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Holding inperson graduation ceremonies. You are now graduates of thompson high school. Students spread out, most wearing caps, gowns and masks. But are the celebrations worth the risk . Breaking overnight, terror at the mall, a gunman opens fires on shoppers in arizona while apparently streaming the attack online. It was probably the scariest moment of my life. At least three people hurt, the suspect in custody. Officials saying social distancing and smaller crowds, likely prevented a larger we are back, 7 48. And this morning on todays countdown to summer, theres no tragedy. Place like home. You dont have to leave your own backyard to have some fun over an unexpected change in the the memorial day weekend and craig, craig, youre about College Admissions scandal. To find out just how good it can be. Lori lock lynn and her husband pleading guilty. Oh, boy, oh, boy. We have the latest. The wife, kids, were all going those stories. To give it a shot tonight. We turned to the ultimate outdoorsman, clint carter from mens journal. Surprise in the sky. Clint, i apologize in advance the blue angels unforgettable for my family already in the tent there gift to the Naval Academy when i left the house thisturn s graduating class. Today, thursday, may 21st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, morning and saw you pull up i this is today with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb. Did not think it was going to turn into this live from studio 1a in quite the setup. Lets start with that beautiful tent you erected what is that yeah, so youre going to like this tent. Rockefeller plaza. Its the coleman darkroom sky hey, everybody, welcome to dome its big today. If youve got the space in your backyard, this is the time to so happy that youre joining us what i really like about it is this rain fly up here blocks out 90 of light on this thursday morning. When you close this, its really savannah, good to see you. Dark inside. You too, hoda. And its a little cooler too, which makes it easy to sleep in. Thats one of the things that can sort of ruin the morning when you wake up right at sunlight and its hot and youre we found out lori lock lynn are sweaty pleading guilty and they will this is cooler and darker, easy serve time in prison as part of to sleep in. That. We have latebreaking details. Also, youve got to have good furniture at your camp site. Just got them straight ahead. Weve got the chairs here. Weve got the table. Lets start off with other this is all from a Company Called decathlon grim numbers from the labor department, revealing more than 2. 4 Million People applied for i like them because the chairs are these are 10 Unemployment Benefits last week. These are 8 and this is 19. 99. Good value on all the stuff. While devastating, it is a decline from previous weeks really affordable. Can you go back inside the tent for one second . Because craig was complaining that his back hurts when he during the coronavirus pandemic. Sleeps on the grass. Is there anything foamy under and there are 106,000 new cases, the most in a single day since the outbreak began. There so he can be comfy nearly half the 45,000 were here i did not bring your sleeping in the u. S. Mat, im afraid. But if youve got inflatable the total number of cases tops 5 mattresses, you can put two million. Inflatable mattresses, queen you can see as we show you this size in there. Thats how much room youve got. Clint, theres two children there in the tent. Map how widespread the virus is. On every continent now, except who are those kids antarctica. The cdc updated its guidance i didnt bring the kids on the virus saying it is not easily spread from surfaces or objects like packages or theyre not my kids. They look familiar. These kids just showed up i hope theyre your kids. Looks like theyve already groceries. We talk about that with dr. John started. Torres in a moment. Lets start with the i respect that theyre also following the no shoes zone ive laid out here. Economic fallout. This is really smart because youre not going to track dirt jo ling kent joins us. Good morning. In, not going to track any clods of grass in. This is really smart reporter hey, hoda, good morning to you. Thats right. You can use any throw blanket 2. 4 million jobless claims were you have or a tarp this is one from a company in filed last week, pushing the North Carolina number to 39, 40 million claims since mid march. I like the ones they make. You can stake them out and its thats the equivalent of the entire state of california applying for unemployment. Water resistant. Hardesthit states, california, when youve got dewy grass, washington, new york, georgia, florida. Youre not going to have any the number hurts more when you moisture coming up when youre sitting here hanging out. Look at new Census Bureau data i see some smoke there. We got, showing nearly half all did you already start a fire households have been hit with yeah, weve got some fires going. So, you have to have fire at your camp site ive got three sources of fire job loss or cut in hours. Here, contained fire thats all right. Great for the backyard thank you. We have a quick question for you. One tiki torches buy these and you set up a perimeter around your camp site. That creates a nice bubble of 50 states are partially reopened. Light. When do you think were going to its really warm, its really nice see relief . If you turn off the lights in reporter good news is that the house it creates a strong most states, when you look at effect of creating separation the unemployment reports, the claims are going down. From the rest of your yard however, selfemployed, gig workers, freelancers are just and then i want to focus on this for a second here. This is a lantern that uses now able to file for their Natural Light. Instead of having a lightbulb it benefits. Uses candles to burn for nine those numbers are likely to go hours each up. Were looking to brace for the Natural Light is warmer. Youre in your backyard, you can do it. 39. 99 for this. Long haul, the Congressional Budget Office saying the and then a fire pit. You have to have a fire pit. My favorite one is called recovery is going to drag on biolight until end of next year. Thank you. Theyve put a fan on the fire lets go over to savannah. Pit that circulates air inside speaking of reopening, to for a really efficient burn. Something a lot of people whats cool about this is is werent expecting to see as the that you can actually turn up country gets back to business, the fire if you want to. You can adjust the intensity by using a button here on the overnight a number of outside of the motor if you dont want to get that communities held in person graduation certificate moans for close to the fire you can sync up your phone and turn the flame up from your phone High School Class of 2020. Sam brock joins us with that thats a cool feature. Youve got these grates you can put hot dogs and burgers on story and more on reopening of there. The country. Clint, i was skeptical, now sam, good morning. Im excited. Reporter good morning, it is High School Graduation season thank you. Right now, students at coral dont touch a thing. Dont make me have to set up any Gables High School were expecting to graduate in just a couple days. Instead its a virtual ceremony of that stuff. On june the 9th, from and i see my wife there as well. Im leaving it for you. Graduations to Church Services, thank you states right now lifting their im looking forward ban on large gatherings as a battle is brewing between the hi, lindsay. Cdc and the federal government we have sticks for you. Hi, guys, hi. Your family is ready. We were on a zoom call with my sons teacher and he looks out the window and goes theres a new tent in our backyard over guidelines. A Senior Administration hes ready. Were ready. Officials says guidance for reopening houses of practicing his mindfulness. Worship has been put on hold this is going to work as after a battle between the incentive all day long. Centers for Disease Control and prevention and the white house. The Senior Administration you can find all of clints official telling nbc news that ideas at today. Com shop and be sometimes the cdcs sure to tune in tomorrow to see recommendations can be overly how the camping experience unfolds. I think its going to go okay. I think its going to be bureaucratic, were doing our pretty good. Best to raine in in the cdc and our best to empower states to make their own decisions. A church goer in california recently tested positive for coronavirus, potentially exposing 180 worshippers. Highlighting a growing struggle between the cdc and the white house over reopening guidelines. The cdc, quietly releasing a detailed