webb. as a senior advisor on president biden's covid-19 response team, what one message would you like to leave with business leaders who are participating today? >> i think back to when i joined this administration on january 20 and i heard president biden talked about how it was necessary. thinking back to working in my hospital, i worked in the coronavirus unit, and i remember what it felt like to us, the entire hospital staff, everybody was, like, i will do my part to take care of these people, to get us through the pandemic. every time we went out, we were worried about what could come your way. but seeing those essential workers, those who were there every single day to keep our communities running, that is an all-american response. across the course of this pandemic, the needs of every group have varied at every point in time, but right now in this moment where so many people are ready for the end of this pandemic, when we have so many young people who we need to protect, you heard d

so webb came in and took a job not many people wanted, a lot of people turned down and he immediatelyrn things around. and was tasked within a couple of months arriving at nasa, tasked with this incredible job of somehow getting america on the path to the moon. so in terms of the relationship between glenn and james webb, they didn't spend a ton of time together. the astronauts were kind of in a bubble of training for the mission and webb was mostly in washington managing not only the agency, but also its relationship with the white house and also its relationship with congress. but certainly, webb was someone who appreciated, again, the kind of three dimensional ability that john glenn brought to the space program. >> john sanders asks, you describe jfk's role in developing the space program. could you speak to l bj's involvement. >> lbj was one of the unsung of the programs. and kennedy stood before congress and said i believe this country should send a man to the moon by the end of the decade and bring him back safely. kennedy owned that program, but that was decision was driven mo

doctor webb, i'm goingng to turn to you next. the white house is prioritizing rapid rollout of covert vaccines is an integral part of biden's pandemic response strategy yet thblessed and half of the total u.s. population is fully vaccinated. as schools prepare to reopen for in person learning, how is the administration working to get more children vaccinated and what can the businesses do to help? >> let me first say thank you y for having me on this afternoon. it's great to chat with you all at any time i get the vaccine, my role for equity to serve vast and equitable ways has been making sure unities have access to these vaccines and access being that primarye focus so before you wonder about people's intentions, make sure the vaccine.ak now vaccines all over the country, not the conversation has to double down on addressing the issues that concern for people have. yes, there are a lot of books not vaccinated. there are number of adolescents not vaccinated to get which is significant. the administration is doing a lot to help a

the pope, 84 years old. >>> nbc meteorologist janessa webb is back with us she's tracking elsa. hello again, janessa. >> hi, guys. we have hurricane warnings spreading out across cuba anidas they're currently tropical storm watches. in the next few hours i do expect them to go into warnings. regardlessof the intensity of this storm system, it will be a big-time flood threat. these are easily prone areas across the keys where we could see a storm surge of at least one to two feet in some areas. then on ton of that, an additional two to thre look, the heat's still in place for the desert southwest phoenix, 104 >>> also we haven't talked about the wind speeds. we'll talk about that coming up. >> very damaging as well janessa, thank you so much. >>> "early today" is back in two minutes with the world's richest man's retirement plans. >>> in it for the long haul. a woman crashes the parade on her tractor and winds up on the wrong side of the law. i stick on a fresh pad. boom! it's ready to go. unlike my mop that can spread it around. and wetjet's even safe on wood! all this? buh-bye.

janessa webb is tracking elsa for us. >> unfortunately elsa has maintained strength over land and about to go into warm body of water 50 miles north of havana, cuba, 60-mile-per-hour winds, lost a little bit of strength but front right quadrant, the strongest side of the storm, is starting to really form now. moving north-northwest at 12 miles per hour and my concern, it's starting to slow down latest update, 2:00 a.m., calling for 65-mile-per-hour winds later on tonight we have another update at 5:00 a.m., i think we'll see slight restrengthening before it makes landfall again tonight, tonight and overnight. >> thanks for the update plenty of time for it to restrengthen. >>> controlled demolition in surfside appears to be paving the way for rescuers, removed nearly 5 million pounds of concrete removed what was left of the towers to expand the search grirks grid, giving access to the m bedrooms, perhaps where people are located. >> reporter: 10:30 p.m. sunday, remnants of champlain tower south crashed in delicadelicate demolition. >> couldn't continue without it down. >> reporter: it wa

