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the election is exactly one month away. >> today, former president trump is turning to butler, pennsylvania. it is october 5th. this is "today." return visit. the secret service is ramping up security today as former president trump prepares rally supporters in the same place as the summer's assassination attempt. >> we never finished. >> while kamala harris visits north carolina. we're live from both candidates. gang busters. dow shoots to a new record high after the jobs report showed a better than expected increase in employment. the numbers so strong that the president took to the briefing room for the first time. >> we have gone from an economy in crisis to having the strong of the economy in the world. we have, we have more work to do.

fbi warning. just two days before the anniversary of the october 7th hamas terror attack in israel, federal authorities are urging vigilance warning of potential attacks. it comes growing fears as iran fires missiles in israel. video shows an out-of-control car near a busy playground terrifying onlookers and police say the driver is 10 years old. the possible charges he's now facing. all that plus help after helene with search and rescue teams out in force and hundreds of thousands without power after a week helene devastated the east, dolly parton is vowing to help. ♪ ♪ helene, helene ♪♪

>> how dolly is lending her voice and a hand. today, october 5th, 2024. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett live from rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. it is certainly fall. a little crisp in the air. >> that is for sure. >> no doubt. we have a busy saturday on tap as the southeast is still surveying the damage from helene. two new hurricanes are churning in the atlantic. they are not expected to major impact on the northeast, we have heavy rainfall expected. angie will join us in a bit. we have the latest from north carolina as the clean up from helene is still ongoing and so many people are without water

and a clean place to turn. how you can help out the victims. and we want to begin with the top story. that is the race for the white house. one month out with former president trump returning to butler, pennsylvania, since the assassination attempt that nearly took his life. dasha burns is back in butler for us this morning. dasha, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. former president trump was just a few minutes into his speech here in butler when the shots rang out. he says he's coming back here to finish what he started that day as his campaign hopes to galvanize voters one month from election day. >> take a look at what happened -- >> reporter: nearly three months after surviving that attempt on his life, those images of blood on his face and fist in the air, former president trump is returning to butler, pennsylvania today. >> we never finish what had we were supposed to do.

>> reporter: back then, rally goers watched in horror as a gunman opened fire. about 100 yards behind me is where the gunman took shots at former president trump. last time around, people could get pretty close to mr. trump from outside the rally perimeter. they are putting up, you see the shipping containers, that are blocking line of sight from oupt outside the rally perimeter. joining trump today, the family of the firefighter dad who was killed. back then, i spoke to dr. joseph maine who rushed over to help. >> the man was killed instantaneously. >> reporter: a moment he cannot forget. >> that will stick with me. >> reporter: do you think you will go? >> yes. >> reporter: why?

>> i refuse to be terrorized to the point where i feel i'm only safe at home. >> reporter: also returning are mother and son donna and joe. >> i knew he was scared because he was holding my hand. >> how will you support each other? >> hold hands. i don't know. >> reporter: they hope to turn a weekend of tragedy into a time of healing. >> prove to people they can't scare us. >> reporter: also attending the rally today, a name you'll recognize, elon musk, who endorsed the former president. peter. >> dasha burns, thank you. meantime, the dow closed at an all-time high after the jobs report and president biden took the opportunity to do something he has never done before. speaking to the press in the briefing room. we have senior business correspondent christine romans with more. >> my name's joe biden.

>> reporter: the president in the briefing room to hail good news on the economy. >> the nation created 16 million jobs. >> reporter: 254,000 added in september. the unemployment rate of 4.1%. near a 50-year low. wages rose 4% over the past year meaning paychecks are growing faster than inflation. the dow closed friday at a record high. >> we have gone from an economy in crisis to having the strong of the economy in the world. we've got more work to do. >> reporter: more work because many americans feel like they're struggling to make ends meet with rising prices of groceries and child care. >> everybody is scratching and scraping just to live. >> reporter: still, some say they're starting to feel a difference. >> i feel like it's, it's getting better. >> reporter: one of the biggest risks to the economy, the port strike, has been resolved for now.

