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I actually in many ways, i upplayed it in terms of action. The president s new claim the virus could go away without a vaccine and the latest from the campaign trail with just 48 days yours . Its really been nice to kind of sit in your own space and go, oh, wow. Like, i think ill put a picture up over there. To go. Or whats wrong with this door why is it so wonky when you try to look for the graciousness and gratitude in total devastation. Its just like, is this really happening . Thousands of homes destroyed something thats so unprecedented, you start right by those western wildfires. Thousands more in danger. There and think, well, at least and overnight the baseball game i got to chance to kind of sit in seattle called off because of in my own space and feel it. Poor air quality. The smoke even visible on the and it is a very comfy home. East coast. Well, thank you for sitting breaking overnight, horrific with us, too, jon. We appreciate that boy failure. Congress releases its final report on those still grounded 737 max planes slamming boeing oh, boy. Thank you for sitting with us, jon. Does your face hurt from and the faa for repeated smiling so much . Mistakes and failing to catch flaws that led to two deadly by the way, i call it a flirtathon jon, did you grow that orchid crashes. Were live with the latest. Historic settlement. Yourself jon, your place looks cozy. The city of louisville has a jon, did you do the wallpaper . Could you send me your address settlement with Breonna Taylors yall are bad you know that . Family. I dont know that you can put she already has the address a dollar amount on her life. She was so much more than that. This morning the major police every acting job reforms being promised and why every single one he said if he didnt get a job by the time he was 30, he was taylors family says their fight out. He was teaching. How could he be rejected . Do those people not have eyes . Yeah. So he ended up getting in around for justice is far from over. Complete. This is absolutely e seven u his 30th birthday. And i love fletch. I love hes attached to that i know. Love top gun. Love him love jon hamm advance in the nba playoffs and face lebron james and the lakers while miami storms back to win an overtime thriller. Take a onepoint lead. Downhill. So cozy punches. Ill have a hamm sandwich later. You guys arent funny just ahead here on a says get it out of here today, wednesday, september wednesday morning, Morgan Radford standing by in chicago 16th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, with a really special celebration in honor of hispanic this is today with savannah heritage month well take you to chicago right after this first this is today on nbc guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Good to have you with us. I dont know a ton about basketball, but just judging from the announcers reactions, i mean i bet you sports fans went wild last night. Two barn burners. We do have a lot happening this morning. Including those brand new findings on the 737 Max Disasters condemning both boeing and the faa. Tom costello will have more just ahead. But we start with Hurricane Sally. Its slow and steady on the gulf coast. High winds, heavy rains across much of the south this morning. Some areas could see nearly 3 feet of rain. Were going to get to als forecast where the storms headed in just a moment. But lets start our Team Coverage with sam brock. He is in the thick of it in pensacola this morning. Hi, sam. Good morning. Reporter savannah, hoda, good morning. We are getting slammed with wind and rain. We started reporting at 4 00 this morning. The parking lot was empty. It is now a Swimming Pool with streets nearby, rivers. Pensacola underwater, storm surge of about five and a half feet. We love our new home. With more rain coming in hours theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Ahead, lives are still at risk yo t. Across the region. Expired, expired. Overnight Hurricane Sally grinding toward shore slamming the gulf with heavy rains and potentially devastating expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Flooding. Its a lot of house. Hope for the best and its i hope you can keep it clean. All we could do. Reporter sallys strong at least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Winds tearing down power lines plunging residents into which helps us save a lot of money darkness. Oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Flooding homes and roadways uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here concerning officials. For bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. We are anticipating a historic flood event throughout the coast and throughout the hello . County. Sacomfortably explore ouror gincredible selection. Down, rain totals pile up. With safe instore guidance, with sally crawling at just 2 or order online, and pick up your products curbside miles an hour, projections show come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price many spots could get soaked by 20 inches and up to 30 in however is perfect for you. Isolated areas. Coastal cities in alabama, explore floor decor instore or online. Mississippi, and florida could take the biggest hit. Thomas derby worries about the more than 1 million oysters he were back has yet to harvest. 8 43 as we mark hispanic heritage month youre looking at over 750,000 life has changed for everyone during the pandemic, but of lost oysters. Were praying it doesnt get hispanic families have been hit especially hard. And not just the impact on health and jobs, but also really that way. For right now, yeah. It could be a substantial loss for us. Reporter in biloxi, mississippi, residents are preparing for choked off roads. Important traditions as well as nbcs Morgan Radford found out, families are finding some trucks gassed up. Boats gassed up. Im ready. Reporter the National Weather service has been warning residents not to waste time getting out. The National Weather service says hide from the wind, run from the water. Now is the time to run from the pretty creative ways to cope, arent they, morgan. Reporter you got it, guys. We are standing here in the heart of little village. This is part of chicagos latino water. Reporter one couple literally running while they still can before sally hits. Community. Did you consider evacuation at this month is all about honoring celebration and tradition. Community. Any point . This month is all about honoring i think eventually but now i celebration and tradition. Typically thats large family think its too late for us to go anywhere so were going to stay gatherings, food, big put. Reporter lastminute prayers celebrations hopefully answered. All of which has effectively we still hope and pray that sally will not bring that type come to a halt since the pandemic of pain and heart ache. Thats why this community said its more important now than ever to make sure were celebrating even if it means but Hurricane Sally is not to be doing it in new ways for angela, today is a milestone. One she didnt quite expect to look like this so this is something youve been taken for granted. Thinking about since you were little yes reporter today is angelas quinceanera. Reporter sally made landfall a tradition marking her 15th birthday and transition to near gulf shores. Look at the cars over my shoulder. Birthday and transition to earlier water was at the tires, adulthood. Now it is just under the one that windows. Adulthood. One that typically involves Church Service and a huge family high tide is expected in party. But now the pandemic is forcing families like hers to get really creative which is why shes pensacola around 11 00. Hosting a drivethrough water will continue to rise. As far as where storm surge ranks historically, it is one of quinceanera in the front yard. The top numbers in the history we said well do what we have to do on our end to