here's cynthia mcfadden >> reporter: last night tennis fans got what they hoped for. serena williams, one of the greatest players of all time, once again will find herself in the finals of the u.s. open on saturday, two years after the birth of her daughter >> i couldn't have done it without this crowd. i just come out here and, you know, do what i can. >> reporter: if she can defeat a 19-year-old canadian phenomenon named bianca andreescu, her name will once again be entered in the history books, tied with margaret court for the all-time number of grand slam single title wins, 24. among those expected in the crowd saturday cheering williams on, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle. an old friend. but it isn't just the extraordinary young canadian with the big swing and a big future the 37-year-old serena will be playing against on saturday. it's herself >> it brings out highs and lows >> reporter: trying to put nerves and history to the side and just play the game as only she can do cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york >> always thrilling to watch her play >>> that i

[roll call] please note executive director mcfadden is present. at this time we ask you silence all cell phones and sound producing devices. >> before asking for a motion to approve the agenda, there will be several changes in the agenda we did not post the agenda with its 72 hours requirement. as a result, we will have presentation on the action items , but there will be no voting. all the other presentation schedule will take place. those were not action items. the voting on the action items will be voted on next month. we will not have a closed session and we will not have a presentation for item c. we will have a busy october meeting, but september should be a little bit different from what we had anticipated. with those changes, may i have a motion to approve the agenda? >> there is no motion to approve the agenda. >> that's right. we will just go ahead without it we can't approve the minutes so we are moving right along at record speed. executive director's report. >> good morning, commissioners. i wanted to start by talking about some of th

quarters of those who got seriously ill were vaping thc, marijuana's active ingredient our cynthia mcfadden >> reporter: in search of answers, we went to where yu can buy thc cartridges legally and in the black market one of the leading cannabis testing facilities in the nation agreed to test both kinds looking for contamination. including vitamin e acetate commonly used in skin care, which some researchers suspect may be causing the lung injuries. i brought three different brands of thc cartridges from legal dispensaries and obtained 15 on the black market antonio fraser says they found no contaminants for the legal cartridges and illegal ones, did you find vitamin e? >> yes, in 13 out of 15 samples. >> reporter: 13 out of 15 >> yes. >> reporter: these are random >> random. the samples labeled as exotic cart mars og was nearly 40% vitamin e. we also asked to test the three legal products for pesticides none had any but ten elicit samples all came back positive including two of the street brand which the cdc said today is a leading illicit brand. >> the the ad 5hest array, one times the leg

hester mcfadden helped plan the celebration. >> we thought it was necessary to bring together folks soey could learn about thest y of this community. all too often in this country, a lot of the african american communities are fading away form whatever reasons, gentrification and for a lot of other reasons. >> alcindor: in this neighborhood, politics and fellowship are intertwined. >> you got like 20 candidates running at this point. to read up on 20 different people, that's too many people at this point. >> alcindor: tell me a little bit about who you're thinking you like for the 2020 election? >> i likbiden. >> alcindor: why? >> i like biden because i think he'll still have a lot of what >> well, i'm hoping elizabeth actually succeeds in he her bid for the nomination. you know, actually, i like quitf a fehem. i think we've got a great team.a biden is all rht, but i think as a little past, biden and bernie, a littlethe lifespan, you know. cory booker, he's, you know, i mean, he's, he's pretty good.an >> talking about harris, i'm just notonnecting with her at all. >> alcindor: some bla

lester >> all right, miguel, thanks and cynthia mcfadden is our senior legal correspondent. i wonder what you think of the sentence >> some people think this was too severe and some not severe enough i think the judg was trying to reach a compromise and send a message and the last thing that huffman wanted was to go to prison the judge wanted to make clear she committed a crime and that's just where she was going to go, if only for 14 days. >> she's one of many, many defendants what does this signal to the rest of them >> let's break the other defendants into two parts. those who also pled guilty, 14 of them, the prosecutor is seekin between a month and 15 months penalty for them if i were them i would start packing, very likely they'll do some prison time too now, for those like lori loughlin who pled not guilty and who ar saying they did nothing wrong, remember, she could serve 40 years in prison if convicted. >> cynthia, thank you. >>> also, breaking tonight that new tropical threat heading for the bahamas. hit hard by hurricane dorian nbc news meteorologist dylan dreyer

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46 states so why are so many people getting sick nbc's senior leader and correspondent, cynthia mcfaddenhia might hold a clue. >> they just, it just, everything was put on pause because i decided to vape. >> 19-year-old fabian castillo nearly died before he could tell us his story he began vaping thc, the active ingredient in marijuana, this past december. >> do you remember the brand >> gorilla glue i think it was. >> do you know for sure that it was actually a legitimate product. >> i do believe that i was given black market stuff, and i do believe that had an affect on me. >> fabian says his lungs were slowly beginning to shut down. he ended up in the emergency room >> i couldn't breathe. i couldn't talk. i literally couldn't even move my hands. >> doctors put fabian into a medically induced coma, and he stayed like this for nine days dr. kathryn melamed is a pulmonologist, she treated a girl in the intensive care unit with someone with some of the same symptoms as fabian. >> this was my patient's chest x-ray when she first arrived in the emergency room. >> for a 19-year-old or 18-yea

