plus, our pal, steve patterson, takes us outside for some fun in the city, all next on live. here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. ["shivers" by ed sheeran] [crosstalk] i was picking up-- something up. i was on my way... good morning! good morning! ♪ do it like that ♪ ♪ and when you're closer, give me the shivers ♪ thank you. oh, my gosh. thursday. thursday, october 6th 2022. how are you this morning? are you feeling good? optimistic? i'm feeling good. i'm feeling optimistic on my way to-- on my way

if it sounds too good to be true, it probably s steve patterson, nbc news. >>> and get those ticketsr the second time in history, the powerball jackpot has risen to $1 billion after about three months without a jackpot winner. saturday night's drawing only resulted in smaller wins worth $1 million each. if someone wins tonight, the jackpot adds up to a lump sum payout of about $497 million after taxes. i'll just say that if my ticket hits, someone else will be sitting in the seat tomorrow. still ahead on "way too early," we're getting a live report from south korea. the country is in mourning after a deadly stampede during holiday celebrations. we'll be right back with that tragic story ight back with that tragic story ♪♪ this... is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everything that's important to you. this is what it's like to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. making sure you have the right balance of risk and reward. and helping you plan for future generations. this is "the planning effect" fr

steve patterson has more on the warning signs you should look out for. >> reporter: samantha morgan hasloan debt for years. she currently owes 27,000. >> it was like spinning a jackpot wheel and seeing $20,000 come up across the board. >> reporter: and that excitement is what scammers are preying on. >> if you do not verify your income, your payments will start back up au >> they're going after the little guy, the person who's already buried in debt. that makes me mad. >> reporter: president biden unveiled his $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan back in august. some borrowers can qualify for up to $10,000 in debt relief or $20,000 for pell grant recipients, depending on your income. it creates a perfect storm for scammers. >> since there's the gap and people need the relief right away, the scammers have really taken over the ad results in the internet searchers. >> reporter: this man has been studying the scams online. >> if you look at the results, you see some pretty official looking sites as the top option. if you go on this site, it's still going to look like a very slick, of

nbc's steve patterson grabbed a paint brush and got to work. >> every great city has a symbol, representingt's a sign. nine giant letters spelling out one iconic notion. this is where dreams are made. believe it or not, the hollywood sign is about to turn 100 years old. it was meant to last just 18 months. the sign went up back in 1923 as hollywood land a billboard to sell real estate, but it caught people's attention and stuck around. it was donated to the city of los angeles and the land was removed. >> the sign came to mean something different. it came to mean the hollywood industry as a whole. >> through the years, the old wooden sign decayed, losing one of its o's, in 1978 the old one was knocked down and a new one in its place. it's getting a fresh coat of paint on its birthday. >> it feels like you're one of the stars up here. >> roger martinez is overseeing the process. he took me up to lend a hand. >> are you ready to help with paint? >> i'm ready. i would never dream that i would be putting paint on the hollywood sign. >> dreams come true. remember, this is hollywood. >> this is w

>> all right, thank you so much steve patterson for being down there, and keep us posted, stay safe.odore. she's joining us to tell us lives on the storm's path, some, are where exactly is even now? >> well right now it is taking its last stance in areas like west virginia, and here we have richmond, if you had 160 miles to the west and south, west of richmond virginia, that is where we have the right of the center trying to hold on. it's moving to the northeast at about ten miles per hour. futurecast, this is when you tell us where the rain is going to be in the coming hours. 8 pm, tonight you can see the heaviest rain situation stuff just south of pittsburgh and areas like morgantown, far western maryland, your asperger that way, and then as we push through time, we head into sunday, and so this is the second half of your, weekend it is really impacting the i-95 corridor that takes us into the delmarva peninsula right here in washington d.c.. at 95 in parts of philly, and southern new jersey, and tropical soaking rain, and then we are going to see this continue even as it leaves, i

