highest level, it is set that level for that same level is now been imposed on parts of the countries east coast as people head off to various result locations to go on vacation. it means for example, in the evenings that can be no gatherings of people outside of more than 2 people. but tighter restrictions are also being put in place in the provincial parts of south korea. where basically, the groups of people are not allowed to gathering in groups of greater than 4, as again we're seeing a spike in numbers outside of the metropolitan areas. rob, always great to talk to you. that is robert ride live there from sol. thank you. now people in vietnam's. busy capital hanoi had been ordered to stay home from monday as new clusters of krona virus spread. unofficial services have been stopped including public transport to southern provinces. 3 quarters of recent infections have been detected in the south, including whom human city. the health ministry has sent ventilators and thousands of workers to hard hit areas. german chancellor, anglo merkel has described the scenes in flood damage villages. surr

highest level of the set that level for that same level is now been imposed on parts of the countries east coast as restrictions are also being put in place in the provincial parts of south korea. where basically, the groups of people are not allowed to gathering in groups of greater than 4. as again, we're seeing a spike in numbers outside of the metropolitan areas. thailand has reported its false consecutive day of records, new crime virus infections, as it struggles to contain its worst outbreak on monday and confirm on 11000 new cases. a thailand has expanded restrictions that include a stay at home orders and a nighttime curfew. in some areas, including danco, domestic slides to and from the capital and other hotspot areas, will be suspended from wednesday. 30 changes lie from bangkok via skype tony. it was only a few days ago that we were talking about that record number of 10000 new infections daily. and you were suggesting that that might be the peak of it, but here we are. 11000, it seems to keep rising. it is, it's good. no more than 11 and a half 1000 and there are more and more peopl

china tens of thousands of people are evacuating from shanghai as a typhoon barrels into the country's east coast. the storm is expected to dump up to 14 inches of rain across the region and it comes after record rainfall in central china killed at least 58 people last week. eric: we've been reporting violent crime on the rise on several cities across the country murders and shootings are up a poll shows america's crime is a growing serious issue, another calls to refund the police. former d.c. homicide detective ted williams on that next on how you can support the cost.ce ♪ how much money can liberty mutual save you? one! two! three! four! five! 72,807! 72,808... dollars. yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ keeping your oyster business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protei

>> reporter: as legalization sweeps the country, the east coast has become the new ground zero. to new jersey where they passed a ballot measure last november to legalize cannabis for adult use. here in the garden state, ed fortune aka nj weedman has been selling marijuana without a license across the street from trenton city hall for years. that's trenton city hall, and that's where ed sells his weed. ed's situation is unique. he operates illegally out of his restaurant without a license in downtown trenton. unabashed and unapologetic. everyone seems to know him, and nobody seems to mind. >> i'm kind of like the robin hood of reefer around here. >> reporter: his rapport with the community and outright brazenness have earned him quite a following with lines at his joint around the block. how have you noticed your customers change over time? >> the cheech and chong guy doesn't really exist. that's how i look at it. >> reporter: ed's been arrested multiple times. >> in the middle of a search. i'm getting ready to get arrested. >> reporter: including the night before our interview.

country. the east coast is restrictions are also being put in place in the provincial parts of south korea. where basically, the groups of people are not allowed to gathering in groups of greater than 4, as again we're seeing a spike in numbers outside of the metropolitan areas. police and thailand have fire water cannon take us in rubber bullets to stop anti government protesters from marching to the prime minister's office. hundreds defied current of ours restrictions take part in the demonstrations in bangkok. they blame the government for mismanaging the pandemic. and they also want the budget reduced for the whole family and the military. and after 17 months of emptied on slows, england's night clubs and bars. busy have reopened as of monday, almost all credit virus restriction has been lifted face loss and no longer legally required. social distancing rules have been scrapped and size limits on events have been removed. but england's right of ours outbreak is far from over. with more than 50000 new cases still being reported daily. germantown, the anglo merkel is described the scenes

country. the east coast as restrictions are also being put in place in the provincial parts of south korea. where basically, the groups of people are not allowed to gathering in groups of greater than 4, as again, we're seeing a spike in numbers outside of the metropolitan areas. thailand is reported. it's 4th consecutive day of record new corona, virus infections as it struggles to continue to its containers was outbreak. on monday, it confirmed more than 11000 new cases. thailand has expanded restrictions that include stay home orders and nighttime curfew. in some areas, including bank domestic slides to and from the capital, another hotspot areas will be suspended from wednesday. germany as chancellor has described the situation in areas hardest hit by floods, a thrill and terrifying angler. merkle has visited, the village of shoals as a massive clean up gets underway across western europe. well, 180 people have died in the floods. is this a 2nd? it's terrifying. i would say there's no word in the german language to describe this devastation. but what i witness is incredibly comforting.

