joining me from paris now is matt bradley. matt, what's the talk there? the rush to return to normal. what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, i mean. kind of a footloose summer here, a lot of young people were out and about partying. they weren't socially distancing. those numbers are mostly falling with young people, the people who are now going back to school, who not necessarily abiding by social distancing, that isn't so dangerous because in reality, those people weren't getting sick or without any symptoms but the danger could come later. there could be a drag. right now, we're seeing this spike in cases throughout the entire continent but we're not seeing a spike in deaths or hospital visits, so we're not really seeing the truly devastating impact of the disease that we saw a couple of months ago when the daily rate of infections was actually lower than it is now in certain countries in europe, so this is real threat. the health minister here in france said in the next couple of weeks we could see a major spike in new covid cases in intensive care units

matt bradley, nbc news, paris. >>> climate activists gathered in the swiss alps to protest and mourn receding glaciers. the black-and-white photograph shot in 1891 dramatically illustrates the shrinking of switzerland's trent glacier. activists drew attention to the impact of climate change and urge authorities to take action. their protest comes a day before the swiss parliament begins debating new legislation on reducing co2 emissions >>> nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us with a check of our weather. it seems like at least on the east coast a nice weekend. >> yeah, absolutely. beautiful weekend. abundance of sunshine. temperatures pretty comfortable. but on the pacific northwest a completely different story for the next 24 hours the fire danger really going to be high across salt lake city all the way into san diego, where our temperatures continue to be well above average, hitting 121 in parts of freezing mark by tomorrow afternoon across the deep south watching a few storms and ladies, i have snow. it's in the forecast >> what? >> i know labor day signals the unofficial e

matt bradley has details. a warning, the video is disturbing. >> reporter: yet another shocking video showing white police officers violently restraining a black man in front of his family. >> get off of him! profit clayton county deputies pinning robert walker to the ground. >> one punches him. >> a deputy also complains walker bit his hand. a child screams for his father. >> daddy! >> reporter: walker lost consciousness twice during his arrest according to his lawyer. there doesn't appear to be any video leading up to the incident. his attorney said it was unprovoked. >> what the video and evidence in the case is going to show and has shown was that he wasattorney said he was driving his girlfriend and children when he for the passenger id, he asked why. >> they became upset when he in inquired, like every american citizen has the right to inquire, why are you asking me for my id, i'm not driving. >> reporter: they then asked him to leave the car. it's not sure why it became violent. they are not saying why

matt bradley, nbc news paris. >>> we are approaching 30 million confirmed covid-19 cases.ix million of them reported here in the united states. this week, more than a dozen schools in marin county are moving from online to in person. the county public health officer approved waiver applications for 15 schools last week. all are elementary schools, some private and some public. students will be allowed in classes tuesday after covid-19 cases in marin county continued to drop. >>> 57 days until november's presidential election. the question looming will the postal service be able to handle mail-in ballots. >> reporter: with all the focus on vote by mail this election season, we teamed with nba and telemundo stations around the country. 12 stations in all sending more than 100 letters to see whether the u.s. postal service really delivers. >>> from our houses and offices to locations across the country, our nbc and telemundo investigative teams sent 155 letters to 23 different cities all on friday, august 14th. i filled out, hand wrote and mailed four different letters to sta

. >> matt bradley is joining us right now live in paris. hamps-elysees there are a number of things that were different this year because of the pandemic and also the possible winner, who is quite a young-un as well. >> reporter: that's right. every year for more than 100 years there's been a lot of testing at the tour de france. often that testing creates scandals. this year it's helped to create a success. this was a remarkable success compared to a lot of other world major sporting events. remember that this was already delayed by two months, and it could serve as a model for other major sporting events because the tour de france faces challenges that no other sporting event does. this huge traveling circus of cyclists, media, and supporters traveled more than 2,000 miles all around france at the height of what they called the second wave right now. we're really seeing that in france. they're getting record high number of new cases throughout the country. and so now, despite all of that, this massive logistical nightmare that is the tour

. >>> amid one of the worst covid outbreaks in the world, nbc's matt bradley is live in paris for us.srael. what more do we know what's going on there? >> lindsey, as you said, israel has actuallywhiplashed from the most successful country in the world to fight the coronavirus to now by far the worst. they have nearly a quarter of a million cases which doesn't sound so much until you see that israel is a country of 9 million people. that is 55 cases for every 1,000. that is the worst case load per capita in the world. this is a major problem for prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a political headache. the cabinet just voted to amid acrimony and discussion to tighten that lockdown. so now a lot of businesses will have to close. that could be devastating for the economy and netanyahu's opposition which is quite strong. this is a gridlocked country politically. they see this as an effort by netanyahu to try to stop protests taking to the streets of tel aviv for the last several months against netanyahu's continued rule. there is a political dimension here that makes this fraught with

