good morning. breaking overnight. under arrest. one man behind bars charged with capital murder in the death of two nuns. a crime that rocked the small town of mississippi and the nation. this morning, how were able to move quickly and capture the alleged killer. foding fears. all eyes on florida as a tropical system in the caribbean is closer to landfall. major concerns it will dump up to 10 inches of rain. the middle of the country slammed by flash flooding forcing drivers to flee for their lives. governor under fire.

vile voicemail on a state lawmakers phone. >> i want you to prove i'm a racist. you little son of a [ bleep ]. >> the governor apologizing saying he wishes he could have a duel. and saved by the sand. two sailors stranded on the tiny south pacific island for a week are spotted after writing sos on the beach. rescuers searching some 17,000 miles. now they are all safe. today, august 27th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on saturday. i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dave price here from wnbc.

>> we were looking for a reason to work in the sos song. >> it is perfect. let's get to the top story. the breaking news overnight. police in mississippi say they arrested a man accused of killing two nuns in their home. nbc's janet shambian is in mississippi this morning. >> reporter: good morning. he is a 46-year-old man from the nearby town of durant. he is capital murder. rodney sanders was a suspect, but now they have enough to charge him. police say they have their man. 46-year-old rodney earl sanders of kosciusko, mississippi. charged with killing two nuns in durant this week. >> devastating. >> reporter: they were well

in one of the poorest counties, they settled with a wish. to serve. >> we make a difference in people's lives. we never know what that differs is. >> reporter: for many of little means, the nuns, both 68, were the only health care providers people have known. serving as doctors and nurses and friends. for years, they have given ultimately, they gave their lives. >> a double homicide. this is the worst thing to happen to us since katrina. >> reporter: the women were found stabbed in their home. a back door ajar. their missing car discovered a mile away. >> their deaths are a shock to us. we are deeply grieved. >> reporter: police say sanders was a person of interest early

charge him. it won't bring back two treasured members of a community. >> they were the most beautiful women that ever drawn breath into their bodies. they were totally giving of themselves to everyone. >> reporter: authorities have not said how sanders was implicated or has a personal connection to the nuns. he is described as a drifter in the area. meanwhile services for the two sisters set for next week. >> janet, thank you. a tropical storm brewing in the caribbean is close to landfall. that could cause problems for folks along the gulf coast in florida. dave price is here and tracking the storm. what are we seeing? >> let's walk to the weather wall and take a look. this is a busy time. typically august is really the high point in the atlantic hurricane season. as you can see, it is living true to form. these four areas are what we are

islands. this is the tropical wave we are watching. in the next five days, a 40% chance this will again strengthen into a tropical storm. we will keep an eye on this one right now. let's look at the things that are going to contribute to the strengthening or weakening. the warm water in the gulf at 90 degrees. that's fuel to the fire. there are also winds which are shearing this introducing dry air and thatay again, we will live with our 40% chance this continues to strengthen. two models, one the american model which takes it into the gulf state, and the euro, takes it into the southeastern of florida. no matter what happens, we will see heavy rains roll over the peninsula of florida right now. locally upwards of 5 or more inches over the next several days. it will be a wet weekend. let's see what we are expecting

again, we are anticipating we will see wet weather stretching from florida straight through to texas over the next 48 hours or so. again, a 40% chance this really develops into something stronger over the next four or five days. >> lots of rain in store for the people in the sunshine state. we will get to the full forecast in a bit. this storm could be bad news for the residents of florida among growing fears against the we have gabe gutierrez in florida with more on that. good morning, gabe. >> reporter: stephanie, good morning. any tropical storm could blow any mosquitoes out of the sky and could leave behind standing water. with more than 40 cases of home grown zika in florida so far, that is something health officials do not want to see. this morning, florida is bracing for a one-two punch mounting

