path. millions facing heavy rain, high winds and widespread power outages. we have live and al is tracking that dangerous strm. on the hot seat. confirmation hearings getting under way for president trump's supreme court nominee. democrats for brett kavanau getting this advice from joe biden. >> stay in the room. >> do they he the votes to

derail. controversy. reaction pours in overnight to former star colin kaepernick being made the face of nike's new campaign. ring burning and some of sports. will this help or hurt his chance of gettg back on the field. all that plus storming out. the questn about bill clinton that led monica lewinsky to cut short an interview and abruptly walk off stage. no place like home. iconic slippers stolen a eck did ago finally recovered. the engage announcement from the fbi this morning. >> roger out. in a stunning etups roger federer knocked ut. the unseeded opponent behind the late nght shocker today tues y, september 4th, 2018.

>> announcer: from nbc news, thiss "today" with savannah guthrie a hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. wlcome to today. two words you never thought we would be saying. john mehlman, never thought we would say that. >> i was so happy to see y, then you put this in the open of the show. big, big moment from the man from australia. >> good for him. he played a tough match. we'll get to tenn in a little bit. a busy morning, a lot to get to starting with the dangerous storm racing to the gulf coast whereri hne warnings are posted. starting with mr. roker at the wall. >> here is the latest on this. this system is quickly developing. as it does we're going to be tching storm system right now

240 miles east southeast of the mouth of the mississippi. 65-mile-per-hour winds moving west northwestt 17 miles per hour so thiss booking. we have 17 million under tropical storm warnings, 2 million people under hurricane warnings at this it becomes a hurricane sometime this afternoon and makes landfall wednesday around 1:00 a.m. and continues inland. here is what we look for flooding rain, torrential downpours, flash flooding, road closures, overfcrwing ks, 8 to 12 inches of rain. the storm surge especially stretching from the west to almost mobile, alabama. 3 to 6" storm surge. that's going to cause major problems. then the winds.he ast side of the storm, strongest part. 40 to 50-mile-an-hour winds,

widespread power out agages gulfport, mississippi is battening down the hatches. that's where we find kerry sanders as we getready. kerry. >> reporter: good morning, al. because of the threat comg ashore with gordon, they have canceled schools. some the real concern is giving people time to prepare for this. because there's a win toe people have most of today. they will be able to get ready. as you saw quite a storm soaker in florida. we had wind gusts up to 51 mile an hour. ay for a miserable labor people in south florida. now it's time to prepare for people alreadyetting sandbags and other items in ace. here along the coast they have done mandatory evacuations. those are just in the harbors,

biloxi, gulfport and lo beach, to get people out of their boats if they plan to ride the storm out. one year ago hurricane nate came ashore here. it was a minimalurricane but still caused serious problems.te flooding i about a quarter mile that was really quite devastatingnd two people died. nobody wants to take any of this seriously. al, there is still time for rocery o get to the store and to get gas in their cars. no matter how big or small the storm is there will be power outages making it difficult. >> absolutely. kerry sanders, biloxi, mississippi. thanks so muc kerry. we'll continue to track this all day long. savannah. >> al, another big concern with the weather, rrential rain in the midwest led to widespread flooding. emergency rescue and hundreds of canceled flights. what a day. nbc's blake mccoy in chicago for us with the test. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. here at o'hare, water was drping into the terminal.

more than 500 flights have been canceled since many passengers forced to spend the night here in the terminal and trying to flt out again s morning. this is just the beginning of a very active weather week here in the midwest. this morning travel disruptions at one of the nation's busiest airports. chicago oare. water leaking through the roof of the international terminal as severe storms dumped heavy raur ase it was a little crazy. >> i noticed the roof was leaking. >> one traveleritching the shoes. airport sff using golf carts to get around. >> this is the third time whad a flood just because of the rain. >> outside more tavel turmoil. the main highwayrt to the airp under water. some travelers grabbing their suit cases and walking the rest of the way as traic came to a standstill. >> it took two hours to come five miles. literally crawli on the road

rainfall all the result of fast-moving severe weather expected to soak the midwest through thursday. the main threat today for nebraska,iowa, sominneta, and wisconsin. some areas could see more than " of rain. aonfirmed tornado over central city io monday night. in manhattan, kansas, hundreds had tbe rescued after flash flooding submerged cars and stnended home s. >> pouring in the front door. it was totally soaked and it kept getting worse from there. >> for millions of americans, a stormy return from the long hoiday weekend. >> so we have southern storms, midwestern storms. this will cause aro ripple the country. flights were already full p because t labor day travel. there weren't a lot of re-booking optecns. your travel status early. >> what a scene there. thank you. this morning all eyes on

capitol hill where confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are getting under w. will face very tough questions. nbc's white house correspondent hallie jackson has a look at what we can expect. hi,iehal good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the room is empty minus photograers getting set up. outside there's already a line for people to get in. it started at 10:00 last night. here is where brett kavanaugh o will sit deliver his opening statement. this morning we're getting a look at what he might say. he will prepare himself, according to remarks, to an umpire, somebody neutral and impartial and he will always be a team player. expect spicy questions from the pdemocrats seated here. by themselves do nhae the numbers to block kavanaugh eir own as they intend to do but they are not giving up without a figh a supreme spotlight for kavanaugh with democrats getting