. >>> let's get an update now on tropical storm elsa's current path nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us now with the very latest good monday morning to you, janessa. >> hi. good morning, guys good morning, everyone we have tropical storm elsa, and it's maintaining its integrity right now. e reason for this storm it's starting to really rev up across this area just south of cuba we will have two landfalls with this storm system. the first landfall should be in the next couple hours around the cuba area, central to the western area 65 miles per hour us is taind winds. there is that northwest movement at 15 miles per hour as it starts to bounce off land it goes back to a very warm gulf the problem is there is that potential of this storm reorganizing and strengthens and so we'll be watching that for the next few hours now, landfall expected across the florida keys not until late tuesday potentially now into early wednesday. regardless of the landfall, this is a big-time flood threat across this area these are low-lying areas that continue to really watch but you can see the movement wil

. >>> let's get an update on where elsa is headed nbc meteorologist janessa webb with the latest. good morning >> reporter: hi, good morning. good morning, everyone we have a fast-moving system it is kind of lopsided right now but it is consistently going to be a tropical storm as it makes its first landfall across central cuba later on this morning into mid afternoon right nowwe're seeing sustaine winds to 65 miles an hour which has been consistent with tropical storm elsa. the northwest movement of 15 miles per hour what we're counting on is a sharp turn and then it goes back into warm water. what we're watching closely, the national hurricane center saying tuesday late evening it could restrengthen but still dealing with per hour winds. regardless of the intensity of this storm system, we have widespread alerts impacted across tampa all the way into the naples area where tropical storm watches are in place expect that to change back into tropical storm warnings in the next 24 hours. >> talk to you in a bit. >>> let's talk about some truly american traditions that came roaring b

and see if there is any relief in sight for the soaked east or the baked west meteorologist janessa webb joining us this morning. hey, janessa, good morning >> good morning, we're already seeing rain this morning in the pacific northwest, and then heat alerts, they're still going to be in place this afternoon into your evening hours then we'll wipe away these alerts going into your wednesday. so today 10 million people impacted by warnings and advisories that high pressure is stationary it starts to sweep more to the east by tomorrow the humidity is still in place even for this area 109 for las vegas. by tomorrow instead of talking about tomorrows, 130, we'll be back down to theo build mid-atlantic to the northeast, humidity arrives by tomorrow really excited about this rain we'll talk about that coming up. >> a lot of reason to be excited for that thank you, janessa >>> the star borat has a message on copyright infringement. it's not nice. he is suing a cannabis company called solar therapeutics for using a picture of his famous character on a massachusetts billboard. in a statement an

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joining us for more is alex webb from bloomberg quicktake. why is it doing so well? snap was the unloved child of the social media apps since everyone is on tiktok and instagram now. alex: snap has managed to pivot its technology in a way that appeals to appetizers -- advertisers. it's difficult for advertisers to know exactly who they are reaching on digital platforms because of changes to apple's privacy settings. snap has augmented reality tools that are quite sexy. it has managed to translate into consumer revenue growth. it more than doubles in the most recent quarter which is fairly unparalleled at the moment. dani: intel, another company that reported, pretty negative reactions to their earnings in terms of share price. what was driving them lower? alex: intel's stellar performance has been in its chips for servers. that's the data centers. the boom in the cloud has helped intel. it has managed to report growth, largely driven by the peak --. it wasn't as positive. that has led to some concern. what you are increasingly seeing is the big cloud operators, amazo

