i will now bring up kevin guthrie. kevin: thank you governor, we appreciate your support. the state response team works on search and rescue operations. if you do need help with unification, that is something we are getting questions on. if you need help, the red cross helps us. they have the reunification assistance line so that number is 1-800-733-2767. crews are working around the clock to clear the roadways and repair infrastructure. we are working on getting our points of distribution open and i think today you have 31 the state? the florida national and state guard helping us with that including some in taylor county. right about now is when bad people start to pray on good people --prey on good people. start looking out for scammers and people who are not licensed contractors. if it sounds too good to be true, it is. if somebody wants all of the money up front in cash, tell them to get back on the road you came in on. please make sure you are doing those things. you have a lot of a florida national guard who were here. if you encounter someone like that, find somebo

i'm savannah guthrie. this has been an nbc news special report, and ramiro abad, we will certainly never forget and always remember, we've just been watching that special report on the nine over 11 commemoration taking place in new york this morning. we have much more news ahead, including the local tributes that are taking place for nine ove marks 23 years since the september 11 terror attacks. we have a live look at the skyline and one world trade center, where nine over 11 memorial now sits. nearly 3000 lives were lost that day. right now, they're doing the annual reading of all the names of those lives lost here in the bay area. commemorations will include a ceremony for first responders, today in the bay ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning. this is where fallen firefighters will be honored. ginger that is correct. good morning. marcus and laura. things still quiet here? we're outside a fire station in san francisco, but there will be a remembrance ceremony that we expect to

kevin guthrie, do you want to come up? >> i will talk about the tiger dams. to the governor's point, we have over seven miles of this sitting on the shelves in our central warehouse inside of orlando. again, i want to thank manatee hospital. i know the secretary helped out with that. i believe this was actually your second time deploying it, the first piece of critical infrastructure that ever deployed it and we had it saved then and now so i really appreciate that. the forward efforts of public safety in the hospital. the fire rescue station in the hillsborough area number 29, that was a save again. you will want to know what fire station it was but it was fire station number 21 in the hillsborough county area. i want to take a couple of minutes. if you have been a victim of this, you are a disaster survivor, you had some type of flood inundation and you had costs you have to pay out, you could go ahead. just about everything in the tampa bay -- county. you guys can go and apply at disasterassistance.gov, a fema website. you can go to the fema app and call i

. >> tony blinken tells savannah guthrie that similar threats from iran have been an enduring problem years. >> this is something we have been tracking intensely for a long time. an ongoing threat by iran against a number of senior officials, and some people who are serving in the administration. it's something we take very, very seriously. we are looking at it very carefully. i don't have any further information to share, but know that we are watching this very carefully. >> we begin with nbc news correspondent yamiche alcindor covering the harris campaign and vaughn hillyard covering the trump campaign. yamiche, let's talk about the harris team going to pittsburgh today. it's her eighth trip to this critical state. on the economy, this is where she lags most behind donald trump. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. vice president harris is here in battleground pennsylvania to deliver a major economic speech here in pittsburgh. this is a speech that's focused on connecting with voters. campaign aides say she wants to make sure people dealing with the price of their groceries, the price

guthrie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognizer for five minutes. mr.uthrie: i appreciate my good friend from iowa yielding and appreciate her leadership on this issue and as we have heard from so many of the bills we're debating this tonight, complementing her leadership, bringing her expertise to the health and commerce committee, particularly the health subcommittee, it's hutch, much appreciate. i rise in sprouter of my bill the building our largest dementia or bold infrastructure for alzheimer's re-authorize eight act of 2024. nearly seven million americans and in my family member as well. i know my good friend said her mother, i just lost my mother-in-law almost a year ago to alzheimer's. seven million americans age 65 and olderer currently living with alzheimer's. by 2500 this number -- 2050 is expected to rise to 12.7 million. this means one in three seniors dies with alzheimer's or another demen chasm the cost of this dlz is tremendous. particularly in human costs of what it does to family. what it does to the person suffering with alzheimer's.

