al roker joins us now. al, lay it out for us. >> lester, a lot of folks are going to be seeing the hottest temperatures of the summer big dome of high pressure, a heat dome is pushing the jet stream way up to the north and so that combination of heat and humidity means 38 states will be seeing heet indexes of over 100 degrees. 200 million of us or more will be feeling this dangerous heat we're talking about triple digit heat right into saturday for oklahoma city, memphis, chicago, cincinnati, omaha, and moving to the east, new york city, philadelphia, chicago, cleveland, washington and nashville. dangerous heat indexes, lester, right into the weekend >> all right, al, thanks >>> an update tonight on the murder mystery in louisiana. police in baton rouge say they arrested the man in the death of community leader and civil rights activist sadie roberts joseph ron jermaine bell was a tenant in one of her rental homes and owed $1200 in rent according to authorities. tonight bell has been charged with first degr

al roker will have a look at >>> thsurprising increase in marijuana use by pregnant women. relieving symptoms like morning sickness, migraines, and stress. >> i decided to consume cannabis, and within 30 minutes, i did feel better. >> but is it safe? >>> and back on the team why the nfl decided not to suspend rising nfl star tyreek hill after accusations of child abuse raising new questions about the league's policies. >>> plus, outrage over lunch shaming after parents get a letter warning their children could be placed in foster care if they don't pay their school lunch bills. why is the district going to such extremes? >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there's breaking news tonight from the persian gulf region where things are becoming more confusing and unstable by the day. iranian forces have seized a british registered tanker ship and its crew in the strait of hormuz claiming it broke the law. they also stopped another ship it comes as iran disputes president trump's claim that the u.s. destroyed an iranian drone that threatened an america

al roker is here >>> breaking news. the house thwarts an attempt to impeach president trump as he holds a rally for the first time since his racist attack on four democratic congresswomen. >>> the newly surfaced video showing a much younger donald trump at a party with jeffery epstein years before epstein was first charged with a sex crime. the new glimpse into their past relationship >>> and inside the app that's exploding in popularity, projecting what you might look like older and younger, but now the new warning raising concerns about what it does with your photos. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, we start with that breaking news out of massachusetts where prosecutors have just dropped their sexual assault case against "house of cards" actor kevin spacey the oscar-winning spacey, one of several high-profile men caught in the glare of th an 18-year-old man in a nantucket bar in 2016 our kate snow has the late details >> reporter: prosecutors dropping charges against actor ke

al roker is here., alhere is the threat headed? >> lester, two hurricanes in the pacific. a major one eric is going to stay to the south of hawaii. flossie, a category 1, the atlantic of that whill bring it somee around hawaii early next week. so we're going to be watching that closely. in the atlantic we have an invest are 95-l, this right now a 10% chance of development over the next five days, but as it gets to the southeast of orida, could cause some problems. strong storms firing up in the northeast tonight. more tomorrow afternoon. airport delays from new england all the way down to knoxville. we'll be watching that carefully tomorrow as well. lester? >> all right, al, thank you. >>> there are new developments in the case of two american teens under arrest in italy in connection with the murder of a policeofficer. investigators say today the officer was attacked immediately after a d deal went wrong the. and for the first time they reveal a murder weapon, a commando knife authorities say the suspects brought from the u.s. both of them remain behind bars tonight. g>>>

all right, blayne, thank you. >>> let's turn to al roker. al, when does this fever break? >> lester, no relief for 190 million of thiseekend. 34 states from the southwest to canada under some sort of heat advisory or heat warning. tomorrow, heat indexes of 109 in d.c. 107 in cincinnati. chicago it will feel like 110. sunday, 111 in new york city. 101 pittsburgh. charleston, 105. the good news is we see some relief by monday for milwaukee, pittsburgh and nghamto binghamton. elow average temperatures. in the meantime, the heat continues tough the weekend. lester? >> something to look forward to, al. thank you. >>> tonight the nfl t says it won'spend one of its rising stars over child abuse accusations. but the decision is raising some new questions about the league's personal conduct poli here's morgan chesky. >> mvp, best player of the year. >> reporter: tonight the nfl cleared one of its rising stars. chiefs wide receiver tyreek hill won't be suspended or fined after beinaccused of breaking his son's arm. today the league saying, "based on the evidence presently available,

