseling, 988. look. lewiston is a special place. it's a close-knit community with a long history of hard work, of persistence, of faith, of opening its big heart to people everywhere. lewiston is where i worked for years. it's where i met and married my husband, and where our girls went to school. i love this place just as i love our whole state with my entire heart. i'm so deeply saddened as is everyone of the 1.3 million

people of this beautiful state. this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. no city does. no state, no people. no words can truly or fully measure the grief of maine people today. our small state of just 1.3 million people has long been known as one of the safest states in the nation. this attack strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. all maine people are sharing in the sorrow of the families who lost loved ones last night, loved ones, normal people who were killed or injured while unwinding from a day of work or while spending time with their family and friends, socializing.

so on behalf of the 1.3 million people of the whole state of maine, i hold these families and this city in my heart today. i know that the people of lewiston are enduring immeasurable pain. i wish i could take that pain off your hearts, off your shoulders, but i promise you this. we will all help you carry that grief. i ask many people to join me in offering our comfort to the families and friends who have lost someone, and in offering prayers for swift recovery for those who are healing in maine's hospitals today. this is a dark day for maine. i know it's hard for us to think about healing when our hearts are broken, but i want every person in maine to know that we

will heal together. we are strong, we are resilient, we are a very caring people. in the days and weeks ahead, we will need to lean on those qualities for than ever before. as we move forward, struggling as we may, let us wrap our arms around one another and offer comfort and solace and love. i know the maine state police will continue to release information to the public as we confirm it, and information about any steps that the public might take to support the people of lewiston at this time. may god bless the people of lewiston and bless the memories of those we have lost. thank you. i'm going to turn it over to the

commissioner. >> thank you very much, governor. we certainly appreciate your support. the city of lewiston does. the state of maine, and certainly our first responders. we feel that love every day, and thank you very much for that. i would also say that we want to say thank you to a really large number of other elected officials across our state, whether that's the federal delegation, local elected officials, and many others that are part of organizations or law enforcement agencies that truly wanted to join us today at this particular precedent and wanted to speak on behalf of their communities, and as the governor had mentioned and everybody else will reiterate, our reality for today is that this suspect is still at large, and we want to provide community support for the victims, for the families in the communities across the state, but we also have an incredibly strong, laser-like focus on bringing this suspect

into custody and ultimately to justice. so because of that mission for this particular event and today's activities, we're keeping the list of speakers and the agenda pretty tight, and that will include next up at the podium would be chief dave st. pierre from the city of lewiston, and some other members of his command staff are present. what i will say to the city of lewiston, and you know this because you feel it every day, but you're lucky to have a chief like chief st. pierre and his entire law enforcement agency from every level. those officers put their heart and soul on the line on behalf of their community last night and into today. they do it for the right reasons. they're doing it because they care, so the city of lewiston and truly our responder family is lucky to have dave and his team in the mix with us, and we're also going to hear from

colonel william ross from the state police, and he will highlight some of the timeline, some of the things that you're probably concerned about and certainly interested in from a story perspective, so the colonel will come up and speak to that and we'll also have jodie cohen. she's the special agent in charge of the field office and she's highlight some of those federal partnerships and some of the things our federal partners are bringing to the people, bringing to bare to help us with this investigation. we have a bunch of people. once you start naming people, you're going to have a problem because you'll forget somebody or screw something up. i would also tell you that a couple of our other federal partners are here. kevin neil, james ferguson and jim is a special agent in charge from the atf for the boston field division. they are heavily invested with

staff along with the fbi and we can't thank them enough for all they're doing on behalf of our state. i would also tell you that we are going to close with a brief q&a, and we're going to try to get some of those questions out there. we appreciate your time, your pa patience, your professionalism, and your partnership with getting this out. i would those questions will be brief and we have to get back to our teams to push forward on that. with that in mind, i will be back up to the podium to kind of steer that a little bit, but for starters, i would like chief st. pierre join us. >> thank you. thank you, director, and welcome media, media partners and thank you, governor mills for those kind words. i'm going to keep this short. what i would like the very most is to express our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the victims of this heinous crime. this is truly a tragedy that goes beyond comprehension. i'm confident in our community that our community has and will continue to come together throughout this endeavor to

