good morning, lady liberty lockdown. fdemonstrate or protesting migrantamilies takes things to another level scaling the statue of liberty. this morning how that dramatic standoff cameo an end. triple threat, scorching heat from coast to coast fueling dangerous wildfires and flooding in the drought stricken west, the blazes threatening more than 100 million people from while in to colorado the east the kwquestion is, is there any relief in sight? race against time. new fear this is morning about more flooding on the way in thailand as rescue workers deliver food and medical

supplies to the boys soccer team trapped in that flooded cave now for 12 days.k we'll tal to one of the divers on the rescue team. those stories plus it happeneag ain? a couple in critical condition in the uk after being exposed to a toxic nerve agent close to where that former russian spy was targeted. love in their a we'll talk to the man now known as punky plain guy about the unexpected match-up and budding romance that went viral. winner, winner, hot dog dinner. joey chestnut conquering the hoe dog c once again. what joey has to say about the counting ctroversy. thursday, july 5th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in

rockefeller plaza. >> welcomeo "today". thank you for joining us. craig is filling in while savannah enjoys a couple of days off. how was your 4th? >> fantastic. i saw the new york celeation, the skies over manhattan filled with what some are suggesting is probably the greatt fireworks spectacular since the mil linnium. >> in new york it wasn't just fireworks capturing people's attention. tourists visiting laerty were evacuated as a woman actually scaled the statuef liberty. this morning she is in custody after a dramatic standoff with police at one of the country's most iconic locations. stephan stephani goff is in manhattan. >> reporter: the statue of liberty normally gets a lotf attention on the 4th of july, but not quites.ike t

people stopped barbecuing and were staring at their phones a this woman scaled the statue. there was already tig security on the ground. when she started climbing, law enforcement responded quickly. high drama, high up on lady liberty. >> news 4 continuing to following the breaking news. a woman scaling the statue of liberty. >> reporter: a two and a half hour game of cat and mouse at one of the nation's most treasured monuments. heficials say they gave woman a chance to cooperate and come down on her own. but a federal source described her as insubordinate and uncooperative. a law eorcement official tellheg wnbc planned to stay untilll the children had been released, a reference to the migrant children separated from their parents at the u.s. mexico border since april. >> this is going to be very interesting. she does not look like she's ready to give up. >> iuthorities mn

capturing the woman underneath the statue of liberty's right foot. >> we took our time to get a dialogue with her so she would trust us. >> early police arrested seven protesters who unfurled a banner saying abolish i.c.e. no connection. >> we support her and understand the feeling that motivated her to do this. >> reporter: liberty island had to be evacuated on one of the most popular days to visit. >> park rangers came running, everybody get out. >> we didn't even spend more than ten minutes thire. >> i there's a right way of protesting, a legal way ofng protesnd she just ruined our whole ip. >> reporter: this morning police are identifying the 44-year-old woman. he name is patricia okoumou. she's charged with federal charges including trespassing,

conduct and interfering with a government function. oack to you. now the holiday week heat wave bringing a triple threat from coa to coast. oppressive temperatures in the east are slowly starting to drop and acrosshe country hea of a different kind finling wildfires multiple states and floods destroying the homes, threatening lives and forcing thousands to find safer groun we've got it all covered for you. dylan's g the important forecast, but we start with nbc national correspondent miguel l almaguer. >> that heat you've been feeling east, now it' headed west. bottom line, it's heating up in more ways than one here. these issue theor fire crews are facing today on the frontli s. explosive conditions across the west forcing thousands to flee

flames from california to colorado. in the mountains three hours outside denver, the most destructive fire this yearinsi incinerating over 100 homes, the spring fire charring 95,000 acres. >> we don't have fires now. we have mega fires. >> in all 60 large uncontained wildfires are sweeping across the states. new evacuationorders, hundreds of homes in danger. >> i just hope to god that these people get out and nobody loses their life over this. >> with drought-like contions fueling fires across california, couldlaze in wine country burn for months. tender box conditions across the region forcing several cities to cancelfirework shows. instead, drones illuminate the sky where this was the only

safeway to celebrate. soon fierefighters will feel th heat in a different way. that smer sizzle that cooked the eastern seaboard is moving west. >> i'm afraid for old people and young kids. >> reporter: after more than 100 iellion faced heat advisors and warnings from new york city to lexington kentucky, in texas heat-driven thunderstorms triggered flooding canceling 4th of july celebrations. now dangerous tempe tures will soon stifle southern california. >> we've got a timer set so that every time worget it reminds us put sup screen on them a >> reporter:ot holiday to remember as the west feels the heat on the coastline and the fire line. wi some fire crews stretched thin in parts of the west, many rties across theion will break records. the los angeles area will face

heat in the tripl digits even along the coast it will be well into the 90s. back to you guys. >> good luck with that. the question is, though, when can any of us expect relief in dylan dreyer is in for al. >> good mornin guys. for the eastern half of the country we are going to get a break staing tomorrow. today, though, we do still have excessive heat warning and advisories in effect million people and all because of this high pressure that has been sitting height over the ountry for f of the the entire week. what's going to happen as we go into tomo gow, it'sng to slide to the west. that's going to pump up the heat for the southwestnd it's very dry heat, so with temperatures up around 100 degrees and hdly any humidity, that's the condition firefighters dealing with. gh temperatures once again up into the 90s. the humidity is very high so it's going to make it feel even warmer. we're looking for highs in the

