summer scorcher. extreme heat on both coasts as tens of millions struggle to cope with record setting temperatures. the hot weather causing twin wildfires to exploden california. now the largest in the state's history, consuming hundreds of homes and nearly 300,000 acres. urtroom fireworks. tense moments at the trial of president trump's former campaign chairman. the star witness telling jurors he committed crimes with paul manafort. what does that mean for the case, the president and the special counsel'investigation. new twist. the father of that missing university of iowa student now says he believes his daughter is alive. >> i think mollie is with

someone that she knows that is in over their head. >> this morning his desperate new plea as the reward skyrockets. nd those stories plus u fire. a bombshell lawsuit against celebrity chef rachael ray's popular line of dog food. does it actually contain a dangerous chemical used in weed killer? serena struggles. the tennis superstar opening up about her postpartum battle. why she felt she wasn't being a good mom. > lookout below. >> holy -- >> a great white shark close to shore off cape cod suddenly flies out of the water just inches from a maon a boat. >> came out right at my feet. >>he story behind thee big scartuesday august 7th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in

rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this fine tuesday morning. >> fine and b a little hot outside. actually the heat is the big lead story this morning. extreme temperatures on both coasts. >> and we are also waking up to e largest wildfire in california's history. for perspectiv the area that's burning is now bigger than the cities of new yk and philly combined. >> flames fueled as mentioned by high temperatures. we are feeling it in the east and they are feeling it in the e . >> we're going to get a live report from california in a mite. first, let's say good morning to mr. ror. >> good morning. high pressure jet stream up to the north for a good portion of the ce ntry soe dealing with 33 million people at risk for extreme heat. heat indexes of 95 to 102 in the northeast. we're looking at heat indexes 102 t 107 in the southeast. this cold front slowly pushing to the south is sll ahead of

this. we've got this warm, moist flow of air for today, so heat indexes in boston, 101, 98 new york city. 92 rehoboth beach. back in pittsburgh it's going to 88el like degrees as this front slowly pushes to the south relief to the west. in the meantime along thest coa we're looking at heat indexes again tomorrow into the mid-90s. with look out west temperatures approaching triple digits throughout much of that area, the mendocino complex, 283,000 acres burned, it's the largest fire in california history. it's only 30 contained. they don't expect containment .ntil august 15th so that's still a longways away. again, that383,000 acres, to give you some idea, it's bigger than the city of los angeles itself. it covers a wide swath and it continues to grow fueled by winds, low humidity and high temperatures. miguel almaguer is right now in

los angeles and he's got the latest. miguel. >> hey, al, good morning. it's called the complex fire. as cntioned, in the it's actually twin fires burning so close to one another, they are threatening the exact same region. right now thousands of homes are in jeopardynd this historic blaze shows no signs of slowing down. >> the largest fire to ever torch californi is today raging out of control. overnight the mendocino complex ksre blazing its way into the history b scorching 443 square miles. a burn zone larger than iladelphia and new york city combined. >> how dangerous can these fires get? >> really dangerrs. this yas been a deadly year already forus. >> a wall of flames ripping over homes. the conditions here are getting worse. we were on theront lines as mountain tops turned int blowtorches.

>> we've heard the air attack overhead but fire so thick, ews might not know where to make water drops. structures ing more every hour. with ateast 169 destroyed, more than 11,000 structures are still threatened. fires exploding for 11 days in wine country. nearly 20 major wildfires are burning across the state. these satellite images show the thick smokeilwing east into nevada fueling the flames, including this new fast moving blaze outside l.a. is soaring triple digit heat. today where the largest fire in state history is on a tear, the onlyorhing in theast is more destruction. with tens of thousands of people evacuated, the disaster has been declared in california. this as the presidented ign a political firestorm claiming the stats strict environmental laws resulted in a lack of water to fight the fires. but top fire officials on the

ground shot back saying they have plenty of water. what they need is more boots on the ground. savannah. >> they have got this work cut out for themhimorning. thank you. also this morning another explosive day of testimonyct ex at the trial of president trump's former manafort,hairman paul this after hisim longte right-hand man admitted he committed a range ofri cmes with mr. manaformanafort. we have coverage with nbc national correspexdent peter der. hey, peter, good morning. >> hey, hoda, good morning to you. rick gates, that is donald trump's former deputy campaign manager is due back on the stand today after a dramatic day of testimony pointing the finger at paul manafort saying they are both guilt yry. this morning rick gates boming the first campaign official to confess his crimen e witness stand. gates, long time deputy andt- rind man asked, were you involved in any criminal

activity with mr.manafort. his reply, yes. did u commit any crimes with manafort? again, yes. admitted he and manafort hiding millions of dollars from the irs in 15 offshoreank accounts all done at manafort's direction insisting bothy men knew t were committing a crime. manafort, trump's former campaign chairman has pleaded not guilty to tax charges. admitting he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from mafort while working for him. inside the courtroom tense moments. manafort, his arms crossed, staring directly at his protege. nervous, talking fast, never meeting eye contact with his mentor. the investigation picks up speed. the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani telling nbc news he's

preparing to respond to an interview in the coming days. president trump remainingut of sight at his new jersey golf club. on twitter increasingly agitated. lashg out at the russia inquiry, new questions h ignited at the trump tower meeting between his son don jr. and a rsian lawyer tied to the kremlin. the eldest son deflecting, blaming the media. >> they have gotten plenty of mileage out of this thing and a th going to keep milking it as long as they possibly can. >> as for the scrutiny of that trump tower meeting, don jr. said it was, quote, essentialf a waste time. as for paul manafort's trial, we're td the president has been watching, recently dismissing the case as a hoax. the charges against both men rgely predate their time on the trump campaign. if convicted palm manafort could spend the rest of his life behind bars.nn sa and hoda. >> thank you. stay on the trial, rick