bring this to a successful conclusion. although difficult, i do ask the public to continue to be mindful of their own personal safety and also that they be patient with the process as much as possible. there is extensive work and attention to detail that goes into such a large-scale investigation. i'm confident in the expertise and professionalism of our investigators and all law enforcement officials that are currently involved. this is an all-hands-on-deck approach. we have a great deal of collaboration and resources that have been made available to us. there are far too many to name individually, but i think the director named quite a few appropriately. there are far too many as i stated, but they are all appreciated more than you know. i want to thank all of our brave men and women of the lewiston police department, fire department staff, medical personnel, first responders of any kind that have gone -- that came from far and wide and have come together and continue to work tirelessly in bringing this

situation to an end. we hope to locate and hold the person accountable. i think you'll hear next from the state police who is taking the lead in this investigation although we are working hand in hand with them. i think colonel ross will be able to fill you in on a little bit more. >> thank you, chief. first and foremost, this is an ongoing homicide investigation and search for the person that is responsible for it. we're in the early stages of this investigation, and i just want to let you know we will have updates. we'll be putting some type of a schedule out later on, but again, early stages of a homicide investigation. we want to be careful that we're doing things correctly. we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. i'm going to give you a bit of a timeline here to kind of fill in some of the blanks and give you some of the facts as we know them right now. a lot of this information will then be transferred to the

attorney general's office as they will be the lead prosecutor, again, in any homicide investigation. last night, october 25:00th at approximately 6:56 p.m., the auburn communications center received a 911 call of a male shooting in just in time or the sparetime recreation center in the town of lewiston located at 24 mollison way in lewiston. shortly after that at about 7:08 p.m., the call center received multiple 911 calls about an active shooter inside of an schemengees billiards at 533 lincoln street in the town of lewiston. a large law enforcement response from multiple surrounding agencies assisted the lewiston police department in trying to identify who this individual was

and what was happening. as you can imagine, this was a very fast-paced, fast-moving, very fluid scene, very dangerous scene that these guys and girls are going into. 18 people are now deceased at this time. the victims at the just in time establishment, seven people are deceased there. one female and six males, all from an apparent gunshot wound. victims at the schemengees billiards, eight are deceased. seven males inside the establishment, one male outside the establishment. again, also apparent gunshot wounds. multiple people were transferred to area hospitals, central maine medical center, st. mary's, and maine medical center. three people that were transferred to those hospitals are deceased for a total of 18

people deceased at this time. the investigation into the person responsible for this identified a vehicle located at the boat landing in lisbon. that person through the registration of that vehicle has identified as been stated earlier as a robert card, born in 1983. several of the deceased have been identified, and their families, next of kin have been notified. approximately eight people at this point have been identified. ten people -- ten of these victims still need to be identified at this time. currently there is an arrest warrant for eight counts of murder for mr. card, and the reason it's eight counts is because ten people have not yet been identified. as those people are identified, the counts will probably go to

the total of 18. he should be considered armed and dangerous. based on our investigation, we believe this is someone that should not be approached. this is someone that should be -- if you come into any contact with this individual or someone that you think looks like this individual, you are to call 911 and i'll provide some tip line numbers at the conclusion of my briefing. the lewiston police department, federal, state, county, and other local municipalities, are involved in a coordinated search at this moment for this individual. as the ongoing investigation and search to find this person both happen simultaneously, i cannot stress this enough. this is an ongoing investigation in the early stages. more will come out in conjunction with the attorney general's office as the lead prosecutor.

we can't share all of our information right now, and i'm sure you understand that. i'm going to give out two numbers that go to a tip line. 911 is also appropriate for this, but if anyone can call these two numbers, this would go to the state police tip line. area code 207-213-9526. 207-509-9002. we'll be sending something out later that has that information in it if you weren't able to grab that now. again, this is a very fluid situation. we have a lot of resources as chief st. pierre had mentioned earlier, that are on the ground in a coordinated effort to apprehend this individual. we've notified the department of education and they have determined what they're going to do with the schools. a lot of schools -- area schools were shut down today based on our conversation with them. again, as more information comes in, we'll be providing it to

you. thank you for your time. this is a very difficult time for, i think, the community of lewiston, a difficult time for obviously a victims' families, and it's a tough time for law enforcement. it was a rough night last night, but we're committed to bringing, you know, whoever's responsible for this to justice, and again, we are currently looking for mr. card right now. that's someone we would like the apprehend. thank you. >> thank you, colonel, and fbi special agent in charge, cohen, if you could join me please. >> thank you. my name is jodie cohen. i'm the special agent in charge of fbi boston division which covers the state of maine. our hearts go out to everyone who was impacted as a result

