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Warned to get out. Firefighters are dealing with extreme heat and whipping winds. Were live on the scene. New York City Police detective caught on camera mishandling a nurse when she refused to draw blood from a patient has been paid on administrative leave while the department investigate. As the police chief and the mayor apologize to the nrs for what she went through. Plus figure skater gracie gold announces she is taking a break from skating a month before the olympics. Serena williams gives birth and Venus Williams puts a ball boys future at risk with a hard strike to the nbc today starts now. Announcer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Kristen Welker who is in for sheinelle. First of all, congratulations to Serena Williams and good luck to the ball boy. Well have more i thought we would be talking about serena. But venus seemed to take the headline this morning. Hard to believe it was a week ago today we were sitting here talking about this hurricane named harvey that had just made landfall. It has been a busy week and it is another busy day, we have lots to get to this morning. Lets get you caught up on the latest in the aftermath of harvey. The death toll has risen. Officials now saying at least 41 people died since harvey hit. President trump will see the devastation firsthand today, he is planning to visit houston and lake charles, louisiana. Overnight, the president asked congress for nearly 7. 9 billion in federal funding for texas, though damage estimates have been well over 100 billion. Congress is expected to approve his request quickly. Lots to get to this morning. Lets begin with nbcs Miguel Almaguer in bridge city, texas. Whats the latest there, miguel . Floodwaters have not receded everywhere. As a matter of fact on friday overnight they were still making rescues and when the sun comes up, theyll likely do it all over again, and water isnt the only problem. Late friday, plumes of black smoke rose over the arkema Chemical Plant outside houston. At least four explosions with more likely to come. The remaining six trailers in a more remote location of the plant. We fully expect the same thing to happen with those containers. Thousands of evacuees told to stay away. Smoke could be toxic, the air dangerous. Meanwhile, in east texas, a flood of misery. Desperation is growing. In cities like beaumont, many are wading to safety. Running out of time to find dry ground. Its all the way up to my roof now. My whole neighborhood is flooded out. In a city that was surrounded by water theres no safe drinking water. Thousands in line for hours waiting for basic necessities. We got a few supplies. How desperate is the situation for so many people. Desperate, im a diabetic, i take insulin four times a day and i got to have water. Where the water is receding, the lasting destruction is revealed. 100,000 homes damaged across the region. The flood here may be gone, but the mud and debris is everywhere. I just feel like you know, we had this wonderful neighborhood, how are we all going to how are we all going to rebuild . President trump is expected in houston later today. This is what hell see. A cleanup that will take months. Costing in the billions, and an impact deeper than the murky waters so many have seen. There are a lot of things that are in that water. And so as people are now coming back home and theyve been exposed to those waters what were asking them to do is really wash up. At the Islamic Center in houston, during a holy holiday, a helping hand for neighbors. Communities coming together when so many need so much. With clear skies in the forecast, the water will slowly recede, but it could take days, if not weeks for some to return home. In a sign of normalcy, the astros will play their first game at home since the storm in houston later today. Kristen, back to you. Miguel, ill take it, thank you so much. Hundreds of First Responders who rushed out to help after harvey hit are only just now getting their first look at the damage the storm did that their own homes. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has more on that angle. Good morning, gabe. Cyrystal palaceystcyst, kris. A week after harvey made landfall, First Responders are stretched to their limit, the magnitude of this disaster hitting home. When harvey roared through they sprang into action. We have a lot of people that are asking for help. Police officers, firefighters, the national guard, First Responders, on the front lines of a catastrophe. Did you expect it to be this bad . No. Houston Police Officer Tim Whittaker has been working nonstop since harvey hit. Two years old, all gone. Now volunteers are helping clean his house, ravaged by three feet of water. Has it sunk in yet for you . No. Absolutely not. And i dont think it will for any of the First Responders, until theyre able to get back to an eighthour shift. More than 300 houston Police Officers are displaced. So are at least 125 firefighters. Many more outside the city. Being out there and seeing the devastation and destruction and catastrophe thats happened, is very difficult to process. The long hours keeping this hpd officer away from home. So his young daughter had to wish him a happy birthday by phone. Sacrifice, part of the job. When you come to work, you have a duty to serve the citizens around you and really, you have to put them first. Rob hyatt was working a 24hour shift when harvey showed up. You know you did everything you could. But at the same time you feel like, maybe you could have done more. Dana brown and her husband, lance are, both houston firefighters. Rushing water stranded them in their home for days. We felt like we should be out there, we should be assisting others. But we were stuck. This morning, they and so many other First Responders are grateful for the nations support. As a first responder, it is humbling to ask for help. Because we usually give the help. Cops and firefighters have been arriving from around the country to offer relief, locally unions are providing financial help and collecting donations. And theyre also mourning the loss of hpd Sergeant Steve perez, who drowned on his way to work. Kristen, most people run from disaster, these people run towards it. Indeed, gabe, thank you for that report. Amazing the way the First Responders, but really the entire community has come together down there. Always, weve seen so many images of strangers helping strangers, neighbors pitching in. So many boats down in texas, so many people taking the boats out to rescue folks. You spent some time down there. Were going to get your thoughts on what you saw firsthand in a moment. But were looking at another hurricane . There is the possibility. Its still a week away. A lot is going to change. Were still dealing with the remnants of harvey. And take a look at what it did in ashland city, tennessee, the cumberland river, the boat came off its dock, took the dock with it. Went under this overpass. You can see the Rushing Water takes everything with it and nothing can stop it. So thats just small example of some of the destruction that were even seeing as far north as tennessee and even up into kentucky. The storm itself is weakening, theres not a lot of rain left with it we will see pockets of heavier rain down near washington, d. C. And into philadelphia today as the remnants continue to make their way to the northeast. Pittsburgh will see rain as well. For new england, the new york city, i think most of the rain will hold off until overnight. Well see a round of heavy rain and on sunday most of the heaviest rain will be across northern new england. Thats it with harvey. Now lets talk about irma it weakened down to a category 2 hurricane, only because it ran into cooler water. Watch what happens as it runs into a much more favorable environment for strengthening. Its forecast to become a major hurricane by sunday morning and possibly strength noon a category 4 storm. You can see it taking this path. This is where the big forecasting question comes into play. We have an area of high pressure. If this remains weak, it will allow the storm to curve around it, no threat to the United States next weekend. Theres a possibility the ridge could build, it could be more intense and it will steer the storm farther south. Possibly hitting somewhere in the southeastern part of the United States. Were still looking at this storm a week away. A lot is going to change. But i just want to point out its out there, its strong and theres a chance it could impact the United States. Okay. And we know you continue to track it all right, dylan. Meantime as mentioned, President Trump is headed back to texas today. Hell head to houston to survey the damage there. But this isnt the only storm hes dealing with this weekend. Hes just days away from announcing a decision that could force nearly one million young Illegal Immigrants out of the country. Nbcs Garrett Haake is at the white house with more. A lottor work to be done at the white house this weekend on both of those issues, beginning when the president returns to texas this morning, with a message of support both emotional and financial. Every american heart is with the people of texas and louisiana. President trump now promising more federal relief to floodstricken gulf coast communities. Were working on emergency funding. Were doing everything we can and were working very well with the governor. Who has done a terrific job. Last night the administration sent a letter to Congress Asking for a down payment of 7. 