shippers and dockworkers agrees to a 62% pay raise. ending the strike is critical for the economy and small businesslike three moms organics. >> it is a relief it is worked out for now. takes a lot of pressure off. >> reporter: the timing also key as the southeast picks up the pieces after hurricane helene and will need significant rebuilding. christine romans, nbc news, new york. >> president biden delivered a new warning about the upcoming election in the briefing room. given former president trump's comments he may not accept the results again. nbc's allie raffa was there. >> reporter: peter, good morning. president biden on friday joining the press briefings for the first time since taking office after years of repeated

requests for him to do so. the president taking questions from reporters expressing doubts about election itegrity and if it will lead to a peaceful transfer of power. >> two separate questions. i'm confident it will be free and fair. i don't know whether it will be peaceful with the things that trump has said and the things he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous. >> reporter: president biden pointing out that former donald trump and jd vance have not suggested they will accept the outcome of the election. peter. >> allie, we know the vice president is heading back to the southeast today. just a few days ago, she was in georgia. she is now headed to the hurricane-ravaged state of north carolina. what do we expect? >> reporter: coming on the heels of the vice president rallies in

michigan, another key state. this trip is not as a presidential candidate, but in the role as vice president to survey the damage left by hurricane helene. she'll be briefed on recovery efforts and update residents on what the white house is doing to help rebuild. the white house calling on congress to provide more aid to the region. in the briefing yesterday, saying he and his vice president are in constant contact and singing from the same song sheet. peter. >> allie, thank you. speaking of the storm, several hundred thousand people are still without power days after hurricane helene hit. on friday, there was good news for residents thanks to dolly parton. kathy parks spoke to dolly herself. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this was a bitter homecoming for her. she said it was time to step up

and do we can because here in erwin, the landscape has changed forever. this morning, the southeast still reeling from the devastation from hurricane helene. the death toll climbing to 220 with hundreds still missing. in asheville, residents are struggling to clean up the mud and debris and trying to salvage anything they can. >> everything was floating and then settles down and settles on top of each other. >> reporter: the health risks growing with thousands entering another day without clean water. >> we have been organizing water and food distribution. it has been people helping people here for many, many days. >> reporter: a week after the catastrophic floods in tennessee, some residents are still cut off. >> we had a community of 150 homes that didn't have power because the roads to get to them wasn't damaged, but gone.

no road. >> i'm in shock. >> reporter: marine lost her home and mom and dad who were trying to escape. >> the water was up to my chest. they had to pull me out from under the porch roof and boat. they said it was too dangerous to go out and look for my parents. >> reporter: amid the tragedies and images of last week, moments of compassion and resilience are breaking through. donations of food, water and other essentials are pouring in from all corners of the country. dolly parton joining the relief efforts, too. ♪ helene, helene, helene ♪♪ >> reporter: share in the volunteer spirit. >> what is the message? >> with god's help and help of all these good people, we'll make it. we'll be better one of these days.

>> reporter: it's also worth noting that dolly pledged to donate $1 million of her own money for the ongoing relief efforts. her company matching that as well. the impact of hurricane helene is hit across six states, including florida. we have another storm brewing that could bring another storm as early as tomorrow. laura. >> residents need a little bit of joy. kathy park, thank you for that. angie will be here soon and have more on the forecast. in the next half hour, we will tell you how you can help out the victims of hurricane helene. overseas to the middle east where israel is promising to retaliate iran on the attacks. it comes as israelis launch new strikes in lebanon. we have matt bradley with more for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. it has been a week since the huge air strike struck behind me in south beirut and killed

hassan nasrallah, the leader of the lebanon-backed group hezbollah. israel has been hitting the hezbollah strong hold neighborhood multiple times a day. now, we can almost always hear the high pitched sound of israeli drones overhead. they targeted the successor yesterday. we don't know if he was killed yet, but it is sending a group that israel tends to decapitate hezbollah. meanwhile, we are still waiting to see the israel response when they launched 200 missiles and we heard a rare speech from the supreme leader at friday prayers in arabic instead of farcii.

ayatollah khomeini was clutching a rifle when he defended iran's attacks and said iran and allies won't back down. peter. >> matt bradley, thank you. with the one-year anniversary of the october 7th terror attack just two days away now, federal authorities are warning it could inspire violence on u.s. soil. in the announcement, the fbi and homeland security department said large public gatherings could be potential targets. law enforcement agencies across the country and in new york city are on high alert this weekend ramping up security at synagogues in advance of the anniversary and as well as the jewish high holidays. the agency is asking americans to report any suspicius activities to police. donald glover is cancelling the remainder of his tour due to a health issue.