rain from the tropical system. >> you have to get rid of the standing water. >> reporter: that could lead to more mosquitoes. officials are urging people to watch containers. >> look at your property. drain it. >> reporter: there are more than 40 home grown cases of zika in four florida counties, but the vast majority have been contracted outside the country. maria got it in venezuela. her daughter was born without microcephaly, the birth defect characterized by a small head. her mother says she is terrified about what the future might bring. a study out this week in the journal of radiology suggests that babies born without obvious zika symptoms can have issues later and the impact prompted

all blood banks should screen for zika. sonya knight is eight months pregnant. she took a zika test. has hurricane season ramps up. she is worried. >> you are concerned about how your baby is developing and this thing you have no control over in a place like florida. >> reporter: florida's governor urging congress to approve more federal funds to fight zika. particular system brings to the sunshine state, experts warn that an active hurricane season could divert resources from fighting the virus. stephanie. >> gabe gutierrez, thanks. to politics now. our exclusive interview with the doctor who said donald trump would be the healthiest president ever. kaci hunt is here with more on that and how he is preparing for the big speech on immigration. >> good morning.

week on the campaign trail with donald trump and hillary clinton trading accusations of bigotry. there is another round of rumors condition. clinton's medical this morning, revelations about donald trump's bill of health. >> reporter: everything americans know about donald trump's health was written in five minutes. >> five minutes to sit at this desk and write the letter. >> reporter: this is the letter from harold nominee, his doctor wrote, the healthiest individual ever elected. now telling nbc news. >> i try to get four or five lines done as fast as possible. >> reporter: it is the latest twist in the presidential campaign that many voters think stink. trump spent the week pivoting back and forth on immigration. >> a softening.

legalization unless they leave the country. >> reporter: hillary clinton shrugged off questions of the foundation has a conflict of interest. >> my secretary of state was not influencesed. >> reporter: changing the subject to race and bigotry. putting money behind the tv ad. >> i had a great relationship with the blacks. >> what the hell do you have to lose? >> reporter: trump firing back in the interview on fox news. >> it gets worse and worse. all she wants votes of african-americans and hispanics. >> reporter: in nevada on friday, again trying to reach out to hispanics. >> doing very, very well with lati latinos. >> reporter: the question now whether donald trump can win over new voters and not alienate the conservatives. >> donald trump is expected to visit the state as the campaign works on the upcoming immigration speech. hillary clinton in new york

heading to the hamptons for fund-raisers. >> let's talk about the calls for bigotry and racism. this comes at a time when their favorable ratings are at an all-time high. are these reaching people in the middle? >> the challenge is they could turn off so many voters that each one would have a different set of problems. donald trump really needs his core base, white, working class potentially we have not seen before. he needs to make sure they get out and vote. hillary clinton needs to make sure they are not complacent and she is s so far ahead they don' need to vote. she needs the swing voters and african-american voters and hispanics to come out in record numbers. this could turn everyone off. >> what she said in reno and the exclusive yesterday, it seems as if the clinton folks are going

trump's policies as bigoted or racist. they are not using the same brush for the entire gop. what are your campaign sources telling you about the strategy? >> craig, she is separating out republicans, conservatives and saying it is not the same as the bigoted rhetoric from the donald trump campaign. the difference is normalize and say you voted republican all your life. you cannot go to your neighbors and say i voted for a democrat. hillary clinton's campaign republican, but i will vote republican in the future, but this year i'm voting for hillary clinton. donald trump is not the same as the republican party.

e son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: democratic leaders in maine calling for his resignation after a week remarks. >> he is unfit to serve as governor of the state of maine right now. >> it all started wednesday when lepage made racially charged comments about the state's drug offenders. >> the 90 plus percent of those pictures in my book, it's a three-ring binder are black and hispanic people. >> prompting this response from democratic representative drew gattine. >> these kinds of raeshlly charged comments from the governor don't do anything to try to solve this problem.