90s approximate. chicago will feel like 100. starting tomorrow a cold front is going to slide to the east. detroit friday, saturd sunday, highs in the low to mid 80s. new york city lower 80s on saturday. it will wipeut the humidit so 80s will feel like 80s. much-needed relief for the northeast. turningtow to the lat on the desperate mission in thailand to save a soccer ketea trapped in a cave. >> rescue teams are also sting up an internet cable so the boy s can talk to their parents. >> they're running drills to rehearse physically carrying t boys out of the cave. >> since they can't swim they stgted train with full face diving masks so they don't have cuba e the complicated gear. we're going to talk to one of the divers involved in the

rescue mission. first nbc chief global errespondent is at the c with the very latest. what's the scene this morning? >> reporter: good morning, craig. half a mile beneath me here are brave, trying to be desperate to be free, but not out of danger yet. v here at thy entrance to the cave rescuers, and we think dozensrrf theming just within the last few minutes are working furiously to try to fine a way to the boys. they're aullso looking at the s because if the monsoon rains start agn, these boys could be in trouble. they are drilling and digging and it's a race against time. pumping water out of the caves before the rain fills them again. deep inside new images of a soccer team the world is watching. 12 boys and their catch wrapped

in space blafrnkets, their spirs highs navy diver laughing with them. what do you say to your everybody is watching. one boy gives a victory sign. a doctor treats their cuts. one by one they send a message to their parents i'm in good health, he says. none of the boys can swim. they're now getting a crash course on how to use underwater masks. the risks all around them clear. divers wading through muddy flood water. it tk six hourso reach the boys, he says, and six hours back. a sturdy strong american team part of the rescue force. they areumping millions of gallons of water out of the cave every day. meanwhile up on the hills u to 30 teams are looking for holes or shafts they can use to winch

the boys t. that could be the safest option. drilling a shaft half mile down into the cave. that way the boys would avoid wadi and floating at least two and a half mileso the cave entrance. some passage ways are even too narrow for scuba gear. rescuers are doing drills, practicing for the moment the boys are brought out. a moment their families watching the new video can't wait for. it's like he's been given new life, says one mother. thai officials say the boys may not come outtogether. some are weaker than others, but they're alive and they're smiling and tens of millions are smiling with them. helicopters have been circling here again looking for those holes into the cave because apparently the boys said they could hear dogs barking, telephone cables being run into the caves so th boyan talk to, possibly even see their parents. today the boys have be asking

about the soccer world cup and who's winning. well, so far here they are. they're winning. and i think the millions who are watching hope it stays that way. hoda, craig. >> bill, thanks. one of the divers assisting the rescue efforts joins us from ngkok. good morning. talk us through this. this is a harrowing situation. weather is a key factor. talk us t how important the timing is. >> well, the timin is very important because,ne, if the storm coming in and heavy rain started, then the cave can possiblyul flood, then it will be really hard to get the resupply oro in and try to get them out. >> i want to ask you about iaining. do you believe thas possible to train these boys wht hade to eat, they don't

know how to swim, they've never been scuba diving. can we honestly expect that we can train them to the point they're going to be able to complete this journey that's apparently even difficult for experienced divers? >> actually, we don't need to train them to be a scuba diver. we just need to train them to know how to use the equipment and how to breathe from the scuba equipment either using the face mask or using the regulato they don't need to be fully certified scuba diving. >> what are the options they're talking about is waiting, actually supplying the youngbo with water, with food wbl ankets, with everything they need and just wting foronths until the rainy season is over. do you tnk that is a viable option? >> i tly don't think that is a viable option, but it's the

worst case scenario. i believe the military has the seal team to stay with them. the medic team i ready to give them food and make sure they're healthy. the worst case scenario, the seal team is going to be in aythere all the through. they're not going to leave them behind. but to wait until the water is going down for months and months, that is going to be a g if in between. if the cave is fully flooded, they could have a loss of communication and almost impossible to send a resupply. >> how do t you thinks ultimately plays out? >> , right now from what i understand the tried to pum out the water as much as they can and the will monitor very closely on the water level. if the water level is low enough for them to actuallye able t

flow it out and just do a little bit of scuba, you know, using the scuba equipment, i think that is the solution they will take. but this is just my opinion. i'm pretty sure the seals team, ave a really good plan in place and they -- rigow they kind of monitor the water level and get ready because they have to evaluate the boys' health as well before theye tem out. >> we wish you all the best of luck. the eyes re the world on you guys. thank you nk. to washington where president trump hosted an independence party for veterans and their t families anday it's back to work as he makes head way narrowing his list of supreme court candidates. peter is at the white house with more on that. >> reporter: the announcement is due monday but president trump said he'd make up his mind by

the end of this week. speaking on the phone with advisers about that supreme court selection. the president often putting a premium on a personal connection when it comes to decisions like this. overnight these fireworks only a preview as he gets set t for supreme court nominee. the psident making no mention of his decisioner hostingce members and their families for the 4th of july. >> thank you for keeping america safe, strong, proud, mighty and free. >> reporter: the president's list of contenders down to seven. >> they're very talented people, brilliant people and i think you're going toeally love it. >> reporter: two appeals court judges getting much of the buzz and the skrcrutiny. one viewed as too conservative and the other not conservative enough. brett cavanaugh has ties to two past presidents. >> mr. esident, i am honored to have served you and the