gates returns to the stand. justice correspondent pete williams at the court ause watchi of it. seems like rick gates is the heart of the case for prosecutors. is that right, pete? >> i would say so. i would say so for three reasons. first, he was paul manafort's right-hand man. he managed many of the financial details of their. business also of mafort's personal accounts. secondly, thisans a fcial fraud case. it's built mainly on paper, tax returnsnd bank records. gates will help bring those documents alive for the jury. third, he provides the best evidence of paulmanafort's state of mind, whether manafort intended to commit the crime e government says he did in the indictment. >> and gates h clearly some incentive to testify against his former friend and boss. right, pete? >> right. he has been used by the prosecutors to bolster their case against paul manafort. he pleaded guiltyar in feb to lying to the fbi in exchange for

niency. now we've actually embezzling money from manafort. he could face prison time but not nearly as much if he decideo fight these charges instead of cooperating with the government. >> he doesn't exactly have a clean record as you mentioned tere, pete, seems like a wide opening for defense to really go after him. >> yes. undoubtedly the defense when their turn comes maybe later today, maybe tomorrow going to say that he's damaged goods. comes to court a convicted flo felon. he was convicted of lying to fbi when they were managing ukraine. because heut a deal with prosecutors he would basically say anything to save his own friend. he turns out for the defense lawyers and prosecutors whe will useto undercut the case against paul manafort. >> he's the heart of t for sure. pete, thank you very much.

meantime president trump's influence is being put to the test in ohio. voters areeading to the polls in a key election ahead of the november midterms and democrats are hoping for a major upset. c's hallie jackson has that story. hey, hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. this is a race clearly on the president's mind this morning. he's up and tweeting about it trying to boost the republican here. t democrats who didn't expect it to be so competitive are hoping democrats can pull it out in the last minute in a very close race putting the trump factor to the test. in a district that hasn't electe a democrat since the '80s where republicans outnumber democrats t to one and where donald trump won by 11 points last election -- >> are we ready to increase some doors for danny -- >> reporter: danny o'connor, a democrat, thinks he has a shot. >> who is ready to win? >> reporter: he's pulled within

a point of his opponent. even though president trump isl rang for the republican outside coucmbus. >> how is president trump on the ballot in this race. >> he's not. one thing i like to ask families is what are you worried about? what keeps you up at nigh is my social security going to be cut? is medicare going to be there for me. >> a g state senator who hopes to win the congressional seat believes donald trump could be the "x factor." >> major excitement. they were excited to see him up here. >> thees ent's approval rating has slid in this more moderate suburban district a place seen as a predictor for other close races come november. it's partly why republicans havt direed big money and big names here. the president, the vice president, the popularhi governor. >> troy balderson, he is the guy. 's the guy that's going to do things. >> reporter: when it comes to

picking priandidates donald trump has been on a winning streak in his choice the last nine primaries coming out on top. it's another thing all together to help those candidates beat democrats in a general election, with today at key t of the president's power to pull in o votes. it's not just ohio where they are running to replace that congressman stepping down. keep an eye on kansas where there's a republican primary for governor. president trump has decided to back aca controversialidate, somebody who has been a loyal ally. that is going to be a tough primary. savannah and hoda, maybe another indication whether the president's hot streak will keep up in primary cases. >> hallie jackson, a lot to watch. >> thank you,ll . the u.s. reimposing economic sanctions against iran, sanctions that hadeen eased after that landmark 2015 nuclear accord theas president decided to exit. the president tweeted this morning, these are the most biting sanctions ever imposed on

iran andt added t anybody doing business with iran will not be doing business with the thited states. first group of sanctions targets iran's automotive, precious steals, restrictsha pus of civilian aircraft. the second set of sanctions will go after an's oilindustry. the presidented says he wants to pressure iran to curb nuclear progm and stop supporting uprises in the middle east. icon crack down in s valley, some of the biggest sociedia platforms boogt alex jones, won of the country's loudest, mos controversial voices. gadi joins usith details. hey, gadi. >> reporter: aly. jones has been spinning conspiracy theories for years.pp youtube, a banning him citingiolations of their user agreements. in the free speech world of the internet, tech giant's toouyout

apple, facebook drawing a new line picking on one of the biggest conconspiracyists ever se >> pizzagate is real. >> now banned from facebook, youtube, spotify for hthe speech and violations of their standards. facebook where jones pages had 2.5 million followers says his professional content was removed in part fordplorifying violence and using dehumanizing language to describe people transgender, muslim, immigrants. jones into out monday onis ow info wars. >> mainstream corporate media fake news for people like the president said and now they are coming after everybod f >> reporte years jones courted controversy. >> it took me about a year with sandy hook t come to grips with the fact the whole thing was fake. >>017 megyn kelly pressed his claims that sandy hook was a

hoax. alex, the parents one after the other devastated. the dead bodies that the coroner dutopsied. >> they have loc all that, haven't released all that. >> all the parents decided to come out and lie about their dead children? what happened to the children. >> jones since acknowledged sandy hook was real but that hasn't stopped death threats. this family had to relocate seventimes. they are suing jones for defamation. still jones controversial views have earned him highis p from high places. candidate trump appearing on his show in 2015. >> your reputation is amazing. i will not let you down. you will be very, very impressed, i hope. >> evenhough h presence is still found on other pages, jones maintains this is all a left wing sprs. >> expose true skpeeng of

chinese infiltrating every level of our country ultimately pushing for patriots to be silenced and censored. that is outrage. >> gadi, what about twitter? what are they doing about jones? >> that's a question a lot of people want answered. we justchecked. no, it isn't up. looks like it's grown yesterday with t saying accounts don't violate rules. while apple has banned jonesn their podcast, they still allow users to download his info wars app. vannah, hoda, back to you. >> thank you. we're going to switch gears. mr. roker is back with the weather. >> let's look at what's going ot around the r

temperatures out thereno rit in the 70s. 60s outsite the beltway io martinsburg. again, it is a little on the warm side out there. with the humidity, it will feel warmer than it is. by the afternoon we're feeling close to 100de ees. humidity will be oppressive today, tomorrow as well. into thursdae get it starts to dip a little bit. storms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow. i your latest weather. ladies. >> all right, al. thank you so much.