85 billion towards rebuilding the region. Most of that money going to fema. That request, likely to receive broad bipartisan support from congress. While another pending decision by the president has many lawmakers pushing back. The white house says they will announce on tuesday the fate of some 780,000 socalled dreamers. Theyre young immigrants like houston paramedic jesus contreras, brought here illegally by their parents, now working or going to school, while protected from deportation by an Obama Administration program known as daca. Were on the ground helping people back up and were getting our butts handed to us by people you know, upstairs and in the white house. And the president. And its just such a horrible time. Facing a threatened lawsuit by nine states wanting to end daca, the president must decide to keep or cancel the program by tuesday. Dreamers be worried . We love the dreamers. We love everybody. But a growing number of members of congress, including some Top Republicans say they should be making decisions about daca and immigration policy, not the president. I think the president as well has mentioned that he wants to have a humane solution to this problem. And i think thats something that we in congress are working on and need to deliver on. Kristen, the president may be adding a little of his own money to the Hurricane Harvey relief fund. The president has pledged to donate 1 million to charities working in the region. But so far, no word from the white house on which charities could receive that money or whether it would come from the president s own pocket or that of his foundation. Kristen . Garrett, thank you. The political winds may have shifted as well in the wake of harvey. Now to breaking news overnight. Firefighters out west are battling a growing wildfire thats threatening dozens of homes. Even forcing some neighborhoods to be evacuated. Nbcs steve patternson is on the scene for us in los angeles. Steve, whats the word . Hey, craig, good morning from one of those neighborhoods in burbank where its an eerie sight here. The homes are dark, yet the neighborhood is bright from the flames in the hillside behind me. Now pushing up against those homes. This socalled Latuna Canyon fire exploded overnight, charring 2,000 acres in this area, leading to the mandatory evacuation of 200 homes and crews have been engaged in a nighttime battle, using nighttime technology, night vision to try to douse and contain some of those flames. But its been rough going. It started in earnest on friday afternoon, alongside the 210 freeway, a simple brush fire. But because of the strong winds, it blew some of the embers over the fire, creating almost a tunnel of flames until crews were forced to shut down the highway. Theres about 260 firefighters on the front lines of this thing. Right now battling back yet. Its only about 10 contained at this point. And with strong winds, with dry conditions. With high temperatures, theres no sign of it slowing down at this point. Craig . Steve patterson for us in los angeles this morning. Thank you. Taking a look at other headlines now. A Salt Lake City Police Officer has been placed on paid leave after a disturbing incident caught on one officers body camera. It shows Detective Jeff Payne dragging a nurse from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient. He was a truck driver who had been hit by another driver fleeing police. The nurse says she was simply following hospital protocol by protecting the rights of the patient. The citys mayor and police chief have apologized. Just moments before the 2018 winter olympics, a surprise announcement from one of team usas brightest young stars. Gracie gold says shes stepping away from figure skating for now. Nbcs Morgan Radford has more. Twotime National Champion gracie gold one of the biggest names in figure skating. Known for her signature jumps, triple lutz. And a smile fit for the silver screen. Shocked fans friday when she announced shes taking a break from the rink, just five months before the olympics. In a statement to nbc news, she says, recent struggles on and off the ice, i realized i need to seek some professional help and will be taking some time off. Although gold didnt say why she was leaving, insiders have noticed a sharp decline in her performance in recent months. She doesnt look like she wants to be out there. Here she is last october, wobbly and uncertain. Falling several times on the ice. She needs to find gracie gold. When we caught up with her this year, she had moved from los angeles to detroit. Said switching coaches had taken its toll. It was the perfect storm. All of these Little Things kept adding up. Golds announcement comes four days after 1yearold russian gold medallist julia metskaya, said she was leaving the sport. Posting on social media. Do i have to weigh 82 pounds for rest of my life for you to be pape haep . A lot of olympic athletes have talked about the pressure and the expectations and feeling as if theres nothing outside of your life besides this singleminded pursuit. Gold has pulled out of next months competition in japan. But says she plans to compete again late they are year. The 2018 olympic team wont be decided until january. Her spot hanging in the balance. For today, Morgan Radford, nbc news, new york. We hope she gets back on the ice soon. We want to say a big congratulations to Serena Williams, who has given birth to a baby girl on friday. Her sister venus confirmed the birth moments before heading onto the u. S. Open court, and her fiance, reddit cofounder have yet to reveal a name. Williams said she hopes to defend her Australian Open title four months from now. The 35yearold is one victory away from tying margaret courts record of 24 grand slam singles title. Back on the court, her sister venus got attention for a very different reason. Check this out, she smashed a serve that caught an unlucky ball boy, in a place that guys definitely do not want to get caught. Venus, shes got serves up to 130 miles per hour. So that thing was coming fast. The ball boy . Look at him there, managing to keep his cool. Despite the obvious pain. Venus williams, won that match in straight sets and you can see, he leans his head back and starts to bargain with god. He will not forget that match. It was written all over his face. If he talked, his voice would be a few okctaves higher. Were going to see the heat continue out west and the red flag danger, because of the dry conditions, any fires cou and we remain under a microclimate weather alert. Take a look at the current temperatures. 75 degrees right now in san jose. Equally hot in San Francisco at about 75 degrees and we are expected to remain under an excessive heat warning for the highlighted areas at least until monday at 9 00 p. M. We can expect to hit tripledigit heat yet again today for the majority of the bay area. Ing. Still ahead this morning, the incredible story of a group of doctors who would not let anything, including Hurricane Harvey stop them from treating their patients. Plus a wedding entrance gone horribly wrong. Well show you how it winds up. Plus other caughtoncamera moments from the week on the download. But first this is today on nbc. Wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Were back on a saturday morning with the download. This is our look back at the week that was. Thats right. It was a busy week, indeed. North korea fired another Ballistic Missile. And princess di was remembered 20 years after her death. It was the aftermath of harvey that really dominated the headlines. A heartbreaking week in texas as Hurricane Harvey unleashed relentless flooding. Weve got a baby here. Got a baby. Reporter rescue teams battling the elements. Overnight, the dramatic flood rescue caught on surveillance camera. The victim desperately clinging to the back of a car. A rescue boat fighting the fastmoving current to bring them to safety. Heartbreaking stories of loss, as well. A family of six was killed as they attempted to escape rising waters. Search crews discovering the submerged van that belonged to the saldivar family. Theyd been missing for days after floodwaters swept an elderly couple and their Great Grandkids off a bridge. Debbie, dominic, xavier, and daisy, just 6 years old, gone. Our worst fears have been realized. Mega Church Pastor joel osteen faced backlash on social media for refusing at first to let storm victims take refuge in his church. Joel osteens Lakewood Church is open for business. Do you need a towel . Taking in harvey evacuees and truckloads of donations after facing a storm of criticism. We were waiting for the right time. Really lakewood is always open. We just didnt necessarily have staff here the night that it flooded out here. North korea rattling nerves worldwide after firing a Ballistic Missile over japan. North korea fired its latest missile at daybreak. It flew nearly 1,700 miles, provocatively right over northern japan. Kim jonguns provocation prompting an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council. I think enough is enough. Mourners marked the 20th anniversary of princess dianas death after a car crash in paris. Overnight a candlelight vigil for the peoples princess. She had a way of connecting with people. In the rain, dianas boys, william and harry, retraced their steps of 20 years ago to see the flowers left in memory of their mother. Surprising video caught on camera this week. A woman fell through the floor in a chinese subway station. She vanishes down that hole. But a fellow passenger was able to reach down and get hold of her. Others came over to help him. A new york