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here is hoda kotb with toxic. >> how much do we reveal to the ones we love? do we keep our betrayals hidden behind closed doors? or do we hide in plain sight, masking our deeds with words? >> the text message says i'm fine, just clearing my head. >> i was kevin mangle for a time, clearing his head, he told his family and friends. facebook status -- wants to be left alone. >> maybe he had enough. >> but there is a trail of electronic messages that seemed to tell another story -- a far more sinister one. >> we were floored. it was all there for us to read. >> which was fact, and which was fiction? >> these text messages don't even seem real. they just don't seem real. >> long before kevin mangle had a cell phone or a facebook page, he was a high school guy in suburban philadelphia with a cute little sister to worry about. >> kevin was the stereo typical older brother. he would follow me around and tell all his friends weren't allowed to talk to me and things like that. very protective. >> for as long as michelle can remember, kevin mengel was a family man. a bi

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talking to hoda kotb right after it became official. >> what are you trying to show?porter: in tokyo, where stands were empty because of covid, biles got the twisties. >> it looked like she got almost lost in the air. >> reporter: biles pulled out of the event. team usa went on to win silver. >> we all have a little bit more to give. i know we're more mature. i think our gymnastics is better. >> reporter: suni lee wasn't sure she would be competing at trials at all, after a struggle with kidney disease. >> a year ago i didn't even think this was -- [ cheers and applause ] i didn't think this was possible. >> reporter: the olympic veterans are joined on the team by a new and very young face. >> can you even drive yet? >> i technically can, but i haven't been. >> reporter: 16-year-old hezly rivera. >> i cannot believe that i'm here right now. >> reporter: the teenager from new jersey had only an outside chance of making the team. her father overcome with emotion in the stands. a decade separates rivera from biles. >> i definitely feel 27 after meets like this. but i kno

here is hoda kotb with murder on nantucket island. >>> nantucket, massachusetts, gorgeous smudge of an island off the coast of cape cod. it is simple and elegant in a way that says serious money. the beaches are pristine and the food phenomenal and the shopping, pack your credit cards. as a setting for romance with its serve, sunsets and sea breezes, nantucket is 50 shades of fabulous. but then, the fog rolls in. dense, mysterious, and everything changes. suddenly, it seems, anything is possible in this moody place. maybe even sinister things. >> 911. stager emergency. >> my sister is not answering her phone. >> monday, october 25, 2004. a gray day. the officer of the nantucket police department was on patrol when the car radio crackled at about 1:15 p.m. a call had come in. >> she was supposed to pick up my son at day care. she won't answer her cell phone. >> it was a routine matter, or so it seemed. he was dispatched to check it out. he met his partner at hawthorne lane. there were two houses on the property. both were owned by longtime island resident barbara. >> i said, excuse me,

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the unofficial sixth member of the squad, hoda kotb, has the highlights. >> i got to watch those girlswere on fire. and three years after pulling out of the tokyo games, simone biles proved to everybody that she is back and she's better than ever. >> right here. >> simone biles. suni lee. jade carey. jordan chiles. and hezly rivera. four returning olympians and a rookie, led by 27-year-old simone, they showed the world why they are still in a league of their own. kicking things off for team usa, jordan chiles. that infectious hype woman energy on full display as she nailed each and every event including a beyoncÉ-inspired floor routine that earned her a spot in the final. the youngest member, 16-year-old hezly rivera, battled some olympic debut nerves on the beam, but rallied to a solid performance on bars. a handful of heart-breaking stumbles kept jade carey from qualifying for the floor final. jade later sharing that she has not felt well in the past few days, telling olympics.com, she hasn't been able to eat and her energy has been low. but she dug deep and nailed her vault, posting

savannah guthrie, hoda kotb, and i go one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the summer olympicstake care of yourself and each other. good night. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. introducing togo's new barbecue beef sandwich. it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue sauce. it's no fuss, no muss. just tons of flavor. the best barbecue beef is only a togo's. try one today. software bug knocking businesses, hospitals, television networks and airlines offline. the trouble it caused here and whether it could happen again. we're going to break that down. plus, this isn't about him or me. this is about the american people. barrett congresswoman zoe lofgren joining the growing chorus of democrats, asking president biden to step aside. she tells