advice from democrat joe biden. >> stay in the room, demand answers, point out not giving material expected in the co mittee. >> biden hinting at self line of attacks for dems. one, dealing wien doc. some senators are blasting the trump administration for withlding more than 100,000 documents related to kavanaugh's work in the george w. bush white house titing exe privilege. a white house spokesperson points out the administration has already turned over more than 400,000 pages of documents, mo than the past five nominees combined. kavanaugh would reple retiring justice anthony kennedy, a critical swing vote on the high court. democrats worry a more conservativeourt could puthe future of roe versus wade in doubt. that key abortion rights ruling expected to be another clash in t confirmation site. >> the candidate that has been named by donald trump was prescreened by two white wing

extremist groups. one of the groups, the executive director made clear that his number one goal in life is to overturn roe versus wade. >> and there's a third battle brewing on whether a sitting president can be investigated. watch for him in a review as me argued it takes t away from people.th don't need any with a 50-49 sloat. some say it won't be that split. >> i think there are a handful of democrats that will vote for kavanaugh if he does well and maybe hmore. >>h senators do you think we should keep our eye on as eris goes on. >> it's an inting question. the ones important are not going to be seated in this room. that is becau you've got the focus on more moderate republicans like senator susan

collins, senator murkowski. they are considered swayable. ere's aot of pressure on them. republicans leaning on three ret es, donnelly heitkamp and in m manchin, those are the ones to watch. brett kavanaugh will give his opening statement from this table here. you will see other opening statements butq&a doesn't start ntil tomorrow. we should mention coming up sonia sotomayer will be in studio 1a. savannah wi be talkingto her. >> first, craig, midterm elections countdown on now. >> with labor day behind us races are heating up. this morning we're kicking off nbc news coverage with special series, the vote, america's future. over the next twohs mo we'll bring you everything you need to know. our teamtsf correspond spanning out coasto-coast to cover big races and the issues that matter most to you. nbc naetonal correspondent alexander is at the white house to get us started. peter, good morning. >> craig, good morning to you.

so headinginto the fall, both republicans and democrats are bracing for what is already a fierce fight, control of both the house and senate hanging in the balance. president trump gearing up, blasting the federal justice system for daring to prosecute two of his congressional alliebl rean senator ben sasse among those outraged writing, the u.s. is not some banana republic with a two-tiered justice system adding one for the majority prty and one for the minority party. >> president ump again antagonizing attorney general jeff sessions now blaming him for jeopardize elections of two republican congressmen ahead the midterm. tweeting, two easy wins inside doubt because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. that a reference to recen indictments in california and new york. while he's not on the ballot, the president seizing the spotlight vowing to persally campaign for dozens of republican candidates. at least 40 stops scheduled. even some allies worry the november vote will be a

referendum on his presidency. >> i don't think there's going to be a blue wave. i hope there's a red wave. >> president trump has had some early primary victories rallying his base around candidates's endorsed but history isn't on his side. midterm elections usually favor the t partyat doesn't control the white house. half registered voters telling us they want democrats to control congress. what's stake? if democrats win either chamber his legislative in danger, to repeal obamacare, the border wall. a new barrage of investigations geto the president with democrats in ch of key oversight committee. mr. trump dismissing the threat ofimpeachment. >> i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everyeody would be po. >> so no matter which party comes out ahead, 2018 is shaping up as the year of the woman with

a record breaking number of women candidates.ul there be more firsts this fall, the first african-american woman governor andhe youngest woman ever elected. savannah. >> all right, peter. thank you so uch. nbc's steve kornacki with a closer look at what we shouldpa attention to in the leadup to november. steve, you're o reside nerd, okay. set the scene. what's happening this fall. >> after labor day, the mestretch. poem line, control of the u.s. house. republicans have had it since 2010. democrats, this is their best chance to get it back, 23. that's the magic number. if democrats pick up 23 they get control. that is certai dy able number. republicans are bracing themselves on that front. senate is theteresting one here. 50-49 that mccain'se seat will filled by a republican. democrats need 51. a two-sea gain. on paper that should be easy. here is the issue for decrats, it's the maps. these are the states really democrats, where do they have a

chf getting pick ups? s.not many optio maybe four, nevada, arizona look ripe, tennessee, texas, we'll see. the problem for dems is every blue state you see on the map is a trump state from016 where a democratic incumbent is running forti re-el. democrats are defending a lot more turf than republicans. if democrats loseew a blue ones there, doesn't matter if they make it up. seep's approval rating, yo it now, average it all together just over 40%. i think you can see republicans think if this thing can be the mid-40s, they think they may have s aot to hang on. the lower it gets, the more trouble they are in. lt's throw in missouri senate race. >> that missouri senate race, one of those trump states with the democratic incumbent, check this out, brand-new, dead even. 47-47. mccaskill trying to hang on. trump's approval rating in the

poll, 45%. that's that number republica ns h avthe eyin think they can live. if not, theblgd be trouble. in missouri perfect example. >> in florida primary race. aorida is a bellwether, no rewdi gillum came out of nowhere. here is the mostinteresting thing. he won the nomination. look at the turnout, up 181% from four years ago on the democratic side. that is energy, ran hard to the left, ran against trump, ran on a lot of liberal issues. look at the energy he generated. look at this, on the republican side ron desantis,congressman, look at the energy, 171. what did he do? ran to theas trump each base got what it wanted here. this is themp energy of the t era. 2014 in some ways could be a pview of the battle of bases we see in america in 2020. >> epic left-right battle. we'll see in the governor's race what happens.