let's break down the latest results with our quick take reporter, alex webb.is a smorgasbord, isn't it? apple, microsoft, now worth more than $2 trillion but you have to guide high to get a big delivery from the market. apple tumbles in extended trading. why? why was wall street so underwhelmed by apple? alex: it is something we see a lot with tech earnings. with each quarter, the numbers become more and more impressive and each time, investors go, well, is this as good as it is going to get? can they take some profits. we don't know for sure the stock can go much beyond these levels, already trading at generous multiples, perhaps now is the time to get out. but then we see that they managed to outperform yet again. the thing is, with apple, there has been a lot of pent-up demand and they also had a new overhaul of the iphone which drove some of that demand. with the next iphone, the question is whether it will be a blockbuster enough to drive a new wave of trades so that is the substantial reason they might be worried. from microsoft to the cloud, there seems

bletchley park, secret home of the world war ii code breakers was where betty webb went aged 18.kill. i was taken into the mansion to sign the official secrets act, which as you can imagine was a very formidable document. and i realised that from then on there was no way i was going to be able to tell even my parents where i was and what i was doing. until 1975. in fact, she was playing a critical role in intercepting and deciphering enemy messages and now she has been given france's highest accolade for her work. describe the atmosphere between you and your colleagues at bletchley park. i remember it being very friendly. we were all doing a job which we knew had to be done. but we were all very much in the dark. bearing in mind that we had signed the official secrets act, we could not talk about anything outside our own room. it was that strict. betty has since written her memoirs and received an mbe. when she lodged with a family near bletchley park, her lips remained sealed. ijust said i was doing a boring secretaryjob. that was my answer. i believe a lot of people adopted tha

janessa webb, thanks for being out there this morning.ppreciate it. >>> let's go over america's fast east woman. she was suspended for marijuana use, and while she can find her way on the u.s. olympic team, there are questions. nbc's matt bradley has that story. >> reporter: a call for compassion for a lead athlete. >> i am human. i happen to run a little faster. >> reporter: after the american sprinter was suspended for a month and may miss the olympics for using marijuana, she said to cope with the death of her biological mother. >> blinded by emotions, blinded by blinding hurt. >> reporter: in an exclusive with samantha guthrie, she apologized. even president biden weighing in. >> i was really proud of the way she responded. >> reporter: her dreams might not be other. a decision is expect ned day on wherever she can run one leg, but the team said they're focusing instead on her mental health. they say we have not focused the relay. i don't want her hopes to be dashed. it's sparked a conversation about the humanity of superhuman athlete

let's get to nbc's janessa webb for the storm's path., good morning. >> good morning, kasie. i do have better news this morning. we do have a lopsided storm system so things are starting to crumble apart. you can see the western side of the storm nonexistent. it's the eastern part that is lashing across central florida, and right now that is causing a severe weather threat. we have tornado wants expanding every from from ft. myers to orlando. we'll be watching that. the latest update from the national weather service 50 miles south-southwest of cedar key, florida. that is where we expect to see the landfall around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon, and also for that 3:00 hour. in that time rate, a potential landfall for that area. 65-mile-per-hour winds. there is that north movement at 14 miles per hour. there is some expectancy, with this warm body of water, it could threaten a little bit and potential where we could see it fluctuate between a cat 1 and a tropical storm. we do watch that closely. which you can see by 2:00, we're going to have th

jenessa webb, thank you as well. >>> mayor burkett, thank you for joining us. good to talk with you once again. you just heard the forecast. obviously our own sam brock is just south of of you in key west. talk to us about your concerns. >> i'm more concerned than was two days ago. it seems it's going far to our west. i'm hopeful that we'll have -- our to bring out all those family members that can be reunited with their families. how are you safeguarding the area? >> you know, you walked the street this morning, i was on the roof of the collapsed building that came down last night, taking pictures of the structure. you know, we're going to do a deep dive on -- things just don't fall down like that. something is very, very wrong. before we do that, we're going to pull everybody out of the rubble for those families who are desperately waiting. >> mayor, talk to me what it was like to see that building come down. there are times when you see a demolition like this one, because it's a joyous moment because something new will be erected. this was not one of those t

