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The aroundtheclock operation to get hurricane survivors out of the hardest hit areas of the bahamas. Everything is destroyed. A live report just ahead. Those stories plus desperate plea, Felicity Huffmans impassioned argument against jail time in that College Admissions scandal. Manhunt, the journalist who broke the Harvey Weinstein story here live with stunning details from the investigation that took down a hollywood mogul and ignited a movement. And match made in heaven, tennis fans go wild after a five set thriller at the u. S. Open. And the new nfl season opens up with tom brady and the defending super bowl champs to right where they left off. Today, monday, september 9th, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody, welcome to today, nice to have you with us on a monday morning. I was on an emotional roller coaster last night tennis was an incredible five set match. Some people talking about football you were at that match what a day for rafa. So interesting to see his opponent there, and the journey he has had at the u. S. Open. Well catch up with that in just a moment. First, a scary scene off the coast of georgia this morning. A massive cargo ship caught fire, and you see it right there overturned. Rescuers were able to safely evacuate 20 people before declaring the situation too risky inside that ship nbcs ron mott joins us with the latest. Reporter good morning to you, by the time the coast guard got here yesterday, they say the golden ray had listed about 90 degrees. You can see its position in st. Simon sound. Before investigators can piece together what went wrong here, the clear focus today is reaching four crew members believed trapped in or near the engine room. A report of a cargo ship, vessel golden ray capsized with 23 persons on board. Reporter this morning a dramatic scene unfolding at sea after this massive cargo ship capsized with a u. S. Pilot and two dozen south korean and Filipino Crew members on board the first distress calls at 2 00 a. M. On sunday, prompting the coast guard to issue an urgent bulletin. Report all sightings to the United States coast guard. Reporter in the middle of the night, air crews with a dangerous rescue, lifting five of the ships crew members to safety bringing 15 others by boat the golden ray had departed from the terminal when the vessel began to list from the st. Simon sound on its way to baltimore. Home security video capturing bright flashes of light as the vessel began to tilt on its side this image shows black smoke coming from the ship a fire near the cargo area made an attempt to rescue the rest of the crew far too dangerous. We are unable to determine specifically without going inside whether the fire has been completely extinguished. Reporter its believed all of the missing are in the ships engine room. Multiple teams are working to determine the extent of the damage and how to respond to what the coast guard calls a complex situation. One salvage professionals have determined the vessel to be stable, we will identify the best option to continue our rescue efforts for the four crew members who remain on board. The ship capable of carrying more than 20,000 tons is still on its side as investigators work to determine the cause of the accident and rescuers hope to save more lives ron, of course theres this effort to get these crew members out. Is there any concern about fuel leaks, contaminates flowing the water . Reporter the coast guard tellus thats the good news, savannah, they have not seen any active leaks at this time, but they do have a Mitigation Team in place just in case one develops in the meantime, the ntsb also has a team here to start trying to figure out what caused this incident guys, back up to you. Another big story were following, the Trump Administration facing backlash from republicans and democrats after the president planned to host members of the taliban at camp david days before 9 11. It was planned but then fell apart. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on it good morning. Reporter good morning to you. This was supposed to be a summit aimed at ending americas longest running war but the president s dramatic decision to host and then cancel secret talks at the taliban is raising questions about President Trumps overall strategy in afghanistan, and overnight, new revelations there was internal discord within the Trump Administration now the president is facing bipartisan backlash. This morning, the president is facing mounting scrutiny after planning and then abruptly cancelling a secret meeting with the Afghan Government and the taliban that was set to take place sunday at camp david, just days before the anniversary of the 9 11 terrorist attacks secretary of state mike pompeo out on five sunday shows defending the strategy. President trump ultimately made the decision, he said i want to talk to president ghani, i want to look them in the eye. Reporter and insisting camp david was an appropriate location to host the taliban, a group which harbored the al qaeda terrorists behind the september 11st attacks. Did anybody bring up whether it was appropriate to have the taliban set foot on camp david. There were lots of discussions around that. Camp david has a long history, an important history and an Important Role in complex peace negotiations sometimes with bad actors. Reporter pompeo indicating the talks are dead for the time being after the president called off the meeting saturday night, mr. Trump saying because the taliban admitted to a car bombing in kabul that killed Army Sergeant first class alex barreto, and 11 other people how many more decades are they willing to fight that was the 16th combat death this year. It sparked bipartisan criticism. No member of the taliban should set foot there ever, the taliban still harbors al qaeda tweeted republican representative liz cheney democrats also lashing out. You dont treat this like some kind of game show when youre dealing with terrorists. Reporter many critics pointing to this tweet from the president , criticizing then president obama saying barack obama is slashing the military, he is also negotiating with our sworn enemy, the taliban, who facilitated 9 11 mr. Trump campaigned on a promise to end americas longest war. The war thats been going on forever. Reporter and with no end in sight now, americas top diplomat with this warning. If youre the taliban, conditions have been worsening and theyre about to get worse. You talked about how youve learned that there was actually Division Within the white house over this idea of having taliban leaders at camp david. What do you know about that . Reporter well, savannah, nbc news did learn overnight, this is from u. S. Officials and several others briefed on the discussions that while secretary of state mike pompeo was open to the idea of diplomacy with the taliban, the president S National Security adviser john bolton was vehemently opposed, especially to hosting them at camp david, and even the Vice President argued against it. Among the key concerns that the meeting would take place so close to the 18th anniversary of 9 11 and that it could send the wrong message to the u. S. Military who of course fought and been killed by the taliban, so where do things stand now, currently there are 14,000 troops serving in afghanistan. Thats actually more than when President Trump took office. Under the proposed deal, 5,000 troops would have left in 135 days with talks stalled now, theres just no clear path forward. Service members still serving there as you mentioned thank you. Craig joins us with the latest on the devastation from hurricane dorian. President trump plans to tour the damage in North Carolina later today. Meanwhile in the bahamas, Recovery Efforts there are well underway, but once again, officials are warning people to brace for the worst when it comes to the storms death toll which rose once again over the weekend. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has made his way to hard hit Marsh Harbour. Good morning to you. Reporter here on great abaco, there is not a home, building or structure that is not either severely damaged or destroyed. Those that are on the island have mostly left its almost a ghost town, and those that are still here say they will not remain Delta Airlines has at least two more flights today planned to extract survivors from the disaster on Great Abaco Island the airlifts manned by volunteers began on sunday so when i see this plane, is it a turning point i think its a turning point. I think were going to be doing this systematically for as long as is necessary over the next several days to get people out and to safety. Reporter the weary hurricane survivors on shore, whats next, other than theyre going to the capital, nassau, which was not hit by the monster storm. I feel sad and happy at the same time, because you know, abaco is my home and now it was devastated. Reporter much of Marsh Harbour is a ghost town. Ships with supplies flooding in but for most of the people here it comes too late. The majority of remaining survivors just want to leave this ship sunday heading to nassau with 196 evacuees on board. Were going to process the women and children first. Reporter katisha mcintosh is getting out with her baby on her first birthday i feel happy that were leaving because everything is destroyed. Reporter she will never remember this, but what will you tell her she dont need to know about it. Reporter it was that bad it was that bad. Reporter her mother also leaving but hoping not forever how do you feel about getting out today . Mixed emotions. Right now, this is home, this is where our life, you know, we hope we can come back home. Reporter another supply ship is due in today, and the plan is once its offloaded to again take refugees to safety. With the death toll expected to rise, refrigerated trucks are now being used as makeshift morgues. Those staying behind including these nurses from florida who came to help hoping the bahamas wont be forgotten we have people coming from abroad we have people coming in, but we need help. We need help kerry, as you mentioned there, the aid thats coming in, so much aid pouring into the bahamas. With so many people leaving the islands, what does that mean for the aid . Is it going to waste reporter well, sadly, you can see its stacked up here, and some of this stuff has been here for four or five days, and yes, its sitting in the heat. Its baking and in some cases, its going bad, and also some very strange things that have been provided, like eggs that say keep refrigerated, its unclear why that theres just boxes upon boxes of ovaltine and there are things people can use. I dont want to leave you with the idea that there are things people cant use huggies. Its stacked up, nobody is taking it, and the government is urging people, even though there are vessels still making their way from south florida and theres even donations coming in on the ferries, theyre not sure its going to be needed, at least for a long time. Some of the stuff wont spoil, but craig, so much of the stuff got here too little and too late when the people actually needed it they are in the remainder of the process of trying to get off. Why Officials Says cash is the best way to go in terms of making donations Kerry Sanders, thank you. We have big developments over the weekend in the investigation of the deadly boat fire off the coast of california one week ago authorities served search warrants on sunday at truth aquatics, thats the company that owned the scuba diving boat agents with the fbi and atf were involved in that search. Officials say they are trying to figure out whether any crimes were committed 34 people died when the conception burned and sank last monday they were sleeping in a bunk room below the main deck and their escape routes were blocked by fire. Coast guard records show the conception did pass its two most recent inspections with no safety violations. Savannah. The cdc is out with a new warning against vaping as even more users are coming down with the mysterious lung illness. Hundreds of cases being reported from coast to coast. Nbcs medical correspondent dr. John torres is here with more on the search for answers the cdc came out with a recommendation to consider not doing it thats pretty remarkable, isnt it. What they said is consider not vaping at all, but if youre buying off the streets, absolutely dont do it if you are buying cartridges that have been hacked in any way, dont do it otherwise, consider not vaping, and they sent that message to essentially everybody. They call it a mystery illness because the cdc doesnt know exactly how this lung illness is developing or whats causing it, whether its offthestreet vaping or the kind you buy at a reputable store. Over the last couple of years, they have noticed more and more cases cropping up theyre calling it mysterious illness. Theres chemical pneumonitis, hemorrhage, things affecting the lungs. They cant pinpoint it on one thing, one device, one ingredient, one type of inhaling product itself, so they dont simply know whats going on. They know its vaping related. They do know its vaping related and thats the commonality. Overall consider not vaping. Theres vaping you can do and a nicotine delivering vehicle, some might have thc, basically vaping pot, are all of those devices potentially suspect . The cdc had a telebriefing on friday i was involved in thc, and thc with nicotine, all have been implicated in this 450 deaths across 33 states. Originally we thought it was isolated to one area and it might be something bad in that area but its across the country. These are cropping up. 450 cases in 33 states got it. Dr. Torres, i know youll keep watching it, thank you so much. The epic opening to the tennis tournament, rafael nadal outlasted a determined opponent in a thrilling match that lasted nearly five hours. It was the u. S. Open for the ages spains rafael nadal, looking for his fourth u. S. Open win ver medvedev, the new bad boy of tennis making bad boys this tournament for his agility and his attitude i want all of you to know when you sleep tonight, i won because of you after a blistering back and forth when nadal took the first two sets, medvedev fought back after this vicious return forcing a fifth set. Nearly five hours after the first serve, nadal finally sealed the deal. The hard earned victory forcing him to collapse on the court the way that he was able to fight, to change the rhythm of the match was just incredible. The four hour, 49 minute match coming weeks after another epic showdown at wimbledon between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic clocking in at 4 hours, 57 minutes while on the womens side, it was a stunning upset with 19yearold Bianca Andreescu of canada, beating Serena Williams despite the cheering section including Meghan Markle. Williams was looking to tie the all time record of 24 grand slam singles titles. Im still really honored to be out here and im just so proud that im still out here and competing at this level because its not easy. And you were there for the mens final, right yes, i was. Thats why im bleary eyed this morning, because it went on longer than we thought it was just one of the most stunning matches because it seemed like it was over, like really over, i was getting my purse and getting ready to go home, and somehow this russian was able to pull it out and make it go to five sets. It was so funny how the crowd started cheering for him. He went from this villain, and new york didnt like him, and then they were rooting for him because he had so much heart out there. All of this great for the sport. And bianca is going to be here live in the next hour well tell you more about duchess meghans weekend in new york did you see her, did you hang out . Her on tv now tennis was one sport going on, and a lot of football, the defending champs picking up from last year, the new england patriots, hosting the steelers looked like an incredible matchup on paper, but this was all pats. The ageless wonder that is tom brady tossed three touchdown passes as the pats went on to win it 333 outspoken wide receiver antonio brown, signed with the patriots on saturday after the departure from the raiders he did not play yesterday. He was not eligible, but hes expected to suit up for next weeks game against miami. Tom brady talked about his new teammate after the game. Everyone comes in here and works as hard as they can to establish a great role, and you know, its about getting him up to speed hes obviously a great player. I played against him for a long time were excited to have him. Bill belichick has always been a nononsense kind of guy it will be interesting to see how he gets along with brown there were reports tom brady extended an offer to live with him, antonio, until he got his stuff together what did gisele say. Isnt it great to have football back . I love it so much. Mr. Roker, how is the weather looking. That would be the greatest edition of the brady bunch we have ever seen a toasty one throughout the south. Heat index values are up from Central Alabama into central georgia. 