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Not so fast. The South African officials put the brakes on Oscar Pistoriuss Early Release from prison. How long will it last . This morning, we talk to reeva steenkamps mother in an exclusive interview. And coming to a theater near you. The nations largest movie chain announces it will now begin inspecting bags. Worth the peace of mind or a disturbing sign of the times . Well ask you where you come down on it today, thursday, august 20th, 2015. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. A busy thursday morning. Keeping an eye on breaking news coming from atlanta where there as you can see former president jimmy carter is speaking publicly for the first type since he revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer. He hadnt revealed maybe specifics about that so well be keeping an ear on this to hear if he reveals details. Well keep an eye on that and go back live as necessary. First, the top story in the west, the unpredictable fastmoving wildfires. The newest claiming the lives of three firefighters in Washington State. Miguel almaguer is near the scene for us this morning. Good morning. Savannah, good morning. That deadly fire is still burning. Everyone has been forced to evacuate because this fire is so erratic and so aggressive. This as investigators try to determine exactly what went so tragically wrong. With fire and smoke shooting into the sky overnight outside the tiny town of twisp, this is where three u. S. Forest Service Firefighters were killed and four more were injured, one critically burned, when they were overtaken by flames after a vehicle accident. I just heard that three firefighters were killed in the fire. Just really hard. The blaze broke out close to noon wednesday. Quickly multiplying in size. The whipping winds shifting flames exploding, all at incredible speed. Not a good place to be. Fire hadnt come over the hill yet, but it wasnt far away. With two small towns evacuated, the deadly place is racing across drought stricken hills. Wind is the fuel. Police escorted some through the flames. More than 1,000 fleeing for their lives again. This, the second dangerous fire here just as many years. Very hard. Especially after last year. Brings it all back. With 15 wildfires burning out of control in Washington State, more than a quarter million acres here is torched. Now the forecast calls for more erratic winds. Firefighters risk their lives to help others, the community in the path of this blaze is praying for everyone to come home safely. This morning, the one firefighter who was seriously injured remains in critical condition. The governor and the president have called the firefighters on the front line heroes. Matt and savannah, i want to give you a snapshot of the wildfires raging all across the west. More than 100 fires burning out of control at this hour. A Monumental Task for firefighters on the front lines who face very dangerous conditions again today as they fight fires with heavy hearts. Savannah and matt, back to you. Our hearts are with them. Resources are very thin. Thanks so much. Lets go to the president ial race noand a showdown in New Hampshire between republican rivals donald trump and jeb bush. Squaring off in dueling town haul meetings and they did not hold back on how they feel about each other and their campaigns. Kristen welker was watching closely. Kristen, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. The candidates are back on the campaign trail in New Hampshire again today. And it comes on the heels of those fireworks you mentioned between jeb bush and donald trump trading jabs on everything from iraq to their conservative credentials. Its faceoff in New Hampshire with jeb bush and donald trump squaring off at simultaneous town halls wednesday night about 15 miles apart. Mr. Trump doesnt have a proven conservative record. I dont see how hes electable. Trump questioned bushs ability to lead in an extended tirade. You know whats happening to jebs crowd as you know right down the street . Theyre sleeping. Theyre sleeping now. At a press conference where he slammed bush over his stance on iraq. For him to say we have to show them we have skin in game is one of the really dumb statements. And during a late night cable news interview. Hes a very lowenergy person, jeb bush. He has low energy. Its okay, good if you want to lead a long life. Bush fired off attacks of his own, painting trump as a democrat in republican clothing. I have a proven conservative record. Mr. Trump doesnt have a proven conservative record. He was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican. Ultimately, it was trump who drew the bigger crowd, emboldened by a new poll that showed him within striking distance of Hillary Clinton who he also attacks for mounting questions about her email. I think shes going to have a hard time in the election based on whats happening with the email, the servers, maybe even the speeches. Its going to be a hard thing for her to overcome. Trump said his main focus is winning the primary. The only thing thats constant is trump. All of them change on the bottom. Going up and down like yoyos, but i have been up there for a long time and i hope im going to be up there for a long time. Im not going anywhere, folks. Polls show trump has solidified his frontrunner status. Trump has no Public Events today, but many of his gop rivals will be back on the stump. Kristen, on another subject, getting a look at the emails that reportedly triggered the fbi investigation into Hillary Clintons personal email servers and whether there was classified information in those emails, and it was mishandled during her time as secretary of state. And matt, thats right. There are two emails. Want sent to clinton in november of 2012 about possible arrests in benghazi and the second sent by her personal aide, huma abedin. Secretary clinton insisted no emails were marked classified at the time they were transmitted and her Campaign Says these two emails prove that because they have no classification markings. The campaign also emphasizes the debate about classification has come to light only because the state department is in the process of reviewing and releasing her emails to the public. Still, matt, this is an ongoing political problem for clinton because with an fbi investigation under way, theres really no end in sight. Clinton is taking a few days to relax, says shes not worried. Still, her campaign is clearly ramping up the damage control mode, reaching out to supporters and allies to try to reassure them. We started the segment talking about donald trump, and you can see more of them now on the cover of thytime magazine that hits the newsstand today. Inside, he poses with an american bald eagle inside his new york city office, and a new interview, trump is pressed over his stance on immigration and how he plans to deport every undocumented immigrant. I mean, if they choose not to go, they say no, im not going to go, we have kids in school it will work out. Politicians cant manage. All they can do is talk. Its called management. Well do an expedited system because i agree with you. There are good people here who are here illegally, but they are illegal. That issue hits newsstands today. Natalie is here with more on the News Conference from the former president , jimmy carter. We have been listening in this morning. Stunning comments from former president jimmy carter who is addressing his battle with cancer which has spread now to his brain. Hallie jackson is in atlanta where a News Conference got under way a short time ago. Good morning. Good morning, natalie. In this detailed and personal News Conference, president carter revealed there are four spot spots, as he described them, of melanoma on his brain. Hes not waiting to begin treatment. That will begin this afternoon and hell go through four more treatment sessions over the next few weeks. At this point, he said he will cut back now on his humanitarian work at the carter center. Its something he and his wife have been talking about for about a decade or so. Listen to what the former president said just a couple minutes ago here in atlanta. They did an mri and found that there were four spots of melanoma on my brain. They are very small spots, about two millimeters, if you can envision what a millimeter is. I get my first radiation treatment for the melanoma in my brain. The process of beginning to diagnose this cancer actually began, carter said, back in may, when he cut short an overseas trip because of what he called a bad cold. Doctors gave him a physical checkup and noticed a tumor on his liver. An operation there is what revealed the melanoma. Our thoughts are with the former president. A night of unrest in st. Louis where at least nine people were arrested after demonstrators gathered to protest the Fatal Police Shooting of an 18yearold man just hours earlier. Police say the suspect found with stolen guns and drugs was shot when he pointed a gun at police. That prompted protesters to take to the streets chanting and throwing rocks, bricks, and Water Bottles at officers. Surveillance video shows the dramatic moment when an explosion destroyed part of a motel 6 in Washington State. It was captured from multiple cameras from several different angles. A gas Company Worker was critically injured, but the motel had been evacuated just minutes before the blast because she could actually hear and smell a gas leak. Authorities are looking into whether a person leaving the motel could have damaged a gas line. Tough story there, but good thing everyone else got out. Still, the emergency worker got injured. The Hotel Manager the hero. Al is on an adventure with two people he plucked from the plaza. How is abu dhabi . Its hot, but were inside the sheikhs grand mosque where its air conditioned. This space holds 50,000 worshiper. Well show you more about that in just a little bit. Lets look at the weather starting out west. Unfortunately, the fire danger remains high. And its going to get worse because winds will be increasing. You can see the widespread fires. Fire weather watches, red flag warnings and air quality alerts in effect right now. Your western weather, clouds in seattle and 76. 79, san jose, look for tucson, high of 102. 108 here, but the humidity level is about 36. Feels like 118. Denver at 86 degrees. As we go to the national map, we have a risk of strong storms up through the northern section of the Mississippi River valley. And as we make our way to the east, well be looking at 34 Million People under some slight risk of severe weather. Were going to be watching that very, very closely. Thats your latest weather. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next me and you, and you and me. No matter how they tossed the dice. It had to be. The only one for me is you. And you for me. So happy together now theres a rewards program that lets you earn points at one place and use them at another. Introducing plenti. Discover lots of ways to earn points fast and join for free at plenti. Com. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Low clouds all across the bay and temperatures in the low it to mid 60s. Todays forecast will be pretty much like yesterday. More comfortable weather in the east bay 77 degrees, peninsula 78 and the south bay in the mid 80s 0s. In the trivalley also in the mid 80s, while San Francisco tops out near 70 degrees. Some breaks in the clouds today and the north bay can expect a high of 82 degree. We will have more of this weather heading into the weekend. More from abu doby coming up in the next half hour. You wanted a hot time for your birthday. You got one, didnt you . Happy birthday, pal. Happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you. Well celebrate with you a little later in the show. Meanwhile, we turn to other news, olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be spending a little more time behind bars than he thought. Due to be released tomorrow, ten months into his fiveyear sentence for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, but that has bib put on hold. Well talk to steenkamps mother exclusively in a moment. First, today National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen is pretoria, south africa. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. This has taken everyone here in south africa by surprise. From Oscar Pistoriuss family to the victims family, even top legal experts here are stunned. I want to show you the morning papers that just came out. Look at this one, oscars false start. Heres the other one, oscar to stay behind bars. Look, officials here were on the record. Pistorius would be released from this prison behind me tomorrow. The plan was set. Now, with at the last minute, the Justice Minister dropping this bombshell, putting the entire relief on hold. We have you covered, why it happened and whats next. If you thought the Oscar Pistorius murder trial took bizarre turns you killed reeva steenkamp. Thats what you did. It just happened again. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for shooting and killing his model girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. So far, hes served just ten months. But prison officials decided to let him walk and serve under house arrest instead. At his uncles sprawling mansion. But just hours before his release, south africas minister of justice saying the parole board had no right to release him, and heres why. South africa law says inmates must serve at least one sixth of his or her sentence before being considered for release, but the parole board decided to release him on june 5th, prematurely, says the minister, with no legal basis. I have never seen this happen before, and to wait two days before being released, certainly bizarre. What does this mean for Oscar Pistorius . For now, hes going to remain in prison and the parole review board is going to review the decision to release him on parole and whether that was in fact the correct decision or not. How long does it take . 14 days to consider it and theyll decide yes, he can be released or he needs to be kept in prison longer. And reaction is pouring in. One of oscars relatives telling reuters theyre shocked and disappointed oscar wont be home this friday. The pistorius family adding, we are considering our options. This latest development coming on what would have been reeva steenkamps 32nd birthday. Her parents and friends marking the occasion wednesday, throwing flowers in the indian ocean, celebrating her life. Her mom telling us, pistorius staying in prison is a positive sign. It shows the system is moving in the right direction, but on the shoreline, she told me this isnt about oscar. Its about her daughter. Think about her today while this unfolds during the week. That she was a person who loved her life and how wonderful she was and what she could have done for other women if she had had longer to live. The question now, how much longer will her killer remain in prison . So close to getting out, waking up again today behind bars. No closer to an answer. By the way, it is womens month here in south africa. A womans rights group here has been very vocal, protesting his release, this month specifically, calling it, quote, an insult to victims of abuse. That Group Petitioned the Justice Minister to block it, and it appears, matt, that may have worked. All right, jeff rossen, thank you very much. Reeva steenkamps mother june is with us now, exclusively. Mrs. Steenkamp, good morning to you. You had written a letter to the parole board and you strongly opposed the release of Oscar Pistorius. You received word that in fact that release was being delayed on what would have been rivas 32nd birthday. What was your reaction . It was a shock. Im very, very pleased about that. Its an important thing for other people, other women. The Justice System is coming through for us now. Although mrs. Steenkamp the way i read it and understand it, this is less about whether the Justice Minister thinks its right or wrong for Oscar Pistorius to be released and more about a legal technicality that the parole board made this decision too early. They should have waited a couple months longer. So are you worried this is just a short delay and that he will be released in the near future . Im not worried about if its a short delay. Its been set before him to wait now until the time is right. And you know, we struggle in this country with respect for women. And i think its giving justice now to reeva. My daughters life was taken. If she would have lived longer, she could have done more. She would have definitely improved womens position in life. And that is what is important to me. I know that since the trial, you and your husband she had such a short life, but she did so much. I was going to say that i know since the trial, you and your husband have said that you would like to have a facetoface meeting with Oscar Pistorius. Do you think in a facetoface meeting he would fill in the blanks for you, mrs. Steenkamp, that he would give you answers or tell you something that he hasnt said while on the witness stand during his own trial . All i want to say to him is what he has done to our lives. Destroyed our lives, and taken away the most special thing in our lives, and taken away her future. I dont think he will ever say anything about that. And finally, you do not believe he has told the truth about what happened in his apartment on the night that your daughter was killed, and yet you have said that you have managed to forgive him. And im curious how you forgive someone you still believe is lying to you. You have to if youre a christian, you have to forgive. Otherwise, that poison will sicken your body and destroy you. But to move forward, i have to do things. Its better to use my good energy in the right place and try to save other women instead of wondering whats going on with oscar. Its nothing to do with oscar. Im not really interested. If he says, im happy about this now, because it will be good for other women in south africa. So that is my opinion. June steenkamp, mrs. Steenkamp, thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it. Its a pleasure. Thank you. Thank you, june. Obviously, a lot of people are going to wait for the Legal Process to play out once again and see when or if he will be released. Such a roller coaster for the family. Coming up, another legal case were following. The accuser at the trial of a former prep School Student facing tough questions from the defense. Well be live from the courthouse. Plus, fallout from the release of a massive list of users from the Cheating Website Ashley Madison. Government employees, executives, even staffers at the vatican. But first, this is today on nbc. 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We will have still the same breeze after the clouds clear out, humidity also dpropg and it is looking mice now had. A high of 83 degrees had in san jose, the weather pretty much like it was yesterday, palo alto at 78 degrees, marina at 64 degrees and concord 84 a dublin of 87 degrees. We are looking at palo alto southbound 101, i dont as crash but its on the chp report. I do see slowing past university heading to embarcadero. Thats at the top of your map. Slowing southbound and northbound as welcoming out of mountain view, west 237. This crash here 85 north towards eastbound 237 its countercommute and i dont see a lot of slowing will. Here is your south bay. Anywhere north of the san mateo bridge continues to build heading toward the bay bridge toll plaza. Nothing dramatic we will have more local news in just a half hour. We will see you then. He has no idea whats coming. My taste so huge, yet so unexpected. Im like a boxer in a ring. A small boxer. You dont expect much. 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Protesters clashing with officers and setting fires leading to at least nine arrests. Officials say the suspect pulled a gun on the officer trying to serve a search warrant. Trump and jeb bush exchange harsh words. Trump describing bush of low energy. An inconvenience worth the peace of mind . Well tell you about the major changes being put in place today by the nations largest Movie Theater chain. Its going to be an interesting conversation starter. Well start with the accuser back on the stand today at the stri trial of a former student accused of sexually assaulting a younger classmate. Gabe gutierrez is at the courthouse in conquer. Reporter good morning. So far the testimony has been heart wrenching. The young girl telling the jury she stayed friendly with the popular senior at first because she didnt want to make a scene during saint pauls graduation weekend. This morning owen labrie returns to court. His accuser faces more questions after days of testimony. Were disguising her voice and not showing the 16 yearolds face. Jane w. Carney showed the facebook and email messages suggesting the 16yearold met up with labrie the night she said he raped her. It was your choice, right . In the end, it was my choice. Reporter in one exchange after the allegatied assaultly bre. Carney questioned her why it was important for the girl to keep the meeting a secret. I didnt want any misconstrued ideas. I didnt want any falsifications. I wanted him to keep it as a secret. Reporter the tense cross examination and effort by defense ofof labrie didnt have sex. It was called the senior salute. Its important the jurors know about this and the fact its been a tradition for so long at Saint Paul School that it would be entirely unfair to put the blame on a single student for engaging in it. Reporter earlier wednesday the accuser told the jury when she agreed to meet labrie she on the expected kisses. I didnt want to come off as an inexperienced little girl. Reporter then she said he went too far even though she said no three times. Citing a Police Affidavit the defense asked the alleged victim whether she discussed with a friend what she planned to do with labrie. The young girl responded saying she didnt recall having that conversation. Thank you, gabe. Perhaps a things to come. Lets turn to ari melber. Its whether or not the jurors believe her and found the story credible. How did she do . She did well in terms of explaining her state of mind during and after what she said was the traumatic attack on her. That allowed her to put into context some of the statements that on first blush many people would say it sounds like she went along. It was an interesting prosecution tactic. They know the messages are out. They want to neutralize it and put it out front. Thats right. If someone walked in and heard parts of the testimony they might think it was the other side leading this