east. can you see the upper air plume sending smoke from california, oregon and also up through canada across the entire country, out towards the east coast. can you see how the smoke is pumping down from texas to mexico, luckily for us the onshore breezes which will be cooling down our temperatures i think is going to help keep our air quality pretty good as we head through the middle part of the week. cooler change ahead. for san francisco, you're probably thinking, it's been cold with the whole time. it's going to trend just a little cooler. as we drop out of the upper 90s inland back to more seasonal temperatures the next few days. the sea breeze helping us out with the air quality and cool us off. >> more comfortable. thanks, rob. >>> up next, new venture for colin kaepernick. . >>> well, the clock is ticking down to a historic spaceflight tomorrow. amazon's jeff bezos is ride into space aboard his blue origin rocket. there will be no pilots. just bezos, his brother and an aviation pioneer and a 18-year-old dutch space tourist. the crew talked to hoda kotb on the "today" show this morning. >> i'm so excited to see what it's like. peo

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the us government is giving afghan us done $100000000.00 in emergency assistance for refugees and displaced people. now that includes those in affected by an increase in fighting at the taliban takes more territory. the money will also be used to help. thousands of afghan interpreters have worked with us will cease to leave the country. president joe biden has promised continued support for the afghan leader as rough connie. the interpreters may also be able to move to canada, and the government is launching a special immigration process for those who helped coalition forces other afghan staff and their families will be included in the program. and the taliban is warning. they'll be no peace in afghanistan until the new governments installed earlier this we

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. well, stephanie is a counsellor at the climate council of astronomy, a and a climate change expert at the sterling national university. he explains why to be whether of him getting worse. climate change is increasing the energy content of the atmosphere by trapping more heat. that means that the conditions are getting hotter, but it also means that other extremes, both ends drought, then be rain, are also becoming more extreme. so this means that when you have drought more severe drug coupled with high temperatures, it makes the forest really much more prone to burn, which is why we're seeing such dramatic and large fires now in western north america. that the same time because the atmosphere is holding more water vapor, it increases the odds that we'll see

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the unesco welled. heritage committee is meeting in china to discuss a list of nominated signs. peru is trying to get the status for an ancient sola observatory me. the chan kia was billed more than 2300 years ago, west of the andes mountain range. if the oldest in the americas peru is already home to 12 world heritage science. her as president elect pedro castillo has received his official credential, the head of being sworn in on wednesday, hers electro court handed over the papers that a ceremony in the capital lima. until a few months ago, castillo was a little known union activist and teacher from a rural area in the north. he is dismissed accusation via pony and that he left wing peru libra party had historical links to the shining path. communist gro

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the americans summer continues hydro, castro al jazeera washington. the russia is in the grip of a spike, and current virus infections and deaths due to the highly contagious delta variant . 799 people died from the virus in the latest day. the count of maybe 24000 new infections were reported. but in moscow, infection rate has started to decline by 26 percent. the matter of moscow says he hopes you infection there. have piqued after having to revise the decision to ease restrictions. last week. malaysian has reported as high as daily number of cave in 1900 cases. since the start of the pandemic, the health ministry registered nearly $16000.00 new infections on saturday, as despite the government tightening restrictions on movement and businesses this month, pauses. se asia saying is kind of research fuels by the highly conta

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington or the extreme 5 of offer had an impact in space. this is fridays, full moon shining over washington, d. c. costs in an orange tent. the unusual color of the moon was not caused by the reflection of the flames, but by smoke particles interfering with how sunlight travels through the air. watching al jazeera ly from london much more flat on the program. and i'm gonna stop. the government imposes nighttime coffee when 31 now. so $34.00 inches to cub . fine. and also i'm nicholas hawk. instead it goes fishing. town of hi our office coast is what scientists describe as one of the world's largest pulled water for reef home to endangered species. but some of them are now washing up resort that ah hello, nice to see. we're tracking out some feisty thunderstorms acr