make it happen reporter and they did. Of the city, above katrina, with custom masks. Below ivan which was in 2004, with an anniversary today. Savannah, back to you. That is intense. Sam, stay safe. Thank you very much. Speaking of alabama, Morgan Chesky is there in mobile. Morgan, hows it looking where you have a special mask made out of the same material as your dress. Yes reporter and a caravan of well wishers were you nervous at all to come out because of the pandemic . Yes, actually, because i you are . Havent gone out anywhere. Reporter this is your first time leaving yes i didnt do anything during the summer so this is my you know, this reporter hoda, good morning. Is a big event for me. Reporter theyre also hosting a much smaller socially sally made landfall hours ago, distanced party complete with temperature checks and hand we are feeling the bands work through this part of alabama. I want to show you Something Interesting that played out as a result of the hurricane that started to be felt lear at night fall. This morning, people woke up, afra sanitizer stations these are among the dozens of changes latino families are making to still honor their afraid storm surge would be an issue. Culture during the pandemic. In chicago theres a twist on special sweet breds known as this was considered a massive concha thats a concha virus threat. Reporter how many of these today, water levels have have you sold since the actually dropped. This is the power of a hurricane pandemic that back side of the storm, ive lost count already reporter youve sold that many pulling water from the bay. Now pushing it down the coast into bays near pensacola, florida where flooding is an yeah. Even bigger concern. Reporter and pinatas made to look like the virus itself theyve been one of the most popular during the pandemic. That said, the powerful winds i think its about releasing frustration. Also keeping true. We want to honor the traditions of our parents. From sally are reporting theyre not originally from the widespread Power Outages, people u. S. Are trapped in homes making for we want to make sure that we honor and we put those traditions into our own families a long day ahead. Well send it back to you. All right. Morgan chesky for us in mobile. Reporter families that are thanks. Now weve seen it. Lets hear about whats happening. Al, its just sitting there and just dumping on this region. Adapting and celebrating yeah. Its moving right now north northeast at 3 miles per glad i get to spend time. Reporter while keeping their hour. 105 mileperhour winds. We have tornado watches and traditions alive warnings up right now. Just to the east of panama city, guys, everyone we talk to about we have tornado warnings up. This month said this month is about adapting we are watching this now and you can see these wind gusts. These are live wind gusts. Pensacola, 81 mileperhour something that latino families have historically had to do over gusts. And over again whether thats adapting to a new mobile at 63. Home, a new culture. But also adapting to keep families safe in a new pandemic that has hit latino families especially hard. So this month is about honoring that tradition of resilience, right now it will slowly track guys i love it inland over alabama. We can hear the mariachis. I love it so much. Youre in chicago. Tell us about this neighborhood and this Community Reporter so, savannah, its storm surge this morning will be the heart of chicagos latino going along with this torrential rainfall. And then through tomorrow, it moves past atlanta. In the afternoon on into the southeast. Midatlantic states by friday afternoon. Heavy rain along cape hatteras. As weve been talking about, the rain the big problem. 26 Million People under flash flood watches or warnings. Historic catastrophic flooding community. You see this live mariachi band. This is traditional pinatas. We want to show you some of the ways the latino businesses have had to reinvent themselves to possible. Rainfall rates this morning of 3 survive and thrive in the pandemic to 4 inches per hour. Weve already had some reports for example, we have this restaurant in chicago. Weve got meat, salsa, onions. So this is something that is of 22 inches of rain that have already fallen unofficially. And weve got the winds expected Traditional Mexican food and then we have those conchas today gusting this morning very or concha viruses. Graphically pushing their way to the north. Theyve brought all of these and that will cause Power Outages throughout the area. Downed trees, power lines stretching from the panhandle all the way into the southeast, guys. So again, big problems with the winds, but the biggest problem this is the concha virus its a little bit sweet on top but a Traditional Mexican dish that gets its name from a shell. Thank you. Going to be the heavy rains. Some catastrophic flooding over the next 24 hours. Then we have the pinatas that are made to look like the coronavirus. We need that. Morgan, our understanding is youre going to keep tracking that throughout the day, throughout the morning. Thanks, al. All right. Craigs here now with developments in the president ial race. Good morning to you. With just 48 days to go now until the election day, things certainly heating up out there on the campaign trail. By the end of this week, absentee ballots will be mailed that those pinatas, theyre also helping a lot of businesses just stay afloat, right reporter and thats whats so cool, craig i mean, all of these businesses have found new ways to adapt to out in some 23 states. Both campaigns pushing up steps the pandemic for support. Marco, why do you think these things are selling out like hot President Trump facing some tough questions in a town hall cakes . Morgan, i think its the overnight from a group of tradition and frustration during uncommitted voters in these tough times. Ouorfrustration . Yes reporter should we give it a go yes reporter im afraid for my photographer. Battleground pennsylvania. Peter alexander is at the white house with more. Hey, peter. Reporter good morning to you. From the president , this town hall style event represented a rare moment that put him facetoface with voters who are harder harder yeah not his fierce supporters. President trump on the defensive oh come on touting a view the pandemic that oh, yeah is starkly at odds with what many of his own top health you get that officials are saying. Overnight President Trump in battleground pennsylvania facing a barrage of challenging whats in there candy looks bulletproof. Did the candy fall . There it is reporter i did it. Questions from undecided voters. Way to go, morgan thank you, morgan please stop and let me finish reporter happy hispanic my question, sir. Reporter during an abc town hall, the president contradicting his own admission that he intentionally downplayed the coronavirus. Heritage month, guys t wish we were at well, i didnt downplay it. In many ways i upplayed it in terms of action. Reporter heres what he told bob woodward in march. I wanted to always play it down, i still want to play it down because i dont want to create a panic. Reporter the president also repeating his claim the virus will disappear even without a vaccine. It would go away without the vaccine, george. But its going to go a lot faster with it. It would go away without vaccine . Over time, sure. Many deaths. And youll develop a herd mentality. Reporter President Trump referring to herd immunity, presumably. Also rivaling joe biden for wanting a National Mask mandate. You ask joe biden, they said were going to do a National Mandate on masks. He never did it. Reporter biden responding on twitter, to be clear im not currently president. But if you chip in now, we can change that in november. Earlier tuesday biden in florida with jose diazbalart blasting the president s handling of the pandemic. He knew how deadly this pandemic was and he denied it. He didnt say a word to the