because there were so many things that sounded like inconsistencies. Thats the prosecution trying to get it out of the way. Hear it first from her in her own words before the cross examination began late yesterday. The cross started. Were getting into it. The defense attorney spending a lot of time on this senior salute tradition that allegedly takes place at this school. Obviously, feeling this is central. What is the argument hes trying to set up . The key argument is not simply to blame the culture broadly but rather go to the state of mind of the accuser as she entered the intersection. They want to sow doubt and suggest she wasnt just meeting up for coffee or questions. But rather the nature and repetition of what the tradition involved suggested someone should know it involved sex. Theyre trying to say she knows what shes getting into it. This is a tricky situation. Any time someone is cross examining and alleged rape victim, let alone 16, doesnt the defense attorney have to walk a delicate line . A very delicate line. Under New Hampshire state law the age of consent is 16. She was 15 when this occurred. She is a minor. She has been emotional on the stand and discuss what she said was a trauma for her. Trying ing ting to poke holes story or credibility has to be done with a great deal of care so the jury doesnt think its bullying. Of course. But he has to defend his client. Thank you. The lets get a check of the weather. Mr. Roker is on an adventure in abu dhabi this morning. You know, the stone pushes the heat back under your chin. Reporter its a white reflective stone. It just does a little bit more. Im going to make chicken out here. I may become a chicken out here. Im not complaining at all. Its pretty exciting just to remind you, its part of the travel channels new show 50 50. 50hour 50,000 vacation. The clock started ticking yesterday when our two fans were picked out of our line and we got them they had to pack. In fact, alex had to go to h m because they didnt have anything. They had their passports. We got on a great flight for 13 hours. Boom were here. What is great theres choice. Their first choice was to come to the mosque the grand mosque, which were going to show you around. It fits 50,000 worshippers at any one time. Amazing stuff. Of course, these wild fires out west just a really heartbreaking with those three firefighters killed four more injured, and weve got more on the way more rough weather coming for them even though its cooler. You can see the red flag warnings, the heat advisories, and the smoke warnings. Were looking at winds starting to pick up late tonight into tomorrow. That is not good news for that area. And then weve got Tropical Storm danny about 1200 miles of the lesser antilles. It will probably become a hurricane over the weekend. But then hit some shear as it hits the good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were in the low to mid 60s, still some clouds all across the bay area. That will gradually clear through the rest of the morning. Todays weather still comfortable with a high of 77 degrees in the east bay, peninsula 78 degrees, San Francisco look for a high of 69, north bay 82 degrees, while the south bay tops out at 84 degrees. Also some mid 80s in the trivalley. We will see more of this weather over the next several days with a slight warming trend early next week. Guys, coming up in the next hour well be going inside where, a. Its airconditioned, but b. Well show you the largest persian rug in the world. It will blow your mind okay. Al, thank you so much. Coming up trending Jennifer Aniston opens up for the First Time Since her wedding. What shes saying about keeping the event top secret. Who is on the list . 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We dont know how many of the email addresses are legitimate. Its entirely possible that Ashley Madison customers used somebody elses email when signing up for the service and some of the addresses are very obviously fake because Ashly Madison never verified the addresses. But millions of marriages could be at stake this morning. 37 million its how many email addresses hackers may have released that belong to Ashley Madison customers. The website that encourages customers to cheat on a spouse. Life is short. Have an affair. Reporter in an online statement, the hackers calling themselves the impact team write find yourself in here . It was Ashley Madisons Parent Company that failed you and lied to your. Learn your lesson and make amends. Help me find a discreet lover. Reporter kim has gone through the massive data dump including customer profiles. Soon anyone could be able to search through it. A lot of people have downloaded it, and you can probably imagine that in the next couple of days someone is going to create a searchable website for this data. Reporter perhaps most surprisingly 15,000 addresses allegedly belonging to military or government employees. Including do mains like. Dhs. Gov, house. Gov, senate. Gov many are obviously fake including president white house. Gov. White house emails use a different do main name eop. Gov. Other linked email addresses include vatican staff, members of the u. N. And british government. A member of Parliament Said her address was stolen and used without her knowledge. Online a lot of angry reaction. I hope gets what is coming to them. But also this cheating is wrong, but also hacking personal information is wrong. Already some have asked Security Pros for help. Ive had people confess to me they have various felt fetishes, i guess theyre concerned their information will be found. In some cases maybe their spouse will find out about it. Reporter the hackers claim their mission is to shame Ashley Madison and the customers. In a statement the commaanadian Parent Company responded. The company has said in the past it believes somebody who had a prior connection to the company is behind this, but data was dumped on a part of the internet called the dark web. It is ripe with criminal activity like child porn, drugs, and stolen credit cards. Its very difficult to police because the browsing activity is difficult to trace. What is the next shoe to drop . It could be employers or spouses demanding answers from people whose email addresses are on the list. As many as 90 are thought to be men, but Ashley Madison insists its not shutting down regardless of what people may think of it. Back to you. When you reported the story the other day and actually people mentioned dark web, we sat here looked at each other. We havent heard of this. Now we understand its a lot bigger than anyone realized. Reporter so yesterday i spent much of the day trying to figure out how to access the dark web. Part of the problem is, if you work for a company like nbc there are firewalls that dont let you do it. You have to use a special browsers and you go in. Once youre using them youre bounced around multiple servers around the world which makes it impossible for the police to trace you. You can then go and engage in illicit activity. I can see why Law Enforcement has the work cut out for them. Like a hackers world out there. Tom costello, thank you very much. Up next worth the inconvenience . Inconvenience . Well have you weigh in on what makes a woman inconvenience . Well have you weigh in on feel beautiful . Its about her presence. A radiance that shines, deep inside. A je ne sais quoi. A youthful aura. Advanced genifique by lancome. Every serum drop infuses youthful radiance throughout the skin. Patented until 2029. 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There will be bolder crosswalk, patiented safety zones and more no right on red restrictions for drivers. Meteorologist kari hall is here. Its the first day for school at san jose state. And the kids are going back to school with the College Students also, with some average weather for this time of year. We see the low clouds as we look were sunol. Here is a look at those highs today, 83 degrees in san jose, 78 degrees in palo alto, and the castro will be at 67 degrees, 79 in novato and concord 84 degrees. Dublin expect a high of 87 degrees. Lets get a look at the commute now with mike. We will start in the south bay, a lot of commuters for san jose state, also folks moving into those San Francisco tate forms, looking into the south bay for the continued build. Northbound routes you expect this pattern, but its a little heavier than the last few weeks. West 84 out of newark boulevard cash towards the dumbarton bridge. No problems towards the bay bridge. Back to you. 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Good morning, wisconsin go packers good morning columbia, South Carolina go game cox iowa state Seniors First time in new york city go cyclones [ cheers and applause ] were from jacksonville. Virginia beach in nyc [ cheers and applause ] a Marilyn Monroe moment on the plaza. Wow what you miss when youre away. A random gust of wind and natalie had to change the rating of our show. i would like to apologize to all of you for that view. Good morning, everyone. Taping quarters under your dress acts as a weight. Really . You have quarters there now . Not today but i learned from that mistake. That was really terrifying. I love, love, love your Throwback Thursday song. Freedom 90 by george michael. That was my favorite for many, many years. I lot i love that song i use that on the bike. You do . Absolutely. We have al in abu dhabi, happy birthday oh theres his traveling companions that met on our plaza yesterday. Now theyre on the epic adventure. Well check in with this in a minute. She looks so chic, doesnt she . For someone that had to pack in less than 24 hours. Carly rae jepsen will be our concert tomorrow. Next fridays performance is darius rucker. He got his start as hootie and the blow fish. We have your classmate hes a big country star, now, of course. What was he like in school . Awesome. The kindest person youve ever met. Way to get free tickets, lady everyone gets in free. Good morning, everybody. We begin with tragedy in Washington State where three firefighters were killed on wednesday in a fire that is threatening thousands of homes. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The three u. S. Forest Service Firefighters were killed when their vehicle was involved in the an accident and flames overtook that vehicle. Four additional firefighters were injured. One was critically burned during the massive fire storm. These are the conditions weve warned about for months. The extreme drought conditions. Wind is pushing to the back. It was erratic and aggressive blowing in multiple directions. Today the blaze is threatening thousands of firefighters across the region. Crews getting set for another long day. Miguel almaguer, thank you very much. Jimmy cart eer announced th the cancer in his liver has spread to his brain. A News Conference just wrap upped. Hallie jackson. Reporter hello. President carter talked about melanoma in miss brain. Four small spots. Hell go through treatment beginning today and they will be spread over the next few weeks. Its radiation and medication. President carter will be dialing back some of his work with the carter center, some of his humanitarian efforts. He detailed all of this in what was a personal, very detailed, very candid press conference in which he talked about how he feels. Listen to what he had to say. I went to bed about 6 00 and slept until 11 00 this morning. I think its probably the best night sleep ive had in many years. Ive been very lucky the doctors have been able to control any aspects of pain. Reporter president carter also reflected on his legacy talking about how important his wife and his family is to him. He talked about how his faith will keep him strong. Natalie, back to you. He seems to be in good spirits. Thank you so much. Dueling town Hall Meetings last night. 