presidency. >> reporter: but as a judge conservative critics argue cavanaugh didn't go far enough on his opinions on abortion and obamacare. barrett would be the youngest. a catholic, she's embraced by catholic conservatives. fending off criticism during her last confirmation hearing that her face would affect her legal judgments. d >> when you rour speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly withinyo u. >> reporter: the senate will have the final say and already pressure's building on red state democrats home for the holid to oppose any presidential pick. also this morning secretary of state mike pompeo is in route to north korea for anotherti m with kim jong-un, his first

visit there since last month'si sun singapore trying to turn what they discussed, the president discussednto something more solid. the trump trying to erase skepticism that north korea is serious about getting rid of their weapons. wcretly making more fuel for nuclearpons in recent months. >> peter alexander for us at the thank you. . let's check in with dylan on a check of the weather. >> happy io do for you. we've got a cold front that will produce gusty storms through parts of the great lakes and heavy pockets of rain that could lead to flooding insy peania. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

good morning, 81 degrees right now. a feeling qui bit warmer with the humidity, but we do have plenty of sunshine across the ea. a mix of clouds and sun. much of the area mostly in aboud the to upper 70s. 82 in annapolis. through the day we'll see hot temperatures. low 90s this afternoon. erolated thuorms are possible. not for everybody. tomorrow everyone is going to see the rain. we have showers and storms late tomorrow. through the weekend, low humidity and low 80s. and that's your latest forecast. coming up, two more people in britain exposed to the same deadly nerve agent that sickened a former sussian spycial his daughter. is it a coincidence or were they target? police are looking at new cluee

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nor northbound 210 this morning. thers now take a look at things happening around town. uthbound bw park way have a crash report and looking at the belt way we do have outer loop with debris on the rig side. erica. >> thanks, melissa. we'll get a check of your forecast coming up next. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delive more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business number. them, not so much. we let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the others? nope!

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back 70 thursday morning, july 5th. craig is here. savannah is enjoying this timha off and of course is the statue of liberty. things are now back to normal y after a pre dramatic incident yesterday. >> lady liberty. we'll have more on that. we start this half hour with a check of the headlines starting scahat july 4th climber in ctody. a demonstrate or scales the statue of liberty while protesting the separation of migrant families, tourists evacuated from the landmark as the standoff endsre with an st. summer sizzle. very hot temperatucos shing the country from coasto coast as wildfires work their way across the west.

millioh threatened wit no end in sight. >> i just hope to god these people get out. and nobody loses their life over this. ticking clock. that soccer team trapped underground in a thai cave respecting au receg food and mediccare. >> they may not be all brought out at the same time, how strong they are. a kentucky warehouse buckles sending barrels of bourbons crashing to the ground. >>ng and weddira csher. scary moments when aal fng tree branch barely misses a newlywed couple crebrating th wedding. today thursday, july 5th, 2018. >> yikes. >> everybody's okay we always like t say. wow. >> i will say i'm glad it worked out well, but that new groom

there, heidn't seem to be overly concerned about his bride. every man for himself. we do have other story to ll you about. this one is an exclusive. you may have seen the picture showing her wh the giraffe she killed last year. tomorrow she'll be here to explain her side of the story. that will be exclusively on "today". we start with a mystery baffling investigators. a couple is critically ill there. they were expos to the same deadly nerve agent that nearly killed a former russian spy and his daug earlier this k year. nbly has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police have deared this a major incident. they brought in counterterrorist inators because two british citizens nearnd critica

ion this morning at this hospal after being exposed to that same deadly nerve agent that csed a diplomatic crisis in march. this morning high stakes espionage comes back to a quiet part of england. two people hospitalized in critical condition after beinge sed to a soviet era nerve agent, the same poison used to target a russian agent miles aways earlier tar. >> we can confirm the man and woman have been exposed to the nerve agentk novic which has been identified as the same nerve agent. >> reporter: the latest victims identified byen frids as 44-year-old dawn sturgess and 45-year-old charlie rowley. they fellll in the same location. their friend sam says he called forelp when rowley began

foaming at the mouth. >> she started acting weird and he said he thought he'd been ed poison. >> causing him to sweat w profuselith pinpoint pupils before he collapsed. police have now cdoned off five locations they believe the pair visited including a building in salisbury only a five minute walk from where skripal ate before he collapsed back in march. that sparking a diplomatic crisis, the use of chemical weapons suggesting a state operation with russia as the prime suspect. charges the kremlin still denies. this morning british counter intelligence officials say ere's no evidence that sturgess or rowley w specifically targeted and they can't say how they were poisoned. theerve agent can be used as a liquid or po liquid or powder and spread on

everyday objects and apeing ople to clean glasses if they were in those areas. residents are on edge. >> we speak to the police and they can't comment. all you want to know is are you safe? do you have to do anything? is your family goi to be safe? is there going to be further escalation? >> do the police think the two were targeted or do they think perhaps this was somehow accident? >> reporter: craig, they're not ruling out they may have beened targ but it really doesn't look like that's the case. there's nothing in their background that would suggest they would be involved in intelligce or be a target of this kind of attack. it'suchore likely this was accidental exposure to trace amounts of this poison. there was aong decontamination four months long after the atck on the skripals, but the concern now is finding where these two were exposed to this, finding the source of this latest contamination.

