in dane county wisconsin, the county clerk there scott mcdonald, immediately forwarded that random gmail scott as this email came from a genial.com address, i cannot confirm the authenticity of its origin. i would strongly recommend from replying it with any information. if these actions are an official capacity, i would expected to come from an email account from a wisconsin.com email address. -- and at this time i would not recommend any disclosure or sensitive information until the official generals of communication have been established, and verify. joining us now is scott mcdonald, he is the county clerk in dane county wisconsin, mr. mcdonald real pleasure to have you with us tonight thank you so. much >> thank you for having me i appreciate >> it do you know if all the county clerks in wisconsin received the same sort of gmail noticed that you did? >> you know it's not clear, i think that there's an attempt to send it to all the county clerks, i know some of them received it, and some of them it went straight to their spam folder. so they read the news reporting, and started lookin

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joining us now is scott mcdonald. he's the dane county clerk in wisconsin. mr.cdonald, it's a pleasure to have you tonight. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> do you know if all the county clerks in wisconsin received the same sort of gmail notice that you did? >> you know, it's not clear. i think there's an attempt to send these to all the county clerks. i know some of them received it and some of them it went straight to their spam folders. so they read the news reporting and then started looking for it. >> besides this -- this missive which was strange in a lot of ways, it is from a random gmail address. it had a pdf attached to it that the metadata suggests was written by potentially a former trump administration official who's not known to be attached to this. it didn't seem to be on real letterhead. the name on the gmail address didn't match the address on the gmail address in fact had a different name john delta, that that's even a thing. a lot of obvious red flags here. was this actually the first purported official communicati

. >> joining us now is scott mcdonald, the county clerk in dane wisconsin, mr.real pleasure to have you with us tonight. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me appreciate it. >> do you know if all the county clerks in wisconsin receive the same sort of gmail notice that you did? >> it's not clear, i think there's an attempt to send its all the county, clerks i know some received, it is someone straight to their spam folder, so they read the news reporting and then started looking for. >> besides this missive, which was strange in a lot of, ways it is from a random image email address, ahead a pdf attached to it, that the metadata suggests was written by potentially a former trump administrative official, who's not known to be attached to, this it didn't seem to be on real letterhead, the name on the gmail address did not match the address on the email address, at a different name, a name john delta if that's even a thing. a lot of obvious red flags here. was this actually the first reported official communication uri's eve about this audit? or have they been

a mcdonald's restaurant. >> scott, the attention of the federal government, the federal trade commission is contacting mcdonald's owners across the nation trying to figure out why the machines are out of order. so often the issue has made the machines the target of a lot of conversation on the internet. there's a website make broken dot com which shows the locations of machines that are out of order according to that web site as of this afternoon, more than 10% of the machines are broken nationwide. >> up next, the recall election is around the corner. but a new poll says about governor gavin newsom's chances of stay in office. >> september is hunger action month and kron four's partnering with feeding america to help in food insecurity. scan that qr code on your screen for information on how to donate to local food charities here in the bay area and watch all month long as we highlight local organizations making a difference in our california! all of our homes share power. but heat waves can stretch our supply to its limits. flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so w

birthday to those passing the 100-year mark, not only his role but scott also played both of the clown and the original ronald mcdonalda private-sector award for private service and during 1989 inauguration of president george h. w. bush barbara ran over to plant a kiss on him. he was married for 4 decades to his first wife mary scott until she died in 2002. scott leaves behind two kids, grandkids and his wife paris scott whom he married in 2014, mike. mike: condolences to his family. alex, thanks very much. we will be right back. >> i did everything in my life for this property. i don't know what to do. i just hope everybody pray for me. mike: absolutely, heartbreaking stories from the northeast and the gulf coast after hurricane ida left extensive damage across several states. joining me to discuss from baton rouge spokesperson for the american red cross, stephanie cox. tell me some of the things the red cross is doing to bring relief to folks in louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane ida? >> so after the immediate aftermath of a hurricane, of course, our top priority is ensuring folks have safe shelter, access to

speaking of meteorologists, willard scott, after serving as the first ronald mcdonald, when on to becomeappy birthday. he proudly embraced his bufoon, saying i may be a corn ball but i am me and viewers just lived him. we've lost ed asner, the media contributes pouring in, after he gained fame. >> you've got spunk. i hate spunk. howie: for he me, his most important role was as lou grant who dealt with complicated newspaper stories in a sophisticated way, with the owner demanding a routine speech be covered. >> are you kidding? we can get the speech from the pr guy. any kid can check out the rest. >> the bottom line here is mrs. pinchot feels we've gotten balanced with negative police stories. >> we don't make the news. >> sure we do, by what we pick to cover. howie: ed asner captured the newsroom angst and his political activism sparked a backlash that contributed to cbs canceling the show. that's it for this edition of media buzz. i'm howard kurtz. hope you're enjoying this labor day weekend. we hope you'll check us out on facebook and twitter and check out my podcast, media buzz meter,

mcdonald. he wrote a couple books during his lifetime. scottg the network in 1980. but liss career started at wrc tv the nbc affiliate in washington, d.c. where other notable reporters and anchors made stops as well. like katie couric who reacted to his passing, writing in part, he played such an out-size role in high life and was as warm and loving and generous off camera as he was on. you didn't make it to the front of the smucer's jar. he said he loved the opportunity to talk to people across the country and share stories and the impact that he made on countless others, many people sharing those stories now. he leaves behind two daughters, two granddaughters, and his wife. scott was 87 years old. alicia: alex hogan, thanks. and we'll be right back. nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thir

mcdonald's. >>> very good morning to you. it's now 7:56. i am laura garcia. here's a look at what is happening now. >> i am scott mcgrew.l run out of available credit and have to shutdown and possibly have to default on its debt as early as october 15th. she sent a letter to the capitol where senators are fighting over whether or not to raise the debt limit. government shutdowns are rare but survivable, and america has never defaulted on its debt. >>> you will have to show your proof of vaccine if you want to watch the sharks on the ice tonight. negative covid testing will only be accepted from people with a documented medical or religious exemption, and that negative test has to be within the last 72 hours, and all of this applies for fans 12 and older. >>> cooler this morning. kari has a look at our forecast for today. >> we're waking up to sunshine. take a look at the clouds over the golden gate bridge, and we are waking up with sunshine across the bay area. we have an ocean breeze picking up today, and we have upper 70s for the inland east bay. for our inland areas, it's going to be heat up as we go towards the end

virginia, an only child, scott began his broadcasting career in 1950 and helped create the popular joy boys radio program willard played bozo the clown and was even the first ronald mcdonaldto carmen miranda willard loved all creatures, big and small. >> i think he's going for my ear piece. i love you >> and the big names loved him too. >> can you believe this? >> i came by to see if you want to jog with me today. >> i'm ready. >> willard even got a smooch from first lady barbara bush during the 1989 inaugural parade. >> how about that? i've been kissed by the best. >> after traveling the world on "today" -- >> and we are somewhere out in the saudi desert this is spectacular. >> in 2015 we celebrated willard's retirement after 65 years with nbc >> you have been my second dad and i could not -- i would not be here without you. i love you so much >> well, i appreciate that are you going to buy me dinner >> i'm going to buy you dinner. >> i'm going to be fading off into the sunset after 130 years at nbc and i'm going over yonder. >> where's yonder? >> over yonder. >> scott was married to his wife, mary, from 1959 until she died in 2002 they had two daughters together. he is