city bus rolled away after its driver didnt see the emergency brake. He was injured trying to stop it. And a wedding entrance gone wrong. The best man was feeling good and moving to the music before getting into the position for the maid of honors great entrance. Takes off running toward him and my gosh down they go. Only their pride was injured. And finally, a payitforward moment from a woman in omaha who decided to offer up her used Wedding Dress for free to other brides on a budget. So many women responded, donetta asked them to pass it along. All told, about a dozen women are in line to wear that gown. I think the maid of honor gets the best video. Its just so unfortunate. They were on the sidewalk and not the grass. Thats true. And all was going well until the groomsman decided he was going to be a hero yeah turned around and they practiced that many times. Messed up i tell you what else im betting on that they werent completely sober. They may have taken a little preshot before walking down that aisle. Still ahead here on today this morning, we will go behind the scenes with sean mendez as he headlines the reboot of mtvs classic unplugged series. Its coming back. Plus, keeping your kids safe as they head back to school. Jeff rossen has tips you need to know. And what do you do when your father follows you to your first day of college . Along vianey arana with a look at your microclimate it is 5 26 on your saturday morning and a scorcher out there. Good morning to you. Vianey has a look at our microclimate forecast. We awill remain under this microclimate weather alert. Take a look at these current temperatures right now. 60s are your water temperatures and look at inland, even along the coast, San Francisco right now is already at 75 degrees and as you may have already heard by now, yesterday, San Francisco did manage to hit a high of 106, so if you had tried to escape to the coastline to get away from the heat, well, todays not going to be much better. Were also expecting to hit the tripledigit mark for San Francisco today, which is why that excessive heat warning does remain in effect for all of the highlighted area, so basically the entire bay area. Highs can go anywhere between 100 to possibly 115, and then of course we can expect to see triple digits yet again for the south bay. Expect to hit a high of 106 today and san jose with the hotter spots being in the east bay and ill break down exactly how long this heat will last and well talk about rain chances headed into monday. Well stay tuned at 7 00 for that, vianey. Thanks. This extreme heat is affecting everything this weekend, even transit. B. A. R. T. Is slowing down trains as a precaution because the intense heat can create problems in the tracks like causing them to expand and move. Riders should expect about 10 to 20minute delays. Caltrain also is slowing down trains. It seems as if no bay area city can escape these record temperatures, even San Francisco as vianey was just saying, a recordsetting 106 degrees had people escaping their hot homes and going to air conditioned restaurants and businesses yesterday. Others headed out to ocean beach yesterday afternoon to cool off. Too hot. I love it. Were out at the beach, im taking a walk, but tonight, oh my god, what are you going to do. Take a cold shower, try to go to sleep. San Francisco Police hosted an event called chinatown night out. New recruits braved hot barbecues to feed the crowds and the red cross was there handing out heatrelated safety tips, reminding people to drink water. While many were trying to escape the heat, we found others playing in it. Many schools and teams had games yesterday but they did take precautions. The varsity Football Game in san jose went off as planned. However, coaches did make sure there were more water breaks than usual for the players. At stanford, the womens soccer team kicked off at 4 00 when it was 106 degrees. There was, however, a brief stoppage to rehydrate. Several schools cancelled games altogether or shifted the start times due to the extreme heat. Wow. Well, coming up this morning on today in the bay, a lot of olympic gold hitting the south bay this weekend. Well tell you about an event thats bringing many olympians together at the shark tank in san jose and a lot of us would like to be at the shark tank in san jose this weekend to cool off. We hope youre able to stay cool. We hope youll join us at 7 00. All your top stories and weather coming up at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. Were back on this saturday, september 2nd, 2017. Hard to believe it is already september. Look there at the brain trust that is the control room. There it is. They all laugh. Heres a look at whats making headlines this saturday morning President Trump heading back to texas and louisiana today to see the damage from harvey firsthand. He will also be meeting with residents who are dealing with the catastrophic flooding. He has asked for nearly 8 billion in initial federal aid. Meanwhile, billionaire michael dell, the founder of dell technologies, is pledging some 36 million of his own money to go toward relief efforts. A wildfire is raging in los angeles this morning. At least 2,000 acres have already burned. Firefighters only have about 10 of the fire under control. Residents in the area are being told to leave their homes. The billowing smoke can be seen down the highway. And a judge in pennsylvania has thrown out the most serious charges against more than a dozen Fraternity Members at penn state. 14 of the men will stand trial in the hazing death of 19yearold timothy piazza, a pledge who died after a party at the frat house. The judge tossed out Involuntary Manslaughter and aggravated assault charges. Also this morning, weve seen and heard so many stories of heroism this week in the face of harvey. This morning, one more. A group of medical professionals braving the elements to make sure a man who needed a lifesaving Cancer Treatment got the help he needed. Medical correspondent dr. John torres is here with more on that. Great to see you, dr. John. Good morning. Harveys relentless rains started on saturday. By sunday, nearly two feet had fallen, making roads impossible. For one patient at m. D. Anderson Cancer Center who needed Critical Care on monday, his doctors would stop at nothing to make sure he got it. When harvey made its way to houston last weekend, the worldrenowned m. D. Anderson Cancer Center was quickly surrounded by water. Dr. Karen liu had to make a heartbreaking decision to shut down some of the hospitals lifesaving services. Ive been here for 18 years, and this is the worst that its been. I was scared on sunday. The water was high. Reporter this team had an even greater fear their patient was in the hospital while they were all stranded at home. We knew that the gyp fusion had to happen infusion had to happen on monday. Reporter john cormiers life and treatment couldnt wait. Did you think it would happen . No, of course i didnt. If we didnt make this window, we would have to start over from the beginning. Reporter john has advanced melanoma. The team had developed a precision drug to attack his tumors, but it needed to be given at a very specific time. The very same time the hurricane hit. Theres no doover here. You have to do it when you have to do it for optimum results. Reporter in a race against the clock, each team member braved the hurricane and headed to the hospital. I was sitting in this room watching the water rise. At one point, water started coming into the building. The main street in the front had probably about five feet of water. It was almost like impossible that anybody could get here. Reporter the only way for dr. Abdid to get there was to walk three miles through flooded streets. It was just a lot of pressure not knowing exactly how it would turn out. Reporter one by one, they got there just in time to give john his infusion. I feel great. And im ready for my healing. Reporter johns road to recovery is a long one. His team has already shown him theyre true to their word. One thing we promise and we think we can deliver you will never walk along. This journey, cancer, i promise you will never walk along. All right. Thanks. The impressive thing, all these doctors, the medical staff, they have their own issues in their own houses in their neighborhoods. It was never a question of whether they were going to come in. It was just how they were going to come in. Walk through water, walk around whatever they had to do, they were going to make sure their patients got their treatments. Bravery and selflessness my older brother get his Cancer Treatment there at m. D. Anderson. Those doctors, nurses, the researchers there in addition to doing gods work thats like a regular tuesday for them. It is. No matter what, they are there. They hunkered down, they stayed through the storm. They had preparations. They were good to go. Theyre opening fully on tuesday. Incredible. Thanks for that. Gods work, indeed. Yeah. Dylan dreyer has another check of the forecast. Crazy heat out west. So hot. San francisco hit their alltime highest temperature ever 106 degrees yesterday. We have 100s, even 90s through southern california. Theres that 106 in San Francisco. Santa rosa, 110. Read regular, 112. Reading, 112. We have record highs across california. Excessive heat warnings and ad sideseries washington through oregon in through california. Southern california will start to cool off a bit as we go into tomorrow. Today, temperatures are still running about 10 to 20 degrees above average. Portland, 97 degrees. Boise, 98. Las vegas, 104 degrees, just about three degrees above average. 