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. >> she had no problem saying she is was a delegate for hoda kotb.s quite on brand, running from obama on 2014 helped to xleep. you know who paid the highest price for democrats scaredy cat fundamental bling when a democrat holds the white house? the same kind of voters and essence fest. stalled expansion of obama care. radical abortion bans in states like louisiana. book bans and total bans on teaches accurate black history. black americans are the proverbial canary in the coal mine. when conservatives hurt us, that they have always done, the pain is soon shared by everyone of every race, who is not a rich, white, straight mans on his loyal voting wife. but that's kind of a democrat's brand. the editorial class at one point or another has called on every democratic president to withdraw their candidacy for reelection and elected democrats have promptly fled from that president. it's kind of a tradition. republicans briefly did the same after the "access hollywood" tape came out and for a hot second after the january 6th insurrection. or killed a mil

this is "today" with savannah guthrie, from the republican national convention in milwaukee, and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it is a wednesday morning. good to have you along with us. hi, hoda. i'm here in milwaukee, and you are there in studio 1a. i love seeing you and simone together. >> girl, she's pumped. and, in fact, on thursday she will be on her way to paris. i think she's ready for it, and so are we. >> we're all ready for it. we talk about here in milwaukee, last night was all about one-time adversaries of former president trump now lining up to support. nikki haley and ron desantis speaking out for the man they once ran against here at the republican national convention. former president trump once again appeared. he was wearing that ear bandage. tonight it will be vance in the spotlight, giving his first address as trump's newly minted vice presidential pick. we have a lot to cover, including the details on the investigation into the trump that assassination attempt and how the biden campaign is responding

. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb.rom studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. good to see you. thanks for joining us on a tuesday morning. savannah has the morning off. are you ready? how many days? >> three days. >> come on now. >> we should count the hourly countdown now. >> we're getting our tickets and bags ready. >>> let's get to our top story. what has been a monumental 48 hours in what is now the kamala harris presidential campaign. overnight, nbc news reporting that she now has the endorsement of enough delegates to win the democratic party's nomination. this comes as her campaign has reported more than $100 million in donations since president biden announced his decision to drop out of the race. >> meanwhile, as for the trump campaign, it's been forced to change its strategy. stepping up attacks on harris. the former president taking on. his rival on social media while his running mate, jd vance hit the trail on his own for the very first time. >> we have complete coverage including a live interview

this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio one a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to today. nice to have you along with us on a wednesday morning. how cool is that, man? 20 year old coco gauff was selected as one of the team usa's flag bearers, along with lebron jame, which is, by the way, one of her heroes heroes. even cooler. coco is with us this morning live from famed roland garros. there she is. hi, coco. i heard coco, we heard rafa nadal was practicing behind her a few moments ago. lots to chat with coco about just ahead. look forward to that. but we do start with a busy day ahead in washington. president biden now recovered from covid, is set to address the nation tonight for the first time since announcing his decision to drop out of the 2024 race, and this comes as the first poll since that news have been released. it shows a dead heat. a reuters ipsos poll there on the left, shows a two point lead over donald trump for kamala harris, a morning consult poll showed the exact opposite trump with a two point lead. both are

she talked to the today show's hoda kotb copy about coming back from those twisties that plagued her in tokyo. simone, you called this the redemption moment for you. yeah. so you know what happened. you got it, girl. what did it feel like today? yeah, as soon as we finished vault, i was like, yeah, this is going to go well. so i was super excited. proud that the work we put in as a team and we couldn't have done it without each other. so going out there and getting that gold that was just amazing feeling. so i couldn't be more proud of the girls and myself also could not be more prouder as they say. simone's hubby, football player jonathan owens posting this pic on instagram with him wearing a t shirt, clearly stating he was cheering for his gold medal. baby, that's so cute! okay, you can hear more of simone's interview with hoda coming up on the today show. i have to tell you, it was just mesmerizing and so emotional to watch those girls inside those young women in bercy stadium. i wish when i went outside of bercy stadium, i could have seen things because unfortunately i lost my gl

