Good morning, its october 5th. And this is today. Massive walkout. More than 75,000 workers at hospitals and medical facilities nationwide back on the picket lines this morning. Patients caught the middle facing cancelled appointments and delayed procedures. Well have the very latest. Searching for a speaker. House republicans left scrambling in the wake of the historic vote to remove kevin mccarthy. The first hopefuls throwing their hats in the ring as a new battle erupts over the new rule that led to the chaos and brought congress to a standstill. That should never happen again at the hands of one lunatic. A live report from washington just ahead. Reversing course. The Biden Administration now set to build a new section of the border wall. Inside the surprising move to help stop the record flow of illegal crossings into texas. October heat wave. Records shattered on both coasts as temperatures soar well above normal while Severe Weather tears across parts of the south. Al is tracking all of it, including a new storm that could impact your weekend. Price hike. Your streaming bill is about to get even higher. The Popular Services set to raise rates. And what you can do to save. Those stories, plus evicted. Commander removed from the white house over repeated biting incidents. Whats next for the president s dog. And golden girls. The u. S. Women make history at the world gymnastics championships again. Gold medalists for the seventhstraight time. And theyre with us live to celebrate, today, thursday, october 5th, 2023. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Well, good morning. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Happy to have you with us. Happy to say we have gold Medal Winners again. Again. With our Gymnastics Team. Congratulations to those ladies. Little drama out there on the mat, but smiles at the end. And well talk with some members of team usa in just a bit. We will start this morning with whats being called the biggest Healthcare Strike in u. S. History. 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walking off the job yesterday after their contract expired. Their demands are better pay and a Major Staffing increase. This comes as major businesses and even the Government Operations are facing work stoppages. The autoworker strike is about to enter its fourth week and Congress Remains at a standstill during a search for a new speaker of the house. We have it all covered. Well start with nbcs tom costello. Hes at a kaiser facility in d. C. Hey, tom. Good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. So both kaiser and the unions say they have been involved in these long negotiations, six months already. They still havent come to an agreement. They both admit they are still not at prepandemic staffing. They admit the staff is burned out right now, overworked. The union says theyre underpaid. So as this goes down right now, many kaiser families find that they simply cannot get certain procedures done, elective procedures. Reporter this morning, a big union is turning up the heat on Kaiser Permanente, the countrys largest not for profit healthcare provider. Tens of thousands of workers walking off the job for three days as contract talks stall. From virginia these people got into healthcare because they wanted to take care of patients. And theyre just stretched too thin. Reporter to denver everybody is getting depressed. Everybody is quitting because they cant handle it. You know, its a lot of work. Reporter to sacramento. We are here because they have been dealing with a short staffing crisis caused by kaiser executives for months, if not years. Reporter on strike, pharmacists, optometrists, vocational nurses, xray and Lab Technicians demanding more pay to offset inflation and more staff. They say kaiser patients, 13 million of them, can sometimes wait months for a primary care appointment and hours waiting in an e. R. People are just plain worn out. Covid was a nightmare for three years ago. And were still not done. Reporter most doctors and rns are not on strike. Were committed to addressing the staffing crisis. But were equally committed to addressing affordability crisis. Thats the issue thats at the table. Reporter kaiser says hospitals and e. R. S will remain open during the strike, but some elective procedures may be postponed. Just heart breaking to get the news yesterday that its been cancelled. When it was already rescheduled once. Tiffany youngs 17 month old son caden was supposed to have tubes placed in his ears today to relieve chronic ear infections and severe pain. Now thats been postponed until december. Hes just in pain. And its just horrible to see him. I know its a minor surgery, but to a parent and seeing your baby hit his ears and crying, you know, its heart breaking. You want this whole thing to get resolved. So this is a threeday strike, tom. Any chance we may see another wave of walkouts if they dont get to a deal soon . Reporter i think so. I mean, listen, the union is saying that this threeday strike is really a demonstration of strength to show kaiser that the union is, in fact, united. And they say, if they dont reach an agreement by some time in november, they could call a longer strike, potentially ten days that would really have an affect as well on patients and staff and the hospitals. Yeah. All right, tom costello for us in d. C. Tom, thank you. We move now to the big question on capitol hill. Who will be the next House Speaker . After this weeks historic vote to oust kevin mccarthy. Well, this morning theres a lot of uncertainty surrounding that answer. Nbcs Garrett Haake is our senior capitol hill correspondent. Hes on it. Garrett, good morning to you. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning. We know we wont see a new speaker seated until at least the middle of next week. So far two candidates have publicly declared theyre running for the job. Setting up yet another battle within the Republican Party over who should lead them and the house going forward. This morning, congress frozen and fractured as a leaderless Republican Party searches for a new speaker. After an eightmember faction forced the removal of kevin mccarthy. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. Reporter now the gop majority scrambling to select his replacement. Judiciary Committee Chairman jim jordan becoming the first declared candidate. I feel like i can unite reporter hell face off against louisianas steve scalise, currently the number two House Republican who survived a gunshot wound in 2017 and is currently battling cancer. This is really important that we get this right. So we can get back to work. Reporter rank and file republicans still furious at the eight members who joined with all democrats to depose mccarthy. Especially his chief antagonist, floridas matt gaetz. What happened yesterday is literally going to put the American Government to a halt until we find a speaker. And that should never happen again at the hands of one lunatic. Reporter the eight defending their votes against a speaker they say Neither Party truly trusted. The problem is that he didnt have credibility on either side of the aisle. He would tell conservatives one thing, moderates another and democrats something else. That is not the way to lead our country today. Reporter no vote to select a speaker will be held until at least next wednesday with most lawmakers going home for the weekend. Some floating unorthodox speaker candidates, including former president trump, who rejected the idea. A lot of people have been calling me to be speaker. My total focus is being president. Reporter President Biden telling reporters hes prepared to work whoever emerges from the chaos with the gavel. We have a lot of work to do and the American People expect us to get it done. Reporter