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So this is your great, great, get out and vote great grandmother sabina hugel the race intensifying with election day now less than three wow months away. In the hot seat. It gives me chills just the u. S. Postmaster general imagining meeting my great, great, great grandmother sabina was born in 1843 in agrees to testify at an germany, but her family emergency hearing on capitol hill as the backlash grows emigrated to the United States when sabina was about 8 years old. Changes that could potentially impact the election. Well have the very latest on the battle over mailin ballots. Reversing course wow so many german immigrants came to new york at that time. The university of North Carolina so where they lived on the lower switching entirely to Remote Learning after a coronavirus outbreak just one week into their new semester east side was actually part of what was called Little Germany while other schools from coast wow to coast ramp up testing and crack down on packed parties in an attempt to avoid a similar i had no idea there was even ever a Little Germany in new york city before records show they likely lived in tenement housing, multifamily buildings sabina working as a dress maker like her two older sisters and fate marrying my great, great, great shakeup. Three producers at the ellen grandfather at 20 years old. Degeneres show fired in the wake of those allegations of a toxic Work Environment just ahead, what ellen had to say her to staff in an emotional they were married in a church meeting. Tipping off. That is named our most holy redeemer church. Step back three bang and it still exists today. The nba playoffs get underway thats wild how the league is pulling off what seemed impossible just a we actually found a photo oh, my goodness its funny im looking at this family and trying to see if there are family resemblances. Few months ago with my familys story in mind, those stories plus like father, like son i ventured out to the lower east tiger woods caddies for his 11yearold son charlie and watches him dominate a junior tournament proving the apple side to trace their foot steps doesnt fall far from the tree today, tuesday, august 18th, historian dave from the Tenement Museum as my tour guide. What was this area like in the late 1800s this was really a german city unto itself. Signs in a different language. He says theres barely a 2020 trace of Little Germany except announcer from nbc news, for a few spots like this this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from tenement building. This was a common housing studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody welcome to today on this tuesday morning. Type in the 1860s. And how many families would so happy youre joining us have lived in the whole i see one cup of coffee. Building 22. When i first moved to new i think you need two york, my apartment was about 600, 650 square feet savannah, as you guys know, was how does that compare to the up last night covering the dnc youre up early this morning its going to be kind of like size of these apartments that for a couple of weeks about 325 square feet weve got the Democratic Convention this week wow republicans go next week its going to be late and early for all of us. Well talk about that in a an actual family lived here. Second theres a lot happening and the mom of this family was a dress maker just like my great, today including new covid fears great, great grandmother and if they were making dresses, on College Campuses, thats happening nationwide this was your work space too after that about face by unc, k. Work from home just like were doing. That school already forced to i get another glimpse into history at the church where back track they are moving entirely to Remote Learning. Well have a live report from there. Sabina was married im imagining my great, great, all right. Great grandmother walking down then as mentioned, its day two this aisle looking at the same exact things that im looking at of the Democratic National convention here are some of the voices youll hear tonight. Right now. Former president bill clinton, and then something truly congresswoman alexandria special. A real piece of my past. Ocasiocortez. Fransicis biener and sabina and dr. Jill biden who is hoping to become the first lady but it was Michelle Obama in the hugel. Spotlight of the Convention Last their original marriage record wow. Night. Nbcs Kristen Welker was there kristen, good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. I cant believe this book still exists good morning to you. My family eventually settling it was a remarkable first night down across the river in new jersey where i was raised. Just like my mom i was going through these of this Virtual Convention kind of albums trying to find former first Lady Michelle obama pictures photos of the generations who has recently stayed away that came before me. From overt politics was in full attack mode unleashing a a tough line of women and ive withering criticism of president inherited that too trump, his leadership, and his character. So to think it started, you know, way back when right here she along with other top in new york city it was so fascinating to find this information out democrats, some republicans, and and, you know, i had visions of some people impacted by covid my family coming over on a boat, making their opening arguments for joe biden. Seeing the statue of liberty, former first Lady Michelle obama checking into ellis island they all came here before that ever existed making the case for joe biden who served along side her husband for eight years. Instead they passed through battery park which is where i live now i know joe. So to think my ancestors came he is a profoundly decent man through right up the street from me guided by faith. Youre not far from where sabina got married i mean to he was a terrific vice this day president. Did you learn to any other cool reporter in taped remarks, the former first lady wasted factoids little time delivering a to walk in her footsteps my grandmother on that side blistering indictment of donald was an only child. I assumed i had a small family trumps presidency donald trump is the wrong but sabina had 12 kids including a set of twins and so i apparently must have president for our country. He has had more than enough time cousins all over the place that to prove that he can do the job, ive never known before. But he is clearly in over his head reporter the former first lady seemed to seize on the president s recent dismissive comments about the coronavirus thats really fun we thought we knew you. I thought i knew myself death toll that was great. Yeah. It was really fun. I also learned that my great, great, great grandfather was a they are dying, thats true pastry chef. The cooking gene. I have the cooking gene and it is what it is i wish i had the recipes my moms got a million photos he simply cannot be who we but no recipes need him to be for us. U. I love it thank you so much. That was really cool it is what it is reporter and also blasted were working on more stories the president s reaction to racial strife across the nation. That are celebrating strong women as we mark this important as george floyd, breonna moment in voting history taylor, and a never ending list next week hoda is sitting down of innocent people of color women who fought so hard for the right to vote and got it on this day. Continue to be murdered, stating just ahead, were going to meet up with lilly singh the simple fact that a black shes sharing a message on the power of unplugging. But first this is today on life matters is still met with want restaurants to open . And schools . Derision from the Nations Highest Office reporter earlier in the day, want the economy to get back on track . President trump in wisconsin mocking the former first lady. Who wants to listen to Michelle Obama do a taped youre not alone. Speech and you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Reporter the convention wash your hands. Unlike any in modern history, entirely virtual it included speeches from people nationwide including those wear a mask every time you leave your home. Impacted by covid. My dad was a healthy choose to join the fight against covid19. 