steve, thank you. i hope we see you a ot. we've got in-depth gomplg leading up to election day. by the way, find it all online, nbcnews.c nbcneco.com/the vote. ng up, getting millennials to vote. a way a story was handled at >> nbc chairman sent an e-mail about ronin farrow's initial investigation of harvey te wei. nbc's kate snow is here with us. >> reporter: good morning. he sent the e-mailwith a nine-page report detailing the facts as nbc management sees the lengthy and detailed document follows reportsek last n which farrow's former producer accused the network of trying to kill the weinstein story. this morning nbc news addressing the controvsy. the network's chairmanlaandy lak ng out what he says are thec behind former reporter

ronan farrow's investigation of disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. in an e-mail overnight, he writes, contrary to recent allegations, at no point did nbc obstruct farrow'sg reportr killing an interview." calling it baseless speculation that so interference by harvey weinstein played a role in our decision making. an internal report attached to the nws employee e-mail describes numerous calls and e-mail byarvey weinstein or his attorneys to nbc news executives. theyere aggressive and persistent, the report said, and had no impact on the editorial process. nbc news also lays out a full thme line of farrow and his producer's worke story for the network saying ateam of three nbc news veteran journalists examined the story at the time and determined it was not ready for broadcast. they also found an example that extent s said showed the to which farrow unfortunately misrepresented the material he had and misrepresented a

source's willingness to identify weinstein. after eight months, the report says, there was not a single victim of or witness to misconduct by weinstein who was willing to be identified so it did not meet journalisticds standar practiced by major news organizations including "the new yorker." farrow left nbc news in august last year ultimately publishing a pulitzer prize winning print story about weinstein in the neo er. nbc news says it was farrow's decision to leave because as lack puts it, farrow did not agree with the journalistic standards practiced by nbc newsa he said print outlet was ready to move forward immediately. in a statement overpass ronan farrow disputes that sayi it was nbc's suggestion to, quote, take the story to another outlet, and i took them up on it only after it became clear thaw being blocked from further reporting. farrow adding, the story was twice cleared and deemed reportable by legal and standard only to be blocked by exec it i was who refused to allow us to

seek commen from harvey weinstein. one ofarvey weinstein's accuser emily nester backed his account. in aem stnt to the hollywood reporter she said she had filmed an intervw in silhouette but later offered to attach my to the interview in silhouette or reshoot the interview with m face visible. however, they were not interested in this inberview. news suggests in the lack e-mail report that farrow did not have a sing emvictor witness m's on the record. in a statement last nig ronan farrow's former nbc producer who reently left the network issued a statement on twitter saying in part, i'mnot clear how nbc's report can be considered objective and thorough given i was never interviewed for the repod only learned about it when asked for comment by rerters late last week. asp sposon for nbc said

mchugh was not interviewed for the reportast nightecause the company had the information it needed and the report is a complete accounting. ere was no response from nbc news to the overnight statements of ronanfaow but nbc news did release a statement just now regarding nester, the weinstein accuser saying nester is the anonymous victim of harassment referred toe in the nbc document and was contacted during the editorial review process by an investigative producer with two o decades experience. she took contemporaneous notes of their conversation. at no time then or since did nester tcll nb news she was willing to be named we have posted by the way the full e-mail from andy lack and report, nine-page report on today.com in case people want to read the whole >> thank you. >> we mentioned at the top

good morning. it's hot and humid out thereom already in spots. we're warming up quickly. feels like 83 gr temperatures through many of our suburbs in the mid 70s as a lot of studentsd back to school. later today it will feel like 105. we have heat advisory in for today. by lunchtime feeling like around

100. little to no rain. mid 90s a on thursda rain cools us down in. >> that's your latest weatheu, >> thank al. nike's bigreaction. controversial star colin kaepernick the facew of the n ad campaign. plus the bill clinton question tt led monica lewinsky to walk out of a live interview. what she is saying about what happened there. first this is "today" on nbc. (announcer) there's a freedom about asheville.

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7:30, 12th september,2018. supreme court justice sotomaye she was sworn in nine years ago. she will be in our studio. a rare visit by a member of the supreme court. best behavior, everybody. >> we'll mind our p s-d s- >> she's written two books. one for adults and one for children. l chat about that. >> some interview coming up, daughter of apple founder steve jobs will be here to talk about her new revealing memoir about her also in studio, comedian jon stewart for aor very int

cause. we have a couple of good ones tomorrow. >> let's start this half hour with a check of today'she lines. tropical storm gordon expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it hits the gulf coast. it lashed the area with heavy rains and winds at 65 miles an hurricane warnings in effect for mississippi and alabama. f for. another shake-up, ceo carrie perry is out aft nine months on the job. he reportedly was forced to resign as they continue to recover from the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. last week they fired tracy three days after s was hired as elite dtoelopment coordi that was vitt sized by aly raisman who claimed she

supported naser and shamed victim now, please close your ears. stunning set rodgers federer number two seed lost t john millman. he's ranked 55th in the world. it's federer's earliest exit since 2015 and millman's first ever win in a top ten player. he said after the match he struggled with heat. he said at some point i was ppy the match was over. still landing with class. >> class, charm and points for hoysty. i still oger had the shot of the u.s. open. check it out, i tweeted it. us >> pretty ser camera work, too, on your part. >> by the way, john millman, got to give him his props. big moment for the aussie. a bold and phaps risky move by nike naming colin kaepernick, the player who led protests over injustice the face

a high-profile ad campaign. the face of controversy. now the face of a powerful new nike ad. colin kaepernick's image with the words "believe in something, even ift means sacrificing evything." it's part of the series ad 3 celebratingth anniversary of nike's iconic just do it campaign. nike says that cam paper will highlight the most inspirational irathletes of generation. nbc news has learned the company is planning a complete advertising push across television, print and digital atforms. the reaction swift. some saying they will never wear nike products again. others posting burning their shoes. lebron james posting hisr suppot kaepernick on stram. serena williams posting, proud to be part of the company today. just do it. >>ouhisry stands for

liberty, justice for all. it's not happening for all. >> he became a p lightning rod after taking ag knee durinhe national anthem to call attention to inequality and racial justice. other players followed and dem stral -- demonstrations on the nfl sidelines caused debate. >> y wouldn't love to see an nfl player when someone disrespects the flagay get that son of a bitch off the field, he's fired. >> piece raised money for causes. other athletes citing him asat inspn to their own activism. >> it opened our eye to see potential as athletes to cross all theseferent boundaries and bring people to thetable. >> despite kaepernick's on field ability, the 30-year-old has not played in an nfl game since the