road map this week, including details on child care facilities, restaurants, summer camps and youth sports organizations, as well as new guidelines on touching contaminated surfaces, saying theres still a risk but the disease does not spread easily in that manner. You are now graduates of we will see you back here at thompson high school. Scenes of pomp and strange circumstances across alabama. Where wednesday night 400 seniors in hoover collected their diplomas at an 11,000 seat stadium. There are concerns but im trying to stay as safe as i can even in the midst of the issue. Where students were given four tickets each and all attendees told, no mask, no entry. Tonight, 650 more students will graduate in person at the same venue, though not without some protest. Push it back a couple months. Can you hold a graduation with social distancing safely . In my opinion, not at this motorcycle riders love the open road. Time. And especially in the case of and geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, alabama, not at this time in this state with cases rising fairly dramatically, just in the last two to three weeks. So to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers alabamas School Superintendent issued guidance a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies earlier this month that says at with the geico giveback. A minimum gatherings must be held in a facility that would allow a distance of six feet and because were committed for the long haul, between households. The credit lasts your full policy term. Family members of the same household may sit together the geico giveback. Without regard to the social distance rule. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. And its not just alabama. Wow, what a senior year. In texas, ceremonies on the gridiron. In norman, oklahoma, a packed activity center. Students shoulder to shoulder with the city managers smuckers celebrates today is sponsored by rachael ray blessing, and few visible masks. Sights that signal a new nutrish, real recipes, real appetite for risk, as americans try to turn the corner on covid. In montgomery, alabama this ingredients, real good. Morning with a Health Care System strained and welcome back, may happens to be national pet month. Hospitalizations are up, a stark warning from the mayor there who says if you are in montgomery and you need an icu bed, youre in trouble. Al, pets seem to be more popular savannah, hoda, those than ever these days. Boy, you got that right, graduations we were just showing you, about an hour from montgomery. Back to you. All right, sam, thank you. Savannah lets turn to nbcs medical correspondent dr. John torres, dr. Torres, good morning to you, in fact, pet adoptions have been im sure you were disturbed as through the roof many were to see what the w. H. O. And recently said, that it had its single worst day of new cases, new so along with our sponsor, nutrish we asked you to show off the newest member of your family raise a paw to frank his owner casey says hes bringing so much joy to the neighborhood kids. What a cutie cases. Next is sidney adopted just two weeks ago by i mean, thats going in the opposite direction to state the laura who says sidneys personality fits right in with obvious. The family what do you make of it . Savannah, what i make of it is that the things were putting in place to work are working appropriately well but we also know at the same time we are going to have upticks in cases and were seeing those photos and say hello to these chicks. That sam brock had out there, people in graduation shoulder to shoulder in the u. S. Thats disconcerting. At the same time you realize theyre not taking it as seriously as they should, the i mean, they really are chicks fact that this is a disease thats still there, is still sarah on facebook, enjoying spreading throughout the country. Every second with them now that were opening up the country a little bit more people thats kind of cool. Hello, chicks. Guys really need to concentrate on hello, chicks. Al, thank you hey, craig, we have breaking doing that social distancing, news from your camp site Wearing Masks, doing those they were able to meet your request for an espresso maker. Things we know they need to do so youll have your skinny latte tomorrow morning, like you like. To stay safe. Good. Thats the only thing that was we cant let our guard down yet. Missing. I know its been a few months. A lot of people are tired of doing things but at the same time we cant let our guard thanks, savannah down. Were right back where we started and were going to have to do this all over again. Good morning. Lets talk about this new guidance from the cdc that says 8 56. Im marcus washington. That the virus does not spread Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband have agreed to plead that easily from contaminated surfaces, people whove been guilty to scandal in the college wiping off each and every grocery and their packages would admissions scandal. Love to stop doing that. She was given 100 hours of is that what this means . Community service. Her husband giannulli received what it means is we can go ahead and not be as concerned five months in prison and 250 about that. Hours of community service. We still need to be a little bit together theyll pay 400,000 in concerned, and still need to do the things we need to do to stay fines. Safe and that means mainly prosecutors accuse the couple of washing our hands, so focusing paying 500,000 to get their more on washing our hands than on taking care of every container, washing every piece daughters into usc. Happening now, kris sanchez of fruit and vegetable. Is learning more about the deal and when it should be finalized. Its not spread easily through shes going to have a live report during our midday contact, we dont touch something and touch our faces newscast. Also tloilink to more on our ho and get it as easily. We can still get it that way. Page. Bob rydell is speaking to the main focus needs to be on Restaurant Owners in solano that social distancing, wearing county. They get the green light to allow restaurants to open up for masks. Getting the respiratory droplets in our eyes and those is the way dining in. It comes after napa county we get it. Became the first to enter this we dont need to be as concerned with that as we do with social part of the reopening process. Bay area counties now in various stages of reopening, theres a lot to process. Distancing. Clean things, wash your hands, were trying to make it easier teach your children to do the for you. Head to our home page for the full county by county breakdown same thing but again, make sure on whats open. We focus on the social distancing, thats priority number one. Well have more local news for you in an hour. And then real quickly, a lot of headlines about this new study out of Columbia University that estimates, 36,000 lives could have been saved had we started this social distancing just two weeks earlier than we did. Thats, you know, roughly a third of all the deaths that weve had in this country could have been reduced. How do they figure that out . How do they make that calculation . And, savannah, this is interesting because back in february i talked to a few experts and they said the same thing. One of the disconcerting things we were a couple weeks behind in getting our response up and running, and just two weeks would make a huge difference in what happens with cases and thats exactly what this is showing doing using these mathematical models to figure it out. Going forward what this is telling us as people are opening up, they need to make a big effort to see if there are any cases, if there are, an even bigger effort to clamp the cases down to make sure it doesnt turn into an outbreak. Dr. Torres, thank you very much. Hoda, to you. To more breaking news. At least three people injured, a suspect in custody after a shooting in glendale, arizona that recently reopened. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer joins us with the latest. Reporter good morning. A terrifying scene in arizona. Hospital Officials Say one person in critical condition. Two others suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. Police believe the suspect recorded the shooting, but he is in custody this morning. Overnight, panic during the pandemic, after a lone gunman opened fire in a shopping area in glendale, arizona, about 15 miles from phoenix. Just as the country takes steps to slowly reopen, shots rang out around 7 25 p. M. In west gate entertainment district, a complex of shops and restaurants. It was the scariest moment of my life. Dropped everything, told people, i was like we have to go inside. Reporter Arizona State senator posting on twitter he was in the area at the time of the shooting, writing i saw two victims with my own eyes. I saw the shooter. Once police arrived, the shooting had already ended. We were able to locate that suspect in the westgate area, Center Studio 1a in officers challenged that suspect, were able to safely rockefeller plaza, the 3rd hour take that person into custody. Reporter authorities wouldnt identify the suspect. Of today. Welcome to the 3rd hour of say they dont have a motive or today. Craig melvin here in studio 1a, type of weapon used, but say they believe he was the only one al, dylan, sheinel working involved in the shooting. From home. Officials are now asking it is thursday residents to shelter in place but that also means that we just after the chaotic incident, just received the latest unemployment as many people are striving to numbers from the federal government last week nearly 2. 5 million get back to normal lives. The shelter in place again is americans filed claims for benefits that pushes the total since this in place, not because we believe theres an active threat, but we crisis need to systematically, efficiently check businesses for additional victims or witnesses. Reporter state of arizona like other states just eased stay at home orders. Police say it could have been worse. Theyre looking at the potential piece of evidence that had the shooter recording the incident. Savannah . All right, thank you. And we learned Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband will plead guilty in the College Admissions scandal. Gabe gutierrez joins us live with breaking details. Hi, gabe, good morning. Hi, savannah, good morning. We learned details a short time ago, information from the u. S. Attorney office in massachusetts. Lori loughlin and her husband, Fashion Designer husband, will plead guilty to conspiracy charges stemming from the College Admissions scandal. As you know, they have been accused of paying a half million to get two daughters into usc as fake recruits. They pled not guilty and fought charges as recently as two weeks ago. Laughlin will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, her husband pleading to similar charges. As part of the agreement, we learn that laughlin has agreed to serve two months in prison, pay 150,000 and two years of supervised release with community service. Her husband agreed to serve five months in prison, pay 250,000 fine, and supervised release with community service. The court set a date of tomorrow for them to formally enter the plea, and they become the 23rd and 24th parents to plead guilty as part of the College Admissions scandal, savannah. Gabe, you just mentioned as recently as two weeks ago, laughlin and her husband sought to dismiss the charges, had an aggressive legal strategy, were de defiant. Whats behind the sudden change . We dont know we can tell you charges carried up to 20 years in prison. In the last several months, late last year, the government ramped up pressure on Lori Loughlin and her husband to plead guilty. Other high profile couples, Felicity Huffman had already pled guilty, served a few days in prison. At some point apparently laughlin and her team made the calculation this outcome was preferable than going to trial which was expected later this year, savannah. Very much. Ave been a big gamble. Appreciate it. Hoda, to you. 16 minutes after the hour. Historic flooding emergency in michigan, investigation under way into failure of two dams. One river increased more than 35 feet. Thats the highest it has been in more than three decades. Flood waters are threatening a major chemical plant, dow chemical. Officials say the river is mixing with containment ponds, theyre activating emergency plans. Officials say it will be several days before waters recede to normal levels. One other story from washington. One of the white houses longest serving employees died at the age of 91. He contracted the coronavirus. Wilson roosevelt german served through 11 president s, started as a cleaner in the eisenhower administration, promoted to butler when john f. Kennedy was in office. Stayed on through the obama administration. He was remembered fondly by former president george w. Bush and laura bush. They say he was a lovely man. Think about the stories he could tell but probably didnt tell any of them, hoda, al. Total professional. I was talking to generjenna him. They called him mr. German, he made the place feel like home. I am sure he did that for many before her. Mr. Roker, lets check the weather. It is chilly in the west. Seattle, nine degrees below average. Portland 60, medicine foford. More of the same from reno to jackson. Temperatures are from 5 to 17 to 18 degrees below average. Then we slide to the south. Look at the temperatures. By monday on memorial day, yuma in triple digits. 84 in Santa Barbara and las vegas, it will be warm with 97 degrees. Rest of the west looking at partly cloudy skies, a few showers in salem. 56. Boise, 58 degrees. Anaheim, 84 degrees. Winslow, 78. Aspen, 62. We have heavier showers and thunderstorms in the Midatlantic States, wet weather in the Pacific Northwest. The rest of the country, heavy rain in Midatlantic States. Strong storms through florida. Severe storms in central, person texas. Sunshine from the great lakes all the way into the northeast, but that will be changing as we head into the weekend. Expect severe storms also starting to develop as we get into the mid plains. Sunny, warm through the southwest. Looking at temperatures that climb up into the 90s and 100s. Again, looking at heavy rain, possibility of flooding in parts of the carolinas and in virginia. Roanoke picked up 11 inches of rain since yesterday. Unfortunately, were going to see more rain this weekend for parts of michigan that are thaling wi good morning. I am meteorologist, kari hall. Were still in for mild weather today with our temperatures in the south bay reaching up to 78 degrees in san jose, but there will be a few inland east bay spots that reach into the low 80s. Up to 82 degrees in antioch today. We will also see low 80s in the north bay while San Francisco stays in the 60s and 70s. We will see our temperatures heating up over the next few days and by the end of the weekend were in the upper 80s and 90s next week. Thats your latest weather. And thats your latest and thats your latest weather. Guys all right, al, thank you so much. And coming up the National Parks reopening just in time for the Holiday Weekend. New safety measures. And a few perks in place for families who got the itch to venture out into the Great Outdoors were going to have a live report this morning from the Florida Everglades. An unexpected group on the front lines against the coronavirus. Librarians, thats right, librarians, the Important Role theyre being recruited to play. But first, this is today on nbc. And. Lets get started. music fades in hey hi that could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Tribute to the late great Jerry Stiller than his own son ben who will join us live. Hell share some family stories that will make you smile. But first, your local news savin. Jamie, youre cutting out. Sorry im late hey, whoevers doing that, can you go on mute . Oh, my bad i was just saying theres a typo on slide 7. Bundle home auto for big discosnouts. I think thats supposed to say discounts. You sure about that . Hey, can you guys see me . Wityour money almostes offered feels like its frozen. 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Its thursday, when we get the firsttime jobless claims and slightly more than 2 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits, and its a big number and its gotten smaller every week. I am kris sanchez with how city governments are getting creative and putting their workers back to work as contract tracers. In San Francisco, hundreds of city workers, librarian, city attorneys, are being trained to operate as disease detectives. Ucsf and ucla are working to see if they can help with the supply. And Lori Loughlin and her husband agreed to plead guilty in the College Admissions scandal. As part of the agreement she receives a twomonth prison sentence and a 150,000 fine and 100 hours of community service. In the meantime, her husband will spend five months in prison, pay a quarter milliondollar fine and complete 250 hours of community service. Prosecutors accuse the couple of paying half a Million Dollars to get their daughters into usc. Kari, will it be another day for us . Yes, a beautiful day. We are already starting out with sunshine and we will have a slight warmup for today with highs reaching into the low 80s. San francisco will stay cool, a high of 67, and as you make your way inland you can see the highs today will reach into the low 80s, up to 82 degrees in