that would have come from multiple states, whether it's the commissioners from vermont, new hampshire, reaching out the me directly, massachusetts saying, what do you need, mike? what can we do for the state of maine? we are now prepared to take a few questions, and keep in mind again that we may not be able to answer as in-depth as you would like, and we don't plan on taking a great deal of questions i think follow-up press events will allow for that. >> nobody has talked about the weapon that was used here. maybe folks can talk about that, but the other thing is there are reports that this individual had mental health issues that he made threats to shoot up the national guard, so clearly there were some signs that he was on someone's radar. the question becomes, why was he

in possession of this weapon, and certainly why wasn't he stopped sooner? >> i think those are all valid questions, and certainly questions that we are looking into now, but not questions that we can answer today, considering that this occurred last night. there's still an active search for the suspect in question, so i can appreciate those questions, but not something we're going to be able to answer right now. >> is this something you're going to be able to investigate and looking? >> it's something we want to follow up on all aspects of. >> can you give us a sense of the ages of who has died? how many are under 18 and how many are over 18? >> i'm not sure we have that information with us today. we wanted to break it down by gender because that's something we had readily available. we did not break this down into age ranges at all. >> so what can you tell us -- what can you tell us about the background of the suspect in this case or should i say the person of interest? the language is very clear. you're saying person of interest and not suspect. why use that terminology and

what can you tell us about his background? >> we used person of interest last night for half of the room. as the colonel had mentioned, there are now arrest warrants for murder for this particular individual, mr. card. so he is viewed as a suspect, and there is a full court press to bring him into custody. what is the second piece of that question? >> what can you tell us about his background? you asked about the idea that he had voiced concerns about his own mental health, right? had been committed according to a police bulletin for weeks. how could someone that fits that profile still be in possession of semiautomatic weapons? >> i think the statutes around firearms and the possession of those are pretty complex. i know that we will be reviewing that information as we move forward, but that's not an answer we're prepared to give today because that leads to motive. you're talking about behavioral health issues and how that impacts the situation. i expect you'll hear from us on that in the future. right here, sir. >> we've seen helicopters as far

north as monmouth. can you tell us anything about what's leading you that far north? >> yeah, sure. so we have a number of communities doing follow-ups on a number of different things. there are searches we follow up on, and we have helicopters from the new hampshire state police and that copter was here to assist us as well. whether we have resources out, some of those air assets would be valuable. that's what they're doing. we're not going to speak to what brings us to a specific community one way or the other. yes, ma'am. >> as far as identifying the unidentified victims, what are people encouraged to do? is there dna being tested for family members who may have missing loved ones? >> we did have a family reunification center open last night. we do have behavioral health liaisons that are fully engaged

to work with families and work with loved ones, and work with victims for that matter that may be in the hospital, and seeking treatment. so those things are actively occurring. we're dealing with each one of those situations separately. so do we need dna on that or are we just waiting to find a loved one, some kind of family member that we have a notification? that varies across the board. i'll take two more questions. right here. >> was there a triggering event? is that something you're investigating? >> i think we're always concerned about motive. triggering event the a motive ffr us. that's not something we're prepared to talk about today, but i appreciate the question. one additional follow-up from you. >> why these locations and why this bar and why this bowling alley? was he looking for someone or something? >> that does speak to motive so i appreciate the follow-up, but not something we're prepared to answer. one more question. right here. >> you say -- in the arrest

warrants issued today, and can you say if card is still in the state or even alive? >> we're actively searching for him, and if i knew where he was, this would be a different press conference. we don't know his location and i'll leave it at that, and we are working with the attorney general's office in reference to those. with that in mind, we're done taking questions for now. so we're going to actually take off at this point. thank you very much for being here. i appreciate that. >> thank you, everybody. >> you have been listening to law enforcement officials in maine and the governor of maine give the very latest on the mass shooting there. the governor janet mills there saying, quote, i am profoundly saddened to report that 18 people lost their lives. 13 people have been injured according to the governor. the governor saying she has spoken with president biden twice. they have now lowered flags to half-staff across the country. she's also spoken to the vice

president. the governor saying we cannot and will not rest until justice is served saying that these attacks have struck at the very heart of, quote, who we are in lewiston. we also heard from colonel william ross of the maine state police announcing a detailed timeline of how these horrific events unfolded, starting at 6:56 p.m. last night at sparetime recreation center and then another mass shooting at a bar nearby. now saying that they are looking for a suspect, robert card. an arrest warrant is out for him for eight counts of murder. he is considered armed and extremely dangerous. a 40-year-old who does have a background with mental health troubles. i do want to go to nbc's emilie ikeda at the bowling alley where one of those shootings took place.

what were your takeaways from listening to that press conference? >> reporter: hi there, kristin. just to underscore the point of a massive loss of life in this horrific tragedy, 18 people were killed in this shooting spree. another 13 injured according to officials at that news conference, and the shooting spree, we're learning, we're getting a better idea of the timeline around how this happened. it started at the bowling alley just down the road there behind me. we've heard from witnesses who described the chaos and

confusion. that was just a few miles from here. there is still work to be done here.

this suspect is considered armed and dangerous. be on the lookout and call either 911 or the tip line.