that will be great because hoda kotb was actually there watching them all. oh, that's cool.it was great to hear the crowd. they were just like cheering everyone on. they were alive and suni lee's from. that's a hometown crowd for her. so yeah, that was really she was great. gia vang put a great social media post out there about what it meant to her and the hmong community. yeah, coming back from i know what the doctor said, she would never compete again earlier because of her liver. they are just so many powerhouses. all right, well, we're not going to be tumbling around in the grass for the next couple of days if you want to. i mean, somersault inside. okay yeah. i think we're going to be doing whatever we can to try to find some air conditioning, try to stay cool and stay hydrated over these next few days, we are going to have several days on end of a heat wave ahead. that means our bay temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s and in the valleys it will be possibly over 110 degrees with temperatures that hot, a light wind, low humidity, we will have a very high fire danger,

republican national m national convention in >> announcer: from studio 1a in convention in milwaukee, and hoda kotb studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. >> hi, everybody. good morning good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday . welcome to "toda morning.y." we're wrapping up the week i we're wrapping up the week here milwaukee and new york, but, hoda, this breaking news in milwaukee and new york. but hoda, there is breaking new morning, a tech outage this morning. touching nearly every a tech outage touching nearly every aspect of life and business not just in this business, not just in this country but worldwide. >> yeah, all o country but worldwide. >> yeah, all over the globe ver savannah, it started overnight when something w it started overnight when something went wrong with a t wa software update from crowdstrike and crowdstrike is one of the world's largest cybersecurity providers. so software update from , that fals crowdstrike, and crowdstrike isp one of the world'sac largest cybersecurity advisers. it's even forcing some major air lines to ground flight

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb.e from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi there, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on a friday morning. and thank you to the thousands of people out there. this is going to perhaps set a record for our plaza. they're all here to see one man. the concert on our plaza. >> yes. we had more fan pass asks for this concert than any others. we'll get out in a bit. >> let's get right to our top story, the impact and fall-out this morning from president biden's high stakes news conference last night. >> for the most part, the president held his own with reporters. >> but there were some notable gaps and misstatements as well, raising fresh concerns among members of his own party about his 2024 campaign. so we're going to breakdown where things stand this morning. james clyburn, a key supporters during biden's 2020 victory and an influential voice within the party is with us live. we'll ask him where he stands just ahead. but, first, peter alexander was in

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a inockefeller plaza. >> and a good thursday morning! welcome to "today." hoda and savannah enjoying the holiday off, so we are so happy to have laura jarrett with us on america's birthday. >> nowhere else i would rather be on the 4th of july. and this is my first "today" show plaza concert. >> no way! >> i'm so ready. >> you picked a great morning. the bleachers are ready to get us started. they'll send us off into this long holiday weekend with a fantastic concert coming up in just a few moments. but we are going to start this july 4th with the massive independence day celebrations across the country. here's a live look at hollywood beach, florida, where they are expecting a high today of 88. and oh, by the way, that's a downright pleasant temperature compared to some places this morning. >> more than 100 million under some kind of heat advisory today, conditions so extreme in some areas, communities are actually being forced to cancel their events because of heat and other extreme weath

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and a good friday morning to you. welcome to "today." thanks for joining us. savannah and hoda off this week. we're graced with the presence of laura jarett. those fireworks last night. >> what a way to kick off the week, right? i'm glad we're done with the drones and back to the good, old-fashioned bang. >> we want to start once again with the weather and that dangerous heat wave that continues to grip a huge swath of this country. 125 million people are waking up under some kind of heat alert this morning. highs 10 to 20 degrees above the average in some areas. >> meantime, some residents in south texas are bracing for beryl. heavy rain, storm surge and damaging winds are all a possibility for south texas by the end of the weekend. >> these extreme weather conditions coming amid a major travel weekend. this is a large look at hartsfield airport. some experts expect sunday to be the busiest day of the entire summer. we've got it all covered for

. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in russianmpic committee -- in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." t minus four days to the olympics. >> i can't believe we're down to four already. >> we have one usa flag-bearer. >>> let's get to the top story. president biden's decision to end his re-election campaign. the president at his home in rehoboth beach, delaware, saying he will address the country formally sometime this week. he's recovering from covid, still. >> meantime, he's throwing his full support behind vice president kamala harris. her nomination is not a done deal. party leaders like nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and the former president yet to weigh in. >> donald trump has been far from silent on this monumental shakeup, saying about biden, if he can't run for office, he can't run our country. >> all of this setting up a presidential race unlike any other. to show how times are changing, this election marks the first time since 1976 that the names bush, clinton or biden will not appear on