. >> this is officer mcfadden, the man in harj of getting the body camera program up and running. >> they put this on a clip on their shirt. very simple operation. hear two beeps. so you'll see video start from inside the car. so they film from beginning to end. >> so they're not on for 24 hours? -- >> no, for a job. if you're outside, there's no reasonable expectation of privacy so you can and will be filmed. >> because the policies are in the infancy, we're not allowed to show actual body camera footage in action. hou however, they've made an exception for demo opurposes so we can see the quality of the video. >> put it in the docking station and it will load to the cloud. this is the video they would see. >> so the cameras don't stay on for an eight-hour shift? >> no, as you can see we're talking. have you in the video. pretty clear for audio. >> so this is the future for much of the country? >> yes, it is. >> 84. >> of the over 6,100 cops in philadelphia 30 volunteer oz of the pilot program in the district. for the next 72 hours i'll embed to see the experiments in action. >> few

. >> and you can see more of nbc news cynthia mcfadden's report on the "today" show after "today in theweekend and all new season of "snl" premieres on nbc bay area. you can expect several new cast members. woody harrellson hosts tomorrow night's episode and billie eyelish performs. sean guild was announced as a fellow new cast member but nixed as racist comments of his resurfaced of his show online. >>> body mcboatface is no more. the british research ship was christened named after a british naturalist. an online poll asked the public to vote a name. despite boaty mcboatface taking the top spot, the british government didn't let that stand. sea child will be the new name in march of next year. >> that was the contest, everybody can write in name that boat whatever you want. boaty mcboatface. okay, we're going to pick a name. >> exactly. it became so popular. >> a cool name i think. >> it is. >> a cool forecast compared to what we've been experiencing earlier this week. >> oh, yeah. we beat daily record highs, it was wild this week. we're going on a roller coaster. the temperatures are

. >> and you can see more of nbc news cynthia mcfadden's report on the "today" show after "today in thes weekend an all new season of "snl" premieres on nbc bay area. you can expect several new cast members. woody harrellson hosts tomorrow night's episode and billie eyelish performs. the back-to-school inspired episode, season premiere comes on the ousting of shane gillis announced as a fellow new cast member but nixed as racist comments of his resurfaced of his show online. >>> body mcboatface is no more. the british research ship was christened named after a british naturalist. an online poll asked the public to vote a name. an online poll asked the public to name on the vessel. despite boaty mcboatface taking the top spot, the british govement didn'that stand. sea child, the new name in march of next year. >> i don't think they put it on the big ship, on one of the smaller boats? >> i think they were hopeful it would be something maybe a little more regal. >> sir boaty mcboatface. >> that will do it. >> they're like unh-uh. >> cold to hit the ocean on a boat. it's drizzling in san fr

steve: well, you know, we are talking about largely the sheriff in mecklenburg county, gary mcfaddencounty, do they want their county to be a sanctuary, dan? >> you know, steve, i don't think so. i mean, but that has turned out to be in part what this race is about. the sanctuary city's idea is new to north carolina. and i think it's outlandish. the notion that you are going to -- as you say wtve story is that 500 dangerous criminal illegals having been charged with serious crimes all subject to detainer requests were released back into the community. i think it's absurd and it's contrary to basic idea of cooperation among law enforcement agencies and it has no place in north carolina. that's for sure. steve: all right. dan bishop, running for congress in north carolina. the ninth district. dan, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you, steve. steve: all right. meanwhile, exactly 11 minutes before the top of the hour. batting next on "fox & friends" two time world champion of baseball, johnny damon is here next. ♪ put me in, coach ♪ i'm ready to face the day ♪ look at me

nbc's legal and investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has been searching for answers and some. >> good morning, everybody on friday we told you tests we commissioned of illicit thc cartridges showed startling results. all had alarmingly high levels of pesticides and most had vitamin e as well, something many researchers believe is causing the lung diseases across the country. well, this morning, we take a deeper look at how and why this may be happening our investigation took us to downtown los angeles where in a 12-block radius, we sought dozens and dozens of storefronts advertising vaping products. we're in pursuit of what black market operators come here for the empty packaging and cartridges that they fill with cheap and often tainted substances sold as legitimate thc products. within minutes, we score we were able to go in one shop, one stop shopping, buy these dank vape containers, the packaging, and a hundred of the cartridges into which you can put whatever you want. there's no i.d., no tax, no nothing. in fact, we're looking for this particular type of packaging the c

doctor patricia mcfadden's executive vice president for academic affairs, student success and peace 16 integration at the university of texas rio grande valley hispanic institution. doctor manhattan has served in a variety of leadership positions including enough college of education, chair and associate dean for teacher preparation. he earned a phd from curricular instruction with an emphasis in special education and urban education. doctor glenn dubois, longest-serving chancellor in the history of virginia's community colleges hired in 2001 and he has led the system of 22 colleges and 40 campuses into successful strategic plans and a third while complete 2021 which aspired to triple the number of credentials in virginia's economy. dubois earned his phd in higher education administration, research and policy from the university of massachusetts . a masters degree from eastern kentucky university, bachelors degree in florida atlantic andassociate of science degree from the state university of new york in farmingdale . doctor sandra bohan is the president of a tribal college and univers

gary mcfadden released violent, criminal illegals on our streets. and dan bishop, rogue sheriffs should follow the law or resign. dan mccready will not put country over party. i am dan bishop, i approve this message. >> andy and i work and pay over $700 a month. at three weeks old, he had to be hospitalized with a fever. we got slapped with an $8,000 bill. dan bishop was the only senator to vote no on a bipartisan bill that helped families like mine get discounted prescription drugs and now drug company money is helping his campaign. our family cannot afford dan bishop. host: immigration, health care, is that reflecting in the ads you are seeing? guest: yeah and we are skiing asds that have president trump dealing about -- we have ads that have president trump dealing with issues trying to paint dan mccready as a member of the far left wing of the democratic party. i am not sure if that message is going to resonate with people outside the most conservative parties in this electoral base. that is the gamble dan bishop is taking. it dan mccready -- he