al roker is live from cape canaveral steps away from the launch pad of the apollo rocket.to history. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> i have to know, what did this launch mean to you when you watched it on tv? >> reporter: i was 15 years old, a sophomore in high school. i was watching -- i had a summer job at my high school. a bunch of us were in the gym watching. it was awe-inspiring. here it was not that earlier as we could remember, president kennedy saying by the end of this decade we would put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth. just across the way at launch pad 39a that happened at 9:32. the saturn 5 rocket, largest ever, taller than the statue of liberty, two and a half million pounds. and it launched neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, michael collins into space. and it also launched america as the preeminent force in space travel. the rest literally is history. >> tell us about the new artemis program. let's go from history to the future. >> reporter: interestingly enough, at 39b, that is where it is going to take off. they're hoping all things b

let's get a read of where the storm is let's bring in al roker. al, what are we looking at >> reporter: right now barry is making its way toward the louisiana coast, 70 miles southeast of morgan city, louisiana. it's moving west northwest at 60 miles an hour land fall sometime early saturday morning and makes its way up into the mississippi river valley we are worried about storm surge, anywhere from two to six feet and that will cause a lot of flooding. and then add on top of that tons of rain. we are talking about a high risk of flooding through the lower mississippi river valley rain fall amounts could top out at over 25 inches of rain but generally 10 to 15 inches of rain either way, lester, it will be really devastating flooding with this >> thanks. >>> to our other big story breaking, the resignation of president trump's labor secretary. alex acosta faced harsh criticism for his role in the plea deal in florida in a sex abuse case against jeffrey epstein 11 years ago peter alexander has that story >> reporter: president trump and alex acosta

let's bring in al roker. al, what are we looking at? >> reporter: lester, right now barry is making its way toward the louisiana coast, currently 75 miles southeast of morgan city, louisiana. it's got winds of 65-miles-per-hour. it's moving west northwest at six-miles-per-hour. land fall sometime early saturday morning and makes its way up into the mississippi river valley. we are worried about storm surge, anywhere from two to six feet and that will cause a lot of flooding. and then add on top of that tons of rain. we are talking about a high risk of flooding through the lower mississippi river valley. rain fall amounts could top out at over 25 inches of rain. but generally 10 to 15 inches of rain. either way, lester, it will be really devastating flooding with this. >>> all right, al. thanks. >>> to our other big story breaking, the resignation of president trump's labor secretary. alex acosta faced harsh criticism for his role in the plea deal in florida in a sex abuse case against jeffrey epstein 11 years ago. our peterxa >> reporte

. >>> as we said, the heat isn't expected to let up as the weekend approaches al roker is with us. al, where does this go tomorrow and the next few days? >> lester, it's been a long time since we have seen this kind of widespread heat. we are talking 34 states, 200 million people or more under heat alerts going into the weekend. for tomorrow the combination of heat and humidity makes for dangerous heat indexes it will feel like 107 in des moines, 102 this houston and nashville, 99 in philadelphia and this weekend air temperatures in the upper 90s to low 100s factor in the humidity and we are talking heat indexes 113 in washington, 112 in norfolk, and we are not going to see any relief until sometime on tuesday. >> all right al, thank you. >>> the man in charge of homeland security was in the hot seat on capitol hill today trying to explain the troubling images of overcrowded shelters on the border. our geoff bennett has that story. >> reporter: acting homeland security chief kevin mcaleenan taking heat over president trump's immigration policies, including the separation of migrant