>> i want you to prove i'm a racist. you little son of a [ bleep ]. socialist [ bleep ]. >> reporter: it didn't stop there. when asked about that voicemail thursday afternoon lepage told a local reporter -- >> i wish it was 1825 and we'd have a duel. that's how angry i am. i'd point it right between his eyes. >> reporter: but it's the governor who came under fire, prompting a friday apology, sort of. >> i would like to the state of the people of maine. i do not apologize to mr. gattine for what i said. everything i said it less insulting to me than being called a racist. >> gattine responded. >> i think his comments were racially charged. i didn't call him a racist. >> you don't like me and i don't like you. >> reporter: outspoken politician and strong trump supporters -- >> many people say we're a lot alike. >> reporter: lepage has said some eyebrow-raising things in

smoothy, shifty, they come up here, sell their heroin and go back home. incidentally they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave. >> reporter: as his critics mount, lepage shows no signs of backing down. >> all right, guys, the reaction to lepage's latest remarks have been strong. here's just a couple we found on twitter. look at this one, governor lepage is the reason we need background checks. unstable racists with anger management problems here's another. look at this one, just when i thought i couldn't love this man even more. go lepage. guysmore. go lepage. this is the latest in a week of controversial remarks. >> not the last. morgan, thank you. heading overseas where overnight the death toll ro rose again in italy. mourners this morning are remembering the victims and searchers are hoping they can

>> reporter: it has been 80 hours since the earthquake hit. finding survivors are not easy. rescuers are not giving up and paying respects to the dead. in italy this morning, grief and farewells. a day of national nearly gone. reality sinking in for those who made it out alive. >> it is incredible the town has been around for centuries. turned to rubble in an instant. now the sea of tents is the only thing they have to call home. >> reporter: little sophia was born three weeks before the quake. she won't remember the horowi h.

it was chaos, he tells me. walls crumbled. >> your family survived despite everything. was it luck? i was fortunate, he says. so many others died. >> reporter: danielle's children made it out alive. her parents did not. we lost everything, she says. it's all gone. ev here among the darkness, light and life mourns its dead. a lot of soul searching today as people come to grips with the full scale of the disaster and finger pointing. italy has done an excellent job of rescuing people after earthquakes, but protecting buildings ahead of time, that is a different matter. sheinelle. >> thank you. back here at home, it was a night of heavy rain and floods for people in the midwest.

car after the current began to sweep it away. a flash flood emergency in kansas city, missouri covered cars there. search crews were dispatched throughout the night to rescue stranded motorists and stranded pedestrians as well. dave murphy -- excuse me. dave price is back with the full forecast in a moment. a tragic story. tragedy for nba star dwyane wade. death while she was pushing her baby in the stroller in chicago. she was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire with three men. wade spoke out this week about chicago's gun violence and took to twitter after the death to mourn the fact that her four children now don't have a mother. and the national park hit by tragedy. a 20-year-old concession worker

the incident occurred at 3:15 in the morning when she was with coworkers who saw her fall and called 911. there was a rescue at sea for two stranded boaters. check this out. stuck on the deserted pacific island for more than a week. writing sos in the sand. hoping it would catch the attention of searchers and it worked. ship saw the signal on up. in a week-long ordeal. >> extraordinary. dave is back with a check on the report of the watch out for heavy downpours this afternoon. similar story sunday. but with more moisture i think we'll see a better coverage of showers and thunderstorms. your rain chances will start coming up. 50% on sunday. 60% early next week. highs in the 90s dropping to

t of the national map. it will be a really nice weekend in the northeast. especially along the i-95 corridor. plenty of sunshine. humidity beginning to decrease after a rough week. the stationary front is going to keep the rain kind of slowly meandering across the midwest. meanwhile, in florida, as we spoke of a couple means ago, 5 inches of rain. monsoonal conditions for this time of year in the southwest. a mild day in the pacific northwest. finally we see temperatures begin to work their way down after record setters over the last several days. that's a quick look at the national maps. the inter mountain west looks very nice as well. here's a look at what's going on

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good morning. i'm melissa moreno. thank you very much for joining us. last night lightning struck and killed a woman in a sarasota county park. she was at martin luther king park on coconut avenue when storms rolled. in we are homeless. her name has not been released. last night a bad crash in st. petersburg. a car flipped and knocked down a power pole and caught a nearby palm tree on fire. a passenger had to be rescued. everyone is expected to be okay. here's ed with your forecast. starting off nice along our area beaches. looking from clearwater beach just scattered clouds overhead. 80 degrees with east winds. latest on invess 99l will roll through the florida straits.