65yearold. His only preexisting condition do your part. Was trusting donald trump and slow the spread. For that he paid with his Life Reporter and some of the biggest names in the Democratic Party like bernie sanders. Euro fiddled while rome burned trump golfed we must come together, defeat donald trump the price of failure is just too great to imagine reporter and a group of republicans crossing party lines led by former Ohio Governor john kasich i know that joe biden with his experience and his wisdom and his decency can bring us together reporter now, President Trump is up and tweeting directly at the former first lady heres what he tweeted moments ago. Somebody please explain to Michelle Obama that donald trump would not be here in the beautiful white house if it werent for the job done by your husband Barack Obama Biden was merely an afterthought now, it is worth noting that polls show Michelle Obama is one of the most popular political figures in the country, savannah and whats on tap for night two . We kind of previewed it, but what do you expect reporter thats right, savannah well, the big speech is going to come from dr. Jill biden she is going to be speaking at a high school where she once taught Brandywine High School its just a few miles from where im standing right now nbc news has obtained some exclusive images this one showing dr. Biden giving a walk through of that high school where shes going to be speaking a little bit later on tonight and then some black and white images of her when she actually taught at that high school so dr. Jill biden, well be watching closely to hear what she has to say about education this is a very good morning, indeed in the age of covid. Because we are joined by our were also going to hear from former president clinton as well funny friend lilly singh shes the host of nbcs a as congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. Little late with lilly singh. Its currently on hiatus, but another big night here savannah Kristen Welker in wilmington shes still sharing cool videos for us to her nearly 40 million social of course well have liv coverage for you tonight media followers. One of them is encouraging 10 00 eastern, 7 00 pacific followers to get off their right here on nbc. Phones now to the uproar over recent changes at the postal check it out okay. Service that some fear could threaten the integrity of mailin voting the u. S. Postmaster general no congress nbc White House Correspondent Peter Alexander has details on only three minutes starting now. This one only 200 likes hey, peter, good morning reporter hey, hoda, good morning. What nice to see you. President trump is denying he 300k has done anything to slow mail delivery as accusations grow he has politicized the u. S. Postal 150k 220k what am i doing wrong . Laughs out loud. Made my day. Service and is actively undermining confidence in the shes not funny. Election before a single ballot has been cast. The president says universal mailin voting is dangerous, in his words. But democrats say hes am i not funny oh, you are funny, lilly. You are funny. Endangering americans and our democracy. Thank you reporter trying to up stage thank you for waking up early. The democrats, President Trump girl, i have to tell you something. I watched that video that they posted its called the black hole of campaigned in a pair of swing instagram. I mean, i was nodding my head states monday, delivering the startling and false claims that all the way through it like, have you, like, used this time as kind of reflection to threatens to undermine american democracy. Come up with Something Like the only way were going to lose this election is if the that yeah. Election is rigged you know, something i learned reporter the president without evidence keeps during this time because what else are we going to do besides escalating his attacks on overanalyze ourselves. Universal mailin voting social media should be a tool but very often i let the tool and ze fending recent policy use me changes at the Postal Service that critics warn could delay the delivery of ballots. So i made this video as a i also want to have a post reflection of a very real office that runs without lose billions and billions of dollars a Year Experience i have often is just reporter on the opening being in my phone and missing night of their convention, Top Democrats pounced. Everything thats happening out here the president may hate the post office, but hes still going to have to send them a when i posted this video i was change of address card come blown away by how many people were like i relate to this so hard january. Voter fraud is very, very i thought it was just me whats funny is you were asking yourself in this video someone tweets or posts, you know, shes not funny. Common reporter for president do you ever doubt yourself trump, claims of Election Fraud do you ever think, well, wait. Is that person i dont know are nothing new. Right . They even want to try and rig the election at the polling do they have a point i am 100 the person that booths itll be fixed itll be rigged. Reporter the changes in mail will ignore the opinion of everyone that actually knows me operations including eliminated and listen to all the people that dont i think thats human nature. Overtime and reductions in i can admit that but its something im working mailsorting machines were put on in place by the president s hand i have a new rule for myself picked postmaster general louis which is you cannot let people who have never met you define dejoy. You. I think thats where we have to find the balance of social moves, dejoy, says will cut media. Costs and improve efficiency although i love social media my whole career started on the trump ally and megadonor now social media so i think its a agreed to testify in an emergency hearing next monday powerful tool. Before the House Oversight i do think certain times its committee. The Postal Services former okay to protect our peace and chairman of the board of put our phone down and say you know what . Governors arguing that ontime im going to take care of this for a second mail service is not just so when you are protecting your peace, youre putting your phone away critical for donors but for how do you fill your day anyone expecting a essentials like medication and paychecks. Quite frankly f you keep this days i cuddle my dog a lot i realize that i can, in fact, slow down happening, people will die. Reporter at least a dozen follow a recipe. Democratic attorneys general now so basically a chef. Preparing for possible legal and thats mostly what im action doing. Ive also gotten a chance to hes doing everything in his just be Creative Power to try to sow doubt and because my schedule is not as undermine the vote i tell you, i will not let him busy as it usually is. So im finding myself just being get away with it able to brainstorm and write reporter President Trump is now extending his attacks to some of the alternatives to things get this for fun. Mailing back your ballot having this downtime is really helpful because you do have a new project tweeting that drop boxes could hand deliver their ballots in some states could cause this election to be rigged. Something that you have been working on but those drop boxes have been i dont have this mug for no reason used for years without big news, babe. What you got widespread problems. Tell us. Okay. When the state of ohio mandated so for the past ten years i feel like i have been training for a drop box in each of its 88 primaries, officials there tell this moment. Because i have shot sketches in which i play every single nbc news they experienced no fraud. Character. Hoda all right, Peter Alexander so i am so thrilled to announce for us at the white house. Peter, thanks. My new twoepisode series with lets turn to craig who has the big story about coronavirus nbc. It is called sketchy times with and schools this morning lilly singh. Hey, savannah, hoda, good it is a comedy sketch show where morning. I play all of the characters and were bringing it to prime time. Good morning to you as well. Thats right just a week after opening for inperson classes, the boom by the way, i love watching when university of North Carolina is you play all the characters anyway that youve been doing now shifting to Remote Learning for a while. Because of an outbreak among students and i love your big news mug and its not the only school trying to handle a surge of which is really the most awesome infections now part of this do you have any extras you can Morgan Radford joins us from chapel hill this morning send our way morgan, good morning to you. Absolutely, i do. Reporter good morning, i will send them all your way. Craig. Were excited thats right give us a preview of season two of your show thats coming up. Its going to be good vibes you know, its going to be this smile. 135 new covid cases here at unc its going to be no matter how chapel hill just in the first tired i am and a lot of dope week of classes which is now the clothes. University is slamming the brakes, becoming the first are these pajamas or designer university this fall to tell blouses . Students to go home even after i was going to ask. Reopening. But the question this morning is savannah and i were wondering the same thing will this be just the first in a wave of reversals across the what is that country this fall . These are my pjs. Reporter this morning, its theyre pretty. Fancy pjs class dismissed at unc chapel thats freedom. Hill, following a weekend of thats freedom, yall. All right lilly, were excited for you were excited about your big packed parties and growing covid outbreaks. News the university is reversing course canceling all inperson classes dont forget you can catch up on season one of a little late just one week into the fall with lilly singh now on semester peacock. Lily, thank you so much. Seeing the covid19 thanks for being supportive i appreciate all right Positivity Rate rise from 2. 