nbc's steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left him yesterday, where the humidity is still reeling from the strongest storm to ever make landfall there. steve. >> yeah, on the ground here days after hurricane ian made landfall in search and rescue, now recovery, those of the primary operations. the death toll is climbing. more than 70 people confirmed dead, thousands still displaced or trapped. crews are racing to provide aid. >> this morning at sunrise, another day of devastation. and the aftermath of local likely be the deadliest, costliest, and most powerful hurricanes in modern u.s. history. with time running out on a critical rescue window, search crews raced to discover any signs of life. their main focus, a chain of south was barrier islands, where the storm was merciless, leaving thousands stranded. on pine island, the coast guard regard -- providing residents of their only lifeline to mainland. >> we don't know places to go, no cars to get their. >> there's been no communication, no -- people coming on the island to tell us what's going on. >> rescue efforts, hamper

noting us now, nbc's steve patterson in fort myers beach, florida. lle brewster is joining us from charleston, south carolina. and meteorologist, raphael miranda, is here with me in new york. welcome, that's. we will begin with you, steve, in fort myers beach. consider really ground zero of in's wrath. so, give us a sense of what the damage is like there, what are folks telling you about their experience and their losses? >> you know alex, so often we hear the clichÉ that it looks like a bomb went off. there is a reason why that's a clichÉ. it's because it is true. i mean, this entire off area is essentially decimated. really, 360 degrees every direction, everything i see is in wreckage, including the structure you might see over my right shoulder. that show -- is just a speck of the devastation in this area. we are not just talking about structures. i mean, there are sections of concrete and asphalt that are lifted out of the ground,. a dock which is on a right house is, you know, fishing boats, yachts, all sorts of things. all of that is in the road

steve patterson is live in florida. i'm joined by two guests. this is a commissioner in florida. this is the city of naples, we saw one major damage in flooding. this is wendy powell, the executive editor at naples's daily news. -- we appreciate you being able to give us the boots on the ground view of what is going on. they are in recovery mode right now. can you give us a sense of where things stand as of this morning? >> at least in the south part of naples, the city of naples, there is not power. it is spotty at best. people are already moving their belongings that have gotten damaged with the water. there are piles of furniture and appliances. there are beds. they are dripping out their houses. -- storm surge in a baseboard. -- we are not in the recovery, but it is right at the beginning. >> you worked in florida for 33 years. this is a state i know. it is seen its fair share hurricanes. and tell both of you that are just in naples and the island last month. have you ever covered anything like this before? >> never covered. we never had a this. it has been absolute devastati

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and steve patterson is tracking that for us. what charge comes we know that brownlee is facing? >> reporter: a couple things we're tracking for this afternoon. including, yes, first one being what exactly will the charges be. we won't know until that rainment hearing. we expect to hear a range of homicide and weapons charges including the fact that he is alleged to have a concealed weapon. all of that will play into the case. some of those charges could be enhancements, we're looking at possibly capital charges as well which would of course bring in the possibility of the death penalty as well. so all of that of course very, you know, pertinent to the information that we'll get later on this afternoon. but also it is how is he going to actually plead. will he plead guilty, innocent, has he retained an attorney. during his statement statement to the judge, will he say anything more. all of that of course part of it as well. and lastly, there is a lot of talk in the legal community about the fact that due to his prior charges, which he does have a rap sheet but pretty light, we're

steve patterson has more on their remarkable lives. >> reporter: for so many of us long time grammy winning singer/songwriter carly simon has contributed to at least one undeniable melody in the sound track of our lives. but carly isn't the only simon sister to leave her mark on american music. she's actually the third. ♪♪ carly began their careers together tearing up the stage and billboard acts. >> you and your sister used to sing together professionally. >> lucy went onto become a force in her own right, a tony nominated composer for musicals like the secret garden. her sister took a completely different pot slight first as an accomplished opera singer and then a emmy winning pbs correspondent. this morning she's mourning the loss of separate sisters. lucy's death came just a day later from breast cancer. she was 82. in a statement carly writes i am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of joanna and lucy simon. their loss will be long and haunting. as sad as this day is it's impossible to mourn them without celebrating their incredible lives they lived. a dual tragedy leaving ca