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logan webb, trotted out there with six innings, 1-0 dodgers, until buster posey put a stop to it.le to center, clutch head. dangerous max muncy put it in play but the runner was thrown out at the plate by darin ruf. i kept the game tied at one. turning point, same inning, two giants on and look what happened. you almost never see an overthrow like this from a major leag codylangere go-ahead error and that is how the giants won 2-1. now san francisco leads l.a. by three games in the n.l. west. >> that was crazy. there were a couple of us sitting up here like holy crap. that was cool. we were all yelling and high- fiving and stuff. happy that he threw the ball the way he did and we were able to score. >> the a's new pitcher, and a break going the a's way? sean murphy is back and it dropped. how about hits it deep. the padres then put up five runs in the fifth inning and took the lead manny machado, and the padres when 7-4, the a's fourth straight loss sending them six games behind front running houston. >>> nfl, they checked in for training camp. they will be on the practice field t

but logan webb, sent to the cheap seats by chris taylor.bottom of the fourth, aj finds a right field corner and cody belanger on his horse, scores from first base and the dodgers lead to-one. ninth inning, trying to close it out. way back, way back. tell it goodbye! i too run jack. tyler rogers gave up that home run last night. ninth inning, got the save and puts the giants up to games in the west. >> this is so cool, just to see all the guys in the clubhouse happy for me and i'm happy for all of them. showing the trust in me personally was huge for my confidence tonight. >> will you have a celebratory bud light tonight? >> absolutely. >> the 49ers keep making players the highest paid in their position. now fred warner can finally buy a condo in los gatos. he has reportedly agreed to a five-year deal worth up to 95 million, 40 million guaranteed. last season, he started every game for three straight. check out this between arron borchers and warner. appreciate that means a lot. >> last night tle in 50 years behind of 54th show, giannis ante

i'm much more excited, frankly, about the fall launch of the james webb telescope which is the replacement for the hub criminal will give us incredibly new eyes in space and will allow us to see things in the universe we've never seen before. so if we can perhaps at the same time that we admire these billionaires also keep our eyes open for science, i think that will be an equally good thing for inspiring young people. >> we have to figure out how to make this sexy. maybe get the young singer olivia rodrigo to talk about it. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> so going to ask you. would you go up if you had money to after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, our r inry a attneysys wk hahard i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, to get you the best result possible. call us now and find out what your case could be worth. you u mit bebe sprisised ♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred

. >> joining us right now, meteorologist janessa webb.records being broken across the pacific northwest. the big-time problem, this is the third heat wave and we're still in early july. the core of the heat for the summer really doesn't go into place until mid-august, so this is very concerning. now, all-time record for death valley is 134 degrees. by sunday i am forecasting 131. so going to be coming close to beating that record. let's take a look at all these heat warnings currently in place. we have 33 million people that are going to be impacted from the pacific northwest all the way into the desert southwest. so the core of this heat is really going to shift more to the south this time compared to the last two heat waves. it's going to hit across las vegas into the phoenix area and expect those warnings to be extended down in that area. so vegas for today forecasting 116 degrees. that all-time record is 117. so going to be coming close. the problem is that it's very consistent for the next six days across these areas. that advisory p

. >>> now get a check on the intense weather out west janessa webb this is unrelenting for them >> unrelenting but, you know, somebody has heard our cries we are just getting reports in, vegas dealing with rain. we have not seen that since early january. finally some storms flowing through the area this could be record-breaking. i'll continue to watch this on the national weather service, but the heat is going to build throughout the way we're talking about heat advisories currently there place. our temperatures are still in the triple digits. high pressure will not move away until tuesday afternoon. the alerts will stl beiln. upper midwest, daytime highs in the lower 90s. let's take a look at that week ahead comingup. >> at least we have a drop of hope there vegas getting some rain. thanks, janessa. >>> a budding romance. jasmine lawrence and eric murphy, they're officially dating they're sharing photos on social media, using the "l" word. they have been in boomerang and life. >>> pope francis's return in the public eye. >>> "mario" atrsshte the record for the most expensive video record ever