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, there. good morning. welcome to "today." monday morning. reunited at last. >> glad to be back in the saddles here. >> yeah. we have extremeness to tell you about. early this morning, beryl making landfall as a category 1 hurricane in matagorda, texas, slamming that region with heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous flash flooding. hundreds of thousands there are already without power. >> more than 120 million people on both coasts are waking up to heat alerts. the high temperatures breaking records, fuelling dozens of wild fires. one blaze in southern california now threatening neverland ranch. that's the former home of michael jackson. >> we have it all covered with priscilla thompson. she's in the path of hurricane beryl this morning. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: yeah. savannah, good morning. beryl made landfall just east of us, and the rain has been relentless for the last couple of hours. we're getting a brief break from it ri

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. good to see you. we're so happy you are joining us on this thursday. that was an exhi bis dags. >> beat canada. of course, we will have our interview. >> looking forward to that. but, first, let's get to our top story. a big day ahead for president biden, set to take questions from the white house press corps. this will be his first solo news conference in washington since november of 2022. >> well, the stakes are remarkably high. following that disastrous debate performance. >> we will start with peter alexander, who will be, by the way, at today's news conference. >> reporter: the first sitting senator and now 9 house democrats saying publicly the president should step aside, making today another major, unscripted test. president biden preparing for the biggest day of his presidency. >> reporter: as his standing as leader of the free world is again coming under scrutiny. the first senate democrat to publicly call for president bi

this is "today" with savannah guthrie live from the republican national convention in milwaukee and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, guys. welcome to "today." it's a tuesday morning. so happy you're joining us. savannah, of course, is in milwaukee. a very busy opening night of the republican national convention. >> we're here in the room where it happened, here in milwaukee. the republican national convention now underway. last night, an emotional moment as former president trump made his first public appearance since the attempt on his life saturday night. you can see his right ear was bandaged. the crowd moved and in rapture as he walked into the convention hall. you see it was a busy first day at the convention. trump has been officially named as the republican nominee. his sons putting it over the top for him. also, he revealed his running mate, ohio senator j.d. vance, a relative newcoming to the world of politics, one time a staunch critic of the former president, the author of "hillbilly elegy" and much to cover. let's start with hallie jackson here

from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from paris. >> hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." welcome to paris. it is a special friday morning. we are so glad to have you with us. eiffel tower, we're glad to have you with us as well. >> it almost doesn't look real. but it is literally right behind us, the eiffel tower. this, by the way, will be our home for the games with the beautiful eiffel tower right behind us. >> we knew it was going to be good, but this is spectacular. in a short time, the athletes will be traveling by boat in a first of its kind opening ceremony passing by historic paris, landmarks like notre dame cathedral and the louvre. >> the excitement is at a fever pitch. athletes are getting geared up. they're getting ready. and we also, of course, are keeping an eye on the security concerns around here. >> there has already been an incident on the french rail network. it is disrupting service for roughly 800,000 travelers on a major travel day here. we have our team in place ready to go. but l

. ♪ >> reporter: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. om studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning to you. welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm craig melvin, this is sheinelle jones, because savannah and hoda enjoying time off this holiday weekend. >> good morning to all of you. >> yes. we'll start with this busy tuesday. a major storm causing major concerns ahead of the georgia -- the july 4th holiday. hurricane beryl strengthening overnight into a category 5 storm, earlier than any hurricane on record. >> the storm making landfall. according to officials at least one person has died, hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed. it comes as here in the u.s., more than 60 million are under heat alerts today with near record highs for many areas, coast to coast. >> dylan is in for al this morning. she is tracking all of it. we will start with that storm. where is beryl headed next? >> it is headed towards jamaica. it is still a category 5 at this time. look at the size of this thing. the earlier

. ♪♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb.m studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> well, good morning. good to see you. so happy you are with us on this tuesday morning. those pandas have been around since late june. but we finally got a look at them. >> yes. the paparazzi finally got their shot. aren't they adorable? >> we'll talk about those guys in just a little bit. >> yeah. >>> let's get to our top story. extreme weather impacting nearly every part of this country this morning. the remnants of hurricane beryl now heading to the northeast after the storm left a path of destruction along the gulf coast. tens of millions facing new flood watches and even some possible tornado threats. >>> in the meantime, that brutal heat wave showing no signs of letting up this morning. these high temps are taking a toll on power grids across the country. and look at this, this is a drawbridge here in new york that became stuck open because of overheating. >> al will tell us what to expect today in just a moment. but, first, kathy park joins u

