al roker is here with the latest track >>> the dangerous september heat wave breaking records from the south to the northeast. schools forced to make tough choices. >>> the video of a russian missile strike on a ukraine market happening just as secretary of state tony blinken made a surprise visit to kyiv. >>> and the young americans shining at the u.s. open. they've already made history. can they win it all? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. how did a convicted killer simply walk free from a pennsylvania prison? apparently horizontally that's what just released security video of danelo cavalcante's escape a week ago appears to show the five-foot, 120-pound inmate suspended face down between two walls quickly walking himself to the roof of the chester county prison where he made his getaway, unseen by a guard in a nearby tower. a vulnerability prison officials were aware of after the prior escape attempt of another inmate the new details adding to the frustration and anxiety of residents who have been living through an ac

al roker is tracking it. this could be a big one. >> it actually can be, lester.fact, we're expecting it to become a major hurricane right now with 75-mile-per-hour winds about almost 100 miles east of the northern leeward islands moving northwest at 14 miles an hour. by saturday it's a category 4 storm with 150-mile-per-hour winds. we're going to continue to watch it over the weekend. it remains north of puerto rico. right now from the southwest to the northeast, 85 million people under heat advisories along the east coast, records tomorrow for hartford, salisbury, jacksonville, baton rouge, dallas but this cold front will bring relief over the weekend to the northeast. temperatures drop below normal, and look at this, new york all the way to buffalo, cleveland, chicago, and st. louis all with average temperatures, but to the south, unfortunately, the heat wave continues into next week for mobile, baton rouge, houston, triple digits for san angelo, dallas, san antonio and very close to corpus christi. lester. >> all right. al, thanks very much. >>> and the severe

roker, thank you. tailgate party. >> we teamed up with eli manning, a two-time super bowl mvp to host a get-together at metlife stadium. the guest an incredible group of young boys on any given sunday, there are more than 82,000 new york giants fans getting ready for the big game at met life stadium in east rutherford, new jersey this sunday, we meet four of them. >> are you ready to party? >> go long go long! >> right away we proved that we should not quit our day jobs. >> oh! right here, s.g. >> go long go long. go real long. >> all right bring it in. >> okay, guys. let's go where's the food. >> we need the drinks. >> the food. >> let's go!all. >> oh, this. >> let's go! >> you look so cute. >> but it wasn't all fun and games, at least not yet anyway. >> all right. let's go. >> we got chicken. >> there we go, hot food and drink. >> let's go! >> oh, this. >> let's go! >> you look so cute. >> but it wasn't all fun and games, at least not yet anyway. >> all right let's go. >> we got chicken. >> there we

al roker is here. the. >>> the new video of an american stranded by sickness more than 3,000 feet underground in a cave in turkey. the urgent rescue mission. >>> the star of "that 70s show" danny masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for the rapes of two women. our team at the courthouse. >>> former white house adviser peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress for ignoring subpoenas from the january 6th committee. his defiant words outside court. our nbc news exclusive with secretary of state tony blinken in ukraine. what he says about ukraine's counteroffensive after months of slow gains. >>> and it's football night in america. the new nfl season kicking off tonight right here on nbc. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome. the nerves and anticipation associated with the first day of school are taking on a new dimension in classrooms across america tonight amid a growing number of arriving migrant families seeking asylum here, and p

roker walked you up the aisle.back and have this day with you and ben and this place that i have such special memories with my mom and my family, it feels like the perfect next chapter of our lives together. >> yeah. >> if you gave us all the money in the world, and asked us to plan a perfect wedding, it would be this. truly. >> all right we love you and we want to say to your mom, debbie, that you raised a wonderful daughter, and we're so pleased that you shared her with us. so, we should start your married life off with a little gift, i think. where is mr. roker >> congratulations to both of you. so happy for you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you know, everybody needs a nice -- some nice luggage. first of all, you guys inspired us with your vows. very strong, very strong love that. but it was also in part inspired by "my big fat greek wedding 3" which premiers this weekend, filmed from our sister company, they helped us throw this celebration, and to make the day even more special, we want to help you start you