moisture by the time we go into early next week. today a 40% chance of afternoon storms. 92. higher rain chances by monday will boost that up to 60% monday and tuesday. i think everyone's home becomes a part of them or takes on their character. and you lose so much of that stuff in the flood that you just cannot imagine how much damage a little bit of water can do. and if i would have had to float the cost of repairs... ...i'd have probably lost the house. the flood insurance allows me to put my house back together.

we are back this saturday morning on this 27th day of august, 2016. it is expected to be another we have another beautiful crowd on the plaza. we will be out there in a while to say hi. for now, here is a look at the headlines. one man under arrest and facing capital murder charges in connection with the killing of two nuns in mississippi. rodney earl sanders is accused of killing the two nuns in their home on thursday. in a statement overnight, police say sanders ways person of interest early on in the

keeping an eye on the tropical system down south. it is feared that the storm could make the zika situation in the state worse. residents are told to keep containers on the property covered and drain to avoid the build up of mosquitoes. and hillary clinton is in new york where she is expected to receive an intelligence briefing today. after that, she is heading to the hamptons. meantime, donald trump is in iowa for a fund-raiser and appearance at the state fair. biggest headlines. >> ryan lochte is in more hot water after the gas station rhetoric. and it gets turned up between hillary clinton and donald trump. and the little boy makes us smile. those are some of the stories in "the download." >> gold medal winning swimmer still in hot water for falsely claiming he was robbed.

responsibility for it. because i overexaggerated that story and if i never had done that, we would not be in this mess. >> the brazilian police charging lochte with filing a false police report. >> the ripple effect is costing him millions. four sponsors dumping the swimmer after a drunken night out where he first claimed he was robbed at gun point. in the race for the white house, donald trump getting personal in his attacks. >> hillary clinton is a bigot votes. >> while also taking aim at her ties to the clinton foundation. >> it is impossible to figure out where the clinton foundation ends and the state department begins. >> for her part, clinton accusing trump of a campaign based on prejudice and paranoia. >> he promoted the racist lie that president obama is not really an american citizen.

this campaign ad. >> it is treason to heritage. a massive earthquake to italy. >> massive quake as everyone slept. its clock stopped. they worked overnight to pull people out, but mostly it's bodies. amatrice >> there's nothing there. drugmaker mylan faced a huge backlash after hiking the life-saving epi-pen. >> used by many americans and likely children suffering a fatal reaction to allergies. the price from $90 to $600.

breasch. offering a savings card. >> the last thing we want is not to have an epi-pen due to price. and true bravery of 9-year-old zion. >> he was the first ever child recipient of the hand transplant. >> zion and his family talked about the journey on the "today" set. >> what is your favorite thing >> just being able to wrap them around my mom. >> and giving al the forecast. >> here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> and if that is not cute enough, we also got a puppy this week. our puppy with a purpose, charlie, started out with a meet and greet with wrangler and followed by the celebrity encounters with the final five and usher.

>> it is amazing what a puppy or any animal can do for morale. >> do you have a pet? >> no. >> you have to have one. anyone? >> no. >> maybe one day. i have kids to wrangle. besides a puppy. >> are you crying? >> that little boy zion. i saw him this week. he wants to around his mother. >> you are crying. imagine how his mom felt. >> the one thing that young man exuded in every interview i saw this week is something that has a lot of people feeling. gratitude. he is so grateful. so happy. he was the highlight of the week. >> we can learn so much from children. >> true. >> you know? that gratefulness coming from a kid his age. a lesson we can take. >> you are right. good word.

amazing. >> take it away, dave. i have gratitude for you guys having me today. let's walk over and take a look and see what is happening all around the country. it looks like we have high heat in the pacific northwest. that's what we are dealing with. we are off the record highs which we saw over the last several days. it is plenty warm out there. look at these numbers. 92 degrees in seattle on friday. up to 97 in portland. 98 degrees as you head to redding. things are getting better. as we head through today's highs, we are two degrees which is our typical average. above average in portland and medford. in redding, lower. it is an improvement and we'll be grateful for it. as we head through the country, summer heat through sections of the northeast. back out west in pittsburgh. 93 degrees. 13 degrees above where you

raleigh at 92 degrees. 7 degrees above the norm. taking a look at sections of columbus as we head through sunday. temperatures still 90 plus through most of the region. and that's a look at your local forecast.