now, among the critical work that needs to get done is funding the government, which is set to expire just before thanksgiving. The next speaker will be absolutely pivotal in those negotiations, which really cant even begin in earnest until he or she is formally elected. Savannah . Keep us posted, garrett. Thank you. Lets turn now to that dramatic reversal in the border battle overnight. So faced with a surge in illegal crossings, the Biden Administration has announced it is waiving more than two dozen federal laws to add on to the border wall in southern texas. Nbc senior White House CorrespondentGabe Gutierrez has the latest. Gabe, tell us what we know about this reversal. Reporter hi, hoda, good morning. This is a striking acknowledge that changes are needed to stem the migrant influx at the southern border. Waiving 26 federal laws such as the Clean Air Act and the Safe Water Drinking act to allow border wall construction in star county, texas. This is a major reversal for President Biden who during the 2020 campaign vowed that not another foot of wall would be constructed under his administration. The president also issued a proclamation in 2021 stating that building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution. Its a waste of money. That diverts attention from general threats to our homeland security. In a statement overnight, customs and Border Protection says funds for this project were appropriated by congress in 2019 and that dhs is required to use them for their appropriated purpose, hoda. Gabe, this comes after increasing criticism for members of his own party. Reporter yeah, hoda. Just days ago, governor j. B. Pritzker, a staunch ally, called the migrant influx untenable and calling out the federal governments lack of intervention and coordination at the border. The white house says its provided 46 million in funding for migrants to illinois, but the Governors Office told me that is not nearly enough. Meanwhile, new york city officials have been sounding the alarm for the better part of a year and are now asking a court to suspend its right to shelter law, which requires migrants to have a place to stay. Hoda . Gabe gutierrez for us there at the white house. Gabe, thank you. And mls soccer game near dallas was called off just minutes before kickoff last night after a severe storm blew through the area. This was the scene at toyota stadium in frisco, texas. Players for the fc dallas and the Colorado Rapids were actually on the field for National Anthem when intense wind and rain swept in. You can see the video shared on social media showing fans running for cover. At least two people suffered minor injuries. In the meantime, millions of americans are enjoying a summerlike heat wave in this first week of october, well above average temperatures being felt from both coasts with a number of cities now shattering records which brings us to al and what we can expect today. Hey, good morning, guys. And good morning to you. And here is that line of heavy showers and thunderstorms from little rock down to houston. Now some areas may be picking up to an inch and a half of rain per hour as this system pushes to the east. Thats also part of the system thats going to be bringing much cooler weather. But for today, it will be 81 in burlington, vermont. Detroit 6 degrees above average, 73. 74 in chicago. Charleston, 83 degrees. Here comes that cold front. Ahead of it tomorrow, you can still see temperatures a bit above normal, but they drop 12 degrees below normal in minneapolis. Denver, a 10 degree below normal drop. 59 degrees and then youll see into next week, by monday, boston is at 59. Same in new york city. 64 in d. C. Low to mid 50s in detroit, where as out west, we have 14 Million People under heat advisories, especially san diego, los angeles, l. A. Will be the low 90s into the weekend. Mid 09s in bakersfield. San francisco temperatures into the mid to upper 80s, guys. Back to you. All right, al. Thank you. Well check back. Lots more to get to as we say good morning to craig. Good morning to you as well. A search is unfolding right here in new york after the fatal stabbing of a brooklyn man and beloved community activist. In fact, Surveillance Video captured the terrifying attack and according to police, that video has now led them to a potential suspect. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is following this for us. Steph, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning, craig. Ryan carson was coming back from a wedding with his girlfriend when a random encounter with a man on the street turned deadly. Carson, a dedicated public advocate, was stabbed three times, including once in the heart. We want to warn you, the video youre about to see is pretty difficult to watch. This morning, new York City Police are searching for a killer, responsible for the brutal stabbing of 32yearold public advocate, ryan carson. New Surveillance Video obtained by wnbc in new york shows the deadly confrontation as it unfolded early monday morning. The suspect seen wearing a black hoodie, walking near carson and his girlfriend as they sat on a bus stop bench started kicking scooters parked on the sidewalk nearby. According to police, carson attempted to deescalate the situation, but the man in the hoodie threatened to kill him and pulled a knife. Ill kill you [ bleep ]. Chill, chill, chill. Appearing to run, carson stumbled. Thats when police say the attacker stabbed him three times. As mr. Carson laid dying on the sidewalk, the male with the knife kicks him in the chest, threatens to stab the woman companion. Reporter police say they have a person of interest in the murder. We have received several leads in regards to this case and have developed a suspect. Reporter adding that prior to the stabbing the suspect was agitated with this woman who they believe is his girlfriend. According to police, she apologized to the couple after arriving to the scene. Im so sorry. My name is ryan thorson carson. Reporter carson spent years working for the public good, fighting for issues from Climate Change to social justice. Together we can end Overdose Deaths by bringing safe injection facilities to new york state. Reporter his colleagues describing him as a rising star. The world will be less well off because of his absence. Reporter now a community in mourning in the city where carson fought so hard to make a difference. He was killed by someone that he advocated for on these streets. The nypd left the impression they really made progress on this investigation. That video will be right at the center of it, but theyre asking people with any information to come forward. Guys, back to you. Just a terrible story, steph, thank you. Lets move now to the decision that impacts tens of thousands of americans carrying student loans. The Biden Administration canceling an additional 9 billion in debt just days after repayments started up again for the first time in three years. Nbcs vicky nguyen is here to explain all this. Break it all down. So who does this impact, vick . Good morning, hoda. The president made this announcement yesterday, 125,000 americans will see 9 billion in Student Loan Debt relief. You might be wondering, where does this 9 billion suddenly come from . Well the Education Department says, look, this is in the system. These are from fixes to a broken loan system. Meaning some of these people may have already been paying for 20 years on time, due this relief and never knew they were. Lets break down the number. 5 billion of the 9 billion will go to 53,000 workers or so these are Public Service workers. Think firefighters who have ten years of service the next 2. 8 billion goes to people who are already enrolled in incomedriven Repayment Programs meaning you have a certain income, you have a certain number of family members, your payment might be 0 already and then the final 1. 