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After a shooting outside. The president returning moments later. Were live with what happened. Class is in, but as some schools reopen today, masks are out. Walking into the school i didnt see a lot of mask wearing. The parents and teachers voicing concern this morning. New hot spots emerging in the u. S. As cases hit 20 million worldwide. And overnight, Vladimir Putin with a bold claim that russia has the vaccine. Sacked . The leaders of College Football holding emergency talks today on whether to cancel the season as star players and coaches say game on. We want to play no matter who it is or where it is, so well see how those chips fall. Just ahead, dan patrick on the sports uncertain future. Those stories, plus in the air. The youtube stars hearing that phil collins classic for the very first time. And it sends the song to the top of the charts four declads later. Oh, lord. Today, tuesday, august 11th, announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its good to have you with us on a Tuesday Morning. Hodas got the week off. I feel like im in high school. That was in the 80s and now its getting rediscovered on the air. Their reactions so authentic. Im sure phil collins enjoys the new love, too. Royalty checks bigger. Well talk about that in a moment. We will. There is so much happening on this tuesday including drama surrounding College Football with the season up in the air. Star players leading a vocal push to play, but will that push be enough . Were going to take a closer look and dan patrick will join us live. Also breaking details on the shooting near the white house. It led to the president being rushed out of a press briefing live as it happened. A dramatic moment. Kristen welker was right there. Shell have the latest. Lets start with those devastating storms in the midwest. It knocked out power to more than a million in the region. And a heat wave is intensifying on the east coast. Its hot already als got the forecast in a moment, but lets go to Gabe Gutierrez who joins us from chicago this morning hi, gabe good morning reporter savannah, good morning. These stores are known as a collectively as a derecho, a huge storm system impacting hundreds of miles. Take a look what these powerful winds did. Parts of iowa saw gusts up to 100 miles an hour. In this neighborhood in chicagos north side, car after car crushed. And this morning, residents here are assessing the damage oh, no its been a rough day today reporter this morning residents in the midwest are cleaning up after a devastating storm system pummelled multiple states monday leaving more than a Million People without power come home to this, to a neighborhood thats devastated by what looks like a microburst. Reporter winds so strong, some saying they saw a possiblee been a twister shredding a roof in chicago it was madness. It was crazy it was really dark i was really scared. Reporter strong winds moved in quickly through the rogers park neighborhood tearing down trees and destroying vehicles. One resident discovering his car had been crushed yet in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, hes still grateful im just glad im okay. I think because 2020, it is i think you know what, i think it has prepared us for stuff like this theres nothing i can do reporter the powerful storm system covering hundreds of miles blowing high winds exceeding 100 Miles Per Hour through iowa east of des moines and parts of indiana and nebraska back in chicago, residents are rattled but resilient. I just really pray and hope for the best for every famil thats out here living in these conditions right now reporter here in illinois, nearly half a Million People still without power. More than a million are without electricity throughout the midwest. Savannah, its going to be a long day of cleanup ahead. Back to you. I can see that, gabe. Thank you very much. Here on the east coast, lingering power problems from isaias and that dangerous heat wave not helping the situation al roker joining us now with that part of the story hey there, al. Hey, guys good morning and we are talking about 31 Million People under some sort of a heat watch or heat warning. Especially here in the northeast. And the humidity levels are going to be a factor hot and dry out west but here in the northeast, this is where were going to see those feels like temperatures flirting with 100 degrees from washington, d. C. , over to buffalo, albany, boston as well. Tomorrow temperatures drop a few degrees, but the problem is the humidity levels rise so its going to feel again like 102 in washington, 99 in raleigh. Nashville, 97. 94 out in cincinnati then look at these triple digit temperatures palm springs, phoenix, amarillo, ed my midland, record highs. As they say out there, you know this, savannah, it is a dry heat it is a dry heat. But so is an oven. Al, thank you so much. Well see you in a few for the rest of the forecast now we move to the scare at the white house. A shooting outside the compound that led to a lockdown inside. The president even being taken out of a live News Conference as it was happening Nbcs Kristen Welker was right there in the Briefing Room kristen, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning to you it was truly remarkable. Something ive never witnessed before having covered the white house for two administrations now. The secret service escorting the president out of the Briefing Room amid a Security Threat outside the white house. It all made for some truly shocking and tense moments here. And it came as the president had set out to talk about the executive actions hed just signed and covid19. This morning authorities in the Nations Capital are investigating a shooting outside the white house that led to some dramatic moments inside involving president trump. The secret service interrupting the president just three minutes into his Coronavirus Briefing ushering him out of the room and into the oval office the president returning minutes later. There was a shooting. It was Law Enforcement shot someone, seems to be, the suspect, and the suspect is now on the way to the hospital i cant tell you the condition of the suspect reporter overnight the secret service says the suspect a 51yearold male approached a Uniformed Secret Service officer and told him he had a weapon then removed an object from his clothing he then crouched into a shooters stance as if he was about to fire a weapon the secret Service Officer discharged his weapon striking the individual in the torso. Reporter this Video Shows Police apparently surrounding the person who was shot. We heard a gunshot as we were going down the street. Reporter the secret service says the suspect and the officer were taken to a hospital the white house complex was never breached during the incident nor was the secret Service Protectee in danger. Reportere president was defending his decision to sign executive actions he says will bring Financial Relief to struggling americans after talks with democrats collapsed. The president s action include a new weekly unemployment bonus payment of 400, less than the 600 people were initially receiving. States are required to apply for the funds and pay 100 of the cost overnight, the National Governors association criticized the move, writing in part the best way forward is for congress and the administration to get back to the negotiating table and come up with a workable solution as the treasury secretary vowed americans will see the funds soon within the next week or two most of the states will be able to execute reporter now both the white house and democrats have signaled they are willing to ting scheduledions for a broader as for that incident overnight a Law Enforcement official does tell me the suspect was not armed with a gun savannah i have to ask you, kristen, about joe biden expected to announce his running mate any minute, today, tomorrow, wont be next week whats going on . Reporter certainly has us all on pins and needles, thats for sure we could learn bidens choice for his running mate at any minute or day now based on multiple sources who are familiar with the process who i spoke with the top contenders include senator kamala harris, Gretchen Whitmer and susan rice im told at this point all of the interviews have been completed and its up to biden hes looking for someone who will do no harm to his campaign and who will be his strongest governing partner in the white house. Well be working our sources all day long, savannah. Kristen, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Now to the on going debate over reopening schools in this country as more students return to classrooms from coast to coast. This morning, were hearing from parents and teachers concerned about reopening and what they nbcs sam brock has that part of the