roker down in universal studios. tell you while it's cool and wet in the northeast and other parts of the country, let's show you where it is warm, not just warm but we're talking above average temperatures we're looking at kansas city 91 degrees that's 17 degrees above average. omaha 92 memphis 12 degrees higher than average. dallas near 100. that heat moves to the east. buffalo, you will be 77. indianapolis 80. oklahoma city 91 and early next week, temperatures rebound nicely into new york with temperatures in the mid-70s. it will feel like summer in cincinnati, chicago, buffalo and >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning, a little bit of fog rolling through, but overall sunshine, and eventually we're going to start to see some clouds coming in. our highs today reach into the upper 70s for the inland areas, and we are going to be watching a weakening storm system approach the bay area, going into saturday. there may be some off and on ligh

roker has been quite busy tracking the forecast. how does it look now >> it is starting to weaken a little bit and hopefully we're seeing diminution. 490 south-southeast of nantucket, massachusetts 85 miles an hour winds starting to pick up speed moving north at 16 miles an hour we have tropical storm warnings hurricane watches to east port that area of hurricane watches has shrunk a little bit. by saturday morning, early, 3:00 a.m., 85 miles an hour increasing rain and wind along the new england coastline. then as we move tomorrow into sunday morning, the greatest impacts will be mostly down east maine on into canada by saturday it is a remnant low. we look at these wind gusts. not quite as strong as we were thinking yesterday but still wind gusts of 46 portland 50. almost 60 in baja. montauk 40 miles an hour winds storm surges lower than we thought. but large breaking wave, rip currents, flooding of low lying areas and heavy rain in down east maine some areas could see five inches or more. but what we are watching basically, rip c

roker?lty of that. right now we're looking at showers and thunderstorms around the great lakes. wet weather in the northeast heavier showers and thunderstorms down through the gulf seattle and the pacific northwest looking at atmospheric river. temperatures cooler where we've got rain 60s in the pacific northwest great lakes here into the northeast. 90s down in texas and the gulf coast as well. and then we move into today. we are looking at those systems just marching across the pacific northwest. heavy rain and storms down through the gulf >>> good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. the system that moved through earlier this morning made things a little wet. overall we are starting to dry out. that's going to be the trend, but that was a pretty significant storm system for the pacific northwest. we'll continue to watch that. meanwhile, here we're looking at clearing skies and mild temperatures. it's going to be a beautiful week looking at more sunshine and slightly warmer >> for

roker and get a check of the forecast. al. >> i thought i would give us a little palate cleanser. this is parts of utah. we know snow on the ski resorts there, so this is coming for us. in the meantime, we have heat to talk about. 45 million people from texas to the upper mississippi river valley, actually it's 47 million now, all the way here into the northeast. we are looking at more than 80 records possible. grand rapids, caribou, maine, waterloo, iowa. bryson city, raleigh and then those temperatures still warm, still high humidity levels and records possible in baltimore, fayetteville, wichita falls. galveston. this will push through and bridge relief into the great lakes and northeast by the weekend. 91 in new york city on thursday. 82 by saturday. 94 in baltimore thursday. saturday, 85. 74 on saturday in pittsburgh. cincinnati in the 70s. unfortunately for our friends down south, houston triple digits into the weekend. upper 80s for atlanta, mid-90s for tampa. dallas will see triple digits as well. so down south no

al roker is here with the latest track >>> the dangerous september heat wave breaking records from the south to the northeast. schools forced to make tough choices. >>> the video of a russian missile strike on a ukraine market happening just as secretary of state tony blinken made a surprise visit to kyiv. >>> and the young americans shining at the u.s. open.

al roker is here.> the new video of an american stranded by sickness more than 3,000 feet underground in a cave in turkey. the urgent rescue mission. >>> the star of "that 70s show" danny masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for the rapes of two women. our team at the courthouse. >>> former white house adviser peter navarro found guilty of contempt of congress for ignoring subpoenas from the january 6th committee. his defiant words outside court. our nbc news exclusive with secretary of state tony blinken in ukraine. at

roker joins us once again. england where we have flash flood watches and warnings for 29 million people from new york all the way up to boston there is more heavy rain moving into that area now because the ground is super saturated from boston to salt lake city, we have a risk of flash flooding we will be watching that with one to two inches of rain possible now going on to lee, currently, it's 460 miles south-southwest of bermuda 115 miles per hour winds movin slowly at 6 miles an hour. but as you look at this path, it brings it up, maybe making land fall early sunday morning, just inside of -- just inside of maine. but you can see high surf and rip currents from charleston all the way up to portland here's what we are most concerned about, the winds tropical storm force winds extend out 400 miles or more and then as you get on out to saturday and sunday, they extend out more than 500 miles. so tropical force winds from montauk all the way up to halifax. we could be looking at tropical storm watches or warning