8 well be back with pop start. Two huge stars teaming up for a new movie. To 13. 6 at Campus Health over the past week is very concerning reporter starting tomorrow, all instruction will shift to Remote Learning with many students leaving campus and heading home but with an estimated 40 of some type of inperson leags li are raising concern. Uconn now testing all students living on campus amid a rash of new infections there at ohio state, mandatory student testing leading to long lines with little social distancing. At villanova, scenes like this caused the schools basketball coach to put out a new psa we love the party nobody does it better. But not this semester. Reporter over the weekend in experience the ultimate sports hub. Los angeles, a packed party of 200 thrown by tiktok influencers where you can find games, news and highlights. Was broken up by police. This as l. A. School officials all in one place, right on your tv. Announce plans to test all the xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. This will help get students follow the teams you love. Back to school as soon as and, even get notifications possible while protecting the health and safety of all in the with breaking news alerts and more. School community so youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone reporter in arizona one School District closed monday everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. After teachers refused to staff classrooms click, call or visit a store for details. And in kansas, instructors who wont go back due to Health Concerns may face up to 10,000 in penalties for breaking their contracts. Teachers are being forced to face a decision. Do i go back into a situation that i feel is unsafe for my health or am i going to resign, retire, and possibly face thousands of dollars in fines reporter well, you can see the unc campus is quiet here this morning officials are asking students to go ahead and get home so they can keep these dorms as empty as possible for those who cant afford to go home or dont want to, the University Says they are working to figure out accommodations for those students hoda all right Morgan Radford for us. Morgan, thank you. Lets bring in medical contributor dr. Vin gupta. Dr. Gupta, good morning. The cdc was comparing dorm life to cruise ships and to nursing homes. Were back 8 53 its pop start time. So i guess the question really is, is there really a safe way playing the role of carson, us yes to open up College Campuses . Ill start. Good morning, hoda. You know, i think the answer is first up, will smith, kevin hart no because college is in the movie superstars teaming up addition to congregated living for a remake of that 1987 john hughes classic planes trains in dorms, its greek life. And what we know now over the last few months is whether its the university of mississippi, and automobiles. Kevin hart posting about the berkeley, the university of news on instagram writing ive washington, these clusters are been patiently waiting for the rising often in greek life where right project to team up with my brother. Parties are happening. This will be huge for us and the city of brotherly love where theres congregated living with little social distancing aka philadelphia the original movie hailed as a and little masking comedy classic you remember this, of course starred steve martin, john candy you know, covid anywhere is a as that mismatched duo trying to threat to everybody everywhere get home in time for thanksgiving and thats a message unfortunately for a lot of no word yet on how closely the reasons that hasnt cut through smith hart remake will resemble to young people, who are tired the original movie just like all of us are tired but we do know its going to bring the laughs just like the with a lot of these limitations first one did. But no amount of testing we know that Rapid Testing is key to any type of school wheres your other hand reopening whether its a school between two pillows district or university but no amount of testing is going to be good enough if those arent pillows distancing and masking is not that never gets old. Followed one cannot cure the lack of the thats rokers favorite line. Next up, the golden girls other. Home has officially sold at unc, the kids were getting the house that had been used for alerts on their phone saying theres a cluster, theres a exterior shots of the florida cluster and they made that home is now off the market after decision to go entirely virtual. An intense bidding war too the 3,000 square foot home which do you sort of see that as a is actually located in los friend thats going to be angeles was listed for 2. 9 million. Upcoming with other universities you bet, hoda i dont think theres a single School District, Public Institution that can afford to do the things that we need to but get this keep students particularly staff after 20 million it sold for 4 and teachers safe during the million. Thats over a million over the middle of the pandemic this is the concern here i mentioned Public Institutions asking price now, you would think that must because theres a select group be some huge golden girls fan. Of private institutions that no wall street journal says the buyer who wants to remain might be able to afford it anonymous is not a fan of the sitcom just likes the house that might be able to socially really, really likes the house. Up next, maya rudolph. Distance classrooms, phase in students for inperson learning and maybe have them come to the when Kamala Harris was named as physical classroom for part of joe bidens vp pick, everyone the week wanted to know if rudolph would but thats because what you dont want to create is a set of haves and have nots. Institutions that can afford expensive Rapid Testing which we know is key to any safe maya said she is interested. She received a text message from reopening. Lorne michaels when the harris but thats expensive news broke. That Public Institution, school it was just this gif of maya as districts in inner urban city areas simply cannot afford harris saying, oh, no. We dont want to create haves talk about a cryptic reaction. And because we cant get enough and have nots. Of it, heres the sketch that i suspect this is a trend youre going to see more and more in the coming weeks all right we appreciate your expertise thank you so much. Thank you, hoda gif came from. What if joe biden gets implicated in this ukraine we have a lot more to get to including the midwest still scandal in some way . Reeling more than a week after oh, no. Intense storms slammed the that would be terrible. Region the president set to tour that not joe biden. Okay. Devastation in iowa today. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in cedar all right, guys. Think shes got it . Shes got it. Rapids for us. Gabe, good morning reporter good morning. 100 . In spades. This line of storms ripped its like the godfather. Through here more than a week ago and still look at all this just when you think youre out, destruction. They pull you back in. An overnight curfew is still in up next on the third hour of effect today, some tips to freshen up your summer skin. Nearly 50,000 people are still and we got leah remini. Without power and the damages are likely in the billions of emmy winner, she is always a lot of fun. Shes going to join us for hoda and jenna. Dollars. Hope you have a great tuesday. This morning iowa is pleading well be back here manana. For help byebye. More than a week after a massive wind storm blew through here with the strength of a category 2 hurricane. Crazy i mean, you just feel unsecure and sad and everything combined. Reporter President Trump now improving an Emergency Declaration after iowas governor requested about 4 billion in aid. As weve had the opportunity to drive around, there really good morning to you. Just are not words to describe the devastation that weve 8 56. Im Marcus Washington. Witnessed. Breaking news to tell you about. Another extremely busy day for reporter the socalled derecho brought winds that region. That includes two fires up in topped 100 miles an hour and destroyed more than 6 million napa hennesey fire near st. Acres of corn and soybeans for farms already hit hard last year by floods and tariffs. Helena has burned 2700 acres with evacuations in effect. The losses are staggering. The gamble fire has now scorched its very possible that theres going to be a lot of them that are just going to be 5,000 acres. Done and in sunol, meanwhile, the