forecast and the commute. we'll show you the south bay maps, because it's really filling in all the colors used here. a lot of red popping up for 101, 87 and 85. pretty standard flow there. so folks, heading to 17 toward the beach or on 92 toward the beach, already slowing in the westbound commute over the water. why would one ever want to head to the beach today? today's show just moments away. but for more local news, stay with today in the bay. we stream on roku, pluto and other platforms at 8:00. beach volleyball legend and three time olympic gold medalist kerri walsh jennings joins us live. the big honor that she is set to receive. watch out for that conversation. she's been to the beach. yeah. a lot. well, that's what's happening on today in the bay. the today show starts now. have a great day . good wednesday morning. the vice presidentia vice presidential nominees

facing off in a closely watched debate. >> and the race for the white house enters the home stretch. good morning. it's october 2nd. this is "today." high stakes. j.d. vance and tim walz making their case to voters. >> we have to stop the bleeding. we have a historic immigration crisis. >> i think you got a really clear choice on this election on who is going to honor that democracy and who is going to honor donald trump. >> a surprisingly substance driven showdown for the most part. >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. >> that is a damning non-answer. >> plus, a gaffe that may live on. >> i'm a knuckle head. >> this morning, the takeaway and the potential impact on voters and what it means in the campaign. on the brink. benjamin netanyahu vowing to retaliate after iran launches its biggest strike on israel. the u.s. helping intercept the unprecedented barrage of

missiles and vowing severe consequences. >> this is totally unacceptable and the entire world should condemn it. >> what is next with the middle east closer to all-out war? we're live in the region. helping hand. strangers now coming to the aid of strangers across the south. >> some random guy just showed up with a chain saw and said, i will cut a hole in this so we >> this morning the critical needs still unmet. power, water, cell service. the president set to visit the region today and craig live on the ground for us, straight ahead. fine print. a couple seriously injured in a crash when their uber driver ran a red light. >> we went right through the light and there was a loud bang. >> told by a court they can't

sue the company because of what they agreed to when they first what you need to know before the hell is going on around here? >> we'll celebrate his groundbr inside the major push by airlines to deliver faster, more reliable internet to passengers in the air. how it will look and what it means for the future of flying. this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi there. good morning.

welcome to "today." happy you are with us on a wednesday morning. we're closely monitoring the middle east this morning. fears of an all-out war in the region are growing after facing down that massive wave of ballistic missiles from iran. we will have a live report from the region just ahead. >> but we will start with what was, for the most part, a simple debate showdown between vice presidential nominees going head to head on everything from the economy to abortion rights to january 6th and the results of the 2020 election. >> and with just 34 days to go now, it was likely the final face to face for any of the candidates in the 2024 election. we've got it all covered this h morning. let's get it all started with nbc's peter alexander. peterg morning. >> good morning to you. let's say jd v agree to disagree. their debate at times was almost unrecognizable. you saw the two candidates respectable, even friendly. at the end they stuck around to introduce each other to their wives.

vance particularly polished. walls, a bit unsteady at times and offering very different visions of the future. in their first and only face-off, j.d. vance and tim walz squaring off in a civil and substantive vice presidential debate. hours after iran launched nearly 200 missiles at israel, the two spars over the escalating crisis in the middle east. >> iran -- or israel's ability to defend itself is fundamental. steady leadership will matter. a nearly 80-year-old donald trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment. >> you blame donald trump. who has been the vice president for the last three and a half years? the answer is your running mate, not mine. >> tim, i think you have a tough job here. you have to play whack-a-mole. you have to pretend that donald trump didn't deliver rising take home pay, which he did. you have to pretend that donald trump didn't deliver lower inflation, which, of course, he did. and you simultaneously have to defend kamala harris' atrocious

record. >> vance and walz focusing on each other's running mates and not each other, and finding some common ground when walz shared a personal story about gun violence. >> i got a 17-year-old, and he witnessed a shooting at a community center playing volleyball. those things don't leave you. >> but turning contentious on immigration. walz knocking former president trump for not delivering on his signature campaign pledge. >> he promised you, america, how easy it will be. i will build you a big, beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. less than 2% of that wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. >> when the discussion turned to legal haitian migrants living in ohio, vance interjected. >> you have to fact check. >> cbs cutoff both candidates' microphones. >> gentlemen, the audience can't hear you because your mics are cut. >> walz appeared to struggle

about his past comment, when, in fact, he did not arrive until months later. >> i tried to do the best i can. but i've not been perfect. and i'm a knuckle head at times. >> just to follow up on that, the question was can you explain the discrepancy. >> all i said on this was if i got there this summer and misspoke on this. so i will just -- that's what i've said. >> later in what was the night's most contentious campaign, vance refused to acknowledge that trump lost the 2020 election. >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris stop americans from speaking their mind during the covid crisis? >> when mike pence made that decision to certify that election, that's why mike pence isn't on this stage. >> another sharp contrast on

abortion rights. >> this is about health care. in minnesota, we are ranked first in health care for a women. we trust women. we trust doctors. >> vance claimed he never supported a national abortion ban, but two years ago he backed a proposed nationwide ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy with some exceptions and said the republican party had work to do. >> we have to do so much better of a job at earning the american people's trust back on the issue where they frankly just don't trust us. >> health care, immigration, the economy all addressed last night. the candidates all return to the road today. both president biden and harris looking at the storm damage, visiting both carolinas. walz and vance return to pennsylvania and michigan, savannah, two swing states that could decide us all. >> okay, peter.

that sets it up nicely to kristen. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> so what is the vibe? what are you hearing behind closed doors? >> well, look. i think that as peter noted, walz got off to a shaky start. vance knew his challenge to deal with the likability factor. he's the second most disliked running mate in history. so i was getting texts from democrats panicked, quite frankly, who said, wow, he's really moderating himself on these issues. he's the most likable he's ever been. to be yet, that moment at the end where governor walz pressed him that he accepts whether former president trump lost the election and he said, let's focus on the future, they will try to make that into a flash point. they're in the process of turning that into an ad. they believe that's a way to appeal this, that very small deliver that is still undecided, but moderate, independent suburban voters.