>> and of course, you just heard there, he is now a suspect. an arrest warrant out for eight murders again. ten people have not been identified. what are your key takeaways right now? >> the fact that ten people haven't been identified, i'm sure some folks have questions about it and it's the ugly truth of an ar-style rifle fired with a 223-caliber round and the damage it does to a person can sometimes make identifications difficult. i won't go into details, nor do i think i need to. as far as robert card, you can see the way he's holding his gun. you can see there's something also around his shoulders, that additional ammo. that is something that law enforcement is looking into. just how armed is this individual, according to the

commissioner, he says we don't know his location. now we are trying to find him, and it is a very difficult place to try to find somebody given how rural maine is, in particular this area. it is not an area where somebody can spend some time and it is not particularly cold, certainly by maine standards, in the 50s tonight into the upper 40s. that's something that probably works unfortunately in card's favor. he has an active arrest warrant out for him on those homicide counts. as far as his background, you laid it out there, and this is somebody who appears to have some serious mental health concerns or issues. i think it's important to keep in mind if he was committed to a mental facility, how could he possy possess the gun? based on our preliminary look on the laws in maine, it's not an issue as they wouldn't been able to get the gun from them.

we will figure out a specific timeline about his past, and were there any trip wires that should have been hit that would have made sure that this person did not possess a gun that could have done the damage that it did. at this point, it appears he did not run a foul of the law, but we continue to report on that. something that was not said at the press conference that i think is important when we take a step back here for a moment and look at the totality of where we are in the world given the tensions in the middle east, given the racial tensions that sometimes occur as a result of the situation at the border because of the middle east, every indication that we have of myself is that there is no terrorism component to this. when we say that, that's based on the definition -- the law enforcement definition of terrorism which is somebody using an ideology to commit -- rather committing violence to further an ideology. there's no indication of that, and then just a few minutes ago, i was told there was no indication there was a racial component to this. most of the victims are white as

well, and this individual's identified as white. so that's what we know about his background in the state of play in the investigation which is very much unfolding, kristin. >> tom winter, thank you for that. you underscore all the challenges with the investigation. i want to say there's a new statement by president biden on the shooting. i'll just read a brief part of it. he says, our nation is in mourn after yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting today. jill and i are praying for the americans who've lost their lives for those still in critical care, and for the survivors and family members enduring shock and grief. i want to go to jonathan. tom just laid out why finding this suspect is so difficult. what do we know about the search? >> enormous resources, hundreds of police officers, state, county, local, joined by fbi agents, u.s. marshals, atf. there are bulletins to every police department along the east coast. amtrak, airports. everyone is on the lookout for the suspected shooter who fs now

-- was now wanted for murder. no nexus to terrorism. they have aviation units in the air, searching the woods. they are searching -- executing search warrants and they have teams coming in from many neighbors states to help in this search for that wanted suspect who's still on the loose at this hour. >> jonathan deans, thank you so much for this special coverage of the latest mass shooting in this country this time in lewiston, maine. we will continue to cover this. that concludes the special report. nor on nbc news now, and >> there's magic that goes on in these small town schools i know 100% of our students. i know 99% of my parents and these staff members, they really -- they really, really

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together >> yeah, it's completely beautiful, and i know that you guys have got a little something up your sleeve, a few surprises for the kids this morning? >> we certainly do >> we do >> well, so the "today" show reached out and shared the incredible stories of these kids with the folks at scholastic, and scholastic was so touched they wanted to help. jen, you want to do the honors? >> okay. yes, yes, yes. all right. they wanted to do something special for the students joining us live this morning from robinson elementary and buckhorn so i'm going to have the students and the teachers help me with a little reveal. they don't know this surprise, okay, ready? guys, are you ready? >> yeah! >> let's count down, three, two, one! [ applause ] move that curtain! books! >> they got it all right