the musician wrote on x he was hospitalized for an illness after his recent show in new orleans. he added, quote, as of now, i have have surgery scheduled and need time out to heal. glover did not disclose the illness, but did say all tickets to the canceled shows will be refunded. hope he is okay. it is time for the first check this of the forecast with angie lassman. >> we are watching an area in the gulf of mexico. now a tropical disturbance, but has a chance to develop into something. will it be a tropical depression or a tropical storm by the end of the weekend? we will have to watch and see. we will see additional rain for the state of florida. notice some of the spaghetti models taking it into the western portion of florida. it looks like no matter where the system's center is, we will likely see the potential for some additional heavy rain for state of florida.

this will start as we get into the later parts of today with precursor rain and ramp up in the middle of the week. what is it by the middle of the week? a tropical depression or hurricane. we will see. it does have a fuel to tap into with the gulf of mexico. with helene, this is something we talked about a lot where the waters are just running way warm for this time of year. helene did cool it down a little bit, but 2 to 4 degrees above average. it will encounter wind shear. that is not good for development. we have wind on the way. 3 to 5 inches of rain from tampa to points south. we know, of course, the storm surge and flooding concerns in the tampa bay area. folks still cleaning up. we have the potential to see over 8 inches of rain possible. this is something we will have to watch well into the middle of

and that's a look at your forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you for that. still to come, the attorney for the menendez brothers speaking out now that the los angeles district attorney announcing his office is looking another look at the case. chloe. >> the brothers have been in prison for decades, but after a couple of projects, things could be

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we are back on a saturday morning with "the weekly down load." >> joe is here with all of those. >> good morning. among the headlines this week, the final face-to-face face-off this election season. senator jd vance and governor tim walz squared off in a largely civil and substance filled vice presidential debate. >> i agree with a lot of what vance said over what's happening. his running mate does not. >> i agree with you. i think you want to solve the problem, but not kamala harris. >> there was a contentious moment near the end of the debate with the refusal to concede the last presidential election. >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the

future. did kamala harris censor -- >> that is a damning non answer. >> the former president and vice president all reviewed the damage from hurricane helene. >> we are here for the long haul. >> the nation has your back. we're not leaving your completely. >> thousas of dockworkers agreed to go back to work after the strike that began on tuesday. >> it was a big week for the royals. prince harry visited london to celebrate the achievements of seriously ill children and care giver givers. prince william and princess kate

welcomed a teen. >> former prime minister boris johnson revealed that the late queen elizabeth battled bone cancer for more than a year before her death. he said the queen was mentally sharp until the end. buckingham palace did not have any comments. >> former president jimmy carter celebrated a birthday this week. the sign on the white house marked the special occasion. >> 2-1 pitch. in the left center. there it is. >> baseball legend pete rose died this week. he still holds the record for the most hits in the history of the game in a 24-year career. he was later banned from the sport for betting on baseball. >> how do you beat the pete rose slide?

>> pete rose was 83 years old. >> finally, the new zealand reclaimed a record for the world's largest haka dethroning france. conan o'brien and director tiki were among the participants. >> they didn't just beat the record. they shattered it. the old one was 4,000. they had 6,500 people. >> france had no way to hold the record. still to come, countness less volunteers on the ground. what you could do to help from home. and the next season of snl kicks off tonight. what you can e

fifth. i'm kira klapper. governor gavin newsom is giving a funding boost to bay area cities in an effort to help clear homeless encampments. the governor approved nearly $131 million to be given to 18 cities across california. those include san francisco, san jose, berkeley and antioch. the goal is to move the unhoused out of encampments and into transitional housing. the governor says that it will take a team effort between the state and the cities to fully address the homeless crisis. the state vision is realized at the local level. localism is determinative in terms of our success, and the state's efforts only matters as far as local government participates in partnership with the state to advance our collective goals. this comes three months after governor newsom issued an executive order requiring state agencies to clear encampments on state land.