antioch, and the 7day forecast shows low 80s for today and tomorrow but the weekend is when we will start to feel the heat build up and by memorial day we are looking at the 90s that will continue into next week. Back to you. Thanks so much. Another local news update in half an hour. Well see you then. Latest that special twist of the blue angels latest fly over, cadets looking on from below, tossing their hats in celebration, making for a great sight in the sky. Craig has joined the table good morning, how was the birthday, craig, were you up late last night . I was up later than usual the family went above and beyond, spectacular. You were dragging it in this morning. You might have had a little fun last night we do want to tell you about a few things were working on for tomorrow as we head into the Holiday Weekend, the unofficial start of summer. A lot of you guys have questions about Vacation Rentals we have an interview with the ceo of airbnb. Well find out what his site is doing to be sure properties are clean and safe vicky nguyen is going to focus specifically on the memorial day weekend and how we can all stay safe while having fun if youre heading to the pool, maybe the beach, or that family barbecue as well. Vicky will have that for us tomorrow as well. Lets get caught up on the headlines at 7 30 on a thursday morning. Flood waters that forced the evacuation of 10,000 people. Threatening a major chemical plant. The flooding began tuesday when a pair of dams failed to hold back a rising river after days of rain. Officials at dow chemical said flood waters have started mixing with on site containment ponds, prompting the company to activate emergency plans Officials Say it will be several days before the waters recede to normal river levels. The uss Theodore Roosevelt has left guam and gone out to sea after being sidelined for nearly two months with the coronavirus outbreak the crew will do about two weeks of training to return to duty. The ship has been docked in guam since march the 27th more than 1,000 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus over that stretch of time and a wallet that was lost nearly 60 years ago is back with its Rightful Owner this morning. Donna brown misplaced the wallet donna brown misplaced the wallet around 1961 when she went to the ladies room of a movie theater. The theater is now being remodeled. Crews recently discovered that wallet in perfect condition while taking apart the walls the Theater Owner found donna through facebook and returned the wallet, and inside, pictures of donnas friends and even her learners permit. Thats crazy. I mean. 60 years. Theres hope, hoda, for us m losing our purses at the mall in the 80s. Mine was at spencer gifts. Theres still hope. We know the Holiday Weekend is upon us. Were so happy about that and millions of americans are planning to venture out for that first post quarantine trip if youre looking for a destination you should know a lot of our National Parks are reopening just in time nbcs Morgan Chesky is down in florida this morning hes at Everglades National park exploring the right ways and the safe ways your family can get back to nature morgan, good morning reporter good morning, savannah you know, for months now the gators have had the whole park here at the everglades all to themselves but with shelter in place orders lifting all over the country people are starting to come back theyll be able to find these same beautiful views, but be forewarned, the rules are changing this morning for the first time in months lovers of the Great Outdoors can once again enjoy the majestic beauty in person as some of our National Parks reopen just in time for memorial day. At the Florida Everglades campgrounds are closed but you can still take a walk on the wild side. We wanted to see some animals. Weve already seen some alligators and egrets. Its nice to be able to come out here and enjoy nature. Reporter these friends not alone. The secrets out with Many Americans looking to leave quarantine households. Even second lady karen pence dropping by the Smoky Mountains in tennessee. Not only are these experiences enjoyable to have but theyre good for us too. Reporter marty bear is with travel outfitter are National Parks safe right now . Outdoor venues are preferred to places where youre inside, and in tight quarters with other people. Reporter he says his clients now, more than ever, are looking to explore what our nations backyard has to offer. To see families and especially children getting back into nature, and being excited about nature is a tremendous feeling. Reporter the cdc recommends the wide open spaces but avoid , stay home if youve been s stresses to avoid crowded parks, stay home if youve been sick or recently exposed to the virus and stay six feet apart, the park service making it more clear with these signs, describing proper social distancing as two picnic tables, a mooses antlers or the length of a grizzly bear. Yosemite still remains closed but other famed parks like the grand canyon in yellow stone are open with certain restrictions californias joshua tree, one way trails, one change of many. Camping is limited to families or households you typically would be hanging out with during the time of covid. Reporter for those eager to get outside the extra steps for safety well worth natures payoff. I think its safe to come out here there hasnt been a lot of crowds and weve been wearing our masks and everyone else weve seen out has been Wearing Masks as well. Reporter a heads up before you do go, each park has specific changes for its own reopening in phases so make sure you check online before you do hit the road the good news come this memorial day weekend all entry fees have been waived. Weekend and hiking in one of the parks in connecticut and its cool to see people not just wearing the masks but guys, back to you. Thats one thing weve been doing over the past few weeks, weve been going out every weekend and hiking in one of the parks in connecticut and its cool to see people not just wearing the masks but when they see someone approaching they move five or six feet away on the trail. Do a little wave. Exactly. Coming up next, a surprising weapon in the fight against the coronavirus and the push to reopen america. It does feel good to know that im part of this big effort to get people through this this safely. 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Investigators are being tasked with tracking down possible exposures and containing them before the virul spreads further. Thats a tall order. Nbcs tech correspondent jacob ward is taking a closer look at that hey, jake, good morning. Good morning, hoda. Theyre the people who get on the phone and make calls to figure out not only who has been infected but who they may have also exposed to infection. One infected person, a recent report found this, can actually lead to an additional 59,000 infections the stakes are very high but i think youll be surprised to see who is doing this critical work. The San Francisco Public Library is closed. But librarians like Jessica Jaramillo are hard at work. Youre interviewing people, i do that at my reference desk reporter shes one of 100 city employees, assessors and attorneys trained to be contact tracers, finding out who theyve been with, to contain the exposure and stop future outbreaks. It is really gratifying when reporter weve never done Contact Tracing on this scale and it could take im on the phone with someone, and they feel cared for. Reporter weve never done Contact Tracing on this scale and it could take anywhere from 100,000 to more than a quarter million of them to cover the country. Experts say the quicker a case is isolated the more lives well save last weekend at a Church Service in Northern California one infected person who did not feel sick exposed 180 others. The goal of contact tracers is to keep the virus from spreading further by getting those exposed testing, care and quarantined if necessary. If you receive a call from the wellbeing and health of our community. Reporter the question is, with the country poised to reopen and a projected crush of new cases, do we have enough contact tracers to keep up . Technology can help t department of public health. Please pick up the phone it has huge implications for the wellbeing and health of our community. Reporter the question is, with the country poised to reopen and a projected crush of new cases, do we have enough contact tracers to keep up technology can help them gather more information apple and google are giving technology to states to develop apps that use bluetooth to alert you when your phone has been close to an infected person. States like utah have their own apps, using gps data to track where youve been and