100 to 105 weve got the jet stream up to the north, big dome of High Pressure pumping in that warm air, and so heres what were looking at as far as temperatures are concerned for today, heat index, it will feel like 104 in new orleans, 105 in little rock panama city, 101, same i jacksonville, tampa, orlando tomorrow in the mid90s. 101 in little rock look at corpus christi, up to 105 degrees, and as we get toward the latter part of the week, were going to see those temperatures continue to warm up, even into the northeast, by friday, new york cools down to 73 low 90s into charlotte, st. Louis and cincinnati were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds good morning im meteorologist kari hall. Here is a live look outside in san jose, beautiful sunrise. Were starting out with some cool temperature temperatures, o the afternoon were staying bemow normal with a high of 76 degrees in san jose. 82 in napa. San francisco in the upper 60s. Going through the forecast, were going to have a big heatup by the end of the week, so we start out with upper 70s for the week, but we end the week on friday up to 98 degrees for the inland valleys. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you so much it is sentencing week for Felicity Huffman just ahead, her emotional plea to avoid jail time in the College Admissions scandal. And what we are learning this morning about an investigation launched at m. I. T. The Jeffrey Epstein sonca still ahead one of our favorites, Kelly Clarkson is here. Her new talk show premiers today, but shell be live here first. You got this. You got this. You got this. For a restless nights sleep. Pain settle theres a better choice. Aleve pm. 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Try wet jet with a moneyback guarantee good morning to you. It is 7 26. A live look at sfo before travelers take off, they may want to brace for more turbulence than usual. Thats because the airport is working to rebuild a 1900 foot section of runway. Over the weekend, it caused major backups and cancellations. Yesterday alone there were about 350 delays and 150 canceled flights. Today marks the First Business day since the runway shut down. So far this morning more than 80 flights have been delayed or canceled. The work should continue through september 27th. Well have more in a live report on our midday news at 11 00. In the meantime a look at the forecast with kari. Look at this view in San Francisco, as we see a very thin layer of fog rolling across the city, but its also going to help cool it off throughout the day, with some breezy winds, highs in the upper 60s. We have some mid70s for the highs in the south bay and low 80s in some of our warmer spots. Going through the week, it feels like fall for today and tomorrow, going back to summer by the end of the week. Check out how hot in the valleys on friday, reaching 98 degrees, and were still pretty hot for the weekend with San Francisco in the upper 60s today, but then some low 80s as we wrap up this week. Lets head over to mike with a look at the commute. All right, kari, san jose northbound 101 at capitol expressway, a disabled vehicle still in the lanes and thats causing the slowdown there. 87 also suddenly shows slowing. Some folks might be using that as an alternate. Highway 84 tough drive out of pleasa pleasanton and livermore, ruby hill and vallecitos a small fire on the reported, its still there. Fire crews are in lanes there. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive toward the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Theres palo alto. Back to you. Looks good. Another local news update in half an hour. See you then. The ross fall Fashion Event has all the looks for way less. 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We are back now, 7 30 with a look off the georgia coast where several crew members from that massive cargo ship are still missing after it capsized and caught fire. Incredible to see those images rescue crews trying to stabilize the ship before they resume the search this morning. Nbcs ron mott is at the scene there. Joins us again once again this morning. Reporter good morning, the clear priority today is to get rescuers down into the interior of the golden ray to try to get to four crew members they believe are trapped in or near the engine room. The coast guard said when it got here, the ship had listed about 90 degrees of the 20 people rescued was a u. S. Maritime pilot. Pilots typically board a large ship when it comes into port and on the ship as it exits to help the captains navigate around obstacles they may not be familiar with. Obviously something went wrong it appears the ship grounded on something. We dont know just yet the coast guard will continue to monitor the situation. The ntsb has a team here looking into perhaps what went wrong here yesterday guys, back up to you. Ron mott off the coast of georgia, thank you. Meantime, this is a big week in the massive College Admissions scandal, with actress Felicity Huffman set to learn her fate on friday she is asking a federal judge for sympathy and leniency, prosecutors may want jail time. Miguel almaguer has followed this story from the outset, good morning. Felicity huffman will be the first parent to be sentenced for her role in the scandal. She has already pleaded guilty for spending thousands of dollars to boost her daughters s. A. T. Scores. Prosecutors argue huffman knew exactly what she was doing and she deserves time behind bars. Reporter actress Felicity Huffman speaking out for the First Time Since pleading guilty for her role in the College Admissions scandal thats captivated the nation. In a letter to the judge ahead of her sentencing later this week, the former desperate housewives star writing in my desperation to be a good mother, i talked myself into believing that all i was doing is giving my daughter a fair shot. I see the irony in that statement now because what i have done is the opposite of fair the oscar nominee pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit fraud after paying the College Admission consultant 15,000 to improve her daughters s. A. T. Score without her knowledge. Huffman now requesting a years probation, a 20,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service, but prosecutors have a different idead bars. In a new strongly worded one month behind bars. In a new strongly worded sentencing memo, prosecutors write, huffmans conduct was deliberate and manifestly criminal arguing neither probation nor home confinement in a large home in the Hollywood Hills with an infinity pool would constitute meaningful punishment. Everythings going to be okay reporter describing huffman as having a kind heart, friend and former costar, eva longoria is among 27 people who have written letters of support william h. Macy who was not charged and rarely seen in court writing to the judge, watching felicity being a mother is a wonderful thing to see everything good thing in my life is because of Felicity Huffman one celebrity couple likely to be watching huffmans sentencing, Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband who have also been charged but have pleaded not guilty loughlin seen her leaving a yoga class in l. A. Has been trying to avoid the spotlight. This morning, a real life hollywood drama for one star coming closer to its final act and miguel, of course there are multiple defendants in this case im sure many of them are going to be watching the sentencing very closely this week. Reporter absolutely. Many people see this as a litmus test for how stern the judge might be for these cases huffman admitted to spending about 15,000, while others are accused of much more, in some cases, hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars, and they could face much longer prison sentences if they are convicted. Guys back to you. Miguel, thank you so much. And still ahead, what tom hanks is saying about becoming mr. Rogers for the big screen and his rivalry with another hollywood icon. Plus, the duchess does new york, an inside look at Meghan Markles whirlwind weekend on this side of the pond. Check this out, guys, we have recreated part of the iconic brady bunch set for a special reunion on the plaza. Thats the plaza . Thats the plaza. Wow first, the new scandal, with ties to the Jeffrey Epstein case led to the weekend resignation of a top official at a prestigious school, m. I. T. , right after this from an infection, Human Papillomavirus i knew that hpv could lead to certain cancers. 