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firsthand look, president biden and vice president harris are surveying hurricane helene's sweeping destruction today. at least 175 people have died. hundreds more are still missing. their message as millions across the region try to pick up the pieces. and on the brink. how israel is planning to respond and iran's warning if it does. wi-fi revolution. inside the major push by airlines to deliver faster, more reliable internet to millions of passengers. >> yesterday. and happy feet. meet pesto, the baby penguin taking over tiktok, what zookeepers say is behind his chubby charm. >> if you haven't seen pesto, you'll want to. we'll start though with politics, the president and vice president seeing the devastation of hurricane helene firsthand.

>> president biden is in the carolinas today, he got an aerial tour of the damage earlier, the president also ordered 1,000 active duty troops to help with recovery in that area the white house announced he'll travel to affected areas in florida and georgia tomorrow. vice president kamala harris is in georgia today. she'll be talking about recovery efforts in that state later on. >> at least 175 people have died because of this storm, many communities still struggling to get basic supplies like water, food and electricity. ryan nobels is in augusta, georgia and antonia hylton is in asheville, north carolina, you've been talking with people at a supply distribution site, what are some of the biggest challenges they're facing in. >> reporter: you know, we got here at about 8:00 a.m. today and it's gotten busier and busier, in fact we had to create a second line, only one line

serving families coming through, they've expanded and doubled that operation, people need water, food, nonperishable foods, because they still don't have the ability to use their stoves or to boil water for example, they're asking for supplies for their infants, things like formula and diapers. so, you're seeing the full impact now five days out from all of this, it's still very real on the ground. take a listen to a conversation i had with one resident. >> i just try to look for the good people, it's so lovely to see the kids outside playing because there's no power and internet. they're forced to play with each other. i try to focus on that. >> reporter: if you have never been to asheville, that spirit you just shared with you there, that kind of attitude is the norm here, people coming

together, really loving on their neighbors and helping them through and that spirit is really saving people at this moment, in many cases as they know the federal government is doing everything they can to get people on the ground they're not feeling it. it's hard to find out about it because they can't go on the internet, they can't make phone calls, friends and neighbors who work at places like this location here, that are actually getting the water and the food into their hands, into the cars, if you're wondering who can support right now, think about supporting local organizations, they're the folks making the fastest impact. >> you can see it behind you. antonia, thank you. ryan, you're in augusta, georgia, how is the recovery looking there, what do they hope to hear from the vice president? >> reporter: kate, it's important to point out that maybe the damage isn't as extensive as it is in parts of

north carolina and tennessee. augusta got hit hard. they weren't prepared for it. it came with a lot of rain and wind. this house behind me had several trees fell on top of it. every house on this street that we're on met a similar fate. it's intermittent. one street, fine. another street, the kind of damage we're seeing here behind me. the recovery has been intermittent. some places have power. you go a mile in the other direction and there's no power to be had. that's one of the reasons you see vice president harris focusing her visit to this area, she'll meet with first responders, talk to some of the victims, she'll tour some of the extensive damage that took place here and send a message that the federal government is here to help that many people not only in augusta but people up and

down the east coast aren't getting to them fast enough. let's turn overseas now, israel's prime minister netanyahu is vowing to respond to iran. >> netanyahu said iran made, quote, a big mistake in firing roughly 180 missiles at israel. it comes as iran's new president arrived in qatar today and rally other asian countries to prevent quote, israeli crime. keir, prime minister netanyahu looks poised to respond to iran in some ways, but how could the holidays affect the timing of any action? >> reporter: you're right, prime minister netanyahu said israel will respond and honestly israel will. at the time that's right for it militarily. i don't think the holidays will have as much as an impact as the

conversations that will happen behind closed doors with the u.s., washington, whether israelis could target economic locations within iran, target missile sites, an equal strike compared to what iran did overnight. and targeting iran's nuclear program. >> meanwhile, israel's war with hamas in gaza continues. you spoke with a senior hamas official, what did he say? >> reporter: yeah, i spoke to him here qatar. so many officials have been killed, but he said and many people will be stung by this honestly, he said that hamas believes it's winning in particular for example he said the leader of hamas despite reports that he had been killed

by the israelis that's not the case. >> is he sinwar still alive? >> sure. >> what the last time hamas last communicated with him in. >> we're communicating regularly. i can't say exactly with whom. >> but he can't communicate because he'd be killed. >> i know that he's still alive. he's still in control. he's still communicating with his people on the ground. he's still communicating with the leadership outside. >> reporter: he wouldn't whether say hamas will meet with the iranian president while the president is here in qatar. but certainly that the iranian spt here on a diplomatic mission, underscoring that this battle now is on all fronts,

these exchanges between srael and iran. >> certainly intensifying in the region. really important reporting. important news for travelers now, imagine if every time you got on a plane there was free high-speed wifi no matter where you were in the world. >> nbc news senior correspondent tom costello explains. 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. >> reporter: and meeting that demand to stay plugged in has become a moneymaker for the airlines. while several carriers offer free messages, most charge a fee for passengers wanting expanded internet access.