>> what about walz? >> some democrats are frustrated that he wasn't a little bit more the tim walz that kamala harris picked to be his vice presidential nominee because he is great on television in the eyes of the campaign. i heard from democrats and campaign officials that that january 6th moment at the end is what they were pointing to. i think there's frustration. all that said, jd vance also engaged in revisionist history on the part of donald trump's policies. although, he did try to soften those hard edges around former president trump and make him and the ticket, jd vance himself, more likable, especially when you look at the favorability rights. the question is how much is this going to move the needle in a vice presidential debate. >> who knows? but as we were saying last night, now you have elections decided by a handful of votes and a handful of states. thing that didn't move the needle before might just move the needle like a vp debate. >> that's right.

look at the polling nationally and in key battleground states, so the six states that will determine this election. it is incredibly tight. vice president harris had some momentum heading into tonight. does that continue? we'll have to see. but, look, when it's that close, even minor inflections can make a difference around the edges. >> you wanted to say? >> well, this may be the last word, savannah. there will probably not be another debate. >> i'm glad you said that. who here thinks there is going to be another debate? >> i don't think so. but can i caveat it with this. i do think if kamala harris' poll numbers go up, then you might see former president trump say, yes, i'll debate. but last night he said he's not doing it. e shal >> all right. he's sticking to his guns. we shall see. thank you. let's focus on an issue that was center stage last night, the crisis in the middle east. tensions and violence rising in the region after iran launched a

massive missile attack on israel, its largest ever. this morning benjamin netanyahu is vowing to make iran, wrote, pay for it. richard engel has the very latest. hey, richard. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. iran's supreme leader spoke this morning for the first time since iran's missile barrage saying that the real cause of instability in the region is the united states and some european countries, as this region is nos bracing for israel's response. as israel assesses the damage this morning from iran's biggest attack ever against the country, one thing is clear. it could have been so much worse. iran launched around 200 bus-sized missiles at israel. most shot down by israeli and american air missile defenses. a few slipped through the net. but despite all the iranian fire power, only one person was killed, a palestinian man, a

victim of falling debris near the jordanian border. as israelis add to the chaos of the moment, two gunmen open fire in an apparent unrelated attack. we saw it unfold as missiles flew over lebanon toward israel. well, there was a lot of activity in the sky here as well. i think you can see some of these flashes of light. so this is a massive campaign, a massive amount of air defenses. >> for about an hour, it looked like a ballistic missile 4th of july as israeli and american air defensive sprung into action at high altitude. >> there could be enormous consequences for iran, enormous consequences for the entire region based on what's happening here.

>> iran says the attack was its response to its assassination of the leader of hezbollah in beirut. as some cheered in tehran, iran said the operation will be repeated with higher magnitude if needed. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will respond, and the pentagon is expecting it. president biden expressed full american support for israel. >> the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. >> now the entire middle east is on edge expecting israel reprisal. the only question is how severe it will be and when. here in lebanon israeli troops are fighting on the ground against hezbollah. a short while ago we heard several explosions in this area,

and israel issued more evacuation orders tfor lebanese people to leave southern lebanon so the ground war does appear to be intensifying. >> richard, thank you. and much more to get to, including, of course, the ongoing relief efforts and parts of the south just decimated by hurricane helene. craig joins us once again this morning. craig, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. decimated is the perfect word. this is a jeep cherokee that was tossed like a toy behind me. i can see a watermark taller than me inside one of the dozens of homes in what's left of this particular neighborhood about 30 miles outside of asheville. as you have been reporting, president biden is going to be taking an aerial tour of the region today. with roads washed out or blocked by debris, it is literally the only way to take in the widespread destruction in all the states affected, more than 150 died so far.

that's a number expected to rise. h here, while the rebuild something going to take years, neighbors helping neighbors get through the immediate dark days now. it's been nearly a week now since hurricane helene made land fall, ripping through the southeast, leaving death and destruction in her path. >> everything is gone. >> at least ten states struggling mightily as the death toll rises and the search for survivors continues. >> we have seen devastation on a level we will hopefully never see again. >> president biden pledging as many resources as needed for recovery efforts, approving disaster declarations for areas of florida, north and south carolina and sending personnel from the federal level to help. here in asheville, many residents are still trapped in

their homes. >> i don't have power or food. >> reporter: with so many in dire need of help, they're relying on volunteers to come to the rescue. >> we will take a security team in as well as a rescue team and a med team. >> we rode along with one of them. j. carter who is taking matters into his own hands with his volunteer disaster help organization. >> we have to clear roads to them and get the medical care that we need. >> and it can be pretty painful. >> yes, sir. it is the worst day of their life. >> jeremy is jumping in, too. offering help on the ground and from the sky. >> if there is people there, sick, elderly, babies that want to be evacuated, get on the helicopter and leave out from there. >> the view from above, post-apocalyptic. towns washed away, some virtually wiped off the map. in tennessee, destruction across

the eastern half of the state. bridges and roads closed cutting off communities with more than 100 people still missing. >> it's evident that something historically horrific has happened here. >> back in asheville, restaurants lucky enough to have power are paying it forward, preparing food for world central kitchen to be delivered to those in need. >> this is what it means to us to be part of a community. >> about a third of the volunteers here walked in off the street offering to help. >> in the middle of darkness, you just have to look to the helpers and the light and that's how we get through it. >> reporter: by the way, the overwhelming majority of volunteers there didn't have power or water, but they just said they needed to help out. that help, by the way, is absolutely critical right now because you still have more than a million people without power here in the region.