101 on sunday in boise. Salem, oregon, 99 degrees. Thats 19 degrees above average. It is going to stay very hot through the middle of the week. Even when we do cool off in portland, its still 93 on wednesday. Not only is it hot, its dry and breezy. We have high fire danger across oregon, through montana, and of course california where the and as dylan mentioned, we do remain under that heat warning and were expected to remaining under that heat warning at least through monday. Current temperatures right now in the 70s already at this hour, 75 degrees for san jose and some of the warmer spots inland even at about 77 degrees right now. We can expect to see another day of tripledigit heat which is why i want to quick reminder that heat warning will remain in effect until about 9 00 p. M. On monday. Take a look at highs for today, high of about 106 for san jose. Thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. 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Today National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen has some important tips to keep your kids safe this school year. Reporter hey, guys, good morning. Its backtoschool time, and we have you covered. Everything from your kids safety to their health. It turns out many of us parents are making common mistakes every day when we pack our kids lunches to how we pack their backpacks to teaching our kids how to handle an emergency when theyre walking to and from school. This morning, gather the whole family around the tv because were going to get you prepared. Your kids are heading back to class. And you know what that means heavy backpacks. Your backpack weighs 16 pounds. Its just because i have all my books in there. Reporter sugary snacks. More than 50 grams of sugar in this. Reporter think your child knows important basic Safety Information . Whats your moms phone number . I dont know. Reporter dont worry its the rossen reports backtoschool checklist. Step right up. Were covering it all. First up, those big backpacks. More books in them causing more injuries. Neck, back, shoulders, knees even. 14,000 injuries a year. Thats almost 80 for every single schoolday. Reporter experts say backpacks should be no more than 10 to 15 of your childs body weight. For a 50pound kid, thats no more than 7. 5 pounds. Just look at these numbers. What do you think this weighs . I dont know. Reporter you dont know . Neither do i. 16 pounds. Kid after kid 19 pounds. Does that feel heavy on you . Yeah. Reporter most of them hauling around too much weight. 20 pounds on your back. Its these textbooks. Theres another textbook, two binders hold on, another binder. You have to take all this home every day, or can you leave some at school . I just want to be prepared. Reporter one of the things weighing them down their lunchbox. Experts say whats in there could be hurting them, too. Hi, guys. Hi reporter i want you to grab your lunchboxes and put them on this table for me. Doctors say children should have less than 25 grams of added sugar per day. Weve opened the lunchboxes. Dont worry, were not saying whose is whose. 24 grams of sugar. Almost everything that you need in one meal. This one, 19. This juice, 16 grams of sugar. This one lunchbox has more than 50 grams with all of this food in it. Reporter thats double the entire days intake right here in this lunchbox. Exactly. Reporter are you seeing anything you like . I did find a good one. I love this one because weve got a burrito in here thats homemade. Apples. Weve got peppers. Weve got fruit and nuts. We have water. And we even have a little treat. Reporter a little piece of chocolate. A little bit. Thats fine. Reporter the biggest lesson of the day something kids could need walking to and from school. Their parents Emergency Contact information. Wye found a few kids we found a few kids who know it. Whats your home phone number . 301 [ bell ] reporter she right, mom . Shes right. Reporter you nailed it. Most dont. Whats your home found number . Um, i dont know. Reporter you dont know . Thats okay. Mom will remind you later, okay . You know mommys phone number . I dont know. Reporter for all of us parents, an important wakeup call. This is a good reminder that i have to teach him the phone numbers and the Emergency Contact information. Thank you for reminding everybody in america. Reporter and one more tip on the backpacks. Its not just about how heavy the backpack is, its about how your child is wearing it. This is cammi, our child volunteer. Turn over this way. Most kids, youll see them walking around. The backpack is so low. This is way too low. The top shouldnt be below the shoulders, and the bottom shouldnt be more than two inches below the waist. Im going to pick this up and tighten that like that. Im going to tighten this one like this. And this is how your child and how cammi is going to wear it now. Say bye, hope it helps. Good info. You taking notes . I was. Two little ones . Yeah. My son starting this week actually. Thats exciting. Dylan dreyer, what you got over in the orange room there . Guys, is it a nightmare or a supersweet moment . The dad who decided to go to his daughters first day of college. This is a great one after these messages. Its time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed, plus 36 month financing. Ends monday when you make a pb j with smuckers, thats the difference between ordinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. Because with a name like smuckers, it has to be good. And exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. Youre lucky your backyard theis in the back. 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Most of us have been embarrassed by our parents at one point in our lives. This morning, one dad is going viral for how he made his daughter cringe. Dylan is in the orange room with more on what this dad did. You know, it happens best to of us. Heres the story a dad from houston was helping his daughter move into the new school here in new york city. He and his wife got stuck because they couldnt book a flight home due to the storm. Whats a guy to do . He also happens to be a professor and decides that while his daughter is stranded here in school, he goes with her. And of course, he takes a selfie in his class. He sent it to the familys group text. His daughter pleading for mom to come get him. Hes not done yet because he introduced himself to the class and got himself a syllabus. His son shared the group text with the world. Thats when it went viral. So people are praising him. One guy write, making the best of any situation dadstyle. A fellow student commiserating with literally the same, my mom was supposed to leave, but she can cant. Dad grabbed the attention of the president of the new school who writes, despite circumstances for his stay, we are happy to have your dad engaging in our curriculum. Would love to take him for coffee. It just keeps Getting Better. All from this picture. I love it. I love it. Youve heard of helicopter moms . Thats a helicopter dad. Helicopter dad. And hes bored. I would probably do the same thing. Thank you. Speaking of school, some of the most Unusual College Classes out there or are they . The age of Music Festivals, amazing world of bubbles. Well take a look at whats real and whats not. First, this is today on nbc. [ cheers ] a week ago right now we were waking up to Hurricane Harvey, then a categoryfour storm, slamming the texas coastline. You were there to witness it firsthand. I was. If you can believe it, this was the first time i covered a major hurricane in the field. It is a experience i will certainly never forget. We want to take a look back at the week that was. Your life is in potential danger. As they say, get out of dodge. This is a categorytwo hurricane. Devastating flooding. Conditions will continue to deteriorate over the next several hours. I was crying i office my knees praying i was on my knees praying that we would make it. In rockport, this is where harvey slammed into texas for a second time. Winds clocked at 125 miles per hour. The rain thats still coming down will continue for days. Our town. Destroyed. And it hurts. We are in wharton, texas, now. And the rain is really starting to come down. Weve got a baby here. Got a baby. [ cheers ] it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. Today most of the rain has been falling across beaumont, texas, which has record good a foot of rain. Every single body of water around us is at capacity and overflowing. Thought yall were going to pass us up because another helicopter passed us up. We were so happy. Like god handed us our prayers. We will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuilds bigger and better than ever before. [ applause ] hard to imagine so much has happened the past seven days. From a meteorological perspective, we know this storm was different in so many ways. Yeah. What made it so unique . There are so many elements that made it so unique. Fireman, this was the remnants first of all, this was the remnants of harvey at one point and then rapidly developed into a major hurricane. Its the first time a storm has ever made two landfalls in texas. The second landfall was when it was still a categorythree fo storm. 52 inches of rain, thats the most amount of rain that has ever fallen in the United States during a tropical system. That was in hawaii in 1950. We picked up 51. 