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T. , one of the countrys most prestigious universities is opening an investigation into its ties to epstein after a director of one of its labs suddenly resigned. Stephanie gosk has the story. The move comes one day after a bombshell report by the new yorker revealed m. I. T. s media lab was accepting and trying to conceal gifts from epstein after he became a convicted sex offender while working with the lab, epstein was also considered a, quote, disqualified donor inside m. I. T. The universitys president calling accepting epsteins donation, quote, a mistake of judgment one that cost the lab director his job. This morning, the cloud of controversy surrounding the late Jeffrey Epstein now looming over the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of technology. The universitys president announcing the head of the media lab, joi ito to step down. I think it is best that i resign, according to an email obtained by the New York Times. M. I. T. s president calling for an immediate, thorough and independent investigation into deeply disturbing allegations detailed by the new yorker the magazine writing how epsteins financial ties to the school were deeper than originally reported. M. I. T. Had previously said it accepted 800,000 from epsteins foundations over a 20year period but according to the new yorker, ito accepted 2 million from epstein without properly reporting it to the school epstein reportedly secured at least 7. 5 million in donations for the lab, 2 million coming from one of the worlds richest men, bill gates. A spokesperson for bill gates telling nbc news that any claim that epstein directed any promise attic or grant making for bill gates is completely false. At many points, i expressed that this was a bad idea, and we shouldnt be associating with a convicted pedophile. Swenson resigned in 2015, uncomfortable with the relationship with epstein who pleaded guilty to prostitution charges in florida in 2008. Every time his name got brought up, i expressed my discomfort and disgust at the situation. But it was never my choice or truly anybodys choice but joi to maintain this relationship. Emails show ito and other lab officials asking for epsteins donations to be kept anonymous. Ito has previously apologized saying i take full responsibility in error for my judgment saying he saw no evidence of epsteins alleged actions. Epstein died by suicide last month in his jail cell where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges but his death not ending the search for answers so m. I. T. Wasnt the only institution that ito resigned from. It isnt. The list is long john s. And james l. Knight foundation, the New York Times company left a visiting professorship at harvard all because of this. Continues to be a big splash from this case of epstein. Were going to switch gears and get a check of the weather were looking at fairly Severe Weather firing up through the plains today, were looking at severe thunderstorms from bismarck to north platte, a risk of Severe Weather that stretches from minneapolis, to des moines to sioux falls for 5 million folks. Cant rule out an isolated tornado or two as the complex pushes to the east bringing strong storms in the afternoon and evening. The Severe Threat will stretch into minneapolis, and tomorrow more storms in the plains and midwest, the strongest in the dakotas stretching from montana all the way to wisconsin, were talking anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain with isolated amounts slightly higher. Thats whats happening around the country. Heres whats happening in your were starting out with some sunshine as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, also some cool temperatures, a lot of upper 50s still on the map now, and then as we go throughout the day, its going to warm up for the inland areas, into the low 80s and very comfortable temperatures, mid70s for san jose, and oakland today reaching 83 degrees, or rather 73 degrees. Well see some low 80s by the middle of the week and it turns hot, talking up to 98 degrees this friday, and still pretty hot and summerlike this weekend. And thats your latest weather we also want to mention, nbc news creating a new climate unit to cover the most important issues that affect our environment. Were going to kick things off next week with a special network wide series. Im going to share more of my eye opening trip to greenland on a first of its kind mission of nasa scientists. 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S thats not all the royal did here in the big apple. The duchess of sussex, all smiles in queens, new york and turning heads. Duchess of sussex, Meghan Markle has crossed the pond to support her good friend. Meghan markle sitting courtside at the u. S. Open hoping to watch her friend, Serena Williams take the crown in the womens final saturday. The royal among a crowd of famous faces as the tennis super star lost to canadas Bianca Andreescu, failing to secure a historic 24th grand slam, markle showing her support after booking a last minute flight, flying commercial, following the backlash she and harry received for taking a private jet twice in one week. Markle making the most of her time in the big apple, attending a hot yoga class, and also surprising her makeup artist, Daniel Martin for his birthday martin sharing this photo on instagram, writing meg, love you friend, for surprising me on my special day. A whirlwind weekend before Maternity Leave ends this week, with her collaborative clothing line, smart works a charity helping women in the work force, teaming up with her long time friend to create a collection of classic workwear for women i love the pop of that coat. And for each item sold, several british brands will donate one clothing item to the chair. The duchess and new mother to 4monthold archie, set to return to royal duties in style. If you fly home, youre going to make it worth it. Imagine being in the open that day being in the stadium. And she knows people are watching her serena does something or any move. Cutaway exactly all right thank you. Good morning carson good morning, guys. I love when carson shows up. Hot yoga. We have the cast of brady bunch live on rockefeller plaza. And a huge day for Kelly Clarkson, the debut of her talk show, and a huge day for us because shes going to be right here telling us all about it after a check of your local weather. 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We are going back to summer with some upper 90s in the valleys by friday and its still going to be hot throughout the weekend. For San Francisco, were also going to be heating up with some upper 60s today, but then by friday, were up to 80 degrees and then coming back to some low 70s for saturday and sunday. So we are still going to have some very nice weather for today, better get out there and enjoy it. Lets head over to mike for an update on the commute. Kari, ive been watching this camera here where the arrow shows you just behind that tree from time to time over the last 15 minutes ive seen traffic sort of hit the brakes there. I dont see anything on that report or on the live shot there, but that may be a factor, as you travel down toward Silicon Valley. Northbound at 101 the disabled week cleared at capitol expressway, north 87, there may be a disabled vehicle past al maden expressway. The roadside fire is out, the lanes should be clear westbound 84, recovery from vallecitos and thats about it. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Happening now, San Francisco Police Investigating a shooting that left one man dead, injuring a woman. They were shot as they sat in a car last night in the outer mission. Right now, police say they have little to go on. Link to more on our home page. A new forbes list is out ranking the worlds most 100 innovative people. Critics say one of the listed is female. Forbes admits there say problem. On our twitter feed what forbes is saying about the surveys methodology. Another local update in half han hour. Its 8 00 on today, coming up, search for survivors, rescue operations underway this morning after a cargo ship capsizes off the georgia coast. Four crew members still trapped inside were live with the latest. Plus, she said, well meet the journalists who sparked the Harvey Weinstein story and sparked the me too movement. How their story resonates two years later. And heres a story, the cast of the brady bunch. And were joined by Kelly Clarkson as her new talk show kicks off, monday, september 9th, 2019. All in, were the clemson tigers. I only wake up early for to today. And welcome back, everybody. Its monday morning, nice to have you with us, and thats a great crowd out on our plaza, sun shining, nice to have you along. I wonder if theyre all here to see the brady bunch. You feel like youre on the brady bunch set out there. Check it out, as we pull this camera back, were going to realize that theyre actually on the plaza. Is this crazy . It looks like theyre on some hollywood set. Pretty cool pretty cool. Were going big for the bradys. We are indeed thanks for the shout outs, they brighten our mornings here we would love to see one from you as well. Take out the phone, record a short message, share it on twitter, instagram, use the hash tag at the bottom of