American People about it. Its been near criminal the way he handled this. Its been bizarre. Reporter President Trump was also pressed on his reluctance to handle racial injustice. Theres not a race problem with me. I have Great Respect for all races, for everybody. Reporter the first debate between the two candidates now less than two weeks away. And new overnight following that historic signing ceremony here at the white house with the United Arab Emirates and bahrain. Normalizing relations with israel. New violence in that regioattac Palestinian Militants fired rockets from there wounding two people. The president calling the agreement here yesterday the dawn of a new middle east but the deal does not address the future of the palestinians. All right. Peter alexander, were going to have more on that later from keir simmons this morning. A lot more to get to we are back. Including the devastation from 8 51 it is time for some my today plaza. We got a lot of families joining us coast to coast. The wildfires in the west. The death toll and the number of missing rose again overnight. Good morning, everybody but i want to say officials in oregon say hi thousands of homes have been lost already in just one of the shhh the baby is sleeping fires burning there. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is in ashland for us. Miguel, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. The number of homes lost in this county alone is four times lets go to richardson, texas. That is baby emilia. Higher than what was originally hi how old is the baby . Shes one week. One week today . Expected. Better weather is on the way. But weve been told these wildfires could burn for months. Brand new yes oh, she is beautiful. Hello, emilia. We have so much to discuss welcome to the world, sweet from the air, the true sco obliterated. This the town of talent, oregon, girl where some of the only dont wake a sleeping baby. Its wonderful. Structures left standing are yeah . Is this your first baby . Its our first baby and your newest, biggest fan i stained pink from fire retardant. Weant to say welcome, emilia, to the world cadaver dogs here scouring the congratulations wreckage for signs of human remains. And this is what search teams are up against. Debris fields that stretch blocks and entire cities long. The family that lives in this home made it out alive, but many of their neighbors may not have been so lucky. In northern californias butte county, some survivors are thank you thank you, sweetheart thank you. That was sweet. Lets go back to our big board. Reliving the nightmare. Weve got more people to celebrate. Where is the lynn family from jillian rouse and her family marietta, georgia . We see you happy anniversary. Wheres rowan . Hes turning 5 happy birthday, young man. Weve got the williams family. Lost their home in the fire in paradise. Now tragedy has struck again. We need to take care of mother earth. Were told that every day with all these things happening. Reporter in southern california, firefighters are battling the bobcat fire in the san gabriel mountains. Defending the mount wilson observatory, flames coming within just 500 feet. Hi across the west, more than 7,000 weve got a teenager in the miles torched. House. All right yes, we do. And 31 years together, keith and gloria you look beautiful an area the size of new jersey. And the doyle family some such as the claremont bear twins evelyn and brooklyn. Fire, bigger than major cities theyre turning 1 today and they like dallas. Got the right book yes happy birthday. Really fun every summer were burning if you guys want to celebrate something, sign up join us at today. Com mytodayplaza lots of fun. Up. We love it. How about we keep the celebrations going reporter a day after lets spin some jars lets do it because its smuckers birthday President Trump dismissed scientists promising it will get cooler, Kamala Harris says the country must do more to combat Climate Change. This is not a partisan issue. Time first up, i wish a happy 100th ideology should not kick in. Birthday to miss ruth price mitchell she is a proud grandma from richmond, virginia its just a fact. This is just a fact. Reporter economic losses alone have been estimated at 21 great, great grand kids thats great 150 billion. John kellys from miami, florida. World war ii vet while the health and environmental impacts could be far reaching as sm west could be seen over the 100 years old. Wearing his pilots hat from the war. Congratulations, sir and we salute you for your service. Monuments over washington, d. C. Happy 102nd birthday to ruby milner of illinois rumor has it she has the best pie you will ever taste. Back in oregon at this campground, a lone flag stands lee peterson is from north among the rubble. A reminder of how much has been lost and what is still worth carolina a former baseball player 100 years old. In addition to this milestone birthday, lee and his wife helen celebrating 74 years of fighting for. Marriage reporter the air quality remains a big issue. Yes. Phillip stone of illinois, 100 didnt quit playing tennis until he was 94. It is unclear when it will lift. Damage to tens of millions of last but not least, happy 100th birthday to riva gornbein from North Carolina people is taking place every day across the region. Savannah, back to you. All right. Thank you very much. We have more breaking news. A congressional report is out this morninglalamming when she was 97, get this. Riva took a trip to antarctica boeing and the faa over the wow thats amazing. Happy smuckers birthdays happy anniversary again to you. Crashes of two 737 max planes. Thank you that led to the entire fleet grounded worldwide. Coming up on the third hour, tom costello has been on this jill martin is going to share some ideas to spruce up the home one from the start. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Recall this was the major story of 2019. Office we reported day after day about and we are heading into the kitchen for our hack at it the 737 max, the crashes, and series professional chefs give us ways the grounding. To, like, you know, make things now this congressional investigation is looking specifically at failures at both boeing and the faa and doing a deep dive as to why these two easier lets put the big board up one more time. Big board now a check of your local news and weather crashes happened. Have a great day aviation giant boeing is under fire this morning after a new report on the 737 max blasts the company for a, quote, horrific culmination of engineering flaws and Management Issues that led to two fatal crashes. The report part of an 18month investigation by the House Transportation Committee points to what it calls five broad problems. A rush to production amid a race to compete with a new airbus model that cut to cost cutting and safety lapses, downplaying the mcas system sending them into fatal nose dives. Test. Test. Test. Test. Boeing withholding information from the faa. Test. Test. Company mismanagement giving test. Test. Oversight to employees unaware test. Test. Test. Of certain decisions and procedures. And finally the report blasts the faa itself for siding with boeing rather than listening to faa experts. It comes after lion air flight 610 from indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 both crashed shortly after takeoff killing everyone on board. That mcas Automated System is at the center of both crashes. They took place five months apart from each other. The 737 max has been grounded worldwide ever since. Victims families speaking out at the time. My family died because of the greed, the arrogance, the good morning. Hubris, the management 8 56. Breaking news to tell you about. Dysfunction, the lack of internal oversight within boeing fire crews say they are at the scene. You can see the plume of smoke and faa. Reporter this morning boeing there. This is in oaklands chinatown. Released a statement saying we have