kathy park, nbc news >> good to see they made it together >>> well, when we come back, one man's moving mission to make homes for heroes >>> there is good news tonight on this memorial day weekend about helping our nation's heroes. and one california man giving those who served all the comforts of home and a bright future. >> all right, guys >> reporter: inside this massive warehouse south of san francisco, john helan is on a mission. >> go ahead and get the coffee table >> reporter: the professional mover pulling from his donated collection of furniture to help make comfortable homes for those who served, but are now struggling >> this is so great! thank you, again thank you! oh, my god >> reporter: since 2018, he's furnished more than 500 houses and apartments >> this is my way of serving our country, is helping these veterans >> come on down. the house is right >> reporter: this week, john made a special delivery to navy veteran esperanza fletcher and her kids. >> oh, this is nice. >> reporter: providing what they need to feel safe and settled, after living in a shelter for two years

kathy park, nbc news >>> when we come back, the woman who became a runner after losing a leg.t believe how many marathons she just ran in a row. >>> there is good news tonight about not letting anything stop you and the amputee runner who is making history by blazing a trail for other athletes >> here we go! >> reporter: with every stride, jackie hunt just reached a milestone some might have said seemed impossible this week, the 46-year-old broke what could be a new world record, the first woman to run 102 marathons in 102 straight days. >> there still is, i'm sure, a lot of pain involved in what you do >> you know it's gonna hurt but you kind of, yeah, just push yourself and keep going for it >> reporter: jackie ran 26.2 miles a day around her arizona neighborhood, on treadmills, and even in the boston marathon more than 2,600 miles in all the proof now set to be reviewed and verified by guinness world record experts for jackie, it's been a way to empower other athletes with disabilities to push beyond their limits. >> what inspired you to go for the record and break it >> i

kathy park reports >> reporter: ashley allen shops with a strategy. >> cvs receipt. >> reporter: bundle stack of wipes. >> $5 off baby purchase. >> reporter: two packs of diapers. >> $4 off. >> reporter: all would have cost $63. as you can see in the videos she filmed for us, she paid $21.69 before tax and is getting $19 back in cash and store credit. >> i spent $2.69 on all that product that was a good deal today. >> reporter: this mom of two from johnson city, tennessee, doesn't consider herself an extreme couponer. >> i prided myself on getting a good deal. >> reporter: she started couponing this year as prices started climbing >> with inflation and things changing, my good deals weren't good deals anymore. >> reporter: ashley isn't alone. >> couponing is definitely coming back >> reporter: recent data shows one-third of shoppers used more of them last year. ten years ago, tv shows like "extreme couponing" fueled the craze. >> couponing has almost become an ill ngs illness for me. >> reporter: now, it is influencers on social media. >> stop paying full price. >> reporter: this nebras

seen here on nbc and tonight what retirement is like for some of horse racing's greatest here's kathy park in human years, sun king may be done with racing but he still wants to win even if it's outrunning caretakers like 75-year-old michael blowen >> i run with a lot of them i'm like 0 for 4,000 i've never beat one of them once. >> reporter: this longtime film critic with "the boston globe" traded in a life covering hollywood headlines to chasing a different set of stars >> he's only got four teeth left so his carrots have to get cut up real tiny >> reporter: retired racehorses at this farm aptly called old friends. >> like celebrities. >> yeah. >> like meeting celebrities. that's exactly right >> reporter: horse fans still swoon over silver charm the 1997 kentucky derby and preakness winner was just three quarters of a length shy from a triple crown beat by touched gold >> touched gold wins it by half a length! >> reporter: the former competitors now neighbors at old friends. do you feel a great responsibility taking care of these horses >> yes but it's not a burden. it's an honor. >> re

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kathy park, let me go to you. you are sort of out in the world in the country where this is happening. you're in tennessee and you've been talking with people there, right? >> halle, that's absolutely right. this conversation is literally happening in all corners of the country, including tennessee. it's a conservative leaning state. you would think the viewpoints would be a bit slanted but based on the conversations we've been having on the ground, the viewpoints are mixed. so here in knoxville specifically yesterday there was a large crowd that gathered in front of the federal courthouse, which is a couple of blocks from where we are standing right now and the group of roughly around 100 people, they were out demonstrating, defending roe v. wade, expressing their frustration and anger for possible reversal of women's rights. this morning we ran into a woman visiting from paducah, kentucky. she had the opposite reaction. take a listen. >> as a woman, i can understand how a lot of women would be upset either way.