>> that is a bizarre story. kelly thank you. time now for a check of the weather. >> good morning again. we've been talking about the heat in the east but it's the heat in theha southwest will be the next big story with heat watching and warnings in effect for 33 million people across the southwest. temperatures today will be on the rise, but iris reallyy and saturday where we'll see most of our warmest tempere'ures. today looking for a high in phoenix of 116 degrees.bo l.a. 87. reno 90 degrees. salt lake city close to 100 with 98.ctual temperature of on friday we're looking for highs well up above 100 degrees. fresno 100. salt lake city tennesse105. so likely we'll break if not tie some records i parts of th southwest on friday. l.a. we're forecasting a high of o99. th record was 94.

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this charter boat carryingou te americrists in the bahamas exploding and bursting into flames. ourists from another boat rushing to help, but it was too late. one woman others injured. the tragedy is drawing new attention to boating. acciden now the coast guard issuing a new alert that this holiday week is prime-time for those boating objections. in fact, there are 4,000 boatine objections year, but there are things you can do to lower your risk both here on the dock while ooyou're on the boat and t on the open water. this is greg from the coast guard. let's run down the checklist. what's the first thing to look for? >> a fire extinguisher. make sure you have the for the size of vessel you're

on. >> you were saying life vest. we hear about it all the time. how do yoesknow a life vt is actually approved. >> you want to make to have the coast guard approval number. >> if it doesn't have this don't use it. >> no. this one is not as fashionable, but does something else. >> the different styles you see, it goes around your head and will keep your head up if you happen to fall off unconscious. >> they're so important, 83% of boaters who drown aren't wearing a life vest. now we head out into the open water. there's a checklist out here too. boats should have distress signal. >> absolutely. an example of an air horn. >> you can hear this pretty far. >> pretty far around the water, yes. >> you were also saying visuali aids l this. >> that's a standard flare you can have on a boat, yes. >> if you take a look it's easy for people like me who know

nothing about this. i'm actually going to do one. d you dt that. you wo point this away from you and go like thi h yod this like this. and day or night these are rated for, somebody can see you're in trouble. but if you do go overboard, there's another life line you can use. here it is right here. it's a waterproof pouch for your phone. they cost about $20. they even sell them with lanyards. if you go overboard and you wear this around your neck, technically your phone should not g wet and this is my personal phone, we're going to jump in and make sure this works. look, it floats right on the surface and it's still also around your neck, but it floats right upnd you can actually still call. the phone is still working. you can call 9 for help if you have service worst case

scenario. life-saving tips when tragedy strikes in the middle of nowhere. here is another great tip about li vests. they are important. they save lives, i promise. here's a good way to check t s mae it fits you properly. you want to make sure the life jacket fits snug against you. then i love this type. raise your arms like this straight up in the air like you just scored touchdown. if the life jacket hits your chin or your ears, it's too big or too loose. here's a quick note about kids. adult life vests do not work on kids. they need their own child life vest. it's a common sconception. same test for kids. arms up in the air, it should neve reach the face. >> thank you, jeff. coming up, how restaurants are fighting to keep up in this

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it's 8:00 on today. coming up, risky rescue. emergency crews near a race t againstime as they work furiously to free the 12 soccer players and their coach trapped inside a cave for nearly two weeks. but just how will they get these yog boys out safely? we're live in thailand with the very latest. >> love is in the air. how a simple request to swap seats on a plane led to a love story going viral. >> we were sitting behind so we could see them crossing each other in the center. the world tuning in needing to know could a fair tail b endinge in sight? we'll hearrs from the sta of the stories. > and a chow down champion,

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girls trip. >> this is my girl scout troop. >> those are your people, hoda kotb. mo >> good rning, everybody. on thisor being with us thursday morning. what a crowd out there. craig is pitching in while savannah is taking a few well-deserved days off. by the way, if peopl come down tomorrow, lady antebellum outse on theplaza. it's going to be a big one. let get right to the news at 8:00 starting with a different type of show. tdy liberty locked down after a woman scale statue to protest the migrant families. ending in dramatic standoff with police. stephan stephanie gosk is in manhattan with the late. >> lady liberty is an obvious step and yesterday this woman decided to scale the statute. there was already incredible security on the ground because of the holiday and law

quickly.nt responded this morning they are naming her as 44-year-old patricia okoumou. she is going to be in court laterod on. she's facing multiple federal charges including trespassing and interfering with a government function.ld she c face some jail time because of of it although they are misdemeanors. when law enforcement confronted her on the statue, she apparently told them according to our affiliate w n she wanted to stay up there until all the children had beenre ased a reference to the children that have been separated from thets part the border since april. there were other disruptions, protests at th statue of liberty over immigration, but those people sayalhe was actu not affiliated with them. back to you. let's turn to the race against time in thailand where rescue crews are on a desperate

mission to save that soccer team that's been trapped inside a cave for nearly two weeks. at that cave with the latest on the rescue mission, bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig, you're absolutely right it is a race against time. this is ground zero. this is right outside the main cave entrance where those boys are. you can see how busy it is. oxygen tanks arriving me. a half mile beneath me are 12 boys trying to be brave. there is new video. they are desperate to be free but they are not out of danger yet. with them are a number of navy divers, even doctors trying to keep their spirits up, treating oheir cuts. they are a trying to work out what option is best. they are pumping millions of gallons of water out of that cave, but of course the can't swim, so anything in water even wading through it really

dangerous. helicopters have been in t air looking for holes that they might winch theou boys thr and there are about 30 rescue teams looking f holes for any kind of eyshaft. are putting telephone cables now into the caves so the ys can speak t their parents, maybe even see them on a video link. the boys have been asking questions about the soccer world cup and who is winning. so farhey areinning and it is a rescue effort the whole world is watching. indeed we bill, thank you. wild weather is packing a triple punch this holiday week from coast to coast. in houston heavy rainfall flooded the streets back to hurricane javy laharvey summer. here in the east stifling temperatures are beginning to drop for the more than 100

