let's get it. good morning. breaking overnight -- danger on the horizon. furious winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour today expected to make those brutal northern california wildfires even worse. the death toll climbing to at least 35. thousands of homes and buildings destroyed as body camera footage is released of officers helping people caught in the inferno. >> sir! >> we're live on the scene. dismantling obama's legacy. reaction pours in overnight to president trump's plans to erase the obama era from decertifying the iran nuclear deal to slashing a key component of obamacare. democrats furious. will president trump end up on top? this morning the brewing battle

in washington. a harrowing tale, the canadian man who was kidnapped with his family in pakistan speaking out this morning. >> it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call a home. >> the horror he says his family endured. all that and plus disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein planning to contest his firing as the group behind the oscars consider kicking him out. an elderly couple is rescued after being stuck for six days in the mountains. and how a lottery winner almost missed his chance at claiming $24 million, "today," saturday, october 14, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer,

live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" and thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. i'm sheinelle jones. >> i'm craig melvin and dylan dreyer is here as well. been a while since -- >> the gang is here. >> they say our name now, i'm very excited. >> you can't leave, you're stuck. >> i'm glad to be stuck. >> how about this guy, this lottery winner? >> $24 million. can you imagine how we'd be talking about this story if he missed it by a day. >> he found a ticket two days before it was set to expire in a shirt pocket. >> i didn't know they expire. >> oh, they expire. >> we'll get to him in a moment. to the top story this morning and that is the devastating scene out west as hundreds of thousands of acres burn out of control and the death toll from the california wildfires rises once again to 35. and today, near hurricane-force wind gusts in the area could make the situation even worse. we have team coverage this morning including dylan's forecast, but let's begin with the latest on the fires.

morgan radford is in santa rosa, california. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are currently 9,000 firefighters in this state of california, battling flames that have already left at least 235 people still unaccounted for. but you can see some the worst damages here in santa rosa, california, entire neighborhoods have been levelled and the fire that caused it still only 44% contained. raging and relentless. overnight, california firefighters battling monstrous flames that have already swallowed more than 5,700 structures across the state and left families shattered including that of 14-year-old kai shepard who died while trying to escape with his parents and sister who lost both of her legs. >> we are strong and we will hold each other and we will pool our collective hope and strength and we will rebuild the shepards. >> reporter: many who did survive lost everything.

>> this is our home. and it hurts to see it just burned, everywhere is scorched. everywhere. >> reporter: terry reynolds says her kids carried her and her wheelchair through 30 feet of flames. >> i don't know what to do. >> reporter: she's staying in a shelter. >> we need a place to live temporarily. >> reporter: 30 miles away two hid in their neighbor's pool for six hours as the fire burned around them. >> this was ore only option. the longer we were there i said we're riding it out. >> reporter: authorities said there are still 17 large fires and more than 200,000 acres burned. the sheriff's department releasing these dramatic relation cue images from their body images. >> where you at? >> reporter: out of the flames, signs of hope. celebrity chef guy fieri served thousands of hot meets to evacuees and first responders.

>> it's comfort food, i think comfort food makes people feel good. >> reporter: good on one of the worst days of their lives. bay area officials have already issued a health advisory beginning today and lasting through monday because the air quality here is so bad. in fact, they're asking people in areas like this to wear masks that will help them prevent from breathing in some of the dust and particles from the fire. sheinelle? >> morgan, thank you. dylan dreyer is here now. here's the other part of this story. the wind. >> and that's the problem. i mean, we could use some rain but that's not even in the picture. now we just want less wind to deal with out there. because of this area of high pressure it's continuing to pump in this northeasterly dry wind and that means we won't see any moisture being drawn in, so humidity levels will stay very low. these winds are also very gusty, especially in the higher elevations. and when you have those gusty winds it spreads the embers that trigger more fires and hem them

spread. just to the southwest of sacramento, into the orange areas that's where we have an elevated risk because of those stronger winds. now northern california the risk is mainly through this afternoon. southern california it lasts through at least sunday afternoon. then we could see that get extended as these conditions are not expected to change. so relative humidity is about 10 to 20%. but it's the wind gusts up near 50 miles per hour that helps to spread these fires. so as we look at the forecast going through the day today and into sunday, we are going to see those wind gusts up around 30 to 50 miles per hour in the higher elevations. elsewhere, 15 to 30. absolutely no rain in the forecast but we need some higher humidity, that'll be caused when the winds shift. then we need the winds to ease so the fires don't spread as rapidly as they are. president trump is trying to make a 180 degree turn from the obama era asking congress to toughen up the iran nuclear deal

or he'll scrap it all together. this comes hours after the controversial move that says can spell the end of obamacare. kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: president trump is stopping short of abandoning the nuclear deal and instead leaning on congress to tighten the screws against the iranian regime. this comes just as european allies were urging president trump not to rock this boat. not a surprise. but still a striking development. >> iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal. >> reporter: president trump chipped away at another obama era policy. the 2015 deal intended to blunt iran's nuclear program. >> we're very unhappy with iran. >> reporter: the president decertified the agreement asking congress to consider new sanctions and enforcement on iran that would not scuttle the current agreement now. but would send a message. >> we'll deny the regime all