they are working on getting cell phone service back up. i can tell you firsthand yesterday was a lot better than the day they expected. the search and rescue crews are still out. they are still searching for the missing. just so many people here. really hard to oversee just how many people have started the process of recovery and rebuilding, savannah. >> such a long road ahead. it is good to have you there, craig, telling these stories. thank you so much. 7:18. let's check on the weather and get to al. we're looking at hurricane season 2024. no relief right now. 91-l just came off the coast of africa. hurricane kirk, which would pretty much stay out in the ocean. this has a 40% chance of development in the gulf of mexico. there are a couple of factors here. it's this low pressure area that is expecting to see a tropical system form. if there is any good news, strong upper level winds may actually limit the development. the bad news is whether it

develops into a tropical system or not, it is going to bring a lot of heavy rain. most of the rain will stay offshore for the northern gulf but for our friends in florida, sit going to be bringing a lot of rain over the -- into the weekend and into early next week. we will continue to watch that. a few showers up to the great plains. we'll look at that in detail coming up in the next half hour. but we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. n the next 30 seconds. roo. who can speak for himself. but can't shop for himself. so when he gave his roo of approval of the food dad bought on chewy, dad put it on autoship. so it always gets delivered, right on roo's schedule. the flavor roo loves. the savings they love. (dog howls) for automatic delivery and 5% savings. for life with pets, there's chewy.

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bob redell in livermore, where we could see temps hit a record high of 106 degrees as the national weather service has extended that excessive heat warning for us in the bay area another 24 hours. we're in front of lizzie fountain here in downtown livermore. and assuming that if the city does turn it on, we wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of moms and dads out here with their little kids running around like we have seen in heat waves past. i would imagine, because it is going to be quite hot. kari is tracking the extreme temperatures for us and a microclimate weather alert continues today as our temperatures may be even a degree hotter today in san jose looking at 101 degrees. but then check out gilroy. even ten degrees hotter 111 degrees. this really dangerous and unbearable heat continues today into tomorrow. we're not seeing as many of those highs over 100 degrees, but we are going to see some slight relief for the immediate coastline and that will continue with a very slight decrease in those temperatures.

but still some very warm air will be in our forecast at least throughout the weekend. and our 7-day forecast shows more of those highs in the upper 90s and then upper 80s for early next week. meanwhile, san francisco will see a high of 92 degrees and then will be in the low seconds for the weekend, saturday and sunday, near 80 degrees in the city. laura. thank you. kari. don't forget to join us for our today in the bay live streaming newscast at 8 a.m. south bay sports legends will soon take the spotlight. we'll talk live with three time beach volleyball, olympic gold medalist kerri walsh jennings. join us on roku, amazon fire tv and streaming platforms including nbcbayarea.com

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two and a half years later they are still dealing with. but the new jersey superior court just ruled they can't sue uber because of the terms of service georgia agreed to. except, the couple says it wasn't the couple that clicked yes. it was her 12-year-old daughter using her mom's uber eats app ordering pizza. >> the accident happened in an instant. >> we went right through the light. and there was a loud bang. and a hard crash. >> their driver ran a red light. the couple suffered multiple broken bones. georgia had internal injuries after the 2022 crash. >> they got me out on a stretcher and it was pouring rain on top of me. i could hear john calling to me from the other ambulance. >> what you just described, there is emotional damage, too,

isn't there? >> more than a person can imagine. >> the couple wants to sue uber, but the new jersey superior court recently ruled they can't because georgia agreed to the company's terms of service, which includes something called an arbitration provision, waiving the right to a trial by jury in the case of an accident. but they say georgia didn't agree to the terms of use for the most recent update. it was her 12-year-old daughter using her mom's uber eats account. >> i think she was ordering a pizza, pizza delivery. >> and waiving in the process your right to a trial by jury if you got in an accident. >> right. >> the court ruled in part that because georgia agreed to previous terms herself he was bound by it. the plaintiff agreed to uber's terms on three separate occasions, including when she first signed up in 2014. if they go to arbitration, it is confidential. their dispute is settled in private by a third party. the process often benefits companies facing liabilities. >> they won't get bad press.

and an arbitrator is likely to give out a big damages award than a jury of their peers. >> a man tried to sue disney for the wrongful death of his wife after she had an allergic reaction in a restaurant in disney world. the company said she was bound by the terms of service he agreed to on his disney+ streaming account. in august after the case got a lot of attention, the company changed course and saying with such unique circumstances as the ones in this case, we believe this situation warrants a sensitive approach to expedite a resolution. they hope their case will lead to changes in the law. >> i think that we need, as a society, to move to try to protect consumers. >> stef, what is the next step here, then? >> well, they will appeal this decision to the new jersey supreme court. but, guys, you know, this is a reminder. none of us read the terms of

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treated a little bit differently and radioshack was still a thing. >> wait. is it still not a thing anymore? okay we have wifi. whether you are a passenger trying to do some work or parents trying to get things occupied, getting a strong signal at 30,000 feet is a real struggle. >> a wifi revolution is coming. tom joins us. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. people care about this. just like they care about their sodas or checking their luggage or whatever. how many times has it happened to you? you pay for the increase wifi because you want to watch "the toe show" or you want to surf the web but you get nothing but glitches and hang-ups, and that's about to change. the problem is the satellite that hits is 20,000 miles up. now united is going to a satellite just a thousand miles up and that means you may be getting at-home fast speeds up there. even at 30,000 feet, for many

travelers responding to that urgent work e-mail or keeping in touch with family is essential. but slow and unreliable wifi often leads to headaches and complaints. >> it is not great. >> super frustrating because when i land i have things to catch up on. >> and meeting that demand to stay plugged in has become a moneymaker for the airlines. while several carriers offer free messaging, most charge a fee for passengers wanting expanded internet access. for some, though, it is just not worth it. >> i never commit to be doing anything while i'm on an airplane because you just never know if it's going to be reliable or not. >> but now airlines are racing to upgrade their wifi technology. >> three, two, one. >> united airlines planning to roll out starlink internet service across its entire fleet beginning in 2025 and with one big bonus.