2016 season. last year kaepernick filed a grievance against a nfl its owners alleging conclusion to keep him out of the game. the league asked it to be dismissed. last week an arbitrator ruled, the caseld wou proceed to a new hearing. with the new season days after nike, nfl uniform and apparel supplier, choosing to highlight an athlete whose activism speaks volumes. this morning nbc news learned exclusively at least one nfl team is showing interest signing kaepernick. it remains to be seen how consumers the react, per share they also say kaepernick's silent protest is not stopping d may be incorporated into some of the ads. >> interesting how nike went straight into that controversy. >> a company who has been do ag it as lo nike has been doing it, presumably they have done market resurge and will know how it plays out.

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good tuesday morning. it's very humid tside. very muggy. 79 degrees but it feels more like 83. and later on today it's really going to heat up. manyn suburbs nowe mid 70s. we have a heat advisory like you just saw through monday.

monica lewinsky abruptly ending a live question-and-answer session a the interviewer's first question was about former president bill clinton. >> recently in an interview with nbc news, former president clinton was rather irate if he was asked if he ever called and apologized to you personally. >>he convert referring to a "today" show interview earlier this yearith the president. >> do you feel like you owe her apology? >> no. i do not -- i never talked to

cly onut i did say pub more than one occasion that i was sorry. >> i'm so sorry, i'm not going to be able to do this. >> lewinsky offering an explanation for her departure on twitter writing the exact question this interviewer asked first she had put to me when we met the day prior. i said that was off limits. when she ask me it on stage with plat ant disregard for our bagreement, itame clear to me i ha been mislead. the lewinsky, the former white house intern became a household name in the '90s afterer oval office affair with clinton. speaking out about the ordeal in 2014. >> i lost my reputation, and i lost my sense of self, lost it, or had it stolen. >> dealing with years of ridicule and harassment, she now is an author and activist. >> what i want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive, too. iant to put my suffering to good uive purpose to my

sepast. g>> in hernd twitter statement lewinsky goes on to apologize to the audience for walking out but adds this hopeful message writing, i left because it is more important than ever for womenndo s up for themselves and not all others to control their narrative. in a statement to the jerusalem post channel 2 news thanked lewinsky saying they respect hee itivity and wish her luck. >> did not apologize. >> all right. >> kristen, thank you so much. still ahead, rare visit from a supreme court justice, sonia sotomayer. her honor will b here live. after a summer of play, how do you get kids to put down controllers andus on school. on "pop start" victoria beckham opening up about her marriage to david beckham like never before. and the mystery of dorothy's mig ruby slippers. has it just been solved? has it just been solved? we are live♪ ♪

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have a break in the case. nbc's joe fryer has the details. hey, joe, good morning. >> hey there, guys. announced this morning the recovery of that stolen pair of ruby slippers. they were actually worn by judy garland about 80 years ago in the wizardf oz. they were taken back in 2005, a 13-year mystery that sparked all kinds of speculation. >> in the world of movies. >> tap your heels together three times. >> they are truly famous footwear. so iconic are these ruby slippers, they are practically characters in the wizard of oz. >> give meack my slippers. i'm the only one that knows how to use it. >> one pair is in the smithsonian but 30 some yea ago, another pair vanished. >> the ruby slippers. at have you done with them? >> they were owned by michael shaw. >> i felt lerally my knees buckle from underneath.

i had them and took care of them for over 35 years. >> in 2005, shaw loaned the shoes to the judy garland museum in minnesota, birth place of the legendary actress. that's where they were stolen, a crime explored on discovery nchannel's expeditio unknown with josh gates. authorities say someone broke into the museum by shattering a window on the emergency exit doored >> they smahis thing open, grabbed the slippers and they are out the door. this didn't take 45 seconds. >> according to the author of "the ruby slippers of oz" the slippers are quite valuable. >> the holy grail of movie memorabilia. e today, estimates -- the ast pair sold for $2 million privately. >> for years rumors swirled slippers. swiped was it an inside job? were they poached on a drunken dare. years ago they searched a mine

pit wit no luck. earlier this year they asked memorabilia collector to review photos of slippers anonymously e-mailed to 'mpolice. >>like, okay, all i can tell you is that this picture is michael shaw's ruby slipper 100%. >> now comeshe news slippers have been found. >> it was really one of the most thrilling moments of my life when tid we've got them. >> perhaps they will soon go back where they beng. >> the fact these slippers have been lost over a decade and are lves found, you know, there's no place like home. all righ joe, we don't know who actually stole the slippers, is s at the deal? >> yeah, tharight. first of all, there's one catch. the insurance company we believe now owns the slippers, but michael shaw told us he gets first dibs to buy them back. the fbi is going t hol a news conference today, so hopefully we'll learn more about where the