eye tonight on the gulf coast and the potential for a tropical threat over the next several days al roker is following it all al, what are you seeing >> lester, we are already seeing heavy rain in florida. sari sosa seeing flooding, so we're watching the system developing even as we speak. and, in fact, both models, the morn and the european model, bring the system into the gulf and then up and makes landfall according to the european model as a strong tropical entity sometime saturday afternoon or evening. it's stronger and further east the american model weaker and further west whatever happens, we're talking about tons of rain at least 7 inches in shocking death of that toddler on a docked cruise ship in puerto rico her family is now saying the cruise line is to blame. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest >> reporter: tonight the family of 1-year-old chloe is disputing initial accounts from police that she slipped through her grandfather's hands. >> i do think there is gog to be blame on the cruise line and i will do everything i can to hold them accountable for what appears to me to be

al roker has got it all covered. al, where is it headed >> reporter: a line of severe thunderstorms bringing cooler area but heavy weather we got a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. from nashville and huntsville into the northeast, 13 states, 46 million people at risk, damaging winds, hail, and can't rule out an isolated tornado from nashville to new york, we've got a moderate risk of flooding tonight and if that's not enough, we have tropical depression number three. it's not going to become a tropical storm most likely, but it will bring heavy rain along the coast of florida and into the southwest, upwards of three inches the heat wave is over. >>> the credit monitoring company equifax has agreed to pay a massive settlement, up to $700 million, for one of biggest data breaches in history the private information of half of the u.s. population was exposed. nbc's jolene kent now with the details on the pay out and how victims can get in on it >> reporter: tonight after 150 million americans may get relief

n >>> we want to t al roker. al, as we said, it's supposed to get hot in july but tcan be very dangerous. >> it really can, lester, e talking about 170 million people under he advisories,eat watches, heated warnings from texas to canada all the way to the eastern seaboard with 170 million people at risk, triple-d heat indexes for omaha, st. louis, chicago, nashville, columbus, then as we move into friday, 102 in new york, 106 in d.c., 110 in chicago, and the heat wave continues into the weekend with triple-digit heat indexes and if that's not enough, lester, we have severeth derstorm watches with heavy lines of thunderstorms moving in tonight. that will probably cause problems as far as the airports are into the late nooechb. ouvening. >> r days and hours ahead, al. thanks. >>> there is more breaking news tonight. the house thwarting ante att to impeach president trump as he holds his first campaign rally since his racist attack on four democratic congresswomen. we get late details w from hallie jackson. >> report

al roker is here >>> breaking news. the house thwarts an attempt to impeach president trump as he holds a rally for the first time since his racist attack on four democratic congresswomen. >>> the newly surfaced video showing a much younger donald trump

al roker is here. al, where are the threats headed tonight? >> in the northeast delays.or airport we've got 11 states, 51 million people at risk for severe weather. we've got hail, winds, and isolated tornado possible. category three storm with erik. probably won't be a problem for hawaii flossie will cause problems the beginning of next week. in the atlantic, 10% chance of this wave developing, not a big problem. however, this wa just come off rica, 60% chance of developing in the next five days. this one bears wahing. lester. >> al, thank you. >>> it is the final night of the second democratic debate and all eyes are on joe biden who is hoping for a stronger showing as he faces a field that includes kamala harris again along with eight other rivals, a it after the fireworks on the first night put a democratic divide on full display. kristen welker is in detroit. ig>> reporter: ton the focus is on the front runner joe biden, taking the stage and aiming to improve what hadmits s a lacking performance last time. >> i was probably overly polite

al roker is following it all. al, what are you seeing? >> lester, we are already seeing heavy rain in florida. sarasota seeing flooding so we're watching the the system developing even as we speak. in fact, both models, the american and european model, bring the system into the gulf and up and makes landfall according to the european model as a strong tropical entity sometime saturday afternoon or evening. it's stronger and further east. the american model weaker and further west. whatever happens, we're talking about tons of rain. at least 7 inches in some places may pick up a foot. we're watching it very closely. lester? >> al, thank you, sir. >>> now to details of the shocking death of a toddler on the docked cruise ship in puerto rico, her family is now saying the cruise line is to blame. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: tonight the family of 1-year-old chloe is disputing initial accounts from police that she slipped through her grandfather's hands. >> i do think that there is going to be blame on the cruise line, and

