with a parent who didn't agree with covid protocol and brought zip ties to her office >>> and our kerry sanders goes in search of an historic discovery inside the legendary bermuda triangle "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm phillip mena >> glad you could be with us i'm frances rivera this morning we start near new orleans where residents are still reeling a week after hurricane ida devastated the area hundreds of thousands are still without power in louisiana as oppressive heat is causing dangerous conditions many new orleans residents are heading to shelters outside the city our vaughn hillyard has more on the story. >> reporter: frances, it's tough for folks here in these louisiana communities to reckon with what took place a week ago because for thousands of them they're still living through it. and they expect in the weeks ahead to remain without power. as you can see, so much -- >> oh, yeah. i ain't staying here nope >> did you lose your roof? >> yes all my shingles are gone and my wood fence around my house, all that's flat and i don't have no water. >> reporter: str

kerry sanders is in miami with late details. >> reporter: tonight the return to the classroom potentially dangerous, with a quarter of all new covid cases now children, and with families at odds over how to keep their kids safe. >> my child, my choice >> reporter: the battle over masks still raging, with a judge ruling florida must stop enforcing mask bans, a major blow to republican governor ron desantis. >> this is what hurts communities. we see dictator-like behavior is what he is doing. >> reporter: also in miami, a stark warning from the school superintendent after three teachers and ten other school employees died from covid since school began, all of them unvaccinated. >> the narrative about mandatory mask policies or the elimination of those have been absolutely political in nature, and that quite frankly as an educator, as a father, it bothers me. because children should not be political pawns in this political chess game and we need to get past that. >> reporter: in just a week, nationwide nearly 252,000 kids testing positive for covid, like 11-year-old levi quartucci, four days

that was kerry sanders reporting. nbc bay area and telemundo, this is really cool, 48, we are teaming up with more than 40 bay area shelters for the clear the shelter pet adoption campaign. since this campaign started in 2015, clear the shelters has helped find more than 19,000 pets new homes. >> one of them yours. >> and i love him. >> maybe let's make it two today. cierra johnson is live from san francisco. so, are you getting a puppy or a kitten? >> or both? >> well, the puppy we do have featured today is very adorable. we have twinkle toes. she's part of the clear the shelter campaign here at sf care in animal control. i want to introduce the director. she's here to talk about what you need to know before you take that pet home. so before we introduce little twinkle toes here, i guess starting off what do folks need to know about the adoption process? why go the shelter route? >> well, the shelter route, i personally think, is the best way to go. we have here at the shelter we have dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pig

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collapse in southside, florida, is sharing their story for the first time they spoke with our kerry sandersl >> reporter: the gonzalez family, mother and daughter, two of only three who survived the southside, florida, condo collapse 70 days ago edgar gonzalez among the 98 who died >> i want to know why my husband lost his life. i want to know why they don't have their father. >> reporter: the three were on the bed in the master bedroom. they had just finished watching a late-horror movie when at around 1:30 a.m. it sounded like thunder. >> it just felt like an earthquake >> i remember mom yelling "run" and dragging me out of bed >> and i just screamed "run" and just kept screaming to run and then the floor just started to cave. >> do you remember the sensation of it going down >> i do. it's indescribable i can't even describe it to you. >> reporter: their condo was on the ninth floor. devin and her mother fell with the building five stories. >> whoever thinks a building's going to collapse on you i'm sorry. >> reporter: 16-year-old devin's left leg was crushed, her femur snapped. a standou

here's nbc's kerry sanders >> reporter: gone forever.illed woodpecker first photographed in 1935, now considered extinct in some cases the 23 animals and plants on the u.s. fish and wildlife list have so quietly disappeared few realized they'd be gone forever. hawaii's kawaio'o last seen in 1987 but amid the troubling news also some hope. other species making a comeback against the odds like the florida panther four decades ago there were only 20 of these big cats left. now there are an estimated 200 to see what biologists say is perhaps one of the biggest success stories we head on an airboat and navigate this extensive canal system in remote south florida. the closed loop of waterways is used for the millions of gallons that flow every hour to cool the florida power and light nuclear plant. digging out the manmade canals resulted in ten square miles of long skinny islands, berms of earth that the nearly extinct american crocodile found were an ideal elevated spot to lay and hatch their eggs when did you realize that one could actually