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7:56 is your time now on this tuesday, september 4th, 2018. good morning to you. wm eun yang. right now wet to check in with wtop's jack taylor. how's it looking out there, jack? >> good morning. we had trouble with atr dumk getting into brandy wine before the split. the rightane now has two lanes getting by to the left. the parkway bridge after the crash and beyond it near naylor road, we have on bro down in the right lane. 66 in the westbound direction before 28 in centreville, accident in the rightlane. >> thank you, jack. we'll check your forecast when we come back. .

good tuesday morning. we have a weather lert because of a heat advisory for most of the area. temperatures right now are not as hot as they are later today. 81 degrees washington. dangerous heat later this afternoo feeling like 105 degrees. we'll be in the 90s. 90 by lu90htime. mid s by the afternoon. rain relief as we head into the afeernoon. >> , thank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. now back to the "today" show after a short break. have.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, bracing for gorde, dangerous storm expected to make landfall in theulf coast as a hurricane in a matter of hours. >> do not dismiss this. do not take this lightly. >en rests in louisiana, to issippi and alabama set gain heavy rain and high winds. al is tracking that dangerous storm. plugs fortnite-mare. parents struggling to pull the plug on theopar video game. >> robert, this is what you do pretty regularly? >> yeah. >> in the sam we boat?ng this morni expert advice. and what toxpect when

april is g?expectin we'll check in the world's most famous giraffe to see howhe's doing as she prepares for baby number two today tuesday, september 4th, 2018. >> here with my best friend. mom. th our amazing y my beautiful daughter alley. >> celebrating mbirthday. >> from goshen, indiana. >> charlottesville, virginia. >> tucson, arizona. >> from wisconsin. here.e gang is all welcome back to "today" on this busy tuesday morning. thank you for making us part of your day. we've got a nice summer is over. >> happy september, nice to have you with us. >> yeah it is. >> right to the newst 8:00. tropical storm gordon gaining strength as it gets ready to

strike the gulf coast today with heavy rain and damagingwinds. al is back with areas that will see the worst of this ing. >> the central gulf coast really on alert right now.as gordon's 240 southeast of the mouth of the mississippi. 65-mile-per-hour winds moving west northwest. slowed down a little bit at 15 miles per hour. 7 millioner people u tropical storm warnings. 2 miion hurricane warnings so we look for it to become a hurricane, minimal category 1 hurricanehisafternoon, make landfall sometime late tonight, early tomorrow morning as a tropical storm and then continue. make no mistake, the eastern side of the storm, that's the most dangerous. biloxi and mobile, pensacola possibly even und the gun for this. the impacts of this flooding rain, torrential downpours, rd closures, overflowing creeks. 8 to 12" of rain insoted spots. storm surge will be heaviest west of biloxi to mobile, alabama. 3 to 6'. that will cause massive flooding

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series the vote. dterm elections. >> we'll focus on the crucial rolenn mills will play. as mentioned earlier,florida,y a ke battleground state as ever. acob sobirov covering that for us. what do you hear from voters in florida? >> it's going to be crazy in er nove we were down here last tuesday ryr stunning election vic between gillum and desantis. they will face off in november. the conversation bowsco mic on referendum from trump. that's not really what we're hearingrom voters on the ground here at all. we want to hear what matters though these voters. we traversed last week. everybody talked about the jobs, economy, how the environment plays into that. we into ton people miami-dade,

everglades, two fishermen, republican a democrat, toxic algae and dying sea grass andou how that cripple $4 billion fishing industry there. even a gentleman w survived hurricane irma. he ds not believe a word out of a politician's mouth. that may be the ultimate challenge getting people to come out when htorically they don't care about the contest, don't believe politicia care about them and actually convincing them they do. >> now to the role of millenniao rs in deciding key votes across the morgan radford with more on that part of it. good morning. >> reporter: craig, morning. millennials could become the largest voting block in the entire coury this year potentially surpassing again

xers and ba -- gen xers. politician predict a wave o voters and it almost never happens. that's why various groups across the country are fighting to maki sure this the millennials year. they are trying out interesting tactics in interesting places. it's the generation that could decide the election. 60 millions millennial vot on track to surpass baby boomers with the largest voting bloc in the coun ty. whily represent a third of eligible voters, only half of them show up to the polls, which is w campaigns are popping up all over the country did he signed by millennials for millennials hoping to get them to the ballot box. like head count, apr nonofit that imbeds with musicians, traveling with touruses show to show and setting up voters registration booths at their concert. >> the reaction i'vett been geing is oh, my gosh, i've

been. meaning to do this so long. >> i'm 29 and i never voted before. y >> do you thin would have registered to vote had they not been here at this concert. >> no,dn i woul't. i wouldn't. i wouldn't he even thought about it. >>sing music to reach a demographic that otherwise might have stayed at home. >> an amazing way to engage this audience. >> incharmt, south carolina, a more home spun approach. erica wright is oneozf a den volunteers across the country gathering small groups like >> when you look over time with history, grassroots movements work. >> it's all part of a nationwide campaign organized by aar nonpsan online news digest trying to get 100,000 millennials to vote by the midterm. >> why do you think there's such a big gap between how many youth voters we expect to see and how many actually come to the polls. >> with a lot ofo campaigns target the older generation so

we ignore it. as millennials, like that doesn't affect me right now. >> how do yohefeel about direction the country is going. >> we are moving forward and i feel like we took that for granted. that's what energizes me the most. i should never have taken it for granted. i should be fighting for it. >> they are hoping to turn the hoping to geter, their generation to show up on election day. >> a lot sayt this is j the beginning. you can expect interesting voter outreach efforts not only in schools, online but video game platforms. that's why they say they are nonpartisan. theyton care who the millennials vote for. they just wanto make sure they come out to the polls. hoda, savannah. >> morgan, thank with more on the millennia also note and no excuses we have the co-founder, carly and danielle. hi, ladies. >> hi. >> this is the age old riddle about young voters.