story. Sam, good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. Far from a magic formula here, disease experts say its pretty simple, keep your kids socially distanced, wash hands and wear masks for School Districts that cant do that, theyre likely looking at a recipe for disaster reporter this morning, schools across the country are facing their biggest test yet. Sending kids back into classrooms during a pandemic thats still surging in some areas. In indiana, this mom is trying to pump the brakes on covid19 they know to keep their distance and we cant really touch our friends this year. And wash our hands reporter but for every textbook example of masks and social distancing, parents and teachers alike are finding their safety alarm bells buzzing Frankie Clarke dropped off her youngest son for his first day in second grade. Walking into the school, i didnt see a lot of mask wearing. And i think that that should have been something that was mandatory and not optional reporter an hour west in central florida, a veteran educator reports full classrooms and crammed hallways for some reason they think school is a magical place and we dont need to be six feet apart. Reporter the concerns hardly specific to florida. A school in dallas, georgia, shut down inperson classes for at least two days after nine positive cases angie franks nephews were two of the students infected they werent socially distant. They did not have masks on and both boys set in classes all day long reporter the district superintendent writing that classrooms were thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. As america grapples with a bigger problem, a new report finds in the last four weeks theres been a 90 jump in cases among children in the u. S. With 97,000 contracting covid in the second half of july. President trump pressed by nbcs news correspondent carol lee on the new figures. So do you still believe that children are essentially immune . They dont get very sick. And according to the people that ive spoken to, they dont transport it or transfer it to other people or certainly not very easily. Reporter one epidemiologist at Emery University reporting very different findings in georgia. Those younger groups play a role in transmission more broadly. Im worried well see it spread throughout the age range so sam, this debate as new york city set to reopen its schools. A big question seems to be whether teachers and students are actually going to show up. What do we know about that part of the story reporter new york city mayor bill de blasio has expressed confidence that will happen smoothly, craig. Hes siting a survey showing 74 of families are going this inperson hybrid model most families didnt select anything and they were automatically enrolled in inperson. Theres an option to switch back and forth throughout the year, four times maximum, craig. This could be fluid in terms of the numbers over the year. All right sam brock in florida thank you. Also breaking overnight, a surprising claim from russian president Vladimir Putin that a vaccine has been developed in his country and is already being given to people including his own daughter nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is on the story this morning. Hi, richard. Good morning reporter good morning. Russia says it has a vaccine and that its ready to go and russian president Vladimir Putin says that its effective, its safe, it provides longterm immunity and that one of putins two daughters, he didnt specify which one, has already taken it. That she had a slight fever after both of the two shots but that the fever went down but scientists are expressing grave concerns in the global race for a coronavirus vaccine, russia said today its already won even though it hasnt completed phase three trials thats not slowing russia down which today registered and approved for use its vaccine while continuing to conduct human trials russia already has a rollout plan its ambitious and fast. To start giving the vaccine to medical personnel this month, mass production in September Mass distribution in october before todays announcement, i spoke with the head of the russian Government Fund backing the vaccine. Well have 30 million doses so well be working based on this number. Reporter you want to vaccinate 30 Million People in russia this year well produce up to 30 million doses of vaccine then it will be up to people who want to be vaccinated but in principle, yes, we can vaccinate tens of millions of people in russia this year reporter scientists including from the w. H. O. Are surging caution saying only extensive and prolonged testing can determine if a vaccine is effective and safe u. S. Officials have accused russia of hacking vaccine research, claims russia vigorously denied. Accusations by some of the people who are afraid of russia having a sputnik moment to the vaccine. Or being the first out there when there is nobody else out there. Reporter the vaccine is officially called sputnikv for vaccine. And russian Officials Say there is already Strong International russia has not published much data about the vaccines. Rush is a Officials Say that will be published but scientists including dr. Fauci say they hope that russia and china, who is also working a vaccine, are carrying out the precautions that are required to produce this medicine. All right Richard Engel, thank you appreciate it. Back here, a deadly gas explosion leveled homes in baltimore. The exact cause of the blast nbcs tom costello joins us from the scene. Tom, good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning. Just horrific here three homes just leveled they just went up in seconds investigators, fire rescue crews spent much of the day and into the night searching for any survivors. And now theyre very much looking for answers. Digging through rubble and debris, investigators are searching for the cause of a major gas explosion here in baltimore. So many houses just gone. The blast toppled multiple houses killing one woman and sending at least seven others to area hospitals this was a rollout explosion. I seen smoke up in the air like 60 feet or so. I just took off running. I didnt have no shoes on. Reporter the explosion midmonday morning sent neighbors scrambling to help there was power lines down. There was bricks, cinder blocks. Just catastrophic. Started digging reporter residents like dean jones started digging through debris we could hear the gas and smell the gas. It was like so were like, they like, you go get people out of there tell them to move. Tell them move reporter baltimore firefighters quickly on the scene pulling a survivor from the wreckage i want everybody in the city really to rally around those individuals that are still fighting for their lives thats what we should put all our hopes, all our prayers, all our Energy Reporter fire crews spending hours climbing through the rubble in 90 degree heat a high humidity. Its a rescue operation right now were still searching. Reporter fire authorities declining to say how many people theyre still looking for. Many residents were told to evacuate now displaced from their homes during a pandemic. The explosion leaving many in the neighborhood without gas or power in the middle of a hot august day. When we got down there and saw the power line was broke in half and the wires we could hear the yelling. Its just something i never want to see again reporter yeah. Baltimore gas and electric is on the scene working with the Fire Department trying to isolate the cause. One theory here is that this city has a lot of ageing gas mains and pipes. Theyve been leaking, and that may have been a contributing factor guys, back to you. Tom costello, its hard to see peoples lives strewn about on the streets behind you there in baltimore, tom. Thank you. Just awful. Let us go back to the weather now, see what al is looking at good morning, al hey, good morning, guys again, were looking at that heat watch out west. Beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. Although medford, oregon, sun. 96 degrees, sunshine around the great lakes. Strong storms firing up again in the central Mississippi River valley were going to get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds vo through our love promise, subaru and our retailers are proud to be replanting 500,000 trees. Good morning. We have a couple of low clouds. Well see a cool down in the bay area. Great view of walnut creek. Lets look at the microclimate highs. Low to mid80s in san jose. Morgan hill, 86. Concord, 86. Oakland, 71. A pleasant day ahead. San francisco 66. Couple of low clouds hanging out. Expect an increase of winds in the afternoon with cooler temperatures tomorrow. Thats your latest weather. Guys all right thank you, sir coming up here on a Tuesday Morning, will there be College Football this fall that wewanttoplay is trending thanks to a big push from star players like clemsons quarterback. And the potential economic toll on College Towns all over this country. Well talk about where things start with that guy, dan patrick. Look forward to that. 