starlink, a division of musk's rocket company, spacex, uses thousands of low-orbit satellites to deliver internet service to the planes. it is available on carriers including hawaii airlines. but united will be its biggest customer yet. >> more and more planes will move toward leo or low earth orbit satellite connectivity. it feel -- will feel like you are at home. >> delta is offering free wifi. many use atg antennas under the plane that connect to 3g cell phone towers under the ground. but gaps flies over water can limit service. with a satellite-based connection, ground-based units transmit signals to satellites and that goes back to the plane. experts predict this technology will soon become the norm. >> i think the future is fast

and free wifi. that seems to be the way that these airlines are going. >> tom, what about long-distance flights? where do things stand there? >> yeah. well, the beauty of, if you are, in fact, traveling to europe, for example, or traveling to asia, if you hit the satellite, then you are and fine and have terrific service. that really matters, especially for business travelers that want to stay connected, not necessarily about keeping the kids entertained. so this is a moneymaker. it will be airline passengers are demanding good wifi and choosing their airlines based on how good the wifi is. >> if the wifi is really good, could people chitchat on the phone for the whole flight? >> oh, you are not one of those, are you? >> i'm not, but i am worried about those who are, and you know who you are. could you, though? >> not me. not me. >> yeah, yeah. >> maybe. maybe headsets. you can go to the laboratory. i don't know.

>> okay. can you imagine? >> 40 different conversations. >> i mean, that's what i'm worried about. >> crummy wifi and no phone calls. >> tom, thank you. >> can you imagine? >> al just let out a loud groan. >> yeah. because as soon as people hit the ground, hey, i'm on the plane and i'm going to the gate. shut up! >> i know. >> debby, we're delayed by 18 minutes now. >> 35,000 feet, can you imagine? oh, lord. anyway, let's show you what we've got. a big dome of high pressure parked over california and the southwest. they have been baking. california to arizona under heat warnings and heat advisories. tuesday, san francisco, their hottest day in two years at 94. las vegas, the fifth hottest september on record. phoenix yesterday the hottest october day ever recorded, 113 degrees. look at these temperatures.

triple digits in phoenix, las vegas, san francisco going to be at the upper 90s. they will drop down into the 70s. record highs today in reno, burbank, denver, phoenix, arizona and tomorrow more of the same from albuquerque to reno and palm springs. 111 degrees, and it stays warm, although, things cool down in kansasnsas city. oklahoma, you will con

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healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪ we're back. carson joins the table. we're starting off with another death in hollywood. >> tributes are pouring in for john amos, most known as james evans on "good times." joe has a look back on his life and legacy. >> good morning. just yesterday, his famil >> tributes are pouring in for john amos, most known as james evans on "good times." joe has a look back on his life and legacy. >> good morning. just yesterday, his family announced john died peacefully in august. he leaves behind a legacy of ground-breaking work in both television and film and a dedication to positive, african representation in media. ♪ it's good times. >> for a generation of african americans, the hit norman lear show "good times" represented

what many felt was the black experience in the '70s. >> how are you going to know where i'm at if you have not been where i've been? you understand where i am coming from? >> it was the first sitcom to center on an african american family. he was the symbol of black fatherhood in america. >> young men in particular, 30s and 40s of every ethnicity in the world come up and say, you are the dad i never had. >> he left the show amid controversy over the show's story line. his tv death among the most profound television moments of . >> damn! damn! damn! >> playing powerful black characters was his priority. the '70s. >> damn! damn! damn! >> playing powerful black characters was his priority. his role in "roots" earned him an emmy nomination. >> then i'll be free. >> it was a magical moment in television. >> born in 1939 in newark, new

jersey, amos went to colorado state on a football scholarship, but he was always drawn to the arts. his big break came on the mary tyler moore show. >> how would i know? i'm the weather man. >> that led to a career on "maude." he made his mark with notable roles in "the west wing," "die hard 2" and "coming to america". >> see, they're mcdonald's. i'm mcdowell's. >> fans and friends alike are remembering him on social media. tyler perry writes, thank you for all the laughs and smiles you brought into my difficult young life. i will forever remember you. his son remembered his father's life with this heart felt post. his legacy will live on. he was my dad, my best friend and my hero.

>> john amos was 84. here's an interesting fact. he briefly played in the nfl. during training camp with the broncos, he met ernie barnes, whose painting "sugar shack" appeared in the "good times" opening credits. >> never knew that. we have a big "popstart" coming up. plus, he's large and in charge and taking the internet by storm, pesto. thing! [ grunting ] and surprise flash deals! all way day long! way day starts october 5th, so mark your calendar. and start filling your cart! ♪ wayfair. every style. every home. ♪ getting older is part of the journey, even with worsening heart failure. so when i had carpal tunnel syndrome, lower back pain, and shortness of breath, i thought that's what getting older felt like.

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escalating. the state department estimates there are 6000 americans trapped in lebanon, thousands more in israel and oakland. rabbi told us by phone that members of his congregation are in bomb shelters right now in israel after the bombing by iran there and a san mateo man says he's trying to get himself and his parents out of lebanon. but flights are repeatedly canceled, and it seems like there's no route out. a retired israeli general tells us this morning, though, that it does not look like this conflict will end any time soon. a live look in dublin. the tri-valley today will be absolutely roasting. people there should brace for triple digits and the heat doesn't seem to want to leave. meteorologist kari hall is tracking conditions and kari, when can we actually find some relief? it's going to be a while and we are expecting the heat to continue for the inland areas peaking today, but the heat will just hang around as we go into the weekend. here's a look at

our highs for today. we're back in the 90s in san francisco, 95 in oakland. and look at those triple digits in the east bay. much of the north bay, over 100 degrees and as hot as 111 today in gilroy. it's going to be dangerous as this heat continues into tomorrow. we're only seeing a slight decrease in those temperatures near the coast and san francisco, and that will be the case over the next few days. even on friday, it's still very warm. back to you. thanks kerry. make sure to join us for our today in the bay live streaming newscast, starting in just minutes at 8 a.m. one of

it's 8:00 on "today," coming up center stage. jd vance and tim walz facing off for the first time, going to

head to head on everything from the middle east -- >> when did iran and their proxies attack israel? it was during the administration of kamala harris. >> -- to the economy and immigration. >> he promised you, america, how easy it would be. i'll build you a big, beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. less than 2% of that wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. >> the details straight ahead. plus, standstill. the latest on that massive strike, some of the nation's busiest ports still shut down this morning. are the sides any closer to reaching an agreement? and when will it start affecting you? a live report straight ahead. then, looking for a love story. >> guys, what is going on with the dating apps right now? >> why a lot of young people are looking for other options to connect.