he also told cities and counties to clear encampments in their communities or lose federal funding beginning next year. well, we continue this hot heat. cinthia pimentel has a look at our microclimate forecast. yeah, that's absolutely correct. we are under a microclimate weather alert once again as we wake up this morning, a little bit warmer than we had yesterday. the return of that heat is going to amplify as we go on throughout the day. notice some very warm temperatures on the board. already 71, in orinda, 72 tracey and 79 atlas peak. that's up there in napa county, some 50s and 60s in between. but as we go throughout the morning, you might feel a little bit of the breeze. something to watch, because we do have this red flag warning that goes in for the east bay hills down the santa cruz mountains. that's until later on. this morning. so some very bone dry conditions along with that heat is not a good recipe. you don't want to do anything to that to damage our air quality even more. we're in

for another spare the air alert. so if you have any sensitivities to that, if you have any asthma. any other respiratory issues might be the day to stay inside and turn on the ac. just finding ways to keep ourselves cool and healthy as we go on into noon. some 90s on the board already, and some triple digit temperatures. once again, we'll talk about the possible relief coming. coming up at 7 a.m. kira back to you. oh. fingers crossed. cynthia, thanks. also coming up at 7:00 this morning on today in the bay, raising awareness about mental illness and the effort to eliminate the stigma. we'll tell you about an upcoming event to raise critical funding and how you can be a part of it. that, plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you join us right now. back to the today show.

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♪ show me the way ♪ ♪ shelter ♪ ♪ records to play ♪ ♪ singing ♪ ♪ make it until ♪♪ little bit of chris martin. we are back on saturday, october 5th, 2024. >> that song is off the tenth studio album released on friday. coldplay will perform live on tuesday morning. come on down if you're in the area. tonight, they're on snl. they moved into 30 rock. >> they're everywhere. lucky us, right? >> it's going to be big. let's check the headlines. police are searching in new jersey for a group they say attacked former governor david patterson. police say patterson, who is blind and an adult stepson

fought off the attackers. the spokesperson said they were taking a walk. they had a previous interaction with his stepson. a 10-year-old boy is in custody after a minneapolis police say he drove a car across the playground are. the video shows the boy driving the car across the grass. the car then zooms back closer to the playground just a few feet from dozens of children. police say the boy has been arrested twice before for auto theft. again, 10 years old. the boy's family is cooperating and asking for help. we turn to the nba and lebron james' son bronny made his nba debut last night. take a look. >> there it is. so bronny electrifies and

delights this crowd with his first basket in the preseason. >> strong effort with the left hand. bronny shows off the moves against the minnesota t-wolves. lebron was not in uniform for the game. we have to wait until sunday's match up to see the father/son duo. sunday is bronny's 20th birthday. also this morning, a new twist in the decades old case of the menendez brothers convicted of killing their parents and convicted to life in prison without parole. the prosecutor in los angeles is announcing the change in evidence. we have chloe melas here with more. >> laura, good morning. the district attorney saying in the press conference they have a moral and ethical obligation to review the new evidence pertaining to erik and lyle

menendez's case. they are getting support from kim kardashian calling for them to be released. >> reporter: this morning, the menendez case that shocked the nation over 30 years ago is back in the spotlight. >> this is what they did. >> reporter: with the los angeles county district attorney george gascon is reevaluating the life sentences of erik and lyle menendez who killed their parents at their beverly hills home. >> we have now decided on the outcome. we are reviewing the information. >> reporter: the brothers maintaining they killed their parents out of fear after suffering years of sexual abuse by their father. >> he said he didn't mean to hurt me. he loved me. >> reporter: the d.a. saying the new evidence includes a letter written by erik to a cousin revealing the abuse eight months before the murders. every night i stay up thinking he might come in.

also evaluated is the affidavit, a former member of the boy band menudo. an attorney for the brothers saying the d.a. has even heard from the menendez family lobbying for their release. >> 24 of the family members signed a letter asking the d.a. to resentence them and let them come home. >> reporter: it is not just new evidence drawing attention to the case. kim kardashian writing, you think you know the story of erik and lyle menendez. i certainly thought i did, kim writes. i spent time with lyle and erik. they're not monsters. this came after a renewed interest in the case after "the lyle and erik menendez story." next week, the new dock men ri set to be released with interviews from the brothers behind bars. the next hearing on this is coming up in november. i also want to point out that

kim kardashian wrote in the essay that the killings are not excusable, but she does not believe spending their entire lives incarcerated was punishment for the case. it is getting a lot of support and the ryan murphy show that people are talking about the murders that happened and what might have led to it. >> we will see what happens. thanks, chloe. angie is here with the look at the hot temperatures out west right now. >> it is not feeling like autumn for most of the country. we have fire concerns across the plains where it will be warm. we have wind gusts over 70 miles per hour. no surprise we have red flag warnings up for folks this morning and those will last through the day today. meanwhile, the temperatures will get your attention. 29 million people under lerts from san francisco to phoenix. as we gear up to reach the triple digits today. phoenix, specifically, has been