covering polits i wou hear this from strategists, sure they poll a certain way but they don't vote, they don't sho up. what has your research shown you about why millennials aren't coming to the polls. >> you said it, there's a huge disconnect between millennials feeling dissatisfied with the country. in the midterm only 20% of millennials turned up to vote. at's sad. we want to change it. we see this demographic has the abilchy to create ge. they are going out there. they are marching. they are making their voices heard but they don't necessarily connect that wit ting. they don't necessarily think that is the way to be heard. it, itou think about makes sense in some ways. they don't trust the system. change come seen from congress, so they are looking for other avenues to be heard. our job at theskim, one of the things we really focus on with no excuses camign is to make sure they feel like they can make their vote count but you have to actually get out there and vote. >> let's pretend i'm running in the midterms and i want to get your vote.

what are the issues i should b focusing on, how do i get you to cot to the polls? >> the number one thing is authenticity. that doesn't bode well with politicians. being themselves and being true. millennials can see throuhen they are not. in terms of the actual issue, what we're seeing thisudnce cares most about is jobs, economy, immigration and health care. what we're seeing, what's interesting about taudience, they are split down the middle politically. we're doing nonpartisan voter efforts to get them to come out to the polls no matter where they lean on party these are the issues they care about across party lines. >> is not surprising, care about in general. the thing politicians need t cdo isnect those issues at the local level, because people are lysy. they have their d lives. they are not following what's going on in washington, d.c., all the timeso hese politicians, this is a local race, local midterm. they need to connect it with

what'soing on in the communities. >> we have to jump i know skim ha resources. millennials want to get involv, learn about the issues, figure it out, i didn't get the red, white, andlue memo. >> no excuses. it's all there. >> carly and danielle, thank you. we have more information on the

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has it been tough? >> it has been.ts he w to keep playing like he played in the summer. he can't play. school has to bepr his iority. >> so robert, this is what you do pretty regularly? >> yeah. >> got it. >> mom understan her son's love of fortnite because she's become obsessed, too. >> i also play. i'm not that good but i try. i try to doch what thel kids are doing. >> you're a cool mom. >> i'm a coomom. >> we sat down for a couple o games, whichs susie sayome with conditions. robert has a one-hour limit on how long he can play during school days, he's got to keep his grades upha and got to t she says. is all thi normal. the difference between obsession and addiction. the biggest r w flagn a child loses control over their behavior. >> first month, i have kids come in because they are sleep deprived, not following limits, lying to parents and sneaking, playing video gamesar and the not supposed to. >> the doctor said parts need to remember three things.

kids should earn their playtime, never threaten to take away the game without following through. tell your kids, they don't own the devices, parents do. >> i never let kids call it their. that is my tv, my cell one. it is not. those are all mine. i allow them to use them as long as they are using them appropriately. >> experts caution trying to get a kid to go cold turkey probably n't a game you wan to play. susie figures if you can't beat them, at least she going to join this squad. >> i just he that this is a phase and eventually he's going to get tired of it. >> for "day," gadi schwartz, nbc news, delh california. >> just full disclosure we had to get carson to put down fortnite. >> you have "pop start"? >> yeah. i bought a new glider, which is fun, too.e exclusook at the new cast -- new photos of "this is us" shot by legendary photographer annie liebowitz.

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wedding dress on friday. >> this could be click worthy, look who is good morning, everybody. 8:26 on this tuesday, september 4th. i'm aaron gilchrist and the heat is greeting a lot of our community. let's get to sheena parveen with how hot it's going to feel. >> humidity, hot and humid afternoon. heat advisory for almost aterybody today. dangerous temperatures will feel close to 105 degrees. make sure you stay hydrated. actual high will be 94 degrees. we're not looking at much rain relief until we get to thursday evening and then it crops into your weekend with the highs drop into the 80s. >> we'll get a look at the roads for you when we come back. st

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decreasing delays as the morning commute goes on along the beltway this rning. it is 8:28 right now. more local news for you here in 25 minutes. for now, back to

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revealing the big star and i meanuge joining the cast of waitress. that's tomorrow. be sure and be here t'tomorrow. >> going to be a good one. we are very excited because supreme court justice sonia sotomayer is here keeping busy before the new session of the high shcourt. s written a book for children of all ages and the rest of us, too. we'll talk to the justice about that. also in studio 1a we have the legendary jamie lee curtis. e's here to talk about a new halloween movie, cautionary tale abou selfies and turning 60. >> a huge star of a different sort, the giraffe. perhaps you've heard she's expecting. >> that piece had a little something for everybody. al, how about the weather. >> show you sta

good morning. it's a hot start to your tuesday. 81 degrees butt feels like 88 already outside, and it's going to feel a l hotter as we go through the afternoon. sitting in the mid to upper 70s. later this afternoon heat advisory is . temperatures will feel like 105 degrees. by lunchtime around 90. by 4:00 p.m. around 94. humidity makes it feel hotter. 94 through wethursday. re cooler into thend . >> that is your latest weather.