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We want to consider the forecast for the day. Good morning. Good morning. It will be a great day. We are noticing it has been cooler out here, especially compared to the 90s earlier in the week and during the weekend. Beautiful view over san jose. We have areas of cloud cover around golden gate bridge. Expect to see temperatures for micro climate highs in the 60s for the coast. Again, well notice clearing when it comes to low clouds and wind kicking up this afternoon. San jose, 84 degrees. Palo alto, 88 degrees. Napa, 82. Oakland, 71. Were going to continue with slightly cooler weather heading into tomorrow and hotter for the weekend. All right. Very nice to see you. [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Reinventing. 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Residents in the midwest are cleaning up this mornites yesterday leaving more than a Million People without power the storm is known collectively as a derecho downed power lines and trees and in some areas spawned possible tornados. The derecho began as a small thunderstorm cluster near the nebraska iowa border but it grew in size and gained intensity as it moved east in a stunning move overnight, seattles police chief carmon best announced that she is going to resign next month. That move coming just hours after the City Council Approved budget cuts to the Seattle Police department to layoffs and reduced wages and spending cuts come amidst months of protests over the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis. Best is the first black woman to lead the Seattle Police force. Said she was not included in any discussions regarding the city council regarding cuts to her department two beluga whales are finally getting a taste of freedom after a decade in captivity. The whales are now swimming in the open sea getting used to their new home in an eight acre sanctuary off the coast of iceland. Little gray and little white spent years in a chinese aquarium before the long trip halfway around the world each weighs more than a ton so they needed a big stretcher to lift the an maams on to the truck and into the water but off they go. Thats a beautiful sight. Yeah. Now to that debate that is raging over College Football can and should there be a football season this fall . There are so many questions some conferences have already called off fall sports others are in emergency talks today and adding to the drama, some bigtime coaches and players have launched a campaign saying we want to play were going to get dan patricks take in a moment, but first nbcs Morgan Chesky with the very latest. Morgan, good morning reporout players on the field and fans packing these stands but late yesterday, officials with the big ten conference met to decide whether or not they could actually pull off a season amidst a pandemic. Our sources say those officials meeting again today and may even hold a vote. With the season a few weeks away, the big question is what are those top conferences going to end up doing . This morning more questions about the future of College Football president s of the big ten meeting today to discuss whether to cancel its fall season after getting pushback from team coaches, sources say another member of the power five, the pac12, also meeting today to discuss the fall. A huge variable that the remaining leagues will have is how those campuses react to students moving back on campus as there is an expected virus uptick reporter this as the Mountain West and midatlantic conferences have postponed until next year. Amid coronavirus concerns. The Southeastern Conference reportedly also will decide in the next week, but the president isnt hiding his feelings on the matter, posting play College Football these College Athletes work their whole lives for this moment and he would like them to have a chance to live out their dreams reporter now some of the biggest stars are pushing back were here to play. Its what we want to do. Reporter Trevor Lawrence who is expected to be the number one draft pick in the nfl posting with other players under the wewanttoplay and demanding the power five create universal health and safety procedures to protect players, unlike the nfl, there are no National Safety protocols in College Football. Also at risk here, hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue to College Football towns. One study found in ann arbor, michigan, alone the sport brings in more than 80 million a year to local businesses. I think youre looking at an economic nightmare for so many of the cities where these big universities are if the College Football season doesnt take place. Reporter michigan coach jim harbaugh is fighting to play, posting this virus can be controlled and handled with proper Safety Measures but according to media reports, football programs in at least 17 schools have suffered covid outbreaks this summer. Indiana linebacker brady feeney tested positive and ended up in the e. R. With possible heart damage the College Freshman tweeting i want to play, but i truly believe we need it to be safe. Reporter now, many top athletes are using the weareunited to lobby for the creation of a College Football Players Association that would be similar to the nfl union. A group that would lobby on their best interests and fight to make sure those players are safe savannah, craig . Morgan, thank you very much that sets us up nicely lets talk about it with dan patrick now. Dans daily radio show will start streaming exclusively on peacock later this month more on that in just a moment. B. Thanks for your time so weve had these meetings of all the mayor conferences over the past few days. Last night there was this meeting that the Southeastern Conference, the mighty s. E. C if you were a betting man, how would you bet that this all plays out here over the next few days starting today perhaps i think youre going to see a delay, craig i think youre going to see that in the big ten i was told by a source last night theyre going to try to delay this now i think what happened is the information i got was not supposed to come out until today. And i think yesterday morning when we broke the story, all of a sudden the big ten and the pac12 started to get some pushback i heard from the s. E. C they said theyre playing. The acc said they were going to play big 12 was on the fence a little bit. Oklahoma and texas were planning on playing, the other schools were not i would say its the wild, wild west but its all over the country. Its the wild, wild southwest, the wild, wild midwest the latest i have is the big ten is trying to delay and maybe not cancel and one thing i want to clarify, what i said yesterday 122 the president s voted to cancel the season in the big ten. They didnt say they were canceling. They voted to cancel and thats why i and here we are. It may change by tuesday afternoon. Dan, if some of these schools decide to cancel their season, even if the conference decides to go ahead, you got certain schools that are canceling, certain conferences may play, certain conferences may not. Whats the likelihood we have a season where youve got acc teams playing s. E. C. Teams playing pac12 and you got this sort of superconference as a result any chance of that i dont think we have the time to do that. Plus also understand nebraska says they want to play football. Well, the big ten owns the rights to nebraska football. If nebraska you just cant go rogue here ohio states talked about maybe that theyre going to try to play from what i was told by my source yesterday, the s. E. C. Is sort of open for business saying, who wants to come in and play football with us. And i think youre going to have a couple of outliers that are going to try to push that. What do you do if youre the big ten and nebraska says to heck with you we dont care about what your guidelines are, were going on our own. Do you keep nebraska in the big ten . Do you want to fight Something Like that . I just think that this is its unchartered territory for a lot of reasons we have a lot of adults in the room, but i dont know if we have grownups. And you have the players, the Athletic Directors and the coaches over here and the president s over here and the reason why it got to this point, the 11th hour, was we werent hearing from the president s every coach, every player, every Athletic Director said were playing football we didnt hear from the president s then the president s get in a room and all of a sudden they vote and they go, what are we doing playing football here . Yeah, dan, savannah from new york