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first 4 traffic., jaood morning. >> hey, eun. good morning. we'll start trying to get downtown onhe freeway west off the 11th street bridge. crash blocks two right lanes. sizeable delays o the 295. outer loop top side, the original crash at coalsville road has one on the shoulder.hb nond on 395, the hov lanes riding up towards 14th street bridge just put a crash over onto the right shoulder, back to you. >> jack, thank you. >> we'll take a break now. we'll check your forecast next. stay with us. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers 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.

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thisafternoon. we have a 30, 40% chance of showers and thundersrms. slightly better tomorrow. then we dry out for tomorrow. >> thank you, otlauren. anher update in 25 minutes. now back to the "today" show.

it's 7:30, tuesday morning and we haveliftoff. that's an overpass rocket launch at cap icanaveral. th the first time spacex relaunched its newestreusable booster. and the company is hoping to do it again and again. it's actuay designed to make 100 trips to space and back. >> wow. >> speaking of being back, looky looky looky, craig melvin. >> i missed you ladies. refreshed. >> i'm refreshed. >> you look very relaxed. >> thank you. it's good to be back. sort of. >> not too relaxed for the headlines. >> start with check of the headlines. extreme summer heat will be putting people in dangerh at bot ends of the country today.

heat advisories in the northeast stretching from new york city to boston. add in the humidity and it'sl going t like temperatures are ithe triple digits. utility companies bracing for heavy demand.me anwhile firefighters in northern california are getting absolutely no help from the weather. temperatures there are soaring as they battle what is now the bitaest wildfire that s has ever seen. two fires merge burning 280,000 acres. that's roughly the size of los angeles. traffic camera captured the moment when a tanker truck exploded into a huge fireball on a busy highway in northern italy. the tanker filled with flammable liquid hit another truck slowing down in heavy traffic. that explosion kled 2 people, others hurt. it caused part of a highway bridge to collapse. researcher,u a shark you've got to be ready for anything, even this. check it out. a marine biologist trying to tag a great white off the coast of massachusetts, zeroing in on thn shark w suddenly it zeros in

on him, flying right out of the water, his teeth just inches from his etfe. that was the capta speaking. the white shark conservancy video reminder to everybody great whites are unpredictable experts. you should be vigilant when you're in the water. that's exciting. >> he won't forget that. >> no, he won't. >> also this morning the father of missing colle student mollie tibbetts is making a new plea about his daughter's disappearance. nbc's blake mccoy has the very latest on this story. hey blake,ood morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. in a new interview, that father is goring his t beauty what happened to his father. it's seemingly different than a eory mollie's mother told us over the weekend. her reward has topped a quarter of a million ollars as the search for the missing college student continues. >> i'll be honest with you, early on i wasn't as hopeful as i am now. >> in a new interview the father

of mollie ti etts says he believes his father is still alive. >> the longerute do wit finding mollie's body, the more hopeful we are she's alive somewhere and going through something that very can survive. >> rob tickets says he believes his 20-year-old daughter is with someone she knows two weeks after vanishing from the small town of brooklyn, iowa. >> it's totally specution on part, but i think mollie iseo with s she knows, that is in over their head. there was some independent could of misunderstanding about the nature of that relationship. at this point they don't know ho to get out from under this. they don't know how to resolve they are probably terrified. >> those words setting a diffent tone from mollie's mother who told nbc news she believes mollie was abducted while on her nightly run and police found a computer, wallet

and drmivers licens at her boyfriend's house where she was staying. still not found her ip ne, fitbit and earbuds. mollie was last seen on that jan d disappeared from the neighborhood she was staying on the night of july 18th. searches of corn fields and pig farms have sone far t up no sign of the missi college student. police had been focusing last week on wayne cheney searching a pig farm near his home. he has a history of stalking. >> job what they asked me. it was a waste of mytime. i know that. >> authorities not saying why they went backch to ey's home a second time on sunday. ro ticketbbetts says the fbi ha agents on the ground and utilizing sources around the country as part of an effort to find his daughter, part of a rge, sophisticated effort, a desperate plea from a father who does not want to give up hope. >> mollie come home and hold your self accountable so far but

don't escalate this where you selft recover your >> we understand the police had scheduled a news conference and canceled it, so what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. a press conference that waor scheduled today has been canceled. the next one is not until friday. g explanation wasen for that cancellation but police have been very tight-lipped not releasing any new detail weeks now. they won't even say if the pig farmer who we've seen searches around his property is a person of interest. the onlynerson early was the boyfriend. they say he was not a suspect, was working a construction job 100wa milesin dubuque. that lack of information has createdacm to fill. guys. >> thank you. now to a new lawsuit m ing startling claims about what exactly is in a line of pet food from famed celebrity chef rachael ray. c's morgan radford on that one this morning.