>> they got it >> scholastic is donating 500 books here so that each child can take home a few of their very own today >> yeah. >> wow not only that, bags are going to >> okay, the teachers. not only that, bags are going to every teacher filled with books, filled with books for their classrooms and for them, and while the students start picking out some good reads to take home, we want to bring in our librarian. you met her in the piece antionett is here. come on in stand right in here. >> yes, ma'am. >> you're not going to cry, are you? >> no, hopefully not so what does it mean to these kids to take home books? >> it means a lot. you know, i mean, they're replenishing their library because they lost -- you know, they lost a lot of books, they lost a lot in the flood. so this is a good thing. >> well, that's not -- that's

not all. >> okay. scholastic wanted to help not just the students here with us but both schools as a whole. here we go. >> oh, wow >> here we go. they are pledging to donate 5,000 books to robinson and 5,000 books to buckhorn's future libraries to help replenish what was lost in the flooding. >> awesome >> so 10,000 >> 10,000 books. can you hold all 10,000 of those in your cart >> no, not in my cart, definitely not, but we'll make sure that we have a place for them they have a home on the shelf. >> great >> i have a feeling there are going to be some happy tears. >> oh, yeah, most definitely thank you so much. thank you. >> guys, back to you >> wow >> wow, good work. >> way to go >> that was so beautiful >> i don't know if antionett can hear us, cynthia and jen, but just have her say something about what reading means to these kids for them to hold a brand new book and bring it home, the pride that they'll have and the excitement they would have

>> it means a lot. they love to read. they enjoy it. they get excited when i push the cart in and they get to choose a book this will help out even more >> for them to even have them at home. >> a lot of them don't have books so this will help. >> it's a free book fair >> yes, it is. >> antionett, this beautiful work you're doing. we see you this morning, the whole country sees you out there every day pushing your cart, and we might think what does it matter, it matters it's inspiring, thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, jen. >> thank you. >> thank you, cynthia. that was beautiful >> imagine at that age too, books are like portals they're like secret doors that they can go through when times are tough to escape, you know, like during the flooding it's more than just books for a kid. >> yes >> it opens up whole new worlds. i mean, my library was my sanctuary. >> and it's also, you know, when kids read a book they learn 15 lessons they don't even know they're learning they like see themselves in that

book and think that kid got through it i can get through my thing that was beautiful jen is always doing incredible work >> you know, and has been with save the children for years doing god's work all over this country. >> and a lot of it you don't even know about it. >> that's true >> we've got to thank our sponsor scholastic for doing that they really showed up for the people of perry county, and that recovery is ongoing. we mentioned that qr code, so you can click on it, put your camera up against it, click on today.com, and there's some incredible organizations helping with all kinds of recovery. it's important to remember. >> cool. >> we should mention that jen and cynthia, they're not done just yet they're going to come back in the third hour with a ill bit a little bit more as well. coming up, i see our buddy over there ally love to help us with healthier habits like meal prepping and sneaking in a little extra exercise in your day. we'll chat with ally and get all those quick tips but first a quick check of your local news and weather. >> 10,000 books. >> that's awesome. >> it's a start. >> it is a start

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playing your jam. >> this is lil boo thang this is a song by paul russell that i've been loving. paul russell is going to be here tomorrow singing >> he heard you. >> i love it it's so fun. it's a fun -- it's a fun jam >> you guys should come back tomorrow for lil boo thang. okay >> ally love always has great ideas to help you put a little love in our mornings, things that include helping us feel less stressed. a few hacks that will simplify the morning including a breakfast recipe that you can make ahead of time >> i like that. >> and we've got some time saving gifts for you as well, gifts in the form of food. you buy that simple rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, you're wondering what you can do with it, you can do a lot. elena's got some great dishes you can have on the table in no time. >> and after that in a few minutes from now, in the third hour, a great life lesson that we could all really use right

now, how to remain optimistic even when life feels so overwhelming, plus a fun way to help kids stay more positive as well. >> do you know the most positive sign savannah and i are just eyeballing, look at that sign right there. it says choose -- >> the whole family. >> come here. >> the rainbow, the whole thing, look at the hair >> choose kindness, love, hope, light, joy, gratitude, compassion. >> take a look at her t-shirt! what have you got on your t-shirt? what does it say >> be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. >> come on, optimism personified with the family right here thank you all for coming. >> that's the name of the game. >> and it's weather-related too. >> weather-related, what you got? >> perfect transition. >> i like it when that happens let's show you what we've got for your weekend ahead record highs on friday, beach day in the southeast, showers and storms from texas into the great lakes, sunshine out west with some heavy snow, though, moving into saturday into the plains, gusty storms in the mid-mississippi river valley