88 inches of rain out of this storm system. In just a handful of days, too. You saw so much while you were there, dylan. From the floodwaters to the people helping people. What surprised you the most when you were there . I think a lot of people said this we focus so much on the flooding, but it was also the wind damage in areas like rockport. There were places just destroyed. There was a time when i was just trying to walk one place, from point a to point b, walking in the rain by myself. Somebody pulls up and says, can i give you a ride . Im not even someone needing help, and there were people offering help. I think thats what was so reassuring about being on the ground. Did you ever feel unsafe at any point . I was also with a really amazing crew. We caravanned together. We all kept each other safe. Lots more. Back after these messages. Coney island has been around for a long, long time. Reminds me of how geico has been saving people money for over 75 years. Hey, big guy come on in let me guess your weight win a prize sure, why not. 12 ounces sorry, mate. 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Right now, were forecasting about 98 and 99 but there is that chance that it could peak at about 100 degrees once again. Current temperatures right now in the south bay, were in the 70s, and take a look at some of those coastline temperatures. Usually we tell you guys to head over to the coast to kind of cool off from the heat, but today, its going to be another hot day along the coast. Im definitely going to call it great beach weather. I have a feeling a lot of folks are going to be in the water again. Excessive heat warning is expected to be in effect until 9 00 p. M. On monday. Take a look at some highs yet again in the south bay, tripledigit heat, 109 in morgan hill and 110 in gilroy. Well have a breakdown of that and yes were talking about those rain chances for monday and ill have that at 7 00. Some relief, hopefully. Well, this extreme heat is affecting everything this weekend, even Public Transit so youre told to be prepared for delays. B. A. R. T. Is slowing down trains as a precaution because the intense heat can create problems on the track like causing them to expand and move. Riders should expect about 10 to 20minute delays. Caltrain is also slowing down trains possibly into the south bay. It seems as if now bay area city can escape these record temperatures. Even San Francisco, a recordsetting 106 degrees had people escaping their hot homes and going to airconditioned restaurants and businesses. People even went out to ocean beach to cool off. Too hot. I love it, were out at the beach, im taking a walk, but tonight, oh my god, what are you going to do, take a cold shower, try and go to sleep. San Francisco Police hosted an event called chinatown night out. New recruits had to brave their hot barbecues to feed the crowds. The red crass was there handing out heatrelated safety tips, urging people to drink water. While many were trying to escape this heat, we found others who were playing in it. Many schools and teams still held their games yesterday but they did take precautions to avoid heatrelated injuries. The varsity Football Game in san jose went off as planned. Coaches made sure there were more water breaks than usual. At stanford, the womens soccer team kicked off at 4 00 when it was around 106 degrees, go, ladies. There was a brief stop to rehydrate. Several schools cancelled their games altogether or just changed at the start time because of this extreme heat. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, a lot of olympic gold hitting the south bay this weekend. Well tell you about an event thats bringing many olympians together. Theyll be at the shark tank in san jose and if you want to escape the heat, you might want to be there too. Well have that plus all your top stories and weather. The allimportant forecast coming up at 7 00. We hope youll join us. Right now, back to the today show. Good morning. Growing despair. First responders still rescuing people trapped by rising floodwaters in texas as residents start returning to homes destroyed by harvey. Flames outside of houston, and another hurricane could be taking aim at the u. S. Next week. Were live with all of it. Breaking overnight raging wildfire. Mandatory Evacuations Ordered as a fastmoving inferno consumes nearly 2,000 acres in los angeles. Firefighters jump into action as they deal with record heat and high winds. And the return of unplugged. Baby theres Nothing Holding me back mtvs iconic series made popular in the 90s is back for a new generation. Shawn mendes is kicking things off for the music network, and we have a behindthescenes look today, saturday, september 2nd, 2017. [ cheers and applause ] and a good saturday morning. Welcome back to today. What a solid crowd we have here. Great labor day crowd great to have them here. You know its football season when you see the signs go, steelers. Go, patriots. Go, eagles. I like go, patriots, the best. Craig melvin with Kristen Welker in for sheinelle. Dylan dreyer, of course, here, as well. Fall is here, too. I know. September came in like, all right, im going to be fall now. Right on cue. Weve got a lot of barbecuing before it gets too chilly. Well be talking about that a little bit later. Yeah. A lot to get to this hour. Lets begin with todays news. Reporter im Miguel Almaguer in bridge city. Across texas the death toll from harvey now stands at 41 and will likely rise. While the floodwaters have not subsided everywhere, the rescues continued overnight on friday. Water isnt the only problem. Late friday plumes of black smoke rose over the arkema Chemical Plant outside houston. At least four explosions with more likely to come. The remaining six trailers are in a more remote location of the plant. We fully expect the same thing to happen with those containers. Reporter thousands of evacuees told to stay away. The smoke could be toxic, the air dangerous. Meanwhile, in east sterks a flood of misery texas, a flood of misery. Desperation is growing. In cities like beaumont, many are wading to safety, running out of time to find dry ground. Probably all the way up to my roof now. My whole neighborhood is flooded out. Reporter in a city that was surrounded by water, theres no safe drinking water. Thousands in line for hours waiting for basic necessities. Got water, a few supplies. Reporter how desperate is the situation for people . Yes because im a diabetic and take insulin four times a day. Ive got to have water. Reporter where the water is receding, the lasting destruction is revealed. 100,000 homes damaged across the region. The flood here may be gone, but the mud and debris is everywhere. I keep thinking about like like what i could have saved, i could have taken more stuff up. Reporter President Trump is expected in houston later today. This is what hell see a cleanup that will take months, costing in the billions, and an impact deeper than the murky waters so many have seen. It could take days if not weeks for some people to return home. Tonight so many are looking forward to the houston astros. They are playing their first first home game today since the storm hit. Back to you guys. Lifes starting to get back to some semblance of normalcy in texas. Thank you. And dylan, the rain has stopped, as we can see, in texas, but thats not the end of the story for harvey were still dealing with the remnants of harvey. They will make their way into the northeast today. It moved through tennessee yesterday. Starting to clear out there. They picked up several inches of rain. Look at what the flooding did it knocked this boat and its dock right down into the river underneath the overpass which just took off the top of that boat. No one was injured as the boat was empty. Still, a scary sight driving over the bridge and seeing whats happening. Theres nothing you can do to withstand the power of that Rushing Water. We do still have rain with harvey. Again, here it is, moving into the philadelphia area, down near washington, d. C. , into southern new jersey. Thats going to be the trend today. This will ton move to the north. It is going to bring the rain into the new york city area overnight. And eventually inin up into n england into saturday, the heavier rain in new england all day long on sunday, but then thats it. The storm will move away. Were finally done with harvey. Here is erma. This is the next storm were talking about. It is a powerful storm. Its downgraded to a categorytwo hurricane. It moved into cooler water. It is going to move into a more favorable environment. Its forecast to strengthen into a category three, then even a categoryfour hurricane. Major hurricane by wednesday with winds up to 130 miles per hour. Now, there are some steeringing currents. If it maintains this weaker steering current, this area of high pressure, this will curve the storm up and out to sea. No threat to the United States. However, if the storm pushes if this steering current is a little stronger and pushes this whole storm to the south, theres the possibility it could aim itself toward florida or somewhere along the southeast coast. There are still a lot of details to iron out with the storm. Its still a week away. This is something well talk about into next weekend. We are looking at least for the possibility of something out in the tropics to keep a very, very close eye. Guys . All right. Thanks, dylan. Some breaking news overnight out west where a wildfire near los angeles is burning out of control forcesing dozens of people forcing dozens of people out of their homes. We have the latest on that. Steve, what are you seeing . Reporter its like the perfect cocktail of conditions to fuel this fire now hot, dry, and windy. You