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cosby has spent nearly two decades at today, seven of those years as co-host alongside savannah guthrie. together, they became the show's first all female anchor team. kotb is staying with today through early next year, but she's not leaving for good. she says she's staying in the nbc family in an unspecified role. don't forget you can watch our newscast 24/7 on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms. garvin thomas joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. janelle, we both met her in person. she is as nice in person as she seems on tv right now. at 530, a final farewell to oakland. we're continuing our live coverage from the coliseum, where the a's have played their last game in oakland. the reaction from fans will never get to see their team play there again. and the race for mayor in an east bay city is getting contentious tonight, we investigate the accusations flying between two of the candidates in fremont's mayoral race

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this morning about her decision to step down after more than five years as co-anchor with savannah guthrie. she also posted the news on instagram. hoda has been with nbc news for nearly three decades after previously working at dateline and as the co-host of the fourth hour of today with kathie lee gifford and then jenna bush hager. she made the tearful announcement this morning on set. i decided that this is this is the right time for me to kind of move on. and then i thought about, obviously, i had my kids late in life and i was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my, of my time pie that i have. i feel like we only have a finite amount of time. and so with all that being said, this is the hardest thing in the world. lucky kids. and that she's able to do that as well. her plans for the future are said to be still up in the air right now. well, this midday we're shining a light on mothers and mental health in the u.s. mental health struggles are the leading cause of pregnancy related deaths. one hospital in the bay area is trying to help get women access to care. now, doctor nima

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hostages back from guys than a live um, but they are not interested in particular in what is going on in guthrie itself. uh, they don't trust it to teneo. they think the government, this incompetent, which it is, they think they've missed any o, is not reaching a deal because he's afraid to lose his cabinet and end up in jail. but they are not showing. that's what i was writing about. they're not showing much empathy for the people of guys who are being killed in the name. and that's the, the, the kind of conundrum the to see people in israel right now, and that's my impression of feel insecure. the country is becoming we could, people are exhausted by what is going on, both of the internal political turmoil, the ongoing war displacement of tens of thousands of it's varies. the entire north is being evacuated with hundreds of houses being destroyed, buffers, blah rocket. but they're not really seeing any way out of this. they cannot think about a political resolution to this. and in that system has to neo, has just somehow drug the population into thinking that the only way to continue is throug

cosby has spent nearly two decades at today, seven of those years as co-host alongside savannah guthrie. together, they became the show's first all female anchor team. kotb is staying with today through early next year, but she's not leaving for good. she says she's staying in the nbc family in an unspecified role. don't forget you can watch our newscast 24/7 on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms. garvin thomas joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. janelle, we both met her in person. she is as nice in person as she seems on tv right now. at 530, a final farewell to oakland. we're continuing our live coverage from the coliseum, where the a's have played their last game in oakland. the reaction from fans will never get to see their team play there again. and the race for mayor in an east bay city is getting contentious tonight, we investigate the accusations flying between two of the candidates in fremont's mayoral race. the news at 530 starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. and i'm garvin thomas today. it was an emotional goodbye to the a's

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it was hezbollah, the console that leg and made 11 on the prowled, it's the guthrie for almost since the sun pound the, with the people of lebanon and hezbollah, with their results is and help them confront their use. i think, cruel and evil regime. the senior radian come on to was also killed in the strike that targeted the hezbollah. anita range and state media has identified the come on to as brigadier general, our bus native photo, sean, a veteran of the volt, between iran and iraq. and for the sean was the come on to of operations for the revolutionary goals for 11 on and syria as well. now, well, let's go to moses and i'll see saw that is the president of the international american council in the middle east is also a harvard university school of focusing on the us and middle east foreign policy. thank you so much so much for joining us now. iran has called for an emergency you as security council meeting, often those strollers cooling. so that's on the diplomatic side. but what's about potential rates are the 3 attacks all we expect to see anything soon. given that it's often

there are frustration over there. repetitive to feed, sunset backs into your lawn. guthrie was under a close on file as they also point fingers at the west, towards unwavering support for israel, saying that it's all a plots trying to launch the whole middle east and 2 miles. so that's a sentiment also shared by iranian officials. we heard from the iranian foreign minister, how boss, i don't tv said the un security council, so you're to see, she said that as well, is there a has resorted to the use of the 5 multiple, 5000 pounds. the bunker buster bonds gifted by the was to release them and dropped them in residential areas 11. also he said that 12 is really leaders must be held accountable for their heinous crimes empowers find. and now in living on are the complicity of the united states cannot be over. this is this for, for the as a recently we've heard from the entity one can us secretary of state to legitimize israel's use of those are bus or really all you're, the question is not, this is real. have a right to defend itself against hers. forces does, the question is not, this i