the screen, mytodayplaza. It is a busy morning, a dramatic rescue operation is growing more urgent this morning after a cargo ship overturned and caught fire off the coast of georgia. The coast guard is trying to reach four south korean crew members apparently trapped in the engine room. Coast guard helicopters lifted five crew members to safety during a daring nighttime operation. They reached 15 others by boat Officials Say there has been no leak of pollution from the ship. A team from the National Transportation safety board will be on site to investigate what went wrong. President trump is facing backlash from republicans and democrats over his decision to secretly plan and then suddenly cancel peace talks with the taliban at camp david last weekend. The president said he scrapped the meeting, though, after the taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in afghanistan that killed an american soldier and eleven others. Critics including some republicans say no member of the taliban should ever be allowed on u. S. Soil secretary of state mike pompeo defended the invitation yesterday and said that camp david has had an Important Role in complex peace negotiations over the years, quote, sometimes with some pretty bad actors. President trump travels to North Carolina to survey damage from hurricane dorian. Meanwhile in the bahamas, there is desperation amid the mass destruction there. The hurricane death toll has now climbed to at least 44, and officials expect that number to rise significantly water, food, and other International Aid is arriving but for some, its too late. Many who lost their homes are now waiting in long lines to board planes and ferries to the capital of nassau which was not hit by the storm. At least 17 people were injured last night when a pair of elephants went on a rampage during a festival overseas the tv footage shows what happens. One of the elephants became distressed walking behind a group of dancers the elephant bolted into the crowd, trampled spectators were carried to ambulances. The situation was quickly brought under control. Elephants are considered sacred in sri lanka. Hats off to the university of tennessee they helped out a bullied 4th grader and helped that person enjoy a moment of glory. A little boy wore a homemade vole shirt to school, the teacher said he was so excited until kids started making fun of his do it yourself design, and the little boy started to cry, so the teacher posted about it on facebook. Soon thousands of ut students shared the post. It got the schools attention. They sent a package, a big one of School Clothing and other swag to the student. The teacher, his entire class, and take a look at this, the university is turning his home made ut design into an official tshirt. Its for sale at the schools ball shop website. 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Harvey weinstein was riding high with a decades long career as one of the most powerful men in hollywood, but on a fall day in 2017, that all changed the New York Times published a blockbuster investigation, alleging weinstein had sexually harassed and assaulted many women and paid some of them for their silence. That created a firestorm and kicked off the me too movement as detailed in a new book she said, first, how it all unfolded Harvey Weinstein was a hollywood icon, the definition of a movie mogul, as well known for his bombastic style as he was for producing hit movies like shakespeare in love and pulp fiction, but those days are now long gone. Weinsteins reputation was shattered when the New York Times published an investigation on october 5th, 2017 with allegations of multiple cases of Sexual Harassment and assault the first account in the article was from actress ashley judd, more than 20 years ago, she was a young actress. I could shoot you in the middle of mardi gras. Who says she was asked to meet with weinstein in a hotel room where he appeared in a bathroom and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower and judd wasnt alone. Others shared stories of unwanted sexual advances and misconduct the report stating that weinstein had reached settlements with at least eight women including actress rose mcgowan. He should go to jail forever. He stole so many lives soon others, more than 80 women have come forward now. Weinstein has publicly denied any nonconsensual contact with the actresses or staff members, and has pleaded not guilty to Sexual Assault charges in new york hes set to go to trial in january. Nbc news reached out to weinstein. The statement in part, she says is all you need to know is that this book contains one sided algations without having adequately investigated the facts of each situation. Theres a very different side to each story megan twohey and jodi kantor won a Pulitzer Prize for their work, and have written this book she said. We tried to in two minutes try to encapsulate this. Did you ever imagine the impact that one story could have . We had no idea. We had hoped that this article would help bring out the truth about this one particular individual but what we realized was that first article was just the beginning. You know, we were able to piece together some of the dots at that time, connect some of the dots and since then, we have been able to bring together so many other pieces of the puzzle and we have realized and we saw these out in the book, we have realized that, you know, we wanted to illuminate the experiences of these brave women, like ashley judd, the back stories of, you know, how it was that they stepped up and went on the record, the gut wrenching decisions they faced behind the scenes. We also wanted to talk about the machinery that was in place to silence those women and block this investigation and we also wanted to bring to light, you know, so many of weinsteins victims, like rose mcgowan were silenced with these settlements, victims of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault around the country and we wanted to push into the questions of complicity you know, individuals and institutions like weinsteins own companies saw, got glimpses of the allegations against him over the years, including his own brother bob. What did they know, what did they do, and when did they try to stop it. There had to be more than one article, it had to be a book, but jodi, one of the things thats so riveting about this account in the book is what it took to piece this story together its easy in hindsight to see how it all fits together, but you had to convince women and people who worked at these at the Weinstein Company or miramax to come forward and how did you encounter them how were they feeling about the idea of going on the record . Well, we wrote this book in part because we wanted to bring other people to the forefront of these events me too has come to mean so much for so many people, and yet we had kind of a place at ground zero, so we recount those first tentative conversations with actresses, the fruitless search for even Contact Information for some of them, and the very few, the first moments on the phone, and then all the way through the investigation to the final confrontations we had with Harvey Weinstein in the offices and on the phone at the New York Times. And those first few moments on the phone are really sensitive because we dont have hollywood backgrounds, you know, even trying to figure out how to reach these famous actresses was kind of an investigation into itself we couldnt call their publicists, we couldnt call their agents and so even if we managed to get ashley judd, paltrow on the phone, which we did, we had to figure out how to say in that first minute, heres an argument for trusting us, heres an argument for telling us a really private story, and the line that we hit on, and this really became the kind of basis of our partnership is that theres a line that megan had used previously in her reporting in chicago, and we said to victims, look, we cant change what happened to you in the past, but if we work together, we may be able to takehis in some sort of constructive direction. When you look at the book and see the various accounts and its all called together now, you do see what you came to see what you call yourselves in the reporting a pattern. It appeared there were women that had never met each other, flung across the globe, different companies, different time periods and yet they all seem to tell such a similar story. We traced allegations that stretched from 1990 to 2015. So these were decades of predatory behavior, and often times women who didnt know, in some cases women had come forward. They wanted to do something to stop him, and so often they were actually steered into these like binding, like jaw droppingly restrictive settlements, that