for some, though, it's 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. >> reporter: but now airlines are racing to upgrade their wifi technology. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: united airlines planning to roll out elon musk's starlink internet service across its entire fleet beginning in 2025 and with one big bonus. >> have we mentioned it's free? >> reporter: starlink, a division of musk's company's spacex uses thousands of low orbit satellites to deliver internet service to planes. it is currently available on carriers including hawaiian airlines. but united will be its biggest customer yet. >> more and more planes will move toward l.e.o. or low earth orbit satellite connectivity. >> reporter: delta is upgrading

its fleet to offer free wifi to its sky miles members. many use atg antennas under the plane that connect to 3g cell phone towers on the ground. but gaps while flying over water can limit service. with a satellite-based connection, ground-based units transmit signals. 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. zblsh tom costello, nbc news. so many thoughts about that. we need better wi-fi. time now for today's money minute. pepsico plan to buy a popular chips company. >> and mcdonald's bringing back a fan favorite. starbucks have joined starbucks workers united union

after baristas in washington voted to unionized monday. it represents over 11,000 starbucks employees. they've been in negotiations since april for a framework that would be the basis for a collective bargaining agreement between the stores and the company. pepsico said it's buying siete foods for $1.2 billion, as it adds healthier additions to its port fol owe. and halloween is officially et hitting mcdonald's. the monster book buckets is coming back, they'll be offered with happy meals next month, for a limited time. this year the buckets which could be used for trick or treating. it's not next month, it's this month. october is here. >> can't wait. >> october. >> julia, thanks so much. coming up, talk about a walk

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>> discussed issues including ill grags, abortion and the 2020 election. here are a couple of highlights. >> i believe senator vance wants to solve this but by standing with donald trump and not working together find a solution it becomes a talking point. >> i actually think, i agree with you, you want to solve this problem but i don't think that kamala harris does. >> we're ranked in first in healthcare for a reason, we trust women and we trust doctors. >> i want us as a republican part toy to be pro-family in fullest sense of the word. >> did he lose the 2020 election. >> tim i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris sensor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation? >> that's a damming nonanswer. >> hallie jackson is with us, good to see you. let's start with that moment we just saw that nonanswer. that's getting a lot of

attention, overall, though, what did you make of j.d. vance's performance and governor walz. >> that moment, kate, it's getting a lot of attention and a lot of that attention is coming from democrats, one of the governor's strongest moment of the night trying to prosecute the case against j.d. vance and of course his run mating donald trump on those election fraud lies and the refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election. the harris campaign cutting an ad. suggesting that threats to democracy are among the top issues driving them to the polls in the november this could give them a political advantage. as for senator vance in talking with folks on the republican side of the aisle they feel like, boy, the many interviews that he does, the many interactions that he has with members of media paid off big time last night because he confident, smooth, in command.

i will also add that he did engage in some let's call revisionist history not only january 6th and the 2020 election, but on the issue of obamacare suggesting that former president trump tried to salvage obamacare, affordable care act when in in fact mr. trump one of his big policy platforms was trying to repeal it. i think there's a lot of moments from this that we'll talk about today. a big question, let's talk about, does it move the needle? game-changer, is it? is it going to be? still too soon to say. >> allie that nonanswer exchange that you just broke down for us, it happened at the beginning of the debate. the governor was nervous at the start, notably he stumbled when trying to explain a statement he made about being in hong kong during the tiananmen square

protest in china. >> he's being asked about that today. he's referencing not just that but another, a gaffe moment where he misspoke and he said he was friends with school shooters, he meant to say school shooting victims. remember what this moment is for these two candidates, we cover politics and talk about politics all the time, this is a very big debate stage, if you look at the numbers even from the last vice presidential debate last cycle in 2020 twice as many people watched this debate watched this republican democratic national conventions. this is a big moment. after seeing some reaction the last word in this primetime setting for either of these tickets. i don't believe there's going to be at this point another debate

between kamala harris and donald trump. because donald trump says he doesn't want one. his aides have done nothing to suggest that former president trump is backing away from that position. >> hallie jackson, always great to have you, very much appreciate you. >> don't miss hallie coming up on hallie jackson now. that streams live at 5:00 p.m. eastern. up ahead, tributes pouring in for beloved actor john amos. we'll celebrate his ground-breaking career later. we're also streaming 24/7 on we're also streaming 24/7 on nbc news for people who feel limited by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis and who are anti-achr antibody positive, season to season, ultomiris is continuous symptom control, with improvement in activities of daily living. it is reduced muscle weakness. and ultomiris is the only long-acting gmg treatment