>> introduce yourselves and then we will get started. >> we will start with a group ice breaker. >> inside the new ways to meet your match. all that, plus john williams sets the score. >> the minute john raises his baton and plays the first scene, you just go, oh, my god. here's another one. >> the first prediction for record of the year. >> everybody at the bar getting tipsy. >> as pesto is magic. >> i'd like to see the baby. >> a look at the big baby penguin taking over the internet today, wednesday, october 2nd, 2024. ♪ >> today nana is turning 65! >> saying hello to our grand babies back in georgia. >> visiting from jackson,

alabama. >> sister lakes, michigan. >> louisville, kentucky. >> dodgeville, wisconsin. >> boulder, colorado. >> and uc massachusetts. >> surprised nancy with a trip to new york. >> to see "the today show". >> good morning to our parents. >> watching in tennessee. >> jennifer first trip. >> and first time on tv! [ applause ] >> i see a lot of tv in that baby's future. welcome back to "today." good to have you along with us. let's get right to your news. we begin with the race to the white house. jd vance and tim walz making their cases to voters on key issues, their records and running mates. peter alexander is here with some of the highlights. >> good morning, especially in this overheated political area. this debate felt like a throwback, a good old-fashioned

policy debate that showed two different visions for america's future. in their first and only face-off, squaring off in a largely civil and substantive vice presidential debate. the two spars over the crisis in the middle east. >> a nearly 80-year-old donald trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in the moment. >> but turning contentious on immigration. walz mocking former president trump for not delivering on his signature campaign pledge. >> he promised you, america, how easy it would be. i will build you a big, beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. less than 2% of that wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. >> when the discussion turned to

legal haitian migrants living in ohio. >> you have to fact check. >> cbs cutoff both candidates microphones. >> gentlemen, the audience can't hear you because your mics are cut. >> walz appeared to struggle when pressed about his past comment that he was visiting vietnam when he did not arrive until months later. >> i'm a knuckle head at times. >> just to follow up on that, the question is can you explain the discrepancy? >> all i said is i got there this summer and misspoke on this. so i will just -- that's what i've said. >> later, in what was the night's most contentious exchange, vance refused to acknowledge that donald trump lost the 2020 election. >> i would just ask, did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020

covid situation? >> that is a damning non-answer. >> the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on that exchange right there with a new ad they just released within the last few minutes this morning. as for last night, vance appeared particularly polished. walz less steady. but listening to those voters, it is a choice between kamala harris and donald trump. let's turn now to the crisis in middle east. israel vowing to retaliate. fears of an all-out war are growing in that region. raf sanchez is in israel with the very latest. raf, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. israel vowing it will hit back and hit back hard after last night's unprecedented missile iranian attack. around 180 ballistic missiles taking 11 minutes to fly. millions of people here running for the bomb shelters as israel's air defenses scramble to intercept them.

that's according to the pentagon. now, some of those missiles did get through. but almost miraculously, israel says none of its citizens were killed or seriously injured. that sense of relief undermined by what police say was a terror attack in tel aviv. two attackers killing at least seven people. i will send it back to you. >> raf, thank you. also this morning, the port strike is entering its second day. shut down from maine tens of thousands of dock workers are on picket lines from maine to texas, shipping up and down the east coast has been brought to a standstill. for the latest, we turn to christine romans. so where do things stand now? >> they're so far apart here. this is entering the second day of all of the part shut down from maine to texas. pay is one of the big sticking points here. the union rejected a 50% pay raise offer from the shipping consortium. they want something bigger than that. they're now asking $5 an hour

every year for the next six years, is what the -- >> the increase. >> yeah, is what the dock workers want. it is not just that, you guys. they want guarantees their jobs will be taken over by robots. they want big protection so their jobs are still there as this industry rapidly, rapidly gets more high tech. so they're really far apart here. the white house urging the shippers to come to the table and help share their profit. so the white house saying it is not going to step in and break the strike. but it seems like the language is leaning on the side of the dock workers at this point in terms of what the white house is messaging right now. >> christine, thank you. >> okay. let's do a morning boost. when tyler was just 10 years old, he vowed to buy his mom a new car one day after watching her car break down time after time. so let's fast forward 11 years. here is the moment that tyler, now 21, surprised his mom with that new car. >> you better get used to it because it's your car. i swear to god. it's your car. >> yeah, right. >> take it. it's your car.

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>> who would figure that out? this girl right here. >> you will love this, the person that hasn't dated in 20 years. the dating app burnout is apparently very real. young singles with tired of endless swiping, judging partners on just a few pictures. these days, it is all about meeting irl. if you have heard from single friends lately -- >> guys, what is going on with the dating apps right now? >> the biggest waste of time. >> i promise you will feel better. >> they may be feeling dating app fatigue. >> i deleted tinder. i'm done. >> it feels mindless at some level. and the people, you lose the

connection. >> but if singles aren't meeting online, where are they looking for love? for hundreds of new yorkers, the answer is a weekly run group. >> go up to someone you have never met before, introduce yourself and then we'll get started. >> they started lunge run club in may. how many came to the first one? >> 30 at the first one. and then we doubled every week until we had a thousand. >> you have a thousand people that come? they meet every wednesday for a three mile run or walk. if you are single, wear black. at the end of the run, drinks and flirting at a local bar. >> there is something about being in person and doing an activity that feels like more authentic. >> what a lot of people say is when you are just on these apps, you are just swiping yes, no, yes, no. but if you met this person in real life and could feel the vibe, then that's actually a