learned many hard lessons this happened in the area of 880 and webster street. As a company from the accident. Just got off the phone of adding, quote, it has made oakland fire. Theyre calling this a commercial fire t started about 45 minutes ago. We have a crew heading there to the scene. Changes to our company as a result and continue to look for well bring you more on our midday newscast at 11 00. In the south bay, two people ways to improve. The faa which as we mentioned are dead, three more injured also very much criticized in this report has also issued a statement reading in part this morning, the faa has implemented after a shooting two blocks from san jose state campus. It happened about 10 00 last night near south 8 and reed streets. Improvements identified in the witnesses say people were report and its focused on gathering around a streetside advancing overall aviation safety by improving our organization, processes, and memorial when that shooting culture. Happened and shots were fired earlier in the evening. Police so far not confirming the report coming as regulators are still working on getting the those details. Happening now, were 737 max recertified. Following both of these stories. Kris sanchez is in san jose, that is likely now to happen in where police are supposed to the coming months and the plane provide an update any time now in theory could be reintroduced into airline arsenals, if you will, or their fleets some time on that shooting. Shell have a live report for us during our midday newscast. Over the winter. Hoda, back to you. All right. Were posting those updates on tom costello for us. Our twitter feed. Well have a local weather thank you. Update for you in an hour. See you then. Lets go back to al for the rest of the forecast. Thats right, guys. Of course were watching the southeast for Hurricane Sally. But beautiful weather in the midatlantic into northeast new england. Feeling like fall in the Northern Plains. The wildfire smoke continues to blanket the west. And weve got showers through southern texas. Sunny skies through the southwest. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Response teams, state farm will always be among the first to arrive and the last to leave. To help show that human nature is greater than nature. Like a good neighbor, state farm is there. ® good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were so excited to finally have some good air quality across the bay area. Green sensors means its safe to go outside and go for a nice long walk or run this morning, and were starting out with Cool Temperatures that will warm up for the inland areas as we go into this afternoon reaching into the mid to upper 80s for the valleys while the coastal areas will stay in the 60s. Going through the forecast, cooler temperatures coming in as we continue to get some cleaner air. And that is your latest weather. Hoda . All right, al. Thank you. Coming up, we will have reaction from Breonna Taylors family in the settlement in that case and the fight for police reform. Why they say its just the beginning of their fight for justice. And hes fought for 9 11 First Responders. Now jon stewart is making a new plea on capitol hill for thousands of military veterans. Why he is saying theyre not getting the help they deserve and need. But first, this is today on nbc. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of today. 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Sjpd has not confirmed the details but say they will give us an update later on this morning. Reporter im bob brentwood. Overnight you may have noticedn to see them in a long time because the air quality has improved so much. Right now were seeing air quality thats either moderate if not good throughout the bay area. Though that could change if the wildfires flare up again or if new ones start to burn. Right now theres a weather system offshore thats making it much easier to breathe. Which will make it so great for people that just want to go outside, kari. As were waking up and looking out the window in walnut creek, a great morning to take the dog on an extra long walk and enjoy some of that better air quality as we see green sensors across the bay area this morning, once again for the first time in about a month. As we lock at temperatures mid60s for the coast and Half Moon Bay 65. 80 in palo alto. 79 in san jose and some upper 80s for the inland east bay. Well also have a cooldown in our forecast with stronger, cleaner air as we go into the weekend. Laura . It sounds heavenly. Thanks so much. Well be back with another local news update. 7 30. Its wednesday morning, september 16th, 2020. Youre looking at pensacola, florida. A lot of other places along the gulf coast this morning Hurricane Sally is just crawling across. A slow mover, whipping winds, heavy rain. That rain thats dumping is causing lots of problems. Als going to be up in just a bit to track that and see where its headed. He said it did speed up slightly. Its now at 3 Miles Per Hour. We can still walk as fast as that. Lets start th hw cdc study children rarely die from the coronavirus. The study shows among the 190,000 deaths here in the u. S. , only 121 of them were those under 21 years of age. Thats at the end of july when the study was completed. The report reveals children from racial and ethnic minorities as well as those with Underlying Health conditions were disproportionately affected. Cnbcs jim cramer is apologizing for a comment he made to House Speaker nancy pelosi. It happened during a live interview on tuesday. Take a listen. Gotten between you and secretary mnuchin. What deal can we have, crazy nancy . Im sorry. That was the president. I have such reverence for the office, i would never use that term. But you just did. Come on. You know what i mean. I do. I do. You heard cramer there using the nickname President Trump calls the speaker. He apologized again saying, quote, it was a very stupid comment and a tongue in cheek move to make a point about the tone in washington. He says he has an incredible amount of respect for pelosi and the office she holds. Turning now to the nba and the huge upset in the western conference playoffs. Just 2 of 9 from the field. Murray three pointer. Jamal murray from downtown. Jamal murray put up 40 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 10489 win over the l. A. Clippers. Denver advancing to the western conference finals. The clippers done for the season. Theyll get out of the bubble now. Despite being a favorite to win it all the beginning of the season. Up next for the nuggets . Lebron james and his l. A. Lakers. Thats going to be a good matchup there. Also this morning, we are hearing from the family of Breonna Taylor after the settlement with the city of louisville. It comes six months after she was shot and killed by police in her own home. Gabe gutierrez is with us this morning. Reporter good morning. The settlement is the largest of its kind in louisvilles history and this city is now anxiously awaiting a decision on whether any of the officers involved in Breonna Taylors death will be charged. Breonna taylor reporter this morning the family of Breonna Taylor says the 12 million civil settlement is only a start. I dont know that you can put a dollar amount on her life. She was so much more than that. Reporter the city of louisville did not admit any wrong doing by police, but the settlement does include several reforms such as changes to the approval process for search warrants, the hiring of social workers to go out on Mental Health calls, and incentives for officers to live and volunteer in the community. My administration is not waiting to move ahead with needed reforms to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again. Reporter does the union believe that the civil settlement is premature . In our opinion, yes. I think it would be logical to wait for an investigation to be completed before a decision like that is