good mornin >> good morning. in fact, that lawsuit has thousands of pet owners worried aftert claims the dog food contains a chemical used in the well-known weed killer round the country that makes noutrish denies it. she markets i as natural inspired by her own recipes with meat, fish, vegetable. no by-products. >> real recipes, real r ingredients,eal good. >> reporter: a newn $5 mill class action lawsuit is challenging that, claiming noutri uses chemical used in round up. the suit was filed by this man here seen with his dog aria. onsumers were deceived thinking it was natural, instead not natural. instead, the products contain possibleen carcin according to complaints, tests conducted by an independent

laboratory revealed the chemical. >> the scientific evidence in this case will be critical because it will go to the of whether or not the compa made false or misleading representations. >> rachael ray has often said there's nothing in the dog food she wouldn't eat. >> i literally eat the food myself to show them there isn't anything in these products that i literally wouldn't put in my own body. >> the manufacturer of the products was bought by j.m. smucker comeany fory $2 billion. in a statement smucker says in part, we strongly stand behind the quality of our products, ingredients and sourcing practices. as animal lovers and humans, it goes without saying that we do not addti pdes to our products as an ingredient. we plan to aggressively fight these claims. raype is not nameonally as a party to this lawsuit. a spokesman for ray wro nbc news, rachel herself has always

championed great lengths ainsworth pet nutrition and now th j.m. smucker company take to create and provide the highest quality and safest pet food on the products on the market. at is why she feeds it to her pet and extended family. >> a lawsuit lik this can be devastating to a brand which has to defend these allegations in open public court. >> ray says she cooks with love, whether it's for people or for animals. >> i wanted food that people could trust. >> thatst t may now be tested in court. the man who files the suit writes in his complaintf rachael ray's nutrish were formulated without that weed killer in ere, he would consider buying it again. while the smucker company says they a reviewing the claim but they plan to aggressively fight it. as for donations at the end of march, ray has given $27 million. that's to organizations that do really good for animals, guys. >> keep us sted, morgan.

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this is a "news 4 today" news break. 7:56 is your time now on this tuesday, august 7, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. right now we want to check on your morning commute with wtop's jack taylor in your first 4 commute. how's it looking? >> good morning. big trouble downtown crash on the freeway after the 11th street bridge. the two right lanes are eyblock. leared it out of the road. hopefully the delays will ease here quickly. in bound on suitland parkway. cleared a vehicle on the right side of the road. it went down in the woods. crash has beeut over to the shoulder. the slow downs on the beltway shouldegin to se. >> back to you. >> we'll take a quick break now check your forecast nex stay with us.

good tuesday morning. we are warm and muggy again. temperatures are rising here. 78 degrees now. gaithersburg 77. washington, 80 already. annapolis by the afternoon 93 but feeling close to 100 with all the humidity. couple of afternoon pop-up thunderstorms if possible. scattered thunderstorms as well. y for the end of the rain and rain returns for the weekend. >> sheena, back to the "today" show.

it is 8:00 today. coming up fire and fury coast-to-coast. th morning millions of bracing for record setting temperatures feeding the flames of th largest wildfire in california's history. fires dangerous can these get? >> really dangerous. this year has been a deadly year already for us. >> we're live with the latest. plus serena's battle off the court. the tennis star speaking out about postpartum emotions one week after the worst loss o her career o what she hoper moms will take away from her honest words. beyonce opens up t "vogue"

offering a rare glimpse into h private life. what she's revealing about marriage motherhood and more as she makes history again today tuesday august 7th, 2018. >> i cycled over 3,000 miles from seattle to be here does. >> from st. joseph, louisiana. >> my birthday trip with grandma. >> mack from houston, xas. >> we're here to celebrate. >> my birthday. >> shout out to friends and family in texas. >> i'm turning 18 today. welcome back. a little "uptown funk." >> your favorite song. >> doesn't it put you in a good mood. we have a beautiful crowd, good looking crowd outside. we're going to head out and say hey. >> gooevmorning, ybody.

nice to have you withus. >> a lot going on, right to news at 8:00. tensilfons on both coasts set to face heat. california's worst wildfire ever. al is here with a look at the situation. al, good morning. >> good morning. we are looking in the east at 33 llion people who are under someort of heat advisory or heat watch. 90s to 100s in the southeast, all the way to the northeast. look at the temperatures next coupf days in the 90s. air temperatures. heat indexes will be in the 100s, atlanta, memphis, mile and jacksonville. we go out west. mend sinnono complex right now 28 800acres. this now, we've got 100 active large fires out west. 1.6 million acres burned, 5 milliones aurned this year alone. mendocino complex, 283,800 acres

makes it the largest california wildfire ever. to give you a s sense of thee of this thing, it's actually bigger than the city of los angel angeoms. so as twoexes come close together, they say they are not going to see any kind ofai coent. right now 30% contained but not letely controlled until maybe august 15th. that's assuming everything goes well. guys, back to you. >> all right, al. thank you so much. turn now to the paul manafort trial and bombshell testimony from manafort's longtime right-hand man rick gates who admitted to a range of criminal activity involving the president's former aide. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in new jersey. the president is on working vacation. peter, good morning. lots of eyes on this courthouse in virginia. >> including apparently the president's eyes. rick gates due btak on the today. already the first 45 minutes on mond proveno be a dramatic showdown.