can see the fire burning in the hillside behind me. You probably cant tell, but there are houses lining that hillside, and its getting dangerously close to those houses at this point. The socalled La Tuna Canyon fire exploded overnight, leading to the mandatory evacuations of about 200 homes 3ding to a dangerous fight overnight with leading to a dangerous fight overnight with crews using nightvision technogy to pinpoint and douse flames in key locations. Its bee tough for them trying to get ahold of this scene. Meanwhile, this fire sparked friday afternoon about 1 00 alongside the 210 freeway. It was just a small brush fire, and then the powerful winds picked up the embers, tumbled them across the highway, and turned it almost into a tunnel of flames until crews finally had to shut down the highway. About 260 firefighters battling this fire on the front lines right now. Only about 10 contained. The good news now, no injuries reported, and firefighters are having to go house to house to house in areas that are evacuated to make sure nobodys in there. This remains a very dangerous situation and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Craig . Steve patterson for us in l. A. Thank you. Now well look at some other headlines making news this morning. U. S. Officials say that a suspected covert sound attack on u. S. Embassy staff in cuba was reported as recently as last month. It was originally thought these incidents ended months ago. The new reports now bring the total number of people who have complained about not feeling well to 19. Some of the victims suffering from mild brain injuries and permanent hearing loss. Cuba has denied any involvement in the attacks. An investigation is underway. Tragedy at an air show near moscow caught on camera. Check this out. A small plane trying to make a left turn plunges to the ground instead, exploding into a ball of fire right in front of spectators. Police say the two pilots were killed in the crash. No one on the ground was hurt. An investigation is underway. And a recordsetting astronaut, peggy whitson, is heading home. Shell touch down tonight in kazakhstan after spending 9. 5 months in orbit aboard the International Space station. Being up in space for so long, whitson has witnessed many cosmic events including the recent solar eclipse. Pretty incredible. Having spent 665 days in orbit over the course of her career, she holds the record for the most time in space of any american. Incredible. Yeah. Dylans back with another check of the forecast. Were looking out west, as well. Hot out west. San francisco hit 106 degrees. Thats the warmest temperature ever. They hit that yesterday. It is going to stay hot today. In fact, temperatures out west will continue to break records. High fire danger. Not only is it hot, but its dry. Elsewhere across the country. We have a couple of scattered showers and storms through minnesota and wisco and as dylan mentioned, we are expecting another scorcher today here across the bay area. Temperatures already climbing into those upper 70s in some spots, which is why that heat warning is expected to remain in effect. Taking a look at some of todays highs, 106 is expected in san jose, 109 for morgan hill and some of the hottest spots will be in the east bay. Were talking 114 in concord, walnut creek a possible 111 degrees, in oakland might even hit that tripledigit mark. In San Francisco and along the peninsula, expected to climb into the triple digits. Thats your latest forecast. Dylan dreyer, thank you. Still to come, a college quiz about some of the craziest classes being offered across the country. For sure. And how actress mandy moore wound up with this shiner. Thats right after these messages. People would stare. Psoriasis does that. 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Test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test were back on a saturday morning. Time to trend. You ready . Lots of kids are back to school. Im going to quiz you ladies now on whether the following classes are real or fake. Youre going to guess whether the course i give you is actually offered at a college. You ready . Im ready. Im ready. First up, maple syrup the real thing. Is that an actual College Course . I bet in like the university of true or false . True. True. It sounds true. Youre both correct. You bo etth get one point. Its a course offered at alfred university. The students learn the history of maple syrup production. Does it come with pancakes . Probably probably does. They make their own syrup in the class, as well. Next up the age of Music Festivals. True or false . Age of Music Festivals . Im going to go with false. Im going to go with false, too. And thats false. Okay. How about the amazing world of bubbles . I think theres science behinds bubbles. Really . True. Im going false. Its actually real. Really . Hard to believe. Dylan dreyer is right. Like science there. A course offered at caltech. Oh. All right. Dylans got one point you on. All right, im catching up. And the loser is . Trouble. Final course here how to watch television . Im going to say false because i think thats what i do after class. Im going to say true. Journalism class. Thats a real one. Yes. This is at montclair state university. Students learn how to look at the role and impact of tv on their lives. I could see that. Did we tie . You guys did tie. We might need ill be back next week for a tie breaker. Dylan also has pop start. Big pop start. Lets get to it. First up, well start with mindy kahling, the final episode of the Mindy Project will stream on hulu in a few days. Heres a first look at the trailer. Ive got to go, will and grace is back, im better than ever. [ beep ] this is the sixth season of the Mindy Project. The First Episode airs on september 12th. You can hear about mindy talking about the end and becoming a mom with willie geist next week. Next up, hbo has announced who will star in the next season of true detective. This time oscar winner Mahershala Ali will star. He will play wayne hayes, a state Police Detective from arkansas. The third season is all about a crime that happened in the heart of the ozarks. And the mystery that deepens over decades because of it. There snow air date or production date to start shooting. We know that detail. And finally, this is us star mandy moore has a big booboo. She posted this picture to instagram showing her black eye and the stitches below her eyebrow. She hasnt totally explained how it happened, but she did write, shower door handle, one, mandy, zero. Real talk, how does a girl get rid of a black eye pronto . A star had a Plastic Surgeon come to her house to stitch her up. Hours later, her costar milo vent mi ventimiglio wanted to show shes not alone. He posted this picture of her and two black eyes. Mandy saying she had the best work family ever. Thats solidarity. Thats hard if theyre filming and shes got to cover it. We dont want to work that into the story. Tough. Emergency stichts overnight. Yeah. Thank you. Ahead, mtv bringing back its classic 90s series unplugged. Well talk to shawn mendes as he gets ready to take the unplugged stage. First, this is today on nbc. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. You got next . Chase. Make more of whats yours. You know ill be there yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah just call my name and ill be there the one and only. That is mariah carey belting it out on mtvs popular unplugged in the 1980s. It was because of that show and other stars could show a different side of themselves allowing viewers to take a new look at their most famous songs. Now mtv is bringing unplugged back for a new generation of fans. Its kicking things off with pop star shawn mendes. Once again, heres steve patterson. Come as you are reporter unfiltered, unconventional Freedom Reporter unplugged. In the 90s, this was mustsee music television. Simple, stripped down, setting the stage for some of the most iconic performances of all time. Mtv unplugged is literally, i think its safe to say, one of the most beloved music series that came out of mtv. Reporter pearl jam, mariah carey, jayz thats the anthem giving fans reimagined, often raw versions of popular tracks in the hey day of mtv. I amount my mtv reporter back then, the Cable Network was ground zero for Youth Culture where fans connected to shows like total request live. Looking a little banged up. You know, i feel better than i usually do. Reporter times have changed in both music and television. Ratings have slumped. Just last week, mtvs Video Music Awards posted the lowest viewership in the shows history. You know, it is it is challenging. We have to just stay at the forefront. Reporter and duncan says the way forward a revival. [ cheers ] friday, mtv unplugged returns with a fresh fates for a new audience 19yearold shawn mendes. We caught up with him before he took the stage. I think this is going to make people realize what type of artist i am if i can nail it. Reporter right now mendez is the type of artist selling out arenas, but this show is personal. In a setting like this, its more about exactly how i sound in every single note we play. Reporter does that make you nervous . It makes me a lot more nervous. I think in a way you cant capture what you will capture in a setting like this in an arena. If you leave my decisions baby theres Nothing Holding me back reporter for mendes, its a chance to show hes more than a pop idol. This is a huge, huge step for people to kind of start seeing me as who i am. Reporter thats the magic of a show like unplugged. On such a small stage, theres only room for authenticity. Thank you very much. To mtv, for letting me do this tonight, i feel very honored. Reporter mtv, hoping to capture a new generation by getting in touch with its roots. For today, steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. Shawn mendes, a good person to do it. By the way, that mariah carey song was 1992. I didnt mean to date her. Im glad theyre bringing it back. What was your favorite . Nirvana, hands down my favorite. You . I have to go with mariah carrie. Those unforgettable pipes. Jayz was a close second you forget some of the ones that did it. Yes, eric clapton. Bringing back all the classics felt well look ford that. 