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>> good morning. i'm happy to bring your. a love st >> we love this wo knonone and not alone. two ople randomly seated together and things take off. it was chronicled by another ouple on social media as it evolved into a modern day fairy tail. >> on a flight from new york to dallas. >> on my flight home a boyfriend and i asked a woman to switc seats with me. >> houston wanted to sit with his girlfriend rosie on the four-hour flight. the woman who asked that we not us last name said yes but joked that she might want to switch back if she didn't approve of her new seat most would chuckle, but not houston and rosie. >> we were like what if she met a handsome dude. >> what are the odds? apparently on this flight pretty good. len sat down next toholden, model and former pro soccer

player. >> from the moment we kind of buckled our seat belts until we touched down on th ground the conversation kind of took off. >> for rosie and houston, the soap opera was better any tha any in-flight movie, rosie posting play by play on itter. >> this is where their elbows were crossing. we could see them crossing each other. >> no detail was missed approximate. >> i wld give them a little elbow. >> if anything happened -- >> this flight of fancy has been likedhry quarters of a million people riveted to the budding relationship as it unfolded. >> they're going to fall in love. >> could you sum up maybe in just a couple of words what you thin of hel citizen. >> she's a very, very lovely girl. very attractive, beautiful, and

has a lot to say for herself, very intelligent. >> helen preferred not to be sterviewed. sh very private person, but he says they've spoken and they're planning to meetn.p again soo a fairy tale ending? >> only time will tell i think. >> serve buzzing about this, including twitter. >> so his family, this is o geneti something. his brother is a sports analyst currently covering the wor cup. when he found the viral thread he tweeted, quote, on face time with my brother trying to find out if i'll have a sister-in-law soon. he has been called plain -- plane bae. we've got to get helen. >> she's a little shy. this is a lot. >> i think eventually she's going to have to. >> why are you so suspicious of love, carson?

>> i'm not. i respect her privacy. inquiring minds want to know. >> exactl >> but seriously, they sit down, they're both single, they're both hot. >> tt's the cutest thing ever. >> i love the other couple. turning now to cotoday's umer in today's high tech hyper busy tv birnge watching, people are less interested in leaving home to go out to eat. >> for other restaurant, it's fueling g hwth. more onow the industry iso adapting meet diners demands. >> ned has made a name for himself for histalian cuisine. >> i love watching people eat and making people happy. i love feedinge my w and my family. >> his restaurant is a hot spot in the trendy l.a. dining scene. when it came t grow, his next

restaurant was bill with delivery in mind. >> 30% to 50% of the food this kitchen makes is probably going to go out thent door and be nsumed elsewhere. >> reporter: he has 46 seats for the entire restaurant. menu caters to delivery. >> the kitchen is larger tha a 46 seat restaurant would otherwise need. there's nothing on the menu that available to go that isn't going to be prettygreat. >> reporter: more and more hungry people are tapping the app specializing in food delivery to trade dining out for dining in.ca in chi simon has added another dimension. virtual menus. he opened sci-fi pizza. >> we do chicken wings, so fried chicken is a little bit longer time and i said yeah, we'll take over that project. >> so simon started his chickena kitche restaurant delivery

only. sourced out of his pizza joint. >> at this point theried chicken is more successful. >> so successful that sim now expanded. >> we have the si-pie and within that we have ast virtual rant which is the kitchen chicken and a burger joint. >> in big cities where rising minimum wages and other regulations make it hard tore make a profit. >> delivery is becoming for some contests it becomes a necessity to serve more than the 45 seats we have. >> reporr: bringing fine dining home. nbc esnews, los ang

>> do you use one of those? >> i do use one of those kinds ng t we like it. it's easier and quick. n >> especially york. shall we check the weather again? >> yes. >> in this extreme heat, we a finally to get some relief. today it's going to happen back across the midwest. chicago you'll see a good chance of thunderstorms today. same goes for inana, most of ohio through michigan. we aren't a looking widespread severe storms, but could produce heavier. downpou watch what it does as it moves ea. it will act like -- get rid of the humidity. we have to keep an eye out the y evening for possibility of stronger storms, heavier downpours and dangerous we could see up to 2 inches of rain out of some of these thunderstorms. here's a peek out your window. good morning warm and humid

to start off your thursday. a lot of areas now getting into the low 80s. by thefternoon low 90s. hot and humid again today. this will be our seventh day i a row of 90 degree temperatures. still in a heat waive withle a co isolated afternoon storms. tomorrow we have more rain the secondth half o day. scattered showers and storms with a cold front as that moves through, look at the weekend weather. low humidity and low 80s. if you're heading out the door don't forget you can catch us on today shouw radio. for a lot of people napping is an essential part of their day. showing it did increase alertness and boost your mood. and a dagai debate about how lot nap should be. mine takes two hours max.