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington, an advisor to the former us president donald trump has been released on bail following a court hearing. billionaire thomas barrack is charged with work, he's a foreign asian on behalf of the united arab emirates barrett chair trump's inaugural fund and helped him get elected. you'll have to wear an electronic monitoring tag and surrender his passport. while awaiting trial kristen, selena with more from new york barragan's charged with trying to influence improperly lobby the u. s. president for he was working allegedly on behalf of the united arab emirates as he was the chairman of president trump inaugural committee in 2017. this was a substantial stop and i unexpectedly taking place today. he is due to appear in person in a new york courtroom on monday, b

the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east coast, contributing to hazy sky lines as far away as new york city. hot temperatures and high winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the u. s. government who's giving us stock $100000000.00, an emergency assistant. some of that money will go towards helping those displaced by the recent spike and violence. that's all the bonds been seizing. more territory is american troops of pulling out present. joe biden, and his connect counterpart spoke on the phone on friday. now, biden assured, i should have gone in the us will provide development assistance in the future. early on friday, the taliban warned. there will be no peace of honest on until a new government is formed. a spokesman said the group will not stop fighting until after president sharp. connie is removed. earlier this week, the u. s. as my senior general said, the group now controls off about kindness on districts. despite havin

california, all the fires here, oregon and canada, the smoke goes all the way across the country from the west coast to the east coast. transport of all the wildfire smoke across the country right now. onshore winds and sea breeze keeping our air quality relatively mild and cooler temperatures. san francisco in high 60s. and valleys catching a break, low 80s. air quality so far looking good. cool into the weekend but stay tuned. coming up tonight at 6:00, could see another round of monsoon moisture coming our way next week. coming up. >> could be muggy? >> could be. >> okay, thanks rob. >>> coming up, prince harry opening up, new deal just signed for tell-all memoir, but duke of sussex won't be getting paid for any of it. we'll explain. >>> another historic class will soon enter uc berkeley. fall 2021 among the most diverse classes in the record books. offered more spots than ever to african-americans, latinx and native american students. last year broke old record and this year slated to be just as diverse or more. as uc berkeley saw close to 30% increase in applicants, may be due to eliminating s.a.t. and a.c

country. much of the east coast is smoky and that's because of wildfires burning along the west coast and in canadae national weather service today issued a poor air quality alert. >>> also seeing that same heavy smoke that we're generating from the fires. >> that's right. check out our wildfire smoke. dixie fire is to the north and some of the smoke and haze going right over lake tahoe. we'll stay to the north and check out the national view. fires in canada, also the western fires pushing smoke to the midwest. also the east coast if you're doing any traveling. i'm back with the local forecast. >>> also facing charges. what we learned about the couple whose baby gender reveal ceremony sparked a deadly wildfire. >>> and this is an olympics unlike any other. in 60 seconds, we check back this with raj who takes us behind the scenes who shows us what it is like to do all the strict covid protocols. featuring fresh artisan bread, layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. >>> back to tok

coast. looking good with our wildfires burning around us, so looking at the tahoe area as well as pl through oregon, most of the country, even the east with that smoke. this is concerning because we could see a change in wind direction with smoke concentration forecast and could see by sunday some of the smoke starting to drift into the bay area. here we are for monday. it does look worse on tuesday. hopefully our weather models are wrong because we do not need to see any smoke but we'll be watching that closely for you. daytime highs for peninsula, mid 70s in san mateo, south bay, 78 san jose with that sunshine, 89 concord, 91 antioch, tri valley low to mid 80s. 63 san francisco, 68 oakland, north bay mid 70s to mid 80s, 86 santa rosa, 94 in ukiah. temperatures are holding steady for the most part, a little bit warmer for south bay as we head into our weekend in san jose. inland east bay warming up friday and saturday, north bay a little bit cooler by end of the week into early next week and upper 50s low 60s along the coast. let's check with gianna for a look at traffic. >>> we are still seeing brake lights building into the altamo