different story. >> the run club members agree. >> i think these more community based things like working out together is a good way to meet people and actually get to know them. >> i just went through a breakup recently and was looking for a way to get back out there. >> across town, gen z is looking to return to partners, speed dating. >> we're going to start with a group ice breaker. >> maxine williams started dating irl. >> you go to apps to find a man, but none of the men want relationships. so what am i supposed to do? >> when maxine looked for in person dating events, the then 25-year-old couldn't find events. >> it was coming out of the pandemic. there was so much isolation. there was screen fatigue. >> two years ago, maxine started hosting her own speed dating and singles mixers. and demand is high. we met irl with more than 10,000 people on their wait list. >> we get dms all the time from people like, oh, i have my third date with the guy from the july event. thank you so much. i have even run into couples who met at my event.

>> maxine says everyone is there with the same goal. and is speed daters agree. >> they're not just bored at home on the phone. there is actual potential because they made an effort to come out. >> this event makes it a lot easier to know if you are going to click with a person or not. >> if you are wondering if these new ways of dating work, ask the co-founder rachel. >> you met somebody at the run club? >> i did. he came with one of his friends and we ended up hitting it off. >> you found your person. >> yeah. >> yeah. okay. so it's proven to work. i'm thrilled that i just could go to a bar and meet henry and make out in the corner, you know, like the olden days. all of the swipes for your you could meet somebody at work. would you all have swiped for your partners? >> no.

>> that's why i think the swiping culture is so hard. >> i don't think mike would have swiped for me. >> no, he wouldn't have. >> no. but i think it is about being intentional, you know? and these people want to go to a place where they know the people actually want to meet somebody. >> yeah. >> as opposed to just hook up. >> they say looks are entry-level, but sometimes when you get to know somebody they actually become good looking or the opposite. >> by the way, we actually have something fun for tomorrow, right? do you know what you're talking about. >> it's tomorrow. you guys, we went to the tonightmares haunted maze. >> it was scary. but we did it. jenna was sweating through her clothes. i kid you not. >> i think i needed to release some demons. but all i have to say is that i

have protected some people. >> yes, you did. >> you pushed us through. >> it was fun. >> it looks fun. >> and funny and nobody peed their pants. >> we'll see it tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow then. >> jenna, thanks. >> right after the weather. >> that took a bit of a turn. >> do we not have fun on this show? >> do we? i don't know. a few showers in the northeast today as this front comes through. plenty of sunshine great lakes into the center part of the country. fire risk starting to ramp up as we get into the plains. out west.heat wave continuing

>> oh! >> best time of the morning. i would swipe, too. >> carson, when you talk about the old days, he's like, why can't we just meet backstage at the grammys like we used to. >> stop it. >> john williams, the first trailer is out for a documentary all about the legendary composures. here's a sneak peek. ♪ >> "star wars" basically would not be "star wars" without john williams' music. people say, how do you do so much work? i was filled with the love of music and the pleasure of doing it with great musicians. >> after he does music for my movie, i start to see my movie in his way. >> the first thing i played for steven on this piano was this.

♪ i played that for him, and he said what is that? what are you going to do? >> isn't that crazy? >> you know it immediately. i thought darth vader when he walked in the room, but no, "jaws". >> he's the opposite of a one hit wonder. >> i will watch that. music by john williams starts streaming on november 1st. very cool. next up, the grammys. "rolling stone" revealed which songs they think -- this is a prediction on their part -- will become music of the year. he did this one live here in our studio. it is fantastic. the artist break-out hit. it has been eight weeks at the top of the charts. he dropped out of "american idol" and put it out himself and it works. "cowboy carter" has been streamed a million times at least. moving on to billie eilish, "birds of a feather," a great

track this year. here is another top contender song. kendrick lamar's diss track, "not like us." given its history, that's very cool. also, we will see kendrick at the super bowl show in february. this is a first-time nomination for sabrina just named 2024 time's 100 next list. and this is for you, hoda. shaboozey "bar song." this is rolling stone's prediction to win. if you think they'd beat taylor, no, no. finally, one more, zach ryan. last year zach won for "i remember everything." this year predicting that he might get another grammy. grammys are scheduled for february. so we will keep a close eye. next up, we got more.

mutual of omaha's "wild kingdom." protecting the wild. the show returns for season 2. peter gross and dr. grant shining a light on endangered and threatened species, and we have an exclusive sneak peek. >> hello. and we've got -- we have three newborn cubs to this momma. i'm going to pass them off to some of our crew to keep them warm. they are too little to regulate right now, which means they cannot produce their own body heat. they need their mother's body heat or a volunteer to keep them warm. >> my 15-year-old also is too old to thermoregulate. it premiers this saturday night right here on nbc. check your local listings for that. come on! this is cool. talk about exclusive.

jen is releasing a new book called furry friend -- no, it's called "clyde" and it's about her dog, clyde. she has a message, and she will tell you the facts here. >> hi, "today show." it's jen aniston. i don't know if you heard. it is inspired by my own rescue pup. it is all about self-discovery and self-confidence. so i have a special surprise for all of my "today show" friends. and that is that everyone in the plaza there will get their own copy. snuggle up and enjoy. >> there you go! >> all right! o-year-old child.