paths to a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: especially to iran's military power. the revolutionary guard. the trump administration slapped new sanctions on the group, but stopped short of labelling it a terror organization. critics say the move could provoke retaliation. and reaction was swift in tehran. friday a different kind of defense. the president and first lady toured the secret service training service center and watched them on the evasive driving course. that excursion came after the president slammed the brakes on a central part of obamacare, ending government payments to insurance companies that subsidized lower income americans buying health insurance policies. angering democrats while he is trying to court them. >> if the democratic leaders could come over to the white house, we'll negotiate some deal

that's good for everybody. >> reporter: and the timing of the president's decision regarding iran comes just as he faced an october 15th deadline to tell congress if he'd certify the agreement. decertifying puts the pressure on them and the trump administration readily acknowledges this could fail because he would need 60 senators to go along with new sanctions. many democrats want the united states to remain in the iranian deal as it exists now so this is high stakes. it may not work. and the president told us when we were on the south lawn that he knows he might eventually just rip up the deal altogether. sheinelle? >> thank you. jeremy bash is an nbc news national security analyst and it's always good to have you. >> good morning, craig. >> former secretary of state john kerry he helped architect that 2005 iranian deal, he put out a statement yesterday and he said in part, quote, a reckless abandonment of facts in favor of ego and ideology from a president who would rather play

a high stakes game of chicken with the congress and with iran than admit that the nuclear agreement is working. the leaders of france, germany, the united kingdom, they issued a statement saying they're committed to the pact. and for it part, so did iran saying they're also committed. what's the truth here, jeremy? was iran abiding by the spirit of the agreement? >> well, iran is supporting terrorism. they are testing ballistic missiles so they're doing some dangerous things but they are in compliance with their obligations to shut down their nuclear program and that's the key here. in effect the president said, i'm going to get out of the deal even though iran is complying. and because iran is a dangerous country, we want them not to have a nuclear weapon. and this deal so far was working. >> so then let's look forward here. president trump kicking this over to congress, what are the options going forward and what do you make of the timing of this? so much going on domestically and internationally. >> well, what the president did

here, he basically pulled the fire alarm and said, everybody get out of the building when in fact there was no fire. iran was complying with the nuclear deal. and so now it goes over to congress. and congress has a choice. they can do nothing and basically america will stay in the deal. or they can reimpose sanctions on iran, but the danger there is that iran could restart the nuclear program. then as you referenced we have not one, but two big nuclear crises. one in north korea and one now in the middle east. >> treasury department also imposing some sanctions on the revolutionary guard as well. is that a move that could backfire, jeremy? >> well, again, the iranian revolutionary guard corps which is basically iran's way of supporting terrorism is a bad organization. they have attacked american forces and they have done things around the region that are troubling and dangerous. we should clamp down on them, but again the deal here, craig, is we have to keep iran in the nuclear deal so that they don't break out and develop a weapon that can threaten all of us.

>> jeremy bash, thank you sir. we are hearing from the canadian man who was held hostage along with his american wife and their children by a taliban linked group in afghanistan. boyle spoke about the captors while they were held in captivity for five years. nbc's lucy cavanaugh has more. >> reporter: for caitlan coleman and her husband, it was a nightmare that lasted five years. raising three children in captivity, hostages for their entire lives until their release this week. >> obviously, it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children. >> reporter: but this morning, new revelations from husband joshua boyle about the couple's torment at the hands of their captors including the murder of what would have been their fourth child, a baby girl. >> the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter, martyr boyle and the stupidity and evil of

the subsequent rape of my wife. >> reporter: caitlan was seven months pregnant when they were kidnapped while backpacking through afghanistan, taken by the haqqani network a faction of the taliban which also held bowe bergdahl. they were freed after they had been moved from afghanistan into pakistan. >> this operation was carried out on the basis of intelligence which was provided by the u.s. >> reporter: back in canada, joshua's parents overjoyed. >> haven't stopped smiling since we've heard. reality will check in i'm sure. >> reporter: but as the families rejoice there are growing tensions too. in an interview with abc news, caitlan coleman's father slammed him for taking his family to afghanistan in the first place. >> taking your wife to a very dangerous place, to me and the kind of person i am, it's unconscionable. >> reporter: the families

reunited but clearly in need of time to heal. well, there appears to be some political inciting over what to do in puerto rico and how to pay for the federal response to the destruction from hurricane maria. it has been more than three weeks now since the storm devastated the island and tens of thousands of residents are still struggling in a mighty way. nbc's gabe gutierrez remains in puerto rico this morning. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. the u.s. house overwhelmingly passed an aid package for puerto rico and other disasters. it was $36.5 billion, but those who voted against it have concerns that what starts as hurricane relief could expand into longer term assistance for the financially strapped island. this morning, the three star general running the military relief effort in puerto rico says hurricane maria's the worst disaster he's seen. >> on the military side, we've got everything we need. we've got, you know, we went from 4,000 troops up to 14,000.