you have donald trump's former deputy campaign chairman testifying against his former campaign chairman saying the two men were literally partners in cri crime. this morning rick gates becoming first campaign official to confess his crimes on the witness stand. gates,ormer deputy and longtime right-hand man asked by the prosecution, were you involved in any criminal activity with mr. manafort? hisrey, yes. did you commit any crimes with nmanafort? agnswering yes. star witness in the manafort case admitting he and manafort conspired to falsify manafort's tax returns hiding millions of dollars from the irs in 15 offshore bank accounts. all of is, according to gates, done at manafort sz direction, insisting both men knew they were committin a crime. manafort, trump's former campaign chairman has plead not guilty to tax and bank fraud charges. another stunning admission gates

admitting he stole from manafort while working for him. inen moments, manafort, his arms crossed, staring directly at protege. seemingly nervous, talking fast, never making eye contact with his mentor. for the white house the testimony packs a punch as mueller's investigation picks up speed. telling dent's lawyer nbc news he's preparing to respond to mueller's request for an interview with the president in the coming days. the charges against both men largely predating their time with the trump campaign. spea png ofsident trump, here it is bedminster property, theyi president s out of view again. no public events on his schedule today.ht however, ton he is supposed to have a private dinner witheo major in the business community including the heads of pepsi, johnson & johnson and fed fedex. savannah. >> peter alexander. thank you. >> chicago police have yet to make any arrests in the shootings of 70 people over the

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we're back with "today's" talker and candid comments from serena williams and what exactly she's saying. hi, guys. >> after suffering the worst loss of her career last week she decided to pull out of this week's touament citing personal reasons. now the mother o 11-month-old uexis opening in an emotional instagram post. here is what she said. this isus obv her daughter alexis. she said lasteek was not easy for me. not only was i accepting someug personal stuff, mostly i felt like i wasn't a good mom. she goes on, i rea several articles that says postpartum emotion are can last up to three years if not dealt with. i'm not a aund as mu i'd like to be. most moms do the same thing.

if you're having a rough day or week, i am, too.e' th always tomorrow. of course social media lit up with support of the star. ank you for sharing as always. this will help so many people out there. you are the best mom alexis olympia could ever ask for. nancy i posts love how honest serena is. seeing the greatest o all time makes it easier for others to acknowledge theirs. this isn't the first time serena into out about the challenges of motherhood. just lt mon she said she cried after missing her daughter's first steps. williams expected to compete o the u.sn at the end of the month but that could actually coincide with her daughter's first birthday. m >> soy people talking boult what serena wrote we want to focus more on it with natalie azar. first of all, serena isamazing. she made it to wimbledon final 10 months after givin birth. we have to give her show much for that. i thought it was interesting, is it true postpartum feelingsnt c

ue for three years after birth? >> if untreated, yeah. i think probably one of the most shocking things, the symptoms can occurnyime within the first year. that's probably one of the things that's going to hit home for a lot of women maybe at nine months, ten tmonths,ir child is nine-month-old, why am i suddenly feeling this way, it still can hhappen. do you know what you're feeling. sometimes there are moments you feel cruy and you call those baby blues, then something far more serious sitation. >> ts more serious. the baby blues is something experienced by% of women. that usually lasts for two weeks. that's to be pected. your hormones are dropping, there's a huge life change. you might be moody, exhausted. but i it starts to last longer, if the symptoms are more frequent and more severe, something more specific to postpartum are these feelings of insecurity about taking care of the baby, am ieoing to m a

mistake in addition to just the classic symptoms of pression. if those start to happen, bring it up especially at that six-week postpartum visitith ur health care provider. >> serena wrote she had complications after giving birth. does tt make womenore susceptible. >> certainly complications during delivery,it a problem the newborn, especially, too, medically, women who have a history with depression prior are at a greater risk. but anybody technically can experience this. >> at wimbledon when she said i'm doing this for all the moms out there, i remember how touching iwas. you can tell she's trying, like a lot of moms, trying to divide their time between the profession and being a mom. >> one of the things that hit home, i had posartum with bot my kids. i remember i was reading books about it at the time is that making it more pubsoc with al media, she's really done a public service, because there's a lot of people who are andg to hear her sto think about what they are

experiencing and hopefullyt can help. >> i know. she's done a lot of good. >> it's not easy to talk not easy to talk about. >> you can look like you're doing everything right on the outsidend still be hurting on the inside. >> exactly.al no >> thank you. >> dr. azar, thank you. let us go over to well, we are looking at more storms later on today. it's feelilose to 100 degrees. the humidity wilp dthroen. by temperdyures, it's alr warm. we're in the 70s.

in fact, just to the east of us near 80 degrees. by the dead of the afternoon already feeling like 100 degrees. we will have a chance for a few showers and thunderstorms picking up any timefter about 2:00 p.m. they'll die out after 8:00 p.m. some of those could a little on the strong side. about a 40% chance. >> if you're heading out the door, don't forget catch us on sirius channel 108 today liv at 1:00 p.m. off the rails with dylan dryer. >> is that the theme song? >> offls the r and dylan goes -- >> it's catchy. >> not so much but we. like >> play along. >> we like it. >> dylan, take uso "pop start." >> let's move over to that. first up carrie underwood. the country singer graces the september issue of redbook and opened up whether her huand, hockey player mike fisher would like to grow their family. she said i'm 35 so we may have

missed our chance to have a big family. we talk adoption and may do it when our children are over. or foc her sixth album, "cry pretty." pick up the issue when it hits news stands august 8th. >> and s's comingn the "today" show. i'm thrilled. up next will smith, the actor shared his epic family vacation where they spent time coast of italy. his wife and three kids came and kickedhe tri things off with an ambitious hike climbing an active volcano. was a long hike up but the group eventua y madeit. take a look. >> a right. we are at the top of volcano island. the sulfur smell is really bad, hence, the facial it burns your eyes just a little bit. >> it's hot. >> yo, that's a volcano. yo, that's a volcano.