don't forget take us with you when you lea the use. go to sirius xm channel 108. guys. >> all right, al. ank you so up make. as mentioned, the confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are beginning today. if confirmed he will serve alongside our next guest sonia sotomayer. tw new boo for children, beloved world of sonia sotomayer. turning pages, they are aut her life and challenges she had to overcome meeting success. justice sonia sotoodyer. to be with you. >> good morning. it's so nice to see you. >> i was thinking about your life. you worked so hard, went to the best institutions, legal school are a, former prosecutor, judge, supreme court justice, did you ever think you would be writing a book with pictures? >> no. once i decided to middle school, which one of my cousins you mightave met in my parenting book, d "my belo

world, miriam, she talked me into writing a book for middle school kids. i thought, i want young leaders to know a little about my life. that'shere turning pages came in. >> there are so many lessons here. why young people, though? if you couldrite a book for anybody? >> they are our future. we as adults haven't donegr a t job of leaving them a perfect world. we're so far from it. kids have a better chance. for me, insring them to follow their dreams, more importantly to think about their invvement in the world, that's my reason for writing books and the theme in this book, turning pages, which is how books opened up the possibil in my life. >> turning pages, the one you hold in your hand, really is a love letter toeading and to books. you kind of tell how they

transported you throughout your li life. >> so instrumental in my development. all of us live in a microcosm of the world. you have a house, a mom and dad if you're fortunate. some may not hav all the members of their parents there. we sort of travel in the circles we know. books take us outside that circle.e outshat world and let us explore not just the rest of the world but the universe. that's what it did for me. >> the other book for young adults has mature themes. >> sure. >> obvious the things you talk about will be good messages for anybody. onef the things you talk about, it's almost a love letter to the rule of law. should we read between the lines there? you talk about the rule of law. >> sometimes people are lost. nder it.'t really for me, one of the reasons i became a lawyer and a judge was

my understanding of what the rule of lawes it guides our relationships with one another, whether it's between peoe or between people and institutions, the law sets the paramets of how we behave with one another, how we share limid sources and how we define our relationships in a way that avoids nflict. soor me, that's an important part of love that gets forgotten relationship the >> you're obviously a sitting supreme court justice so i don't get to ask you about all the things i'd love to ask you sabout. >> ie there's a lot of questions. >> of course there are. i don't know if you can answer it. do you feel lik our legal system our system of checks and balances, "are those things under pressure today like they weren't in thepast? >> it's hard to say that. think about other times in our history where they have been

under pressure. think of the mccarthy era where people really strugglit whether the law was going to protect our freedoms adequatelyr ther always pressures on democracy. what saves democracy are citizens willing to take up challenges our constitution prents them with. democracy doesn't work on its own. our republic b survivesause people are interested in in sure it continues. the onlyay it will continue is to respect the limit, the strength, andhe pential of the constitution. er for me, is this any different than any o time, i'll let your viewers decide that. i do know it' w a timere people have to stay involved ensuring our constitution is always protected. >> finally when we met withour memoirs release a few years ago, you said one of the reasons why you wrote it was to hold onto

the real sonia. >> yes. >> are you still holding the real sonia. >> i'm really still trying. none of my f hends have me with that book yet. >> it's a pleasure to have you here with us. i know it's a busy time. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, savannah, for having me. >> the book called today.com and find out more about them, turning pages, find out about them. >> what a beautiful interview. tguess who i get talk to nest, jamie lee curtis. she has a book out and returnin to iconic role. we're goi toalk to her about all of this. >> after the justice. >> after the justice. >> after the justice. >> that's going to be my new book, after the justice. >> but first "today" on nbc. duke's is the perfect companion for so many things.

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girl," "freaky iday,"nd 40 years ago a sequel to the classic "halloween." did you kno she's passionate about writing, too. it's her 12th children's book. my, my selfie and i. a mom goe overboard with herselfie obsession. hello. >> hello. >> you know what's funny. i was in the park walking through, and you see everyone with their kids but everyone with their kid on the phone. i was thinking how important this book is now. >> what's most important about being a parent is connection with your child. there's no question. read any book you want about ild raising and they will say contact, connect.r the motnd child connecting through their eyes. unfortunately you see so many busy moms and all they are doing is loong at their phones. it's a cautionary tale.i n't think i could have written a book about the selfie

craze from the point of view of a child because i think children wouldn't lesson. i told it from the point of view of a parent who goes crazy when shiven a smartphone for her 40th birthday and she becomes selfie crazy. >> and it takes her kids to give her the advice. >> it'ss ultimately her k who put their hand up and say, stop it, no more, which is where it has to go. >> when i looked at this book and saw it was her twelfth book. her twelfth book. when you were younger, did you say i want to write. >> no, last thing i wanted to i barely got through high school. i wasn't that person. delivery system didn't wk for me. i wrote books by accident. frankly everything i've doneen s y accident and it's turned out okay. i'm one of those underachieving pele who have found their way really in adulthood. >> how did you -- most people get stripped of confidence when they co something. how did you not lose that?