we have on the ground now. >> reporter: fema says it has 1,100 workers in puerto rico compared to 3,000 for hurricane irma in florida and almost 4,000 for hurricane harvey in texas. >> we have the right amount of people here. we're bringing more people in. >> reporter: the president tweeting on friday he will always be with the people of puerto rico after warning thursday that fema and federal responders couldn't stay there forever. >> we are all in this with each other for the long haul. >> reporter: also friday, a bipartisan congressional delegation including house speaker paul ryan visited puerto rico touting a $36.5 billion aid package for this and other disasters. >> do you believe it is the federal government's responsibility to help rebuild the infrastructure here long term? >> when you're building in short term you're building in the long term. it makes no sense to put temporary patches on problems that have long term effects. >> reporter: the question is at what cost? puerto rico's damages could reach $95 billion.

devastating for a u.s. territory that was already more than $70 billion in debt. now fears of a mass exodus crippling it tax base even more. at san juan's airport families are separating, loved ones flee maria's aftermath. lourdes nieves is saying good-bye to her daughter who is traveling to new york to live with relatives. >> i want here to be the same as before so she can live here and study here. >> reporter: the official death toll here in puerto rico remains at 49, but experts say it could be much higher. in a few days it will be a month since this storm slammed into puerto rico and more than 80% of the island is still without power. about 40% still does not have drinkable water. craig? >> gabe, good question there to the speaker of the house. some new details are emerging into the investigation inin the deadly shooting in las vegas.

stephen paddock targeted officers responding to the scene in an attempt to cause as much carnage as possible and they fired back at criticism over whether the police could have done more after a shift in the time line of events and the police are still looking for motive of the attack which left 58 victims dead. well, the investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with the russians seems to be picking up steam. reince priebus was interviewed friday by robert mueller's team of investigators and priebus is one of a number of current and former white house aides expected to be interviewed by the former fbi director's team in the coming weeks. police have arrested a man caught on camera sucker punching another fan at thursday's football game between the panthers and the eagles. it's disturbing to watch. witnesses say the 26-year-old repeatedly punched the 62-year-old victim after he complained about the suspect standing for most of the game. the suspect has been charged with simple assault.

and a texas couple who survived six days stranded on a desolate dirt road while vacationing in southern utah is speaking out about their horrific ordeal. >> nothing came driving by. >> no one. this is unbelievable. it's a miracle because i thought he was dead. >> that couple who survived by drinking water from puddles was headed to a lake when their gps led them in the wrong direction. after their car broke down the woman went in to search for help. she was found by a rancher five days later laying on a road severely dehydrated. search and rescue teams discovered her husband hours later after he made an sos sign out of rocks and flowers. >> wow. >> authorities say it is likely that they would not have survived another day. >> wow. >> that'll be a movie one day. well, dylan has a quick check of the rest of the forecast. >> yeah, we have a chance of stronger storms right through the middle of the country.

doesn't look like much right now, but the storms will fire up, especially later on this afternoon and into this evening. out ahead of a cold front. we have the chance from kansas city of stronger storms, damaging winds and large hail and can't rule out an isolated tornado. then good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. today another kind of dreary day. mostly cloudy conditions, just a peek of sunshine possible in the afternoon hours. 74 the temperature in center city today, 73 in landsdale and allentown about the same 73 degrees. an isolated small shower is possible particularly over new jersey or delaware today, but for the most part dry. 74 voorhees, ocean city also, up to 74 in wilmington today. winds are fairly light today, tomorrow a windy day. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right. dylan.

still ahead, the scandal surrounding harvey weinstein. is he preparing for a fight with his own company now? plus an incredible sight high in the sky. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

now for the down load, a look back at the week that was. >> president trump made news on health care and iran, but the week saw the fury of the devastating wildfires out west and the effort to get puerto rico back up and running. a life and death struggle in puerto rico in the wake of hurricane maria. >> nearly three weeks after hurricane maria, 85% of the island still has no electricity. that's almost 3 million americans. mayor carmen cruz blasted fema and the head of the agency

quickly firing back. >> we filtered out the mayor a long time ago, we don't have time for the political noise. movie mogul harvey weinstein fired after allegations of sexual assault. >> this morning a hollywood titan dethroned. the weinstein company announcing harvey weinstein was terminated effective immediately. >> hollywood stars went public with their own accusations. >> angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow saying they too were sexually harassed by harvey weinstein, adding to a growing list of women. >> you know what? we all make mistakes. second chance i hope. a startling revelation about the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. >> new information about the minutes leading up to the las vegas shooting. the sheriff now says six minutes before stephen paddock unleashed his fury of gun fire on to concert goers he fired more than

200 rounds at a hotel security guard through his closed hotel room door. a new twist in the nfl's national anthem standoff. >> as nfl commissioner roger goodell speaks out. this goodell memo to team presidents, we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem. we want to honor our flag our and our fans expect that of us. >> the white house weighing in. >> i think we would certainly support the nfl coming out and asking players to stand, just as the president has done. some of the week's most memorable moments caught on camera. an apparent case of road rage in maryland. >> open up -- >> police say a 68-year-old man clung to the front of the school bus banging on the hood and yelling for the driver of that bus to stop. he claimed that someone on the bus had thrown a bottle at his car. >> yet another bus scare, this time in china. >> the bus was traveling on a highway in central china when a car crashed into the driver's side. now, as the bus begins to roll