theyre not going to be able to do it again. A lot of people dont know where the next meal is coming from marsh fire has burned 1700 they dont know where theyre going to stay tonight. Reporter this assisted acres, zero containment. Living center went without power for days it was like hell. Ten homes there have been evacuated. The deer zone complex fire we had no air. We had no food, no water is still burning out of control reporter in cedar rapids, outside of brentwood. About half the homes are damaged. Its burned more than 1400 tens of thousands of people are acres. Happening now, we have crews in still in the dark like mike the north bay and south bay near marsh. People are wondering, what is the front lines. Next well have Live Team Coverage what are we going to put up with next during our midday news coverage. How much more are we going to were also posting updates on have to endure twitter. Extreme heat making things chmging for the fire crews and reporter again, President Trump is set to tour this region later today. The Iowa National guard and fema leaving open the possibility for are here on the ground, but many more rolling blackouts due to residents are frustrated that the overloaded grid. All this damage didnt get more National Attention sooner. Pg e is asking customers to savannah conserve energy between 3 00 and all right, gabe 10 00 p. M. Thank you very much. Speaking of the weather, why the grid operators avoided dont we get our first check of the forecast look who is back cutting power but outages could still happen today. Im sorry. After his shoulder surgery hey, al. Good to see you. Good to see you guys and happy birthday, hoda it was great to send in birthday pictures for you. Talking about that derecho, its just another in a long line of storms this year billiondollar weather and climate disasters. This is the 11th billiondollar disaster this year final damage estimates have yet to be determined however, weve had 11 of them so far this year. This is the sixth Straight Year with ten or more billiondollar events last year 14 events totaling 45 billion. And we aint done yet. And weve got a lot of heat to talk about a huge ridge of High Pressure across the west keeps it warmer there. Canadian low over the midwest and northeast keeps it cooler. Record heat today. More high temperatures of over 26 expected today we have 51 Million People under some sort of heat watch or warning. Las vegas, phoenix, tucson, last three to five days all having record highs and look what happens for today and tomorrow, vegas, phoenix and tucson all expected to set records. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds motorcycle riders love the open road. 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Good morning and welcome to plus we are in a county the the third hour of today on President Trump won in 2016. Garrett haake spoke to voters this tuesday, august 18th. Democrats need to turn out but first this is today on let me look at my monitor here and see four boxes. The whole gang is back together again this morning. Its been a while. Im sheinelle working from home. As you see in the other boxes, craig and dylan are in studio 1a. And al is back after taking time off after his shoulder surgery. This one was probably more challenging, but you look great. [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. Straight ahead, the reigning super bowl champs announce plans to host fans at their home games. 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Good morning to you. It is 7 26 and top stories is breaking news that the firefighters are trying to battle out of control fires. Im bob redell in sonoma where the firefighters are trying to put out the sunol fires in the regional preserve and at least 1,700 acres so far, and 10 homes are under mandatory evacuation and we know that several more homeowners in mill creek road in freemont have been warned to b to evacuate. Im Cierra Johnson in napa county, and the fire crews are working to knock down two large fires here in napa county. The first one is hennessey fire, and at last check, it has consumed 2400 acres and put in danger 205 structures and that fire is at zero containment. The gamble fire is west of brooks, and that is also at zero containment and currently at 600 acres. In the meantime, the heat is just not letting up. And we need to have some relief, kari. Yeah, we are seeing the hot temperatures continuing today and talking about tripledigit highs reaching up toantioch, an rosa. Looking at the forecast, it is hot. Coming down to the low 90s and it is well above normal and we will see et friday and right back up as we go into early next week and San Francisco, we will see the temperatures in the lower 80s. Back to you, laura. All right. Thank you very much. We will back with another local news update for you in a half hour. Until then, try to keep cool. Having an open and honest conversation about race is uncomfortable, and if you are having trouble, that is okay. Here at nbc bay area, we want to help you and start it with your own with interviews is, and suggested books and our series on race in america. Im Marcus Washington and i invite you to join and be engage and share with those you love and be par hi. Were glad you came in. Whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy. Connect to the xfi gateway. 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The Trump Administration finalizing plans to open up Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling now that refuge is home to polar bears, caribou, and other wildlife in 2018 the bureau of Land Management concluded that drilling in the coastal plain area would not harm any wildlife environmental groups immediately criticized the decision and promised lawsuits to block the move big news on the job front this morning amazon announced yesterday it plans to create 3,500 new jobs tech and corporate across six u. S. Cities. The company will expand its physical offices in dallas, detroit, denver, new york, phoenix and san diego. The commitment a strong indication that amazon is making longterm plans around office work, even as other companies are embracing work from home model. In sports now, the Kansas City Chiefs say fans will be allowed in the stands when they kick off their season next month. The defending super bowl champs announced on monday that Arrowhead Stadium will be limited to a reduced capacity. Of 22 when the chiefs host the Houston Texans on september 10th the teams, they say that masks will be required with the exception of when fans are eating and drinking. The chiefs are one of the several nfl teams that hope to welcome fans at a limited capacity this fall weve got new developments on a story weve been following close here on today. After reports of an alleged abusive Work Environment, theres been a shakeup at the Ellen Degeneres show. With the staff and ellen is again apologizing to staffers. Nbcs joe fryer has been following this joe, good morning. Reporter good morning. Its been a month since reports first surfaced alleging a toxic culture behind the scenes at ellen. Current and former staffers say Senior Management helped foster an environment that had abuse and discrimination and mistreatment now were learning some of its Top Producers are gone as they get ready to come back this season here she is, Ellen Degeneres. Reporter this morning three Top Producers are out at the ellen show Warner Brothers confirming ed glavin, kevin leman, and coexecutive producer Jonathan Norman have all parted ways with the Emmy Award Winning daytime series the news was delivered at a staff meeting monday the first full day of production since the summer hiatus. Degeneres addressed her staff via zoom and apologized and said she was sorry and cared about each of them adding that she was not perfect and hoped to learn from her mistakes. The staffing changes come as the ellen show has faced toxic Work Environment behind the scenes sharp contrast to the shows signature be kind messaging. When i say be kind to one another, i really mean it. Reporter in a Buzzfeed News article published in july, staffers at ellen spoke of a culture of racism, fear, and intimidation at the show. The show later that month in another report buzzfeet talked to 36 former employees and alleged harassment and Sexual Misconduct from Top Producers. Jonathan norman told nbc news at the time, i am 100 categorically denying these allegations. Ive never had a single complaint of any misconduct against me in my career. Warner media launched an internal probe interviewing dozens of past and present staffers while degeneres is not part of the Ongoing Investigation and is not accused of misconduct herself, reaction on social media has been swift actor brad garrett, a frequent guest on the show tweeting, sorry but it comes from the top. No more than one who were treated horribly by her. Common knowledge degeneres wife posting on instagram earlier this month, i stand by ellen and friends like kevin hart also came to her defense. Now as the show heads into its 18th season, the star who has made a brand out of kindness is dealing with some very unkind fallout. Joe, we heard a little more from ellen there what about from those ousted three producers . Reporter craig, we reached out monday to those three senior managers and we have not heard back yet a source tells nbc news that warner media is close to finishing its internal investigation into the show. Staffers were also told that the show has pushed back its 18th season debut by a few days now to september 14th. Back to you guys all right joe fryer for us in l. A. Thank you. All right. Coming up next, were going to take a deep dive how are black voters in a county that the president won by a razor thin margin in 2016, how are they feeling in 2020 Garrett Haake is sharing his conversation with them less than three months before the election right after this when you need your bank, capital ones toprated app is right here. Pay bills or transfer money. 