made. Reporter it all comes more than six months after a botched raid at taylors apartment. Police were executing a search warrant looking for drugs. Officers said they announced themselves to taylors boyfriend who was inside. He disputes that. He said he feared an intruder was breaking in and fired his licensed weapon wounding an officer. Police returned fire killing taylor. Breonna taylor was in her apartment who had every right to sleep in peace and not have the Police Execute a dangerous, i believe unconstitutional and unjustifiable noknock warrant on yet another black citizen in america. Reporter her family says no drugs were found in the apartment and theyre now calling for at least Second Degree manslaughter charges against the officers. Not only did they cause the death of someone else, they put other individuals at risk. Reporter one of the officers there that night has been fired. His attorney declined to comment. The other two on leave. How important are charges for these officers . Its very important. Its the most important part of this. I understand that theyre police officers, but that doesnt make you above the law. Well, we just heard how breonnas family feels about it. Theyre hoping to see criminal charges here. Whats the timeline on a decision . Reporter well, savannah, sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that evidence could be presented to a grand jury as early as this week, but kentuckys attorney general has provided no official timeline so far. Meanwhile, overnight, the police union tells me it believes the officers should face no charges at all because they lawfully applied for that search warrant and only fired in selfdefense once they were fired upon. Savannah . Gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. When we come back this morning, jon stewarts new fight on capitol hill. Youll want to hear the plea he is making to help sick veterans. Thats right after this. Family, all in this together family, were taking a chance family, like birds of a feather family, kick off your shoes and dance family, like birds of a feather family, kick off your shoes and dance because i trust their quality. 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Its not just a work environment. Everyone here is family. If you are ready to open your heart and your home, check us out. We thought for sure that we were done. And this town said not today. Were back 7 40 now. Jon stewart now lending his voice to a new fight on capitol hill just one year after helping 9 11 First Responders, hes turning his attention to veterans who fought for our country overseas in the years that followed. Anne thompson has more on this story. Hey, anne. Good morning reporter good morning, hoda. Good morning, craig. Jon stewart is no stranger to giving help to causes that need to get money behind them and now he is asking people to Pay Attention to how the military disposes its trash in war zones and the deadly consequences soldiers and their families say these open air waste pits have. Comedian jon stewart back on capitol hill and deadly serious. Literally the burning gun in this situation are burning guns. Reporter the former daily show host taking up the cause on the burn pits lobbying for legislation that would entitle them to Lifetime Health Care Coverage our veterans lived 24 hours a day 7 days a week next to toxic smoke. Reporter contractors use jet fuel to burn everything from ammunition to human and medical waste during the afghanistan and iraq wars. The department of Veterans Affairs which has downplayed the longterm Health Effects of the pits telling nbc news it is adhering to the eligibility requirements for Va Health Care and disability compensation that congress established stewart now bringing the same passion seen during last years successful fight for 9 11 First Responders your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity time theyre getting the same Cold Shoulder from congress that they received and so the fight starts again. Reporter Heath Robinson served as an army medic in iraq. I have lung cancer stage 4. My lungs are weak. Reporter his widow danielle says he spent months just yards from a burn pit. But the va denied some medical and caregiver benefits to the 39yearold who died in may. You sent them to iraq and afghanistan, now take care of them when they come home reporter daniels mother on tuesday desperately trying to get the attention of republican lawmakers passing by you have no guts reporter veterans and their families now hoping star power will get the government to pay for these wounds of war. Stewart is linking his two congressional fights knowing these soldiers sent to fight the battle based on the september 11th attacks are suffering the same illnesses that First Responders at the World Trade Center suffered. As for the veterans administration, it says it is constantly reviewing the research on this issue and it points to a recent study that says there is no evidence linking the disease with the burn pits, but also that same study says that more Research Needs to be done hoda and craig all right Anne Thompson for us there its always great to see jon stewart. Hes so passionate about his topics. His advocacy is going to surpass his comedic talent but 200,000 vets thats how many would be helped if this passes he gets results oh, yeah. Speaking of results, al roker standing by. You get results too. Ill tell you, were seeing results from sally right now this is pensacola. And look at the flooding going on right now i mean, theyre getting massive rain bands theyve got wind gusts over 50 you can see the water line is at door level of cars and its just going get worse as this goes on lets take a look right now and show you as far as the satellite and radar is concerned you can see it is a category 2 storm. 105 mileperhour winds. You can see the rain bands and weve got an expanded tornado watch until 6 00 tonight for that region. These are some of the rainfall totals rainfall indicated radar 22 inches of rain. Panama city over 10 inches mobile 3 1 2 inches of rain. And because of Climate Change, were seeing these storms overperforming a rain machine, warmer air and oceans increase available moisture to these systems. That has more moisture into the tropical systems the wetter storms produce more extreme rain totals. 15 more rain out of these systems because of Climate Change five state rainfall records in the last four years from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 when remember it was almost 16 inches of rain. 61 inches of rain and also for South Carolina and North Carolina over 23 inches of rain all because of Climate Change brighter skies today in the northeast and new england. Wildfire smoke continues in the Pacific Northwest. And its going to feel like fall up through the Northern Plains thats whats going on around the country. Heres good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were really excited to get some cleaner air in the bay area this morning. Weve seen green sensors indicating that its safe to go outside for a nice, long walk this morning. As we go into the afternoon our sky may stay blue as we are still expecting more of this improved air quality and our temperatures reaching into the upper 80s in the warmest spots and low to mid60s near the coastline. As we go throu cooldown especia by the end of this workweek. You know, guys, normally a system once makes landfall takes off like a shot. Until its picked up by a trough, its only moving at 3 to 5 Miles Per Hour so its going to be sitting over that area for at least the next several hours. So were not out of the woods yet by any means sort of just parking there and pouring rain all right, al. Thank you. Still ahead this morning, weve got some encouraging news when it comes to the coronavirus on College Campuses. Yes, encouraging what some schools are now doing that has helped them avoid outbreaks. Can other schools learn . But first, these messages. Overwhelm me. Define me. But i found a way to give myself more space. 