over, some of the passengers are thrown violently from their seat. only one passenger was injured. and in case sky diving wasn't adventurous enough, this group decided to add some flair. >> they covered their suits in l.e.d. lights and jumped out at night. they broke apart and each made their way to the safe landing below. finally, a heart warming moment near salt lake city. >> as the school's office manager and friend of this 11-year-old tells tanner butterfield is going to be adopted by the foster family. they are also adopting her two younger siblings. >> looking forward to having family time and spending all off our lives together. >> that cake says it all. >> doesn't get any better than that. >> so we'll move on. some good news for fans of the late singer whitney houston. then rossum to the rescue after countless investigations, jeff rossum revealing all in a

new book. spread too thin, an intervie 7:26 right now on this saturday morning. good morning. i'm rosemary connors. a little bit of a dreary looking day ahead. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking it all with the first alert forecast. krystal. >> rosemary, it's cloudy out there this morning. low clouds making it look foggy in some spots too. notice showers are all pretty much offshore at this point. could see isolated shower parts of the jersey shore or south jersey today, but most of us staying dry and cloudy. as for temperatures right now we're in the low 60s. 61 mt. holly and 62 philadelphia. this afternoon though a bit of a warmup. some peeks of sun will get us to right around the low and mid 70s for highs. we are following some breaking news this morning. a deadly hit-and-run in

philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood. it happened here on allegheny avenue. a driver hit and killed a man who was walking near tulip street just within the last several hours. police say right now they do not have a description of the car involved. we're working to get more information on that and on the condition of the victim. expect backups as you approach a stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike that's now closed for the entire weekend. about 40 miles of the northeast extension in both directions between the allentown and pocono interchanges are shut down. the closure is necessary because road crews are replacing a bridge. the main link between the philadelphia area and the poconos is now cut off until 4:00 monday morning. we've got complete information on this closure and the detours to help you get around it right now on the nbc10 app and on nbc10.com. that's going to do it for us for now. i'm rosemary connors. i'll see you in about 25 minutes for another update. and krystal and i will be back for a full hour of news and weather at 8:30. have a good one.

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we're back on a saturday morning, october 14, 2017. >> very busy news morning. let's start this half hour with a check of the headlines. and that devastating scene out west. firestorm. >> where are you at? >> at least 35 people killed as wildfires rage across california. nearly 6,000 homes torched, near hurricane force winds are expected later today. >> everywhere is scorched. dismantling the obama era. president trump threatening to scrap the iran deal reached by the obama administration. >> in the event we cannot reach a solution working with congress and the allies, then the agreement will be terminated.

>> and defending a move that could dismantle obamacare, slashing health care subsidies for low income americans. and twitter working with congressional investigators looking into russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election. the company handing over the profile names of more than 200 accounts linked to the russians. and that's rich, a new jersey grandfather finds a $24 million winning lotto ticket in his old shirt, claiming the prize the same day it was set to expire. ♪ and the cardinal sheehan school choir reminding us how to deal with adversity -- through song. ♪ bringing many to tears, "today," saturday, october 14, 2017. >> powerful voices there. >> yeah, we'll have that in a bit. also, a big meeting happening later today could decide harvey weinstein's future

with the oscars. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences is expected to decide whether to kick the beleaguered movie mogul out of the academy. this after dozens of reports of sexual harassment allegations against him. nbc's anne thompson has more on that, the latest on the alleged victims to come forward and his future with his own company. >> where are your kids? >> reporter: harvey weinstein is getting ready for a fight. nbc news confirms the one-time mega producer will contest his firing at the weinstein company's board meeting next week. claiming he was let go without mediaiation or arbitration as his contract specifies. nearly three dozen women accuse him of sexual harassment or misconduct. actress angie everhart saying her encounter with weinstein happened on a boat at the venice film festival. >> all of a sudden, he takes his pants down and starts doing his

stuff. >> reporter: everhart says weinstein told her not to tell anyone. today weinstein's future with the academy that awards oscars is on the line. >> on the low end, they could issue a statement condemning him. that goes all the way up to the high end where they could expel him from the organization. >> reporter: among those having a say -- tom hanks, whoopi goldberg and director steven spielberg. but hollywood has a tangled history with misconduct. roman polanski pled guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl and fled the country. woody allen denied claims he abused his adopted daughter. bill cosby accused of drugging and molesting women. >> this is unchartered territory for the academy because bill cosby is still a member. roman polanski is still a member. harvey weinstein for all of the allegations against him has not been convicted of a crime. >> reporter: in fact, weinstein has not even been charged with a crime and he denies allegations of nonconsensual sex.

on social media, the #women boycott twitter trended to support rose mcgowan. the platform suspended her account for posting a phone number, a violation of twitter rules. model chrissy teigen and john cusack going silent. more and more taking a stand to stop what was once an industry secret. for "today," anne thompson, nbc news, new york. dylan, you have a check of the weather. >> and a big warm-up moving back into the northeast. temperatures will be well above average especially as we get into tomorrow. feeling like summer, even though it's mid october already. memphis, 14 degrees above average and pittsburgh, 78. atlanta, 81 degrees. houston 91 degrees. tomorrow, washington, d.c., will be topping out in the lower 80s. the same goes for cleveland. nashville, 79.

but then the cold front, the one producing the stronger storms back through the midwest this afternoon. that will drop temperatures for a couple days. i mean, milwaukee will drop down to 62 on monday. 66 by tuesday. 69 on wednesday. new york city dips into the lower 60s to start the workweek. even through raleigh, we'll take a trip to the mid good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. today another kind of dreary day. mostly cloudy conditions, just a peek of sunshine possible in the afternoon hours. 74 the temperature in center city today. 73 in landsdale. and allentown the same about 73 degrees. an isolated small shower is possible particularly over new jersey or delaware today, but for the most part we're dry. 74 in voorhees, ocean city also. and up to 74 in wilmington. today winds are fairly light. tomorrow a windy day. >> that's your latest forecast. >> fall delayed. we like it. >> for a while.