matt bradley is in paris with the latest and joins me now. matt, what came out of today's talks?tary pompeo was there for the opening ceremony. what did we hear from him? >> lindsey, i mean today's talks were just sort of the first day. everything is just getting started. and yesterday, which was the 19th anniversary september 11th, that's of course what started this whole 20-year, awfully bloody very expensive war in afghanistan that killed more than 100,000 afghans, maybe as many as 200,000. today we heard optimism especially from secretary of state mike pompeo. here's what he had to say. >> today is truly a momentous occasion. afghans have at long last chose tony sit together and chart a new course for your country. this is a moment that we must dare to hope. >> now, why was secretary pompeo attending talks between the taliban and the afghan government? well, of course the u.s. occupation is the backdrop for all of this. the taliban is only willing to go to the table with the afghan government, which is essentially, as the taliban calls them, they really are kind of an governm

matt bradley, nbc news, paris. >>> in case you were wondering the winner of this year's tour de francearab emirates team. >>> sometimes in the bay area the weather becomes a groove. it hasn't been happening that much lately. >> it's been tough. we've had more heat cells especially so far through the summer which actually comes to an end tomorrow. the last full day of summer and right on cue we're seeing cooler temperatures for the week. but stay tuned. big heat could be making a comeback. >> roads to the yosemite park reopened today but the park is still closed. there is still quite a bit of smoke from the nearby creek fire drifting into the valley. the park says it is monitoring conditions and will reopen when they feel it is safe. >> taking a look at san francisco, there is no air problem there right now. nice day up there and in san marin. talking about air quality and maybe a bit of a cooling before the warmup, right? >> yeah, you know, it should be on schedule. fall officially arrives this tuesday and probably one of the cooler days we'll see this week. speaking of san francisco l

matt bradley, nbc news >>> before their first game of the nfl season, the minnesota vikings paid tribute to george floyd. >> the family of the late george floyd joined both teams in a moment of unity, in recognition of silenced voices today, the vikings silenced their horn for the first time since its inception. >> just heard the vikings said that the gala horn did not sound in honor of those who no longer have a voice due to racism >>> across the league, players and coaches, like the colt's frank wright, kneeled during the national anthem in protest of racial inequality. six teams all elected to stay in the locker room during the anthem >>> to the highlights now, the first game here, worked out pretty well for the hometown rams two touchdown runs from malcolm brown in some late-game defensive stops. and in new orleans, tom brady started off his tampa career with a rushing touchdown unfortunately for brady and the bucs, he threw a pair of interceptions, and the saints got the win 34-23. brady's former team, they had a much better day. cam newton rushed in for 75 yards, it willing the pat

matt bradley reports. >> reporter: this historic meeting between the afghan government and the taliban could be the beginning of the end for the longest war in u.s. history. >> afghans have at long last chosen to sit together and chart a new course for your country. this is a moment that we must dare to hope. >> reporter: the u.s. made its own peace deal with the taliban in february but with so many afghans killed there is no love lost between the two sides. in doha two years ago. it sounds to me like once the u.s. withdraws its troops that you will seek to topple the afghan government as it currently is in kabul. >> that is supposition. we just want two main things. one is end of occupation and an islamic government. news. >>> coming up, college football kicks off today. would you take a covid test to attend a game? new advil dual action with acetaminophen fights pain in two ways. advil targets pain at the source... ...while acetaminophen blocks pain signals. the future of pain relief is here. new advil dual action. find a stock basedtech. on your interests or what's trending. get rea

>> nbc's matt bradley in paris this morning. ank you. >>> the home stretch of the 2020 campaign is here. so starting this weekend, ali velshi is hitting the road. stopping in different battleground states crucial to the election, talking with local and state leaders, and american voters, about the issues that will decide the presidency. today he's in minneapolis socially distanced from his voters. ali hosted a socially distant discussion with a group of minnesota voters tracking what's at stake for americans this november. >> i am deciding to vote for the biden and harris ticket, because i have absolutely no confidence in the administration that we are currently with. i think trump has divided us, has not showed leadership. i'm very concerned about our economy. i'm concerned about the way that he has handled the covid crisis. i don't worship at the altar of the democrats nor the republicans, but i feel like it just makes the most sense to do whatever we need to do to have this man removed from office. >> reporter: what the candid

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nbc's matt bradley has more on the restoration that's starting you were here with me a year and a halfm the ground up right, matt? >> reporter: yeah. good morning, craig. you remember you were here with me a year and a half ago back then when notre dame's roof was burning. today we're getting a tiny glimmer of hope from an unlikely the iconic church in paris was place. this morning one small part of notre dame cathedral is reopening. almost a year and a half after the iconic church in paris was nearly destroyed in a massive fire in the cathedral's shadow, underground is the archaeological cryptre people c paris. it's filled with dangerous lead the remains of an ancient city built before people called this paris. it's filled with dangerous lead dust that had to be carefully cleaned. athe cleaned ruins. >> i loved visiting notre dame so it's a good first start to be able to visit underneath >> reporter: also on display, a new exhibit honoring author victor hugo. his famous novel "the hunchback of notre dame" inspired several films and drew a look at the decrepit state once again it faces