2 billion goes to 22,000 people with permanent disabilities, think veterans and this comes right in time this may not have been a coincidence because those repayments started on sunday. Uhhuh. We remember there was a Supreme Court case that struck down a larger forgiveness of student debt that the administration was trying to push through this is something totally separate from that so, repayments started i think it was on sunday yes. Whats the word on the street how are people handling it what does the administration say . Big picture in june, the Supreme Court said you dont have the authority to give people 20,000 back in student loans. So thats not going to happen. The reality is 45 million americans carry student debt in some form or fashion a total of 1. 3 trillion in debt on average, people are carrying 20 to 25,000 each so repayment looks like a 200 to 300 payment per month that people are coming up with. Nbc news talked to a lot of folks in this position saying with inflation, where do i get that money from. Is it my gas bill . Is it my grocery bill . Do i take on an extra job . So this plan yesterday certainly helps that 125,000 folks. Whats next any chance there would be even more relief for some of these borrowers or is this the end of the road the president said this continues to be a priority for him. Its Something Big that he campaigned on. Next week a bunch of state attorneys generals will be meeting along with borrowers and student loan servicers to try to come up with more plans. In june, President Biden announced a 12month onramp Repayment Program which is basically what it sounds like. Giving grace to borrowers that if you are getting back into the flow of things, that you wont be at risk of default. That you wont see your Credit Scores affected. Right now, you should also look into the save plan as well as the Higher Education act those are other avenues the administration is exploring. But look, this could face legal challenges none of this stuff happens overnight. Well continue to watch it. Thank you, vicky. Thank you. Back to al with the national map up whats shaking still warm in the northeast as we mentioned down into florida few showers there. Along this cold front we have strong storms stretching from the great lakes down into texas with heavy rain. Plenty of sunshine out west. But that heat is on. Were going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Thanks to autoship from chewy. I always loved that old man. Whats it say about the summer house . Yeah, the beach house. The summer residents goes to mr. Marbles. Plot twist. Im sorry, what . Doesnt make logistical sense . Unbelievable. Pets arent just pets. Theyre more. You got a train set todd. Save 35 off your first autoship order. At chewy. Good thursday morning. I am meteorologist, kari hall. Today we are under a heat advisory starting at 11 00 this morning as our high temperatures today reach into the mid and upper 90s. Its going to be dangerously hot for the middle of the day. 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Her service will now be a private event, and not public as promised before. Security is being cited. The response was so enormous, Visitation Hours were extended by one hour. Another iconic former San Francisco mayor, willie brown, you see him there, he said feinstein would have loved the large turnout. And they were all here responding the way i think they would like to have them respond. They are responding with sparkles of joy just to be present to say goodbye. As for todays memorial, the list of speakers will include Vice President harris, Senate Majority chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, and San Francisco m london breed. That Memorial Service is scheduled to begin at 1 00. M. Can you watch it on nbc bay area or wherever you get your nbc bay area content. Our coverage will continue a few minutes before 1 00. Now lets get a look at the forecast with meteorologist, kari hall. It will be a warm one in the city. 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Reporter major streamers have announced price increases for nearly every premium plan and subscribers are seething i just opened my hulu and theyre raising their prices to 17. 99 a month what are we paying for . Reporter starting next week, adfree tiers of hulu and disney plus will cost an extra 3 a month. While Nbc Universal owned peacock has already raised the price for both of its subscription plans by as much as 2 and netflix could be next the wall street journal reports according to people familiar with the matter, the streaming giant is looking into charging more for its adfree service after the hollywood actors strike ends. While netflix declined our request for comment, Industry Experts say the move to increase prices is no plot twist. These price hikes are really about taking these services that are losing a lot of money and trying to make them profitable and the fact that it coincides with the end of the strikes is not a coincidence. Reporter with studios and streamers looking to end the more than 90daylong actors strike, experts say the new contracts with sagaftra and the Writers Union could cost hollywood hundreds of millions of dollars some customers feel theyre having to foot the bill. My Immediate Reaction is anger. Because its like, how much more can you possibly ask from us reporter these higher prices may just be the beginning. Next year, more streamers are expected to crack down on password sharing during an earnings call, disney ceo bob iger said theyll address the issue in 2024. The company owns hulu, espn plus and disney plus. It comes after netflix says its shutdown on sharing helped it add nearly 6 million new subscribers. Now with the actors strike putting hollywood on hold, studios are hoping to keep revenue streaming. With these prices going up, how can people save . Yeah. 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Reporter the womens Gymnastics Team clinching gold in belgium at the World Championships for the seventh consecutive time, led by the legendary simone biles so how are you feeling . Right now, i mean, were super excited. Were World Champions. Reporter biles with a flawless and stunning performance, nailing the landing on the vault performing one of the most difficult skills in the sport and one of five moves now named after her. But team usa getting off to a rough start. 17yearold Jocelyn Robertson injuring her left ankle in warmups before the competition began. Lee ann wong valiantly taking her place on the vault and floor. Shilese jones is another one to watch, crushing the uneven bars and her sights set on paris. Are you looking forward to paris . Yes reporter but it was biles who once again stole the show with a jawdropping performance. Great work, simone biles delivers for team usa. Reporter it comes after taking a twoyear hiatus to focus on her Mental Health, following her withdrawal from multiple events at the Olympic Games in tokyo but shes back and stronger than ever i think with training, coaches, the girls at the gym, i think theres a lot of motivation there and it was one of my personal goals to come back and just see what im capable of shes a special athlete not only does she work hard and shes driven, but, you know, shes physically just way ahead of the world and shes got those two ingredients that are so special. Reporter biles now a veteran in the same place where it all started a decade ago, the greatest of all time, approving shes not going anywhere anytime soon guys, look, the action is far from over. The competition continues for the weekend, where you can bet we will see even more medals from team usa. Guys look forward to it all right, megan, thank you. Shall we just go ahead and get