calling how do you get to that point . Long time listener, first time caller to the show, dan i look at this and i wonder about the nfl. Nba seems to so far have it right with this whole bubble idea, nhl doing that, too. What does this portend for the nfl . Well, the nfl has players who theyve signed away their rights for collective bargaining agreements so the liability is the big issue with College Football from what i was told. Liability is what these president s are so afraid of. With the nfl, the players could opt out if they didnt want to play during the pandemic you have a union that represents you. I think the nfl will start on time i dont know if theyll finish on time. Theyre going to be basically creating their own little bubbles in each city so the saints will have a hotel. The buccaneers will have a they have the money. And i think thats another key issue. You know, Mountain West, the midamerican conference, they dont have the money for the testing. The power five conference schools do have the money for testing. You could make a case, those athletes will be safer on campus theyre going to stay on campus if theres no football theyre going to continue to work out theyre going to have testing every single day its the other schools that didnt have the testing that run the real risk. But i think the nfl is going to start on time. Dan patrick dan, thank you thank you so much. Thank you, dan. Thank you, guys by the way, ladies and gentlemen, you can look out for the Dan Patrick Show streaming daily on peacock from our Parent Company nbc universal. Thats going to start on august 24th. He has a great voice. Read me a bedtime story, dan decades decades. I know. Were going to talk about College Football a little bit more on the third hour with louisvilles head coach. Who is pushing hard to keep his team on the field. But dan makes a good point about College Football players theyre not going to be able to live in a bubble you cant live in a bubble on a College Campus no. And the issue of liability the college is worried about getting sued, bottom line. Just ahead, some of the nations Biggest Companies joining together to offer new hope for unemployed americans. Stephanie ruhle with an eye opening conversation with one of the ceos involved right after this ow more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. 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More than 30 million americans remain unemployed amid the coronavirus pandemic but now theres a new program that may offer some muchneeded help nbcs Senior Business r good m, savannah we know that even before the covid crisis, there is a big disconnect there are millions of americans that needed work and our biggest employers needed employees before this program was created, we needed to find a solution for this and now big business is starting to say before covid, this was a goal now its a necessity reporter this morning, new hope for new jobs. Some of the Biggest Companies in the world including amazon, google, mastercard, verizon, wells fargo coming together to create over 100,000 new jobs and develop retraining programs for low income and minority workers. Or is it a Business Initiative its a Business Initiative. Reporter jamie dimon is the ceo of Jpmorgan Chase and part of the new jobs council. 30 ceos coming together to try to tackle one of societys big problems which is getting Inner City School education, largely minority thats getting these kids through school and with a high paying job reporter many of the Companies Involved were already working on similar initiatives separately but the Economic Impact of the pandemic and the inequality highlighted by the black lives Matter Movement led these Industry Leaders to unite for more longterm solutions were doing a lot of things now that dont relate to covid theyre the right thing to do for the longterm health of the country. Our company, the clients reporter what do we need to happen most right now from our government the government has got to do is little bit more particularly for Small Business, unemployment insurance, et cetera to get us through the next three to six months as we open up were going to have to open up it can be done safely and soundly. Reporter youve got 200,000 employees. Do you think you can bring them back to work safely . So theres still 150,000 people working from home and i think while there may be some perm nancy to some of that, theres a huge value of working together in terms of collaboration and creative training younger people. Hopefully therell be a vaccine and hopefully people do it really safely. Were not going to jeopardize our people reporter would you say were in a recession yeah. Were in a recession it will eventually affect income, home prices when people realize they may not have a job. Yeah, youll see some of the effects of that. Reporter half this country is employed by Small Businesses. Do you think a year from now we could only have Big Box Stores and chain restaurants . No. Reporter how are they going to stay in business . A lot of successful ones are still working and selling goods on amazon. But there are the ones who are really suffering we need to keep on trying Different Things trying to get better we will win. We just want to do it sooner rather than later and minimize the damage im glad you asked about Small Business its an inspiring plan, but what did jamie dimon say about the jobs crisis were in right now and whats going to rectify that reporter savannah, he acknowledges that covid has set us back in a huge way. But as far as the jobs skills gap, he says this is an infrastructure problem big business knows exactly how people need to be trained. So theyre partnering with the department of education to train the trainers to do just that at a time like this, low skilled workers are being hit the hardest. So hes saying weve got to figure out a way to give them higher skills. All right stephanie, really interesting conversation thank you very much. Reassuring to hear jamie dimon say we will win. Yes mr. Roker is standing by for the latest on the forecast were tracking the tropics again, huh we are, indeed. We have an active smg system coming up right now, invest 95l. Looking at a 90 possibility of formation and what we expect this Development Zone we will probably see this develop into a tropical depression later today. Less conducive conditions expected by late week, but we still have to watch it if it becomes a storm, it will be josephine a lot easier to say than isaias. Heat advisories in the northeast. Heat watches through the southwest. Hey there, were going to be enjoying a slightly cooler afternoon through the bay area. Walnut creek now, you can see we have a mix of sun and clouds throughout. Were expecting that the first half of the morning. Take you through a look at the daytime highs. San jose, 84. Northwesterly winds, about 14 Miles Per Hour. Overall the east bay in the mid80s. 70s around oakland. Thats your latest weather. Guys thanks, al. Coming up, we are going to hear from rachael ray on that massive and mysterious fire that ripped through her home while she and her husband and her mom were all inside. But first these messages however you go back walmarts got your back. They get that no two people are alike and customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. What do you think . I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Stock market up big on questionable news from russia about a vaccine. Apple stock high enough that cnbc estimates tim cook is now a billionaire. One of the few billionaires that did not create the company himself. And we want to check the forecast. A little cooler this morning than we have been used to. It is. It is a cool and partly cloudy day. Depends where youre at. San jose, you can see the sun peeking through. By afternoon, heres the daytime highs, what to expect through the bay area. The 60s for San Francisco. 70s through oakland, and comfortable in the 80s to mid80s. And clear lakes still in the 90s. Were going to get a bit of relief from the warm. Overall, cooling trend for the next couple days. For the weekend, gets hot again, kris. All right. Enjoy the cooling as long as we have it. That will do it for us now. Be back with you in a half hour. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, wicked weather. Overnight a powerful storm with 100 mileanhour winds barrelled through the midwest. There goes my roof. This morning more than a Million People waking up without power. And across the east, residents preparing for another day of heat als got your latest forecast. Plus, parenting in the pandemic a personal look at some of the challenges that specific things kids with special needs are facing you lose that skill and these kids dont get it back easily. Nbcs Richard Engel will share his familys story and morikawa madness oh, what a shot morikawa makes birdie. Carson talks with Collin Morikawa, golfs newest phenom, after his historic pga win and that trophy tumble immediately went to my head this is going to be a meme. Today, tuesday, august 11th, 2020 im avery from south charlotte, north carolina, and today im 10 my name is elliot from st. Louis. And today is my 14th birthday. Whoo rain live from st. Louis, its charlie and susan in quarantine. Morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. Its Tuesday Morning if youre just reaching for that first cup of coffee, pour me one too. Good morning, everybody. Were glad to have you with us hodas got the week off. Some muchdeserved time off and our today plaza, boy, were always on there. Theyre up and at em early on this Tuesday Morning. There they are happy birthday. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate. We also have a special surprise as well. Well do that in just a few minutes. Look forward to it. Lets get right to your news at 8 00. The midwest getting back on its feet this morning after a severe storm system slammed the area overnight with destructive winds. More than a Million People lost power. Al is here to tell us more about that al, good morning guys, this is part of phenomenon known as a derecho. What it does is a long, tracking line of severe storms with heavy wind, strong rain, hail and this system swept from all the way from south dakota into the midwest including chicago. Some folks felt almost like tornadoes hit. Trees down, power lines down, trucks blown over. A real mess. And heres the way this thing started off yesterday. Its a longlived severe storm 58 mileperhour wind gusts. At least traveling 250 miles this thing beat that by a mile 770 miles from the dakotas all the way into indiana and that now has moved through there are more storms firing up today in the midwest, but what were also watching, a lot of heat 31 Million People in the northeast not only for heat but high humidity. Going to be hot. Weve got heat watches in the southwest, but thats a dry heat here its heat and humidity. Its going to feel like close to 100 degrees from washington to buffalo to pittsburgh to boston. Same thing for tomorrow. Even though temperatures are a little lower, humidity is up thats going to be a problem good news, folks by the time we get to the weekend, humidity drops as do the temperatures guys all right, thats some good news mr. Roker, thank you meanwhile, the world has reached another grim milestone in its struggle against the coronavirus. The total number of cases has soared to 20 million globally. However, here in the united states, the daily average of new infections has dropped to its lowest in a month. A lot of officials fear that could change as more students head back to the classroom one school in georgia has halted inperson learning after nine cases emerged. And a new report says nearly 100,000 American Children were infected just the second half of july and now to celebrity chef rachael ray in the fire that tore through her home in up state new york were glad to report she and her family are safe. This morning, shes also speaking out about what happened questions do remain about the fire nbcs Kristen Dahlgren joins us with the latest. Good morning reporter good morning, savannah yeah youve probably seen her upstate new york home. Its been the home of rachael ratio in quarantine. This morning the cause of the fire is still a mystery, but ray says shes focussing on what remains instead of what was lost this morning the search is on for what caused these sky high flames at the home of Emmy Award Winning chef and tv host rachael ray. Requesting tower one at the scene of a structure fire. Reporter the fire sunday night began in the roof and spread to the second story whats not clear is what sparked the blaze that took more than 60 firefighters to get under control. Fighting the fire was made more difficult by a lack of hydrants in the rural area. Firefighters were forced to pump water from a nearby pond ray, her mother, her husband, and dog were in the house. But all of them escaped without serious injuries overnight ray posting this photo of her dog on instagram with the caption, safe and sound. Earlier in a statement on twitter, ray thanked the First Responders for their kindness and for saving what they could of our home. Grateful my mom, my husband, my dog, were all okay. These are the days we all have to be grateful for what we have, not what weve lost. So the second story was badly damaged. The first floor was mostly spared including the kitchen which has doubled as rays home studio for the past couple months her iphone and personal computer replacing all those studio cameras. This is it. Youre looking at it cast, crew reporter and her husband john a frequent cohost in lieu of a studio audience im glad i dont have to social distance from you reporter ray recently gave her audience a tour of the kitchen. I worked 35 years to have a gas stove and put that pizza oven in behind it. Reporter and the home of her dreams u i drew the house on the piece of paper so i knew what i wanted it to be in my mind reporter many are hoping they can find their way back home soon. See you when we see you back at our house. Reporter now, local Officials Say that ray and her family are staying with neighbors and are asking for their privacy while they deal with the fallout from the fire detailed findings on the fire could take another week or two, guys all right, kristen. Thank you for the update appreciate it. Glad theyre okay weve got the news covered, 8 06 now how about a little boost take a look this is about members of a High School Football team they hiked up a peak in mission, peak in northern california. Turns out they were just getting started. On the way down they met a stranger named felipe who was struggling to reach the top in his wheelchair that last stretch was too rugged so he asked if the young men would help him the team did they pulled him and his chair up that steep path. When they reached the summit, the new friends posed for pictures and soaked up the view. 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Because its where they receive all their therapies, their physical therapy, their emotional therapy, their Occupational Therapy and without these therapies, kids are not just missing out, theyre regressing theyre losing skills. And my wife and i have been watching that in our own family. Our son henry, nearly 5 years old now has a severe genetic neurological disorder. He doesnt walk or speak good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning or efficiently feed himself. And hes getting worse in the time of covid. Hes shaking more now. Upset more often hes putting his hand in his mouth, an uncontrollable part of his condition. At times constantly. I think its the hardest that ive ever felt as a caregiver. Physically, mentally worrying the anxiety about whats going to happen with him, regression, what does the future look like, when will this be over, when can we go back to normal reporter my wife mary and i carry henry around since he cant move on his own. But thats not the extra burden that weighs on us. Its the loss of therapies before, henry did therapy on a horse and in play groups music therapy. Down the stream it all vanished with the pandemic we have to do frequent therapies to keep henrys body functioning, to keep it together if we didnt do the therapies, his hips would dislocate, he could get scoliosis. It took over a year and a half for him to learn to sit up on his own thats an idea of how long it takes. Reporter if you dont do therapies for even a few weeks, you lose that skill and these kids dont get it back easily if ever like most kids around the world, henry isnt going to school now. Not clear when or how he will again. He really enjoyed school. I think the socialization aspect of school for him was really wonderful. Reporter the only way he can interact with people that he liked, his peer group, is being in the same room with them playing with the same toys and thats gone. The shock of the covid era change has been especially tough for children with autism like 13yearold zach in olym a olympia, washington. His mother says when schools stopped, zach went into a bad cycle. He would hit his head or he would bang his body up against the wall you know, consistently and it gets really difficult to see that reporter was he selfharming like this when he was going to school regularly, when he had a schedule no. No not in this not in that way, no but it escalated significantly once he wasnt in school, there was no more schedule, there was no more routine. It was just too much for him to process. Reporter this lasted for about two months while carolina was also trying to work from home and for many kids with special needs, Remote Learning isnt the realistic