nbc's kerry sanders joins us with more on what to expect. n is expected to detail a six-point plan to directly take on the fast-spreading delta variant. it's believed his plan will lean on the public and the private sector as well as for schools themselves to establish vaccine mandate rules, while the nation's vaccine rate picked up in the last month, there are still states like here in florida where 38% of the population remains unvaccinated, and in texas, 42% are unvaccinated. we can expect school vaccine mandates will be contentious. our nbc station wdib sharing this video from manchester, michigan. parents seen and heard encouraging unmasked students to enter school where a mask mandate is now in place. later today, the second largest school district in the nation, los angeles, is expected to announce a vaccine mandate for children ages 12 and older. health officials say that they believe that the second largest school district with 600,000 students establishing a vaccine mandate for students may be setting the bar for other school distri

here is nbc's kerry sanders. >> whoever thinking a building is going to collapse on you?the billing is gone. >> reporter: in just 12 seconds, the 136-unit condo collapsed. >> i remember mom yelling run and dragging me out of the bed. >> angela, devin and her father edgar had been watching a late-night movie, all were laying in the same bed. >> it felt like an equality. >> angela, 45 years old says a split second before the ground gave away, she heard what she thought was thunder. >> i just screamed run we made it right out of our bedroom, maybe a couple steps and the floor just started to cave. >> their could nndo was on the h floor. he mother on debris slightly above. >> her left leg was crushed, her femur crashed. she was able to scream for help. >> reporter: older sister taylor had been out she rushed home to find a clout of concrete dusk and chaos. >> they told me if they were on that side of the building there wasn't going to be any survivors. that was a difficult night. >> taylor found her sister and mother in the hospital. >> angela was in a coma for five days she

nbc's kerry sanders got a sneak peek >> shep, the mystery of the bermuda triangle captured the world'se vast expanse. it was 1945. planes had flown out into the bermuda triangle and then disappeared. they became known as the lost squadron 75 years later we still do not know what happened december 5th, 1945, five avengers take off from naval station ft. lauderdale 14 airmen head into the bermuda triangle they were never seen again flight 19, the so-called lost squadron close encounters of the third kind. >> no one, these planes were reported missing in 1945. >> the mystery disappearance was answered they were taken by aliens. but that's a movie now in a new history channel documentary. >> the who, do, see, the graveyard of the atlanta or as we know it more commonly today, the bermuda triangle >> well-funded scientific mission into the bermuda triangle resolved some unanswered questions mike barnet, the team's lead under water explorer making a significant discovery as they filmed the documentary, history's greatest mystery. >> you finally found the avenger. >> is this the avenger from f

kendis, lindsey. >> our thanks to kerry sanders there, some remarkable reporting, and just remarkable> hasn't been that long at all. >> right. >> well, we are beginning a new hour right here on msnbc, right now.

we hear from kerry sanders at the kennedy space center in florida. >> reporter: tonight four everydayng that space travel for the rest of us is possible. >> 3, 2, 1! >> reporter: the wednesday lift-off was flawless. the falcon separated at 4 minutes 2 seconds, propelling the capsule into orbit. a pediatric cancer patient at st. jude was watching, just as st. jude assistant was when she was ten. >> we need some hope to cling onto, and seeing haley going into space like that, if that's not hope. >> an all-civilian crew. >> think they opened the door to more commercial space flight. >> there may be a converging space race that recently went suborbital, but today celebrated by all. they have already started to gather scientific data they hope will aid future space travelers. unlike the nasa astronauts, the infamous four are average americans. how does it affect their heart? how are they impacted by radiation? and are their cognitive abilities impaired? >> thanks to kerry sanders for that news report tonight. >>> coming up, we watch newsmax so you don't have to and we'll play for you some