to them lets get to our gold Medal Winners. Were joined by four members of team usa leanne wong, skye blakely, shilese jones, and jocelyn robberson. Good morning congratulations. Shilese, lets start with you. It was a nail biter. We saw you looking at the score to see how it was going to add up how did it feel to win gold . Yeah, it came to the last event, you know, we knew that we had to go out there and hit what we know were capable of doing just having simone end it all, she was a little nervous at first, like, what score do we need, were like, just go out there and do your best and do the simone that youre capable of doing but waiting for a score and all soaking it in together as teammates felt so amazing. Shes an amazing competitor and teammate, as we all know jocelyn, how are you feeling you had that injury. I know it must be so disappointing. How do you feel today . Yeah, im feeling pretty good im definitely disappointed with my i mean, it was such a fluke thing in the warmup gym, they were doing so well, my vaults and it ended up being a fluke thing. Definitely disappointed in myself, but things happen and im so proud of this team. They really came together when i went out and they just seeing them work so hard and having their grit and determination was so amazing to watch. Yeah, they stepped up in a big way. Leann, you know, if jocelyn goes down with the ankle injury, you take off the warmups, you get right out there, and you really, you really showed up what was going through your mind when jocelyn went down and it became apparent that you were going to have to fill in yeah, i dont think ive ever felt so many emotions in one competition. Like, just seeing jocelyn go down, its so sad to see a teammate get injured, but i knew i had an Important Role on the team, so i had to warm up in the back gym and be ready for anything, so it happened really fast i had to switch my mindset really quickly and get ready to compete. Sky, what does it feel like World Champion anybody who knows anything about your sport knows how hard all of you have worked inside the gym, hour after hour, day after day since you were little kids what does it mean to have that medal around your neck its such a surreal and great feeling to have. As a team, we worked so hard not only while were here but back home, just day in and day out. The up and downs so to finally get the medal around your neck and knowing that all the work has paid off is just such an amazing feeling, such a blessed feeling to have wow, you know, simone isnt with you guys, because shes going to be competing in the individual events. But i would imagine, having her is like just having kind of a warm blanket so when something goes wrong, like happened at this meet, simone probably had some words of wisdom. Jocelyn, what did she say to you after your injury . The first thing she asked, she was like, are you okay im like, yeah, im good shes like, how are you feeling . Im like, im okay, im just a little bit upset with myself i was like, i got to watch your vault, it was amazing. She said, yeah, she said she was so nervous after i went down, but she really picked it up and shes a great teammate to have im really glad that im her teammate on this assignment and at the gym at home so shes really amazing and im so glad that shes our teammate. Shilese, youll be in the all around competition as well some of you have individual events its still going, thank you for waking up with us and doing this with us. I guess its late in belgium, though its lunchtime in belgium. Thanks for staying up, you guys. Love you, cant wait to see you. Congrats. Congrats and also, more action to come you can catch the mens allaround final thats today, and shilese and simone in the womens allaround tomorrow. Coverage starts both days at 1 30 eastern on peacock. Its hard to wrap your head around how dominant the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team has been for so long. For so many years mr. Roker, how about another check, sir you know, youre my warm blanket. Oh, come on oh goodness morning boost, right there. Thats what im talking about yall need a little craig melvin hug. Weve got that cold front thats bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms to the gulf. Weve got Tropical Storm phillippe out in the atlantic. These two things are going to merge over weekend, the Canadian Cold front will track to the east, bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms to detroit, all the way down to mobile, alabama. The great lakes to the gulf coast. Meantime, here comes phillippe, scattered showers tomorrow move into the northeast phillippe moves northwestward. And as we move on into saturday, heavy rain for new england, as phillippe skirts with maine, but were also going to be looking at that possibility of flooding there, posttropical phillippe approaching maine, bringing some heavy rain and if you think here in the northeast, it has been raining every weekend, youre right boston, six consecutive weekends of the last completely dry weekend was august 20th. Same in hartford, six consecutive days, weekends new york, four consecutive weekends, same with philadelphia and were going to be looking at more rain this weekend boston, about three quarters of an inch, hartford, about an inch and a half new york, about three quarters of an inch as well so a little on the soggy side. Thats i am meteorologist, kari hall. We will see a heat advisory beginning at 11 00 this morning as our inland temperatures reach into the mid90s. Again tomorrow it will be very hot go into the day. Its still pretty warm on saturday as well. Sunday is when we start to catch some relief. Temperatures will reach in the upper 70s for monday and even a chance of the rain in north bay, especially for tuesday. San francisco is and thats your latest weather. Guys thank you, al still ahead, an important lesson on Hormone Health how learning about your bodys chemistry can help you regain how you think, you look, and you feel do you remember the joy you felt when you brought home a good report card to your mom and dad . Didnt happen youll love this one, craig this morning boost is for you, coming up right after this new emergenc crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. And who doesnt love a good throwback . [sfx video game] emergenc crystals. Get the new iphone 15 pro with titanium from boost infinite and transcend to a wireless utopia. The new titanium iphone 15 pro on us, with no tradein needed. 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Impacting millions of patients straight ahead, what theyre asking for and how long it might last then, in the dog house after biting nearly a dozen people, commander now removed from the white house whats next for the president s pet . Were live with the details. Also ahead opening up, actress and advocate selma blair is here to talk about her remarkable life, including a recent visit to the white house. Im here before you today as a proud disabled woman and the new project she wants to share as she joins us live in studio and dont touch that dial. Weve got a look at a new list counting down the top tv shows of the 21st century, from the workplace thats what the money is for to the family im the oldest boy reporter those who want respect give respect reporter well show you which modernday classic topped the list today, thursday, october 5th, 2023 from audobon, pennsylvania, its my wifes 50th birthday from fredericksburg, virginia today is our 48th anniversary. 