>> john says 27 minutes. quickly countering that napping that long would be a tease and only make meore tired. others not too concerned with the time on the clock as long as i wake up the same day, it's a nap. we ask you on twitter, what is the optimal nap length. less than an hour wins. according to our wellness team the correct answer is 30 minutes or under. they wrote most people who enter deepleep during a nap wake up feeling disoriented or worse. we want that under 30 minutes. if you're looking to squeeze in a nap during the day, the latest fitness trend, it's called nappersizing, a little stretching and a nap all within 45 minutes and you're a new person. >> i'm an hour and a halfna er. >> do you wake up groggy? >> yeah. i wake up groggyfter 25

minutes too. >> how long is your nap? >> i try to do short ones, less than 30. >> unless its wine d wednesday, then it's a little longer. we'reoing to staith a look at how the stars celebrated the fourth of july. kim kardashian west who took a look at wake boarding. saying it'sder than it looks. it terk her sev tries to stay upsh but eventually got the hang of it. jennifer although positive and a. rod celebrated in the haeltonsng out "time of my life" while driving around town. j. lo had fun with a spew sparklers. nothing beats how tom brady celebrated the holiday. take a look. oh wow.

the football star was a family trip in montana. a bear blocking the path. that's little too close when you're a franchise quarterback. bad pass at bearsit ae too early. another star who celebrated the holid week, sully the vet dog, president george h.w. bush's new service dog took to instagram to show how t gig is going. walking alongside the president. he's also a big o fan dog socks. sully says he feels like the luckiest pup in the world. up next today marks the 29th anniversary of seinfeld's premier. to celebrate wep teamed for a look at what jerry seinfeld's apartment might look like today. as seen here the artment has a modern day appearance while still incorporating a few

mementos from the show. back in the 90s an apartment here in manhattan averaged,2 to $1,500. today iwould goor over $2,700 or more. >> i don't think he'd have that many pillows. finally the currys are now a family of five. back in defense. they welcomed their thi child thisek, a baby boy. aye ayesha saying our beautiful baby boy joined us early are than we thought and we couldn't be more excited. he has signed with the l.a. laker with lebron. congratulations to them. >> you got a click? >> i do have a daily click. a new internet challenge going viral. it's called what the fluff challenge and here's how it

works. a lot of time on our hands, don't we, folks? youp hol blank net front of your dog and play a game of pee a boo and when you get used to popping your head up, yr disapp leaving the dog a little confused. like any enter ninternet challe comes the fails. one team out of sydney australia. that one landed right on the dog's head. see there? that's not nice. that just left the dog cfused. the fluff challenge didn't go as plan. this woman miscalculating how much space she had to go. she just hits the door graframe. the unofficial king and queen. they're going to talk about their victory. first your local news.

good morning, everybody. it's 8:26 on this thursday, july 5th of 2018. i'm erica gonzalez. let's get right to the roads with me lalissa. >> take i look at the roads. on 210 you can still see we're quite slow. this is because of a crash with that tuoved vehicle. northbound 95 at the rappahannock river bridge, eastbound 56 a crash there. the inner loop and outer loop looking okay right now. the last few days have been so hot bute're getting a break this weekend. we'll talk about it next.

good morngiing. a htart to the day. we have a mix of sun and clouds through the day today. much of the area already getting into the low 80 as we go through the afternoon we'll be back in the low 90s. isolated storm chance later on

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we are back now. 8:30 on a thursday back at 8:30 on a thursday morng as we say hello to the fantastic holiday crowd here on e plaza. we have some fantastic concerts and by that gmmy winning lady antebellum tomorrow on the concert stage for a life performance tomorrow. >> i lovelady antebellum. >> they're great musically. they're some of the nicest folks in the business. >> she had a baby or two. we've got a surprise. i crowd moment. we scoured the crowd for who has the most talent and w w think found her. her name is ellington. where are you from, sweetie? > georgia. he is a baton twirler and

she's been twirling since she waswo. would you mind twirling just a little bit for us? take it away. >> reporter: that's incredible! >> you were awesome! >> and no shoes too. >> you werereat. >> never a doubt. coming up, no fourth of july celebration is completeho witho dogs, especially in you're joey jaws chestnut or nikki sudo. winners of the nathan's hot dog eating contest and they are

here. when it comes to chores, how much is your time actually worth? jean is here when oo hire or save money and do it yourself. plus wll meet a young couple turning their love of peaches into a business. hoandng her favorite recipes from sweet summer fruit. >> btpeaches, south carolina. >> you say everything is the best in south carolina. >> every indepennce day the world's best eaters converge on coney island in brooklyn and that's the nathan's hot d eating contest. >> every year the contest is takes l on ae of its own. this year's edition no different with some added drama at the finish line. take a look. >> a fourth of july tra deditio topped with intrigue. for feasting on 37 frank her fifth straight women's crown. then eating icon joey jaws

chestnut devouring hot dogs by the dozens. but judges miscounting chestnut and runner up the totals onlting a stir espn's darren twetieting electronic counters need to be brought in but today a massive black eye major league eating saying the counters did not see th were consuming hot dogs from newly delivered plates. chestnut's updated totalbr 74 eaking his own world record and relishing the victory. . and the champs are her big round of applause. so first of all, let me jush start wyou, how does it feel a day after you scarfed4 down hot dogs? >> i don't feel great. i feel amazing that i won and

got a newre rd, but like a marathon runner, you feel like garbage after a marathon. >> the judges said you had eaten 64 hot dogs. people on tv said hebridn't k the record. turns out you ate 74. they missed a plate. were you counting and say -- >> it took every ounce in me to not stop. i wanted to stop and yell to the guys as they were counting, but anybody who knows me knows that i was eating -- >> joey knew and the commissioner of major league eating knew. he was yelling at the judges. they were so concerned that joe oh and carmen would eat too many hot dogs they had a stack of plates ahead. they were missing plates in thek ba. those were the counters, not judges. >> the counters have one job. they're counting the hot dogs going in the mouth.