15 miles apart in New Hampshire donald trump dismissed jeb bush as low energy and unelectable. The former governor criticized trump for his past contributions to democrats. And said trumps record is not a conservative one. Well, who needs an epidural when you can dance your way through the labor pains. The couple awaited their arrival of their second baby on tuesday. Im not sure how it works, but it seems like shes getting the job done. Im sure the nurses seemed to appreciate the entertainment as did her husband, no doubt. Good luck to them. Back to savannah. Thank you so much. Important health news for anyone who enjoys a glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage at the end of the day. A new study in the british medical journal one drink a day can increase your risk for a certain kind of cancer. Dr. Natalie azar is an nbc medical contributor. It has a lot of people worried because this study specifically showed the risk for women. It showed the risk for women. I think even more interesting or concerning about the findings it showed the increase risk with what we consider light to moderate Alcohol Consumption within what is considered an acceptable daily amount. So specifically breaking it down what they found was there was a statistically Significant Association with light to moderate drinking in women with a history of breast cancer. There was also an association with other cancers that are thought to be alcoholrelated such as liver, throat, mouth, those were not statistically significant. Isnt one drink a day falling within the guidelines were supposed to be using . Yeah. And, you know, the flip side is one drink a is thought to be healthy for us in terms of cardiovascular health. They werent negating that accepted ideology, but, you know, the idea that alcohol is related to cancer is nothing new. I have to point out the biggest limitation from this study is it had really the data was all what we call selfreport. This is what patient subjects were saying how much they drank. A little anecdotally, theres not a medical student told when a patient tells how much you drink you automatically double it. Because, of course, we dont want to acknowledge how much we drink. Especially not to a doctor. Right. Were using this data which, of course, is selfreport it could be a confounding theory. What is it about alcohol specifically that increased a cancer risk . So the thought is so alcohol when you take it in it has to be metabolized, aka broken down into different things. The first break down is known to be a carcinogen. And the other idea is certain cancers, which are estrogen. Related such as breast alcohol can raisetrogen levels. Theres another study that suggests working long hours, i think is defined as 55 hours a week or more could lead to stroke. Another worrying headline. Exactly. There is some previous information and data that suggested long hour increase risk of heart attack. This is the finding to look at it for stroke. I have to say a large number of patients this is from europe, australia, as well as the United States confounding variables here, however, they use a lot of data from published and unpublished data. One thing that is important they dont describe what kind of work. Theres a thing called job strain that is if you have a lot of high demand in your job but very little control. That can lead to something called job strain which can lead to high Blood Pressure which can lead to stroke. I think as ive been looking at this, it seems like a lot of critics of the study are going to say not so sure that the data is that robust we can draw major conclusions from it. Maybe its not just hours but stress. High blood pleasure, Heart Disease, risk. Not all of those things can be thank you so much. Over to tamron in the orange room for a big change coming to the Movie Theater. Thats right. Regal Entertainment Group will search bags and backpacks before customers enter the cinemas. People have been sharing signs like this from outside theaters. It reads these procedures are for the safety and comfort of all of our guests. Of course, the increase in security follows two Movie Theater attacks just this summer, and the tragic shooting in arow are a, colorado, in 2012 where 12 people died and 70 others were injured. Reg regal has the full policy on the website. So we want to know what you think this morning. If you think this change is worth the peace of mind or do you see it as an inconvenience . Should bags be searched before entering a Movie Theater. Head to today. Com. A lot of people talking about it online. Well have the results coming up. Savannah. Ill be interested to see how people feel about it. I dont usually predict those things, but i think its going to be favorable. I really do. Coming up next need a laugh . On trending we have over the top Office Pranks. We will discuss. Plus, what Jennifer Aniston is saying about pulling off the top secret wedding. Als epic adventure with two strangers plucked from our crowd. It continues live after this. First, these messages. Like a guppy in a shark tank. It just feels like, car salesmen want to sell whatever car is best for them, not best for me. Theres gotta be a better way. As long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. All new emergenzzzz. Revolution. A natural way to power down. 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The story generated more than 5200 comments. By the way, thats the most ever for a New York Times story. Now the papers public editor is taking issue suggesting it might have been overhyped. Margaret sullivan says the papers top editor is extremely proud of that story, he said. The report interviewed over 100 employees. So i guess they donbuild a case around the stories theyre getting. How do you get irrefutable proof with peoples who dont want to their name with the allegations. Someone was fired after you know, specific things like that. The story continues to generate a lot of interest. Do you think its sweet or creepy . The photo bomb shop image of the royals. It shows princess dianna looking over her granddaughter, charlotte, at her christening. Charlotte is held by her mom. Somebody photo bomb shopped dianna in there. We dont know who created the image. Its been shared on facebook more than 268,000 times on facebook. When i first saw the picture, i thought it was weird. I thought it was a little inappropriate somehow. Yeah. I contradict on this. I think its a little weird, too. Its not something i like. But remember when natalie coal d cole with gnat king cole. Her father passed away years before that. She used his video but thats different. This one is not great. I think thats different. Its merging two incredible voices and talent together. Its her own father. I dont know. Thats why its different for me its natalie cole teaming up with her fathers voice. This is a picture, by the way, when dianna was meeting with mother theresa. Yeah. The original picture. Yeah. What is the best prank youve ever played . How much time do we have, my friend . I like pranks. Yes, you do. But good office gags. What about putting out a box of doughnuts and then filling the box with veggies . Oh how about finding seeds in your wow. Like a keyboard chia pet. Or turning a filing cabinet into a fish tank. Putting a sign on the toaster in the Company Kitchen that said it is voice activated. Toast my bagel it could work upstairs, actually. You have a long and troubled history of pranks around here, matt. Weve all been burned. Someone spilled a big thing of milk in the stairwell here right outside our studio and i heard savannah coming down the stairs. I was where the spill was. I went like this and savannah came up like, oh, my god are you okay . I dont know. Im like a 3yearold. We were talking about that. Im the most gullible when it comes to pranks. You are. Now to an emotional Kelly Clarkson is letting big news slip and Jennifer Aniston making her first public appearance since tieing the knot. Congratulations. A beautiful way to start pop start this morning. Kelly clarkson was performing last night and unexpected announced something. I didnt plan on announcing this. Im totally pregnant [ cheers and applause ] shes totally pregnant kelly saying shes not planning to making the announcement but announced shes too hormonahorm. Already parents to river rose born last june. Now to jennifer an store making her first public appearance since her surprise wedding. Justine was away working so jen walked the carpet solo at the premier of her new movie. All eyes zeroed in on her gold and diamond wedding band. Told access hollywood how she kept everything so hush hush. There was just a great will theres a way, man. It can be done. Jen later said she is going to be selfish and keep the secrets private. You wonder sometimes when the press pops up at a location and you see celebrity photographs were they called . If you can keep a secret. You mean when theyre in full hair and make up . Thank you. Lets get a check of the weather from al in abu dhabi. Mr. Roker reporter hey, guys. Thank you so much. Lets first show you what is going on today around the country. We have wet weather making the way eventually into the northeast. Weve got about 30 Million People and a slight risk for severe weather, marginal risk. Well be watching that. Heat continues in the Pacific Northwest. Cooling down from the plains all the way down to the northern texas. Temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average. And look for the heat c the clouds will clear out and well see highs in the lower 80s today in the bay. Palo alto up to 78 degrees. San francisco in the upper 60s. Some peeks of sunshine later on today. 79 degrees in novato. Oakland, 74 degrees. Danville, expect a high of 84. 