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it makes it easy for you. that means they get more. >> i thought that was interesting. they sell 99%? >> yes. they only take about 60% of everything that's given to them or sent in. that 40% is donated or recycled. if you want it back, you have to think about it. pay an extra $10 to give back what they don't sell. >> let's talk about the money. how do you get paid? >> exactly. the payout here scale between 5% and 80% of the selling price. >> 5% and 80%? >> the higher the item, the higher the percentage. if it lists for under $60, you get that right away. if it is over $60, you have to wait until it sells. >> let's talk about this. they sell high end things. >> it is only women.

j crew to gucci bags. a special site. you can get things up to 70% to 90% off. brands that never go on sale. >> purses that cost you so much money. you can save 90% sometimes? >> that's right. they guarantee the authenticity. >> as we mosey down, how do they payout? >> they take a flat 9% commission. if you want a payout for a debit card or on your cin account, they take another 2.9%. that means you take 88% of the selling price. >> not bad. and next is poshmark. craig and david, are you listening? this is for men. >> poshmark is the only site of the three that we are talking about that accept men's clothing in addition to women and children. this is more social. they have posh parties. you set up a profile.

you. people are really into this that are involved. it is social. they have a stronger network here of loyalists. >> i like that. posh party. you want to come to my posh party? >> yeah. i cleared my calendar. >> we plan our posh party. how do you get paid? >> you get paid -- they take a flat fee of $2.95. anything abo 80%. that is not bad. >> courtney, thank you. i have been wanting to do this for a while. >> you can find really good items. special items. you can make a lot of money with stuff just sitting. >> you have a full three closets. >> i am wearing a tie from craig melvin this morning. he has been on this for weeks. >> did you go to his posh party? >> i did. fantastic. catering was amazing.

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the than has burns on his hands and arms. his home was destroyed. a florida judge ruled third graders can not be held back if they score badly on a s tandardized reading test. classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered. now let's get a check of your forecast with ed. >> beautiful this morning if you are heading on area beaches. just a few fair weather clouds. warm at st. pete beach. 82 degrees. enjoy it while it lasts. we are expected to roll in the straits and the gulf of mexico. it will likely spread moisture into our area leading to

good morning. flooding fears. a tropical system brewing in the caribbean getting closer to landfall. florida bracing for up to 10 inches of rain and that could the country are forced to abandon cars because of flash flooding there. jailed in venezuela. an american missionary in jail in south america accused of being a spy and hiding weapons. he was arrested days after getting married. his family speaking out about the efforts to get him back home. and the song of the summer is -- the twitter results are

is it? ? >> or. ? >> or. ? >> we'll tell you "today" saturday, august 27th, 2016. ? >> from buffalo. >> on the "today" show off our bucket list. >> celebrating our 50th birthday with the "today" show. >> the sisters trip to new york city. >> hi from georgia. >> all the way from england. ? >> and good morning to you.

morning. such a crowd on the plaza. we will head out and say hello in a bit. first, the song of summer. we will get to it in a bit. dave? >> englebert humperdink. >> katy perry. ? cake by the ocean ? >> let's start with the threat in the caribbean. wnbc, in for dylan this morning. he is tracking the latest. what do you see? >> active in the atlantic. let's show you what we are talking about. let's walk over and look at the maps. this is what we are looking at. the one of immediate concern right now is this one over the southern bahamian islands. it is kind of sitting there. the question is does it strengthen into something more significant?