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Were seeing air quality thats either moderate if not good throughout the bay area, though that could change if the wildfires flare up again or if new ones start to burn. Right now theres a weather system offshore thats making it much easier to breathe. Good thing its easier to breathe out there. A lot of people want to get outdoors, kari. Were seeing a lot of green sensors, and that means go. Green means go. Were seeing much better air quality, the best weve seen in more than a month. As we look at our temperatures for today were starting out cool but well warm up slightly. Reaching into the mid to upper 80s for the inland east bay as well as the north bay for san jose a high of 79 degrees and some upper 60s in san francisco. Going through this forecast we will continue to cool off as we get stronger winds coming in by the end of the week, laura. All right, thank you very much. Thank you for joining us as well. Another local news update in half an hour. We saw the cloud of smoke and my heart fell. I knew wed lose our home. And we did. Over 24,000 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in the past few years. Wildfire victims need help so im voting yes on 19. It limits property taxes on wildfire victims its 8 00 on today. Coming up, breaking news roaring ashore Hurricane Sally makes landfall overnight. Residents preparing for historic flooding potential water event here is significant. While out west, those wildfires continue to rage as we get a closer look at the devastation. Were live with the very latest. Plus, lessons learned. How School Officials and students are working together to stop the spread of covid19 on their College Campus our students are really showing the willingness and the commitment to try to keep the university open. Just ahead, well show you how some schools are getting it right. And hamming it up. Local theater. Its where i got my start and that upcoming top gun sequel i loved it. Its everything you hope its going to be. Its everything i hoped it was going to be. Today, wednesday, september 16th, 2020 were the Walker Family from vancouver, washington. And were celebrating rowans 5th birthday. Its my birthday we brought the whole family to hilton head to celebrate our 10th anniversary celebrating jonathans 13th birthday from utah good morning, everybody welcome back to today. Its wednesday morning smack dab in the middle of the week and already a busy one, right . It is and if you woke up a little later these days, dont you worry. Set the dvr and you can tune into the other hour that preceded this one. Its a good one. Weve been here waiting on you. Exactly lets get to your news at 8 00 Hurricane Sally made landfall after a night of major flooding and Power Outages along the gulf coast. Well get to al in a moment. Hes got new storm track from the weather service. But first lets go to nbcs sam brock who really has been getting pounded along with residents there this morning sam, we can see it we can see whats happening right there. Reporter savannah, good morning. The rain and wind just has not stopped. In the light of day now, were getting a better picture what this looks like. Parking lots and streets beside me or just rivers. The National Hurricane center calling this historic and catastrophic flooding. Unfolding, not potentially unfolding right now. Youll see the cars with the water level up to their windows. When we first got here, the water was barely even touching the tires. Just a matter of hours its progressed here. Progressed here. And in pensacola theyve recorded 28. 4 inches of rain and in pensacola theyve recorded 24. 8 inches of rain at the Naval Air Base the previous record, guys, for the most amount of rain in one day in september in pensacola, 11. 6 inches. Which means they have more than doubled the record today and we still got probably nine or ten hours of potentially torrential rain left savannah, back to you. All right sam brock, stay safe out there thank you, sam als got the latest now on the potential for that record flooding its going to just continue we just had wind gusts of 92 Miles Per Hour it is now, sally, 15 miles east of gulfport. Still crawling north northeast as 3 Miles Per Hour. And as it starts to move and push its way north, again, thosp you can see pensacola. Theres that wind gust information there. Mobile, 64 Miles Per Hour. And look at these rainfall totals were anywhere from 10 to 23 inches of rain and thats going to be added to as this slowly makes its way to the northeast. 26 Million People under flash flood watches, warnings. Historic and catastrophic flooding 3 to 4 inch rainfalls per hour were talking some isolated totals of up to 3 feet of rain as it makes its way up into the northeast. I should say the southeast and the midatlantic states. Those damaging winds will continue to push through and thats going to cause widespread Power Outages were already getting reports. The mayor of pensacola were supposed to talk to him later in the third hour today. Hes lost power at his home there. Meanwhile this morning, the Ground Breaking deal signing between israel and two arab nations at the white house the big question is will it lead to wider peace in the middle east today correspondent keir simmons joins us with more on this good morning reporter hey, craig. Good morning to you. On yesterdays show, savannah asked Jared Kushner whether saudi arabia might at some point sign a peace deal like this one signed at the white house yesterday. Today a senior republican senator tells me he thinks that really is a possibility. It all piles pressure on iran as you might expect today the iranian president condemning this agreement before sunrise this morning, israeli jets attacked targets in gaza after Palestinian Militants fired rockets from there wounding two people. The violence coming less than 24 hours after President Trump hailed a new dawn in the middle east in the form of a peace agreement. This can really lead to peace, real peace in the middle east for the first time. Reporter the first arab nations to recognize israel since 1994 the United Arab Emirates, bahrain, as well as israel leading a more united front against iran the uae hoping to buy jets suffering far too long. Reporter the agreement brokered by President Trumps soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner who spoke to savannah before the white house signing. Do you expect other countries namely saudi arabia to follow suit well, i think what youre seeing now is the beginning of the end of the israel arab conflict reporter up next, saudi arabia could normalize saudi arabias got all kinds of challenges. And they need this they need any kind of irritation with israel behind them. And the opportunity is there reporter palestinian leaders left out of the agreement accusing arab countries of abandoning them. Israels leader facing criticism for his handling of coronavirus getting help once again from his friend President Trump you have the key to the hearts of the people of israel reporter President Trump hoping for a Foreign Policy boost with the election less than two months away President Trump suggesting in an interview that this deal could bring the palestinians to the table. But whats not in here what to do about the west bank where many palestinians live what to do about the millions of Palestinian Refugees there are many Unanswered Questions here senior interNational Correspondent keir simmons this morning. Thank you. Its 8 07. The news is done the boost is on. Im ready a teenage girl in South Carolina was told to expect a package from her grandma all right, when she opened the door, she got a much bigger surprise check it out thank you oh, my god oh, my god oh, my god so who is that, you ask thats her childhood best friend he disguised himself as a delivery man the package from grandma was all part of the plot the friend traveled from out of state to pull off that surprise. He wanted to wish his pal good luck before he started her senior year. She looked like she was going to lift him up she was probably going in for the corona hug where youre hugging like this you want to hug but you cant hug. 