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♪♪ >> everybody, it is 8:30. what ♪ >> everybody, it is 8:30. what a beautiful morning on our plaza. it's the second day. hey, girl! of october 2024. we're having some fun on the plaza. oh, yeah. come on. come on. >> y'all, where are you guys from? >> from tuskegee, alabama. >> what a fun day. >> happy birthday! >> this is a fun group right here. >> a couple of stalkers over here. >> oh! >> there they are.

wait a minute. hold on. there is a kernel of truth in all of this. we're not too corny. okay. thank you so much for that. >> they could do this all day. that's cute. charge. kelby koeb >> and i also do want to -- and i want to wish a happy birthday to shannon right there. i see you. happy birthday. happy birthday. >> all right. we have a lot to get to still this half hour, including one of the hottest young stars on the planet, a little penguin named pesto. except he's not little.

he is large and in charge. kelly cobiella has this animal. moo deng moody about the new penguin in town. >> and a delicious dessert creation. we will do a little cheesecake. >> yeah. that's gorgeous. and coming up on the 3rd hour, jill martin will introduce us to an entrepreneur, who is toasting sweet success after leaving a successful career, taking a big leap creating a different kind of wine brand. >> that's great. looking ahead to tomorrow, a sneak peek at the new season of his hit show on netflix.

can't wait for that. >> oh, yeah. >> al, you have a captive audience, including that little baby. >> this is juniper over here. how old is juniper? >> two and a half months. >> you have your uncle and dad. grandma. >> and great-grandma. >> that's fantastic, wow. that's so nice. you will bring her back when she's 10 years old. >> absolutely. all right, sweetheart. what a cutie. let's show you what we've got as far as your weekend is concerned. great day on friday in the northeast, great lakes. record highs in the southwest. gulf storms continue as we get into saturday. beach day on the eastern seaboard. october warmth continues. know, he needs to get, like, washed up or something or go to the bathroom. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today it's going to be another scorcher. we're talking about highs up over 100 degrees. pretty widespread for the south bay inland, east bay and the north bay. and the hottest temperature. gilroy at 111 degrees today. tomorrow is really not much better, although we are seeing some of those temperatures coming down along the immediate coastline. the

what is your name? >> doris from north dakota. >> you want to celebrate your 65th birthday today, celebrate with your bffs? >> yes. >> there you go. there's your hug. happy birthday. i will check this for you. oh, okay. >> and go get them, al. al's got it. all right, guys. coming up next, inside the push to create a safe and effective vaccine for breast cancer. we will talk about all of it with d azar and our friend r.

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this morning on pink power today, we are so happy to welcome back a familiar face to our studio. kristen dahlgren is here. >> she's a former colleague of hours. she reported on the biggest stories for more than 30 years. earlier this year kristin decided to do something really important. so she created a nonprofit. the cancer vaccine coalition and partnered with cancer researchers. here is her goal, creating safe and effective breast cancer vaccines. >> kristin was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. she's in remission. and she's here with natalie azar. ladies, good morning. i know you feel good. your health is good.

>> i feel great. i miss you guys so much, but i never felt more driven. >> well, you have a mission. you have a purpose. vaccines in panc how is it going? what have you been up to? >> it's been a busy nine months. and, you know, the most exciting thing has been watching this conversation change. so when i first learned about vaccines, it was about this time last year. you know, i had never heard of them. i was a survivor. i did a lot of medical stories. i had no idea. now every day i'm seeing g people die from breast cancer. we need to move this science up.

i'm heart broken that i did not do it sooner for her. >> let's talk about th headlines about cancer vaccines. in the uk they're giving out 10,000 cancer vaccines as part of trials. we're seeing vaccines in ening e pancreatic cancer and diseases we thought we would never have good cures for. so this conversation is really changing. but we need to do more. we have the science. now we need to accelerate that. there is this idea, especially in october, i think, that we're all survivors and we're all doing really well. we're still losing tens of thousands of people every year to this disease. a mom in my community just died last week. and, so, we're still having people die from breast cancer. we need to move the science up. i'm heart broken that i didn't do it sooner for her. >> let's talk about these vaccines, dr. azar, because it

sounds like a miracle thing if you just have this vaccine. who is it right for? how close is it to being rolled out so that everything who needs it can get it? >> think about what a vaccine does, the model of a vaccine, the ones we know about for flu or for covid. you are showing your body something that's foreign and you are triggering an immune response to either prevent it from ever happening, in the case of a bacteria or a virus, or and potentially for breast cancer, too, there is trials ongoing about giving individuals who are at high risk. but where the vaccines are right now is people that have a history of cancer and giving them a vaccine to prevent recurrence, sparing healthy tissue, used in conjunction with conventional treatments. think about it this way. when immunotherapy started a couple of decades ago, it changed the landscape. when we moved from chemo to immunitive therapy, it changed dramatically. this is the new frontier. as kristin was saying, we understand the biology of this. give your body something that it recognizes as foreign. because cancer is sneaky. it tries to evade our immune system. then you harness the power of your immune system to attack the cancer and kill it. the beauty of it is those cells stay with that and prevent recurrence in the future as well. a tetanus shot. >> where are we in the process? it is not like you will get a breast cancer vaccine when you are 10 with your tetanus shot.

>> there are trials going on. that's what we're doing. i'm really proud that two of the hospitals that we introduced into this coalition are now doing a joint trial. so rosswell park and university of washington have a trial, a phase two trial coming up for metastatic triple negative breast cancer. we're hoping to have another trial. and we hope within the next year or so. and we have trials going on in every subtype of breast cancer so everyone who needs them could get this. >> we're so happy you went on this path. the world is better. you are making changes. you said you are working harder than you ever have. this matters so much to you. we're proud of you. >> thank you. really the only thing standing in our way is the funding of it. we spend $25 million a year for breast cancer. for about $1 billion we can push this to the market. >> kristin, thank you so much. come back soon. all right. up next, we will switch gears a bit and catch up with pesto the penguin. kristin, you would have loved this story back in the day.