>> that is exactly wha i said. you have one job. >> let's talk to you,. mick you have a technique. hnen w what is your tue? >> typically i eat two hol dogs and two meets followed by two buns and rinse and repeat. >> i can't believe in you're a dress right now. >> this is the third dress i tried on. >> how manog hot could you eat right now if you had to? >> enough to win. >> thank you so much. congratulations. >> we'll see you next year as wellut how abo check of the weather? >> i found somebody onhe t plaza, can we just point out these girls here? they just told me that you rode a bike from where to where? >> from oregon to new york. >> on a bike. how long did it take you? >> 51 days. >> that's amazing. why were you doing wthis? were raising money for clean water in developing countries. >> good job.

you guy, that's incredible. oregon to new york cit on a bike. and it has been hot. good for you guys. let's take a look at what we can expect going into the next couple of days. the strong stos up and down the east coast on friday all because of a cold front that's going to make it sssnificantly umid as we go into the weekend. on the flip side we are looking at heat warnings to build into the southwest. that's for frida and saturday. record high temperatures are likely as well. we'll still seeundown long the lf coast. that's a look at the weather across the country. nowhere's a peek out your window. on> warm humid start to the day but by the after1 degrees. another day with temperatures in the 90s. that would be the seventh in a row. isolated thunderstorms in the forecast. not for everybody. tomorrow we have rain the second half of the day so make surerou have y umbrella with you mainly in t afternoonnd

evening. if you're heading to the beach, rain for tomorrow but really nice saturday and sunday., inlaow humidity, low 80s, but the 90s do returnext week. that's your latest fotcast. nime to get to those summer projects you've been putting off, jean i going to tell us how to decide when to diy and when to pay somebody ayse. first this is "todon nbc.

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hoday jean is here with the latest. are you? all of us battle this, right? >> we do. >> certain things are should i i do this, should i try to get someone to do this for me. our time matter. >> when we look at limit resources, we're always talking about how time is limited. we've got only 24 hours in a d and we are more time starvedth ever before. there's been a lot of research. it affects our health, our happiness. when we don't have enough time we don't exercise and eat right. takes its toll. research has shown you don't have to spend a fortune for to ta makefference. >> i'm not a movie star. i'm want going to hire someone. $40 was the amount that was tested. >> 40? >> $40 and it me a difference. so when it comes to should dow it yourself or should you hire out, there are really two filters to look at. the first h is do ie this or

do i love it. the second is the cost. we're going to take a deeper dive into both of those, if i can -- >> what are the things that people hate doing the most? >> people hat housework. they hate cooking. they hate shopping. they hate yard work, gardening. but the more important question is what do you hate? like, i hate gardening because i kill everything. i look to cook so that wouldn't ke sense for . you also have to look at your relationship. about a quarter of peo got divorced said it was actually housework that they fight about most often. divorce is -- i know. i've been the. divorce is expensive. hire somebody to clean your house and don't get divorced. >> i can't believe that's one of the main reasons people get divorced. >> that's what they say. look at it in termsf those things. and then look at the cost. ra the actual cost. sometimes your you think oh, that's going to cost a fortune. >> right. and you need to kno what a hour of your own time is worth. many people don't a have idea.

if you work hour by hour, you know. theasy math on this, take your annual salary, divide it by -- leave off the las three zeros and then divide by two. getou earn $50,000 a year, rid of the zeros, divide by two, $25 an hour. i don't want people to think i shou load everything that costs less than $25 an hour beuse when we off load too much, we start to feel like we don't have enough control over that particular area of our life. th give us some of the same feelings of unhappiness. >> some people don't know their worth monetarily. th're not stay at home moms, they call them work at home moms. women like that, too, should be thinking about ways to take o things their plate. >> absolutely. a babysitter is one of the great things hiring out for a couple of hours. we know from these time

starvation studies that it's moms who are actually the most time starved of all. >> no kidding. >> but i was surprised to see akese's one thing that people happier than anything else if they can get o rit. >> what is it. >> it's a shorter commute. when you think about trading me for money, this is a big tradeoff. >> what do you do for that? >> it's something to keep in mind the income time you're thinking about moving. i'm not p sayingk up and go somewhere closer. work a day from homef you can get your employer to dream light that. ask for a little bit of flexme if you are moving, it might be worth thinking of a little smaller place or a little shorter distance to work. >> jean, thank you so much. coming up, the taste of summer. cook book author here sharing some of her recipes with perfe peaches in season. first this is "today" on nbc. migraine with botox®.