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we're back this saturday morning with our series lend a hand where we look at ways to help people going through the worst times in their lives. >> so often people want to do something in the wake of the disasters of hurricane helene, but not sure where to start. >> we are bringing in the representative from team rubicon. jeff, good morning. you respond to tragedies all around the globe. what's the situation with water and power there? >> yes, good morning. thank you for having us. it's a great day to be a gray shirt. we have teams from florida, you know, all the way up the coast, to here in asheville. right now, we're in asheville and, you know, the primary focus for the city is the water situation. obviously, there's power outages. power is coming back on in a lot of places, but the water still remains a priority here in

asheville. >> it is pretty stunning to see the pictures next to you, the side of that, the car or tractor, just on its side right now. when you got there and saw the situation, what was your instinct when you saw what it looked like in asheville? >> well, you know, it's not just asheville. i personally started in florida on friday of last week following the storm up and getting our teams in the field. meeting the needs that we can meet. this is clearly a disaster where the needs outpace the resources. we are in a disaster that we'll be in for a long time. this is a marathon. this will not be over in the next week, month or in some cases, years, in places. >> what are the needs? what advice do you have for those watching at home who want to help? >> right now, the best help you can do, if you can, donate. donate to a trusted organization. team rubicon is a great organization. there are others out there. we are doing good work.

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we're back with "popstart." joe? >> the joker sequel. it is not called joker two, but joker folie adeau. and it is projected to make from $50 million to $70 million this weekend. that is less than the original. this is different from the 2019 version. for starters, gaga is in it playing harley quin. this is a musical. no joke. how do you feel about it? >> if gaga is in it, you know it will be great. >> the first one was dark and no one expected this to be a musical. >> the joker character spooked me out. >> he did win an oscar. >> next up is saturday night

live and comedian nate bargatze is hosting. he gave us a general george washington with the own system of weights and measures last time. >> one day, our proud nation will measure weights in pounds and that 2,000 pounds shall be called a ton. >> what will 1,000 pounds be called, sir? >> nothing. >> if snl chooses to parody the vp debate, we learned jim gaffigan has been tapped to play tim walz. the music guest is coldplay. the cast of the new movie "saturday night" is next week surrounding the show in 1975. finally, ina garten, for years, the "barefoot contessa."

wait, for years, laura jarrett has been dying to meet her. the stars finally aligned this week and it happened. ina was here promoting her memoir which talks about having the courage to take chances. what laura doesn't know that moments before the picture was taken, ina recorded a special message just for her. >> stop. >> hi, laura. i understand you're a fan which is really sweet. i understand you took a lot of chances. you left a legal career to become a legal analyst on tv. you never know where it leads to and it's such a wonderful thing. it could be the making of a career if you do it and it turns out it was. >> guys! okay, the best part about this is when i met her, i was like starstruck and fumbling. she says didn't we just record a video for a laura. somebody was like, no, no, no,

they tried to talk over her. i'm sure it was for somebody else. it couldn't have been for me. you guys, that's incredible. >> that gift to you. >> i promise you, america, i did not stalk ina garten. i told her there was nobody else in life i wanted to meet as much as her. >> we were texting you. you need to meet her. >> immediately afterwards, guys, it happened. >> life made. thank you. thank you. thank you to ina and thank you to you. still to come here, our saturday morning boost and the daredevil 93-year-old who

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i'm kira klapper a traffic alert for commuters heading into san francisco. it's a full weekend closure of the central freeway connector ramp. it's that portion of northbound 101 that goes from the freeway and ends at market street in san francisco. the map on your screen shows the closure. caltrans crews are making emergency repairs to the freeway barrier rails. all lanes of the connector ramp closed last night at ten, and will open in time for the monday morning commute.