that smoke into the northern plains and then right down through the middle part of country and over toward the east coast, where we've been seeing it for days. >> reporter: all that smoke creatingary quality warnings for millions, in pennsylvania and new jersey. people with respiratory conditions advised to stay inside. on the national mall in washington, a blanket of haze, amplifying d.c.'s notoriously humid summer days. >> i was having a little trouble with trying catch my breath and breathing, and i just thought i was overheated. but now i can really see that it is not just the heat. but it is from the haze as well. >> makes it more humid. the air is very sticky. >> reporter: scientists say these extreme fires are another example of our changing climate. >> the impacts of climate change may be seen in many different ways, including droughts, floods, wildfires, both in terms of of extent and intensity. >> that was kerry sanders reporting. people with underlying conditions, older americans, kids. experts say it is still okay to be outside and active. but you should do less intense activity. take more fr

it is now traveled clear across the country to the east coast. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here. time with more on the smoky conditions that we're actually not seeing here at home. yeah. fortunate for us. the air generally travels from west to east. now. >> you get some pressure systems that will vary somewhat in the whole mix. but we've got these fires burning now and that's an issue. of course, you may remember the paradise fire we had that all that smoke with the offshore wind came right back in the bay area. so we've got the beckworth fired. the we've got the bootleg fire. we've got the quincy fire. they're all burning at the same time right now. you see the smoke trail kind of trailing off to the northeast right now. watch as we put this into motion just a little bit. this is a computer model showing you the expected track of that smoke. and you'll notice it rolls over the top of this ridge of high pressure almost all the way up in the can. the first as a ridge is very strong and then as all that smoke starts to mix in some of the up

smoke from the west of the country have drifted across to the east coast.new york city, the air has been considered unsafe for pregnant women and the elderly, and officials issued a health and visor he -- advisory. cities as far north as toronto and south is washington, d.c. have also been affected. the iranian authorities say a policeman has been shot dead and at least two people killed in ongoing protests. the six days of demonstrations were sparked by frustration and severe water shortages. protesters have financed -- nounced the iranian leadership. i'm joined by a senior fellow at the atlantic council. thank you for joining me. 10 you tell us more about this region and where the protests are happening, and what is causing them? >> in terms of the problems in the southwest of the country, it is some to iran's ethnic minority, and has historically been discriminated against. in education, culture, employment. what is going on now is that for years, iranian authorities have diverted water away from the problems. the province is to have flush marshlands --

one percent that have been bullied to live in the country of 40000001 of the biggest countries in the middle east coast that your rival, that has been rep is by the corona virus as well. all of that is contributed to around 800-9000 cases, the date. and you've had more than $1400000000.00 types of the total. the panoramic and we're seeing iraq is battling with aly infrastructure, especially the weapons over many decades of corruption. vishal have been land, especially tonight, that corona as to with what is in the back that that for as many things, lithuania is accusing bela ruth of using migrants as political weapons and it's ongoing dispute with the european union. it says minsk is helping thousands of people to illegally crossing the border into the u this year. if any, a foreign minister will fly to iraq later this week to discuss migration in an attempt to defuse the pressure. he says bitter ruses trying to crank off waiting for the fate to be decided. these migrants hoped for a new start in the european union. for now, they're housed in temporary camps. like this one near the bell of routine bord

east coast. >> air quality is impacted in states across the country. nbc's garrett haake has the latest. >> reporter: a fiery tuesday night sunset lighting up the east coast, fueled by these orange skies taking hold across the drought-stricken west, as wildfire smoke there drifts across the continent, triggering air quality warnings here. >> that is just nasty. that is the haze and the smoke coming down across our area. >> reporter: satellite imagery showing the smoke spread across much of the u.s. all the way to the east coast. in the west more than 80 wildfires are burning, torching more than 1.3 acres of land. a raging battle against fire and wind as firefighters work to put out the flames. in oregon the bootleg fire is so big, it's generating its own weather by producing its own massive cloud, creating dry thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds that can potentially start more fires. that mega fire, the largest in the u.s. so far this year, has already devoured nearly 400,000 acres of forest and forced thousands to evacuate. in california, the ra

country. americans here on east coast and midwest woke up to a haze in the air caused by the smoke from the westernrts were issued in new york city. now crews are currently fighting more than 80 wildfires across america's west. the largest, oregon's bootleg fire, has burned an area larger than los angeles and it's only 30% contained. with us now is michael man, director of penn state's earth systems science center. he is also author of the book "the new climate war. michael, good to have with you us. so this bootleg fire is so significant, as i understand it, it is generating its own weather. help us understand how that even happens. >> thanks. good to be with you. what happens is these fires burn so hot that they're changing sort of the pattern of temperature in the atmosphere that change the convection, wait that currents rise in the atmosphere when it's heated from below in this case by the burning wildfires. that causes lifting. as the airlifts and has humidity in it, that humidity condenses. you get rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning. and so this heat is actually creating its own weather and t