prohibited them from telling the truth about what happened. We talk about the settlements because some have such onerous restrictions you mentioned one of them, the accuser couldnt talk to her own therapist about these allegations without getting some kind of like an nda signed. And here were not just talking about Harvey Weinstein, these settlements are signed by women across america every single day they were used in the bill oreilly case. They were used in the larry nassar case, and what they are is that often a woman who experiences Sexual Harassment will go to a lawyer hoping for some sort of help, hoping that the problem can somehow be set right and what they are often told is their best choice is to find a secret settlement the benefit to them is they get money, and they get privacy, and the sort of hope is that the whole thing goes away, but what we have seen ending up happening again and again is that these settlements can really enable predators because its hush money. The deal is money for silence. These women, once they sign these papers, they cant talk about their own personal experiences and they cannot warn other women that this is happening. It kind of perpetuates the system theres some interesting moments, you talk about Gwyneth Paltrow, she did not go on the record in your initial stories but we learn in the book that she was quite helpful behind the scenes yes you know, Gwyneth Paltrow is one of harveys biggest stars, and you know, he had really kind of presented himself as sort of a godfather to her over the years, and so i think that many people will be surprised to discover that when so many other actresses were reluctant to get on the phone and scared to tell the truth about the experience at his hands, she was one of the first people to get on the phone and determined to help in this investigation, even when Harvey Weinstein showed up, you know, to a party at her house early and she was sort of forced to hide in the bathroom theres this crazy scene in the book where shes hiding in her own bathroom calling you guys, what do i do, hes here. Exactly i think Harvey Weinstein was extremely aware and scared of what the implications would be if the biggest star went on the record. You talk about covering decades of allegations, who knew what at this company i mean, does that question get answered in your mind . Yes we know a lot more now about who knew what, and by the way, i think this is a question for all of us and all of our offices, if you know about wrongdoing, what do you decide to do it about it. People were aware from, you know, 1990, and the book we describe a woman whos sort of the patient zero of the weinstein investigation. There was an assistant who fled under mysterious circumstances people knew that something very wrong had happened between her and Harvey Weinstein and yet people in the office really did look the other way later, around 2014, 2015, the problem became much more visible in the company, and one of the people who was very disturbed by this is a man named ernie ryder, an accountant for the company. Keep of your deep throat, wasnt he. So he became alarmed internally about what was happening. He struggled for two years to do something about it, to no avail, and eventually were finally able to reveal now, he sort of was the deep throat of the weinstein investigation. While he was still working for the company, he met with us late at night in secret, he gave us information about more recent allegations and he gave us a critical document that really helped us break the story. I could talk to you all morning about it, or people could just buy the book. Its a riveting account of how you put this together, moment by moment and person by person. Thank you so much, this is an incredible body of work, she said by megan twohey, and jodi kantor, back in our third hour, along with ashley judd, and who told their stories in she said, if you want more information, you can go to today. Com shop. We see an early fall feel today as you get into the northeast and great lakes. Heat advisories to the south severe storms firing up in the plains, some rain in the pacific northwest, look for plenty of sunshine through the southwest thats whats going on around the good morning, im kerri hall. The nice weather from the weekend will continue today. Here is our temperatures. Oakland today, 73 degrees. Also 78 today in clear lake. We had a lot of upper 70s here and were going back to the summer by the end of the week. On friday the inland valleys will reach 98 degrees. And that is your latest weather. Guys thank you, al roker buckle up, first up, tom hanks, the actor joined the red carpet of the Toronto Film Festival for the premier of his latest project, a Beautiful Day in the neighborhood, hanks taking on the role of tv icon, mr. Rogers in an interview he revealed how playing mr. Rogers is different than other characters he brought to the big screen. I think mr. Rogers is the first person i played that is not undergoing the great crisis of their business or lives walt disney wanted to get a movie made, sully had to save 156 people Charlie Wilson he had to go to bat with the soviet union. Mr. Rogers doesnt want anything except for people maybe to understand themselves and the world a little bit better. People have been waiting a long time for tom hanks to take on this role since we got the first look at him in character that was last year a Beautiful Day in the neighborhood will be in theaters this thanksgiving perfectly cast. Pink, the Singer Celebrated her 40th birthday over the weekend, among many well wishers her husband writing i am so proud of the woman you have become you are more beautiful than ever enjoy your day over the past 18 years of their relationship, i had a chance to sit down with pink in april to talk about her long career and her latest album which is great, and pink opened up about becoming a mom how it shaped her life and music in recent years but definitely does not seem like age will be slowing her down i want to take a second to wish pink a very happy birthday shes the best. And finally, Kelly Clarkson, were going to talk to kelly in a minute, but before we do, kelly joined jimmy fallon, squaring off in a little thing called beat battle in which they competed to see who could sing more pop hits to the beats as played by the roots. Go kelly. Just keep your eyes on me, i said your holding me back, she said shut up and dance me. Cotton eyed joe, where did yo come from, where did you come from cotton eye joe cruisin high you know i wish tha i had jesse girl that is impressive. And shes here on the day that Kelly Clarkson show premiers our friend Kelly Clarkson. Wait, wait. Open it up, usa today, there you are, girl. On the instagram feed, its Kelly Clarkson show, you are gearing up today is the day, its been building tell us what youre feeling like. You know how long its been so i dont know, my team, we have been working so hard, so were all pretty excited they had viewing parties yesterday in l. A. , like the crew and band and everybody because theyre working today, so yeah were excited. So tell us about the show i mean, we all know you as a singer, we know you voice, we know you from here youre funny. Youre the absolute person to do this. No pressure its kind of all the things, like from all the different avenues of my career we kind of put together on the Kelly Clarkson show. I sing every show, not my own stuff. That would be weird, but i sing another artists song, and somebody picks the song, and its a lot of quick learning but we have been doing it on tour forever, and then we have guests, we talk, we laugh, we do little skits because honestly a lot of people that have come on have wanted to do skits, i havent had to ask anyone yet. Im excited about that. Whats been the most fun or the most surprising for you, now that you have done a bunch of shows. Well, this isnt meant to be a joke but its going to sound fun. Listening is actually really fun. Ive just talked my whole life and being on the other side is actually really intriguing and interesting and you find out so many cool things about people. I have had so much fun actually hosting. I didnt know i would. Is it true that your husband really encouraged you to do this encourage is one word no, he literally just kept pushing me and bringing it up, pillow talk, hes pretty adamant, when he thinks i should do something, and hes my manager as well. At first i thought i think i have such a high bar for what a host should be you all nail it so well, oprah, ellen, i didnt know if it was my forte, i love it. You shot some shows kevin hart was going to be your first guest, he got into the accident and here comes the worlds biggest star, the rock i was almost in tears, i was