kerry sander has the chilling account of a mother and daughter inside of that building when it collapsedurvived. >> yes, geoff, that is where champlaine tower one once stood. it was 12 stories high, and the firefighters pulled 98 bodies from the rubble, and rescued three people. today for first time, we are hearing from two of them, a 16-year-old and her mother who are still asking why did the building collapse. >> whoever thinks that a building is going to collapse on you -- i'm sorry. >> the building is gone. >> reporter: at 12:36, the condo collapsed. >> i remember mom yelling run and dragging me out of the bed. >> reporter: angela and her mother and father edgar had been watching a horror movie in the bedroom. all were laying in the same bed when a split second before the floor gave way, she heard what she thought was thunder. >> i screamed "run" and we made it a couple of steps out of the bedroom, and the floor started to cave. >> reporter: the condo was on the 9th floor, and devin fell with the buildings five stories and her mother on debris slightly above. he leg was crushed and h

nbc's kerry sanders is in ft. lauderdale with more. >> reporter: that's right, hallie. this is the first full weekend of college football, which means lots of fans crowded into the stands, and that in a state where mask mandates are not allowed by order of the governor is why health officials are so concerned. tailgaters in alabama, more interested in auburn's game against akron than they are about covid. >> it's finally here. everybody is excited. >> reporter: in florida this weekend, in many ways it will look like pre-covid days. the college season opener at the university of florida against florida atlantic is tonight in the so-called swamp. the gator nation stadium with a capacity for 88,000 in a state where the governor has made mask mandates illegal. >> this combination of things that have happened, the opening of schools, the labor day weekend, and football games are all going to contribute to quite likely another rise in cases in mid-september. >> reporter: this is all happening as florida is painfully breaking covid death records. in the last week an average of

nbc's kerry sanders went out on the water and got a firsthand look at them. >> reporter: we're 27 miles in the atlantic, and over my shoulder, well, you're looking at a wind turbine, not to be confused with windmill producing energy, and it's all part of a pilot project for infrastructure that will be coming to the united states. now, right now there's only two turbines here, but soon there will be as many as 180 wind turbines here producing enough electricity for upwards of 660,000 residents in virginia. now, all of this is coming at a time when the president recently said because of carbon emissions we are in a red alert, a red zone, a time for us to recognize that the output that we are putting into the environment is causing climate impacts that have resulted in, well, we've seen it in the northeast, we've seen it in louisiana recently. the goal here is to have an impact on those carbon emissions. >> our objective is to reduce our carbon emissions at our company to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and get to a car don free electric grid in virginia by 2045. we're going to n

kerry sanders has the latest. >> reporter: 357 miles above planet earth tonight four everyday americans in process of proving that space travel for the rest of us is possible >> three, two, one >> ignition and liftoff. >> reporter: the wednesday liftoff was flawless the falcon 9 rocket separated at 2:40. the booster then kicked in, propelling the dragon capsule into orbit watching it all from florida, 8-year-old slater bushman, a pediatric cancer patient at st. jude, just as st. jude physician assistant and now astronaut hayley arceneaux was when she was ten. >> going through it, we needed some hope to cling on to. seeing hayley shoot into space like that, my god, if that's not a symbol of hope. >> reporter: in mankind's history, only about 600 people have gone to space, but never an all-civilian crew. >> i think those guys last night kicked the door open to orbital commercial space flights. >> reporter: there may be a commercial space race with virgin galactic and blue origin, who both recently went suborbital, but the great achievement here celebrated by all. tonight the crew in weigh

fish and wildlife service. >> kerry sanders joins us from south florida with more.here used to be two birds that flew in the skies in florida that they believe are gone forever in hawaii, there are eight animals that should now be listed as extinct. there are 23 plants and animals that have not been seen for so long that they belong on the extinction list. but amid this troubling news, there's also some hopeful signs. animals coming back from the brink. among them, the once nearly extinct american crocodile >> reporter: gone forever. the ivory-billed woodpecker last photographed in 1935 now considered extinct in some cases, the 23 animals and plants on the u.s. fish and wildlife list have disappeared, few realized they would be gone forever. this animal last seen in 1987. amid the troubling news, also some hope. other species making a comeback against the odds, like the florida panther. four decades ago, there were only 20 of these big cats left now there are an estimated 200 to see what biologists say is one of the biggest success stories, we had to get on an airbo