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Nbcs Garrett Haake has been talking to them about nbc news county by county project garrett, good morning to you reporter hey, savannah good morning yeah, when President Trump won this battleground state back in 2016, he did it by less than a percentage point in that year, turnout among black voters here in Milwaukee County fell off significantly. Now democrats are doing everything they can to bring those voters back into the fold. Watching Kamala Harris make history beside joe biden led milwaukee grandmother to take her own first step, volunteering for a campaign for the first time ever. That really put something on your heart. Oh my gosh n a way i didnt really expect. If im being honest, when i saw her walk out with him, i teared up i cried. It is a moment in history that i dont know that i expected to see. Reporter its africanamerican voters like calloway who helped wisconsin win year after president ial year for republicans. From 1988 until donald trump won the state by less than 1 percentage point in 2016 black turnout in Milwaukee County that year shrank 19 . Small Business Owner Terrence Collins voted for barack obama twice then stayed home in 2016 to me it was like picking an evil against evil. So it was like, im going to sit this one out because i didnt really like neither one, but now looking back, i wish i would have voted for hillary. Reporter 27yearold booker has never cast a ballot for president. Are you more engaged this time absolutely. I am i feel like my vote counts because the Police Brutality with our black men, something needs to be done i have boys. R the fight for equality and against Police Violence came up again and again in our conversations with voters here. Everybodys woke now. Everybody gets to see what weve endured or what weve been going through for so many years. Being part of the solution is getting out and voicing your opinion. Getting your vote out there. Reporter Terrell Martin has been a democratic activist since the 1980s. How does joe biden take that energy and use it to help get elected . We have all those issues in the city of milwaukee. Unemployment so he has to address those issues that the young people are looking for in order to be elected. Reporter calloway told me that the harris pick is evidence biden is listening and will address those issues and she intends to help him get the chance its very important that as africanamerican women, we mobilize because theres one thing that africanamerican women have learned when someone is the first. And that is that we all need to rally around that person whos the first so we can make sure theres a second and a third reporter the voters i talked to said the most effective thing the president could do to reach their community would be to stay focused on the economy including by signing another covid relief bill. That could pump money directly into those communities and the president , by the way, is not creeding this moment to democrats. He was in wisconsin yesterday. His son eric is campaigning in milwaukee today and the Vice President will be here tomorrow. Guys thats the Battle Ground of battlegrounds. Where youre standing. Thank you so much. Good to hear from voters appreciate it. Looks like a nice morning there in milwaukee how about the rest of the country . For that, mr. Roker fresh off that surgery you look good, buddy how do you feel . You know, look. This one was a little tougher than the last couple ive had. But, you know, coming out of it now. I start physical therapy tomorrow thats roker for ouch it really hurts. On ward and upwards all righty hey, lets take a look at the tropics. Weve got a couple of invest areas out there. Invest 97l and 98l both basically in the Eastern Caribbean sea. And were really looking at 98l more than the others because it looks like this is whats going to really start to develop. In fact, weve got a 90 chance over the next five days for 98l you look at the development zones. One will cause problems for puerto rico. The other moving between cuba and central america. So we are going to be watching this very, very closely. If these become storms, it would be laura and marco so well see what happens there. As far as the rest of the country is concerned, record heat heat through the southwest into interior parts of california look for some wet weather making its way through the upper mississippi and ohio river valleys. A few showers in northern new england. Thats whats going on around the country. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall and looking outside at San Francisco, it is a clear start to the day, but we have also had smoke drifting by overhead due to the wildfires nearby. We will continue to monitor that as we have another hot day coming in, and the temperatures for this afternoon in santa rosa are going to reach 103 degrees, and up to 105 in livermore today, and san jose is going to top out at 98, and we have hot weather continuing over the next seven days. And thats your latest weather. Guys thank you, al thank you, buddy. Up next, looking for the next tiger woods maybe try close to home. His young sons big tournament win with, yes, you see that right. With dad serving as caddie thats right after this. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. Will it help me keep up with mom . You got this. So you can really promise better sleep . Not promise. Prove. Save 500 on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Only for a limited time. To learn more, go to sleepnumber. Com. Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. 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Theres a golfer by the name of woods dominating a tournament. Now, its not the one youre thinking of. Its Charlie Woods thats tigers 11yearold son the proud dad was seen caddying. Sheinelle joins us with more on this cute story. Hey, good morning. Reporter good morning to you guys many people are now comparing their relationship to tigers relationship with his late father earl. Tiger was seen walking behind the young phenom at a kids tournament over the weekend, its clear charlie is following in his fathers footsteps. Its the image that has golf fans saying like father, like son. 11yearold Charlie Woods confidently striding across the course his caddie father and golf icon tiger woods. And while the scene is heart warming, its the score on the board that has many asking if Charlie Woods is the next tiger woods. Charlie dominating a u. S. Kids golf event over the weekend in florida, winning the ninehole tournament by five strokes, three under par, tallying three birdies and no bogeys. Hes starting to get into it. Hes starting to understand how to play. Hes asking me the right questions. Reporter tiger talking to golf digest about his son earlier this month its been just an absolute blast to go out there and be with him reminds me so much of me and my dad growing up reporter tiger knows better than anyone what its like to be a young golf phenom. His late father earl nurturing tigers talent from a young age. A constant presence by his side on and off the course. Many comparing the two relationships after charlie and tiger embraced when he won the masters in 2019. A mirror image of his hug with earl 22 years earlier after his first masters win. These days tiger is opening up about their shared love of the sport and some friendly competition during quarantine. Practicing their game for a pretty major prize charlie and i have been playing quite a bit together in the back yard generally every night. Well go out and play putting matches. And winner gets to keep the green jacket in their closet reporter not bad clearly the two have a special relationship and tiger says he analyzes charlies swing all the time he wishes he could rotate the way his 11yearold son does tiger, by the way, who struggled