>> i didn't have any skills in the way ayatollah you would normally register someone's success. i just wasn't good in school. i wasn't an athlete. i wasn'tarticularly pretty. so i just sort of found my way, which is what we do. >> i googl you. two things come up when you google you. it says jam lee curtis, age. let me look at your age. as you're turning 60. >> november 22nd, thanksgiving. >> how does that feel to you? how does60 feel? >> wells ,60 feels like i have no time to waste. i have spent time lookingt myself. the whole goal, looking at this obsession with ourselves. what are we doing? we are a society of humanareings and w looking at ourselves. we are obsessed with ourselves. it is a message for me as an adult but me that i can convey

with a book for children that we have to turn the camera around. we have t look at the world. i listened to judge -- just listen to the justice right before me. have you to turn the camera around. we haveo look at the problems of the world, the problemsat within our rnships, families, and we have to fix them by looking out not in. >> last eething, we've teasing this. "halloween" was your first big movie. >> i know. >> iie can't b 40 years later we're doing it the again. i heard youron go jake gyllenhaal -- i didn't know that -- said you should do this. >> he was friends with the director and he called to say david wanted to talk to me about a new "halloween." i did it and it'sfabulous. it will be out in october. i'm 60. i'm on the "today" show talking about a new book about cell phone obsessions and a new movie. i'm happy. i met a justice today.

ana woman! a woman justice. >> god i love "today." come on >> the book is called me, my selfie and i. 's on book shelves today. you can find it on today.com.ng we're goio check in on april, the tworld's mos famous giraffe. she's pregnant. >> i know. at>> how about th. first, this is "today" on nbc. what a beautiful day.

>> there's april. a little more than a month since we exclusively revealed april the giraffe is expecting again. >> my gosh, look at her pigging ou onlettuce. the news set off a frenzy. the people are busy preparing. hi, april. n the studio, the park owner. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> what's it been like sin broke the big news? >> it's been exciting. there's a lot of peopleg

celebrathe big news and what it means for the park, conservation it's been a very busy time. of course life at the park is still life at the park. >> did i hear a rumor gwen stefani did a drive by? >> she did me than drive by. she loved the park. came and had an awesometime. >> how is april do and when is this baby allegedly due sflfap l is doing great. we're watching development and advances without any issue. realistically we're pegging a month ofarch birth month for april. >> what's the deal with taj, the baby behind april. taj is leaving in october. >> yes. he's progressing, maturing. naturally they leaveer the and start their romantic bachelor life. >> bachelor life. >> taj have room for me. >> the best part of this is

we'veually found the perfect facility to work with him. wildlife conservation cente out of virginia has been contracted with us to work with he the carolina conservation center outside of raleigh, north n carolina, i park that's going to be opening. taj will be their first giraffe. >> how does thatil help the wd species? >> what this really does, our job here is to propagate the species, produce more ciraffes antinue to educate on giraffes and their need. every b giraffen counts. >> april looks really good. she doesn't look like she's showing or anything. >> we won't see change or development in the first 10 months, but the last 5 nths, 15 month pregnancy you'll see growth, increased consumption, behavioral changes and ntually you'll start to see that baby moving. >> eventually her back hur and feel swelling. >> lays back down, gets back up, at the end of e pregnancy,

gets a little harder. that calf is 150 pods. >> you think due in march but last time we waited a long time. >>ay when i s march i mean njul. >> in april. >> that's a reality of it, the average is 15 months. this could be14, it could be 16. right now march is our peg month. >> will she have cravings. >> right now that's it. >> pickled carrots. >> jordan, april, thank you. >> that was fun. >> good to see you, taj. >> back in a moment. this is "today" nbc.

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>> looks like sound of music. what was it, switzerland? no, wyomingers. >> look at those two. >> vail. whether or not a great summer. let me get to hoda. this is cute, hallie joyce. >> spend time on the beach. >> we did. ic good ones with your family. >>ng up nick from summer camp, july 4th, bringing people togetheracn theard having a good old time. >> hilton he, that's the extended family along the fine beaches of south carolina. >> we didn't dothat. >> mine, we're at the beach, too. my girls in california. that was such a great summer shot. with all their cousins, brother's kids, sister's kids. so fun to watch the kidsu spend ers together. that was fun. here is sunny. >> all right. yeah. sunny enjoying the pool. at home, lk back at your

camera roll and find the one picture that typifies summer. we'd love to shareit. use the #orange room. >> inow we've been saying summer is over but it's like00 degrees today. >> when is itia offy over? >> isn't it nice to have a meteorologist around. >> around the ock. >> we should mention craig stepped around from weekend day so he could be with us every morning. >> i'm excited about it. >> what's the eye update. >> i'm going to wear contacte lenses at end of the week. before we start this whole thing i want to thank m parents for sacrificing so much for me to get here, my wife and kids at home watching. they mive life. i didn't have sisters growing p, so i'm looking forward toic ing up two sisters. >> we'll pick you up profit and a crazy uncle as well. although i have a couple of

those. thanks. >> coming up next hour? >>le kathiis back. >> what? >> we're going to party it up. >> get your wine ready. >> exactly. megyn kelly strait ahead. but first on a tuesday morning that feels like a monday, your cal news and weather happy september, folks. 8:56 on this tuesday, september 4th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get over to jack taylor at wtop. jack has a look at roads. jack? >> this morning we'll start in an nondale. we had a tree go down near laconia road gigantic. inner loop of the beltway, the activity before a the parkway.

shoulder delays. back before new hamhire enue. outer loop of the beltway carnival road, something in the y to cause delays. through temple hill. inner loop looks great. back to you. >> jack, thank you. we'll have a check on your forecast. stay with us.

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good morning. we have a wther alert today. heat advisory for most of the area. it's going to feel around 105 degrees this afternoon. actual high mid 90s. little to no rain relief. most o us stay dry. you'll be lucky to see an isolated sher. even on thursday, we have a late storm chance into the weekend. rain and cooler temp.

s welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. i hope you had a nice holiday weekend. we have a lot today h ande to help me break it down host of in principle amy holmes and rolling stones contributor joe levy.ni good m to you both. we begin with a story close to home today. nbc chairman andy lack has releed a memo on how our news division handled early work around the harvey weinste story bei reported by ronan farrow last year. published bythe new yorker," with several women on record, who were not a part of the draft farrow presented to nbc news,