over the next five days. much less 20% chance in the next 48 hours. a chance of formation. let's zoom in and see what is actually going to help it strengthen and what will get in its way or hindrance? the warm water right now is 90 degrees in the gulf. really able to explode this thing quickly. at the same time in the upper levels of the atmosphere, you have wind shear. that introduces drier air. that may weaken this. one brings it to florida. at this point, i think the most likely scenario is that it does not strengthen, but could bring upwards of 5 or more inches of rain. >> dave price, thank you. >> you bet. flash flooding swept through the streets of kansas city and indianapolis overnight.

and pedestrians. crews rescued people from the rising waters. in indianapolis, the fast-moving floods carried cars away. look at this woman. she had to wade through waist-deep water to safety. breaking news overnight as the arrest is made in the stabbing deaths of two nuns. police took rodney earl sanders into custody and charged him with two counts of capital discovered on thursday after they failed to show up at the clinic where they worked. and now to the doctor who wrote the letter about donald trump's health. dr. harold bornstein said he wrote the letter in five minutes. the doctor said he normally would not have used over the top phrases for a patient, but he

for hillary clinton today, meanwhile, it is briefing day. the first classified briefing as the democratic nominee. now to the utah missionary held in venezuela accused of being a spy and hiding weapons. a judge ruled that josh holt will remain in jail until september. his family is pleading for answers this morning saying josh is not doing well and needs help >> reporter: his family says he is a teddy bear who spent two years doing missionary work. but the venezuelan government calls josh holt a spy. this morning, the newlywed is jailed in caracas. >> i will get him home. i will do whatever it takes. >> reporter: his mom says he left in june to marry a mellow

he planned to bring her to the u.s. soon after he arrived, he was arrested. claiming to find two assault rifles and a grenade. >> what is the possibility those weapons belong to your son? >> zero. there were five people that are witnesses to it. they are so afraid. >> witnesses to what? >> to the police bringing the weapons in the apartment. >> reporter: it venezuela growing economic crisis. a socialist government criticized by human rights group for jailing political opponents. in a letter to his family, josh wrote, i am told i am here because i am american. >> a tiny family. >> reporter: josh's family says they cannot go it alone. asking the state department to do more. >> now we need the senior level of our government to step up and help us. >> reporter: venezuelan

nbc news request. in an televised statement called josh a u.s. intelligence agent and dangerous terrorist. >> if you could say anything to the government and the people who are holding your son in venezuela. >> please let him go. he's a good boy. >> reporter: a mother's plea seeking justice for josh. >> i just want him home. >> reporter: for od shamlian, nbc news, salt lake city. it may seem like yesterday we got to know the mccaugey septuplets. they will all go to college in missouri. they were offered a free ride when they were born. two going to a community college and one joined the army. congratulations to them.

this is the badge of a nevada highway patrol officer who was shot at a traffic stop last night. he says this is all that kept him alive because this is what the badge looked like before. take a look. as you can see, his badge stopped the bullet and he posted these pictures online with thoughts of gratitude. gratitude is the word of the day. it is in nevada. >> we don't talk a lot about the saif asked to make on a daily basis. that is evidence. dave price has made his way outside now. he has a look at the rest of the forecast and he has a crowd. >> you have to get out here later. we have a terrific crowd out here from all over the world. from england to pittsburgh to pennsylvania and nottingham. that location as well. georgia is represented. tennessee. iowa and all over the country.

let's look right now. go to the maps. as we begin to the day in the pacific northwest. nice and mild. a change from record setting highs we saw 24 hours ago. monsoon showers typical for this time of year in the southwest. that could bring heavy rains to portions of that region of the country. more rain along the texas coastline through the gulf coast states and into florida where you may see upwards of 5 inches of rain in the next 48 hours. midwest, we s rough stuff rolling through places like chicago and minneapolis as well. right here, it is gorgeous.

that's a look at your local weather. guys, right back inside to you. >> thank you, dave. coming up, the power of a social media post. how one man went from having virtually zero customers at his restaurant to a line that stretched around the corner. and in pop start,ox bombs to top movies of the yearf the morning ritual around here. people rely on that first cup and i wouldn't want to mess with that. but when (my) back pain got bad, i couldn't sleep. i had trouble getting there on time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. for pain relief that can last into the morning. ? look up at a new day...? hey guys! now i'm back.