the detour will be at the seventh street offramp. as we've been reporting, the debate is back on. on wednesday, we were scheduled to air a congressional debate live right here on nbc bay area, but it was canceled. assemblyman evan lowe and former san jose mayor sam liccardo are running to replace longtime peninsula congresswoman anna eshoo. but early on wednesday morning, liccardo's campaign reached out to us, saying the former mayor couldn't make it to the debate because of laryngitis. well, the debate is now rescheduled for friday, a week from yesterday. our raj mathai will be moderating you can watch it live right here on nbc bay area at 7 p.m. on october 11th, or watch it whenever it fits into your schedule. you'll be able to stream it on our website and on our nbc bay area youtube channe. turning now to that heat, cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. it's going to be another hot day. notice by the clues already that san francisco

is giving us waking up in the mid 60s and some clear skies, and that extends out towards livermore as well. but a little bit of that cooling has tried to make it into the valleys this morning, but still some very mild numbers as we start our day up in novato as well. some upper 50s there, 59 in fairfield as well as along the coastline. we're going to do 67 in san jose for today. this morning, very active already in berkeley. very big game day. if you're going to head out there. the lightest layer possible because notice that we warm up very quickly as the day goes on into noontime. some upper 80s and some 90s are there in the east bay. as we go into the afternoon. lots of game days happening around the bay area. stanford one also going to be in the 90s and down into the south bay for san jose state. we could be coming off of those temperatures in the triple digits. so we'll have a look at the rest of the bay area, our weekend events, and of course, the heat that continues. kira back to you. all right, cynthia, we'll see you at seven. thanks.

also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, a bay area sheriff embroiled in controversy, now sitting down with us for an exclusive interview here. the sheriffs vow not to back down. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope y good morning. back to butler. former-president trump headed to

the site in pennsylvania where he survived that assassination attempt just three months ago. >> i have an obligation to go back to butler. we never finished what we were supposed to do. >> this as vice president harris heads to storm-ravaged north carolina to tour the damage firsthand with exactly one month to go until election day. wall street high. [ bell ringing ] >> the dow closing in record territory after friday's blockbuster jobs report. the unemployment rate dropping to a near 50-year low. how president biden responded to the strong economic news. ♪ ♪ and show of support with the death toll rising and hundreds of thousands still without power, community members and perfect strangers coming together in north carolina eight days after hurricane helene left devastating damage in its wake. >> so, yeah, we haven't really broke town yet. >> no, we haven't. we've just been focused on getting forward and making things happen. >> the stories of hope and

rebuilding. today, saturday, october 5th, 2024. ♪ ♪. good morning. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. we have so much to look forward to. >> chewy's in the house. >> we have a dog. >> any time you bring a golden doodle in the place. >> it will be good. let's get to the news. with election day one month away, vice president harris is headed to north carolina to survey the damage while president trump returns to the site of the assassination attempt over the summer. dasha burns returns and is there this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it has been nearly three months since former-president trump survived the attempt on his life, the bullet, the blood and the fist in the air caught for the world to see. he says he feels an obligation to come back to butler because he never finished what he was supposed to do. back then, rally goers watched

in horror as the gunman climbed to an unsecured roof top and opened fire. a senate investigation later detailed massive failures by the secret service, the service recently telling nbc news they made comprehensive changes and enhancement and that the former president is receiving heightened protection. this despite growing concern among current and former agents that the increased workload has brought the agency to, quote, a breaking point and they worry about another catastrophic failure. as for those expected in the audience today, i spoke with a number of rally goers who were there that day in july and plan to come back today despite experiencing extreme trauma from that day. now, also joining trump today, the family of corey comparetore, the firefighter father killed as well as elon musk. there's increased security around today's event with heavy equipment, massive shipping containers to block any line of sight from outside the security

perimeter. laura. >> dasha, i appreciate you being there for us back in butler, pennsylvania this morning. thank you. president biden is looking ahead to the election next month and he addressed the possibility of violence following the election during his first visit to the press briefing room as president. nbc's allie raffa was in the meeting room when the president surprised supporters there. good morning. >> good morning. president biden on friday joining one of the white house press briefings for first time since taking office after years of repeated requests for him to do so. the president taking questions from reporters, expressing doubts when asked about election integrity and whether the results will lead to a peaceful transfer of power. >> two separate questions. i'm confident it will be free and fair. i don't know whether it will be peaceful. the things that trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous. >> reporter: president biden pointing out that former-president trump and his

running mate senator jd vance have not said whether they will accept the results of the election, suggesting his predecessor's rhetoric may lead to a dangerous outcome. the president adding he is being regularly briefed on domestic security threats. >> i want to ask you about the response to hurricane helene as well. we know that the vice president will head to the southeast today, going to hurricane ravaged north carolina. what do we expect from her trip there? >> reporter: this trip to battleground north carolina coming on the heels of the vice president's rallies in michigan, another key state, but this trip won't be taken as presidential candidate but in her role as vice president to survey the catastrophic damage left a week ago by hurricane helene. she also will be briefed on recovery efforts and update residents on what the white house is doing to help them rebuild. president biden overnight calling on congress to provide more aid to the hard-hit region. in that briefing saying he and the vice president are in constant contact and singing from the same song sheet.