starting to tackle experiments that can affect the future of commercial space travel here's nbc's kerry sandersorter: 357 miles above planet earth, four everyday americans in the process of that space travel for the rest of us is possible. the wednesday liftoff was flawless the falcon 9 rocket separated at two minutes 40 seconds the booster then kicked in, propelling the dragon capsule into orbit watching it all from florida, 8-year-old slater bushman, a pediatric cancer patient at st. jude, just as st. jude physician assistant and now astronaut hayley arceneaux was when she was 10 >> we needed some hope to cling onto and seeing hayley shoot into space like that, my god, if that's not a symbol of hope? >> reporter: only about 600 people have gone to space but never in all civilian crew >> i think those guys last night kicked the door open to orbital commercial space flight. >> reporter: there may be a commercial space race, but the achievement here celebrated by all. the crew in weightlessness has already started to guide things from space how does space travel affect their hearts how is their

shelters nationwide are scrambling to help evacuate those animals from louisiana and mississippi. >> kerry sandersse are some of the refugees that got out of the path of ida before the hurricane even hit. and they got out because they were in shelters this morning, we're here at the humane society of broward county you can see some of the other puppies here waiting to be adopted. they're spread out across the country. eight here have been adopted others that arrive they hope will soon be adopted to find a forever home these are the dogs of hurricane ida. there are cats and other critters, too, animals that were in louisiana and mississippi, now scattered from coast to coast. most are in shelters and animal rescue centers the race to get them out by plane or for others in that same slow-moving traffic. but unlike residents, many of these animals will not return to the catastrophic damage. a flight chattered by greater good charities bringing more than 150 dogs and cats to el cajon just hours before the outer bands of ida made landfall some of the furry evacuees arriving in d.c. to stay with fosters

i'm frances rivera coming up on the "today" show, k kerry sanders will have an exclusive interview witho survived th majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >>> good thursday morning. you're watching "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> i am kris sanchez. i am in for laura garcia. we want to start you off with a traffic alert. >> good morning. what a difficult morning when we have to start with this type of news, somebody was hit and killed by a car just before the north livermore exit and that means the backup starts before vasco, and westbound 580 was fully closed for about 15

kerry sanders is in cape canaveral >> three, two, one >> ignition and liftoff -- >> reporter: history made this evening. >> four so-called civilian astronauts now orbiting the globe, their mission scheduled to last three days. >> officially the inspiration 4 crew are now on their way to space. >> reporter: space x founder elon musk believes this will one day be routine >> the long-term vision is space flight becomes airline like you buy a ticket and you go >> reporter: if space travel is to reach those heights, it begins tonight with these four a 51-year-old ph.d in geoscience, a 29-year-old physician's assistant, an aerospace engineer and a billionaire entrepreneur >> in a little less from 12 minutes we're going to go from being idle on the pad to traveling 17,500 miles an hour. >> reporter: they'll reach 357 miles from earth, the greatest distance since nasa went to the moon almost 49 years ago. >> i'm the first black female pilot of a spacecraft it means that i can now be that role model for the next generation >> reporter: when haley arceneaux was up 10, doctors at st. jude treate

here is nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: the return to the classroom, potentially, dangerous with a quarter of all new covid cases now children and with families at odds over how to keep their kids safe. >> my child, my choice >> reporter: the battle over masks, still, raging with a judge ruling florida must stop enforcing mask bans. a major blow to republican governor, ron desantis. >> this is what hurts communities. we see dictator-like behavior is what he's doing. >> reporter: also, in miami a stark warning from the school superintendent after three teachers and ten other school employees died from covid since school began all of them, unvaccinated. >> the narrative about mandatory mask policies or the -- the elimination of those have been absolutely political in nature and that, quite frankly, as an educator, as a father, is bothers me because children should not be political pawns in this political chess game. and we need to get past that >> reporter: in just a week, nationwide, nearly 252,000 kids testing positive for covid like 11-year-old levi cartucci four days in an austin