al roker will have a look at >>> thsurprising increase in marijuana use by pregnant women.elieving symptoms like morning sickness, migraines, and stress. >> i decided to consume cannabis, and within 30 minutes, i did feel better. >> but is it safe? >>> and back on the team why the nfl decided not to

al roker is following it all. al, what are you seeing? >> lester, we are already seein heavy rain in florida. sarasota seeing flooding so we're watching the the system developing even as we speak. in fact, bothmodels, the american and european model, bring the system into the gulf and up and makes landfall according to the european model as a strong tropical entity sometime saturday afternoon or evening. it's stronger and further east. the american model weaker and further west. whatever happens, we're talking about tons of rain. at least 7 inches in some places may pick up a foot. we're watching it very closely. lester? >> al, thank you, sir. >>> now to details of the shocking death of a toddler on the docked cruise ship in puerto rico, her family is now saying the cruise lin is to blame. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: tonight the family of 1-year-oldhloe is disputing initial accounts from police that she slipped through her grandfather's hands. >> i do think that there is goin o to be blamethe cruise line, and i will

check out full report from al roker next on "today." >>> a chance to enjoy dry weather around here.hot and humid today. tiny chance for a drop this afternoon but most of your fridaylans will not be impacted by mother nature. weekend hot for sure. we will have to see the moisture left from barr and haso come in this gerally direction. most likely time for us to deal with that is thursday, lingering into friday but a long way from now. in the meantime have a nice weekend. welcome, jummy. >> thank you very much. >> you made it through youow first ith us. no harm? feeling good? >> yes. >> takes a while to get used to early morning. >> a lot of coffee back here! >> that is the news for today. we appreciate you starting your day with us. >> "today" is next. see you in 25 minutes for all or uver wea your weather, traffic, and local news. >> in the meantime, make it a great friday, everybody. did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-speed network. complete internet reliability. advanced voice solutions. wifi to keep everyone connected. video monitoring. that's huge. video m

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here is al roker picking beans with schoolkids. and the big guy came out, president obama came out, this was the first time he came to a garden event. he always said the first lady drove it, so he had never been to a planting or harvest before. he came out to see what it was about and she was able to show off the improvements to the president. the last photo of the last harvest in that administration. just like the other gardens around the white house, it was picked up by the next administration. mrs. trump in september 2016 continued the tradition with a large harvest and a planting for the fall and winter garden. it was picked up for the next administration and the next folks to take it over. thank you. [applause] jim: it is such a pleasure to join you today to explore the rich history and variety of the white house gardens and grounds. as all of you have heard during the day today, the white house serves as an office, museum, and world stage. its gardens echo all of those roles. it has provided over 200 years of refuge for presi

al roker is here. >>> breaking news.t to impeach president trump as he holds a rally for the first time since his racist att on four

al roker will have a look at your weekend. >>> the surprising increase in marijuana use by pregnant womentoms like morning sickness, migraines, and stress. >> i decided to anconsume cannabis, within 30 minutes, i did feel better. >> but is it safe? n >>> and back othe team

new today from rock star to children's book author, nbc's al roker is talking to paul mccartney aboutest project. >> do you do like some of us, when you're reading to your kids or reading now to your grandkids where maybe you skip pages? >> i have done in the past, i es. and the princess said, hello, horse. the end. depends on how tired they are. if you can get away with it sometimes. >> mccartney's book called "hey grand dude" is on sale online. the full interview will air on "today" show. >> i remember being so tired and reading to my kids and sometimes i would fall asleep and the story would go who knows where and what did you just say mom? oh. >> with my kids, it's the same books over and over again and they have mem. >> marty: mesmerized the words so they will correct you on that. getting up this morning and hopefully still enjoying summer and it is going to heat up as we go into the weekend. we're making plans based on the temperatures. so, here is where we do have some cooler air. a look at woodside this morning. looking at peninsula off the coast and there is a very shallow la