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we're back at move over moo deng. we have a new baby animal that's the talk of the internet. >> his name is pesto the penguin. >> kelly cobiella joins us with pesto's story. >> hi. good morning. you know, baby penguins are already among the most adorable in the animal kingdom, right? but this guy has broken the cuteness scale, becoming an online mega star. move over moo deng. there is a new social media king in town. meet pesto, nicknamed the linebacker. the nine-month old king penguin chick taking over tiktok. pesto weighed about half a pound when he was born at the sea life

aquarium when he was born, ballooning to a whopping 49 pounds today. almost as much as his parents combined. >> he's brown and fluffy and becoming the largest penguin here. >> pesto first went viral when his zoo keepers posted this gender reveal. >> he is a boy. >> so i have been waiting a long time to find out pesto's gender. the fact he's a boy is super exciting because our last hatch was all females. >> his massive size and charming waddle drawing fans from all over the world. >> i'd like to see the baby. >> his video is watched 1.9 billion times. fans now flocking to see him. including pop star katy perry, falling for pesto's chubby charm. singing to him, blowing bubbles, making friends.

her video alone racking up one-and-a-half million likes. adult king penguins normally 30 to 37 pounds. and all penguins chicks pack on the weight as protection from the cold environment. their baby feathers are not yet waterproof. but at 49 pounds, pesto is much bigger and taller, inheriting the big bones of his dad, the aquarium's largest male. with a massive appetite to match. gobbling down at least 25 fish a day. the tub by toddler will lose that baby fluff but stay a big guy. >> really get rid of it. then you will be nice and sweet and streamlined. >> but for now, a viral cute contest. moo deng, the adorable pygmy hippo versus pesto, the fuzzy king penguin. both waddling their way into our

hearts. and believe it or not, they have a few things in common. both have their own crypto currencies, fun fact, and their own merch. pesto's tote bags, t-shirts and stuffed animals, guys, in case you need a lot more pesto in your life. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you, kelly. >> that's incredible as pesto the penguin. >> that's a different penguin. >> are you moo deng or pesto? >> i'm moo deng. >> i'm pesto. >> i'm loyal. >> guys, coming up next, we have the secrets to a show-stopping dessert. you will absolutely love this. we will put a special twist on traditional cheesecake, just in time for hispanic heritage month. a perfect bakery chef to pull

♪♪ welcome back, everybody. we are excited this morning. on "today food," we're celebrating hispanic heritage month. just released a killer cookbook. and this morning she's sharing all of her favorite desserts with us. one in particular we're excited about. buenos dias. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. the cook book looks so cool. what was the inspiration for it? >> i wanted to show being latin american, you know, which is being american, right? and it's tech color and bold. i want people to feel heard and to bake great cakes. >> and a lot of people do.

they go down to their local store like here in new york. they can grab some ingredients from there and still cake awesome desserts. what are we making today? >> today we are making the cheesecake. it's like a drink, almost like an eggnog, but very puerto rican. >> i love it. >> i'm not puerto rican, but i'm married to a puerto rican. >> puerto rican by law. okay. what are we doing? we have a couple minutes here. >> okay. so we have our maria cookies. they are like what latin america sees as graham crackers. >> got it. >> they're really delicious. we take this with some butter, some salt. >> that's good. >> there we go. some salt, some butter. >> and then we kind of lock it in. >> okay, got you.

and we have ritz crackers here. >> got to get right to it. >> got to get moving. >> we have some ritz crackers here. if you don't find maria cookies, you know. what we will do is stop our mixer here, and we already have a swap because of tv magic. >> yep. >> and we have our beautiful crust, right, and it is already pre-done. it will look like wet sand. press it out. get in there and get really gentle, very good. and you want to get in the crevasses. you know. i guess i should do it this way. >> let's go. we got two minutes. keep rolling. i like it. i will help you out. >> what you will do now, you don't have a carson at home, but here we have a carson. you know. then i will put nutmeg. we have some salt, and we will just mix that up. >> thank you. >> what we will do once you are done mixing that is pour it in our cream cheese. >> we have our tasters over there. how is the cheesecake, everybody? >> yummy. >> but you are right. it's subtle. it's lovely.

>> thank you. it is really great for the holidays. >> yes. vanilla. and then we have some vanilla bean taste with that right here. >> got you. got you. thank you. >> some rum, yeah. >> some eggs. >> and then you want to make that until it's all incorporated. it smells like the holidays, but i think we should drink it all the way around. >> so we take this and add that stuff. >> yeah, we're going to add this right here. >> all right. we got to go. >> it's over. >> we pour it and put it into the -- how long is the bakeoff? >> well, i have -- i'm on tv. i'm nervous. i forget. >> that's okay. a little water. >> it's amazing! >> thank you. don't forget, it is available right now on our website today.com/food. there you go. all right. let's go with smucker's right now.

let's spin those smucker's jars. >> this navy veteran never goes a day without a scoop of ice cream. thank you for your service, sir. her secret to longevity, exercising daily, cooking a big dinner for her family. happy 100th birthday to tony gallagher. been studying piano since the age of 9. still plays during open mic nights. i love that. happy 101st birthday to ava route. she starts each day with a hearty bowl of cheerios. and helen enjoys word search puzzles, an occasional glass of wine and a happy 105th birthday from hartford, connecticut. known for his velvet voice. "bodega bakes," it's a beautiful book. >> you did a great job. >> this would be amazing at

thanksgiving or christmas. it has a real holiday taste. >> that's music to my ears. happy hispanic heritage month. >> thank you. more ahead on our 3rd and 4th hours, including elizabeth hurley. first, a check of your local news, weather and these messages. he's taking off. bye!

a very good morning to you. it is 856 right now. i'm laura garcia. there's a war of words brewing in oakland city hall over the recent sale of the coliseum property. the dispute centers around a $15 million payment tied to the larger coliseum deal. mayor sheng thao factored into her budget plan to minimize potentially deep cuts. three council members say the buyer, the african american sports entertainment group, is already behind in its payments, and a contingency budget will kick in starting today. it could mean imminent cuts impacting emergency services, including police and firefighters. the mayor's office is reportedly disputing the claims, insisting to the chronicle the coliseum deal is still on track. a live look in dublin where the tri-valley today will be absolutely roasting our kari

hall says in some places, temperatures may exceed 105 degrees. also, the national weather service is extending its excessive heat warning through tomorrow night. happening now. our bob redell is talking to people who live there about how they plan to beat the heat. carey tracking the latest timeline for the

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