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We have a really exciting guest this morning shes an exclusive weve been seeing her at a lot at Football Games recently her name rhymes with kelce whats her name lots of people are like, it is taylor no, but pretty exciting, its mama kelce shes been fearing on her fans in the nfl there have been some famous people in the box, with taylor shell be stop by and be right here in our studio tomorrow morning on today. Donna kelce is slowly becoming the most famous kelce could be. Lets get to our news at 8 00 patients are beginning to feel the impact of what may be the Biggest Health care strike in u. S. History thousands of workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities walked off the job yesterday after their contract expired over the weekend. Nbcs tom costello joins us now with the very latest hey, tom, good morning reporter hey, hoda, 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have walked off the job, and this is a list we have optometrists, we have pharmacists, xray technicians, Lab Technicians, some vocational nurses, some of the people who help keep, in fact, the e. R. S and the o. R. s clean. Not doctors, not rns kaiser says the hospitals and the e. R. S remain open. 13 million kaiser patients rely on kaiser. However, right now, because of the strike, many of them are finding that their elected procedures are, in fact, being postponed or delayed by a month or even longer the employees want more pay. They say that inflation is biting into their standard of living and their current paychecks, and they want more staff. Both the union and kaiser admit that they simply dont have enough staff theyre not back at prepandemic staffing levels. They have a high burnout rate because of the stress, so theyre asking for more staff, also asking for more pay thats the Sticking Point right now. This is a threeday strike really, a show of force on the part of the union. And the union says, if they dont achieve something with the company pretty quickly with kaiser, then in november, they could go on strike again that could be a much longer strike, and it all depends on whether they make any progress the company says, kaiser says they have made progress, they have made concessions, but they are still right now stuck on pay, as their biggest issue. Guys, back to you. Tom costello for us there in d. C. Tom, thank the cdc says it is no longer distributing those covid19 vaccination cards that became a symbol of the pandemic however, the agency recommends keeping your card or some other record of your vaccinations, in case you need it to help make future medical decisions the cdc does not keep vaccination records. You have to get those from your state health department. Major pharmacy chains say you do not need your old card to get an updated covid vaccine. Well, now to the continuing saga of the first familys dog, commander. You may recall, commander has been on thin ice for some time now over a string of biting incidents, and this morning, we have learned that commander is no longer living at the white house. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell has been following the story very closely from the very beginning. Kelly, wheres commander going well, craig, the white house is not saying if this is a permanent change or just a temporary remedy for commander so still more to learn on that this morning, a white house official tells me that they have been working with trainers, veterinarians and staff for months to deal with this, and they are taking it seriously the dog days could be over in a new development, commander biden, the president s 2yearold german shepherd, has been removed from the white house after a string of biting incidents. At least a dozen involving secret Service Personnel persistent questions have dogged officials. The first family is working through ways to make this situation better for everyone. Reporter last night, the first ladys Communications Director said in a statement, the president and first lady care deeply about the safety of those who work at the white house and those who protect them every day. Adding, commander is not presently on the white house campus, while next steps are evaluated. The statement came shortly after cnn, citing multiple sources, reported that commander has been involved in more biting incidents than previously acknowledged at the white house. Nbc news has not confirmed that reporting. New this morning, a secret Service Official says the scope of biting incidents is unclear, telling nbc news, i dont know how thoroughly these are tracked. I had no visibility on the white house staff having issues. Dog behavior expert, laura sharkie. Most dogs that are biting in these situations are actually biting out of fear, even though they look ferocious and terrifying, theyre usually afraid reporter Longtime White House grounds manager dale haney has cared for president ial pets going back to the nixon years and is frequently seen with commander. The white house says haney disputed a published account that appeared to show he had been bitten. An official said haney told them, commander was being playful and there was no bite, no pressure of teeth on his skin, no mark, just some dog slobber. Commander was a gift from the president s brother after another family pet, major biden, was rehomed to friends in delaware after biting incidents of his own commanders fate remains uncertain. Officials tell me at this point, he has not been rehomed, hes just not here today. Craig . All right well, good luck, commander kelly o. , thank you. All right. Powerball mania reaching a fever pitch this morning as the jackpot is once again on the rise thats because no matching tickets were sold. Matching all six numbers in last nights drawing. So the new jackpot now an estimated 1. 4 billion. Thats the Third Largest power ball jackpot of all time get your tickets because the next drawing is saturday night it feels like every powerball drawing now is close to a billion dollars. I think thats by design. 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Im here before you today as a proud disabled woman with my cane and my service dog, scout, by my side we are back 8 13 with selma blairs visit to the white house earlier this week. She was there celebrating the anniversaries of the americans with disabilities act and the rehabilitation act diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, selma has become an advocate for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. You also know selma from her roles in movies like legally blond and cruel intentions. And now she has teamed up with Fashion DesignerIsaac Mizrahi to create a new line of accessible and adaptive clothing that all people can wear and im so delighted to be joined by these two old friends, selma and isaac. Good to see you guys hi. Hi. We are old friends. Were literally old friends. We are, truly i really feel like old friends with you, but were really old friends i want to hear some good tales from back if the day but selma, i havent seen you in person in a couple of years. How you feeling . How are you doing . It has you know, recovery, i expected it to be so quick i think i was younger when recovery started, so you have but i am i am doing so much better i mean, so much better i still have symptoms and distoneya and things people might read is a little bit more extreme, but its just a part of who i am but my spirit is really good and life is really great you have really found your purpose. Yeah. Can you imagine when you were diagnosed in 2018 that this would be your path its not been an easy one. Not right at first. Immediately, of course, like, everyone, and were taught, you dont look capable if youre carrying around a chronic disease. So the doctor said, keep that under wraps, well meaning, of course but it was a stylist at a movie that took such good care of me, above and beyond, dressing me, not making a big deal that i had to do a post about that. I love fashion i loved the people that dressed me that prompted me to not make it about me, it was a really thank