east coast. much of the country area and it's all because of that pacific ocean breeze for us as we take you hour by hour on future cast. you can see the skies clearing as we go through the day inland and for parts of the bay. that cloud cover will stick around along the coast. into tonight and tomorrow we will see that surge of low clouds and areas of fog come backn. the sunrise at 6:04 and the sunset at 8:27. checking daytime highs for the peninsula. 73 in sateoon. thuth ba upper 70's. santa clara anfosajo for the iny, concord in the mid-80s's. for pleasant hill, low 90's for antioch and brentwood. mi70's to low 80's for the tri valley. a cool day for you, daley city. looking at daytime highs in the upper 60's. oakland, san leandro and for the north bay upper 70's to the low and mid-80s's. 94 in lake port. here is the seven day forecast. san francisco and for oakland and you can see we are looking at temperatures holding steady for the most part just a little warmer for the weekend. just by a few degrees. same story for san jose as we go through the next several days. for inland east bay, you c

country. meantime here on the east coast, the washington nationals postponed their game last night because 12 people in the organization tested positive. kansas city will face a state lawsuit for following cdc guidelines, and at least nine states outlawed mask mandate. we can see all this playing out in the courts. the u.s. surgeon general is explaining why the cdc reversed course? >> if you are vaccinated, the likelihood of having a breakthrough infection is still low, and we know if itppen tran place. >> the white house and military requiring masks inside federal building and it's causing chaos on capitol hill with republicans pushing back concerned the cdc is not based on science. their argument if they got the vaccine and they say the vaccine is working why do we need to wear a mask. and kevin mccarthy got into a debate with nancy pelosi who called him a, quote, moron. we will expect the announcement from the president on vaccines for federal employees later today. >> thank you for keeping track of it. >>> bay area covid cases are continuing to climb. and bob redell is live for us in san

federal elections versus the west coast or east coast, which is the population vote versus the independent farmers and people living in the middle of the country. the numbers there are nowhere compared to where they are on the east and west coast. so i personally think that this needs to be re-looked at, and i would vote against it for the simple reason that the states have the right by the constitution, and the way i am looking at it you are trying to change what the constitution says that states rights are. host: thank you. guest: amen on making sure we respect states rights, that is the federalist system we have in place and we have had it for over 200 years. this bill does nothing with respect to the way the electoral college works. it is not part of this legislation. that is a different issue that will get different attention from people as we move forward. there are debates over that but that is not part of the bill. the fact of the matter is that under the constitution congress has the authority to decide how federal elections, elections for members of congress are conducted across the country, which makes sense if you think about it. w

east. in orange, red, yellow, that's all of that smoke. what the rest of the country is dealing with from the upper midwest down to the south as well as for the east coast. they are dealing with some hazardous smoke there from all of these wildfires burning. as we go through the day today with that sea breeze you can see we are seeing clearing inland and for parters of the bay. looking at clouds along the coast and then that marine layer, that fog, low cloud action will stream back in as we look to fothuth bay, santa clara, san se at 78 degrees. for the inland east bay, 86 in concord and pleasant hill. reaching 90 degrees antioch and brentwood. the tri valley mid to low 70's and around the bay a cool 61 san francisco, 60daley city. we will see westerly winds 20 to 30 as we head through the afternoon a. round the bay and along the coast. east bayshore line 66 in alameda. for san leandro and the north bay upper 70's in the napa valley and 84 for santa rosa. you can see in the south bay temperatures just slightly warmer through the next couple of days. just the minor day to day changes. tended forecast. ge inland east bay, north bay and cool at the coast.