for years with back injuries saying those days are long gone and he has to relive them through charlie. I have to share. I was just thinking during that piece, almost 20 years ago to the day i was in my first job. I was a one man band youre carrying your own camera or whatever. And my first story was about this phenom tiger woods and how all these kids were enrolling in golf lessons to try to be like this man now here i am 20 years later, almost to the day, setting up my own camera again but this time its about his son. You know its crazy we call that full circle, right . Yes, indeed you both have come a long way, miss jones. There you go. There you gothough if tigers your caddy and youre one of the kids playing against his son . Yeah. Thats got to be scary. I dont know a lot about golf does the caddy get to give advice can you imagine. Ill ask tiger woods, plus i also have his genes. Well, good for him thanks, sheinelle. Guys, just ahead we have really assembled our team of experts to answer your most googled questions about the new school year. Whether youre worried about the safety of inperson classes or as a working parent what to do about that Online Learning they got it covered. But first your local news. It took this pandemic for us to get uncomfortable, to pivot. But weve risen to the occasion. I love to say that we have survived the great depression. We have survived the recession and we are survivors. I love to say that we have survived the great depression. Hey allergy muddlers. Achoo . Do your sneezes turn heads . Try zyrtec. It starts working hard at hour one. 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And now, the firefighters are trying to put out the marsh wildfire here going through the sunol preserve and burning at least 1,800 acres and at least 10 homes under mandatory evacuation, and several other homeowners have been warned to be prepared to evacuate. I want to check in with meteorologist kari hall, and are conditions going to be any better for firefighters today . Unfortunately not as we are going into this afternoon and it is going to be hot once again. We are having a calm wind this morning, and that is good news. We can see the smoke drifting by from the walnut creek cameras, where temperatures will reach 100 again today. 106 in antioch, and oakland reaching 97 and 98 is the high in san jose. Going through the forecast, it is looking hot. The temperatures are coming down to 93 for the inland areas, but then starting to go back up by the end of the weekend into early next week. Laura . All right. Thank you very much. Another local news update is coming up in a half hour. 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Democrats take the virtual stage to kick off a convention unlike any other. While the president hits battleground states making his case for reelection. We have to win the election. We cant play games. Get out and vote. We will break down all the key moments just ahead. Plus, class in session. Our team of experts is here to answer your back to school questions. From staying safe at school to stocking up on supplies. What you need to know. And bursting the bubble. Three pointer. Murray the long awaited nba playoffs finally get underway, but the big number on everyones mind, zero. Well take a look at how the nba is keeping their players safe. Today, tuesday, august 18th, 2020. My im from alaska and it is my 5th birthday. Im celebrating my 9th birthday on today show virtual plaza. Good morning, today. Were the burns family from belleville, illinois. Im 8 today 8 looks good. 8 looks good. Glad youre with us waking up. Its tuesday. Up and at em. Get some coffee. 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Reporter President Trump tweeting sarcastically this morning, quote, thanks for the very kind words, michelle. Meanwhile other top speakers last night included key democrats, some republicans, and some people impacted by covid including one woman who lost her father to the virus. My dad was a healthy 65yearold. His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump. And for that he paid with his life. Reporter among the speakers were watching tonight, dr. Jill biden. Former president bill clinton, and alexandria ocasiocortez. The other big thing we are watching, President Trump aiming to counterprogram the Democratic National convention. Hes going to be headed to more key swing states today including iowa and arizona. And then the third thing, the intensifying controversy over these mailin ballots. President trump stepping up his criticism over mailin voting again alleging it leads to fraud, despite the fact that theres no evidence of that and defending recent policy changes at the Postal Service that have led to delays. Expect that issue to be among those discussed here as the second night of the Democratic National convention gets under way in just a few hours. Savannah all right, kristen. We will have live coverage of the dnc night starts at 10 00 eastern, 7 00 pacific. Just days after welcoming students back to campus, a coronavirus outbreak is forcing one of the nations largest universities unc Chappell Hill has canceled all inperson learning that decision made after more than a hundred new infections students are being encouraged to be as empty as possible. Smaller outbreaks have raised concerns about social distancing at other schools, including Oklahoma State university where an entire Sorority House has been placed under quarantine sports fans rejoicing this morning over the start of the nba playoffs the idea actually seemed impossible just a few months ago, but after setting up the bubble and implementing some strict safety measures, the games are underway nbcs sam brock joins us from the home of the miami heat sam, good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. It has take an leaguewide effort to get here but the playoffs finally underway. The nba says around 1300 players, coaches, and staff are getting tested every day inside the bubble so far not a single positive test in more than a month. Fans for teams like the miami heat ordinarily would be preparing for home games this week instead theyre enjoying the post season. Joel embiid reporter the nba playoffs tipped off to a barrage of big plays. Three pointer reporter Denver Nuggets guard jamal murray says the despite being in a bubble the battle on the court is jtillazz mitchell pouring in 57 points. Reporter in the end, the number that mattered most. Zero positive covid tests since players first arrived. The athletic first reporting the leagues remarkable success explaining the nba screened before the bubble identifying 40plus players who contracted coronavirus. Being able to flush out those positive tests, make sure anyone who comes into the building is not positive i think if they did the reverse we might be seeing a different result than what were seeing now. Reporter the second slate of games tonight now shifting to stars like lebron james. Whats different is this is the environment. Im not home im not with my family not in my own bed. Im not in our practice facility reporter but basketball not his only focus the lakers superstars organization more than a vote urging minorities to fight back against voter suppression. We want the people in our communities to know if we want change, we have to make it ourselves. Robert williams with an emphatic flush reporter back on the court, the bubble is broadening after the first round, up to four family members or Close Friends per player will be allowed in but only after quarantining and repeated negative tests dr. Natalie azar says expanding exposure will always raise the risk of transmission, but if you follow the science and you follow the guidelines and you truly quarantined folks who are going to be in contact with the players for at least 14 days, then by all accounts it should be okay goes up and throws it down. Reporter scoring a sense of security against an unpredictable opponent other sports leagues that are performing right now in bubbles like the wnba and the nhl have also reported covidfree results. Evidenceigowf you have the time, space, and money, this model can work craig, back to you who you like in the playoffs, sam . You got a Team Reporter so im rooting for the miami heat im a new yorker at heart. They havent made the playoffs in i dont think 10 or 15 years, craig. Im rooting for the heat hopefully theyll do well. All right sam brock in miami sam, thank you when in rome, right smart man were feeling boosty, hoda i got you covered you know how most couples have a special song that they consider their song well, after two strokes, joe couldnt remember the words to the song he shares with his wife sharon so you know what he did . He worked hard in therapy and he surprised her on their 63rd anniversary. Beautiful its all that you can be i love you. Love you too. Thank you sealed with a kiss. A little smooch. A smooch and a thank you. That song, by the way, all that you could be by kenny rogers. After 63 years of marriage, joe still serenading that beautiful bride of his they were right in harmony too. Making beautiful music together. 