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Today, lets stain. cause if you stain your deck today, they cant stain your deck tomorrow. Behr. Today, lets stain. We are back now. It is 8 12 with our ongoing series coronavirus in the classroom. The start of the school year has been a challenging one all across the board and weve talked a lot about outbreaks on certain College Campuses but there is some good news this morning. Kerry sanders is in tampa, florida, to tell us all about one school, couple schools that are actually getting it right. Hey, kerry reporter good morning. Thats right the spread of coronavirus on some College Campuses has been seemingly unstoppable. Then you have the other end of the spectrum like here at the university of south florida where the covid positivity rates are low. Extremely low. And experts say that is not just a case of luck as coronavirus outbreaks plague some College Campuses nationwide, there are actually some Success Stories at schools where positivity numbers are remarkably low the university of south florida says its positive rate is a stunning 0. 002 . Its an adjustment, but its working. Reporter usf has more than 50,000 students in a state thats been a virus hot spot all summer just over a hundred students at its tampa campus testing positive since the fall semester began 24 days ago. Our students are really showing the willingness and commitment to try to keep the university open. Reporter distancing in classrooms, constant virus tests, mandatory masks even this symptom app. All playing a role just about every university has something in place is the difference here versus other universities where we see rising numbers responsibility or irresponsibility by the students . Well, weve also prohibited any social gatherings and including our fraternities and students well, weve also prohibited any social gatherings and including our fraternities and sororities weve prohibited them from having inperson gatherings. Reporter violators face serious consequences people can be suspended from the University Reporter has that happened yet . Yes reporter that strict vigilance aimed at preventing superspreader events like this one in new jersey near the house used in the jersey shore reality show the success does not come as one size fits all. Here nearly 3,000 students, faculty all entered a twoweek quarantine with regular testing. Were testing 6 of the population at any given moment were testing the waste water of every building because the virus exhibits itself in waste water before it does in your nose. Reporter in North Carolina Duke University with fewer than 80 covid cases the more we can do to catch that and to catch that early, the safer the rest of the safee population would be. Reporter one thing School Leaders agree on, keeping numbers low requires persistence. Were not relaxing at all so we know the trends and the are we finding in some campuses the numbers are low because the number of students are low . What role does that play reporter that plays a really big role for instance, here at the university of south florida, 52 of the students are taking classes in the classroom 48 are doing it remotely. And in the dormitories which would normally be full, theyre at about 60 so there are fewer kids in the dormitories that are closer together. And because theyre not as cramped in there, also preventing the spread of coronavirus. Doing some things right there. All right, Kerry Sanders thank you. Thank you, kerry. Before we get to carson and pop start, lets get another check of the weather al hey, guys were looking at that wildfire smoke continuing out west. Feeling like fall in the Northern Plains. Beautiful in the northeast in the midatlantic and new england. Showers in good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. More clouds clear the air and well see our temperatures from the east bay and as we go through today air quality and cooler temperatures. And that is your latest weather. Cousin carson come on get over here im coming. Got to stay six feet fine. Stay right there ill stand right here al, right there youre fine dont move there you go. There you go. Thank you thank you, mr. Melvin. There you go. Youre front row for pop start. Youve been pushing for that for six months there it is good morning, everybody glad youre all here because were going to start with our good friend Kathie Lee Gifford as we teased earlier, her latest movie has a trailer out this morning. Its called then came you. It features kathie as a widow embarking on a trip around the world when she gets caught up with Craig Ferguson and his fiance its fascinating. Im all about new everythings these days they dont let dogs in here they prefer attractive women, but youll be fine you come down here in your sexy pajama top. What are you looking at nothing dont do that hes never seen a womans legs before feels like a keeper there look at that an innkeeper. She willed that that baby into existence she went and scouted sites its a real movie its awesome. Look at that. The whole thing its a rom com. She got it. Its in theaters for one night on september 30th. Then itll be available on demand october 2nd why only one night in a theater . This way its eligible for an oscar. Why not two nights in a theater . In the pandemic, thats how it works next up, lil nas x is now releasing a Childrens Book. He posted on twitter, im dropping the best Childrens Book of all time channelling kanye there. Its called c is for country. Its going to teach the children about the alphabet with the country. Thatll come out in january. Next up on pop start this morning, hugh jackman and Ryan Reynolds they love to play up their fun feud theyre Close Friends in real life now ryan is helping hugh out in a commercial for his that is hugh doesnt necessarily just wake up the nice guy that he is. Hughs new Coffee Company called laughing man coffee which shows hugh doesnt necessarily just wake up the nice guy that he is. He needs a little morning cup of joe. This is hugh jackman. Noted humanitarian hey, kids shut up and founder of laughing man coffee the Coffee Company that donates 100 of hughs profits to support fair trade farmers and brews the exceptional flavor that is 100 responsible for the hugh jackman we know and love. Yeah. There he is laughing man the nicest [ bleep ] coffee on earth. Thats good, right . Cute. Isnt that great . 100 of proceeds going to help love that. Hugh jackman is so nice, as a matter of fact, were going to let hugh introduce our latest item in pop start. Watch this shes got a new christmas album coming out next month. Her first in 30 years. Its called a holly dolly christmas. This morning were getting our first taste of dolly singing i saw mommy kissing santa claus. I saw mommy tickle santa claus underneath his beard so snowy White American treasure, dolly parton, singing Christmas Songs in october i love it thats what we need right now. Need to get 2020 back on track, i hope. Great duets as well. Willie nelson on it who was in a great story yesterday. Michael buble, jimmy fallon. Maybe shell do the Tree Lighting this year a lot of times theyll get those folks doing the lighting im trying to light myself a little bit here. Im getting lit. Oh, nice. If we could get dolly on top of our tree to live on 30 rock, shed be the perfect angel on top of there she is. She is all right thats it. I have a pop start item today is the 25th anniversary of al roker and Deborah Roberts i just saw the video on instagram. One of the best couples we know 25 years what a Beautiful Church thats saint thomas right there on 5th avenue. Look at al back in the day. Thats right. Three of me. Whats the secret to 25 years . Yes, dear and never going to bed angry never going to bed because you dont sleep. Thats it youve been sleeping in the garage since that day. Happy silver. Thank you thank you. Just ahead, guys you want to hang out with jon hamm sure. I got the chance. Youre going to want to hear about it did he ask about savannah. No, he didnt after your local news. Good morning. 