87 in dublin with our temperatures right at or slightly below normal for this time of year. That continues into the weekend. And that is your latest weather. As we mentioned, were helping travel channel with a new show called 50 50. We pulled two viewers off the plaza to give them a trip of a lifetime. Lucky fans are touring the magnificent building. Joining me right now is one of the cultural guides here omnina. Good to see you. Thank you. Good to see you. This is an amazing architectural wonder. What did it take to build this . A great effort, really. We had a team of more than 3,000 workers. They spent about 11 years to build this construction. And it took from 96 to 2007. Exactly. What does it take to take care of this . I mean, i notice its so pristine. There is a Numerous Group of cleaners, about 400. They work 24 7 to ensure that cleaning and maintenance is up to the quality. The design of the mosque the night sky has something to do with this . Yeah. Theres the unique lightening system of its kind. It works to the cycle of the moon. So every day the lightening appears a little different as the moon commences to be a fully moon it will be even more brilliant. Its at full capacity there are 50,000 worshippers. About the capacity of the Yankee Stadium in america. Yet people can hear the call to prayer from miles away. This is a new technology recently abu dhabi connected. So the system is where everyone can hear it. Its one of the largest mosques in the world. Well be going inside the next half hour. Give me a sense what were going to see. We will see the largest carpet in the world. One of the largest chandeliers, and much more elements of architecture. This is an amazing building. Pictures dont do it justice. Thank you so much. Its my pleasure. Thank you. Guys well go inside, if you think this is amazing, a thousand columns like this. Wait until you see what we will show you coming up. Its stunning lets go to tamron. We have star power in the orange room. Recordbreaking katie i. Top r bakine t good morning. Its 8 26. We start with breaking news. A fastmoving wildfire blowing through eastern Alameda County. It is called the tesla fire because it started on tesla road yesterday afternoon off livermore. Firefighters say the fire has already grown to about 2500 acres. This morning cal fire says it is 25 contained. The good news is that the fire is burning in a mostly unpopulated area with very few homes, but the flames did destroy a vacant structure yesterday at the motorcycle park in the area. That park is now under Evacuation Orders. Firefighters also managed to save all the other homes that were nearby yesterday. Firefighters are attacking this fire both from the air and from the ground, but it may not impact your commute because it is pretty far out there, mike. Yeah, were not hearing about any impact to 205 or 580. Still, we watch as that smoke tends to drift. Were looking towards the bay bridge toll plaza. A light build. We look at your map, a slow drive to richmond and berkeley. Thats the worst of it. 880 and 580 through oakland this morning not so bad. Back to you. More local news coming up for you in just a half hour. 8 30 now on a thursday morning, august 20th, 2015. Weve got a nice crowd out on the plaza. But you know what else . Weve got some real star power out on the plaza and tomorrow were going to have star power, as well. We have call my maybe carly ray j carly rae jepsen. We have quite a few stars out here. Including recordbreaking katie wi ledecki. And the new thriller. And fuel for school. Youre trying to prepare meals to give your kids a boost on the way back to school. Adam richmond will share an easy and healthy one for spaghetti pie. I love that it looks good. I think it could become a goto recipe in my house. Hey, tamron. Jill martin is here in the orange room with me. Were in the final count down for submission for the next big thing for today we need music for that. Our collaboration with qvc and jill is the Creative Force behind gili. We are looking for the next great product invention. Were calling it todays next big thing. We want you to submit your product idea. These are the three categories. Home, household, pets, apparel accessories, and gadgets. It ends tomorrow. So go on today. Com. Is there something you wish you invented . Pillow pets. Why do i think of pillow pets . I bought plenty of them for my nieces. Lets go to al in abu dhabi thank you so much, tamron. Lets show you what weve got going on. Your weekend planner starting off with tomorrow and we expect to see more wet weather making the way toward the east. Youll see showers and thunderstorms up in the northeast, parts of florida, also midsection of the country. The temperature cools down along the west coast. As we move to saturday, again, showers northern new england, risk of strong storms in the upper Mississippi River valley. Sunshine continues in the upper northwest. Sadly the heat continues as well. Sunday more heat in the Pacific Northwest, rain in the northern great lakes, showers making the way from the central good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Its in the mid60s all across the bay. In the north bay, though, its 58 degrees. Still some low clouds. But we will get some sunshine this afternoon. I think it will clear out fairly quickly. A high of 77 degrees in the east bay. San francisco, 69 degrees. Lets check out the trivalley, where highs today will be at 85 degrees. In the peninsula, 78. South bay, a high of 84 degrees. More of this weather this weekend. And thats your latest weather. Were live here in abu dhabi at the grand mosque. Its amazing to see. Weve been here for about a total of three hours. Theres so much more to see here in this amazing city. The fans we plucked off the plaza david and alex are joined us, joined by the host of the travel channel show 50 50. Good to see you all. Good to be here has it settled in yet where you are . No. No. Its slowly settling in. The beauty im surrounded by is impressive. Youve had a chance to look around, alex. What are your impressions . Its amazing. The architecture. The heat is really [ laughter ] just a little bit. Were thankful you are able to put two words together. Youve been on a lot of adventures. Now that you see this, what are you thinking . Its unlike anything weve seen in our life. Its unlike what were used to back home in the states. Its marvel louse. 50 hours, i dont think anybody will get a chance to sleep. They get to choose from some options. Weve got an option for you right now to pick from. You can either take a camel ride or get a 24 carat gold facial. Thats your choice right now you have to tell us. Right now . So you to decide right now and tell us. Facial or camel ride . Camel ride. Camel ride. The camel ride. Done all right. So why not the facial . I would sweat the gold off. In 50 hours, how much do you really goat see et to see of an . We try to see as much of the real culture as possible. What is unique to this region and state and island that were on. Were looking forward to it. Alex and david, thank you so much. Well be going inside, matt, coming up in the next half hour and taking peek. Its unbelievable. I cant wait, al. Thank you very much. Lets talk to an olympian aiming for more gold in rio at 15 swimmer katy ledecky was the youngest member of team usas entire delegation. She won the 800meter freestyle. She has been dominating in the pool ever since. Just this month, katie won five gold medals and broke three World Records at the World Championships in russia. Katie, good morning, great to have you here thank you. Congratulations on your win, your win, your win, and your win thank you. Did anything go wrong in russia or was everything perfect . I wouldnt say perfect, but it was pretty much the best week i could have asked for. You did something that no other swimmer has ever done. You won gold in the 200, 400, the 800, and the 1500. You broke the World Records in property exces process. No male or female swimmer from any country. It feels special. Its not every day you can say you have done something that nobody has done before. Ive been enjoying it but also, at the same time, looking forward to the next year. For a lot of reason i read a lot of articles for you. Well talk about uncle john in a second, who send me a lot of articles. The articles im reading say you are, at this moment, the best swimmer on the planet. Usa today had an article why katie wiledecky is 2015s top athlete. Do you worry youre peaking now and a year before rio . I dont think about that. I maintain the same mind set in 2012 is whatever happens happens. I enjoy working hard every day. Can you keep up the pace . It takes an enormous amount of time in the pool. Can you keep it up . I think i am. Im looking at new ways i can improve with my coach. Every day i come to practice ready to work hard. I think hopefully i can continue it. Is there a life that goes along with it . You just turned 18. Right. Is there any sense of normalcy for you . Can you have time to do the things your girlfriends, who are 18 are also doing . Yeah, i just graduated from high school. Ive had a blast with them, and i have great family and great friends that support me through this all, and its just really great to have their support. Youve been accepted at stanford. Youll take a gap year and go there after the olympics. I want to put up a couple of pictures. Describe what were seeing here. This is michael phelps. I think i was 9 or 10 years old there. I went to some autograph session with a bunch of swimmers and met michael phelps. It was pretty surreal, three years ago to be on an Olympics Team with him. I looked up to him and to be at so Many International meets with him. We have another one we have an interest in as well. Take a look at this picture. Tell me what is happening there. Thats me with my brother and my mom at the today show. I think my dad took the picture, and visiting my grandmother up here in new york, and had to go to the today show i think we actually got on tv with al, at one point. And now youre back all the years later with all the gold medals. I hear so much about you, because i went to high school with your uncle john. Hes one of my best friends. I used to kid you saying please make him stop texting me about everything you accomplish. Im into it now. Keep it going. Thank you. Great to have you here, katie. What a pleasure. Well see you in rio. Thanks. Up next. The star of selma david oyelowo. Back now 8 41 with the ridiculously talented david oyelowo. Why he dazzled as Martin Luther king in selma. He plays an escaped killer who takes a woman hostage in his new thriller. Ive got use the bathroom. Go for it. Everybody has to use the bathroom. The bathroom. We all got to use the bathroom. Use the bathroom. What are you doing . I cant go with the door open. [ breathing heavy ] ill turn around. I cant i dont trust you, ashley. David, good morning. Its good to see you. Thank you. We last remember you playing dr. King and now in the next two movies youre playing the bad guy. Was that on purpose . I like to mix it up. No, in playing brian, even though like you said he did bad things. The amazing thing for me about that story you have a murder and he took a meth addict hostage and somehow good came out of it. Its an incredible story. I think our viewers will remember it as it happened on the today show. Brian nicoles shot four people and takes the woman hostage and she gets him to turn himself in. What attracted do you this role . The fact that it was two broken people and, as i said, a miraculous outcome. Ashley smith has never touched meth since that night. She was captive to that drug, and something about that night switched something for her. Its interesting because you want people to relate to your character. You dont exactly want to make him sympathetic. How do you balance that . Thats a tricky thing in playing him. I have no interest in exonerating brian for what he did, but i feel like he was an instrument for good on that night for ashley smith. There are people whose lives have been broken. But im a big believer that light shines brighter than the dark. Lets talk about nightengale its another dark movie but challenging for viewers and certainly for the star. Youre basically alone for the whole movie. Yeah. It was a challenge. When i read the script, one of the reasons that i did it it was a dare to myself. I said can you be the only person in a movie for 90 minutes . And here is a story of a veteran yeah. Who