al roker did in the tell us we would be in the about this tub. judgey never med it to work. a blessing. i told them the canoe to mid town. could have used our sink or swim paddles. . go to tijuana. loco. biden said he would cut a deal with the mexicans was which the deal? the ratio of miguarantees to border patrol is 20 to 1. one guy on a dub buggy did not work this is not american gladiators. american border patrol agent in texas are fisf pumping illegals giving the punld on the way in. >> >> musk is down at eating will pass says than i are bad. with we see here are pretty extreme individuals coming through. and not suggest everyone is like this. tucking about a guy came through had face tattoos including tierce on his face >> yes. the tear means they have murdered someone and so prud they tattoo a tear for every person they killed. genetics fabric of america's frame. chicago students racing cockroach in class. >> taxpayers us, gave chicago schools 2 billion dollars during covid and learning how to gap bowl roach races. with respect is randy winegarren. probably in ukraine.

roker, a check of the weather. >> brain freeze!ast plenty of sunshine out west. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are enjoying sunshine and mild weather as temperatures have been about normal this time of year, reaching the upper 60s near the coast, low 70s in san francisco and upper 70s for the inner bay. as we make our way inland, our highs reaching the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. expect about the same tomorrow. just slightly warmer for the >>> and that is your latest weather. >> all right september means new beginnings. >> yes. >> we are excited to celebrate one that's happening right here. >> we are overjoyed. saturday today is kicking off its next chapter tomorrow. meter alexander welcoming laura jared to the anchor desk you're coming back to new york city peter, you have been holding down the fort in washington. how do you feel about this move and this fabulous new calling? and this fabulous new coworker >> smart as heck, cool as hell. >> whoa! >> this is going to be so much fun. just to be back in new yo

roker! >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. let's look at the rest of our country. we are looking at beautiful weather from the northeast right now, mid-atlantic states into the great lakes, gorgeous morning, plenty of sunshine, low humidity. heavy rain down in texas. we're going to look at that coming up in the next half hour. some showers and cool weather in the rockies. beautiful out west, temperatures nice and seasonal. a few hot spots as you get into the pacific northwest. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. when you watsonx your business, you can train, tune and deploy ai, all with your trusted data. let's create the right ai for your business with watsonx. ibm. let's create. >>> good thursday morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. as we take a live look outside in san josÉ, we are starting out with clouds but it will be clearing out over the next few hours. right now it's starting out cool, but we are headed for 82 degrees. it's going to be a pleasant afternoon. we will be in the mid-80s for the south county while parts of the i

roker. >> good morning to you guys. and good morning to all of you we are watching the slow crawl for what the remnants of ophelia into upstate new york, long island as it pushes away we'll probably pick up an inch or so in the lower hudson valley into connecticut there could be a ponding on the roads, but that will be the worst of it. from the southeast, moisture will increase. from the gulf and the caribbean. hourly rainfall rates down through florida 2 to 3 inches per hour and that flood risk will increase each day. we will be looking at rainfall amounts from southern georgia all the way down to florida anywhere from 1 to 3 inches, so flooding is going to be a big problem there. but we will get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. , i feel powerful, fun, fabulous. i feel on top of the world. ♪ love and happiness ♪ diamonds are for everyone. i put them everywhere. (laughter) diamonds! love for all. diamonds for all. pandora. lab grown diamonds. >>> good monday morning. i'm meteor

sunshine himself, al roker. >> you had nice sunshine in the northeast, yesterday, but going away againortunately. we are going to be stuck in an omega block. the jet stream shaped like the greek letter omega. storm systems get trapped on either side of the block. here is what we got in the northeast, in the mid atlantic, days of stalled front bringing more clouds and rain to the east. out west, actually the good news in pacific northwest, cool and damp, but they need that rain because it has been parch. but you remember that show malcolm the middle, it will be marvelous the middle. unseasonably warm, autumn days through minnesota down into texas. here we go. we'll start to watch this low pressure system develop. some heavier showers and thunderstorms also through the ohio river valley. today that low pressure forms off the southeast coast, breezy, how isry conditions there. then for friday, very high rain fall rates here in the northeast. we're talking about rip currents, a risk for coastal flooding. saturday, that low will start to pull off and so the weather will improve for the nort