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But for today, record high temperatures expected from tucson to grand junction, sacramento up to pocatello, idaho. For today we are looking at those temperatures setting records probably in salt lake, bakersfield, phoenix into denver and sacramento and later this week, triple digits for reading, las vegas, phoenix. Mid90s for denver triple digits or very close in Salt Lake City its going to continue to stay hot out there. Eastern third of the country looking pretty nice and mild with plenty of sunshine. Although some hit or miss showers throughout much of florida. Strong storms in parts of the Western Plains and were looking at gorgeous weather. Lots of sunshine in the Central Plains and making their way all the way into the great lakes thats whats going on around the country. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Live look outside in San Francisco. Were going to see a little bit of some drifts of smoke coming through. Otherwise, mainly clear sky and still some warm temperatures today as we reach into the low 80s. Upper 80s for oakland and upper 90s for san jose. In santa rosa, its going to reach 103 degrees. Were still hot in the inland valleys, and it will continue to be hot for tomorrow. As we go toward the end of the week, a bit of a decrease but heat continues for the weekend. Dont forget. Check out today show radio sirius xm channel 108. Today at 1 00, dylan, yours truly, and sheinelle off to the rails. Savannah i love it thank you so much. Now to our coronavirus in the classroom series the new school year, we know its already unlike any other. We know a lot of you have questions. We all do. Were all asking the same questions. Today were going to take a moment weve rounded up the most searched questions on google and brought in our team of experts for the answers. Weve got dr. John torres, Senior Business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle and investigative and consumer correspondent vicky nguyen theyre all lined up ready to rock dr. Torres, well start with you. Health and safety obviously the number one issue these are the three top questions on google. You ready . First one, is it safe to send kids back to school . This is the question i get from everybody i know. The answer is it can be safe every time you leave your home environment, you increase your chance of getting and spreading the coronavirus. It comes down to your family situation and whats happening in your community. To help make this decision, the cdc has come up with what they call a Decision Making tool kit. Its a checklist you can go through and a checklist that looks at everything from whats happening in your community, what kind of guidelines has your school implemented. Can they implement those guidelines and what particularly is going on with your student. Can they do Virtual Learning should they be at school and get that learning instead . But specific things to look at number one, whats your childs age and whats their ability to follow the guidelines thats been implemented at school because thats going to be extremely important. Whats happening in your own household . The situation there. The childs situation and other family members particularly atrisk family members and something that might lend more towards going to school can you meet at home the psychological, educational, and social needs of the child . And Virtual Learning are you able to do Virtual Learning at home do you have the equipment . Do you have the time to help them out or is that Something Better to do at school looking at all of these again on an individual basis for your family, your student and your community, hopefully this tool kit can help you make that decision and it might change from time to time. Lets get to the last two questions real quick teachers asking is it safe for them to return and its the same thing its an individual decision based on the teacher and their family members at home are there highrisk individuals . The cases in the community are they high . Is it a hot spot might not want to be at school if its not a hot spot, you certainly could be are the implementing guidelines and more importantly contingency plans . If somebody gets sick, what plan do they have in place to make sure everybody is protected . And how can our kids stay safe in the classroom . Getting their vaccinations especially the flu shot because flu season is coming up. But the three ws, thats the biggest thing. Wear a mask, watch their distance, that sixfoot distance and make sure they wash their hands constantly during the day. Have an honest conversation with your children. Tell them your concerns. Why youre sending them to school or keeping them at home and what they can do to keep themselves and you safe. Dr. Torres, thank you so much all right. Next up, our pal Stephanie Ruhle talking about parents juggling all of it. Here we go help us out. Three most popular questions searched online. First one very straightforward i love it. How are working parents doing this how are they doing it . Were struggling. Were stressed, but weve got to do it. Heres what we know. We know weve got a job. We know our kids go back to school in some way, shape, or form. So put together a plan, a schedule think of it like Maternity Leave where youve got to maximize your time. When that school day starts, thats when you can get the most out of your workday. You respond to your most important emails kind of like when that baby went down for a nap, you better take a shower then because you might not get it laeter. Make a real lunch schedule so you know its time for a lunch period, possibly right after that recess where you might get exercise and your kids do. But most importantly, that schedule is a goal its not a die hard plan be flexible. Were seeing school plans change everyday you may have to erase that dry erase board and start again. And you cant go into a full panic. Other parents want to know this what is their role in Virtual Learning whats the parents role talk to school. Remember, last semester everybody was winging it, school included, trying to get by now were trying to get the most out of this school year. Talk to the teacher. Youre not the teacher youre the support youre the facilitator ask them what you can do to be supportive youre not the one in charge and second, figure out what the disrupters are in your house if youre doing virtual in your home classroom, lets say youve got a tv or xbox in the room, get them out have a water bottle for your kids next to them so theyre not meandering to the kitchen and going for snacks for an hour and last, give them some tech troubleshooting where if the screen goes blank, they know what to do rather than getting a mom all day long savannah just said charlie is her disrupter. Okay last one and heres a good one how can employers support parents who are stuck at home working and teaching their kid virtually . Be honest you know if your employees have kids you know if youre a working mom that youve got to talk to work. So talk to them now rather than when school is already underway and youre going, i cant make it to the meeting today, tomorrow, and the next day start having those conversations now. And hopefully employers can start to be somewhat flexible. Because as it relates to this pandemic, come on, hoda. We are all experiencing this together weve got to stick together. Just be honest about it. All right ma thats my favorite part about what you said. All right, stephanie thank you. Lets bring in vicky nguyen now. Whether its fulltime or parttime, many students are going to be learning from home to start the school year so lets pull up some of the top questions about Virtual Learning according to google, searches for home School Curriculum, vicky nguyen those are at an alltime high. Not just in the United States but all over the world what are you seeing with regards to home schooling . Home School Curriculum if you can and if you want to home school, first god bless and you are not alone. 2. 