peter. >> allie raffa reporting from the white house this moncht thank you. the vice president will witness firsthand what hundreds of thousands of residents are living through right now, no water, no power, a massive amount of cleanup to still get to. nbc's jesse kirsch is in north carolina with the latest on how residents are recovering. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to give you perspective where i'm standing right now the water level at one point based on what i'm seeing on the side of the building would have been to around my waist. you can see behind me still all of this standing water and look at the debris off to the side here, the tires on this truck partially submerged. this is one of the scenes in and around the ashville area. i can tell you that we are starting to see signs of power restoration here. we saw lights on this morning, traffic lights included, but there are still more than 185,000 power outages reported in this state, north carolina, alone. officials continue working to restore the power as well as water services, the death toll from helene has continued to

tragically rise. we are talking about now at least 223 people confirmed dead and about half of those deaths are in north carolina. all of this unfolding as the search for the missing continues, and it is not clear exactly how many people are missing. we are hearing reports of dozens but it is not clear exactly what the number might be because of communication issues in part. all of this heartbreak continuing, though there are silver linings, communities coming together to help each other out. among those pitching in, dolly parton, the music superstars, says she is donating $1 million to the relief effort in this region. back to you guys. >> jesse kirsch, thank you. that was the news. dolly is already a boost. what you got? we have more for you. this proves it is never too late to take a leap of fate. take a look at this daring great-grandmother. australian betty gregory celebrated her 93rd birthday, of course, jumping out of a plane for a tandem mile-high sky dive.

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we are back on saturday morning with today's talker. over the last week, we have seen countless examples of how people are coming together to help people recover from hurricane helene. >> there are helping neighbors get people back on their feet. >> wehave antonia hylton with more from asheville. >> reporter: good morning, guys. neighbors are not just helping with meals and clean up, but providing emotional support and release through music, art and community. mark and julia can still hear the music. >> it's the only thing that gives me peace. >> reporter: and dancing and laughter that guild the asheville gitar bar in the river arts district. >> what was it like on a busy night? >> oh, gosh.

i would look at everyone's smiling faces. >> many bands formed out of here. >> many relationships have come and gone and come back again. >> reporter: hurricane helene may have destroyed almost everything in the neighborhood, but the one thing the storm couldn't touch was its spirit. this was the creative community welcoming performers. mark and julia are salvaging the 52 guitars that covered the walls and accepting help from customers coming to dig them out of the mud. >> so, yeah, we haven't really broke down yet. >> we haven't. we are focused on getting forward and making things happen. >> reporter: they're not alone. artists have coordinated clean-up crews saving as much as their life's work as possible. >> keep remembering us. don't let this pass. check on us. we will need help for a long time. >> reporter: at the green room, the small shop spared by helene. the owner is hosting free jam sessions.

trusting in music to help her neighbors get by. >> it's really nice to see people coming back and experience that sense of joy. we have a duty of providing joy. >> reporter: this is the spirit that made asheville. >> do you have faith your community will bring this place back? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> reporter: it's this art apparent spirit that will make them whole once again. mark and julia tell us they plan to take many of the guitars, banjos and mandolins they rescued from the mud, into art. a symbol of dancing and laughter in asheville again. >> and toen antonia, thank you . asheville is one of my favorite cities. >> i love the artist that said check on us. come back. this is going to take time. not the immediate weeks, but years to follow.

>> be there for each other. let's get to angie for another check of the weather. >> hi, guys. the tropics are busy. we have a couple of things to talk about. a tropical disturbance off the coast of africa. we will not worry about that or hurricane leslie. that is a fish storm. hurricane kirk is not going to impact the united states. it could impact london as we get into the middle and late parts of next week. we will watch the tropical disturbance in the gulf of mexico. it has a good chance of developing through the weekend, maybe tomorrow or monday. either way, it will bring rain to the gulf coast. specifically florida. that will ramp up tomorrow and continue into the middle of the week. whether it develops and what it develops into is the question. a tropical depression or tropical storm by the end of the weekend. as we get through the weekend, we will watch for the potential for this to get its act

together. we will possibly be looking at the potential for that to make landfall in the state of florida down the line. we've got a lot of time until that happens. rain chances and that's the look at your forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you. still ahead, the little dog making a big difference in some students' lives. we will introduce you to chewie

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we are back on saturday morning and we have a new friend in the house. this is chewie. >> this is a good boy. that's not all that makes him so special. >> chewie is a therapy dog for one new jersey school district. he's having such a big impact on lives of students in that school. it's back to school time for students and also for this four-legged friend. meet chewie, the therapy dog. >> chewie. >> chewie is the golden doodle.