. >> smoke from western wildfires drifting all the way across the country to the east coast.he air quality warning for millions. al has what you need to know before you head outside. >>> hairy situation. why the timing of prince harry's tell-all is rocking the royal family and causing headaches for them after an already tough year. >>> all that, plus milwaukee's best. >> after a half century, the milwaukee bucks are nba champions once again. >> a celebration 50 years in the making thanks to an amazing performance from the bucks superstar. >> slam. >> only the seventh player in the history of finals to have a 50-point game. >> today wednesday, july 21st, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome to "today." so happy that you are joining us on this wednesday morning. happy to have craig with me. savannah is in tokyo. >> yes. >> she's getting ready because how long until -- >> 48 hours. >> 48 hours, all right. all right. >> 48 hours. >> 48 hours until "today." are you re

parts of the northern plains and right down in through the middle part of the country and eventually over towards the east coastfor days. >> reporter: all that smoke creating air quality warnings for millions. in pennsylvania and new jersey, people with respiratory conditions advised to stay inside. on the national mall in washington, a blanket of haze. amplifying d.c.'s notoriously humid summer days. >> i was having a little trouble with trying to catch my breath and breathing and i just thought i was overheated. but now i can, you know, really see that it's not just from the heat but it's from the haze as well. >> makes it feel more humid almost. >> it's very humid. >> air is very sticky. >> reporter: scientists say these extreme fires are another example of our changing climate. >> impacts of climate change may be seen in many different ways, including droughts, floods, increased storms, wild fires both in terms of extent and intensity. >> reporter: when it comes to the smoke, the most impacted are those who are sensitive, like the elderly and the very young. health officials say, look, it's fine to go outsi

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country. nasa releasing this image friday. fumes again reaching the east coast. firefighters working around the clock, saving lives remains a priority. >> grabbed as much as we could and got out. didn't have much time. but we got out alive, so that's what matters. >> reporter: out-of-control wildfires now the norm as global warming continues to pose a threat. quad venegas, nbc west. >>> staying in the west, monsoons dumping rain on parts of arizona, creating dangerous conditions. here you see a chopper crew rescuing stranded drivers outside phoenix after they got stuck driving through high water. and there is historic and deadly flooding in india. a desperate search for survivors is under way in the western part of the country following storms that triggered massive mudslides. the floods washed out homes and mill sides, killing at least 130. 90,000 others were evacuated. >>> still ahead for us, swimming's biggest olympic star, katie ledecky, on the eve of her first race. the major milestone she just reached outside of the pool. reached outside of the pool. i'd ca

country. >> relief is coming across the northeast and most of the east coast. humidity is going to go down today but it comes with a price we have rainy conditions that stay in the forecast through the holiday weekend. so that is the tradeoff, the heat is not losing its grip across the northwest we still have 4 million people going to be impacted by these heat alerts today and then they become really more widespread throughout the holiday weekend inland locations we're still in the upper 90s to 102 degrees for b boise this afternoon, then it shifts to the north and east billings by friday afternoon, still at 100 degrees and this heat is going to be lasting until early nexteek. w h friday afternoon the storms across florida continue into the afternoon. highs in the mid 80s watching the tropics, a system starting to come together, we'll talk about that coming up. >> janessa, thank you. >>> up next, still waiting on your tax return, you're not alone. the massive back log at the irs. >>> having a ball with a classic fairy tale the new cinderella reimagined. and dea

east, producing hazardous air across entire country. >> smoke is being transported by the window the atmosphere to place as normally does not end up, making it all the way to the east coast of the u.s.. reporter: this is the new reality. uncontrolled fires. hazardous air. homes and lives already lost. anchor: drug companies have agreed to pay to resolve thousands of claims and their role in the u.s. opioid endemic. the losses were brought by state and local governments which accuse the company subletting painkillers rich addicts through illegal channels. distributors, along with manufacturers, locate over a number of years. this is the reaction of one recovering opioid addict and reform addict -- advocate. >> i was no longer able to work, so i sold drugs. i went to prison for a long time. this doesn't discourage it happening again because no one is going to prison for this. we were expecting the numbers to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. anchor: the settlement is complex. reporter: the key takeaways are the $26 billion off the top. a significant amount of money, not as much as you could tell from some critics were looking at hundreds of billions of dollars, th

country. whether it's major flooding on the east coast or historic heat in the west and even reports of an earthquake >>> and major news in the fight against covid with pfizer now saying it is developing a booster shot of its vaccine that strongly extends protection against the original virus. >>> history was made yesterday at the annual scrips national spelling bee. we'll show you who won and what the winning word was. oh my gosh, love that. we're going to start right now with the extreme and dangerous weather impacting much of the country, thunderstorms and heavy rain hit new york city and its suburbs yesterday. videos on line, flooded streets, rainwater seeping into subway stations. some uptown stations getting hit the hardest. subway service was largely interrupted with only the northern most end of the a-line shutdown. the interim