it's a volcano. no, it's like hot, it will burn atyour shoes. crazy. >> so will seemed to be the most excited of the bunch to becl so e to an active volcano. the family then took theirrip from the top of the volcanoo the depths of the sea scuba diving off the coast. safe to say we'd like an invite to that trip. i guess they travel with a on >> an entire production company. >> an orchestra. >> music, souncoracks. >> ose, they can. in other news, a look from the set of quentin tarantino's "once upon a time in hollywood" has been revealed. we first saw brad pitt andar le dicaprio dressed in character back in june, now a glimpse of margot robbie playing .ctress sharon ta shared the photo on instagram. what do you think? is there a resemblance?

awesom "once upon a time in hollywood" will hit theaters july 26, 2019. lester ht upate last night. the anchor sat down with seth meyers. turns out lester has been holding a bit of a grudge for the company you worked yfor. >> s wanted to do this for a long time and you've been at nbc tim first but your first efforts to join national broadcasting company did not go great. you applied for a job and saved the letter from 1977. >> still just a littlbitter. >> i guess if you still have it. >> here you see right here it's very -- dear, mr. holt. thank you for your interest in wnbc, i was impressed by your credentials. however, it' not exactly what we're looking for at this time. but then good luck with your career. that was very . >> that meant a lot to me. pointlester was quick to out that he did apply to wnbc when he was only a few months out of high school so that could be the reason why they didn't think he quite had what it took to make it in this business.

we're so glad it worked out for lester. >> at this ti. >> good luck with your career. t' amazing he has the letter. i hope framed somewhere. >> notice how he blacked out who signed the letter. >>nd his address. > dylan dryer, thank you so much. now to the reason why more people than usual are talking about beyonce this morning. natalie in los angeles with that story. >> good morning to you. the queen bee is famouslyut private b she's opening up about her private life in a very raw and revealing way. this morning beyonce in her own words discussing motherhood and issues with her own body, opening up like never before making history in the "vogue" september issue. the singer hiring the first african-american cover photographer in the magazine's 126 year history.

d tyler mitchell behind the lens. beyonce who chose a more natural look for the shoot revealing struggles with body image following birth of her fchst d blue ivy who is now six old.s i believed things society said about how i should look. i put preure on myself to lose all the baby weight in three months and scheduled a small tour to ensure i would doit. looking back that was crazy. >> but the 36-year-old mother of three says s now embraces her curves attributing the change to complications during hery pregnaith twins. beyonce explain, i was 218 pounds the day i gave birth to rumi and sir. i was swollen with toxemia and had been on f bedre over a month. my health and my babies' health were in danger so i had an emergency thsection. e star said she took six months off to recover. during that time she accepted what her body wanted tbe

adding, i have a little mommy pouch and i'm in no rush to get rid of i think it's real. whenever i'm ready to get a six-pack i will go into beast zone. right now my fupa feel like we're meant to be. beyonce discussing how her marriage to jay z survived infidelity. jay z opening up about his unfaithfulness last >> the hardest thing is sing pain on someone's face you love and having to deal with your self. >> the need to know are you cheating. >> what good is a menage a trois when you have a saul mate. >> both performers ud art to work their their problems she looked to her family's complicated past. i come from a lineage of broken male,shemale relatis, abuse of power and mistrust. only when i saw that clearly was i able to resolve conflicts in my own relationship. connecting to th past a

knowing our history makes us boston bruised and beautiful. >> natalie, beyonce is famously private. she doesn't do a lot of interviews, so how did this "vogue" one come about? >> it's reportedeyonce was given unprecedented control over "vogue's" september issue. it's importa to notehe article is written, as we said, in her own words. she did not do an interview for it. guys, what i love about it, we can embra our mommy pouch or daddy pouch for that matter. >> that's whats he alw said when i was pregnant, he was eating for two as ll. >> see you, guys. >> we have time for dilly clicks, dyn. >> this is an interesting. fans at eastern electric musicw festival khey were in for a party but not quite like this. take a lookt the restrooms. at first, looks like a typical festival setup. wh youpen one special door you walk your self right into port ai a-party.

these went virals and have people looking at port-o-potties differently. >> i bet that party smellsck stunk. >> how did they do that? it's lik m aic trick. >> i don't know h to feel about that. >> like a tent behind >> solving problems. >> i love it. dylan, thank you.e yesterdayd spike lee on talking about the movie "blackkklansman." one of the stars is here. you know him from that '70s show, tophe grace. >> topher. >> hi, topher, good morning. do you really watch this show every day. >> when i'm not partying in a bathroom, yeah. >> exactly. he said good morning, hoda. i was like no, it's savannah. >> no, i wat every morning, i promise. >> we're excited to talk t

this is a "news 4 toda news break. good morning, everybody. it's 8:26 now on this tuesday, august 7th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's see how your morning commute is shapi. jack taylor is in with melissa. jack? >> a couple of issues o i-295. first one is northbound headed towards the 11th street that crash moved out of the roadway thankfully. southbound near malcolm x boulevard, traffic wasn't moving very fast at all. there was a crh. ey're hoping to get lanes open southbound on i-295 after malcolm x. aaron, back to you. >> jack, thank you. we'll have a look at your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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>> it's 8:30 everybody, tuesday morning. it ishe 7th of august, 20it. 's a steamy one here in new york city. it's going to get hotter. there's so much great music coming up. i know, it's steamy. the windo steaming up at 30 rock this morning. one of the biggest fans ofll time, no exaggeration, will be here wednesday aerosmith. >> can you stand it. >> come early and often. >> it's crazy. this ,frid jason mraz taking over our concert stage, if you're in the ea, come on down, he's like the perfect concert purchase it's amazing.