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i will bring up kevin guthrie. >> trace: i want to go if we can, can you take the right-hand box,, can we take that full of the map of the hurricane that's going toward florida. we don't have that but you can look at the right hand corner of your screen. it gives you a circulation and a map. what you have is governor bonta santos saying he's in tallahassee right now, as to the west of the storm but it's just to the west. what you were looking there is the big bend area of florida which really starts just north of the tampa bay area and it goes up to and including tallahassee. what's happening now is this storm has now made landfall in the big bend area. keep in mind it was august 26th of last year that hurricane adalia came to shore in the big bend area of florida. it was also a category for a came ashore as a category three. at lost some steam as it made its way slowly to the short there. we should also point out that this is a massive hurricane. the wind field is so big and so broad that you could have hurricane-force winds going in many states for the next 24 hours. talking about ge

israel's communication minister, slomo guthrie made a statement on social media in which you said after much pressure as we promised this morning. the security forces rated out 0 is main offices in our bureau. in ramallah, you described it as a mouth piece of how mazda has bowler and said that we will continue to fight in the enemy channels and ensure the safety of our fighters. now the statement really reflects of something straight out of israel's play book. you unfairly accuse journalist of incitement, you unfairly associate them with the arm groups on which they report. and this is all about a simply silent seeing the message taking back control of the narrative, visuals on government. the said that it is lost, the narrative that it is become deeply unpopular on the international stage and rightly so, after what has been a very violent year just not in gaza, but across the occupied west bank. the number of raids were really at their peak levels. well before the war on guys and they've only gotten exponentially worse to an average of $35.00 a day across the occupied westbank and rumb

she's decided to step down after more than five years as co-anchor with savannah guthrie. the fourth hour of today. coda made the tearful announcement this morning on set in new york, decided that this is this is the right time for me to kind of move on. and then i thought about, obviously, i had my kids late in life, and i was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my of my time pie that i have. i feel like we only have a finite amount of time, and she's trying to balance it all out. we wish the very best to our colleague hoda and to all of her teammates there at the today show in new york. no tears here, though. we're going to be back in about, what, four hours with more news. what, four hours with more news. we hope you'll joinwhen my docte breztri for my copd things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than

fast and furious that i think my portions shot for maybe ten days and where was that ad that was in guthrie, oklahoma, which i don't know, did you guys film all of it? there? no. we came back here and shot little bit in the well at air force one, which was. how cool is that? i had to pinch myself so many times, so again, for context, you actually in the plane that president reagan used as air force one, we maybe 100 or 200 yards from where we're sitting, right? yeah. doing a scene with nancy penelope ann miller, who is so fantastic in the movie and i'm wearing reagan's actual jacket. and you know it's it's very eerie what a feeling. i mean, i hardly know how to describe that. and then we shot at the reagan ranch and we're doing scenes happened there actual events that happened there and we're standing in the exact place that they happened and doing those scenes that i don't think ron and nancy ever imagined. well, i'm really glad you mentioned penelope ann miller, because been said that one cannot possibly understand ronald reagan and the reagan presidency without understanding the crucial

my colleague, savannah guthrie, spoke with secretary of state antony blinken this morning on just thatat they said. >> does the u.s. support what israel is doing right now in terms of this escalation in order to later de-escalate and get to the negotiating table? >> we support solving the problem, but we believe the best way to solve it is through diplomacy, not through war. >> reporter: it's not just the united states, ana. you're going to be hearing tonight from the united nations security council, convening for the second time in the past week to discuss what's going on here in lebanon, and you can expect to hear some very, very strong words against israel, ana. >> matt bradley, thanks for bringing us the latest. >>> joining us, former u.s. defense and senator william cohen. it's good to have you with us. do you agree with jordan, iraq and egypt that israel is pushing the region toward all-out war? >> well, i think we're really at an inflection point as president biden said at the united nations yesterday, in the context of world affairs and the united states. i think israel is at t