option what is it like for an autistic child to be looking at a zoom box with 10, 15 kids all kind of it feels like a child is, you know, like, watching 20 different rock bands playing loud, stimulating, lots of different information coming at them its hard to filter in whats important and filter out whats not important. Reporter covid risks setting back a whole generation of kids with physical and emotional needs. But henry has one big positive change now hes a big brother to theo healthy and 1 this month so at least they have each other to play with richard, you and mary are my heroes you know that we admire you so much and youve just done so much for henry and so much for everyone by bringing this to light. I know its not easy one thing that we talked about over the years, richard, is the research being done for henry. Has the pandemic impacted whether that work can be done and continue reporter well, covid has impacted research. Theres no doubt about it. S hav dealing with covid and its a real problem because not only does that extend the goal posts and we had hoped that maybe one day this research that weve been talking about on air was going to create some real positive solutions for henry and other kids and we still hope thats coming, but covid has set it back and we dont know how far it set it back hey, buddy. Therapies, equipment we can only imagine how expensive those things are what did the other families that you talked to what did they tell you about how theyre coping with that part of this . Reporter having a special needs child is extremely expensive. It can be destructively expensive for some families. And thats another reason why school was so important. Thats where they were receiving most people receive the largest amount of therapy. And now some families are either having to go private, thats expensive. Some families cant go private at all its simply not in their calculations and so if they cant afford it, theyre in this horrible situation of watching their children potentially deteriorate physically and emotionally and just waiting for some sort of change so it is an incredibly important story and something that im really happy were talking about on the air today. Yes theres so many different aspects to it. Whether its the research, whether these kids can continue to go to school. Has henry been able to do any of the things that he liked online . I know he did that equine therapy and the horses and that meant so much to him, but are there things he can kind of do online and how does that go . Reporter yes and no. Mary does a lot online some of it helps, but its difficult. Its very as we talked about, its very difficult for kids with autism to try to take in that kind of sensory input but for henry, he doesnt sit very well even in an adaptive chair for very long. He cant focus on a screen he cant hold his head up in a stable position for very long. So while weve been trying to do it and are seeing a little bit of results, for a lot of kids with special needs, this Remote Learning isnt a realistic option no, it isnt. Richard, thank you so much for opening your house and opening your heart and sharing this. Because i think it is going to make a difference. And i hope that everybody thinks about how they can wrap their arms around and support families like Richards Richard also wrote a touching, moving essay about his son and these experiences. And other families go to today. Com. Richard, we send our love to you and mary and henry and theo. Thank you so much in that story that has not been part of our on Going National conversation about how we move forward. So yes, thank you for shinrs bit al roker is standing by for another check of the forecast on this Tuesday Morning what are we looking at, buddy . Well, guys, weve got a lot of heat to talk about in different corners of the country. Heat watch in the southwest. But again, these temperatures are not unusually warm about 5 to 10 degrees above the average for the southwest. But in the northeast and the midatlantic states, we are talking about temperatures and heat feels like temperatures that will be in triple digits. Strong storms firing up where theyve already seen Severe Weather over the last 24 hours with that derecho we were talking about. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the southeast into the gulf coast. Beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. Seattle today going to be sunny and 75 degrees lower humidity back through the great lakes with plenty of sunshine thats whats going on around the countr. Heres a great view overlooking dublin. Were going to be seeing a mix of sun and clouds to start our morning. Its very cool right now. And into the afternoon, were going to be slightly cooler than what weve seen the past couple of days. Thats the story for today the cooldown throughout. Right now 61 in San Francisco. The 50s and 60s. By the afternoon, well be in the 60s for the coast and 70s around the peninsula and 80s for inland areas. Thats your latest weather. Guys see you in a bit. Carson has a great interview for us in the next half hour carson, were looking forward. Yeah, thats right. Thanks, savannah with golfs new young star, i sat and talked with Collin Morikawa walking us through that wild ride hes been on since being crowned pga champion at the ripe old age of 23 if you dont know collin, youll get to know him. We had a good conversation its coming up after your local news a good morning to you. 8 26. Im marcus washington. The College Football season having really hanging on by a thread right now. Members of the pac12 are going to meet today to decide the years football season and how its going to go. Many reports say that season will be canceled. Were going to have a live update at midday on the factors going into making that decision. Plus, research ts best protection. They looked at over 14 different types of face coverings. The n95 came out on top. You can head to our home page right now to see which masks researchers say were the least effective and will not protect you from covid19. Lets get a look at the forecast on this tuesday. Good morning. You know, for a tuesday, were not doing too bad when it comes to the weather. Walnut creek, great view there. You can sort of see a little bit of that cloud cover overhead. Cloudier around the coastline in San Francisco as well. Expect a breezy afternoon with slightly cooler temperatures. San hosay 84 degrees. Livermore 87. Oakland, 71 and through napa, 82. Youll be around San Francisco or half moon bay, expect to see it in the forecast through tomorrow. Well have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. No stranger to you and me i can feel it coming in the air tonight im in love with them. They are awesome tim and fred williams. Their honest and awesome reaction to this its we loved it in the 80s. Were all loving it again. Dylan joins us carson brought us that story yesterday. The power of pop start. That song four decades later is headed to the top of the charts. Phil collins should send them a check. Yeah. Well, guys, its really because of those guys. They deserve it. In the air tonight is right now climbing the charts again. Like 40 years after its initial release. In fact, right now if you look, its at number 3 on the itunes top songs chart. That is right behind Megan Thee Stallion and Darius Rucker so the boys giving phil collins a boost. How many people do air drums together we also had to resolve a debate over the lyrics you shone some light on that its oh lord. Dylan thought it was hold on or however you sing it i thought it was hold on. Ng. I guess its oh lord. Heathens. Coming up, the bread baker turning everything that we thought we knew about sour dough on its head. Bryan fords creations are going viral on instagram especially during quarantine. Hes going to show us how he does it. Hes made sour dough cool again. Was it ever not cool . I always loved sour dough. Coming up tomorrow on today, Orlando Bloom he is out with not one but two new movies and is getting the nursery ready for his child with katy perry any day now cant wait to hear about that. First, something caught our eye, craig did you know that you are in the September Issue of Mens Health Magazine you must know because you wrote an essay i did there it is its a good one i hope people check it out its about your hopes and fears as a black father in america and im sure it was very personal to write it yeah. I wrote it kind of in the middle of all we were dealing in the country a month or two ago yes. Hopefully someone gets something out of it. I hope people check it out. All right. Speaking of check it out, lets check out the beautiful faces on the my today plaza here they are. They are ready for their closeup. Lets get it going danny and erica, im looking for brentwood, tennessee are you open good morning hi. Good morning. Okay. So danny, you wrote us and i see were celebrating a birthday whos turning 30 its my 30th birthday savannah this woman right here erica, happy birthday, sweetie. Youre 30. Youre beautiful thank you thank you danny also told us that you have a little extra love you got a little love in your heart for one craig melvin oh, i go. I do you know, im allowed to craig and hes allowed to love sheinelle. So its okay thats fair happy birthday happy birthday you dont look 30 either but if you say youre 30, well go with that. What do you think about that little flirting going on, danny . Do we accept that . Im going to get sheinelle out here we accept it. Me and craig, were good were good i like him thank you very much well, erica also works in the medical field so thank you so much youre blushing a little bit, craig. Hes blushing if i could, i would two beautiful people. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you means the world. Thank you. How about we go to ohio theres another birthday i think we got joshua. Theres joshua whats up, josh . Hey im doing good and youve got mom there. Youve got your grandma as well. I hear that youre an eighth grader at green middle school. And you just celebrated the big 14. Happy 14th birthday. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah for a celebration every year instead of getting gifts from people we get School Supplies for the local School District so ive been doing it every year since i was 7. Sort of a tradition right now. Amazing kid thats a great tradition. I have to tell you. We want to give you a birthday surprise since you do so much for a birthday surprise. In addition to whats already behind you and collected, our sponsor five star is donating School Supplies to your entire school were talking notebooks, binders, folders, everything all of your classmates need so they are all taken care of. Oh, my gosh are you serious . Thats wonderful. Say thank you thank you thats amazing. Youre amazing. You are amazing thank you so much all you do for everyone else. I just got chills and not just because melvin makes us have it 68 degrees in the studio josh, you guys are incredible. Happy birthday, sweetheart lets put everybody back up one more time. We want to make sure we really get a look at these wonderful people who woke up early the clarks, the hess, the jordans, and anderson. And danny and erica. Well never forget them. And its elisas 11th birthday happy birthday, elisa. Love to see the jordans celebrating with champagne at 8 30 in the morning. My kind of birthday celebration. Enjoy the day, big board and remember if you ever have a celebration coming up, all you have to do is tell us about it today. Com mytodayplaza and well put you up on the big board as well mr. Roker is standing by with his big board is brought to you by walgreens not quite as big as that board, but itll do as we look at todays weather the heat continues in the northeast and the southwest. Severe storms through the Central Plains strong storms in the central mississippi and ohio river valleys. Tomorrow record highs through the southwest. Severe storms in the Northern Plains we got, again, heavy rain in the Mississippi River valley and heat advisories will continue for the second day in the northeast. Thats whats going on around the bay area is going to enjoy temperatures in the 60s for San Francisco and around the peninsula. But its going to be slightly cooler for inland areas. If you didnt enjoy the 90s, well see 80s mainly today. San jose, 84. Concord, 86. Expect to see a mix of sun and clouds. Breezy winds through the afternoon, and it will stay relatively cool through tomorrow before we warm back up heading in towards friday, saturday and sunday. Thats your latest weather. Guys . All right, mr. Roker. Now for pop start. Carson and his personal Graphics Department up early ready to go from los angeles. Whats up, carson . Whats up, jack . Give me a thumbs up. We are up. Thumbs up, thumbs up. Can we get a thumb . There it is. Pop start is packed today. Lets get into it. First up, chris pratt and katherine daughter into the world. And now we have the first image and the name of the little one pratt sharing this picture of the new family all holdingg, we beyond thrilled to announce the birth of our daughter lila maria Schwarzenegger Pratt we couldnt be happier both mom and baby are doing great. We are extremely blessed of course we couldnt be happier for chris and katherine as well. And to the entire family, our good friend maria obviously a nowgrandma. Lila maria seemingly name after her. She commented on the post too. Saying so happy for you all. So glad you get to be a girl dad. Lucky her. Lucky world. Congrats to them next up, bryan cranston. He stopped by the tonight show where he revealed more behind the scenes of shooting the surprise breaking bad movie el caminecret. They swept me out to teterboro, get on a private jet to go to albuquerque two steps down off onto the tarmac in albuquerque and im in a dark car when we got to the base camp, instead of having walt and jesse or bryan and aaron on the dressing rooms, it said bert and ernie. Cute. Cranston also revealing that he was able to smuggle a few props from the show off the set as souvenirs take a look. Wait, wait one second one second okay so im here in my office and i have no way. I have the glasses and my original hat how cool is that . It was a gift, right yeah. It was a gift. Yeah thats right we all know walter white does not need to ask anybody for permission next up, Kelly Clarkson is adding another job to her resume americas got talent judge clarkson going to help out by filling in for simon cowell while he recuperates from surgery. We reported yesterday that simon broke his back in an electric bike accident and is now on the mend kelly released a statement revealing that shes stepping in for tonight and tomorrows live shows while poking fun at simon kwiing no worries, america. Someone far wiser, cooler and hotter is taking his seat. The unbelievably amazing Kelly Clarkson youre welcome in advance. Next up, the internet was really excited for this one. A new trailer for the saved by the bell reboot anybody who watched the original show from the 80s and 90s knows this son playing im so excited plays a big part in one episode where Elizabeth Berkeleys character becomes addicted to caffeine pills. A notorious episode in the shows history a new trailer for the reboot leans right in im excited and i just cant hide it i have way too much on my plate. There is a way to increase productivity are those caffeine pills . Its exciting at first after that its even more exciting but then it gets scary then you end up ruining your girl Group Recording contract. What . Thats pretty good. The shows got a lot of that sort of inside joke vibe to it they dont take themselves too serious. Should be fun to watch mario lopez and Elizabeth Berkeley return for the reboot it is coming soon to peacock by our Parent Company nbc universal. Who saw that coming i walked into the living room the other day, the original saved by the bell show was on tv he was like whats the name of this show . He continued watching it the torch has been passed to brian turned it on. Yeah. Also, guys, coming up im excited. We teased it earlier i have a oneonone interview with golfs newest superstar take a look. There is so much more we want no, no theres no mic drop in this. Its just the beginning. So much to the interview. Got a little clip there for you. Collin morikawa on winning his very first major at the age of 23 also talked about the influence of tiger woods and then, yes, that moment there with the wanamaker trophy. He tells us what exactly happened well have it for you in a minute [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Were back at 8 43 with carsons conversation with a Young American who is on top of the golf world right now carson, you got to chat with the 23yearold winner of the pga championship Collin Morikawa a huge golf fan, im sure you were loving this assignment. I loved it. It was really fun to chat with collin such an amazing story too. Collin morikawa is new to the tour but has the poise of a seasoned vet the pga championship was the first major of the season and collin captured it while displaying a championship worthy smile. A california kid is the new star in the game of golf reporter Collin Morikawa bursting onto the scene. The 23yearold phenom displaying nerves of steel to win the pga championship over some of the sports biggest names. Oh, what a shot morikawa makes birdie. Reporter collin, congratulations on the big win what was it like to wake up today the pga champion well, i barely woke up. I dont think i got over an hour, couple hours of sleep. But its amazing i dont know when itll hit me, but to know that i finally won a major championship, pga