kerry sanders in florida for us. thanks so much.nants of hurricane ida their through the region. incredible images when we come right back. >>>. >>> breaking news, i'm willie geist on a thursday morning. these are pictures new to us from east rutherford, new jersey. flash flooding across the northeast. there has been destruction. there has been death as the remnants of hurricane ida are hitting the northeast this morning with reports of flash flooding and tornadoes in new york, new jersey and philadelphia. late last night new jersey and philadelphia mayors calling on residents inside to the to travel. fire and rescue crews responded to a number of water rescues and evac weighings because of the high water levels. there have been at least five weather-related fatalities recorded. four in new york city, one in new jersey. the national weather service issued a flash flood emergency in new york city for the first time ever last night. more than three inches of rain was recorded in central park within an hour. shattering a record set jus

kerry sanders is live at the kennedy space center this morning, and we'll talk about the mission withmer astronaut. >>> and new developments in a pair of mysteries. south carolina alec murdaugh set to turn himself in to police today after admitting he paid a man to shoot him as part of an elaborate insurance scam. >>> plus, police in the case of that missing 22-year-old woman who never returned home from a cross-country road trip are now naming her fiance, who was traveling with her, a person of interest in the case the latest on both of those stories coming up. >>> we start with the emotional testimony from four of the country's top gymnasts taking the fbi to task in a senate hearing for its failures in the larry nassar investigation aly raisman was one of them. we will speak to her live in just a moment. >>> first, nbc's anne thompson is in washington with a look at what they had to say good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. it was an extraordinary hearing. the gymnasts say they were gratified by the words and support and compassion from the senators, as the women described

one crew member talks with the "today" show's kerry sanders about being the first ever black woman pilot of a spacecraft at the age of 51. >> so for me, the risk is not a factor at all. i'm not thinking about it. i was way more afraid this opportunity would never come in my life. as you get older, your chances of being selected -- >> the launch window, the launch window opens just after 5:00 p.m. our time and you can see the full interview with the crew on the "today" show after "today in the bay." >>> lucky today, pay want to think about buying a lotto ticket. a combined $837 million up for grabs between the mega millions and power ball jackpots. mega million is sitting at $405 million where the power ball is $432 million. the next drawing for power ball is tonight and thing me fwa millions drawing is on friday. pretty penny there. >>> trending this morning one of california's iconic property the hurst estate in beverly hills has been sold. >> the price tag on that one $63.1 million. it was built in 1926 and that mansion spans 29,000 square feet and has nine bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, two

joining me now is kerry sanders and dr. former obama white house policy director. let's hear. >> there is a 210 bed deficit as the crisis is now causing county mayors across the state so hold use conferences and pleading with people to understand how desperate this crisis for people dealing with coronavirus. >> there is burnout as well. people get burnt out and they leave the profession. the florida hospitalization say there's is a deficit of 8,000 nurses in the state. that is a confluence of increased demand and burnout. >> 87% of those patients in hospitals in palm beach county are unvaccinated. andrea? >> that tells you the story. dr. patel we're learning that moderna is expected to miss the deadline for booster approval. what does this news mean? will there will be a supply problem? doctors say if you got moderna before, you should get moderna now. so what does that mean. >> that means there will already be confusion about the boosters and who should get them first. it is probably related to the fact that they submitted

nbc news correspondent kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: the return of the classroom potentially dangeroush a quarter of all new covid cases now with children and families at odds over how to keep them safe. the battle over masks still raging with a judge ruling florida must stop enforcing mask bans, a major blow to republican governor ron desantis. >> this is what hurts communities. we see dictator-like behavior is what he's doing. >> reporter: also in miami, a stark work warning from a superintendent after three teachers died before school began, all of them unvaccinated. >> the elimination of those have been absolutely political in nature and that, frankly, as an educator, as a father, it bothers me because children should not be political pawns in this political chess game, and we need to get past that. >> reporter: in just the past week, nearly 252,000 kids tests positionive for covid. like this 11-year-old, four days in a texas hospital. >> there were fears and dark thoughts that crept in, but thankfully he started to get better quickly once he was in the hospital. >> reporter: paren