al roker is showing us the jaw-dropping land scape at shenandoah national park in virginia and he linked the park rangers there, who are stewards of the iconic lands, stretching nearly 200,000 acres along the blue ridge mountains. an average 1.5 million people visit every year, and like many of the other 424 national parks, they've recently seen an attendance skyrocket, and al takes a walk in their shoes to find out what it's like to commune with nature, and what it takes to be a park ranger. >> that really is a beautiful area. >> i thought it would be cool to be a park ranger. you could be outside all the time. >> i don't know if you follow the california national park service. they are amazing on 'x' and all of the really clever tweets they send out. >> very cool. i remember working near yosemite and interviewing, thinking this is a really cool job. >> you'll be miss betty there. there you go. miss laura coming in. you can watch that story ahead on the "today" show coming up at 7:00. a quick reminder, you can now watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. we are on 24/7. you can find i

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al roker didn't even tell us we'd be in the bathtus wed bn we woke up. >> johnny never made it to work, which was work. kind oa blessing. >> i told him to canoed in midtowne to . he could use one of our sink or. swim paddles. let's go to tijuana local, biden said. he'd cut a deal with the mexicans. >> was this the deal he cus whit because the ratio of migrants to mexican border patrol is aboutee 20 to 1. a one guy on a dune buggy doesn't work. this isn't american. gladiator skies, ame america and a border patrol agents in texas are fist pumping illegalgents. >> they're cutting the barbed wire and then giving them a pouns d on the way. punld >> and watch this. not ane way of them. that's. yeah, that's yeah, that's yes, i see guy bass. >> >> elon musk is down in eagle ms pass. passs they're bad hombres. what we're seeing here are in some cases some pretty extreme individuals coming through here, perhaps, you know, suggesting and everyone is like. this, but you're talking about, you know, a guy who cameface through who had tattoos, including tears. yes. tattooed on his face. yes. .the tie

roker were here, you know what he would say, best time of the morning. >> first up, the brady bunch how house up for sale, it is off the market going for $3.2 million, which happens to be $2 million under the original asking price it was a home used for exterior shots in the show. it was renovated, you may remember, a few years back after hgtv bought it all six actors who portrayed the brady children taking part do you want to know who bought it we don't know. just a fan of the sitcom and the 1995 movie is the homeowner. i would stay quiet for a moment, too. enjoy your home. >>> fans of the '90s superstars were blowing up the internet with theories about the band getting back together after these posters appeared all over new york city. justin timberlake stars in the animated franchise that qr code on the posters linked to a music video. now fan theories are flying once again ahead of tonight's mtv video music awards, which will be held in new jersey. here's the deal. in the last three days, three of the five guys have been spotted in the new york area j.t. was seen at the u.s. open and

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. >> it's al roker's favorite. >> it looks like a wall of dust.h the monsoonal conditions in the west, sometimes it is accompanied with rain.he wind, i but you get a lot of wind and it pushes the dirt where it is headed today in arizona, looks like a better chance of seeing some rain the heat is going to build back into the plain states. looking for highs in the upper 90s. it will not be all that humid. hot is hot, and it is still going to be up around 100 degrees for a lot of those locations. beautiful in the northeast temperatures 70s, low 80s, low humidity and scattered showers and heavier downpours expected across the coast we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds i noticed it becoming... stronger and thicker. nutrafol has taken me back to the hair i was meant to have. i am back to me. start your hair growth journey at nutrafol.com >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. our temperatures will be much cooler across the bay area, also seeing more clouds, fog and some drizzle to start out our day. we're only headed fo

roker would say -- best time of the morning!no one brings out the star power quite like messi a long list of celebs watched from the stands as miami beat l.a. 3-1 you will certainly recognize some of these faces. watch. >> bradley, just for you. >> prince harry, you legend. everyone be quiet. >> another leo in the house. leonardo dicaprio. add him to the list. >> huge. and selena gomez can't believe what her eyes just told her. >> mario >> will farrell. owen wilson, so celebrities, just like us, they can't get enough of messi. >> he is changing the game. >>> next up, lea michele, the broadway sta took her final bow as funny girl over the weekend after nearly 600 performances, the production closed its doors and michelle certainly gave a heartfelt good-bye take a look. >> i just want to thank all of you and everyone who came from all across the world, this globe, to come and see "funny gy girl." thank you so much for standing by my side through so, so, so much to get to this beautiful place. >> oh, my gosh leah surprised the audi