to discover where the disease is spreading. In a gr if thats people to people or that actually might be from someone touching a subway pole. Reporter bison tracking technology to trace coronavirus transmission these state apps are a patch work they dont communicate with each other and they require people to opt in and always have their phones on them meanwhile, Contact Tracing in countries like south korea, which has had comparatively low rates of infection is far more invasive, tracking exposed people from surveillance footage. Its a disease tracking system. Were not doing that surveillance work going on in south korea because of privacy and confidentiality is highly esteemed in the u. S. Reporter human contact tracers are the only proven way of doing this work so, to slow the spread of this virus, we will need to pick up the phone when jaramillo calls. It does feel good to know that im part of this big effort to get people through this us safely and to get us to a point where we can open up safely. Reporter you know, you guys, what i think were learning here is that technology alone is not going to do the trick. Were going to need these good people on the phone to get out in front of this thing, especially as we get to a place as weve been talking about this morning, where we begin to reopen the country, get on planes, go across state lines. So their work is going to be more important than ever, you guys. Jake, as a daughter of a librarian id like to give an extra shoutout to the librarians out there. I have a ive got a question for you, jake, whats the federal governments role in all this reporter well, this is the really surprising part you know, the centers for Disease Control really is not offering much in the way of they offer some guidance, they offer some Financial Assistance to states but there is no real federal oversight of this process and so you have a National Problem in which these states, state by state, and sometimes city by city, are trying to figure this process out. Its not a good sign for what seems to need some kind of enormous National Scale response here, hoda. As you said, important to answer the phone and answer those questions. Jacob ward, jake, thank you. Yes, please. 7 45 now on this thursday morning. Feels like a good time to check in with mr. Roker. Al, how we looking, buddy . Not looking too bad temperaturewise, lets check out whats going on around the country today. Cooler conditions here in the east from st. Louis to columbus down to charlotte. Temperatures anywhere from five to ten degrees below average now, as we move into friday warming up in the northeast. Look at boston, youre going to be near 80 degrees buffalo, 78. But still a little chilly in the midwest. And as we move into the Holiday Weekend, temperatures warm up to des moines, 81 degrees, cleveland, youll be 81 on memorial day 79 in raleigh. Temperatures in new york trying to break 70 degrees, but struggling a bit where as little rock will see temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Florida all the way on up into 80s. Strong storms from florida all the way on up into the Midatlantic States, severe storms in the Central Plains, sunny and warm out west today. Thats whats going on around i am meteorologist, kari hall. Lets head outside in san jose as we wake up to sunshine this morning. We will get more sun throughout the afternoon giving us a slight warmup for our afternoon high. We will reach up to the low 80s for some of our inland east bay communities and for the north bay up to 80 degrees, and for the south bay expect a high of 78 and 67 in San Francisco. We will heat up this weekend, especially go into memorial day. Thats your latest weather. Thats your latest weather craig . All right, al, thank you so much. Just ahead here, gearing up for an historic mission, inside the first manned space launch from the United States in a decade thats right after this. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. 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I happen to have been one of the four astronauts that landed here almost nine years ago its incredibly humbling to be here to start out the next launch from the United States. Thats exciting the first time, a private company, not a national government, to send astronauts into orbit, final test before the commercial crew flights are allowed to begin, guys. Theres only one american up there right now, apparently, his name is Chris Cassidy and he sent an email to hurley. I want to make sure i get it right. He said that he was, quote, looking forward to seeing their ugly mugs on board hes been up there that long by himself. Trash talk already, all right. The launch is next wednesday, nbc will have full coverage. Coming up, kids, weve got two major stars just ahead, ben stiller is joining us, he cracks open his family archives for a sweet tribute to his father. Also, kevin hart, life were going to talk to kev about the motivational message hes spreading his new project. 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In San Francisco, city attorneys and assessors and librarians are being trained to operate as disease detectives. And Santa Clara County also asking the city to identify staff that can work as the contract tracers. Looks like it will be a nice day today. It will be, and a little warmer than yesterday as we check out our live view in walnut creek right now. We are starting out with sunshine, and yesterday was cloudy and we can tell it will be just a little warmer than it was, as we reach into the low 70s and 80s, and then the weekend is when we start to feel the warmup. We will reach into the upper 80s by sunday and memorial day, 90 degrees, and mid90s by tuesday and looks hot as we go into the middle of next week. Back to you. Thanks, kari. We better find a shady spot, marcus. Yes, we will. We will have more local news coming up in 30 minutes. Its 8 00 on today, its 8 00 on today, coming up on the rise the number of single day coronavirus cases hits a record high worldwide most of the confirmed cases right here in the United States, where all 50 states move ahead with their reopening process some in person graduations taking place but are the ceremonies too soon . Were live with the latest plus, praying for strength, broadway star nick cordero faces new complications in his fight against covid19. Nick just had a bad morning. Just ahead his wifes heartfelt message of hope. And life lessons, actor ben stiller will join us to talk about the special ways hes remembering his dad jerry. And then well catch up with comedian kevin hart, the new job hes adding to his resume. Today thursday, may 21st, 2020 feeling good celebrating our Moms Birthday from champagne, illinois. I am turning 5. Happy birthday. 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Lets get you caught up on the news at 8 00 if youre just waking up with us the world has seen an unprecedented oneday speak in new coronavirus cases, just as were getting an important update from the cdc on how the virus is spread and how it is not spread Nbcs Kristen Welker joins us with three things shes watching today. Kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you, the first big thing were watching today the director of the World Health Organization says the agency has received more cases in the last 24 hours, the countries with the largest numbers, United States, russia, brazil and india now nearly 5 million cases across the globe it comes as all 50 states are starting to slowly reopen, with some of them even holding socially distanced graduations the cdcs quietly released new guidelines for reopening for places like schools and restaurants. But not included, places of worship. Overnight a Senior Administration official telling nbc news guidance for reopening places of worship has been put on hold after a battle between the centers for Disease Control and the white house. The white house believes the cdcs suggestions are too restrictive and wants states to make their own decisions and finally the cdc now says coronavirus does not spread easily through touching surfaces and objects. Dr. John torres weighed in earlier on today. We can go ahead and not be as concerned about that we still need to be a little bit concerned and still need to do the things we need to do to stay safe that means mainly washing our hands. So focusing more on washing our hands than on taking care of every container, now the cdc is saying, which Research Bears out, its not spread easily through contact. Reporter the new information could help ease some of those concerns about receiving packages for his part, President Trump travels to michigan today to visit a ford plant that now manufactures ventilators hoda Kristen Welker for us at the white house. Kristen, thanks. Now