. >> our thanks to kerry sanders there, some remarkable reporting, and just remarkable survival story for those folks. >> you were saying i can't believe it's been 70 days, you know. >> hasn't been that long at all. >> right. >> well, we are beginning a new hour right here on msnbc, right now. >>> first up on msnbc, a win for abortion rights supporters in texas days after that restrictive ban went into effect. we'll speak to the president of planned parenthood about their restraining order against an aggressive anti-abortion group. the president weighing in on the unusual way the ban will be enforced. >>> the most pernicious thing about the texas law is sort of creates a vigilante system. >>> plus desperate pleas for help from pediatricians, children's hospitals across the country facing an unprecedented strain as the delta variant targets the unvaccinated. >>> and sounding the alarm, democrats in california urge residents to take the recall election there seriously. as a conservative talk show host with a controversial past dominates the republican field to potentially replace govern

speech this afternoon on the coronavirus and nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, nbc's kerry sandersida. dr. ashish jha and robert gibbs. we know a lot as your team has been reporting with your speech and what the president hopes to accomplish. >> andrea, this is an opportunity for the president to amplify and magnify some of the issues we've been hearing him talk about throughout his time in office and he's got what they are framing as a six-point plan. some things will be very familiar and some will seem a bit new in terms of how they're expanding their approach. the president is going to try to emphasize that vaccinations were the key. so how to reach out to the unvaccinated and how to protect those who have already been vaccinated when we've seen concerns about breakthrough cases and concerns about the spread of variants and those kinds of things. a big piece that will be new is taking some of the options away from, for example, federal workers. there was already a plan for federal workers to be vaccinated. we've seen that with the military and key agency, but now expanding that

one crew member talked to the today show ago kerry sanders about being the first ever black female pilotthe age of 51. >> for me, the risk is not a factor at all. i'm not thinking about it. i was way more afraid that this opportunity would never come in my life. as you get older your chances of being selected. >> the launch window opens after 5:00 pacific. you can see the full interview on the "today" show right after "today in the bay." >>> we want to get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. we see blue there behind you. what does that mean? >> that means a hazy sky. this is a look at our near surface smoke model and shows how much of that smoke we'll see coming in today. for the north bay those shades are a little bit brighter. it does look like it clears out for many areas from san francisco on southward as well as the east bay as we go into this afternoon. still kind of smoky at times and that's the reason why we have the air quality advisory for the north bay. there are 10 active fires burning in northern california right now and you can see all of the unhealthy air

kerry sanders filed this report from cape canaveral, florida. >> reporter: andrea, right now, the inspirationnow going to be a three-day mission, and they're experiencing the weightlessness. they have this incredible place to stick their heads up and look around. i spoke to an astronaut, said it is as close to a spacewalk as anybody could get. lift off gear was picture perfect. let's watch that for a moment. >> vehicle is pitching down range. >> all of it going just as planned. the weather was cooperative. they launched off the first stage of falcon 9 rocket, releasing a second booster getting them up as they travel 17,500 miles around the earth. they'll be doing some experiments. remember, these are ordinary people on an extraordinary journey. so they'll be running tests on their blood, behaviors, cognitive abilities, all of that to see how ordinary people, not those extraordinary specimens that are astronauts who have gone before. i had an opportunity to speak to former nasa astronaut ron geren, talking about his experience and what he believes they'll now come back to earth with after goin

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four americans orr bitting the earth carrying out missions and beaming back some stunning images kerry sanders is at cape canaveral for us kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom it's day two for the inspiration team it's all smiles at one point they're looking back at earth through what we might call the capsule's sun roof they also made a very long distance phone call to some children who are cancer patients at st. jude. this morning, the first all-civilian space crew is now more than halfway through their three-day mission. every 24 hours, they circle the earth 15 times, 15 sunrises, 15 sunsets, experienced in weightlessness the "inspiration4" crew members each chose four mission pillars, leadership, generosity, prosperity, hope hayley, who survived cancer at 10, found her message of hope making a special connection on liftoff with 8-year-old slater he watched her leave the pull of earth's gravity from his home in florida. >> how do you feel now >> i feel better >> reporter: like hayley, st. jude also treated him for cancer hayley now a symbol for so many. >> to see a child, a c