>> we'll take it. still ahead here this morning, opening up about motherhood, whether she's having a boy or a girl and oprah spilled the beans on the fact she's pregnant. >> at least it's oprah. but first, jeff rossen on fred would do anything for his daughter. get in, fred! even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain. and that smell puts the giddy in "giddy-up"! ah... the irresistible scent of gain flings laundry detergent. you can't help but smell happy. at carmax, we buy all the cars. uh, all the cars? all the cars. old cars? yes. new cars? oh, yeah. sports cars? indeed. a big ol' boat-like car? permission to come aboard! what about a car that's all (makes awkward car noises) hgnnnn-nn-nn-nnnn-ayy-ayyy

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>> yeah, we get personal, the stuff we couldn't say on television. one of them i want to tell you, people ask me, are you ever -- do you ever regret doing one of the stories? well, right in the middle of shooting our coast guard rescue story we were doing a story about how to survive if you're stranded at sea. what is it like to actually get rescued by the coast guard. there i am, the coast guard drops me into the atlantic ocean, i'm afraid of heights -- >> i remember this one. >> i'm literally eating salt water like it's my job. i thought to myself in the middle this is sty pid. the night before, the coast guard in miami made we go through all of of this stuff, made me go into the pool to do all of the laps. tread water and of course -- >> ten minutes. >> it started to rain, but they made me do it anyway. all the behind the scenes stuff. >> if you decide to walk on hot coals, this is one of my favorites. if you decide to walk on hot

coals, what should you do? >> there i am. >> how do you minimize injury? >> clench your butts and you're supposed to keep your palms up. a little behind the scenes anecdote, they take this seriously, the motivational groups so they made me sit in the circle, kumbaya moment, an hour of spiritual training to get ready to walk over the hot coals. whether you believe in it or not, it's interesting. it was like walking on hot sand. >> your parents have been got, your friends have been got. your producers -- are they wise to you now? >> you'd think they would be. >> you have to -- hacked their e-mails. >> yeah. we show in the book about how to avoid becoming a victim of all the things. what i like to show, it involved my parents and involved my producers is that we can all fall for this. you don't have to be stupid to fall for these hackers' tricks that's what we talk about in the book. we give the great tips. what's the best way to show that? that my parents who created this -- [ laughter ]

-- and my producers who do this for a living, they can be got too. >> you have a lot of real world results from your reporting. tell us about the biggest stories to date or at least one that comes to mind. >> can i tell you that's really funny and the most favorite. you love the dirty underwear story. it's savannah guthrie's favorite story and matt lauer not that much. a whistle-blower came out from victoria's secret and they're retagging the underwear and putting it back on the shelves. we sent producers in undercover and victoria's secret said they're retraining the entire staff. we checked a bunch of retailers and a bunch of them are doing it. crazy stuff. people talking about it today. >> well, you have the whole gang together on a weeknight. did you sign my book? >> it was a book party. i don't always have to be at work. i'll sign your book. >> it was a great party. >> thank you for coming.

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solution. and now i have it all over me. they're calling the new video the brilliant peanut butter hack that you knew you never needed. the peanut butter is put on the parchment paper and freezes it overnight and then you cut it out and it's supposed to save five minutes. the has 10 million views. so social media is having a field day. laura writes, love this. since having kids i had to quit any job due to the amount of time i needed to spread peanut butter each day. john says show someone making ice cubes next. be sure to post the rest key. and if you have trouble slicing an apple put it in the freezer until it's frozen and smash it against the wall and then presto, easy to eat apple

pieces. i don't know. i never had too much problem, i like the idea. my mom on sunday nights would make a stack, through them in the freezer, then throw them in our lunchbox and they were thawed by lunch time. >> wow. didn't you make kind of pb & j. >> no, you did. >> i thought you put the peanut butter -- >> you asked if you could put it on a toasted bagel. >> one thing not to do before a live shot, don't eat peanut. >> i think i did well. thank you. escaping tragedy not once, but twice. stories of survival from two friends who survived both the las vegas shooting and those wildfires in southern california. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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friends who escaped national tragedies not once but twice. >> morgan radford has their story of survival. ♪ >> reporter: it was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. >> it was a weekend we were never going to forget. >> we couldn't stop giggling. >> reporter: the two are best friends, making a video, snapchating at the route 91 country music festival complete with backstage passes. ♪ >> looking out at that crowd there were so many people out there, just having the time of their lives. >> reporter: until suddenly -- shots rang out. >> in the very beginning i thought it was fireworks. we were as quiet as we could be until the shooting stopped. >> reporter: their best day became their worst. >> kids that lost their moms. and moms that lost their kids. i just -- my heart hurts for them. >> reporter: devastated they made it home to southern california. >> this was the coolest moment

ever. >> reporter: only to be caught in another horror. the anaheim fires 100 feet from their home. >> i could see the flames immediately. i just could not believe what was happening. >> it was unbelievable that after everything, she was still getting hit with these low blow. >> reporter: they survived again. but the week's lessons etched in their memories forever. >> we won't let fear take over us and i hope others do the same. >> reporter: the only way to move forward they say is together. morgan radford, nbc news, anaheim, california. still to come the latest on those deadly wildfires and the