you. I didnt know it would be that big a deal im glad it was. Here i am today. But it turned out the vulnerability was the right thing and shouting out the people that i admired. And now i wind up here next to isaac. Who, really. I mean it means so much to people what youve done for this community. And isaac, here you are, meeting your friend right where she is and you have designed these clothes. Can you explain what this fashion line is and what its meant to do . Its meant to kind of reach out and make things available to everybody. A much larger group of people so its actually inspired, there was a column dress that isaac made for me, a color block back in the day that we went together and so it was you cant really see, im wearing isaac right now. This is isaac and selma. So its actually inspired, there was a column dress that isaac made for me, a color block back in the day that we went together and so it was you cant really see, im going to be like a scarecrow. But theres a color pattern inside of the orange and red its really i just think its bright, its very much clothes i have in my closet, except now theyre washable because i need it more, with ejust dexterity. But getting older, trying to move quicker i didnt know how much that even just having kind of clothes that were so comfortable, things with elastic waists theyre really chic. What are some of the accessibility features it always starts with stuff thats cute. Sald i would say for example, i dont want to scare anyone im wearing a brazier, it looks like a bathing suit, but magnets. It really stays shut and i didnt have the finger dexterity. And theyre strong washable and strong. And i just theres little things, easier things straps that pull things on, and longer rises in the back, so you can sit for a longer time. But also have standing version. But to your point, isaac, as our Fashion Designer here, beautiful clothes. And dont you think that this community deserves to dress beautifully . Every woman deserves to feel as gorgeous and chic and loved as i have, when i have worn Isaac Mizrahis clothes. And its such a great opportunity for me, because i can finally kind of do something, help in some way. I live to help im not kidding. Its an incredible thing to start this conversation with people who really know style and to offer to more people and that it crosses over. You dont have to have a disability to love a magnet plaque et. My son won magnet pants forever because hes in a rush i eat vegan things all the time and im not vegan you might find you love the clothes and that theyre easy to wear, thats all a good thing. You guys have known each other for, i mean, 20 plus years i think my favorite dress was well, no, both of the i loved the sweetest thing that you made for me that is gorgeous. He came in and went through my closet right away, you wear that, you wear that, you wear that look at you two babies. Were babies what do you remember about those days why didnt we date each other . Oh, i know why but look how cute look how cute you are with bangs as a brunette. Im just saying. Look how cute you were you look great as a blond, though, too. This friendship has stood the test of time isaac, when you look at selmas path and how shes come along, you must kind of marvel at her. I fell a little bit i feel sort of im slightly older than selma, so i think of her as a little bit of i watch her as she develops. And im so incredibly inspired by her i mean that. And thats how this collaboration started in a friendship with my being inspired and her being in frenk. I love when you speak french, is isaac. You were at the white house the other day. Who would have thunk . What a moment. It was a humongous honor to be there and represent in any way and commemorate the signing of the ada and the rehabilitation acts. And to have the audience the people that have mentored me, welcome me into the disabilitied community, am i enough, am i not enough wheres my place i love being an ally i love being welcomed by this community. I have my own disability and this just means so much and to honor the late judy human who really with jim and people really made such changes that i did not realize before my own disability and to make that walk from the white house to the south lawn, i finally was walked down an aisle, you know, that was it i finally it was the president of the United States what an aisle it was. By the way, scout stole the show again. He literally fell asleep on the president s foot which was it was amazing. And it was that awkward microphone moment where people could hear me. Im saying, sit. Stay and then President Biden looks at me and hes like, what . No, youre good oh god, im on a mic in front of the white house. Dont let us bother you by the way, isaac, you are known for your bandannas you wrote a post about them. Al has Something Special for you and for selma. There you go. Good to see you. Good to see you oh my gosh. Here you go. Ms orange. And one for scout. Scout, you are going to be the hottest dog. Dont worry. Not a hot dog. Not a hot dog yet. This will go in my orange drawer i love it. Selma and isaac, thank you so much thank you for your good work on behalf of this wonderful community. People can check out the selma blair Isaac Mizrahi collection, exclusively on air quality everyone is leaving me where are you going . Look how chic al looks. Al is so chic. Learn more about selmas journey on today. Com thanks, guys. Thank you love you guys. The weather. Ill sit down and do the weather. Oh my gosh, i just noticed your toenails. Open shoes. Im into open shoes. Lets show you slides and gold toenails. I like it. You can see a line of showers and thunderstorms stretching from canada all the way down to the gulf coast, purk ahead so behind that, much cooler conditions but ahead of it, weve got still warm weather, 90s to 80s up the east coast 90s out west and in southern texas. For the day today, heavy rain down through texas could be rain falling an inch and a half per hour. Still warm in the east coast the west continues with plenty good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Well begin a heat advisory starting at 11 00 this morning. Were headed for the mid 90s today. Well see slightly hotter temperatures tomorrow and still pretty hot on saturday with a high of about 93 degrees. Relief comes our way sunday into early next week. We are going to also see hot temperatures in San Francisco with upper 80s today, mid 80s tomorrow. By saturday, were and thats your latest weather. What time is it that was the best time of the morning. But the second i know we love scout we have something to talk about. First up, saturday night live with the Writers Strike finally in the rear view, the show is set to return next week. Yesterday, snl revealed the first show of season 49 is scheduled for october 14th with the entire cast returning, plus one newbie, chloe troes being welcomed as this years featured player as for the First Episode guest, a familiar face will take the stage in studio 8h. Pete davidson is slated as the first host hell be joined by musical guest, ice spice the following will be bad bunny who will pull double duty as both host and musical guest. Lines will be wrapped around the building you can catch the return of snl next saturday right here on nbc why are you so far away i dont can you scoot over . This doesnt feel right. The photographer is like, wait, im not ready. Next up, were looking at the best of television so this is good. The Hollywood Reporter has published a list their critics crowned the top 50 shows of the 21st century. The lineup includes hits across g erk nre like game of thrones, veep. Coming in at fifth is the hbo classic the wire. This cast included super stars and idris elba it was epic. Moving on to number four, nbcs 30 rock, scored 