nbc's kerry sanders has more what it could mean for you hi, kerry.> reporter: well, good morning. one man's treasure is now everybody's -- well, one man's trash is now everybody's treasure sor sorry, i messed that up, guys. this is shredded paper here at orlando recycling, they have seen the value of just paper. not talking about toilet paper just paper they've seen it spike 60% in value just in the last 18 months. this morning, as the pandemic rolls on, the nation's paper supply is running thin and it's not just toilet paper that's at stake. the shortage now affecting everything from paper bags to books, even envelopes. >> it really came down to the wire i mean, i was -- i was scrambling. >> reporter: this bride-to-be is planning a november wedding. her invitations delayed for weeks because her vendor said they didn't have enough paper to print her envelopes. >> i panicked. i didn't expect that to, for them to come back with that answer. >> reporter: many businesses and consumers nationwide are experiencing delays in their printing orders. the cause

. >> nbc's kerry sanders talked to them and kerry is at that site in surfside for us kerry, good morningorning. that vacant space over my shoulder is where the champlain tower south once stood it was 12 stories tall firefighters were able to pull 98 bodies out of the rubble, but they were also able to rescue three people, and this morning for the first time we're hearing from two of them a 16-year-old and her mother, who were still asking the question, "why did the building collapse?" >> who ever thinks a building's going to collapse on you i'm sorry. >> half the building's gone! >> reporter: in just 12 seconds around 1:30 a.m. the 136-unit condo collapsed. >> i remember mom yelling, run, and dragging me out of bed. >> reporter: angela, devon and her father edgar had been watching a late-night horror movie in the master bedroom. all laying in the same bed when -- >> it just felt like an earthquake. >> reporter: angela, 45 years old, says, a split second before the floor began to give way, she heard what she thought was thunder. >> i just screamed -- run! we made it maybe right out of our

. >> we'll talk more about that, but first, kerry sanders is in cape canaveral for the blastoff.the case with any kind of liftoff. they're watching the weather very closely but since the earliest days of rocket engineering, they say let's light that candle. that will happen tonight around 8:00 eastern time. you can see the falcon rocket behind me. on top is the capsule known as dragon where these civilian astronauts will be i had to chance to talk to each of the civilians and they told me they're ready for three, two, one, liftoff >> we're writing the narrative right now. >> reporter: this morning, we're waiting for final countdown, none more exciting than four americans, jared, sighly, haley and chris. they're about to take an extraordinary trip to space. why go there >> this is in human nature >> this isn't human nature it's like why cross the oceans why climb the mountains, right curiosity is part of us. >> no one has ever gone to space without nasa or training until now. spacex put the crew through more than six months of mental and physical preps >> it's like your largest bu

joining us now from kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida, nbc correspondent kerry sanders.for crew and in just released photos, they're all smiles, at one point looking back at earth what we might call the capsule's sunroof. they have also made a very, very long distance phone call to some children who are cancer patients at st. jude. this morning, the first all civilian space crew is now more than halfway through their three-day mission. every 24 hours they circle the earth 15 times, 15 sunrises, 15 sun sets. experienced in weightlessness. the inspiration four crew members each chose four mission pillar,, leadership, generosity, prosperity. haley found her message of hope making a special connection on liftoff with 8-year-old slater. he watched her leave the pull of earth's gravity from his home in florida. >> it feels better. >> reporter: like haley, st. jude also treated slater for caner. haley now a symbol for so many. >> to see a child, a cancer patient, go through that battle and literally soar among the stars is, it's really there are not word that describe how great

nbc news correspondent kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: the return to the classroom potentially dangerous with a quarter of all new covid cases now children. and with families at odds over how to keep their kids safe. the battle over masks still raging with a judge ruling florida must stop enforcing mask bans. a major blow to republican governor ron desantis. >> we see dictator like behavior is what he's doing. >> reporter: in miami a warning from the school's superintendent after three teachers and ten other school employees died from covid since school began. all of them unvaccinated. >> the narrative about mandatory mask policies or the elimination of those have been absolutely political in nature. and that, quite frankly, as an educator, as a father, it bothers me, because children should not be political pawns in this political chess game. and we need to get past that. >> reporter: in just a week, nationwide, nearly 252,000 kids testing positive for covid. like 11-year-old levi, four days in an austin texas hospital. >> there was some fear and dark thoughts that crept in, but thankfu