>> his music always putsn you a good mood, always puts you in a good mood. coming up topher grace has an interesting role in this spike lee movie. we're going to talk to him about this role and also life away from the cameras. >> he's good in that movie. >> too good. >> we talked about this movie yesterday. he's so good. creepy in a good woway. >> other good things in a different way, pasta and wine. alioczen isere to combine them in one dish. >> befored that, gmorning. >> good morning. i have this gal down here, hoda. >> klg has her wine glass and she's ready. >> i have a surprise for her, too. i'm just going to put it like this, i was doing something before i came to work and i was surprised by kathie lee gifford and i'll show you how when you come on over. >> that's atease. >> >> that's an awesome tease.

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that's coming. >> janet jackson. >> janet jackson. janet jackson? >> well, happyay birt i hope you guys have so much fun. >> thank you so much. >> hi mom. >> hi, mom. if you can't take it to new york watch it livebc on m saturday september 27th. how fun is that. savannah. >> love it. thank you, dylan. coming up next i'm sitting with the manf the ment. topher grace has a pivotal role in spike lee's movie, we want to hear all about it. don't you want to tell us about that. >> not yet. >> firsthis is t

welcome back tuesday morning. director spike lee was here yesterday tellings about his new movie, the "blackkklansman,"

unbelievable but true story about a black investigator who went under cover for the klan. topher plays the wizard at the center. >> the true white american race, the backbone from whence came our great sthern heritage. and i want to thank you. fornt to thank you so much never putting your country second. america first. america first. america first. >> topher, goomorning. good morning. >> a lot of our viewers are going to know you from the '70s show. this is about as far away from that as you can get. >> slightly more racism. >> yeah. was that intimidating to take on, to think i'm going to play this controversial picture, these words are so ugly a c they aring out of your mouth. that must have been kind of terrifying. >> it was. was one of the great days of my career to get this call from spike lee.

he says i want you -- you're my guy. i was so excited. so that was a gre day. then i realized, oh, wait, the next month is going to be the worst month of my life. i had to end up doing the worst research ever. >> you're researching, you read his book, had to be watching speeches. >>o say i read his book, it's a door stops it so overwhelmingly negative. i watched a lot of film interviews. he was actually on do nnahue a couple of times in the early '80s. that's what was great to see him with a crowd, they hated him. at's what is so evil about him, he's even good with that crowd. >> what's great about your portrayal, i got to see the movie, in a weird way it's d. understa he says these incredibly hateful and awful things but you kind present him in this kind of understated kind of dare i say likable way. >> this is what's so evil about

him and continues to be so evil about him is that het this period of time in the '70s put a new face onracism. he kind of rebranded it and made it more palatable. so kind of the nicer he is, i felt like that made him more evil. >> did you ever reach out to him or did he reach out to you. >> no, i did not reach out to him. people are asking now if i want to talk to him. oh, my god, no, not now. i know he called ron stallworth, the man who the film is based on. >> it's ron stallworth's true story. >> he calle him i think two or three nights ago. i feel like i might come off bat film. too late now, buddy. that's interesting. >> not getting ahead of it now, it comes out friday. i what's also interesting in the films also kind of funny. it's not a comedy, i wouldn' ll it a comedy but there's humor, a lightness to its touch. >> thiss what' so brilliant

about spike lees he is able to take this subject matter that's so heavy and kind of open it to more people so his message gets out there. it's more -- it's a fun moviee and m devastating at the same time. >> i heard you had an unusual way of destressing. >> this got a little bit too much press. >> it's too late now. u've got to tel us. >> in my free time sometimes, this is only the geekiest hobby to have, but i will edit films -- not films i'm in. i have no want to be an i work with great editors who are much better than me. i thought you could edit together the whole hobbit movie. it's stupid. >> it's adorable. you take the whole six hours -- >> there's a lot more than that. there's like nine hours of hobbit. it was so depressing, this research -- you've got to ask my

wife, i was tough to livewith. we our uafirst. like, i was practicing my lines ound the house. she was like, hey, can you cool it on the hate speech, we just had a child. so i had to find some way to just kind of like go into the basement and like just relaxki d of detox. it was fun. when we shot it, it was really fun. it was all the research you have to do to become the person. >> you he to internalize stuff. >> i'm not a method actor. i don't get so into my work and take it home with . but this one, it's overwhelmingly depressive, the ideas. just being in his head is not a place you want to be. t> you talked about your baby, there's nothing t can put a smile on your face like a new baby. she's almost a year? >> nine months. that was actually very therapeutic to have a baby that was born right at the beginning of filmmaking -- making this

lm. it's a confusing time to bring someone into the world. ilm e able to be part of a like this where you're able to kind of -- it takeslace in the '70s but way more to do with the current climateight now. >> well, i'm sure you're hugging that baby hard. thank you so much forhe being . >> thank you. i actually watch the show. >> that makes me so happy. >> i'm excit to be here. >> he's like i watch the "today" show. i'm like, reno, ly, you do? >> i used to tivo and watch it when i get up. now i wait sbo about two hours f it to come on because i have a kid. >> topher grace, thanks for being here. "blackkklansman" coming up in theaters. new twists on pasta. we'll make it two ways. one calls for red wine. first, this is "today"c.