kills his mother. Yes. And then you really just see the break downright there on camera. Yeah. Yeah. That was a tricky thing, you know, he has done the hideous thing then you have to make him empathetic. We have to end on a high note. I dont know if youre sick of telling the story. I think this is funny. When you were playing dr. King, i read you stayed in character and tried to stick with the accent the whole time of shooting. Yeah. And really drove your wife crazy. [ laughter ] well, you could imagine what it was like. Yeah. I stayed in character the whole time. With dr. King, yes, my wife felt like she was having an affair with dr. King, which is a little strange. Shes like pass the salt. And your response . Can you pass the salt . Shes like, stop. I have to leave. When youre done ill be back. Its for a good cause. David oyelowo, thank you so much. Captive opens on september 18th. Healthy food for your kids. Stay for the spaghetti pie, david. Were making it in the kitchen. It should be delicious. First, this is today on nbc. All right. Were back with today. Food and more fuel for school to keep your family energized all day long. This is adam richmond. This season kids go headto headwith experienced chefs to win big money. Take a look. Im going to do a roasted pepper salsa. The pepper adds a nice touch to the dish. How does it feel to be cooking . Oh, my gosh. Its the coolest thing in the world. All right. Well, i bet it would be cool if you beat them. Go for it adam, good to see you. Welcome back. Thank you very much. I was reading the recipe youre making this morning last night and i was thinking this would be something to put on the menu about once or twice a week. How about it, man. Its spaghetti pie. Lets start with the ingredients. Its simple. It came from a Fraternity Brother of mine. Ground turkey, salt, onion, tomato paste, mozzarella. What kind of fraternity never mind. It wasnt our main focus. Something i am this is a great recipe to make with kids and for kids. I was blessed with a mom who was a great cook but could rub two nickels together to make a dollar. You can use any pasta. We have cooked down spaghetti. You want to save the beautiful starchy water. Well put the pasta in here. You can use left over pasta, pasta that came with a dish. So we set this aside for a moment and take a measuring cup and keep some of the starchy water. Okay. We have the tasters downstairs, i want to mention, theyre about to dig into this. Oh, my god im in love. I love it. We have the medium sized onion with a little bit of olive oil. When it gets trance l s trancec well add the turkey. Fortunately the amazing folks here at the today show already got us a little bit more advanced. We have the turkey and the onions combined. Well throw in about 3 4 cup of tomato paste. We want to use tomato paste a little bit more intense flavor wise. You dont have to use as much. And the cans arent that expensive. Hand me the pasta and the pasta water. Yes, its water its going thin out. Because it has the starch and salt from seasoning it, its going to bind ultimately resulting in a thinner kind of sauce. Quickly now. Okay. We throw in parmesan, mozzarella, about three cracked eggs, and another little bit of tomato paste. Well mix it up and layer it in the pan. You can toss it together. You can do it with your hands. Layer it and ultimately we have the finished product right here. Coming out of oven. Exactly. Layer of turkey on the bottom. Layer of beautiful cheesy pasta in the middle and turkey on top. How does it taste . Oh, my gosh i could eat the whole pie i love the crispy ends. Its the best thing ive had in a month. Really . Seriously i have a ringer on my phone from matt lauer. Thank you very much. Ill continue to eat up here. You can catch food fighters tonight at 8 00 7 00 central. Were back in a moment eating on today on nbc. A new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. Get this low mileage lease on select ats models, in stock the longest, for around 269 per month. Rave reviews. Its so good. You brought your food down here. All right, were back with a thing off the coast of hawaii. Coral dying off. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has the story. Reporter in the Crystal Waters off hawaii, divers aim a torpedo camera snapping images in every direction 360 degrees. Partnered with google, theyre creating a google street view of the worlds coral reefs. We joined the divers in the exact spot where theyll return in five years to compare the health of the corals. Reefs are where much of the seafood begins life. The Technology Allows do you take a picture with this . Absolutely. It allows us to see the same choral. And see how they perform over time. Reporter already biologists say some corals are dying bleached white. A sign of the first stage of death. Its an event similar to the rain forest of the world turning white over a short period of time. Everyone will be jumping up and taking notice wondering what the hell is happening. In is happening underwater on a massive scale. Reporter scientists blame the warming waters. Usually in the upper 70s the Ocean Temperatures are forecast to hit an unprecedented 90 degrees in the next few weeks. One cause . El nino. Biologists say its not just the warming waters of el nino that has them concerned. Theres another threat with the unscientific name the blob. The blob is a patch of warm pacific water. To best understand the impact, a smartphone coupled with a 5 google card board box. A headset that lets anyone take a virtual dive to where the 360 pictures were just found. It seem so real. Connecting students to coral reefs. Its huge its so big its like this tall reporter where it all now makes sense. Is that a sting ray . I dont know what that is . Its a sting ray. Reporter for today Kerry Sanders nbc news. Wow. If you would like to take a virtual underwater tour, grab your smartphone and go today. Com. All right. So you one of your favorite guys back. We have john cena. Theres something that is going to happen in the next hour just get ready better than spaghetti pie . Its a different feeling. It will hit your heart. This is hitting my tummy in a good way. Im. Opv t lo good thursday morning. Its 8 56. Im sam brock. With a long road to a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge is about to get a little shorter. Last year board district members approved a new barrier. A meeting is planned for today and tomorrow. The board is expected to approve the first real funding for this project to hire a project consultant. Construction likely will not start before next spring. Also happening today, it is time it hit the books once again for thousands of students. Fall semester starts at San Jose State University today. That means the first day of school for some 3500 freshmen and about 2,000 new graduate students as well. Theres also a new interim president , susan martin. And spartans football is back september 3rd. Well be back in 25 minutes. 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Welcome now we can really say welcome to today the music to all of our ears on the thursday morning, thursday, august 20, 2015. We have john cena with this pick. Thank you for letting me pick the music. Summer slam is coming up this weekend. And you pick music that tries to amp everybody up. I figure when i get free tie i like to sit with the one i love, crack open the red. You smack down people and you cuddle up to sinatra. I love it. Thank you for letting me pick the tunes. I appreciate. It. Of course willie is off, by the way, and al on the epic adventure in abu dhabi. Well check in with him in a moment and find out how david and alex are doing. And celebrating his birthday. Hes got a birthday happy birthday, handsome guy. 61. 61. And you look great, al. I said in the last hour at the end of the show we have something so special for you in this hour. John has reached an extraordinary milestone with a make a wish foundation. He actually about to grant your 500th wish. Youve been at hospital rooms, youve visited people all around children all around. The charity, i think, is phenomenal. I see the Charity People donate time or resources its a little speculation. Im at the finish line. I get to see the families, the joy. The hope we get to bring. This is something i got involved with early on in my career and ill be involved with make a wish for as long as they have me. John is the most requested celebrity. You have a list of many amazing people who are willing to give their time, and when make a wish goes to its children, who do you want to meet . Ill say that differently. Ive been fortunate enough to be involved with a Wonderful Charity over time and im thankful. You dont brag on yourself and we will. Thats what your friends do. Were not just saying this because hes here. Thats a fact, you know, when the kids have an opportunity to meet someone they look up to, someone they see as an inspiration, and in large numbers they say john cena. Thats special my night job is very interesting. At the end of the day, we get to do a lot of cool things for cool families and regardless of what you think about what im doing in a ring, i think the end product is providing great hope and memories that last forever. Youll make a memory for an awesome 8yearold today. Youve meet him already. I have. Hes very interesting. He doesnt know why hes really here. Hes in our green room. He cant hear us and he doesnt know youre here. I have to do a little clark kent im going to try to change clothes quick. Youre coming out as john cena as a wrestler. Clark kent will disappear and superman will disappear its just a tear away suit. There are no phone booths here anymore. Weve brought in a phone booth. We had to get it on ebay. Youll never see it. Its off set. What about if you jump out of our coworkers cake . That would be a different outfit. That depends on what [ laughter ] i didnt see that coming. Hes witty, hes got it all, and a heart stick around for the big surprise coming up. Rocco was diagnosed with leukemia. But hes a fighter. Hes a fighter. Its going to be great to have him on the show. Youre the perfect hero for him. I want to show you the incredible soontobe developed building. I want to find out how john feels about this. As tough as john is, super man has kryptonite. And fear of hits. As much as a marvel of engineering this is, theres no chance im getting in the human aquarium of people. Ill stand up on the street and look up at the weird things. This is incredible. Its a project in development. Its a building the sky diving, i guess, pool there is between the two buildings, as you see. Its going to be developed in london. Yep. Ten stories up. Ten stories up. Eight inch glass, so apparently it wont break. I dont trust it at all. I cant imagine james bond swimming through it. Its between two buildings. I know, there are some people who find a way to access this. Somebody will go skinny dipping in that. Somebody . Everybody and there will be people passing by on the street that wont be able to unsee what they see. You wont see anything. Its too many stories up. What are you going to see . Im just worried that someone will do something. You need binoculars. Im worried it will be burned in there forever. Thats not your fear. Your fear is heights. The fear of being in water and looking down and seeing the ten stories. That hits