. >> here to meet al roker. >> family vacation. >> from oklahoma. >> today is her 13th frthday.ednesday morning. nice to have you with us. >> by the way, we love making new friends. every day out oner rockefell plaza. if you can't get there in person, fear not. see the hashtag, mytodayplaza? send us a greetingrom wherever you are. you can be a part of theshow. >> we love to see your smiling faces. >>> stakes are high as members of congress prepare to gribe ro mueller about his russia investigation and the evidence of possible obstruction of justice by the president. our coverage begins with nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good unrning to you. history will ld in moments, when former special counsel robert mueller faces five hours of questions on capol hill. 's just arrived. you see it there. for democrats pushingor impeachment, today is pivotal. for president trump, it is another major battle. he's already up sending out tweets. uncollu this one, they can fabricate a crime and pin it on a very innocent president. when he

. >>> right now, let's get to al mr. roker, what's been driving these earthquakes?> well, basically, those tectonic plates shifting again, the problem is, you can't forecast when. once they happen, we do know there will be aftershocks. this was a 7.1 earthquake, felt as far away as 400 miles in a radius from san francisco to phoenix. the interesting thing, we've seen a lot of aftershocks of 2.0 or better -- 2,400 aftershocks look at this, since friday, there have been over 500 aftershocks. 527 aftershocks 3.0 or better. there could be ones that are at the same magnitude as the original quake so we're not done yet. the problem is, nobody knows when or how many of these aftershocks there are going to be people, as you heard from lester, are going to be standing by on alert for the next several weeks. guys >> absolutely. al, thank you. >>> a new development in the immigration battle president trump says he will open some migrant detention centers to members of the media to combat what he claims are fake news reports about conditions inside those facilities nbc's chief

roker. we'll start with you al, good morning >> good morning, guys. this system now starting to develop. it is a potential tropical system hasn't been named yet. it would be barry. right now has 30 miles per hour winds moving west at 5 miles per hour 100% chance of formation here are the warnings. first of all, the track. saturday early morning just off the central louisiana coastline. makes landfall sometime during the day on saturday as a category one storm then continues up into the mississippi river valley but in the meantime, until that happens, right now we've got flash flood watches. as you can see, we have already got flooding in the area it's just going to get worse we also have tropical storm watches. we've got storm surge forecasts through saturday night three to six feet of storm surge possible because the system could go to the east, to the west of new orleans. that puts new orleans into the area where we see the heavy rain in fact, anywhere from 10 to 20 inches of rain possible out of the system as it makes its way in so we are going to be watching this, craig, very closely

. >> dylan dreyer is in for al roker. good to see yo >> it's going to be hot at wimbledon, that's for sure. we're looking for the warm temperatures to continue to hecrease all across t country here because of this ridge in the jet stream. it allows the heat to come in. it's difficult, the first week of july and it's going tol that way. humidity is high as fwellee. so not only will it be very warm.te eratures will feel like they're in the triple digits, like st. louis, 102 today. louisville feels like 100. memphis will feel like 99. tomorrow, the heat continues all across the south. tallahassee will feel like 106 degrees. up into norfolk, it will feel like 93. charlotte will feelike 98. we'll see temperatures stay in the mid-90s through dnesday, thursday, friday, through d.c. new york looks slightly above average with temperatures in the 80s. not a bad way to spend yr fourth of july week, and in raleigh, the mid to low 90s. at's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 secon

roker. hey, al, good morning. >> let's show you what we're looking at. this system is starting to develop. it's a potential tropical system. hasn't been named yet, but it would be barry. it's moving west at 5 miles per hour. 100% chance of formation. he's are the warnings you've got. first, the track. saturday morning, early morning, it's just off the central louisiana coastline. makes landfall some time during the day on saturdays a category 1 storm and continues up into the mississippi river valley. but in the meantime, untilhat happens, right now, flash flood watches. as you can see, we already have flooding in the area. it's just going to get worse. we also have tropical storm watches. we have storm surge forecasts through saturday night. 3 to 6 feet of storm surge possible because the system could go to the east,o the west of new orleans, and that puts new orleans into that area where we see the heavy rain. infact, anywhere from 10 to 20 inches of rain possible out of this system as ites mak its way in. so we're going to be watching this quake very