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we are back with "today" food. tw pasta dishes that will impress your guests and leave them wanting more. look who ishehere, author of "bring it!" the ultimate guide to dinner ideas. you were actually a page at "today" show. here. rt >> best job i ever had. >> if you can make it into the page program ac, you've already made it. it's so hard to get into the prram page program is harder than writing the cookbook, my t show. that's the best job i ever had. i learned so much. id wor at "nightly news" after i was a page. i have so much love for nbc. >> we're happy to have you back. yore cooking u a couple of pasta dishes. >> today we're making red wine past s which is exciting. people look at this pasta, we're going to cook it rightn e

red wine. >> what do we do? >> we chop up a little garlic, throw it in the pan. this has been cooking for a few minutes with butter, sauteingth the butter. then we throw the pasta right into the dry pan. put an entire bote of red wine. we should have been doing this with kathie lee prosecute of what kind of wine is that. >> this is a beaujolais. a light wine. you want to use a wine you drink. the wine will soak up -- it will taste like the wine you use. don't use too bad of a wine. >> it should cover the pasta all the way. >> then add about a cup of water as well and let that cook foro about eight ten minutes. you might need to add more as it cooks down, cooks down. a>> it's on high boil. you should be boiling that >>up ou let it boil and let it simmer and it looks like this.

to end you're just going to throw some butter in here and finish it up. you can see this is just the wine. >> how does that red wine taste. >> i'm a big fan of eating a bite of food and taking a sip of wine. this takes out a whole step. it gets into my mouth faster. >> if you ate aou lot would get a buzz? >> no, you're boiling it, the of alcohol burns >> asking for a friend. >> garnish it up. >> what's beautiful about this, eust put some basil and some feta. what's great here, if you're someone who doesn't eat cheese or whever, you can make this without the feta as well. >> pin nuts. >> people love pine nuts. >> do you toast them. >> it's about easy. >> i've learned things on the show. >> have yo toasted pinenuts. >> i think we all know i haven't. >> doesn't mean you don't to. t >> serve it up. you love it. >> so easy, beautiful, and you

can serve it cold. it's perfect. >> okay. m going to try it. as we move onto the next o.u have a pe >> this is a pesto e.vinegare one of the issues people have with making fresh pesto, pine nuts can be expensive.is uses almonds, makes it easier on the dget. we're going to add ingredients. this is basi almoston, parmesan, raw garlic which gives it a really nice kick and also some dijon mustard here which we'll just scrape it in there? >> that's pesto. >> technically if you're a purist, this't i real pesto. >> olive oil. >> olive oil in here and addit little of salt and pepper. >> okay. then grind that up. >> yeah. that's it. justo it. >> all right. so there's your pesto.

now what? >> poule some pasta. this is so easy. the whole point of "bring it is recipes you can make ahead and are easy. half the0ook is minutes or less. it's really just easy. >> bathe it in that sto. >> thi pesto is also great, i like to put it on chicken. i like to put it in like salad. it makes for a great doctorsing dre -- dressing >> it seas well. >> you can freeze this in an ice cube tray and throw it on your pasta. >> that's a cver idea. >> smart. >> have it always. >> toaste the p nuts always for savannah. >> so did you give -- you t to some of the pages, did you give them advice on how to make it once they finishup? >> cook a lot. no, i just said you have to work hard. i the biggest piece of advice i can give to any young person, ask for help, loo for mentors and keep going. i was so lucky when i was at

nbc, i just asked for lp. that's how i got my next job and next job. o>> we're so proud you. we're happy to claim you, ali. >> thank you so much. >> for all the recipes head to today.com/food. click on "bring it!" ali,gh

all ri who is in the mood to celebrat >> always. >> i am. >> break out thend birthdays the smucker's jars. birthday time. first up happy 100th birthday to arline lass kin from florida, a big fan of italian food, always ready to grab a slice of pizza. max from new jersey, 10 serve as a lieutenant during world war we thank you for your service. look at that jaunty cap.

happy 103rd birthday to mary uck, hard worker from ozar missouri. did not retire um she was 85. saul becm f new york city celebrating 102 years. guy.just a number for this he still runs a trade publication for the frozen food industry. till making cold hard cash. cora jones 100 years old, entrepreneur from durham, north carolina. opened up her own beauty shop where she trained aspiring s. beautici happy 100th birthday to fred of wichita, kansas. in addition to his big day,red and his wife, get this, are celebrating 75 years of marriage. >> wowser. >> congratulations. happy birthday. don't forget. you know somebody celebratingir milestoneday tell us all about them attoday.com/cele >> we're missing hoda. >> she's across the street. >> the eagle has landed. hoda and kathie lee are going over to hang out with megyn at

the t of the hour. that's going to be lit. >> are they drinking wine? >> kathie lee is there, she probably brought some gift wine and brought it on over. >> then they will come back and do their show at 10:00. going to be li listen to you. >> she ran away bec ase we have really bad

you this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> 8:56 is your time on tuesday, august 7th, 2018. good morning to you. imhe eun yang. let's get right to jack tlor with a check on your first 4 traffic. hey, jack. >> hey, eun. 395 northbound someit act after edsel road. got moved over to the shoulder. still have the sldown as you see.

395 north bound near thehov lanes, new crash on the left side of the roadway. southbound on 5i- after malcolm x avenue, accident activity. rdst h had the left side of the road getting by. down towards the wilson bridge. back to you. >> jack, thank you. we'll take a quick breow and check your forecast next. stay with us.

good tuesday morning. temperatures nowd getting aro that 80 degrees mark. 81 in frederick. 80 clinton, 71 degrees insh gton. by the afternoon, high of 93 degrees. humidity making it feel close to 100. isated afternoon thunderstorms. dmorrow in the 90s. afternoon storms a to end the week.

good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. we have a bunch of topics making the rounds today from beyonce and her alleged mommy pouch to the first male cheerleaders in the nfl. joining me now to break it all down from the fourth hour booze cruise, please welcome kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. >> hello, lovely. nice to have you here.