to an issue thats become really polarizing, Wearing Masks when you head to places where social distancing is not possible. It is recommended by the cdc, but not everyone appears eager to follow those guidelines, leading to some confrontations and in some extreme cases, violence Gadi Schwartz has the story. Reporter caught on camera inside a costco. Hi, everyone, i work for costco and im asking this member to put on a mask. That is our company policy. That employees reaction seen by millions. The video actually posted by the man without the mask but most on social media applauding the workers polite shutdown, the latest instance of people refusing to wear masks in places of business. I have a doctors note so i dont have to wear one, ill show you. Reporter at a trader joes, this woman taunting others while being asked to leave the store. You are nuts wearing that mask a 99 survival rate, youre all Wearing Masks like sheep. Other confrontations have turned violent at this waffle house in colorado a cook was shot after asking a customer to put one on even reporters heckled for Wearing Masks to protect others while covering a story. Your mouth reporter when enough dont comply, local Law Enforcement like the sheriff of l. A. County have been asked to step in how do you respond to people who are concerned this may be unconstitutional well, the constitution is not a suicide pact, for starters and most importantrights may en to infringe on my health. Reporter the sheriff says most people are complying, only four arrests so far in a county of 10 million. Thats a couple masks for you. Reporter deputies opting to give out free masks instead of writing tickets. When it comes to masks in places of business like privately owned Grocery Stores its basically the same as no shoes, no shirt, no service. As the pandemic drags on every day were seeing more instances of peoples nerves wearing thin. Seems like the mask thing has become like a cultural war. Unfortunately its starting to fall along those lines. The virus doesnt distinguish. Its going to hit republicans. Its going to hit democrats, liberals, conservative. It does not discriminate. When it has a chance it will schwartz, nbc news. To the latest on a story weve been following here for weeks, Nick Corderos battle against covid19, the broadway star facing another Health Setback this morning in an up and down recovery, really. His wife sharing the latest update on social media and asking for the public for their, quote, mega prayers and strength. Heres nbcs natalie morales. Reporter after several small wins in his long and difficult battle with covid19, nick cordero is once again fighting for his life. Nick has had a bad morning. Reporter his wife giving this gut wrenching update on social media. Unfortunately things are going a little downhill at the moment. So i am asking, again, for all the prayers, mega prayers. Right now. Reporter the troubling news comes shortly after last weeks bright spot, after more than 40 days in a medically induced coma cordero was finally awake. She didnt elaborate but their family has gone through two months of Health Scares and setbacks. Hes a tony nominated actor and singer, starring in rock of ages in hollywood this past winter. A serious case of pneumonia led him to the e. R. On march 30th where he was diagnosed with covid19. Two days later cordero was in a medically induced coma and complications from the virus soon followed. The 41yearold suffering from mini strokes, holes in his lungs and blood clots, forcing doctors to amputate his right leg. Corderos family drowned out the darkness with hope and a little song and dance. Shes with their 11 month old son elvis often by her side, began to rally support from a growing chorus of well wishers around the world. Who were singing and dancing to corderos songs with the wake up nick. And just last week nick, dada, is awake yay reporter the world celebrated with them. The quest for a code rocky, recovery and relief, getting attention from rocky himself. Youve been dealt a horrible hand. Tough one. It takes a strong, strong man, and a strong family, to override that situation. Reporter its that fighting spirit that his family is counting on to bring him back home. I know this virus is not going to get him down. Its not how his story ends. Reporter for today, natalie morales, los angeles. Nick has the right people in his corner, hes got his wife amanda, that little baby elvis and so many others pulling for him. Pulling and praying, yes. Definitely. Mega prayers headed his way for sure. Breaking news out of hollywood. Lori loughlin and her husband have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in the College Admissions scandal. Part of a plea agreement, laughlin will serve two months in prison, her husband five months. They previously pled not guilty, firmly insisted on their innocence. Were coming up on 8 10, news is covered and now boosts for you. Youre going to love this one. Drivethrough graduations can sometimes be as emotional as traditional ones, heres how it went for a senior in north nashville who became overwhelmed at the sight of his teachers and everybody else who helped him earn that diploma. Ive graduated i love you bye, miss bell. Congratulations. Thank you, thank you so much. Congratulations, mama, did good. Miss grayson, i graduated. Miss grayson. Miss grayson, i got it that is dontrel spencer, graduated from earl cone high school, its hard to see in that video. He is tear stained. Never thought hed be in a cap and gown and all he wanted to do was share the joy and boy that one is worth watching, about ten times over again. Congrats, dontrel, thats awesome. Yes, youve done it again, hoda, you set me up. Its hard to top it. But i think this one will give you a smile. Okay. A dad recreated his two daughters favorite arcade game at home. Home. Now, we all love it. The claw machine, you know at the arcade well, here the claw is 3yearold paris dad is holding her tightly by the ankles, lowers her carefully over a tub filled with prizes, thats the 11yearold sister working the joy stick. A winner, every single time. A rush of blood to the head to get the energy up as well. Mom probably not there in the room, by the way, mom probably not a part of that. No, no. 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Real good. ® welcome ba welcome back in a few moments we will be moments were going to be chatting with ben stiller, whos up with us this morning, got Something Special hes doing tonight and more importantly the close bond he shared with his father jerry who passed this week we cant wait to have a fond and warm remembrance of Jerry Stiller in a few moments. Lets get a check of the weather first. Al all right, guys, lets see what we have, setting up for you for today. We are looking at a lot of rain down to the south. Especially in parts of roanoke, virginia were talking south of there, about 11 inches of rain, and thats a really big mess down there. Were also looking at temperatures that are going to be nice and warm, 80s and 90s for florida on into texas and parts of the southwest, heavy rain in the Midatlantic States, strong storms through florida. Sunny and warm out west with unsettled weather in the Pacific Northwest. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were looking at sunshine across the bay area today. Well continue to see that sun as we go into the rest of today. And our temperatures warming up inland reaching into the low 80s. For the east bay, concord will see a high of 80 degrees and upper 60s for San Francisco. As we go into the next few days, were getting ready for a warmup, reaching into the low 80s today and tomorrow. Some upper 80s by the end of the weekend. Thats your latest thats your latest weather savannah al, thank you. Now lets welcome in a beloved hollywood star, actor, writer and director ben stiller. He comes from a family of talented performers, his mom an mira, and his father Jerry Stiller who passed away last week. Ive got a beautiful record album, the popes visit to new york shell love it what did you get your mom . Support stockings. Honey, i love you. I love you. Now can i drop this off are you kidding what clothes . I sold your clothes yesterday. You sold my clothes, what do you mean what the hell does that mean . Are you jewish albanian orthodox. What the hell is is that . Can we get serious a moment sure, lets get serious, very serious. And ben stiller joins us this morning. Good morning, hi, ben. Hey, savannah, how are you . Im good. You know, your father lived a great, long life but no matter how old you are youre never ready to lose your parents how you doing . Hows your heart you know, its a little sad, you know, because your dads your dad but i feel fortunate, you know, that