8 26. Im marcus washington. Two people are dead this morning, three more injured after a shooting two blocks from san jose state campus about 10 00 last night near south 8 and reed streets. People were fwaered around a streetside memorial when that shooting started and shots were fired earlier in the evening. Police, so far, not confirming those details. A live look for you here in the bay area. Skies across the bay area finally a chance to breathe. Air quality levels, much better this morning. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking those conditions. It is finally safe to open up the windows and take the dog on an extra long walk this morning. It even looks better than it did yesterday at this time. So, we are seeing these green sensors across the bay with uper 80s in the warmest spots and 60s near the coast. In between in the south bay, looking at a high of 79 degrees in san jose and 77 in oakland. Into the rest of the forecast, nice cooldown on the way. Especially with these breezy winds picking up and cleaning out our air, continuing for the weekend. Marcus . Thanks, kar. Another local news update in 30 minute. See you then. Rush to work, grab a drink, hurry home. [cell phone beeps] stop dont be on your phone. Let someone else take the wheel. Make a little eye contact. Make a plan. Its a busy world out there. Were all in it together. Go safely, california. A drink with friends can turn into two, and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. Stop there are a lot of ways to get a dui. And a lot of ways to go text a friend, call a cab, share a ride. Whatever you choose to do, go safely, california. Wednesday morning. Look at the waves from the groups of people we enjoy hanging out with new baby alert. Yeah. Theres a new baby, a couple birthdays. Well do some celebrating on the virtual plaza. Coming up, guys, get ready to love on some jon hamm even more i got to chat with him about how hes really giving back to the community that gave him his start as an actor. A lot of these small theaters, Community Theaters losing a lot of money so hes helping out. And it could afford you a chance to actually have a zoom with him. So well talk about that also well talk about new roles hes got one in the top gun movie plus Morgan Radford is joining us for a story on hispanic heritage month. Shes exploring the pandemics impact on the Latino Community and how families are really getting creative on carrying out important traditions looking forward to that theres pinatas as well. Coming up in a few minutes on the third hour of today, one of the most celebrated members of the Food Community on the planet were going to talk with chef tom kalicio on his push to help the Restaurant Industry recover from this pandemic also something cool for all of you on the show tomorrow. Well give a sneak peek at the new memorial opening honoring dwight d. Eisenhower our 34th president was Supreme Commander of the allied forces in world war ii. Great story. Well have that storm. Looking forward to that lets get a check of the weather from al who is busy this morning. Announcer todays whether is brought to you by behr. Today lets paint. As you take a look, pensacola, florida the flooding is getting doing. Some areas just to the north of pensacola unofficially 30 inches of rain. And theres more on the way. But lets take a look at the weekend. Flooding rain tomorrow moving into the midatlantic and the southeast atlantic refreshing cool breezes making their way through the great lakes. Showers move into the Pacific Northwest giving them a bit of a break. Much needed rain in the Pacific Northwest on saturday. Drying out as you make your way into the southeast sunshine throughout the great lakes. And then as we move into sunday, real fall feel for the northeast and new england. Lots of sunshine for the western twothirds of the country. And were looking at the warm and dry conditions along the west coast but not as hot as its been. Thats whats going on around the country. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we take a look at our high temperatures for today, its going to be a nice one, but a little bit warmer, especially for the east bay and far north bay as we reach into the upper 80s. Then well cool off, going through this forecast, with some breezy winds that will continue to improve our air quality by the end of the week. It will warm up by sunday into monday, and that may be also when the smoke comes back to the bay area. Were looking at temperature notice 60s in san francisco. And that is your latest and that is your latest weather. Gangs all here too. Is it getting jon hamm hot in here coming up, the conversation that america and savannah very much looking forward to yes hodas chat with jon. Yeah. You know what . Heres the thing jons actually giving fans a chance to hang with him. Also he told me about the top gun movie enjoy. This is today on nbc [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. Welcome back. All morning long hoda has been like this one time i was talking to jon hamm. Jon hamm this, jon hamm that. Now it can be told. You guys, i have to admit. You know whats great about jon hamm . Everything . His jaw line. Everything. He hasnt forgotten his roots. Now hes giving fans a chance for a virtual hang with him. It benefits compani a hangout with jon is a pretty good sell. Well, you get it for free there you go i know. Exactly. And everyone at home joins in. And i love that youre going back to your hometown. I think its really cool because small theaters, i mean, struggle even in the best of times, i have to say yes and now weve got the pandemic and the rest of it. Why did you think this was a good time for you to get back to your local spot . Honestly, its where i got my start. I earned my equity card working in small professional theaters in st. Louis when i was just out of college and it was an opportunity for me who wanted to pursue a career as a working actor to get the experience the arts brings so much to our community. What they really bring is a sense of togetherness and the kind of pulling on the same rope together. And that is what working on the same thing and kind of pulling on the same rope together and that is what community is all about. And were able to hopefully raise some money and basically just to keep the lights on. Everybody doesnt have to start from square one. And if we raise enough money, we can share that with other Community Theaters and hopefully inspire people to, you know, give back. People just sign up they pay to get in the lottery and then on september 17th, theres a virtual drawing. And the prize is you get to hang with you so whats the hang what are we doing . Its not just me, by the way, either 75 bucks gets you 50 raffle tickets. And its myself, sterling k. Brown whos also from st. Louis. Bo williman who created house of cards and was one of my students back when i was a teacher in st. Louis really . Yes he was a senior when i was teaching him very talented young man. Weve got a bunch of local st. Louis actors and celebrities hopefully we can help some people, you know, get through this so the 75 gets you 50 chances at a virtual hang. The person you get to hang with is chosen at random. Adds a little spice to it. Itll be a virtual meet and greet. Virtual cocktail party, what have you well, we have a lot of things were looking forward to when this whole thing passes. Youve got a couple of projects ive been waiting for. Top gun maverick. Have you seen a cut of it . I have. I saw it last week and i loved it. Its everything you hope its