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and posted it to reddit. here is president obama dressed as a superhero in a meme. and then president obama delivering the state of the union address wearing the vr head set. >> anytime anyone puts on one of those things, they look ridiculous. next up, straight off the third olympic gold carmelo anthony proves he can do anything. he is taking a nighttime stroll to the convenience store. he is wearing his bathrobe and it has his name on it. needless to say, his wife wasn't thrilled. >> you had to wear the robe with your name on it, right? that wasn't going to attract any attention, right? you are talking real aggressive.

the monogram, people would know. >> he has earned that. let's end on a high note. one restaurant owner in canada was having a tough time getting people through the door until one satisfied customer took to social media. he walked into the empty fish and chips store. after he learned the owner was not making a profit, he turned to social media to help after that post, 400 people have turned up. the next day, 500. the line out the door. the shop owner said this is the biggest crowd he has ever seen. >> that's great. >> that is when people use social media for good. >> i hope it tasted great. >> shall we "pop start?" one last order of business. the coveted song of summer.

from may 27th through august 19th. in no particular order, the top three. "into you." and "cold water" and "make me." >> that song is new. >> officially not involved. which one? here it is. >> what is it? ? let's go ? cold ? >> i think that is "cold water" featuring justin bieber. song of the summer. >> i'm a huge g-easy fan. >> you told us that in commercial. >> you did not have to take me

bruce springsteen on why he is the boss. he broke a record performing for 3 hours and 52 minutes in new jersey. that was his then longest concert ever. two days later, he beat it again with a four-hour concert. and in the crowd that night, he spotted a little commotion and realized a couple just got engaged. he gave them the opportunity of a lifetime. take a look. >> whahe down there? come on up. >> i'm happy you said yes. i can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you. >> come on and dance, man. >> and finally with the credits rolling on summer, the folks at business insider decided to take a look back at the 2016 box office. the biggest box office bombs, particularly. there are bright spots this year, but not so much for the

"keanu" and then "ben-hur." then "pride and prejudice zombie." then "pop star." and the biggest bomb of 2016, "the brothers grimsby." that grossed $6.8 million. there you have it. coming up, al gets some new taste testers actually for his

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a charter school in new york city, energetic and smart kids. school partners with no kid hungry. >> it is an organization to working to end child hunger. with one in five kids struggling to put food on the table, we are working to connect meals where they live, learn and play. >> reporter: shake shack has raised $1.3 million to help end childhood hunger in amer insecurity for a child's education? >> think about us? you come in to work hungry. can you focus or are you in a great mood? >> tell me how this helps kids? >> it starts with a healthy breakfast. students who are able to come in and focus and apply their cognitive energy to the concepts they are learning as opposed to

school for extra credit. >> it's a roker burger express. let's do it! >> reporter: helping me taste test my roker burger at shake shack. >> what do you think? >> it was good. >> really good? >> the roker burger was awesome because it had cheese in it. >> i liked it. >> reporter: in the spirit of full disclosure, this is not the meal they served. i promised the teacherth >> i'm happy you came here. >> that's nice. >> al roker. always doing some good. we have good news for you. if you have not had a chance to try the burger. shake shack will keep it on the menu through tomorrow. >> i have not had a chance to try it. tomorrow, coming up on

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good morning. i'm melissa moreno. thank you very much for joining us. a new f.d.a. advisory calls for every blood bank in the country to test for the zica virus. one blood in tampa they have been screening. up until now only blood banks in puerto florida counties were required to test for the virus. fsu student accused of a gruesome double murder in palm beach county opened his eyes for the first time since the incident. deputies found him biting off flesh from the face of a victim. investigators are waiting for fbi drug testing rules. here's ed with a look at the forecast. >> 82 degrees. nice start.

southern counties as we go through today and along the coastline. the rain chance averaging 40%. it increases next week with tropical new jersey.

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