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it will be in the mid 80s and upper 90s for the north bay. each day as we get closer to the weekend, the temperatures come down a couple of degrees, but there's not any real relief in the forecast until about the middle of next week. we'll be watching that, and i'll have an update on our 7-day forecast coming up in about 30 minutes. see you in a bit. thank you. kari. the inland valleys will see the hottest temps and that includes the tri valley. it's been a rough week for people living in livermore. this morning we saw a lot of people out and about getting their steps in before the sun really starts to shine. livermore could hit 106 this afternoon. while some got their steps in, others tried to get some work done before the heat gets too dangerous. we were here. we were here yesterday. oh, yeah. and we try to come out here and take a break. no break. no break. it's too hot. i do not do well in the heat at all. i like to try to stay cool. so i'm going to be inside with the blinds closed and the air conditioning on. you know, sometimes i walk them a little later in the day, but

it's just too hot for their little paws. or you could track the heat in your neighborhood anytime on our free nbc bay area app. scan this qr code on the left side of your screen. download it to get straight to the weather page. we're going to move on to the rising tensions in the middle east. it's hitting close to home as some bay area residents are caught up in this expanding conflict. nbc bay area's thom jensen reports on one local man struggle to get out of lebanon and back home to the bay area we've heard from several folks from the bay area who are caught up in this war in israel and in lebanon, especially in lebanon, where they're really running into roadblocks, trying to find safe routes out of that country. a san mateo man and his parents are trapped there. he says. they have not been able to get a safe flight out of the country and back home, and that flight after flight has been canceled. he grows more and more worried for his parents and himself. the longer it takes to find a route out of the country. they're working with the state department. meanwhile, a rabbi

from an oakland congregation says many of his members are hunkered down in bomb shelters after that barrage of 200 or more ballistic missiles launched at israel from iran. the conditions will only get worse for those stuck in the middle east. and in this war, we talked to a retired israeli military general about the conditions there, and he does not sound optimistic about the fighting ending anytime soon. we are at war and it's going to be a long war. it's not going to stop here. as i said, israel really has an historical opportunity to deal directly with the huge threat of a nuclear umbrella to all the proxies iran has built. retired brigadier general amir avivi is seemingly endorsing the hard line approach taken by the israeli leadership and military, who say this is a historic chance to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. but more and more civilians are caught up in the fighting, and

the state department says approximately 6000 americans are in lebanon trying to make inquiries about the agency finding safe routes back to the u.s. for them and there are many more in israel, some trying to get safely back home and others deciding to stay and wait out the fighting in san francisco. thom jensen nbc, bay area news. thank you tom. we have an update now on the congressional debate we plan to host this evening. it's being postponed. that's because sam liccardo is pulling out of the debate, his campaign telling us he has laryngitis. san jose's former mayor was scheduled to face off with assemblymember evan low. they're running to replace retiring congresswoman anna eshoo, who represents the 16th district, which covers parts of the peninsula and the south bay. we are speaking with both campaigns right now to try and reschedule. nbc bay area news tonight will air live now at its normal time

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picket lines bringing shipping to a standstill. president biden released a statement encouraging both sides to return to the bargaining table and voiced his support for the rights of workers, while so far declining to get his administration involved in negotiations. several trade organizations had pushed for the president to declare this strike an economic emergency and force the longshoremen back to work. and legendary actor daniel day-lewis is coming out of retirement again to star in his son's new movie. he said he was retiring from acting in 2017. before that, he left the business from 1997 to 2000 and came back. now he's set to act in an upcoming film that he co-wrote with his son ronan, the story's exploring the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers. no word yet on a release date. a dad went through great lengths to get to his daughter's wedding. he attempted to take a two-hour drive from south carolina to tennessee while hurricane helene

was making its way through that area, after seven hours on the road he got stuck at a bridge that washed away, so he got out of his car and walked. he walked 17 miles before a trooper and a passer-by drove the remaining miles to make it in the church in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. as israel prepares for its response to yesterday's missile attack from iran, nbc news is getting a close-up look at some of damage, one missile came down feet away from an elementary school, it happened in central israel, no deaths or injuries were reported. raf sanchez shows us just how powerful the blast was. >> reporter: we're outside an elementary school in central israel. i want to walk you through the scene here, this is where one of those 181 iranian ballistic missiles came crashing down, this was a ten-foot crater.