roker. hey, al good morning tweet willie, and good morning to you, thanks for getting your first national weather from us. 30 million people here in the northeast from new york up into boston, interior sections of the northeast affected by this heat. we're looking at heat indices that will be upward of 100, hot and humid ahead of this cold front, but relief coming, sweet relief coming behind it. chicago today 77, 83 in cincinnati, flint 81 ahead of the system it will feel like 94 in richmond, new york, and boston then as we move into tomorrow, the cooler air starts to invade into cleveland, cincinnati, knoxville, the heat still banked up against the east coast, and then as we get into the weekend, we're going to see that front move off and temperatures will start to moderate. we'll see mid-80s in richmond, providence, wilmington it will stay nice and mild, 85 by friday in indianapolis. still warm down in atlanta, but not unreasonably so and des moines will see temperatures in the low 80s. we're goin

. >> you have to tune in to see the movie al roker has not seen.?oo >> i'm t old. >> all right. we should probably go over the pond, i guess. this is right up your alley here. >> love it t historic open championship. dylan dreyer continues to draw the lucky straws here. she's at royal portrush in northern ireland, golf's last major of the season is taking place. how is it looking over there? how is it going? >> well,d morning, guys. my summer of boondoggles continues. it has now taken me to northern ireland. yesterday was day one of the 148th open, or the briti open as it's called, although never call it that here. it hasn't been held in northern ireaand fory 70 years because of decades of fighting and conflict. some wondered if it would erer rn, but it's back and a record number of spectators are expected this weekend to takethn majestic views as the cliffs meet the sea here at royal portrush and to watch someed incrly difficult lin. the open, golf's oldest tournament, back for its 148th edition. this time, at royal portrush in d.rthern irel it's

craig here, sheinelle, dylan it's a holiday wk so, naturally, al roker is off we do have jill martin.

who better for that assignment than al roker? >> that's right.ht, oh, okay. >>> good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. still no word from investigators about what sent a future oakland housing spot up in flames. that fire late last night destroyed a three-story multi family building under construction on stanford avenue between san pablo and adam line. no one was injured but embers did spread to two nearby buildings. some wonder if the fire may have been set on purpose given the history of the recent construction site fires in oakland. again, so far there is no cause. atf investigators are supposed to be on site later today. >>> right now we want a look at what you can expect with the commute this morning. >> we had a couple hot spots. things are getting a lot better. good news in the south bay the accident along northbound 87 at guadalupe parkway with lane restrictions looks to be clearing out with a couple residual delays along the northbound side. your bridge drive times, westbound 80 toward the bay bridge 14 minutes. westbound 92 toward

. >>> as is al roker every day. he wakes up just happy. >> well, we have great jobs. >> we do. >> can't complain really. >> we do. >> right now, in fact, for the parade downtown, with the parade downtown it's going to be close, temperatures upper 80s, sunny and warm, tropical downpours southeast,si oppres south, severe storms firing up. we'll get to those in the next hour but we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the nex 30 sec. >>> good morning. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. sun shining over the washington area this morning. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. it's going to be a sunny and hot afternoon. daytime highs clo to 90 degrees. no worries about rain for today. tomorrow a likelihood of thunderstorms with some pockets of heavy rain. so it will be t a stom4 weather alert day tomorrow. here is the extended forecast. tomorrow we then go back to hot and dry weather just in time for the weekend with highs o saturday and sunday in the 90s. >> all right, al. thank you so much. coming up, a