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it's a big deal. and it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. it's just a few minutes before 8:00 on this saturday. good morning. i'm rosemary connors. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking a gray kind of day out there. krystal, fill us in. >> yeah, rosemary, take a look at this view over wilmington, delaware. we have patchy fog this morning, it will burn off into the late morning hours and especially the afternoon, but a lot of the clouds are going to remain through today. as for rain, that's pretty much all offshore although a few sprinkles are possible over south jersey and delaware today. most of us will remain dry. as for those temperatures, right now low and mid 60s. but this afternoon with a few peeks of sunlight we should get to the low and mid 70s. in gloucester county most shows in monroe township will reopen on tuesday after being

tested and cleaned for mold. students were kept out of class last week. at a closed door meeting last night some parents called for top school district officials to resign. nbc10 has reached out to those officials to get their side of the story of this mold issue. we have yet to hear back. we'll keep you posted. today in burlington county there is a walk for freedom fundraiser in easthampton. the two-mile walk begins at 9:00 this morning at the first baptist church of mt. holly. organizers are urging participants to dress in all black. money raised will go to human trafficking survivors around the world. also today, it's the eleventh annual paws mutt strut at the philadelphia navy yard. beginning at 11:00 dogs and their owners will walk to raise money to save the city's homeless animals. i'm rosemary connors. krystal and i will see you right back here in just about half an hour for a full hour of news and weather at 8:30. have a good one. we'll see you then. paulsboro's a very proud community.

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good morning. breaking overnight -- danger on the horizon. intense winds are expected to pick up today at northern california, making a terrible situation even worse. firefighters working around the clock battling those flames will have now to contend with winds up to 60 miles per hour. thousands of homes and buildings already destroyed as the death toll rises yet again. we're live with the latest. dismantling obama's legacy. democrats furious this morning after president trump unveiled his plans to decertify the iran nuclear deal and slash a critical component of obamacare.

we're live with reaction. and the graveyard for old planes. we'll take you inside the military facility where thousands of old warplanes are being held, decades after they were taken out of service. how these planes are being brought back to give live to new warplanes "today," saturday, october 14, 2017. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> what are you celebrating today? >> my 13th birthday. >> yay! >> the last time you were here you're 13. now you're -- >> 16. >> where are you from? >> kentucky. >> my first time in new york. >> you celebrated a birthday. >> yeah. my sweet 16. >> who were the first people on the plaza this morning? >> we were! >> what are you guys celebrating? >> my 13th birthday. >> happy birthday, graham. >> i'm graham. and a good saturday morning,

welcome back to "today." this is a good crowd. >> it is an awesome crowd. i met some folks from my hometown, wichita, kansas. >> how about that? >> she said apparently her daughters used to take tap class with my back in the day. >> doesn't surprise me. >> it's a small world. >> in wichita, it is. it was a wichita joke! >> thank you, guys, for coming out in morning. >> we have a bunch more jokes? >> no just that one. >> we have a lot more to get to in the final half hour, but first, today's news. >> reporter: i'm morgan radford in santa rosa, california, there are 17 fires still raging in the state. what's left scenes like this and entire houses burned to the ground, neighborhoods completely levelled. raging and relentless. overnight, california firefighters continued battling monstrous flames that have already swallowed more than 5,700 structures across the state. and left families shattered.

including that of 14-year-old kai shepard who died while trying to escape with his parents and sister who lost both of her legs. >> we are strong and we will hold each other and we will pool our collective hope and strength and we will rebuild the shepards. >> reporter: many who did survive lost everything. >> this is our home. and it hurts to see it just burned everywhere is scorched, everywhere. >> reporter: terry reynolds says her kids carried her and her wheelchair through 30 feet of flames. her house, destroyed. 30 miles away john and jan pascoe hid in their neighbor's pool as it burned around them. >> the longer werm there, all right, we'll ride it out and we'll be okay. >> reporter: the sheriff's department releasing these dramatic rescue images from the body cameras. >> where are you at?

>> reporter: out of the flames, signs of hope. celebrity chef guy fieri served thousands of meals to evacuees and first responders. >> we gave them comfort food and it makes them feel good. >> reporter: good on one of the worst days of their lives. so far at least 35 people have been reported dead and still 235 unaccounted for. meanwhile, there's a health advisory in effect between today and monday morning. because the air quality here is so poor. back to you. >> morgan radford for us in santa rosa, thank you. to politics now and the overnight reaction on both sides to president trump's plans to decertify the iran nuclear deal and cut a key component of obamacare. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. first, let's take obamacare. president trump is ending a key subsidy that was intended to make buying health insurance more affordable for low income families. the president says the federal government will no longer make this payment to insurance