103 emmy nominations throughout its seven seasons. Sliding into the top three, the third spot goes to the roy family over on succession. Cant over that so far, you agree with this list this antihero series broke records on hbo and earned the most emmy nominations for any show in 2023 all right, speaking of antiheroes, number two, the sopranos, led by the late, great James Gandolfini its often credited with revolutionizing cable tv finally, any guesses, which show mad men. The greatest of the 21st century. Take a look this is the greatest advertising opportunity since the invention of cereal. We have six identical Companies Making six identical products. We can say anything we want. You guys are right. You knew it. I want to watch it again. It is the greatest show of all time these are all good rewatches and if you havent had it, it will be new to you finally, willie geist. Our pal stopped by the tonight show last night to catch up with fallon and during their chat, they analyzed is unexpected pair everyone is talking about, taylor swift and travis kelce whatever you call them, willie had a hilarious theory he would like to share. Listen i dont know exactly whats going on i do have a little bit of a theory. I hope its not controversial. Im happy for both of them they seem like great people. Is there any chance that this is all a one big capital one commercial in other words, are we going to go through weeks of this, and at the end, they turn to the camera and say, whats in your wallet could be. Well see guess what, well have to ask travis mom herself. Were going to sit down right here with mama kelce tomorrow. Great pop start still ahead here on a thursday morning, we have, speaking of travis kelce, we have a football feast to get to. All the recipes that you need to get ready for sunday nights epic rival game. Is that Fried Chicken yes, it is cowboys, 49ers, but first good morning. Its 8 26. Im laura garcia. Kaiser workers in their second day of the largest Health Care Strike in u. S. History. Nationwide, some 75,000 kaiser workers are taking part in a threeday walkout. The union says about half of the workers are located in northern california. The main Sticking Points, wages and staffing levels. Hospitals and Emergency Rooms remain open. Kaiser says while a settlement is not in reach, it has some tentative agreements with the union, including one on minimum wage. Were going to have hot temperatures today reaching the mid 90s for a lot of the bay area for this afternoon reaching the 90s again tomorrow and saturday. Then we are going to see cooler temperatures by the end of the weekend. For early next week well have rain chances late monday into tuesday. In San Francisco, expect temperatures in the mid 80s, may even reach the low 90s in parts of the city today. Its going to gradually cool off heading into the weekend. Thats something to be excited about. Another local news update coming up in about half an hour. 8 30 now it is a thursday morning and a pretty one out on our plaza. So nice to have a great crowd of people out here. Hello crashing selfies we got the pharmacists got the pharmacists. You guys, hug a pharmacist today. National pharmacist we love pharmacists [ cheers and applause youve got all of october, pharmacists are so smart they have so much knowledge. If youre ever there at the drugstore, you have a question, they know everything craig was just asking about a rash i was i was. They gave me some cream a soothing salve. Coming up in this half hour, dr. Chaz is here to guide our Hormone Health so if they get out of whack, not sure what to do, cant sleep well, your skin is funky, but she has the book that has all of the answers. Shell get us back into balance and things you can do. That sounds good. Absolutely. Adrianna brock is in the house with Fan Favorites from our shop today team, starting with the key to great lighting in your home okay also, for a sunday night battle about as big as you can get these days, the 49ers and cowboys come to mama wrj honey Fried Chicken. A crowdpleasing feast. That is where elizabeth poet comes in, yall. Shes got the recipes for a special buttermilk Fried Chicken and a spicy casserole. I love a casserole. Like food in one dish is the best later on the third hour, craig is going on the job. He is putting his green thumb to the test at one of his favorite nurseries. Mine, the living plant wall, its all coming up i had a really good time. A friend of mine came to the plaza. Her name is pat. Where is pat real quick . Pat in the pot pat, its good to see you. How are you, honey . Im feeling good. Im beating it im beating it fighting cancer we call them pat in the pot. Its cajun garlic and its delicious. Go get em, pat i thought this was going to be one of those cans where the things flies out snake in the can. Thank you, pat. Thats something yummy instead right next to pat, we have something from oswego state. Best location in the nation. As far as your weekend weather is concerned, for tomorrow, heavy rain around the great lakes, cooler behind that front. West is going to be a hot mess and then saturday, were watching phillippe with lots of rain in the northeastern new england. Plenty of sunshine from the plains down into the gulf coast. Warm out west. Then sunday, sunday, showers and windy in new england, the eastern great lakes, bright and sunny. Midsection of the country, southwest heat continues plenty of sunshine plains into the paci good thursday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Its beautiful, bright and sunny and still pretty mild, but temperatures will heat up quickly as we head for the low 90s for this afternoon. Well see a high of 90 in San Francisco and 95 degrees for much of the north bay, reaching the mid to upper 90s for the interior east bay. Tomorrow even hotter. San weather. All right thank you so much, al. Coming up next, an important lesson on how to balance your hormones at every age. What you can do starting this morning to take control of your health but first, this is today on nbc. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo we are back with your health this morning, a road map for your hormones and how they impact every aspect of your wellbeing we have tips and tweaks to reduce hormonal symptoms after every age. Dr. Batya is the author of the brandnew book called the hormone shift. Good to see you this morning. You too. I think when a lot of people think hormones, they think menopause. Oh, thats for that crowd. But your hormones affect you at different stages in your life. They do and i think what people dont understand is that hormones are so powerful. Theyre impacting so many different aspects of our health from gut health to Mental Health and everything in between and this starts as early as 13, as early as puberty and when were not paying attention to whats happening through these five major hormone shifts, were really doing ourselves a disservice we know from 13 to 19, we assume its puberty, we assume there needs to be hormone chaos. Simply not true. Theres a lot everyone can do to balance their hormones that moves you into your 20s, where everyone is busting it, working super hard and that only perpetuates the hormone imbalances and finally, as women hit their 30s, their earlytomid30s, theyre starting families, usually, and thats when they actually first start to think about this, what im saying, is a little late. I want you guys to start earlier when were having this conversation i think often, you have things that are going on in your life, and you think to yourself, i didnt get sleep because i was worried about work or, my hair is feeling funky because i didnt eat enough broccoli you dont associate it initially with some kind of hormone imbalance. So many people think that they need to power through like, im having this