me like a ton of bricks. Would do you it . Absolutely not sign me up. You said its in london adam said we need you to go to london to shoot something. It better not have anything to do for this. Its an interview for a movie, he said. Its not going to be done until 2018. Sorry. No. Okay. Good. My heart started racing when you said london. We want to mention, al is in abu dhabi on the epic adventure. Hes joining forces with the travel channel with a show called 50 50. They send them on a 50 hour 50,000 vacation. We did it with visitors here on the plaza. We gave them a chance to compete to travel with al on the adventure for the premier episode. Alex and david won the challenge. So they jump order the plane with mr. Roker on a little adventure to abu dhabi. Al, how is it going, my friend . And david and alex. Let me ask alex and david. How has it been going . Awesome like life changing. Yeah. And you guys you dont know each other until now. You met waiting in line for this yesterday. Yes. We did, yes. And both your moms played a role in this. Tell me. They did. Well, i hadnt been back in new york for a couple of years. Ive been traveling, ironically. I heard you say bring your pass port. Something epic could happen. She said do it you dont know what could happen. I had no idea. And you were with your mom. Shes going through something right now. Shes going through chemotherapy. So i go down every time she has a treatment and sit with her and, you know, be with her and take care of her. We were, of course, were watching the today show and you came up and broadcast it and she said you should do it. Here i am. Why dont you say hi to your moms. Hi, mom miss you love you we love that you are with us and sharing the 50 hour adventure. Im so excited. Well show you around the inside in a second. Lets give you your well, guys, im sorry i jumped the gun. You guys have to say something. We do. Its good to see you, john. Thank you very much we wanted to wish you a wonderful, wonderful happy birthday. We know today is a big day for you and youre in a mosque now. You dont want to get too over the top. Were going to get over the top for you. We have a cake set up for you. Were going to truly wish you a happy birthday. We wish youre here but were glad you on the 50 hour vacation. Its a spectacular thing. We want to wish you a happy birthday. Were going to cut it for you and save a piece. Well eat a piece for you and save a piece. I appreciate it. Its a twofer. Its vanilla. It looks good. All right. We love you. Happy birthday thank you. Thanks, guys. Were having a great time. Can you check the weather for us . Announcer todays weather is brought to you by yoplait. And lets take a look show you what is going on as far as your weather is concerned. First of all, were taking a look, again, at what is going on in abu dhabi 105 right now. Relative humidity 32 . It feels like its 115 out there. Whoa im glad were inside where its airconditioning. Were watching the front pushing through bringing showers and thunderstorms making their way toward the east. We have a risk of strong storms today. As the afternoon and evening wears on heavier thunderstorms moving into the northeast and new england. It sweeps offshore. We have the risk of strong storms, a marginal risk in the northeast. Up to 33 Million People at risk. 34 million get damaging winds, isolated tornado threat as well. Rainfall amounts were talking anywhere from 2 to 3 inches. Some areas locally could pick up 3 to 5 inches of rain. Were watching Tropical Storm danny off the atlanta. Right now its about 1200 miles east of the lessor antilles probably becoming a hurricane sometime this good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Our clouds will slowly clear out sdp give us a high of 85 degrees with some sunshine in los gatos. San mateo 73 degrees. Embarcadero today at 69 degrees. And some upper 70s in navato today. Dublin 87. Fairfield expect a high of 88 degrees. Our weather is about normal for this time of year and that continues as we head into the weekend. Enjoy. And right now were standing in the sheik grand mosque. Joining me right now is cultural guide. This is an unbelievable Worlds Largest rug. It is. Tell me about the colors. The colors dominantly used is green. However, there are different colors like the beige ones which we can see at the boarder. Personally i see it reflects the achievement where 50 years ago we were only a country with dessert then we jumped into paradise. There is so much here. 50,000 worshippers can be in here at one time, and illuminating them the largest chandelier in a mosque in the world. Yeah. Its 4 tons and has more than 14 million crystals. That is unbelievable. Thank you so much. This is really unbelievably beautiful. I hope folks get to come see this. It takes your breath away. Sure. Thank you. It is really a thing of beauty to behold. Its actually a gift from the ch sheik to his people. Its one heck of a gift. Its beautiful. Al, thank you. Al, thank you. Coming up mmmm yoplait i am needing to tell you something about yogurt. There is now 25 less sugar in yoplait original. Poofs that sugar is gone so do i still love this yogurt . Yes because it still tastes good yoplait what if getting ready was this easy . 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Now hes a cia agent where he must decide between his former boss and his job in a life or death situation. Good morning. Thanks for having me. This character, slightly neurot neurotic. Slightly edgy. Sounds similar to other characters you play. I do defeated and emasculated really well. Its my specialty. But this character allows you to channel into a familiar person. Its a the whole thing is unbeknownst to him he is a sleeper agent. We watch him discover skillss discovered them himself. I work for the cia. We have been using him as a puppet. Its a really fast paced crazy fun movie. You should catch it. Its fun. You just got a nomination for veep. Congrats on that. Where were you and what was going on at the time you got that call . I was we were in the kitchen. We were my manager called me and just freaking out. The thing is, if anybody gets used to that, they need to be slapped. Its a humbling experience. My sweet daughter came in and was like, you can take me to camp. You signed me up for camp, so we need to go. Reality check. I forgot about my parental duties. Snap out of it, dad. Take me to camp. Exactly. Shes a sweetie. Is it true its not to be nominated. Its a party i never thought i would be invited to. The nomination is recognize of your hard work. Thanks. Its Throwback Thursday. We found something. All right. You know what Throwback Thursday is . My hands starts to sweat. They will sweat more. We found a video from 1999. Its a commercial. Do you recognize that handsome fellow . I recognize the hair. Listen in. There we go. Okay. Look at that. After that, a major career. That was a fun ad. That was in 2000. They just kind of let us go crazy. Do you still do this every once in a while . Still. Can we do it . Yes. I was just listening to you. Trying to get you in the mood. Only on would you like to sing us out to break . Come on. I will dance with you. Everything you wanted up next, alexis moss go see it. A full 30 days. 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The movie is a little bit different for you and hollywood, right . Yes, its very different. Its pretty out there. Its one of those things i feel im extremely proud of and i love it, but i sort of have no idea if anyone else will. So you put and your soul into it . Yeah. That kind of came about because i was so involved in the process when you make a movie that this is this small. Everybody has such a big part. I became producer by accident. Congratulations. It sounds like an interesting story. The character goes through a tragedy and unfortunate set of sirksds circumstances. Eventually ends in a break down. Interesting to see. We all have those moments as if we feel we need attention. It seems like your character takes it to a different level. Yeah. Sometimes we feel like were losing our minds. But i was interested in pushing that as far as we could. What is it like to have a chance to actually go insane . [ laughter ] did you ever think you pushed it too far filming . No. Just walking the line of thats up to alex in editing to figure it out. I can push as far as i want. Its up to him to figure out what is real. I think its fun. Dont you like it . Being able to get the green light to do all the emotions its very interesting. Well see how it plays out. I cant wait to see it. Thank you. I appreciate it. In honor of Throwback Thursday. Its my role to embarrass the guests today. Elizabeth moss Throwback Thursday. Its from a lifetime madefortv movie called midnight child. Do you remember this . Of course how would were you . Seven or eight. Thats incredible look at you. Look at the bangs. Wow. Oh youre working it. Youre into that role. Nothing has changed. Nothing. We miss madmen. Well, thank you. I loved it. Thank you. In select theaters august 26th. Coming up to the battle of the banders, and the behind the scenes crew, to the fashion bloggers, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah and the skaters true, be yourself. Kohls look more like a tissue box. 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You can see the woman there shaking that dog up and down. The group got this video from a t tipster. No criminal charges have been filed, but the agency has removed 11 dogs from her business. The agencys now asking for help from neighbors and other pet owners to look into a possible criminal case. And happening today, a new effort begins to boost safety in San Francisco. City leaders are going to help launch the upper Market Street safety project. The goal is making streets on market between octavia and castro safer for cyclists and pedestrians. That will include bolder crosswalks, and no more right on red restrictions for drivers. Coming up after this break a look at weather and traffic. Well be right back. Good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. The clouds are rolling away from mt. Hamilton. Getting a little bit of some clearing in the south bay. Expect a sunny afternoon. And gilroy topping out at 83 degrees. Halfmoon bay 72 degrees. The castro will be at 67 degrees. 