companies to provide lower cost plans. president trump argues those pages were a kind of bailout for the insurance industry. but critics fear the move that premiums will rise and fewer americans will get coverage. now turning to foreign policy. president trump is accusing iran of failing to live up to the spirit of the iranian nuclear deal. while not tearing it up, at least not yet. president trump is telling congress he will not certify the agreement as required by law by tomorrow. and is instead urging congress to enact new sanctions and enforcement measures for some other issues like the missile program. while also going after the powerful iranian revolutionary guard for it financing of terrorism. the new steps do worry european allies who say iran is living up to the nuclear part of that agreement. and say this could cause iran to take counteraction. sheinelle? >> thank you. the investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with the russians is

picking up steam. former white house chief of staff reince priebus was interviewed by robert mueller's team of investigators. he is a number of current and former white house aides expected to be interviewed by the former fbi director's teams in the coming months. the canadian man who was held hostage with his american wife and children by a taliban linked group in afghanistan spoke shortly after landing in canada overnight about their terrifying ordeal including the murder of what would have been their fourth child. >> the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter and the stupidity and evil of the subsequent rape of my wife. >> the couple and their three children were rescued wednesday five years after being abducted while backpacking in afghanistan. dylan dreyer stayed outside. she's on the plaza with another check of the weather. hey, there. >> good morning. i found my favorite sign this morning. how are you? >> good. >> what's your message to everyone? >> my message is for everybody

to be kind to each other. >> and a round of applause for that sentiment. let's look at what's going on across the country and out west, it's all about the fire danger. we have red flag warnings up. mainly through today through northern california and lasting tomorrow afternoon through southern california. winds can gust up to 50 miles per hour and humidity is very low. we have to watch out for stronger storms developing in the midwest later on this afternoon from chicago to kansas city. large hail, damaging winds possible. we can't rule out a tornado too. then tomorrow that front will move to the east. and the storms will weaken. we'll see some isolated storms but back behind that front temperatures drop back down into the 50s. it's going to feel more fall-like but up and down the east coast tempetures are ra good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist krystal klei. today another kind of dreary day. mostly cloudy conditions, just a peek of sunshine possible in the afternoon hours. 74 the temperature in center city today. 73 in landsdale and allentown

the same about 73 degrees. an isolated small shower is possible particularly over new jersey or delaware today. but for the most part we're dry. 74 in voorhees, ocean city also. up to 74 in wilmington. today winds are fairly light. tomorrow a windy day. >> and that's your latest forecast. sheinelle and craig? >> thank you. still ahead here, paid time off to take care of your pet. it's happening. we'll tell you where. and we have your first look and we have your first look at the new season of "stranger seed to the oat to the o to the bowl to the spoon bowl to the spoon to the mouth of the boy in the room room for that goodness... inside him to bloom good goes around... and around... and around. seed to the oat to the o on the first day of school schoolin' your sister on why... and just how to be cool cool if she hangs, you can show her what's good good goes around... and around... and around. good goes around and around.

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♪ we are back on a saturday morning, it is time to trend. shall we? >> take us to the trending. >> this is an interesting one. we're talking about pets this morning. they're certain he members of your family, so what happens when fido or fluffy gets sick? would you stay home from work to take care of them? not only in italy is that happening. so anna lives alone asked her boss if she could take paid sick leave to take care of her dog. well, her boss eventually agreed and the decision is being

celebrated by pet advocacy groups who say, you know what, this could become policy in the future. look, i don't have a family, this little guy is my family. >> they're your family. when i first got bosco, brian and i took a week off of work to train her right in the beginning. and sure enough, she was potty trained within a week. an amazing dog. stop, have heart. >> i do. all i'm saying is 12 weeks, that's what our company gives women when they have babies. it was 12 weeks. >> i think she took -- >> maybe it was a very sick dog. >> yeah. >> 16 weeks, i have been corrected. 16 weeks she gets. >> so here's the thing. >> that's a bit ridiculous. >> she can use her sick leave how ever she wants. do you agree with craig? so we asked you on twitter. so far more than 5,000 people have weighed in. 55% of you think pet owners should not -- 58% should not -- >> good. good to see reasonable people. >> but -- >> tell you who's voting,

reasonable people. >> are pet owners voting or people without pets? >> i don't think we asked them that. >> 42% of people think, which is a significant. >> if my dog was sick right here, it would be hard to be here. >> i get that. but 16 weeks? >> all right. it's a little excessive, i'll give you that. >> how about some pop star. >> okay. pop start. first up, we're talking about stranger things. the internet and myself is freaking out because netflix dropped a new trailer for season two of the hit show and things are getting even stranger in hawkins, indiana. >> on halloween night, we'll show up. sort of shadow. like it's reaching out. if anyone knows how to destroy this thing, it's will. >> i just want to keep watching. >> so cool. >> season two kicks off on halloween night and pays homage to thrillers as the show does like rosemary's baby and ghostbusters.