records again up and down the east coast, sunday sunday, rain returns to the northeast and the great lakes. we're looking at wet weather into texas, bitter cold in the plains let's jump ahead, halloween evening it looks like a good one for trick or treaters in san francisco, l.a., honolulu. some showers in anchorage, new york city could be some showers, same in washington, d.c. miami beach, chicago could have a mix of rain and snow on halloween, that's not a treat. that's a trick that's what's going on arounund good thursday. i'm cinthia pimentel. we are transitioning to sweater weather around the bay area. we are starting off chilly in our inland valleys. we will keep dry and nice weather ahead for our weekend, gearing up for any halloween parties and looking into halloween week, we stay mostly dry here in the bay area, temperatures in the upper 60s in

>> that's your latest we >> that's your latest weather, and now to a beloved and important halloween tradition. over the last 70 years, trick or treat for unicef has raised more than $195 million for kids worldwide, and joining us is the president and ceo of unicef, michael j. nyenhuis. michael, good to see you >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for being here. >> happy to be here. >> this year it seems like even more than ever we need trick or treat for unicef. >> we do we have more kids in crisis around the world than we've ever had. more kids displaced from their homes than ever before in history. but at the same time, we're doing so much good work to deliver great services to them and we just need more resources to do it, and trick or treat is a chance for people to put meaning in their halloweening. >> meaning in their halloweening, i like that. this year how do people go about this and donating the trick or treat? >> sure. we have a completely dij tam experience for trick or treat this year. you can go to trickortreatforunicef.org and get social media tools,

fund-raising tools, take your halloween party, your trick or treat in the neighborhood and raise awareness for the needs of kids around the world and raise money for us too. >> we're excited about that, michael j. nyenhuis, thank you so much. trick or treat for unicef. to learn more, we encourage you to check out our website at today.com. mr. daly. >> excuse me, i was talking to our british foreign exchange students they're from the london area my daughter's name is london, i'm very familiar with where you're from. thank you very much. have a good time coming up on "pop start," the new dance craze that's blowing up on tiktok and it will force you to ask the question would your partner pass the beckham test we'll explain all about it coming up on "pop start. first

we're back, it's 8:37. mr. roker, what time is it >> best time of the morning, "pop start." >> that's our theme song there

on my sleep app. all right, guys, thanks so much. we're going to start with lady gaga fresh off her colab with the rolling stones gaga going all in on rock and roll with her latest performance. the 13-time grammy winner joined u2, this is last night in las vegas at sphere, and she and bono duetting on a couple of songs. first check this out, this is her doing shallow from "a star is born. ♪ ♪ we're far from the shallow now. ♪ in the shallow, in the shallow ♪ >> we got to get to the sphere. >> gaga also joined u2 for "all i want is you" and "i still haven't found what i'm looking for. lucky crowd last night. >> a surprise she just rolled in. >> that's the word they're trying to get other artists in vegas to pop in for

these little surprises >> adele should do it on her off night. she's in vegas, too. madonna, it's time for the queen of pop to celebrate. the guinness book of world records has certified madonna is the biggest selling female recording artist of all time overall her sales only fall behind the beatles, elvis and michael jackson. she's held this record for 14 years. nobody's close to beating her. any guesses on the top five recording artists of all time? >> shania. >> taylor swift. >> beyonce. >> of all time >> mariah carey. >> mariah. taylor, beyonce, rihanna. >> what about shania she's not in it? >> and madonna >> i don't know what number she is >> kudos to the material girl for that one who's out on her celebration tour, which is expected to run through the spring hoda's upset that shania's not on that list. >> i just did a whole story that she was the top. okay >> could be a matter of how you

netflix dropped the trailer word it. >> recount netflix dropped the trailer for bradley cooper's biopic about the life of leonard bernstein, the first american born and trained director of the new york philharmonic that stars alongside kerry mulligan who takes on the role of his wife felecia, take a look at it >> if summer doesn't sink in you, then nothing sinks in you and if nothing sings in you, then you can make music. something she told me. >> hello, i'm lenny. >> hello, i'm felicia. >> she's so beautiful. tell me about her. >> she's wonderful she's a lovely girl. >> one can be as free as one likes without guilt or concession please, i know exactly who you are. >> i want to see that. that looks good. >> "maestro" hits select theaters november 22nd before landing on netflix which is when i'll see it in december next up, "leo," adam sandler's musical set to stream