championship, its always going to be with me. Reporter just last year morikawa was a College Senior at uc berkeley. You Just Graduated College youre like a first year pro, you should just hang it up, quit absolutely not. There is so much more we want. No, theres no mic drop in this. Its just the beginning. Reporter sundays win a crowning achievement this drive, the crown jewel. Its brilliant, nick. Its brilliant absolutely brilliant reporter youre going to see the drive on 16. Itll be the shot that defines you until you have another one. Especially with the wind coming in off the last all i needed was one bounce. When i hit it, my caddie started running over i was like, okay, this is a major defining moment right here the shot of his life. Reporter morikawas dominance on the links reminding fans of a young tiger woods. Tigers title number two. Reporter who pulled off a pga championship at the same age in 1999. When you played with tiger, it officially made you the youngest person ever to play with tiger who was born since he turned pro. What has tigers career meant to you . Its meant everything hes obviously a very big reason if not the only reason why, you know, i wanted to Start Playing into who i am today. Oh, boy reporter morikawas only stumble, getting a little too excited as he hoisted the wanamaker trophy you did everything perfect until the end. You must have forgotten that that wanamaker trophy has a lid. What happened . Got too excited i try picking it up. Put it on my knee, grabbed it. I was trying to shake it and bring it super high above my head, and there it goes. You know, it immediately went to my head that this was going to be a meme. Stephen cur write a underrated media reporter in a day of unforgettable moments, another surprise collins presser crashed by basketball star steph curry. Seeing steph out there, it is so cool. To see how much he loves the game i think when other athletes are supporting other athletes in their respective sport, it just brings all of us together. Reporter morikawas big win taking place with no fans due to covid. He celebrated in the parking lot with his girlfriend and fellow golfer katherine theres a great shot of you and your girlfriend katherine. It looked like you were in the curb in the parking lot facetiming family or something i wanted to give her a kiss when we were walking down to the table and one of the pga people yelled at me like, dont touch her. Dont get near her reporter why im like, youre kidding me ive been staying in the same hotel room weve been living together forever. Reporter right do you wish thered been a crowd there . Absolutely. I think everyone wishes there was a crowd. We miss the fans they bring literally all the energy to us the adrenaline but, you know, i know everyone was cheering on tv i could feel it. You know, im glad i was able to the tapin to finish it t guy story how on friday his parents found a solo balloon had flown into their backyard and that balloon had the number 1 on it he sent us this picture. That thing flies in. His mom thought it was an omen or some sort they didnt tell him until after he won some things just meant to be. I got the chills again and not just because its freezing in here. That was great, buddy golf needs a new face. Yeah. And golf is in a great place right now. Young stars are awesome. By the way, sundays win vaulted collin in second in the fedex cup standings. Hell join another packed field when the playoffs Begin Next Week you can catch the opening round of coverage of all the golf on our sister channel golf channel. Thank you for waking up early. Up next, mastering the art of bread making. Taking over instagram with his creations. Bryan ford standing by to show us how its done but first th want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. This morning on todays food, the king of artisanal bread making, bryan ford. Hes behind the best selling book new world sourdough. Good to see you, bryan, thanks for getting up early. Absolutely. What is it about i mean, sourdough all of a sudden is magical. Why is that . Yeah. I think its primal. I think during the pandemic people were at home, theyve been wanting to cook for themselves and make bread for themselves and bread is a staple of life. I think people wanted to make delicious bread at home. Well, how do you do it . Its so funny you cant even find flour on the shelves. But to me a nonbaker, it seems very intimidating. Yeah. It can seem intimidating, but i promise you its not this is my sourdough starter right here all you do is mix up some flour and water together you let it sit at Room Temperature for a few days it will start to rise and fall you dont need to worry about measuring the water temperature or stress out about science problems and math equations. You just kind of need to start mixing things together i promise you it will work then what do you do with that starter . Starters can date back years if you dont kill it, you can keep it going, right yeah. You can keep it going. Itll never die. You can just throw it in the fridge honestly, you can leave it on the countertop it doesnt really matter if you dont mind, i can walk you through the process of making a basic loaf of bread yes the first thing youre going to do is mix flour, water, and your sourdough starter youll let it relax in the bowl. Itll start to gain strength youll fold it up a few times. Then you let this sit for four hours. After those four hours go by, youll have a nice, smooth, supple dough what youll do is shape it very simply youll put some flour on it. Roll it into a tube. Nothing complicated. You dont have to do anything fancy. Its really just this simple and youll plop it over here on a kitchen towel, a cloth, whatever you have and put it in the fridge overnight and as you can see, itll get kind of big. Itll get nice and soft. Then were just going to bake this guy all right . And the way you bake it is you take a really hot cast iron pot or pan which i have right here you dont want to burn yourself. Definitely not on live tv, so you bring your hot cast iron pan over here, but a little flour on it or corn meal, whatever you have and youll take one of these guys and plop it down there. The seam from when i shaped it is right here so it will open up kind of naturally. Then put the top back on put it in the oven im going to sprint to the oven because i want to bake this bread. All right bryan, thank you. I want you to come back and show us that finished product yeah. I got it right here. Go online for the recipes this is today on nbc great bread. Coming up on the third hour, well talk about College Footballs uncertain future. But first your local news. Good morning. 8 56. Im marcus washington. Lawmakers in Contra Costa County are debating if federal relief money should be used to hire Law Enforcement officers. The martinez supervisors will vote on whether to add nearly two dozen deputy sheriffs to work in its detention facility. Head to our twitter feed to find out why the sheriff says that money cant come from the covid relief fund. College football is hanging in the balance this year. Members of the pac12 are going to meet to decide if theyll give the green light for the season. Many reports say that season will be canceled. And happening now for you, the fate of College Football is up in the air. The president weighing in on the topic. Well have a live report on what me is saying about the season. Plus, russia announcing that it has a vaccine for covid19. President Vladimir Putin saying that its registered with the state regulators and his own daughter has taken it. Why the claim is being met with so much skepticism. And Santa Clara County will now consider face covering. Those fines could range from 25 to 500. Head to our website to see what other counties have similar fees in place. More news for you in an hour. The virus is still spreading. Californias economic challenges are deepening. Frontline workers stretched too thin. Our nurses and medical professionals in a battle to save lives. Our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, needing money for masks and ppe, and to ensure social distancing. And the costs to our economy, to our state budget . Mounting every day. We need to provide revenues now, to solve the problems we know are coming. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of today. And a good Tuesday Morning. Welcome to the third hour of today. August 11th, 2020. Craig melvin here at study owe 1a. Dylan dreyer here in studio 1a. Al and sheinelle continue to work from home. But again, its good to see new york city at least underneath sheinelle jones. Shes a little bit closer. Weve got a lot to get to this morning. Lets start with what they are having to pick up in the midwest. Picking up a lot of storm debris there dealing with the aftermath of some really intense storms known as a