5 million americans are home schooling their kids and thats a number thats expected to jump 10 this year just last night i saw a girlfriend from junior high. She posted a picture of her kindergarten classroom which is a corner of her house and said whod have thunk in 2020 id be home schooling my kid . That is the boat so many parents are finding themselves in. Some neighborhoods are creating oneroom School Houses if they have the resources, banding together to share the child care responsibilities the reality is most of us dont have homeschooling as an option. So what do we have we have distance learning. The good news there, teachers iif you have a me to get their special needs student or an individual student on a learning plan, youve got to have a conversation set a plan, make a schedule, and get the tools you need for a Successful School year heres another breakout search according to google virtual classrooms how to make a virtual classroom. How to create one. What do we know about that searching for that are up 650 teachers are thinking outside the box. They are doing some really cool things craig, check this out. Theyre using bitmojis to make these 3d interactive classrooms. There are lots of plans. Its a google mitt moe ji extension on your chrome browser. Look that up there are facebook groups. Edutopia has ideas how to do this i think it will be a big hit my kids are always stealing my phone messing with my bitmoji. So i think this is an exciting way for kids to stay engaged last question here. Weve got to be prepared what are the supplies . Thats another question. School supplies that you need for Virtual Learning what do we need . The number one tool youre going to need is technology. You cant do Virtual Learning without the internet, a laptop or a tablet. So you want to make sure that you talk to your school and say, what are you doing to make sure my student can actually learn from home. Also, check with your local libraries. They have resources. And your phone and cable companies. Some of them are setting up subsidies in their communities to provide these Free Services you also if you want to buy electronics, consider buying used you can save a lot of money. Check there. And i also want to say, if you have used electronics that you dont need anymore, consider donating them. This is the year your district is going to need some help. Thats a great idea vicky nguyen, thank you. Big thanks to all our experts. I learned a lot personally in fact, we enjoyed it so much were going to do it again next hour third hour, experts coming back to answer more questions including what to expect when flu season gets under way and the surfaces that you still need to the be cleaning and for more resources and tips as well today. Com. Still to come, dylan will share her emotional journey of retracing her Family History after your le kal news test. Good morning to you. 8 26. Im Marcus Washington. Breaking news. Another extremely busy day on tap for firefighters battling out of control fires across the region. That includes two fires in napa county. The hennesey fire in st. Helena is burning more than effect. The gamble fire is now at 5,000 acres. In sunol, the socalled marsh fire has now burned 1700 acres with no containment. Ten homes there have been evacuated. And the deer zone complex fire still burning out of control outside of brentwood on the eastern side of mt. Diablo. Its burned more than 1400 acres. So the big question for us is, will the weather cooperate with all of this going on. Kari . At least were not seeing any high winds but we know its been very hot and also very dry. As we take a look at all this smoke drifting by the east bay, air quality will be an issue today. If you have breathing problems, limit your time outside. Its going to be hot as our inland temperatures reach up to 106 degrees in antioch. And San Francisco, expect a high of 82. Thanks, kari. Well have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. [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 its 8 30. Its tuesday morning, 18th of august, 2020 coming up, weve really been looking forward to this story. We think we know dylan, but were about to really get to know dylan she is too she traced her familys history through generations of strong women way back to her first ancestor to arrive in new york city oh, wow. What dylan learned about herself along the way. I cant wait to see that. Walking in those foot steps speaking of strong women, look whos with us lilly singh. Lilly is in the house. Were going to chat about some big news for her late night show, her comedy special why she wants us all to think a little differently about social media. She had a really revealing insta post i thought thats going to make us think all right weve got a lot of fun stuff coming up tomorrow here on today as well. Including the pioneer woman herself. Lee drummond is going to be here shes going to share a few of her favorite and most popular recipes as well. Thats tomorrow here on today. All right. And there is no one better than the home edit team to help you get organized especially if your house is a mess with the whole family together. Were excited to get their latest tips tomorrow morning on today. They organized my play area and im sticking to it you are yep ish. Thats tomorrow right now, though, time to fire up that big board. The my today plaza gang is here from all over america all right we are going to zero in on a beautiful small town in louisiana. Karen crowe. Where is trevonda and her daughter hang on. I think we hang on. I dont think thats karen crowe. No, but look at that cutie. Theyre cute too. Dont worry. We see you yes. Babe, how are you . Its good to see you all right. So youre celebrating. What are we celebrating today . My 6th birthday oh, sweetie so tell us how youre going to celebrate today. Or maybe travonda, you can help out. Hows she going to celebrate well, were going to have a birthday breakfast this morning. And later her grandparents are going to come over and were going to do a zoom Birthday Party and shes going to have her favorite meal. Tacos. Tacos taco tuesday. It worked out we want to wish you the happiest birthday, sweetie. I would like to end by saying who dat. Who dat all right, guys thank you. I love it and i see four girls who look like they might have a Little Something extra in those orange juice glasses okay i got these college roomies in college station, texas good morning, ladies good morning now, this is the last day before School Starts again and you woke up early with us. You didnt even sleep in are you ready for school were so excited. We just want to be able to go to class and this is your senior year, the last day of summer and youre about to be done with college. Its our last first day of school ever in our entire lives. Were celebrating. Have you guys been roomies for a long time . Who is the messy one meg sounds like its meg. I love it whos the one most likely to stay out late . Ellie i like it all right. Guys, have a Great School Year and i just want to say gig em aggies did i say it right just made a lot of friends in college station. Lets bring up the full board once again a little bit more love miles whos turning 8. Miles the mcginn family, by the way, this may be a big board record party of 19. Yes lyrics 9th birthday. Noahs turning 12 today. If youre at home right now and feel left out, its your own fault. All you have to do is go to today. Com mytodayplaza and you could get in on the fun as well. Party of 19 yeah. That might be a record how do you even squeeze you need hoda to do a selfie another just stuck her face in thats 20 lets turn our attention to al and todays weather al, good morning again announcer todays weather is brought to you by honey nut cheerios good goes round. And well look at whats happening today and tomorrow weve got record heat in the southwest. Strong storms in the Western Plains beautiful weather around the great lakes. Showers through the southeast. Down on into the florida peninsula. Tomorrow locally heavy rain developing along the southeastern Atlantic Coast into the appalachians look for record highs through the southwest again. Strong storms in the rockies plenty of sunshine from the eastern great lakes into the northeast and new england. Thats whats going on around good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Look at our high temperatures for today. Its still going to be inland east bay. For are the south bay, were in the upper 90s today and some low 80s for San Francisco as we go through the sevenday forecast. The heat continues. It just backs off slightly by the weekend but this is still well above normal. Then we see our heat coming back up as we go into the weekend and early next week, but a bit cooler in San Francisco. Ts you. Guys all right, al thank you. Coming up next, guys, a very personal story from dylan. Im imagining my great, great, great grandmother walking down this aisle looking at the same exact things that im looking at right now ooh, thats chills right there. Her journey to learn more about a remarkable woman in her family and to walk as she said right in her foot steps but first this is today on announcer discover your story is created by today with our sponsor ancestry learn your ancestors stories, celebrate their strength, make them count and welcome back today is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendments ratification womens suffrage that amendment gave women the right to vote. To mark the occasion, were going to highlight strong women. We start with a personal story from a strong woman we know, dylan dreyer