next month following some adorable pets out on an adventure. >> i wasted my life. >> this year every student has to take home a class pet. >> this is my shot. >> are you nuts? >> eddie money getting a little love on that sound track. we have a special popstart announcement - ahead of its streaming release, netflix is going to host 303 sneak peek screenings of "leo" in theaters across america. folks can snag a ticket for the one weekend only event, that takes place november 11th and 12th there are details at today.com, and along with adam sandler, the cast includes a family affair, his wife is in it, his kids, jackie and sonny, and bill burr, jason alexander and heidi gardner just to name a few check out "leo" as it hits netflix. november 21st. the beckhams are going viral thanks to this sweet scene in

netflix's new documentary. ♪ making love to each other ♪ ♪ islands in the stream ♪ ♪ that is what we are ♪ ♪ no one in between, how can we be wrong ♪ >> it's like a line dance. >> or the grapevine maybe. >> the moment inspired this new tiktok trend it's called the beckham test here's how it goes someone sets up a camera, they've lost me right there. and starts playing that song, islands in the stream, and then they just sit and see if their partner will join them for an impromptu dance. ♪ islands in the stream ♪ ♪ that is what we are ♪ ♪ no one in between ♪ ♪ how can we be wrong ♪ ♪ sail away with me to another world ♪ ♪ and we rely on each other, oh oh ♪ >> i like to see the rejection reel. >> walk away >> just like slap the radio. >> move, you're in front of the tv. >> alexa, turn off i failed the beckham test.

i fail it every day. >> so siri -- >> no, i think she had too much cough syrup, what are you doing dancing to dolly parton. coming up next, ally love is going to save you some time and money with healthy hacks, to a simpler way to get ready in the morning. first this is "tay" on nbc od we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it. hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. just what we needed, another big bank.

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happening, we have time to do the things we love. >> okay. >> first up, how many times have you carried loads of shoes we have a comfortable shoe and a presentation shoe, a heel and a flat. >> you have a flat to walk around the city in. >> what we want to do is remove the fact of carrying multiple shoes and replace it with one. we have passion footwear, our model julie is going to show us how it goes. >> julia >> so what's happening >> you have a heel and basically it turns into a flat you click it and it comes off so now she has a heel she's taken it off, go ahead, take it off. and it's going to turn into a flat look at that, so instead of carrying multiple shoes around, you're going to go ahead and have one shoe that does multiple things that's what we want to do. we want to remove the carrying of multiple shoes. that's a great, i will say passion footwear that is a great design. >> julia good job. >> ordering out is something we do because we feel like it saves us time. the food is fine, but what do you say? >> especially when it comes to

lunch, most of us spend a lot of time the middle of the day figuring out what do i want to eat? sometimes we choose the unhealthy option here what we want to do is a stitch in nine save time we want to go ahead and prep our meals. we want to prep our lunch. we have fajitas, proteins and vegetables we prep these because they're healthy, we know we love them, and you get more time back in lunch to actually just relax and take a beat for yourself >> i like that. >> you got a healthy meal and save time. >> some of you folks, don't turn off just yet we're going to talk about stairs we're going to remove the stairs i know i may have lost some of you. hear me out. we're removing the elevators, actually, and we are going to replace them with stairs now, the reason for that is you're getting an everyday workout, and more importantly, you can have rules that work for you. what do i mean by that well, if you're going anywhere between the bottom and the fifth floor, maybe you use the stairs. maybe it's the third floor, maybe it's the first floor figure out what works for you. this is a healthy option remove the elevator, replace

with stairs. once in a while. >> gabby giffords who is the senator from arizona, the congresswoman from arizona who was shot was here, and she has trouble with motor skills, and we asked do you want the elevator, and you know what she said always the stairs. she walked up and we thought if she's doing it, we're doing it. >> we can do it. >> let's get rid of self-talk and love ourselves >> you love this i love this. we are removing negativity we are replacing it with positivity how do we do that? we're making sure that our post-it notes, whether we're at the locker on our desk. or in front of us. >> on your instagram. >> i have a ton of them to remind you of who you are, how great you are, how well you're doing. >> yeah. >> you can put it as a screen saver on your phone, when you use your phone as often as you do, you're seeing those positive words, and then of course our girlfriend group, we can make sure we have a group just positive information remove the negativity, replace it with positivity. >> our hair, we know that heat and hair go together, but you say no. >> i say no.