11 is back from the upside down. catch the new season on netflix on october 27th. not too far from now. moving on to mom-to-be, mindy kaling she paid a visit to the ellen show and wound up revealing the gender of her baby, it's a girl. and oprah winfrey accidentally spilled the beans to the press about the pregnancy. >> at first, anyone who is willing to an nouns big news about your private life, oprah is the person. you can't be like hey oprah, zip it. >> no. >> because that's -- she's almost like a religious figure. >> right. >> so i actually thought -- okay, there's one person i have to tell my daughter about that revealed her existence to the world, oprah is pretty good. >> she's got a very good point there. the baby girl is due later this fall. finally, let's end with whitney houston. she made her acting debut alongside kevin costar in in the

1992 movie "the bodyguard." now in honor of the 25th anniversary legacy recordings says it will release a new collection of live in studio tracks from the movie. by the way the original soundtrack is the top selling sound track of all time. the new album whitney houston, i wish you love, more from the bodyguard will be released on the 17th. >> i can believe it's the best selling soundtrack of all time. still ahead, inside the military facility with thousands of old warplanes and how they're saving taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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graveyard of sorts. >> it is where the military's old warplanes go to die. some of the aircraft dates back to the '50s, but before some slip off into the wild blue yonder the military uses the ports for newer planes and it saves time and money and makes for one heck of an outdoor museum. soaking in the desert sun. 4,000 aircraft and their parts. it's a bone yard of sorts. 70 years of aviation history and the military's aerial reservoir in war time and in peace. >> what is that? >> warthog, 30 millimeter gun. >> that can do some damage. >> reporter: shirley helps to run this generation group or amar. it sits on 2,600 acres in the davis air force base. how would you describe to the average person precisely what goes on here? >> we store aircraft, we cover

them, we protect them. and then when it comes time for them to come back to life, we pull them out, we take those coverings off and we bring them back to airworthiness. >> sounds like you're saving us money. >> yeah. we do a lot of process improvement so we don't have to build new aircraft. >> reporter: the largest facility of it kind in the world. amar saved taxpayers $600 million last year. reusing and recycling ref part of the aircrafts on in in all branches of service and even nasa. why are these aircraft decommissioned in the first place? >> the fleet sizes need to be smaller, new aircraft buys requires that older aircraft gets stored. but they remain parts as parts donors. >> you called them parts donors. it sounds like this is a junk yard for airplanes. >> it sounds like it a little bit. but it's a little more organized than that. >> what would a c-5 be used for?

>> it can do everything from humanitarian aid to military air drops, medical transport. these things have been around the world. once or twice. doing those types of mission. >> reporter: this facility has helped in conflicts from vietnam war and the korean war to afghanistan. providing aircraft within a matter of days or hours to anywhere in the world. low rainfall and humidity makes this an ideal spot to store the airplanes and helicopters. >> if they could talk, they could tell stories about where they flew. >> reporter: retired air crew chief is in charge of preserving the aircraft. >> it's really about the history of the crew and their nostalgia for the aircraft. they spent more time at the time they're deployed living in and out of this aircraft. this is kind of their signature way of marking their aircraft from the others out there. >> a great source of pride. >> yeah.

>> and the planes that you get here, correct me if i'm wrong, they're not damaged. they weren't shot down. they're just old planes. >> correct. >> you bring them back to life. >> there's really fascinating. >> planes as far as the can see. some you're familiar with. some of the fighter jets that we have seen before. but some of the planes from, you know, 40, 50, 60 years ago -- >> they have a lot of history. >> now, is this something that people can go? >> yes, actually -- yeah. you can go and take tours. >> how hot was it when you were there? >> it was about 100, 105 degrees. then in the cockpit of the plane it was 120. don't go in the dead of summer like we did. >> my kids would love to see that. >> yeah. absolutely they would. >> boys would. girls too. >> that'll do it for us on a saturday morning. tomorrow on sunday "today," willie goes behind the scenes on

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good morning. i'm rosemary connors. here's what we're working on for "nbc10 news today," right now a bridge replacement project is in full swing on the pennsylvania turnpike. and there's a major detour on the northeast extension. we're live in the lehigh valley with how to get around it and an update on the delays. and take a live view outside.

this is looking over center city, but it's hard to see most building tops because of the low clouds this morning. good news is it will get better through the rest of your weekend. we'll talk about it coming up. plus, deadly shots. a gunman opens fire and kills a man sitting in his car in a philadelphia neighborhood. how police are tracking leads on the shooter. and sucker punched in the stands. the swift justice for the person police say beat up a 62-year-old man during the eagles' thursday night game. those stories plus a roundup of all your favorite high school football highlights from last night's big matchups. that's coming up on "nbc10 news today" at 8:30.

right now on "nbc10 news today," tracking leads. early morning workers hear shots fired in a philadelphia neighborhood and police find a man dead in a car. a road less traveled, at least for today and this weekend. a major detour on the pennsylvania turnpike could add a big chunk of time to your trip. we're live with what you need to know. back on the ice, the flyers

home opener happens tonight at the wells fargo center. we'll hear from the players ahead of the new season. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today." it's 8:30 on this saturday. i'm rosemary connors. thanks for being with us. let's start with our weekend weather, a foggy morning across the area. here's a live look if you can see it at the philadelphia skyline where the dreary weather will start out our weekend. meteorologist krystal klei has the details in the first alert forecast. >> let's start with the picture you were showing, rosemary. we have low clouds which is why you don't see many building tops and we have patchy fog as well which is why it's all hazy down to the delaware river. the mix of the two is making it look very dreary out there this morning. the thing is if you look at radar and satellite the rain itself isn't present much at all across our area. few sprinkles down in parts of sussex county and a few sprinkles we could see today over parts of south jersey