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There is definitely going to be extreme heat throughout the bay area. 76 degrees, 60 degrees right after the peninsula, and in San Francisco, already at 77 degrees at this hour, which is pretty crazy. Now, we are expected to remain under that microclimate weather alert through monday. That air quality is going to be absolutely terrible. Were still seeing those wild fires, getting that hazy skies and smoke in the air so please avoid outdoor activities. Ill have a closer look at your day planner for today and when we can expect to see some slight relief from some of this heat. Im not going to say cool down, but slight relief. Well take it. Vianey, thanks. This extreme heat is faelktifaelk affecting everything this weekend. B. A. R. T. Is slowing down trains as a precaution. Thats because of the intense heat can create problems in the tracks, causes them to move and expand. Riders should expect about 10 to 20minute delays. Caltrain also is slowing down all trains from San Francisco to burlingame, possibly into the south bay. It seems as if no bay area city can escape these record temperatures, even San Francisco. A recordsetting 106 degrees had people escaping their homes and going to airconditioned restaurants and businesses. Others headed to ocean beach to cool off. Too hot. I love it, were out at the beach, im taking a walk, but tonight, oh my god, what are you going to do, take a cold shower, try and go to sleep. San Francisco Police hosted an event called chinatown night out. New recruits had to brave hot barbecues to feed the crowds. The red cross also was there handing out heatrelated safety tips, urging people to drink water. While many people were trying to escape this heat, we found others were actually playing in it. Many schools and teams had games yesterday. But they did take precaution to avoid heatrelated injuries. The varsity Football Game in san jose did go off as planned but coaches made sure there were more water breaks than usual. At stanford, the womens soccer team kicked off at 4 00 when the temperatures were around 106 degrees. There was, however, a brief stop to rehydrate. Several schools across the bay area changed the start time for the extreme heat or cancelled the games altogether to make sure everybody was safe. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, a lot of olympic gold will be hitting the south bay this weekend. Well tell you about an event thats bringing many olympians together at the shark tank in san jose. That ice rink looks really refreshing right about now. Well have that plus all your top stories and weather with a slight cooldown, vianey said, coming up at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. And were back on this saturday morning, september 2nd, 2017. A fantastic crowd joining us on the plaza. Enjoying this labor day weekend, getting ready for a lot of festivities with family and friends no doubt. A lot of folks here in time for the u. S. Open. Yeah. Folks stopped by to see dylan dreyer. A lot of selfies with dylan. What to say about that. Still to come in this half hour of today, as summer winds down, a lot of great movies start to hit the theaters. Well take you through whats new and which ones are expected to be the biggest hits of the season. Then, were going to rock. And we are all going to rock with the world air guitar champion. The newly crowned winner is here. Thats right, on the plaza. Hes going to show us a thing or two about playing the air guitar. Cant wait for that. And craig and i are going head to head for a cooking throwdown. Were making some of our favorite dishes they made a trophy . Uhoh. Well ask the judges who will be the winner. Anyone want to take a bet . Why do you use voices shes imitating me. Apparently thats what i sound like in her head. This is going to be a fierce competition. The best part is i get to do all of the tastings. You show up and eat. Thats right, i show up and eat. Like youre back at home. Thats right. Thats the type of competition there is. Before the cooking and fun, how about a final check of weather . All right. It is chilly in the northeast. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s, and even rain is going to move in. We are going to see the chance of some heavier pomets of rain pockets of rain thanks to the hemnant of harvey. Remnants of harvey and hot temperatures out west. Sunday well continue with the record high temperatures. Then the heaviest of the rain is going to move into northern new england. Now i found someone on the plaza. Now you work in a control room. Yes. In michigan . Yes. You usually hit the button when i toss to local. You know my toss. And were seeing 76 degrees already in the south bay, mild start already warming up and expect to see fast warming for today. Trivalley at 71 degrees, nice clear skies but we are still seeing that haze and we expect to keep that haze throughout the day which is why that air quality is still very unhealthy. San francisco right now at 77, north bay 64. 106 for san jose, 109 for morgan hill and hotter spots will be until the east bay. In the east bay. She was great, right . Sign her up. Heres a question have you ever stood in front of a mirror and just rocked out like when your favorite show comes on or anythi song for that matter . Absolutely. Playing air guitar its an art so to speak. It absolutely is. Every year theres a championship to see whos the best in the world. This year, the winner and reigning champ was matt burnes from new york. Matt is with us this morning. [ cheers ] yeah you see why hes the champion. I think the burning question on everyones question hit me with it. Is how does one discover the joys and wonders of the air guitar . I think air guitar sdofrts you. I think you are discovers you. I think you are just born with it. Every time that you hear a good song and youve got to rock out because you cant even stand it. [ laughter ] air guitar discovers you, guys. Matt, how do you prepare for the type of championship that you just won which is incredible, by the way. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. It was an awesome contest out in finland. The preparation was brutal. It was intense, it required a lot of trying out a lot of different kind of spandex. A lot of facial expressions. A zumba class here and there, and a couple beers mixed in. Can you play the actual guitar . I started Getting Better i started to learn the guitar to get better at pretending to play the guitar. Im not very good. Can you teach us to play the air guitar . I would love to teach you. We have music cued up. Exactly. Whats the technique . First you need to have a good power stance. Okay. You need to have my gosh. A rock face. Let me see rrr. Nice, guys. Then you just get into it. Where do we go [ cheers ] yeah you can always tap on the drums if youre feeling a little saucy. There you go. Mix in the action. You are the champion. Fun. You guys are fun. I predict youre going to be doing it for a while. Heading up an air guitar dynasty. Matt, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you so much, appreciate it. We would have rocked out longer, but we have more up next. Up next, its time to go to the movies. From action to comedy, well run through the hits in the theater this fall. Thats right after these messages and we catch our breath. Hard to top this act. While other Insurance Companies just see a truck, we see something youve worked really hard for. So why not give it the protection it deserves. Transitions® lenses help protect from uv rays and harmful blue light. Both indoors. And out. They seamlessly adapt. So you can live the good light™. Find an eyecare professional at transitions. Com. 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Well be there to bring you their stories. Nbc nightly news with lester holt. This morning on weekend movie ticket weve got a look at the movies that will be hitting theatres over the next few months. Yeah. And in this round weve got a new crop of superheroes, spies, creepy clowns and more all ready to hit the big screen. As we say good buy to the summer blockbuster season things are getting real at the box office this fall. Starting with stronger starlg jake jill enhall. Trying to make a hero out of me. You need to tell your family whats going on with you. The actor already getting oscar buzz. Boston marathon bombing survivor. Im going to walk with you again some day. Ladies and gentlemen, im going to put the show back in shove nichl. Oh, my god. An astone and steve core rel star in battle of the sexes. History making tennis match between Billy Jean King and bobby rigs. I only represent innocent people, people accused because of their race. The historical drama follows thur good marshall the first africanamerican Supreme Court justice as he pushes through an early and career gieng case. Youre doing it for the food guys. Drugs, guns, Money Laundering and tom cruise . Its all in american made, that sort of trueish story about drug smuggling cia informant. What do you want . I want to ask you some questions. 