it's now been filled up. the force of that explosion blasting through the wall of. you can see these are the children month studied in this classroom, we they were 7, 8 years old and on the back wall you can still some of their drawings, their artwork is hung up, and as you walk around, you can hear the crunch of glass underneath and it's instantly evoking that thought, what if this classroom had been full of small children if that missile came crashing down. the missile attack happening at night. this classroom was empty. the israeli government said there are no reports of anyone killed or seriously injured anywhere across israel. there was one plannian man

killed in the occupied west bank when a piece of missile fell. the question now, how, when and at what scale will israel retaliate to this unprecedented attack? earlier today prime minister netanyahu meeting with his top intelligence and military officials, weighing that response and israeli official tells nbc news that israel will respond swiftly. they're determined to show to iran and the world that an attack like this will not go unanswered. after the last iranian missile barrage back in april there were five days in between the attack and then what was a very small-scale israeli response. an israeli official is indicating the response to come will be much larger, much more significant than that and the scale of it and how iran responds may determine whether this region is heralding towards

all-out war. >> raf, thank you. fans around the country are remembering the life and legacy of actor john amos, his publicist revealed that he died in late august at the age of 84, over a five-decade career he left his mark on some of the most popular productions from the 1970s through the '90s. here's joe fryer. ♪ it's good times ♪ >> reporter: 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? >> reporter: 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.

>> reporter: he left the show after three years amid controversy over the show's story line. his tv death among the most profound television moments of the '70s. >> damn! damn! damn! >> reporter: for amos, playing powerful black characters was his priority. his role in "roots" in 1977 earned him an emmy nomination. >> then i'll be free. >> it was a magical moment in television. >> reporter: 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 weatherman. >> reporter: that led to a recurring role on "maude." he made his mark with notable roles in "the west wing," "die

hard 2" and "coming to america." >> see there, mcdonald's? >> reporter: fans and friends alike are remembering him on social media. tyler perry writes, thank you for all the laughs and all the smiles you brought into my difficult young life. i will forever remember you. his son celebrated his father's life with this heartfelt post. his legacy will live on. he was my dad, my best friend and my hero. joe fryer, nbc news. a couple in new jersey speaking out after they were blocked from suing the ride-share company uber, seriously injured in crash last year while they were back in a car they had booked through the uber app but they were unable to take advantage of the. this is a devastating accident.

they both suffered injuries that 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 georgia that clicked yes it was their 12-year-old daughter using her mom's ubereats app to order pizza. the couple were in an uber on their way home from dinner, the accident happened in an instant. >> we went right through the light, and there was a loud bang. and a hard crash. >> reporter: 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 have just described, there is emotional damage, too, isn't there? >> yeah, more than a person can imagine.

>> reporter: 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 ubereats 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. >> reporter: the court ruled in part that because georgia agreed to previous versions of terms herself she was bound by them. 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 usually less likely to give out a big damages award than a jury of

someone's peers. >> reporter: the ruling comes just months after 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 he was bound by the terms of service he agreed to on his disney+ streaming account. but in august, after the case got a lot of attention, the company changed course waiving arbitration, 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 could lead to changes in the law. >> i think that we need, as a society, to move to try to protect consumers. >> reporter: the they're going appeal this latest decision to new jersey's supreme court. their story a reminder to many of us to carefully read those terms of service agreements. uber tells us the driver involved in crash is no longer using the platform. back to you. >> stephanie gosk, thanks so

much. a baby penguin is giving moo deng the viral hippo a run for the money. the internet just can't get enough of this penguin. kelly cobiella. baby penguins are already among the most adorable in the animal kingdom, right? but this guy has broken the cuteness scale, becoming an online megastar. 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 in melbourne,

australia, 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. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: his massive size and charming waddle drawing fans from around the world. >> i'd like to see the baby. >> his video 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 is 1.5 million like. adult king penguins normally 30 to 37 pounds.

and all penguins chicks pack on the weight as protection from the freezing 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 tubby 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. just like his dad. >> reporter: 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. both moo deng and pesto have their own cryptocurrencies and their own merch.

pesto's tote bags, t-shirts and stuffed animals, in case you need a lot more pesto in your life. >> i love it. >> we need a break and we need some good news. >> i think that's true and some pesto. up ahead, how parents can help children cope with the stress of natural disasters.

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thursday, but going into the weekend it will still be pretty warm for the city with upper 70s and low 80s by the middle of next week. it's looking much better here. the return of clouds and fog and breezy winds and the high temperatures by next tuesday will be in the mid 70s. and a reminder the congressional debate. we plan to host this evening is being postponed. sam liccardo has pulled out of the debate because he has laryngitis. he just posted this on x a few minutes ago. he says, quote, knocking on doors across our community and participating in nearly 100 meet and greets and several debates has been the best part of campaigning. but it's taken a toll on my vocal cords. i've unfortunately lost my voice and had to cancel three meet and greets yesterday, and he went on to say he needed to cancel today's debate at nbc bay area was happening in our studios. he is set to face off against evan low for the 16th congressional district. that's because

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