>> remove the compound effect of heat on our hair for many of us that use a flat iron or curling iron, replace them with heatless curling sets. you can go to sleep in them, they're comfortable. you see this on tiktok, on instagram. you put them in your hair. >> you put it in, you wake up. >> and look at you, you look great. >> imagine going to bed waking up with a new do, honey. she's doing it >> it takes the stress off your hair, which is one less thing you have to worry about. >> hair is a part of your body you want it to be healthy. i have been waiting for this >> i am guilty of this, we need to remove the fact that we don't eat breakfast anymore. we need to replace it with eating breakfast and the way to do that is to adapt it to our busy schedule making sure you cook in advance, similar to fajitas, you cook in advance, you pack it in the fridge, grab it out, feed your family, your friends, put it in your bag you can eat it hot, cold this is an egg casserole. and we should dig in all of these simple habits, the economy of energy and time, they're healthy, and they make you a better person. >> mmm, you're right, a bowl of cereal on the go is going to

make you feel terrible this is awesome. ally, thank you. you can join our start today, we have more than half a million people on that scan the qr code, get our news letter it will go right to your inbox ally, thank you so much. great tips. >> savannah over to you. >> just chatting with elena, we're discussing this recipe we're going to learn everything. she's going to show us how to take a grocery store staple, a single rotisserie chicken and turn it into three fun and delicious weeknight meals, how about that nbc.first, this is "today" on

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you can just buy it store bought. it's done. >> we're just adding a little pizazz i'm happy to be here let me show you some options for lunch or dinner. we're starting with some squash, even if you aren't a huge squash fan. >> i'm prepared to become a believer. >> i think it's okay, but is this the healthier option of the three? >> this is the healthier option of the three we're going to get a little saucier in a second, but this is a delicious squash, it's very delicate, the skin you can actually eat, you don't have to peel it, which is why i like it. these are some spices in a typical taco seasoning if you want you can buy a taco seasoning packet and dump that in we're giving it a little bit of olive oil. that is going to add a lot of flavor and allow it to get a nice crisp brown we're tossing it in a bowl, you're going to hit it with a little bit of salt pop that in the oven get it nice and crispy you can use any squash, you can use butternut squash, anything

you want on here we have -- oh, no, i'm adding a couple of things. no, it's fine. i appreciate you helping me. so we've got lemon zest, avocado, we're making an avocado puree, we've got garlic cloves, we've got honey, you got to add a pop of sweetness you could do maple syrup here. cilantro, chives, lime juice. >> what is this going to be? >> this is going to be an amazing avocado spread this is the classic, it's like how do we -- i'm still trying to figure it out. turn it on, just let it do its thing, work its magic, and it turns into this beautiful spread look. >> that looks gorgeous. >> you can just add this to the bottom of your plate, get creative you'll add your rotisserie chicken breast if you like the dark meat, that's totally fine, too. you can add that we've got our little squash segments here. and a nice little avocado squash garnish, scallion, and here we go >> that squash is delish.

>> i'm happy you like it >> very good. >> another thing that is one of my favorite things are some nachos you got to love nachos we're doing a quick pickled onion. this is a great tip. we just have sugar we got some salt we add in our vinegar. >> is that how you pickle? >> this is how you do a quick pickle. >> i didn't know that. >> a little bit of warm water on it. >> regular old vinegar. >> that's all you need, distilled vinegar. >> how long does that sit? >> this should just sit 20 to 30 minutes. >> on the counter, in the fridge >> anywhere you want. >> then we're making nachos, i'll chop up that rotisserie chicken, we'll add it on, add cheese, and then we're going to add another layer of chips we like to layer the chips there's nothing worse than having -- >> are you baking this >> we're putting it into a preheated oven there's nothing worse than having nachos where all the toppings are right there and when they're done we give all these amaze garnishes. >> what's this stuff >> a cilantro lime crema, it's

like greek yogurt or sour cream. mixed with herbs >> we're moving. okay >> your rotisserie chicken with a mixer or hand mixer and look, it's shredding it up. >> i thought you had to use two forks and spend 20 minutes >> the whisker okay and then we have all this chicken. we're making a homemade barbecue sauce. we've got hot sauce, all sorts of things that make a barbecue sauce here i'm going to spare you the details because i want you guys to taste them. we make this all up, and if you want, you could also use store bought barbecue. >> hard 30 seconds. >> you put the coleslaw on the sandwich. >> of course we mix this with our delicious barbecue sauce you add it to your favorite bun and make a little coleslaw, pop that on top. >> oh, my gosh. >> and you've got a delicious -- >> you know what i would do? i'd put one of these nachos on that too

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