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this morning on "today," food. a couple o this morning a couple on a mission to get the sweetest pea s into people's hands an idea that cameruo fion with the help of social media andrd of mouth. a peachde of an turned this old ford f-1 into businessman. >> a good peach, when you bite in, the flesh of that peach is going to be juicy. you'll taste the sweet and tart combination. >> jessica and steven struggled to find a good peach in nashville, so the couple imagined a way to get freshly peaches across straight lines and into the hands of peoe who wanted them. >> it started as a hobby. it was literally steven and i nights and weekends selling peaches from his hometown orchard and thinking we've got a really great pduct and we think our neighborhood will like it. >> quickly the 30 bos we sold

turned into 60 turned into 120. everybody is coming back and bringing their friends each week. >> sdial media and g old fashioned word of mouth brought crowds to local farmerske m and roadside stands. the roses had planted a seed and watched it grow. we started a tour of 240 stops over a six and a half week period across tennessee, kentucky, oh, indiana, pennsylvania and chigan. >> expecting so sell yes millions of peaches in july and august,eople lining up to take tutir own bite of summer. >> it's a taste they haven't hay rs and years. it brings back o memories. >> the duo breathing new life into georgia's most beloved symbol and this fily farm. >> we don't really know anything but peaches. it's what we do. it's kin of who we are. >> first cousins are fifth generation peach farmers and childhood friends of steven. >> we shipped a few boxes one year and then the next year a

few pallets and then all of a n su sudden it caught and it's become a phenomenon. >> it's a bigart of the revitalization of the georgia peach industry. a sweet success born out o simpleleasure. i lo a peach. it's revitalizing family farms d steeven and jessica said this year's tour, at some stop crowds upwards of 1,000 waiting in line to buy their very own peaches. here with jcy recipes, jocelyne adams, cook book author. always good to have zblu thank much.o so we've got some great stuff for peach. >> we're going to make two dishes, right? >> two dishes. we're doing a brown sugar short cake and we start with the brown sugar which is going to be the star in the s,peacut we're

going to get started on the biscuit. you make this in a f processor. >> why the food processor? >> it's so much easier. you want to make this easier. i've got my dry ingredients. you c quickly call to kind of combine everything. i want to add in my butter, the key to otscuits, you've to make sure the butter is cold. cold butter. cold fat. whatever you're using, you want to me sure it's cold. >> you didn't skimp onhe butter there. >> no. do not talk to me about baking anything healthy. you want to pulse that and you're going to add in your wet ingredients. sour cream makes it rich and delicious. this is our biscuit doe. it comes out really thick and really high. i'm going to cut them out. and then you just cut them out. it's so easy. you just place it right on your

parchment-lined baking sheet. i'm going to use a little egg wash because i loveha to add nice golden color on top and a little awe sugar. >> throw that in the oven for how long. >> at 400 for about 15 minutes. >> see howasy you make it look. >> you'regg stng. there it is. pop it. it goes in the oven. you guys enjoying me? >> we can't handle you. >> then we got biscuits and you just kind ofull these together and you've got peaches right here. we put a little orange juice in here and some brown sugar. mixhat all together. >> i want to make sure we get to the second recipe as well. >> put some whip cream. they come out perfectly. >>hat do we have her >> here is our skillet cake. we've got caramel. this is a dump cake s it's super easy to make. i put peaches right in the center and then i'm goi to layer this with some caramel

so sauce. you buy this from the groceryst e. >> layer. >> going in. some peach nectar. you can use apple juice if you can't find it. >> how about the crust? >> cinnamon and nut meg and some vanilla and some cake mix. easy, easy, easy. dump. morebutter. this is summer. this is not a beach body recipe but it's delicious. pop this in the oven and take it out it's gorgeous. >> i can't believe that. >> you can throw it an pan. >> this is nice. thank you very much. for all these recipes, head to "today.com". this is "today" on nbc. you've got to get in there, like...

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we're going to celebrate birthdays. >> i've got a stomach full of peaches. better than hot dogs. let's turn around the smuckers jars and say very happy00 birthday to agnes. this bingo champion is from the secret to longevity is drinking a glass of wine every day. >> yes. >> mr. walter of east orange new jersey is celebrating 0 years. he served our country during world war ii and we thankou for you service. happy 100 birthday to jean, a world traveler fromut connect she worked as a new york ci t kindergartcher for 40 years. and she is celebrating 100 years. she's a talented lady, likes to sing opera and plays the piano.

john is 101 and from michigan. he is a huge lester holt fan. happy 102 birthday to millie. she says s theret to longevity is her very own green juice she's been drinking for 80 years. don't forget, if you know someone celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary, tell us about them at today.com/celebrate. >> dylan, thank you so much. in the fourth hour sheinelle jones is going to host with me. e megyn kelly is up next. this woman spent a month suffering hallucinyions and an behavior with no diagnosis until a doctor stepped in and saved her life craig has made his way over there. >> we need to gra in the fourt hour one of those peach pies for

sheinelle. let h have a bite of that. if you're going to cheat on your diet, make it worth it. that was worth it. this is a news 4 today news break. good morning. it's 8:56. i'm erica gonzalez. let's get to melissatr for fic. >> we still have this delay infoui inbound on 210, about a two-mile backup because the left lane is blocked. had an errned vehicle. that slow down hanging around.

northbound 95, broken down vehicl there and as you look at the belt way, all of the other big routes into town and out of town looking pretty good. >> thanks, melissa. we'll get a check of your forecast coming up next. stay with us.

good thursday morning. 83 degrees right now. pretty nice day sitting up but another hot and humid one. by lunchtime we'll be around 88, topping out in the low 90s. isolated thunderstorm or two posshele. tomorrowain chance will be higher in the second half of the day. that cools us down for the weekend. low 80s and low humidity. that's a nice relief from the heat. 90s aga>> next week. ooking forward to the weekend. you get the latest news and weather anytime with our nbc washington app. ve a great day.

good morning. welcome to the program. i'm megyn kelly. did you have a good fourth of july? in the northeastt was hot and humid. it was like a steam room. it was a great time to be with family or for some on national tv, hosting anpe inence day spectacular like two of my panelists today. the guys from -- >> american ninja warrior. >> how you godoing? to see