"today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today," and it is good to have you along with us on a monday morning. >> we begin with the very latest on the assassination attempt of former president trump, new details coming in on the investigation and how that attack unfolded. >> there's a lot to catch you up on, including new video posted online overnight, and you can see the shooter crawling into position on that rooftop before firing those shots. it is raising new questions this morning about that security surrounding the event. >> meantime, the former president is now speaking out in a series of interviews calling the shooting, quote, a very surreal experience and saying, quote, i'm not supposed to be here, i am supposed to be dead. >> president biden delivered a rare oval office address last night trying to tamp down political rhetoric saying we cannot allow this violence to be normalized. >> all of this unfolding with republicans now gathering

and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody! good morning. welcome to "today." we're here in milwaukee holding it down at the rnc. >> good to see you. a show of unity in milwaukee for republicans as questions are raised now about the political future among democrats for the president of the united states. >> yeah. we have a lot to talk about on both sides of the aisle. let's start here in milwaukee. donald trump's running mate, j.d. vance, in the spotlight last night. his big introduction to the nation by far the biggest moment of his political career. a one-time trump critic praised the former president while accepting his nomination with a deeply personal and biographical speech. and tonight, it is donald trump's turn. he's set to give his third nomination speech at a republican convention. and willie, as you mentioned, this is all plague out amid new questions surrounding president biden and the news that he has tested positive for covid. >> yeah, the diagnosis came as he was campaigning in the crucial swing state of nevada, and at a time

. >> announcer: 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." nice to have you with us on a thursday morning. >> not just any thursday morning, though, no, it is the eve of the opening ceremony and hoda has made her way to paris. >> somewhere, she's down there. the eiffel tower this morning, this is a live look, 24 hours from now, the celebration will be getting underway. it is like no other. the city of light is ready and so are we. we'll have more on that in a bit. but we begin with another day of major stories out of washington last night. president biden giving an oval office address, his first public comments since dropping out of the race. the speech widely seen as an attempt to define his legacy while passing the torch to a new generation of leaders. >> biden using the opportunity once again to endorse his vice president, kamala harris, who was on the campaign trail yesterday, amid her search for a running mate. donald trump also campaigning yesterday, sounding off on

from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with savannah guthrie and hoda kotbom paris. >> bonjour! welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning back home. tuesday afternoon here in paris. another exciting day at the olympics. s.g., we are surrounded by medal winners. >> this is paris royalty. team usa medal winners all around us. up early with us. we are so proud of all of you. we will have interviews with them a little later. >> do you want to say hi to your mom, hi is your dads. >> hi at home. >> feel free. you know they're all watching for you all right now. >> we have so much to talk about. >> and we will preview the women's final. in women's gymnastics. we have a lot to get to. >> that's just one of the big events we're following including the surfing action far away from here in tahiti, where this amazing image was captured yesterday. that's gabrielle medina brazil's, appearing to soar in the air after catching a major wave. >> incredible. we'll catch you on what to expect on day four and all the highlights. >>> we begin in the presidential race. nbc's seni

this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio one, a in rockefeller plaza. and a good monday morning to you. welcome to today. thanks so much for joining us. sheinelle is with me while savannah is off, who does not off? hoda is on assignment. she's on assignment in minneapolis, where she saw the great the just the greatest. first, i'd say olympic trials that we've seen from the women's gymnastics team in a long time. how was it, honey? it was absolutely incredible. this place, this arena, the target arena, was bumping last night when the team was announced. it was kind of like wwe. it was crazy. the crowd was chanting. we couldn't hear anything. now for these women you guys know well, they were in tokyo and they told me this. they said, you know what paris is about. they said, paris is all about redemption. and it was so great to see him. we had a little dance party and i met the newest olympian. you're going to love her, too. hezly rivera, i'm going to introduce you, and we're going to have a lot of fun. so i'll check you guys a little, a little later in ou