this is the james webb telescope. what does nasa hope it might find, senator? >> it's going to look back in time to the beginning of the development of the universe. as a result, we're going to find out more about the development. in finding out about that, we're going to find out how did all of these solar systems occur in all of these millions and millions of galaxies. and so we're going to be able to determine what happened that we are so fornate on planet earth that we had a habitable atmosphere that will sustain life and by the way, the more and more that we find out about that, we can be better stewards of our own planet and protect the life we have here on this planet. >> one final question. given what we know about the uaps, when is the right time, senator, for us to come up wit a plan to handle intelligent life that we're looking for? >> well, we better identify it first. and once we identify it, then we'll know what to do. we don't have any idea if suddenly an alien is going to appear. this is still great speculation. but we're in the search for life

. >> janessa webb has been tracking elsa for us all week and has the latest for us. good morning. >> hi, good morning. unfortunately still a tropical storm, and this doesn't look like it will go down to a tropical depression until about mid afternoon across north carolina really watching south carolina, too, raleigh, durham area this morning where we're going to see massive flooding, forecasting 3 to 5 inches in that area sustained winds are gusty up to 45 miles per hour, going to watch some potential power outages, even for west virginia. this gets real interesting because it goes back down to a depression, then becomes a tropical storm once again tomorrow across new york city into the boston area also, really watching this storm system taking over houston and parts of texas we're seeing rainfall rates of 3 to 6 inches per hour northwest into the rockies back in the triple digits another heat wave building across the west coast. we'll talk about that coming up. >> i feel for them this not going away just yet >>> fort lauderdale has accepted a bid from elon musk to b

strikeouts against san francisco this season and then on the other side, the giants will have logan webbd. he's pretty well against la so far this season. first pitch tonight is at 6.45 grant vicki live for us at the ballpark that sets the place to be york its garlic fries. >> thanks. looking for a job. you may want to head to the south bay ridge tomorrow tells us which tech giant is looking to hire in today's tech smart >> samsung says that won't be making a popular phone this year. >> good to know if you're looking for a job you may want to look in silicon valley, facebook is hiring rich tomorrow as that more in today's tech smart. >> here's what's happening in the tech world samsung says it will not make a galaxy. no smartphone this year in a new blog post. the company talked about what to expect from its august. 11th event and what not to expect. >> specifically. there will be no new version of the note, the company's flagship device that features a stylus. the company did say it will include a stylus for the first time in a foldable phone called the z fold. they also said that this

they are available now on converse.com and priced at about $115 >>> let's bring back in janessa webb with more on today's extreme weather. hello, janessa >> hi, guys. the severe weather threat is big time across central florida right now. we have tornado warnings going off for ft. myers area and can you see the heavier bands producing torrential rain. we have rainfall rates of three inches per hour in some sports already. even orlando going to be dealing with the severe weather. watching throughout the day the potential of severe weather making its way to georgia and south carolina now let's talk about the storm surge, three to five feet in sa sarasota to cedar key right now that we're going to be watching throughout the afternoon, as we see that potential landfall for the keys and southern florida, one to three feet. not in the clear just yet. along with massivefalling below for san diego. the desert southwest still very hot, in the triple digits. with these tropical threats now expanding we'll look at the carolinas, even sections of the northeast coming up, guys. >> thanks, janessa

. >>> let's go ahead and turn to the weather and what's ahead on this holiday weekend janessa webb is joining us now i hope there's some relief in sight, especially for the pacific northwest. >> yeah, if you're across the pacific northwest, if your coastal area is finally getting a break, i know tough conditions, the farther inland you go we still have alerts and they're going to stick around throughout next week billings today, 100 degrees across the rockies widespread heat, very unusual for this time of year, nearly 30 degrees above average. also launching more storms and rain that's going to be in the forecast from the mid-atlantic all the way to new york city, if you're traveling hitting the highways, definitely watching out for so minor fmeloe digits finally some breathable air for seattle today. high of 81opical storm elsa hasd some strength. we'll talk about that coming up. >> janessa, thank you. we'll see you soon >>> it was a beautiful day for a royal reunion in the uk. brothers harry and william meeting on what would have been their mother's 60th birthday they unveiled a new