. >> al roker swam with sharks off the bahamas. we'll have that monday. >> up next, he's outside.'m jummy olabanji. let's start with a look at your roadways this friday. standing first 4 traffic. >> good morning. ill a traffic alert, southbound 270 at 118. very slow headed southboundth o right side, we have that tractor trailer crash. and you cant get onto germantown road from southbound 270 right now because of that. co auld bef a the c hershey candy. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no majorsu . >> thank you. . check of your forecast coming >>> good morning, ever hope younje eing your friday. temperatures in the 60s and low g temperatures climbo the mid and upper 80s. most everybody should stay below 90 today. the dodgers i town tonight. sun is not down until 8:30, so game will be probably almost t the sixth or seventh inning by then. clear skies and perfect weather for baseball. there's you ten-day forecast. a warming trend as we go into early next week. climbing humidity as well.nc next cha for area wide rain doesn't return until wednesday. >> thank you. you can get the

of course, beyonce and donald glover's version of "can you feel the love tonight," al roker. >> beautiful the evening brings ♪ the world for once in perfect harmony with all its living things ♪ >> thoughts? >> i mean -- >> beautiful. >> right >> come on. >> with the images, show stopper. >> all right >> can you believe al has already seen the "lion king" >> he is worldwide. >> with sir paul mccarthy. >> probably did. >> "lion king" in theaters next friday. >>> not the only album dropping in the last 24 hours, ed sheeran released "number 6 collaborations project." it features more than 15 artists, including his long-time idol eminem. take a listen to their song. ed sheeran, eminem, and 50, called "remember the name. ♪ i like my shows opening in tokyo to delaware ♪ ♪ put your phones in the air if you want to be rough ♪ ♪ i want more than i ever got, give me a song with eminem and 50 cent in the club ♪ ♪ it's not time to call it a day, i want to crack down ♪ ♪ remember the name, hey, hey >> if it were the trl days, i'd be playing this 800 times a day. >> video of the summer. >> ed opened up

. >> wait until you hear the movie al roker hasn't seen it'll blow your mind. >> what decade did it comehe historic open championship, dylan dreyer continues to draw the lucky straws here. she is at royal portrush in northern ireland, golf's last major of the season is taking place. d. dryer, how is it going over there? >> reporter: well, good morning, guys my summer of boondoggles continues. it has now taken me to northern ireland. yesterday was day one of the 148th open, or the british open as it is called, although never call it that here. it hasn't been held in northern ireland for nearly 70 years because of decades of fighting and conflict some wondered if it'd ever return but it's back, and a record number of spectators are expected this weekend to take in the majestic views, as the cliffs meet the sea here at royal portrush, and to watch some incredibly difficult links style golf the open, golf's oldest tournament, back for its 148th edition. this time at royal portrush in northern ireland it's the first time the major tournament has been played here since 1951 now it's back. >> r

as is al roker every day. everyy he just wakes up happy >> well, we have great jobs. >> we do. >> can't complain really. >> we do. >> right now, in fact, for the parade downtown, it's going to be close to temperatures in the 80s. tropical downpours continue in the southeast. oppressive in the south. severe storms in the plains. we'll look at those in the next half hour. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside in dublin, it's a cloudy start and we'll gradually start to see the clouds clearing out going throughout the day with slightly warmer temperatures for a few of our inland valleys. livermore expect a high of 81 degrees, while staying in the upper 70s in san jose and up to 82 degrees in napa, with san francisco going to see a high of 65 degrees. our inland areas will continue to get hotter over the next few days, taking in the low 90s by this weekend. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thank

. >>> dylan dreyer is in for al roker. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. good morning it'll be hot at wimbledon for sure we are looking for the very warm temperatures to just continue to increase all across the country here because of this ridge in the jet stream it allows the heat to come in. it is typical. it's the first week of july, and it is certainly going to feel that way the humidity is high, as well. so not only will it be very warm, temperatures will feel like they're in the triple digits st. louis will feel like 102 today. louisville, 100. memphis will feel like 99. tomorrow, the heat continues across the south tallahassee will feel like 106 degrees. norfolk, it'll feel like 93. charlotte, feels like 98 degrees. the heat will continue this week we will see temperatures stay in the mid 90s all through wednesday, thursday, friday through d.c. new york actually looks just slightly above average with temperatures in the mid 80s. that's not a bad way to spend your fourth of july week down through raleigh, temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s