kathy park is in nashville. >> reporter: grief and heartbak over the loss of country music icon nee owenya grammy winning dew woe. ashley overcome with emotion, remembering her beloved mother. >> my mama loved youo much. she appreciated your love for her, and i'm sorry she couldn't hang on until today. >> i kissed her on the fore head and i walked away. the last thing we did together as a family with her was we all gathered around her and we said the lord is my shepard. >> superstar carry underwood paying tribute to her over the weekend. the grand ole opry held a moment of silence for her saturday just hours after wyoming know ma and her sister announced her mother's daelt on social media writing, today we sisters experienced a tragedy. we lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. we are shattered. while no cause of death was given, she had openly discussed her struggles with depression for many years speaking to savannah in 2017. >> you talk in the book about thinking about wanting to mmit suicide. >> yeah. at's how bad it can get. you can it's so hard to describe becau

kathy parks, nbc news. >> so sad for her family and millions of fans around the world the country musice says the induction of the judds will carry on tonight at the request of the >>> and starting now with some cloud cover in san francisco. 50 degrees right now, and the temperatures will climb into the mid-60s and it is going to be a mix of sun and high clouds by the afternoon and expect clear skies for san jose starting out with temps in the 40s and bumping up into the mid-and upper 70s through the afternoon and we can expect to see some upper 70s and low 80s in the forecast, and 42 in santa rosa and conditions will remain dry for sunday. >>> straight ahead. the highs and lows of the week, including the fired-up young star who stood out even in a parade of stars at the nfl draft. >>> and the fan who made an incredible grab at a major league baseball game while feeding the baby bjorned to his chest. >>> next up, our sunday focus, a new toy for the world's wealthiest man. why does elon musk want a controversial social media platform to go with his empire of electric cars and no matter w

. >> her daughters wynonna and ashley announced her death on saturday and nbc's kathy parks in nashvilleudds arrived here in music city in 1949 and would become part of country music. they were inducted into the hall of fame. >> this morning, grief and heartbreak over the loss of country music icon naomi judd. fans mourning her death outside sunday night's country music hall of fame ceremony where naomi and her daughter wynonna were inducted as the grammy winning duo the judds. >> my mother loved you so much and she appreciated your love her for. and i'm sorry she couldn't hang on until today. >> at 2:20 i kissed her on the forehead and i walked away the last thing we did together as a family with her was we all gathered around her and we said the lord is my shepherd. >> carry unds underwood playing tribute over the weekend the grand ole opry held a moment of silence for her saturday just hours after wynonna and her sister ashley judd announced their mothers death on social media writing today we sisters strerns ad tragedy we lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. we

park signs. so female know who to contact for items. in terms of responsiveness i will let kathy speak more detail how she works with her team on the responsiveness to issues that come up during the meeting. >> kathy you need to unmute her. thank you to the commission, they are beautiful parks. we are mall and act itch tome. in makes sure we are always addressing the issues happen nothing parks and so we have i work order system we put in work conscience we know the conscience. they have inspection daily and he weekly and minute ly. do maintenance so kid's parks are safe. no one gets hurt. we are very -- responsive to the community and the community upon the ability to -- can always reach out to us. this is i 24/7 job am we then and there we try to address things rit, way. we upon we are a part of the communities and excited about that. okay. >> thank you. kathy. i thinked not see commissioner bracket. i will unmute commissioner bracket. >> commissioner you become online. yes. >> i'm here. i done have comments i think i'm the commissioners said everything that i wanted say. congr

. >> laura: for kathy, i think it was mccormick who believed that ad sing the exact opposite about a heart beating at a particular parkems to be a reaction to the pro-life criticism of oz. your reaction to the? >> kathy: having an identity crisis. we don't know if he is tricky first or america first. we don't know if he is a liberal as he portrayed himself to be during his public career or if he is now a conservative. and the real point is we don't have time to wait to figure out who he is. our nation is in trouble and the people in pennsylvania, we see it. we are talk about not having enough baby formula for our children. we are looking at gas prices. we are looking, i mean, inflation, 1.7%. well over 8% in growing. we have real issues and we need people who actually understand who they are so that they can be in service to the people of pennsylvania and that is what i'm offering. >> laura: kathy, we are watching this race very, very closely,. it is days away. and we really appreciate your being here. thank you so much. as kathy just mentioned, the shortages of baby formula threaten thousands of babies. the house of

with the new york governor kathy hochul, the attorney general latitia james and the mayor of buffalo among those greeting him here. and the memorial is on the corner of a parking lot and he also saw the neighborhood where the tops market is located. to give you an idea of just how important an institution this grocery store is in this community in what so many describe as a food desert, this is a hub, a place where people come to meet, to socialize, to gather. and of course to buy food and groceries. it is an integral and important part of the neighborhood. the president also saw a close-up of the memorial, it has been growing day by day. there are balloons, ribbons, cards, candles. and you can see the motorcade now, the president is heading off to a community center where he will meet some of the victims' families, first responders, community leaders to talk about all this. and we expect to hear from the president in a couple of hours or so. the visit here will last into the afternoon we understand and he will make remarks at the community center while he is of course going to grieve, mourn, and express condolences to the community about what happened. and he