i had all those years with him. I think anybody whos lost a parent, their spirit sort of you feel them inside of you. And i really feel that i feel fortunate that i was able to be with him at this time. Where a lot of people cant be with their loved ones. So when theyre sick, and also i just want to say, sending lots of love to the cordero family, love and prayers to them. So nice of you to think of them in this time as well. You know, everyone seemed to getting . He would have just wrap their arms around your dad this week, and all those hilarious clips and those memories what do you think he would have made of this fuss that hes getting . He would have loved it. He would have been very, very. But, you know, he it filled him to be ablelt good he lived to perform. He was a very, very loving guy a very, very generous person generous to other actors and show people. But, you know, he it filled him to be able to perform and connect with people and to make people laugh i think this you know, hes a kid from the lower east side, grew up very poor. And to have the career that he had, i think he never stopped being amazed by it, or appreciating it. It really was a dream for him to be able to do it and to and then to meet my mom, and you know they connected and fell in love and were married for, you know, 62 years they just had a beautiful relationship so i think for him this would have been he would i think he has a big smile somewhere. Yeah. You know, everyone just absolutely loves your dad. They, of course, think of him as George Costanzas father, and maybe people think thats the kind of father he is he was loud and over the top and bombastic. What was he really like . He was first of all, he never, ever yelled at me once, during my whole life he was very he kind of kept it all under the surface he was very overprotective, and loving i mean, like i remember as a kid the first time i walked to school, might have been in like, you know, probably like 1974, you know, my parents would let us we would walk to school, maybe five blocks away, and my dad was nervous so he followed me and he literally followed me in a car. To the point where the Police Stopped him because they thought he was stalking me he was that he was, you know, very, very you know, he wanted nothing bad to happen to his kids and sometimes that could drive you crazy as a kid you need to sort of like live your life but he also was always there for us whenever we needed him. You know. And what did he think then when you got into the Family Business and you know obviously youve been incredibly successful in your moms a comedienne, your dad was a comedian and here you go down that path too. What was that like i think that he was a little bit trepidatious he knew how tough it can be. We grew up watching them do their work when we grew up they had made it to a point where they were working all the time he was a little concerned but he was the kind of guy that, you know, if somebody i remember that at one point about 15 years ago we moved back. I was living in l. A. , and our family moved back and got an apartment in the building i grew up in, where my parents were living so they were it was they were living on the fifth floor and we were on the tenth floor and a movie came out, and it got a bad review that i was in, and there was a note slipped under my door the morning after, my dad saying i read the review in the times, dont worry, im going to write to the guy and take care of it. That was my dad. And of course then also like a week later he showed up in our bedroom. There was no boundaries, really, it was sort of like the ropers in that situation. That was him. That was a risk. Yes, yeah but he loved before i let you go, you he you sent us this really cool clip of your mom and dad performing together. To go. But even i want to play it real quick before weve got to go. But even so after quite a few years its nice to know ben, in just a few moments we have, what a love story, these two, they were magic. Yeah, they found each other, and they were there for each other. And i know theyre you know, i dont not to get too sappy, but i feel like theyre connected again, you know. Yeah. I think were all hoping for that ben, sending all our love and wrapping our arms around you and your sister and your whole family it was probably a little strange but i hope comforting in some way that we all are sharing your grief with you and just missing your dad thank you for being with us. Its been a beautiful outpouring t good morning. 8 26. Im marcus washington. Vta leaders plan to show off buses that should pay off immediately. For about six years, fares have not been collected due to concerns over safety for those drivers and coronavirus. But the agency recently hatched a plan to repurpose old pulldown plastic shades as a temporary way to keep those drivers sealed off from passengers. Down the road they still plan to install plexiglas barriers. Lets get a look at the forecast for you this morning. Kari, it looks like its going to be a sunny one out there for a lot of folks. Yes, its going to be a beautiful day. And just slightly warmer compared to yesterday as we get a live look outside. Well continue to see views like this around the bay area. In fact, over the next few days, but were starting that warming trend with our high today in the upper 70s. Low 80s for the inland east bay. Up to 80 in napa while San Francisco stays in the upper 60s. Our sevenday forecast shows well see some low 80s today and tomorrow. For the valleys and then some upper 80s by the end of the weekend. But look at next week. Were in the 90s. Its going to be hot on memorial day. Now back to you, marcus. Hot one indeed. Ill have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Z3w6mz z1s6z y3w6my y1s6y last night jimmy fallon was a kick last night, jimmy fallon was a kick. Okay. Be there tonight to check in on plus a performance from Courtney Barnett new tonight show at home edition tonight on nbc its 8 30, its thursday morning, 21st of may, 2020 good morning, everybody. Sun shining on our plaza saying a big thank you to ben stiller for taking time to be with us and help us remember his dad jerry. He is taking part in tonights red nose special, hes in celebrity escape room with courteney cox, lisa kudrow, adam scott, jack black. It will be good. Catch it on nbc, 8 7 central kevin hart, his tiktoks alone will help you get through the quarantine we cant wait to chat with him. I dont think he can hear us. Did you hear kevin. If youre looking for something fun to do over the Holiday Weekend, well, why not go camping and why not do it in your own backyard oh, thats my backyard my family is going to give it a try tonight and our guy clint carter from mens journal, hes at my house right now, and hes setting up want to walk us through that that looks like quite the setup. Very fancy, very uptown. Hes going to walk us through gadgets and gears that will make the family make the most of the experience that is one heck of a setup. Im very excited now tomorrow guys well share the results. That sounds awkward did you know he was going to be there . I did, but i dont think i fully appreciated the nature of that setup im more excited than i was about camping outside. Well have that for you tomorrow morning if we survive. Youll survive that tent. Looks like its got a master bathroom and airconditioning. Camping. I love it. Melvin style. Also tomorrow, Everything Else you want to know, to prepare for memorial day, were going to have a roundup of the biggest sales, memorial day sales, what you should and should not buy right now its not the start of summer if we dont have a barbecue bobby flay is giving us backyard grilling tips. Looking forward to that. Before we get to als forecast weve got to say hello to the most beautiful crowd ever, our virtual plaza crowd is here everybodys looking great. We want to give everyone a little second to have some air time on the screen so whats happening with a lot of families is, there are milestones happening, babies being born and family members havent had a chance to see them yet. We would like to introduce everyone to twin girls blake and ford they turned 1 month old with their parents adrian and brett out of boston, massachusetts hi, guys. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. So i guess your family members havent been able to meet these two little beautiful girls . No, unfortunately not, hopefully soon theyve only been able to see them on facetime and zoom so far. Well, theyre getting a nice good look today. Those are beautiful babies, you guys thank you for sharing them with us this morning. We wish you all good luck, okay . Thank you, hoda. Shoutout to your family thanks, guys. I love the bows. Speaking of rearing two girls, is there a tom in the virtual plaza from maryland . Theres a familiar face. His name is tom costello. I had to join you guys, not as an nbc correspondent, but as a proud dad because ive got two daughters graduating this week, virtually, like everybody across the country. So i had to give them a shoutout so i want to start with my younger daughter chloe, graduating with two bachelors degrees from the university of maryland, shes graduating cum laude, so we are super, super proud of chloe and then my older daughter, her older sister, charlotte, is graduating from Johns Hopkins university with her masters degree in nursing. So we are so super proud of both of them and so proud of all of the students across the country that cant walk across the stage and grab that diploma, shoutout to everybody thi something right, well done. Thank you, tom. Congratulations. Congrats to the costello girls. By the way for your chance to join our crowd, head to today. Com virtualplaza to sign up take one more shot. Weve got to take one more look grandma and grandpa, a bunch of great folks, mikes 80, thank you all for coming twins are 12. Wow. Love it, love it. Mr. Roker, hows that memorial day forecast shaping up, sir . Its looking good but before i give that, i want to give a shoutout to my niece, ayana smith, doctor, just graduated from the university of pittsburgh and doing her residency at University Hospital in cleveland ive got a doctor in the family. We like that. Lets show you what weve got as far as your weekend weather. We start with tomorrow rain and storms in the midsection of the country, also in the Midatlantic States into the northeast, look for damp and Cool Conditions out west then on saturday showers and cool in the northeast, weve got spring storms in the Central Plains wet weather down through the gulf mild and dry out west. Sunday, sunday, it will be cool but sunny along the east coast, strong storms in the midsection of the country all the way up into the Mississippi River valley western third of the country stays dry. On memorial day monday cool and breezy in the northeast and midatlantic, heavy rain stretches from the great lakes all the way down to the gulf, hot and dry out west with the exception being, the puget sound in the Pacific Northwest with a few showers there. That good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we take a live look outside in walnut creek, a lot of sunshine. Its going to be a really nice day. Its a little warmer compared to yesterday with our high temperatures in the upper 70s. A few low 80s. And were going to see a big warmup in our temperatures as we go into the Holiday Weekend. Upper 80s by sunday and some mid90s by early next week. Looks like that hot weather sticks with us for a few days. D and, hoda, a and hoda, a shoutout to Terrence Levin of our a. D. , graduated from the university of pennsylvania were thrilled about that. Way to go, terrence al, thank you, honey. When we come back, the one, the only, kevin hart, but first, there are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Were back with one of our very were back with one of our very favorites, were talking about kevin hart, hes a comedian, a movie star, hes an author, hes a ceo and now, you can add, life coach to his resume. Kevin sharing some lessons from his remarkable life. Its an audio book, called the decision, overcoming todays bs for tomorrows success good morning, kevin, how are you . Good morning, how you doing look at you, a life coach, did you ever expect youd have that title no, i think thats the beautiful thing about life you have no idea where you can end up or the path that you can take, until you discover it. Theres a space of motivation and inspiration has been a discovery, its something ive fallen in love with. Its a passion project its something that i wanted to do i wanted to inspire, motivate. And inform i feel like thats something thats missing a lot, which is information. So if i have information, why not share it, give it, and give people the choice of looking at things through a different lens. Kevin, i woke up this morning and listened to some of it i wanted to feel what it was about. I was pumped, man, wanted to put my Running Shoes you said this that struck me, you werent supposed to be a movie star, you werent supposed to be a ceo of companies, you went to Community College for a couple of weeks. How is it . What is the answer how is it that you turned out to be the guy we see on the screen today . You know what, it goes back to the title, you know i feel like in life were in control of ourselves and sometimes thats something we dont take responsibility for. You know, you make your rights your lefts your straights, your uturns et cetera. The things that you end up doing ultimately come from your personal decisions and with the wind within entertainment for me it was making the decision to say, okay, im going to take this serious. I havent taken anything serious in my life thus far, and the craft of comedy was something i made the decision to say im going to focus and truly try to give my all. And actually work hard at something. And when i made that decision i started to see rewards i saw the rewards from my hard work, from my efforts, from me really being determined to continue to go down that bumpy road and not give up and after making that decision, you know, youre forced into other decisions, doors are closed in your face, opportunities are lost, et cetera that decision is to stop or keep going, to take a break, or not as youre making these decisions you start to realize that, wow, if i hadnt made other decisions it would have prevented me from getting here this wouldnt have ended up the way that it did. So this story that i have, which is as transparent as transparent can be, its personable and funny, but its real. It is real. I think that, you know, in todays time if more people shared their journey, their story of how, youre going to answer so many questions that other people have. Wow. I was going to say its not to tell people to live like me or do what i do, its just to give you the information as to how it was obtained. Ive got to tell you its the perfect time to listen to this right now. Ive got to tell you, i follow you on your instagram. Your tiktok videos, come on. No, come on. Weve got to my daughter. Lets see. My little girl and my wife. Oh, oh, come on, kevin. Did you know that you had that in you come on. No. And i still dont know that i have that in me. That is me being a husband and doing what my wife says. Or ill get my head knocked off. Youre about to be a family of six. Yeah, yes im thrilled were pregnant again weve got a little girl on the way. The whole family is excited. You know, were adding another, another bundle of joy to this household. So im ready for some more noise, some more yelling its already loud. Its just going to get louder but its a blessing. I love this too, craig, craigs not the only one camping out, kevin hart in the tent with the kids doing it. How was your night out there we didnt make it we didnt make it through the night. Thats how far did you make it we made it till about we made it till about 1 00 a. M. 1 00 a. M. , and i fell asleep i would have slept through the night but my kids got up and they were like were not doing nothing, were just sleeping, cant we just go back in the house . And i was like, that defeats the point. The point is, were supposed to sleep through the night, were supposed to stay in the tent all night until the morning and all were doing is sleeping i was like thats the point, thats what camping is, you sleep in the tent i was like, just go, go in the house. I almost tried to sleep out there to prove a point but i was a little relieved to get back in and get into bed. The melvin family made it to 7 00 a. M they made it all the way through. Were not that tough over here in our household. Kevin, ive got to tell you, thank you so much. I have to say, this audio book is for grown folks, we should point that out too. Yes, yes. But its motivating and its fun to listen to, its your signature sense of humor its called the decision, out today on audible kevin hart, thank you so much, honey. Thank you, guys, this is great, i appreciate you so much. We do you too. Craig no one funnier in the world right now than kevin hart. Not the camper, though. Up next, a trip to the Great Outdoors, as kevin just mentioned, not easy. But im not sure if he had this setup. This wow. This guy is welcome at my house anytime. Were going to talk about ways to make safe memories with your family over the Holiday Weekend. My familys going to give it a shot. Give it a shot . Ill give some pointers on the best gear to have on hand. None of that stuff is mine im really excited now this is today on nbc