i'm savannah guthrie, lester holt, hallie jackson, kristen welker, thanks for being with us. >> good night. she's going to my philosophy now. in fact, i was going to send her a maga hat right now on nbc bay area news. the nation was watching and now the nation is reacting. former president trump and vice president harris sparring on stage, who's claiming victory, and what were the big moments our political analysts are with us tonight. plus, the head of the san francisco catholic archdiocese for the first time in the same courtroom as survivors of sex abuse at the hands of clergy. our investigative team is there to. and should the teenager accused of shooting 49ers receiver ricky pearsall be charged with attempted murder, his lawyer says new video reveals his client was not trying to kill anyone. good evening. thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm raj mathai and i'm jessica aguirre. we're on on prime time. following this much anticipated debate between vice president harris and former president trump, both candidates sparring hard tonight. it starte

this morning about her decision to step down after more than five years as co-anchor with savannah guthrie. she also posted the news on instagram. hoda has been with nbc news for nearly three decades after previously working at dateline and as the co-host of the fourth hour of today with kathie lee gifford and then jenna bush hager. we'll have much more on this ahead at 630, including her tearful goodbye on set this morning. 539 right now, now to a live look at interstate 680 in walnut creek, the corridor that's now in line for a major makeover with the announcement of some serious funding. east bay congressman mark desaulnier has announced $166 million in federal funding for two projects completing the express lane gap northbound between highway 24 and highway 242, and also a new ramp system between the north main street and treat boulevard ramps to reduce some bottleneck traffic. desaulnier believes the improvements will boost safety and reduce air pollution along the 680 corridor. the money will come from the infrastructure investment and jobs act. now to a live look outside the oakland

kevin guthrie the director was my deputy at the time.elievable amount, decades of experience dealing with this stuff. my advice to everyone is please pay attention. heed the warnings of both the florida division of emergency management and local emergency manage director. this is a huge storm. it is very wide. there is going to be tropical storm force winds, hundreds of miles from the center. so, don't just look where the center is going. most of the weather is to the east of the eyewall. there is going to be all sorts of storm surge. so if you live in a low lying area, in a mobile home, if you live in a flood zone, please pay attention to the information that both the division emergency management and your local emergency management director are putting out. this looks to be, you know, like a real event, the first real hurricane that florida is going to see this year. >> congressman jared moskowitz, i'm very honored that you would spend time with us. i appreciate your time. >> thanks, jose. >>> up next, we're following breaking news ove

hoda kotb has co-anchored today with savannah guthrie ever since 2018, and she's been with nbc for nearlyfter previously working at dateline and as the co-host of the fourth hour of today. ■while she's leaving today, she does plan to continue working in some capacity with nbc. well, new at six. state farm is projecting massive coverage declines in california. the company says it could lose more than a million homeowner and business liability policies by 2028. that is according to the chronicle. the paper is citing filings submitted to the california department of insurance. state farm projects this will align at the rate the company loses policies now, either due to policyholders leaving or noncompliance. 639 on this thursday morning, you're taking a live look at guess where san francisco looking a little foggy there. not too much that you can see, but i don't know if this is going to stay throughout the weekend. meteorologist kari hall has the answer to that. yes, and that's going to keep the city cool. one of the places where we can escape the valley heat. and it's also going to be nice

the diversity of the country as music so the lincoln highway begins a block away from where woody guthrie wrote this land is your land and we there's music that threads throughout the book that i think use music to help tell the story. so there is rock and roll and there is falcon there's bluegrass and there's jazz, lots of blues and a story about america. you've least i thought it was important to reflect the of music so a little bit of everything for for people's different tastes including justin townes earle who my wife and i met at the just in town oral cancer and that story comes into play as well i ask politely who the hell who is justin turns. very sadly he so he was folk singer son of steve earle and he had died a month before we left on this. or let's see i. got that right. yeah, i think it was about a month before left on the trip. but he was my wife. laura and i met at a concert of his. so that's the that's the backdrop in terms of whether i left. i think the question whether or not i left more optimistic, pessimistic about the country. i agree you that that idea of kind of a l

. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, here are lester holt and savannah guthrie. >>> hi, everybody.ood evening and welcome to our special coverage of the first and perhaps last debate between vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump. >> eager to get started here. we're moments away from that historic moment, the first time these candidates have ever faced each other directly on a debate stage. not notably, as mentioned, it will also be the first time they have ever met in person after mr. trump skipped president biden's inauguration. >> this will be trump's seventh appearance in a general election presidential debate and harris' first. and with election day less than two months away now, tonight's clinton used in 2016. >> well, for his part the former president has had less formal but extensive debate prep sessions at his mar-a-lago home in florida. >> it will be held at the national constitution center in philadelphia in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. >> like the last debate between trump and president biden in june, there will be no audience

i'll turn it over to kevin guthrie. >> thank you, governor, again for your unwavering support and commitment to the safety and well-being of floridians. we really appreciate it as the, governor, stood, we continue to work on more than one. i'm sorry, 1,100 missions and we continue to fill those again, as he said, they most of them at this point are going to be post-impact resources that are ready to move into the area immediately life-threatening storm surge is expected along florida's gulf gulf coast and big ben floodwaters are hard to navigate during the day. but even harder to see at night. at this point, it is the last hours to save delay evacuated ahead of hurricane helene from the gulf coast and big ben if you've not already left you're probably going to need to start looking at it, sheltering in place, stay inside, stay safe, stay put do not attempt to leave your home or drive during the storm. the governor has mentioned this. it's gonna be dark outside when it starts to make landfall. the streetlights, the minimal streetlights. so we do have in the big bend area are going to go out.

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb.udio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody g morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this friday morning. suddenly all the ll cool j lyrics are coming back to me. everyone out there, from 20 years ago, by the way. >> it sounds great too. and the fans are out there. we're really excited about that. let's get to the news this morning on a friday morning and that deadly school shooting in georgia. the accused shooter, 14-year-old colt gray, will make his first court appearance this morning. >> overnight, authorities revealing his father will also face charges including the involuntary manslaughter, second degree murder and child cruelty. sources telling nbc news he gave his son an ar-15 assault-style weapon as a christmas present. that was after authorities said they interviewed the father and son last year in connection with threats to carry out a school shooting. >> we got it all covered this morning. let's get started with priya sridhar in georgia for us this morni

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it is wednesday morning. good to have you along with us. that new concern over an all-out war in the middle east. israel continuing to bombard lebanon overnight. the death toll there on the rise. >> president biden speaking at the u.n. conference here in new york yesterday. he called for an end to that conflict. in a moment, we will talk to secretary of state antony blinken about the next steps. >>> we will start with tropical storm helene. it is rapidly gaining strength and reaching toward florida. >> it could reach there tomorrow potentially as a category 3 hurricane. >> al has the latest on the path and the timing. >> good morning, guys. 45 miles east, northeast of cozumel. it is moving northwest at 9 miles an hour. this would be the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. this year. that's only happened in 2004, 2005 and 2020. it's the fifth hurricane making landfall in three years starting with ian in 2022. debby ea

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefellerza. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a friday morning. i was just peeking back. the crowd is out there. >> chris stapleton will be performing in just a bit. we also had the people's choice awards. but let us get started with our top story. hurricane helene, a powerful category four storm. we want to show you a live shot from asheville, north carolina. >> it triggered a historic storm surge, up to 140 miles an hour winds at land fall. just look at the catastrophic damage. millions without power this morning. and that number could only grow throughout the day. >> here is a look at where helene is headed. several states will be feeling the effects as it pushes inland. >> we have it all covered this morning and an interview with the mayor of hard-hit clearwater, florida. dylan dreyer is in nashville. dylan, what are you experiencing? >> reporter: even though the center of the storm is in georgia, because it is so huge, we have been dealing wit

. >>> from nbc news, this is stu "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> wow. >> good morning. let's all exhale right now. that is the morning sun right here in new york city. gorgeous, sun-splashed friday headed your way. savannah is enjoying some time off jump starting your weekend. what about shohei ohtani? that was big? >> a japanese two-way star that's doing something that's never been done. 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases. and he did it, by the way, in a game for the ages. that's remarkable. >> all right. we will get to that a little later. we will start this friday with several breaking stories here at home and overseas. israel ramping up its attacks on hezbollah with a series of targeted attacks. >>> meanwhile, north carolina's governor facing new calls to jump out of the race after racist and lewd posts on an adult website. how it could impact the race for the white house. >>> let us get started with that shocking case in a small down in kentucky. a district court judge was shot and killed in his own chambers. the suspected gunman, the she