this great country, the east coast ready to get going. it's 9 a.m. on the east.e beach? rachel: a dock? [laughter] pete: well, it's a dock are where we came from -- will: it is beautiful. not as beautiful but equally if not, obviously, more important is this story. a washington sheriff's deputy was with fatally shot on friday, and today washington is implementing a new police reform bill that's causing confusion among law enforcement. pete: yeah. that's the last thing you want right now as they're demoralized is the confusion about how and in which manner they go about their jobs. so this so-called reform bill was passed -- it's going to, obviously, affect seattle, but it affects the entire state of washington. here are some of the new measures. new standard for use of force, when they can actually intervene and at what level of force, limits on when officers can pursue a suspect or use tear gas, presumably when riots are going on, ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants which means you've got criminals not on their heels and require officers to engage if their coll

we'll ask our medical expert if you should do the same here on the east coast and around the country. >>> plus our team just arriving in germany, on the scene of the deadly, devastating flooding, more than 100 people dead, hundreds more unaccounted for. we're live with that frantic search for survivors. >>> and first right here to msnbc, an exclusive look at what happened when bill barr told then president donald trump he was going to lose the election. we're taking you inside that conversation with new excerpts from an upcoming book. a lot to get to on this friday morning. i'm hallie jackson in washington. alsan barber in jackson, mississippi, and brandi with her new reporting on social media and misinformation, along with nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. alison, new warnings about kids and covid and the time line or at least updated time line on when vaccinations could get to kids under 12. >> reporter: i just got new numbers from this hospital, the only children's hospital in the state of mississippi, the only one specifically designated for children. they hav

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coast travelling across the country. the smoke is grey, while the clouds are white. the fires are so intense that health agencies on the us eastke poses a health hazard. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the effect of fires burning more than 4,000 kilometres away. hazy skies in new york city caused by smoke from the western wildfires. public health experts have warned that people with breathing problems should avoid being outside during the middle of the day. this monstrous fire is partly to blame. spreading rapidly through forest land about 500 kilometres south—east of portland in oregon. the bootleg fire has been burning for two weeks, and has destroyed an area larger than the city of los angeles, driven by extreme heat, strong winds, and years of drought, this mega fire is ravaging the forest with an intensity rarely seen before. the air is so hot and the blaze so large that it's creating its own weather system that includes fire tornadoes. over 2,000 firefighters are tackling this blaze, but the flames are so intense, they're often forced to retreat from the front lines. this fire is spreading out of con

but a mild night for most and low cloud coming onto the north—east coast of scotland and tomorrow it looks as if the northern half of the countryf rain. further south it looks drier and sunnier than today. not ruling out the odd shower — can't be ruled out anywhere — but there will be some heavy ones further north, eventually starting to ease a little across northern england, perhaps later to northern ireland. ahead of this gathering massive rain. so in between i think it'll feel warmer than it has felt today just because we have got some sunshine and strong sunshine coming through and as a result of high levels of pollen at this time at this time of year, grass pollen, and some high levels of uv as well. as we go through the week ahead at wimbledon that means there's the chance of some interruptions but monday looking a little bit drier, tuesday concerning us and wednesday and wednesday and thursday, i wouldn't like to rule out some showers, but they will tend to diminish in frequency and intensity but as we go through monday evening and overnight this area of rain that is in force, but it weighed north across much of england

country makes a decision about schools this fall and whether to require masks. >>> from flood to fires, wild weather coast to coast. the extreme flooding in the east overnight. cars submerged. water rescues under way and in the west, we take you to the front lines of the massive firefight. what residents saw just as flames forced them to flee. >>> on the run. democratic lawmakers from texas flee the state to prevent new voting restrictions from being approved. the governor overnight threatening to arrest them, so what happens next? quit.hear ftr quit their jobs together. they explain their beef. >>> caught on camera, the man who jumped off this highway bridge for fun not realizing what was down below. >>> and from a new rule restricting what kind of music can be played at the gym to a home run derby worth flipping out over to a special new summer treat for mac and cheese fans, all the trending stories for your tuesday morning. >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. we begin with a new warning about the johnson & johnson covid vaccine now possibly being linked to a rare disorder. >> it comes amid growing concern about millions of americans refusing to get vaccin