laughing hysterically, what isle he left his honeymoon early to help me out and i didnt even know h my life. He left his hon good morning, it is 8 26, im marcus washington. Opponents filed suit to speak about the planned opening. Opponents cite recent assaults for stopping the waterfront project. They have beefed up patrols, but once the shelter is open two officers will work at the area. This is the call that came in to the chp, i have not seen any equipment going westbound, but the brake lights were kicking in and now it is just dragging across. West 92 may be a problem. I know the 84 is moving slowly, and more congestion. There is an issue, something going on for the san mateo bridge westbound. Northbound through the Silicon Valley something. There was a crash right here around highway 85, maybe shoreline for north 101 and that did jam up things a little bit. Back to you. Thank you, more local news in 30 minutes. Tonight, theres ashton kutcher, sheryl crow, and seth has the voice and kelly has the voice and Kelly Clarkson, all new tonight. Heres a story of a man named brady 8 30 on this monday morning, we are living the television lovers dream we are on the steps of the brady bunch house. How many times havent you watched this, whenever you saw the show, and thought what would it be like to be hanging out, and were doing it pretty cool. I mean, its so fun the brady kids are here. All of them. They have actually grown up and here they are, they have a new renovation show on hgtv. Were going to have a reunion. Well talk about that. And were going inside one of the hottest tickets at the fashion show. And cooking up some crowd pleasing recipes from his new cookbook. And the fourth hour, Kelly Clarkson is going to host with me along with the Queen Meredith todays weather is brought to you by the capital one saver card whats in your wallet. And lets take a look, show you what weve got for the week ahead. Weve got an early fall feel in the northeast. The heat continues in september. Strong storms making their way through the upper midwest. By the time we get to the midweek period, september warmth returns. Record highs continue in the south. Look for severe storms throughout the plains. Sunshine out west and then on friday, its still hot in the west i should say in the southeast. We got showers and storms in the plains much cooler arou good monday morning, here is a live look outside. Were starting out with sunshine and cool temperatures. We have a really nice day ahead. It is 84 in santa rosa. As we go through the week it will be warming up. After wednesday hot reaching near the upper 80s by the end of this workweek. And that is your latest weather. Hoda. Thank you, our next guest is the toast of new york and our neighbor to the north. Thats right. 19yearold Bianca Andreescu beat Serena Williams on saturday, claiming her first grand slam title it was also the first for any tennis player from canada. Bianca, good morning congratulations. How does that trophy feel in your hands im never going to get tired of holding this thing. Its my new baby. Your journey is so crazy. Last year you didnt qualify for the u. S. Open, am i right, and this year you won it describe that what it was like when it was over. So many emotions, going through my head and my body. At that point, i was just so grateful i have been through a lot with injuries and i had a lot of tough times in my short career thus far all i can say is that all those tough times are worth it. It was incredible because serena, you beat her the first set, and the second set she had a huge comeback. As expected thats why shes a great champion of the sport. Shes known to come back after being down in matches. I just tried to stay as calm as possible the new york crowd was going crazy. I could barely hear myself think. You plugged your ears at one point. Thats what makes new york so special. It seems as if you were apologizing after the win. Why. Thats such a canadian thing to do. Oh, man. Because it was obvious the crowd wanted serena to win, but yeah, thats all i can say the crowd here might have you had millions watching. Whats the reaction been like in canada who have you heard from . I have heard from a lot of people justin trudeau, steve nash, the raptors. Wow. Its been amazing. Guess what, the crowd loves you now too. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Coming up we have a very brady reunion live on the plaza. Find the brands you love from nordstrom. Up to 70 off at nordstrom rack. Thats fashion at a fraction. Shop anytime at nordstromrack. Com and get easy returns in store. Nordstrom rack. What will you find . Welcome back it has been 45 years since the brady bunch aired its first episode. Is that true. 1959, and it ran for five seasons, which is incredible unbelievable lets do the math. The beloved show has cemented its place in pop culture history. We have six actors that played the brady kids, recently got back together for a special project. They teamed up with hgtv for a Brady Renovation, following the designer as they come completely, gut the interior of the los angeles home, whose facade was used as the brady home, the one you saw on tv. You looked at that house in studio city from the outside, the iconic house, thats not what we saw inside heres the coolest part, not only are we talking about it, we have the whole brady bunch here thank you for having us. We are so thrilled to be here. Right when they said you were coming, we have a big huge crowd here today, and i literally just said, can you sing it, one, two, three. Heres a story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls is this crazy we all come from a big family. They have 50 years of getting it nobody doesnt know that song. The crazy thing is the different ages, different generations, did you realize back then just the impact that this show was going to have on people no, no. Couldnt conceive of it. When the pilot came out, we got a really bad review in tv guide, they said as the six children join the parents on their honeymoon, we hope they never come down. Here we are 50 years later i was watching reruns at this time thats when it got really big. Yes in the reruns. When you have something that awesome and that amazing, were you reluctant when hgtv came along and said we have an idea, its really cool. I think we were excited to spend time together, and its been a year of hanging out they let us pick up the sledge hammers and nail guns and skill saws, and we were all involved in this project. They have done a wonderful job. Talk about the meticulous details inside the house behind you, if you know the show, and lots of people do, the house is authentic. The interior was, absolutely. How did you find, like the stuffed giraffe. I brought that giraffe from my home because they wanted us to bring something from our personal house, so when we walked through the door it would feel like home, so i never took it from the set, which i wish i would have, but they found one. The real answer is you have to watch the show. Did you break it down like each of you was responsible for a different area what were you guys responsible for . The boys and girls bedrooms and the jack and jill bathroom that connected them. My emphasis was really on wall paper because im a graphic artist custom printed stuff. The bulk of my work went into the master bedroom okay. And i also did some early construction when the house was just being framed up in the main big living room. Why dont you take this a step further, partner with the network, and you all move in the house. Slumber party itching powder i dont know about that. When it was done, when you guys looked at it, what feeling did you have did it bring it all back or was it so long ago that you are still trying to remember. It brought it right back. It was kind of surreal understanding that this is an establishing shot of a house that we never worked in, actually didnt even know the location to for 25 years after the show the audience was more in tune with where that house was than we were, and then all of a sudden we know that the inside of the house cant look like our set because it wasnt. Thats the disconnect that we have to then create that set inside of that exterior. You were missing florence and robert reed. Absolutely. When i first walked in the house, i immedialy saw bob and florence sitting in chairs, and i saw annie coming in from the kitchen. It was just amazing. Collectively all of our parents, if i saw that, i would feel emotional about that. Well, thats just it. Now we have a wall and where there wasnt a wall, you know, i was missing being able to look and see my mother you know, the camera, and the coffee machine what do you hope people take from this when they watch it i hope they go back, its