35 years after the original, there is finally a blade runner sequel. Ryan gosling, jared leto and Harrison Ford all star in blade run 200049. Nothing like this ever happens here. This is a safe place. It was. Also coming this fall, George Clooney returns to the directors chair and Reese Witherspoon gives the rom come a modern twist with home again. Did you wash these . I did. Missed wonder woman in well, shes back along with batman to take on a new nemesis in justice league. Shall we . And then theres one of the most anticipated films of 2017. I only know one truth. Star wars the last yesterday eye. Youll have to wait a little longer for that one. It doesnt hit theaters until december. Nbc news new york. Popcorn is here and so on is eric davis. Always good to see you, sir. Hi, eric. Thank you for having me. Lets do this month by month here. Lets start in september. What should we be most excited about. Lets talk about it for a second. The steven king adaptation. This is legit one of my favorite moefts of the year. Wow. Its so good, super sarry, super funny, adorableel romantic. If you are a fan of the show Stranger Things on netflix, then this is going to be juror jam. Its going to open the fall season in a major way. Also we have a film called mother which is a psychological thriller. It stars Jennifer Lawrence and javier bardem. Theyre visited by strangers. Things happen. This is already being haled as one of the more controversial films in recent years. Why exactly . We dont know yet. But guys like anthony bore ban tweeting about it earlier in the week, having seen it already. If those are too intense for you, we have battle of the sexes from the directors of little miss sunshine. This stars emma stone alongside steve core rel. They play former tennis grates. Of course it centers on that famous battle of the sexes ten nigs match. Where he wanted to prove that men were more superior than women. Yes, bobby rigs, what a dosy that guy is. I have to say i cant wait for that film. Anything with emma stone is going to be good. What are the must sees for october. Blade runner 2049. The original one of course a benchmark for the syfy general ray starring Harrison Ford who returns all of these years later to reprice that role. Visually this movie looks spectacular. The director of this film also did last years arrival. These one of the best up and coming directors right now. Ive hoping for another syfy masterpiece like the original. Later in october we have a film called thank you for your service, which is written and directed by the guy who wrote american sniper. He was nominated for an oscar for that tlim. Drama about three men who return from war with varying degrees of ptsd. Super hoe reese usually reserved for summer but not so this year. Marvel verse big time. Two of the most anticipated most only weeks apart. Author, this is the third thor movie. Hes joined by mark roughly low as the hulk for some epic space battles in this film. And then justice league. This is a film now youre going to get all of the heroes. Its like d. C. s version of the avengers. Batman, superman, aqua man. Wonder woman for me, thats the big draw in this mow. She returns hot off of her summer at the box office, crushing records. Cinema to go raef looks fantastic there. December is star wars the last jedhi. Ray, fin, poe, princess laya, luke skywalker. They all return. The toys for this film just hit on friday. Of course. My living room is already scattered in action figures. So im really looking for to that. Be sure to catch that. So who is ready for a show down . Difficult an and craig are ready to roll up their sleeves. Craig is heading out right now. But first, this is today on nbc. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. You got next . Chase. Make more of whats yours. This morning on today, craig and dylan have their aprons on, and they are ready to go head to head to prove who the top chef of weekend toy is. This is going to be a fierce faceoff. Theyre each going to show us one of their favorite summer meals, and then well decide who goes home with the big trophy. Joining me in the judging arena are two of our favorites Sunny Anderson and matt abdu, executive chef here in new york. Guys, good luck. And craig, were going to start with you. What have you got . All right. These are recipes from friends and family. This first my good friend robert, we call him bobby gogo, his pork loin recipe. Heres the ingredients for you at home. Its simple. Italian seasoning. Weve got brown sugar, pepper, soy sauce, some salt, olive oil. If you dont like soy sauce, swap it out. Heres the swapout. You take the ingredients, you just pour them all in a ziplock bag. The idea is to let it marinate for four to six hours. The length of the marination is important. I think i made a word up. Heres the italian seasoning package. Well put that in a ziplock bag. Let that sit. You also want to bring the tenderloin to Room Temperature after that. You bring it to Room Temperature. Like to do it outside. This is in a grill that you can use inside, as well. Three to four minutes on each side. Oh. Three to four on each side. You dont want to overcook it. The best part is you can also take some of the leftover juice and you just you spread it on. You spread it on. You cut it heres my mothers potato salad. Betty jos potato salad. The ingredients, you dump it in. My wifes key lime pie. Linds lindsays key lime pie. Ill mix up the potato salad, but weve got to get to dylan. One followup. Tell us a quick back story of your moms recipe. I know that hits close to your alert. This is my mothers potato salad. Shes been making this since we were little. Mayonnaise, mustard, simple stuff. But make sure the potatoes are cool before you mix the ingredients. You know we dont just eat anybodys potato salad, baby you know. All right. Dylan . I know. A special recipe, too. I dont know where these recipes came from. I might have found this on line at some point. The other i kind of tried to recreate something that i had at a restaurant once. Mine is super easy. I use skirt steak because its just nice and fatty and delicious. And then in the blender, ive got garlic, some jalapenos, ive got a nice, big handful of cilantro, ive got orange juice and lime juice, throwing that in. Going to do white vinegar. I dont know why, but i think the recipe called for that. A whole bunch of salt. Pepper. Everything goes right into the blender. Were going to blend it up interest some olive oil. Blend it up with some olive oil. Thats what makes it so easy. It blends up quickly. You put see, its so fast. You put the meat in a pan. You pour this right over. I cover it with saran wrap and let it sit for like an hour. Thats it. On to the grill you take it out. You put it on the grill. The best thing about skirt steak is it doesnt take that long, but it gets this nice char on the outside. And i personally dont mind if its a little red on the inside. Once its done, you cook it against the grain. And theres theres your skirt steak. I also have a little salad that goes with it. Super easy. Tomatoes, avocado, massesel area, red onion mozzarella, red onion, topped with salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. Thats it. That is looking good. Well do a quick taste test. What do you think . I started already you started im not supposed to eat. I started. What do you think . Thats good clear winner yet . Thats good i think i do have a clear winner. Who . You have to give me your quick analysis. Whose meal is better . I say it now . Yeah. Give it to us now. Let me tell you, craig, i love the pork tenderloin. Its delicious. But . Dylan said, but . Its tender, its seasoned so properly. Yeah. And the skirt steak is just crazy i got to tell you, any time theres a salad that i want to house the entire plate, its a winner. All right. Yes i want to eat the whole plate, dylan thats your quick analysis . Im going to taste while you do that. I think both you guys did incredible job. The steak is seasoned, charred, cooked really well. The salad is really this is just everything you want to eat every single day for me. The tomatoes, massese el ar mozzarella, avocado. I have a soft spot when someone tells me something they make is in remembrance of their mother or grandmother. Its hard to get away from that. I have a recipe, pig beets. I have to go my boy, craig. 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Theres a spare the air alert and its the third consecutive day of spare the air alert so please limit outdoor activities. I know i saw a couple people running on the golden gate bridge. This is probably going to be the best time to do it. 77 degrees right now on the peninsula, 75 in the south bay, 71 for the trivalley, and its still very hazy out there and thats because we are seeing the smoke in the sky. Weve got wild fires to the north. Weve got wild fires to the west so were definitely seeing unhealthy air quality so its not going to be a good day to be outside. If you can, head indoors because that excessive heat warning is expected to remain in effect until 9 00 p. M. Monday which is of course one of the main reasons why we are expected to remain under a microclimate weather alert through that day. Temperatures can expect to hit 90s as early as 11 00 a. M. So before noon and thats going to bring enhanced fire danger. If you notice, the entire bay area is highlighted. 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