>> first introduced in the clifton public school district in new jersey, it didn't take long for chewie to make the grade. he already has some 300 classroom and other school event visits under his belt or paw, shaw we say. >> he makes everyone calm and less anxious and relives stress. >> reporter: now the pooch is back for a second year. >> our kids would say he is the og. a legend within the community. >> anybody excited to be back in school? >> reporter: acting school superintendent is chewie's handler. he said the therapy dog underwent training and used for the emotional health. >> anything to inspire our students to reach success and he has been our secret weapon to achieving those goals. >> he might get kisses. >> he is nice to people. he likes to come and give people

comfort when they're upset. >> reporter: no matter where he goes. >> if everybody is having a bad day and chewie pops up. >> reporter: a calming presence. one tool the district and others across the country are using to help kids cope. research shows the use of trained therapy dogs in school settings can help a child's confidence and attendance and more. >> you see the difference that chewie makes day-to-day when he comes to visit us. >> i've worked with a few students now. some students who may not be performing as well academically or struggling socially or behaviorally, having chewie part of their lives offers them a positive connection with the school. >> he's got friends there. >> reporter: making a difference one wag at a time. >> we are so happy to have chewie and his handler here of the clifton school district

hire. you saw him in the piece. mark, thank you for bringing this joy into our lives this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> he's so calm. give him a bone. he has been lying here quietly. he will show star a few tricks. talk about the impact, right? not just this one school district. >> it's spreading within our school district at this time. we went through an army of one which was going to evolve immediately to an army of three with unanimous support of the board of education and superintendent of schools with the end goal to have one therapy dog in every one of our 24 buildings. >> it is improving attendance. >> attendance and anxiety and depression. social skills and things of that nature. last year alone, chewie visited over 300 classrooms, events and football games and cheer events.

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star. >> "people" magazine, call him. >> i want to apologize. my mom will be handing out magazines instead of candy for halloween. thank you for the folks at "diablo" for 20 years. >> thank you so much for joining us on this saturday, october 5th, i'm kira klapper governor gavin newsom is giving a funding boost to bay area cities in an effort to help clear homeless encampments. the governor approved nearly $131 million to be given to 18 cities across california, and those include san francisco, san jose, berkeley and antioch. the goal is to move unhoused out of encampments and into transitional housing. the governor says that it will take a team effort between the state and the cities to fully address

the homeless crisis. state vision is realized at the local level. localism is determinative in terms of our success and the state's efforts only matters as far as local government participates. in partnership with the state to advance our collective goals. this funding comes three months after governor newsom issued an executive order that requires state agencies to clear homeless encampments that are on state land. newsom also told cities and counties to clear encampments in their communities or risk losing federal funding as soon as next year. well, we're going to turn to cinthia pimentel now with a look at that scorching heat. yeah, we are under a microclimate weather alert this morning, kyra, as we continue that heat wave here in the bay area. as beautiful as this look is through san francisco, we are off to a mild start. there already in the 60s down here in san jose, 67

degrees to start our day. that's a live camera. we have right behind us. you might have noticed yesterday we had a few more lingering clouds. that was because there was a little bit of some tropical moisture moving up. so at times it did feel a little humid. but for today, we are going to amplify that heat once again. we are sitting well above average for places like santa rosa, 100 for you today. oh two in concord, 89 in san francisco. very, very warm. so i think ocean beach and finding yourself around the marina for as much relief as you can get, that will be the way to spend our saturday 100 in livermore to 96, in san jose, of course, much warmer as you make your way into the hills of the bay area, where we're also watching the chance for some fire danger this morning for our sunday funday. still very hot. there are lots of events going on. after those, we're going to count down to the cool down. so join me at 7:00 for all those details here. back to you. count down to the cool down. i like that, cynthia. thanks. also coming up at 7:00 this morning on today in the

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