a nostalgic, ideal sense and feeling, when you were watching as a youngster, even though its just rerunning, youre just bragging, we create that kind of sense and what happens to the house, what are they going to do with it . Nobody knows. There is a contest right now going on at hgtv where you can go and stay in the house theres a contest. Check it out at hgtv. They wont be able to make it a museum because it is a neighborhood but they have uses what do you think theyre going to do at the house its just speculation i heard you wanted to buy that house, hgtv outbid everybody for the project. I like the museum idea it needs to be available to the public and it should be viewed. You guys, thank you, you all make us feel so good. Great seeing you all today. Glad to be here theyll be back in the third hour, by the way, in a very Brady Renovation premiers on hgtv, you can watch that and enjoy it we all will tonight. Up next, empowering women of we are back with todays we are back with todays style, every september celebrity, fashionistas, alisters from all over the world descend on new york city for fashion week. One of the hottest tickets in town is not for a designer show. Susanna sellers is here with more good morning. What started as a movement to have retail size offerings to be more inclusive is a three Day Celebration of Body Confidence and curves, and thanks to two entrepreneurs with a mission to unedit and empower women of all shapes and sizes in the age of photo shop and face tune, its hard to tell whats real and whats not on social media heres the real talk 68 of women in this country wear a 14 or above, still considered plus size by a vast majority of retailers. Plus size is only 17 of the market which makes no sense. Chastity gardener valentine, and cc, started their career as fashion bloggers, serving the under represented and under served plus sized women. They are constantly told they are not enough they are constantly told she should hide and shouldnt feel confident. Trading ideas online, and selling clothes t of their closet to raise money, they launched the curvy con, celebrating body positivity, love, health, leadership, and yes, fabulous fashion. What do the women who come here say to you guys. One of the women came up to me afterwards and said im engaged and seeing plus sized wedding dresses come down the runway made my whole wedding experience that much better. And the curvy confounders are proud to say in five years it has effected real change in the stores. Brands that only serve straight sized women. Now up to a size in. They decide if they want to expand, and we get to be change makers in the fashion industry n they decide if they want to expand, and we get to be change makers in the fashion industr4i. They decide if they want to expand, and we get to be change makers in the fashion industrn. They decide if they want to expandand we get t cha kers in the fashion industr they decide if they want to expand, and we get to be change makers in the fashion industry as well. Their message has grown from a campaign of a wider range of sizes to a movement that includes Mental Health, personal growth and confidence. Actress and advocate spoke to curvy con using her voice to champion real representation in beauty, fashion and entertainment on social media. A passion born from experience, she survived severe anorexia as a teenager. We didnt grow up with social media, and images bombarding us all the time of unattainable bodies, half of them are edited. Not half. 90 . What do you think thats doing to young girls. Cosmetic surgeons are coming out saying teenage girls are coming into their offices with their face tuned photograph saying please make me look like this crazy. I dont know what would have happened to me, i think i would be dead if i had grown up with social media because its so untoxic. Unfollow people, if someone is triggering you, you dont have to see that. Just mute. Block, delete, repeat. A sentiment shared by cc and chastity who say curating your Digital Space can help mute block, and delete the negative lies online. We see body positivity as an extension of the Womens Movement if 75 of people are plus size, we need that majority to feel as confident and strong as possible so we can get together and change the world amen. Mute, block, delete, repeat. Thats the idea and it helps with curating your mental space. Its about how youre talking about your body in front of your daughter, and overfill their confidence balloon is the idea you have gotten the world and its deflating. Im almost worried. It seems theres this war between being your authentic version of yourself, and conforming to the social media quote unquote norms of filters and looking the part about how you navigate that water. And as you heard in the piece, whats happening thats more extreme is the fact that they want to look like those filters all the time. We have to get them out of that, and accept themselves. Spent 20 minutes of time filtering their picture. Absolutely. As a parent encouraging that, and the other thing that was mentioned in the piece, you can curate what youre consuming. Thank you. Look for her on snapchat, instagram, and now on tic toc. Up next, great recipe, from anthony, first, this is today on nbc so that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. This morning on todays food, antoni porowski, the food and wine expert, on queer eye on netflix, part owner of the village den, he has a new cook book out today called antoni in the kitchen. What are we cooking this morning . This is a traditional dish, leftover risotto baked into a mold, cheese and tomato sauce. Its decadent, ready for fall. Whats in it . To get started were going with your base for any soup or stew, onion, carrot, celery, chopped up with olive oil, mix those around a little bit. Were going to pretend these have sweated for 10 or 15 minutes. Thats the word i just came up with, then bay leaves, chopped garlic, salt. Isnt risotto easy to screw up. Its very easy to screw up. This recipe is easier and were going to get to it a tomato paste for your base as well, and whole canned tomatoes, you can crush them in the can with your hand or knife or you can basically with the back end of a spoon mash them up. This tomato sauce is going to reduce here. How long thats about 20 minutes or so risotto is a little challenging because you want to add hot broth slowly but surely by the ladle so that it absorbs all of the stock and makes it nice and sort of thick. With this, were going to cook our boreo just like rice you add the stock fully. We dont have to worry about the mixing part. Risotto for dummies. Its super starchy, it sticks nicely bay leaves every step of the way. This is basically what its going to look like, and now we want it to bind well, so were going to add eggs. Youre right. And a bit of parmesan. And this is going to go in a bundt cake basically buttered and then italian season or bread crumbs, line a bunt pan, line it up, have a bowl of water on the side so you can keep your hands clean, and then with your tomato sauce, youre going to put it right in on the inside, but first, mozzarella, more cheese whats the verdict boys and girls . Hot dish casserole. So throw this in the oven. Seal it up, throw it in the oven and then it comes out like this. This is set for a little bit so im not going to burn my hands, and you basically take it, you flip it. Nice. Oh, thats beautiful. And it looks like a christmas wreath savory bundt cake. And a bit of tomato sauce in the center, because why not. Weve got like 30 seconds. Were going to go really quickly. Its the end of summer, beginning of fall, sweet corn, im obsessed with corn so dry chorizo, not the wet stuff. Cut it up into little cubes, throw it in the pan, so it gets nice and crispy, nice pork fat out of there, sweet corn right at the e because you want to cook it for a few seconds so it stays nice and crunchy then you throw in lime zest, salt, more parm, cilantro. And a little bit of lime lime juice. Lime juice. So this could be a side or it could be a taco filler. In the book, its a perfect side dish, its nice with halibut or any fish or have it with tacos. This looks delicious. We did it. We squeezed it all in, get the recipes, today. Com food, the cookbook today. Com shop. Well be right back after your foot section of run way. Yesterday the airport had about 350 delays. A few moments ago we got the latest update from sfo and so far there are closer to 300 delays and cancellations. The work is scheduled to continue through september 27th. Happening now our tom jensen is at sfo talking request weary travelers. Happy update to a story of a ship that topple d off of the coast of georgia. 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