off of logan webb, and giants tao, 2-1. buster posey singles.ld build a 4-2 lead, so rogers protecting a two-run lead. bottom line, he gets the save. a.j. the final out. giants win, 2-4, and the a's have the night off. >>> at the ripe old age 24, fred warner has established himself as the best in the businessansiness is good. the niners assigned warner to a 5-year, $95 million extension more than 40 mill guaranteed according to espn. the former third round pick in 2018 is ready to leave as he told us recently on our "with authority" prod cast. >> when are somebody everyone is looking to, need to speak up and say something, so it's a lot to leadership, and a lot of it is service, trying to serve my teammates as ways i can. >>> earthquakes in kc christian. one name only. casey played two, 1- >>> giannis did not get any sleep after leaving the bucks to the nba title last night. the greek creek scored 50 points ending a 50-year championship drought. >> people watching right now. >> really? >> can i have, please, a 50 piece, exactly. not 51. not 49 c

under 64 and tied for second with speed brian harmon and mackenzie hughes that 4 under and there is webbimpson and there had not been a postponement in baseball for covid since april 19 and that ended tonight the yankees red sox game was put on hold with three yankee players all vaccinated tested positive with three more pending and richard sherman didn't appear at his own court hearing today in washington and he was released from jail but will return to court tomorrow to face four nonfelony charges. the former 49er crashed his car and threatened to kill himself during an attempt to break into his in-laws home. >> he is thankful to have the support of his family and friends and we look forward to vigorously defending his case in court. >> and in the nba even if they lose the nba finals could he still end up being the series mvp and two games in a massive block last night. the greek freak swatted a short dunk by aidan that would have tied the game and the walkie held on for the win and this guy played 43 minutes but somebody wanted to know why he left the bench early in the first quarter.

logan webb trying it out there. the gave six innings of a one run ball. he put a stop to it.nd rbi single to center. a clutch hit. the key moment in the eighth inning, two runners on. ple. ts it in play but the it kept the game tied at 1-1. the turning point, the same inning. two giants on and look what happened. you almost never see this. you never see and overthrow like this one in the major league. that was cody belanger. he easily scored, the go ahead run is the costly error and that is how the giants won last night 2-1. the giants lead the dodgers by three games in the nl west. >>> there couple of us sitting up here and we were thinking, it was cool. we were all yelling and high- fiving and all that stuff. happy that he threw the ball the way he did and we were able to score. >> nice mustache. and a chafe in with the team in san diego last night. it is going the oakland run. th put five runs on the fifth inning and took the route lead from the a's. the padres when it 7-4. this is the fourth straight loss for the a's. system behind in the nl west. the 49ers checked in yes

joining us is our tech columnist, alex webb. why this move now? why is net fixed doing this?ch companies, you can talk about selling iphones or smart devices. at the moment netflix competes with disney+ and hbo max, but also with gaming, with fortnite, twitch, platforms of consuming and playing video games. therefore it is its next act. it is a cracking scoop to bring us the news. anna: is this something other streamers will pick up on? if you are showing video content, film content, the problem is keeping people watching once they finish back to back films available, they might move off. if you are playing games, what is to stop them from hanging around longer? alex: netflix has a problem that it's growth is stagnating in its home market. a lot has to do with everybody who wants netflix has netflix. in terms of people who have seen everything they want to see and do not need to pay the subscription anymore. they can add games to make them stickier. apple is the competitor, it has apple tv+ and apple arcade, a subset christian service of videogames. -- a subscription service

ja necessary is a webb has been tracking the storm all week for us good morning >> hi, good morning.ou know, it's about to get rowdy for new york city to the jersey area. we do have severe weather with these storms i'm concerned about a few tornadoes that are going to pop up with this storm systetem. also very gusty winds, torrential rain. forecasting right w 2 to 4 inches i in a time span of only three hours. so flash flooding going to be a major issue. we're going to talk about this all day. a wash-out friday for boston to new york city, even the main area before this system really starts to push offshore by satung for the upper midwest and the high plains upper 90s for today pacific northwest another heat wave building. we'll talk about that coming up. >> wow a lot on your plate this week. we appreciate it. >>> "early today" is back in two with the new queen b, the ground breaking spelling champ. ntheabout face for tiktok, t coroversy over racial bias on the social network can feel ro? it's because they rub againstt you creating friction. and your clothes rub against you all day.