84 in napa. In concord a high of 84 degrees as well. And dublin topping out at 87. Lets get a look at traffic. All right, kari. Were still showing a slower drive san rafael unusually slow for 9 28 in the morning. Well look at your map and we have an incident south of there. And also north of there. One at highway 37 is a distraction from 101. The one south of that scene is cleared from the roadway so maybe some recovery there. Were looking at the bay bridge toll plaza still has a backup there. A slow drive recovering. South of dumbarton, 101 past the airport, thats the slowest of the routes. Back to you. Mike, thanks as always. Kari as well. Back in 25 minutes with more updates. Taking look at the headlines. An intriguing clue that could lead to a new approach in the treatment of obesity. Researchers figured out how a gene linked to obesity makes people gain weight. A faulty version of the gene causes energy to be stored as fat rather than being burned off. They think it may be possible to one day reverse that. The study in the new england journal of medicine. Fascinating. Working long hours could shortchange your health. A new study finds people who work 55 hours or more each week have a 33 greater risk of having a stroke and a 13 greater risk of Heart Disease than those who work normal hours. Researchers say the risk went up regardless of gender, age, or economic status. The study looked at data from more than 600,000 people. A new kind of cancer study is offering an alternative to traditional treatment. In a new Clinical Trial called basket study thousands of patients whose cancers have the same type of gene mutation are grouped together and treated with the same therapy even though they have different types of cancer such as lung, brain, or colon. Dr. David said theyre starting to see responses in patients theyve never seen before. The nations biggest Movie Theater chain is starting to inspect bags and backpacks. Raeg l Entertainment Group admits the searches are a potential inconvenience but it is making the move to ensure the safety of theater guests and employees. The new policy comes after recent theater shootings in tennessee and louisiana. Two women who made history by passing army rain range Ranger School will tomorrow. The families say the women are exceptional soldiers and strong teammates. The women completed a 62day gauntlet of exhausting tests of physical endurance. Their families say the women are happy, their relieved, and ready for good food and sleep. We can only imagine. Congratulations to them. Lets get a check of the weather from al in abu dhaab bhabdhabi. Hey, al. Starting with tomorrow were looking at showers in northern new england, also, wet weather southern texas and central plains. Looks decent in the Pacific Northwest but the heat and winds will continue. Wet weather into the gulf on saturday. Western third of the country sunny. Sunday look for more rain gulf coast into the mid Mississippi River valley. Out west unfortunately the heat continues breezy conditions not great news for the firefighters. Eastern sea board looking good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Still some low clouds all across the bay. And our temperatures trending now into the mid6 0z. A high of 77 degrees can be expected in the east bay. 78 degrees in the peninsula. South bay 84 degrees. We will get some clearing and a very nice afternoon 85 degrees in the trivalley. San francisco 69. And the north bay expect a high of 82 degrees. Our seasonable weather continues as we go into the next several days. Enjoy. Thats your latest weather. Thats it from here from the sheik grand mosque. Well see your tomorrow morning. Were going to be literally on the beach and i cannot wait back to you. Thank you, al. Great job. See you tomorrow. Each year more than 13,000 children are diagnosed with cancer in the u. S. Thats roughly a classroom of kids every day. For rocco a leukemia diagnosis meant a long summer full of grueling treatment. Luckily he found a hero in wwe super star john cena. More on the brave little boys story. My name is rocco and im eight years old. I love t ball. I even earned my high blue belt in taekwondo. I always wanted to play never wanted to sit still. In january i got bad news. I found out i was sick. The doctors told my parents i have leukemia. Ive been in and out of the hospital ever since. I havent been able to play at all or ride my scooter. Sometimes the chemo makes my body feel weak. What brings up my spirit is watching wrestling. My favorite super star is john cena. Hes nice and strong and inspirational. He reminds kids to never give up. When people visit me in the hospital, they remember to bring me lots of wwe stuff. They know it makes me happy. The nurses even made a wwe sign with my name on it to cheer me up. Make a wish is a special foundation. They asked me what my wish was and it was to meet john cena. John cena came to visit me in the hospital when i was there for treatment. I wasnt feeling good. I didnt get a chance to talk to him like i wanted to. I hope someday i can meet him again. Oh. Rocco and maria are with us. Good morning. You are feeling well. You look good now. You look strong and happy. What was that like to meet your hero . Youre going to make me cry. Was it fun . Exciting. Exciting. Yeah. Maria, what changes have you noticed in rocco since he had an opportunity to meet john . Once he met john, his outlook changed. He was better understanding thethe sickness and stuff. It made his outlook change with everything. It was a short time we saw him, but he was great that day. He really lifted his spirits. That whole day everybody told him, rocco, you have such a smile on your face. He did the whole day. The doctors were like if we can bottle that smile for you, it would be great and what a smile he has there. You got a lot of good things. When you said you didnt have a chance to talk to john and i would have loved to say other things. What would you say to john if he were here . I love you man . [ laughter ] give him a hug . A high five . Yeah. A high five. And a hug. And a hug, right . We may help you with this, because we just so happen to have a surprise, once again, for you. Come on out, my friend oh oh, my gosh [ cheers and applause ] its great to see you here. Thats right. I dont know if you know this, but i did go to see rocco in the hospital. Hes a very brave young man and a true fighter. Last time i came to see you, i brought you a bunch of stuff, right . Since then ive kind of changed my outfit. Yeah. I want to make sure i give you the latest and newest. Wow and new wristband, of course, you and i both enjoy this saying here. I got you a new towel. [ laughter ] got you a new tee. And i know i have a big match coming up that has to do with this, but i wanted to make sure that i let everybody know the real champion here. Oh wow give him a high five. Give him a hug. Put your hat on got to get your new hat on. When i came to see you in the hospital, we talked about you maybe coming to see me. Is that still something to be interested in. You wouldnt mind coming to a wwe show and hanging out a little bit . Mind . I just happen to have oh a bunch of tickets to come see us in brooklyn. Wow [ laughter ] they are absolutely yours. What do you say . Thank you. Youre going to be very close ill be able to see and talk to you from the ring. I cannot wait youre going to have sweat hit you i know its a long time coming. We talked about you being able to go on it makes me so proud you have fought so hard and youre going to be there on monday night raw so we can enjoy some cool time together. And the new colors look great on you. So great thank you. Thank you so much maria and rocco, thank you so much. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you, john. I know rocco is soft spoken but he has a huge hero. All heros are soft spoke en. Youre soft spoken. You cant be this quite at monday night raw. We have to cheer. Who are we cheering for . You nice [ laughter ] you can cheer for who you want but i would appreciate it. Well be right back. Awesome awesome that is so neat easy way to pay online. N enter your username and password. A few clicks. And check out. Simple as that. No reentering payment and billing info. You feel like youre onestep ahead. Say hello to visa checkout. Visa. Everywhere you want to be. You got a masterpiece. Yeah we start with fresh milk from us dairy farms so you can make something amazing kraft natural cheese i found her wandering miles from home. When the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. I see how hard its been on her at work and i want to help. 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Of course i called the l. A. P. D. They said is not our job to dig up somebody else garbage. If you find a body theyll come back. All of that is in this movie. We have the call with the lapd and everything. I pitched that to the director of drinking buddies he said lets make a movie about it. We make it about the relationship of the husband and wife. You mentioned its almost a next chapter to drinking buddies. The movies he makes are naturalistic and improvised. That movie was about people in their late 20s and this is about people in the mid 30s. You didnt even have to write anything. Oh, yeah and i get writing credit. You said this guy here, john cena, our little guy rocco said hello to you he was like yeah, im friends with john cena. He didnt care. I was so excited about rocco. He was like, hey. I know john cena. And youre a fan of johns work in wreck. You killed it, man stop it. Its so funny. The funny thing there was a lot improvzation. It gives people to go for broke. I cant wait to see the movie. I like to see what people have when theyre able to truly yeah. You have a little project coming up. Yeah. It would be easy to write. Lets make a movie [ laughter ] thank you so much. By the way, new girl is coming back in the fall new season. Digging for fire in select theaters this friday. On demand august 25th. Seriously . Youre not at all concerned . About what now . Oh, i dont know. The apocalypse . Were fine. I bundled renters with my Car Insurance through progressive for just six bucks more a month. Word. Theres looters running wild out there. Covered for theft. Okay. Thats a tidal wave of fire. Covered for fire. What, what . All right. Fine. Im gonna get something to eat. The boys kind of a drama queen. Just wait. Wheres my burrito . [ chuckles ] worst apocalypse ever. Protecting you till the end. Now, thats progressive. 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The 30yearold jumped into lake tahoe last thursday to help a friend who he believed was struggling in the water. That friend made it out okay, as did francies sister who was also in the water. Funeral services are being held in sacramento where the deputy lived. Lets check your weather this morning. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Todays forecast will be pretty much like yesterday after the morning clouds clear well get some afternoon sunshine. And still some comfortable weather. In the south bay a high of 84 degrees. Lots of sunshine, 78 in the peninsula. 77 in the east bay. And our highs reaching into the mid80s in the trivalley as well as the north bay. San francisco you can expect a high of 69 degrees. Overall some very pleasant weather today and heading into the weekend. Lets get a look at traffic now with mike. All right. Well, start on the peninsula, kari. Southbound 101 folks look at this group of motorcycles theyre slowing down because of this group of cars, two of them, one hit the other, just minutes ago right in front of the camera southbound 101 slows just past university. Clears by the time you hit the embarcadero offramp. 880 northbound traffic jammed up past the coliseum. North of high street at 23rd reports of a crash clearing from lanes this is the latest slowdown just packing up now. And southbound 101 still slow through san rafael. Earlier crash has cleared south of 37. Theres the jam. Back to you. All right, mike. I know that person cant hear me, but dont get out of your car on the highway. More local news in half an hour. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Imagine tt, a song i like. Its by mr. Wise. Its thirsty thursday. It is august 20th. Its all winding down. We have a great show. As we do on thursdays, we have our ambush makeovers. 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