jake, thanks >> janessa webb is tracking severe weather in the nation's mid section. janessa, good morning. >> yeah, good morning. good morning, everyone you know, the heat advisories they have expired across the pacific northwest. 65 active large fires across the pacific northwest right now. so, as jacob said, we're seeing that early start and everything has been a little bit earlier from hurricanes to severe weather this season and right now we're watching that in the midwest across chicago into the upper midwest we'll see this line die out as it makes its way south and east. rain fall accumulation we're forecasting at least another 1 to 2l build for phoenix, higher elevations flagstaff today mid 80s. another element, man, we have flash flooding across the desert southwest. we'll talk about that coming up. >> a lot to still watch. thank you, janessa. >> "early today" is back in two with a roller coaster plot to kidnap an iranian author living in brooklyn. >>> britney spears scores another win in her conservatorship fight with her father leukemia. it will not work fo

24-hour shifts >>> let's get a first check of your wednesday weather with nbc meteorologist janessa webb hi, janessa, good morning. >> hi, good morning. good morning, everyone we are seeing some relief for the pacific northwest and to the west coast today, finally these heat alerts have expired and dealing with flash flood watches. we'll talk about that a little bit later. but we want to talk about this severe weather threat that's making its way across the upper midwest. the flash flood concern and severe weather throughout the day going to be impacting 22 million people the primary threats will be damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornados throughout your afternoon into your evening. this is a very saturated area. don't need to see much more rain temperatures starting to heat up throughout the northwest pacific northwest you're cooling off. desert southwest now dealing with flash flood concerns. we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right, janessa, we'll talk to you then just unrelenting >>> how abt this there's an ominous new prediction from nasa this morning. sorry to tell

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. >> nbc meteorologist janessa webb is watching that dangerous heat in the west for us. janessa, good morning to you >> hi. good morning good morning, everyone yes, the heat continues to build for the pacific northwest. it is starting to sag more into the desert southwest so we're seeing a little shift in the heat right now. 19 million people currently impacted by heat warnings and heat advisories. and they stay in place until tuesday afternoon. then a little bit of relief. that puts a smile on my face this high pressure will start to sag more into the texas area and then the heat starts to build across that section of the country. so palm springs today 111 degrees. we're about 10 degrees above average. so these temperatures are trying to cool down denver today hig a0s, lower 90s for the midwest. some pretty rowdy storms for the northeast. we'll talk about that coming up. >> i think you experienced some of them already coming in. >> got a taste >> thank you, janessa. >>> plenty more ahead including the major changes coming to legal pot laws meant to protect kids from dan

erin, thanks >> we'll talk more about that relief and nbc meteorologist janessa webb who's been tracking the life-threatening heat for us janessa, good morning. >> hi. good orning. good morning, everyone you know, we hvisories and warnings that are currently in place. they have backed off this morning. so getting a little bit better as erin said they will expire by tuesday. 19 million people currently impacted across the pacific northwest into the desert southwest. this heat has seeped a little bit deeper into the deserttoday. 90s for the upper plains into the midwest. man, we had some rough storms going to the northeast we'll talk about that coming up. >> they've already started janessa, thank you >>> nbc universal and the army and air force exchange have teamed up to offer u.s. service members and honorably discharged veterans the chance to stream the tokyo olympics live from their personal devices all they have to do is visit nbcolympics.com or the nbc sports app and choose the exchange or their service provider to stream more than 5500 hours of the olympics from july 23rd to august 8

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