random symptom, so im going to power through it everything from energy shifts, mood shifts, not sleeping through the night, changes in your weight in either direction, not being able to focus, these are things that are actually connected to hormones. And we dont want to dismiss them, we really want to get to the bottom of it lets pretend, you say, okay, it is a hormone shift. Im 13, im 30, im 56, whatever 70. All of those shifts and you think, what can i do i thought this was just part of growing pains, basically heres the good news. When we take eastern medicine and western medicine and merge it together, we have this expanded powerful tool box to really answer all of our needs and we move through that tool box until we get the answers that work for us it starts with simple things first, get your hormones checked, understand whats happening. You ask your doctor, can i get a hormone check . Absolutely. And all women should be doing this, at least once a year get your hormones checked. Then, where do i start next . Lets start with food. Really eliminating sugar, eliminating alcohol for older women. All of these things really impact hormones. Moving on from there, increasing healthy fats so many people are fatphobic. But we need fat to build hormones so olive oil, omega3 fats, adding in fiber to help metabolize hormones really effectively. And sleep. We need to talk about sleep. Ideally, we are sleeping between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. , which is a very eastern medicine concept that helps to balance hormones and we should be doing it maybe five out of seven nights a week. If were not doing that, were signing up for a lot of hormone shifts and hormone imbalances along the way. And i think the last one, which is also equally important, scheduling me time, scheduling your joy, really finding what lights you up. All of that plays into this hormone equation when we look at this east west tool box. And if none of thats working, we need to move through and decide what medications or hormones are going to work for you. Quickly, you mentioned gut health thats interesting like, gut health is directly related to your hormones it is so related to your hormones we can get into all the science of it. The science is catching up to what eastern medicine has always known, gut is ground zero. We have to balance the gut to take care of our hormones effectively. If you want to know all the details and exactly a stepbystep of how to do it, you have a book out. The book is called the hormone shift. It will answer all of your questions and give you practical advice on what you can do to balance your own hormones at each stage in your life. Dr. Taz, were happy you came here good luck with this book thank you thank you so much, hoda. And we have more tips on our website at today. Com all right thank you. Im here with shop todays Adrianna Brock were here to share a new batch of Fan Favorites, including the newest way to make your home smell amazing. This is a good place for a ickup. Ickup. Remember tstha always in that state of mind living on a high vibration so hot gonna make it melt and im lovin what im tastin nos gusta mezclar como malteada aqui hay lugar yeah we livin in the golden state we are back. Adrianna brock is here. 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Oh, sg, this is elizabeth poet she has a brandnew cookbook out called ranchtotable cooking, and shes brought that spirit to and shes brought that spirit to her game day cooking thousands of women with Metastatic Breast Cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. Ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. Ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. Both of these can lead to death. Tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trouble breathing. Before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are or plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding. For more information about side effects talk to your doctor. Be in your moment. Ask your doctor about ibrance. Oh, you know what that music means. Were back with today food loves football, epic matchup coming your way sunday night right here on nbc Dallas Cowboys taking on those undefeated San Francisco 49ers and if you are looking to take your game day spread to the next level, youve come to the right place this morning this is elizabeth poet shes a seventh generation cattle rancher she stars in the hit cooking show the ranch table over on Magnolia Network and she is out with her debut cookbook there it is, ranch table, congratulations. Thank you so much my friends are already scarfing down your chicken ive never tasted anything like this this is heaven. Its so good. Its all about the food i guess we should probably start with the casserole this is super simple. All of my cooking is very, very simple, easytodo, especially for a big crowd. We are roasting these chili peppers. If you dont want to roast them, buy them from a can. These are awesome. I usually roast them, put them in a bag, steam them, peel them and then add them in really delicious, so easy. So first dish were making is called what . Chili rerkllano casserole. This is so much easier everyone loves a casserole. I love a onepot meal look, im busy. Theres a yolk in there theres a yolk in there. So what a joke, yolk . This is the first time wow thats a first maybe it wasnt that good we all missed it. Everybody missed it so 12 eggs come on, everyone focus lets make some food heavy cream were putting heavy cream, a little salt, a little pepper, boom, done were moving on. I have some tomatoes what were going to do is do some layering. Were going to build well, thats a spoon lets use a spoon and not my finger those are the chilies that you roasted . These are the chillies that i roasted. Again, you can just use chilis from a can add that a little bit of cheese what kind of cheese you got this is a monterrey jack, super delicious, easy, and layer all of that how long will we bake that . Once we layer, well move in and take this excuse me, im going to need this well then pour all of this all over and bake this at 350 for about 45 minutes thats pretty easy. I could actually do that. We move on, we have this delicious casserole. A little bit of that chilly taste. With nachos or something. This Fried Chicken youre about to make here Fried Chicken this is my favorite. She travels with her own honey. She walked i brought the honey from the ranch for you guys we have to hear every step, because this crust is other worldly. Its so good. Were going to brine this chicken. The thing about Fried Chicken is you want that moisture in the chicken, that flavor i make a brine i put some lemon juice, water, salt, a little bit of what is this rose mary and a whole bunch i literally just throw in those how long do you brine your chicken. Well, i want to say about two hours or overnight sometimes i love to just do it overnight because then you need to think about it. And its ready in the morning. All right so this is the chicken. Here is the brine all ready to go we pour that in. Let that sit for, you know, as long as you. Should the brine be cool before you pour it. Make sure you get it nice and cold and let it brine. Thats great. Now this looks like it might be part of the secret. This is insane. Whats this seasoning so we have all sorts of really delicious seasonings. Theres chili powder, paprika, salt, pepper, its very simple, though but the secret really is, this is the place where a double dip is a good thing. This is a double dip situation. Dredge twice. I dredge twice. How is it so crunchy. Is that milk or butter milk. Throw it in and then you go back again. You go back in. Its a double dip and that is good we got 30 seconds left. Okay great. Were throwing this in here. Were just using canola oil. Add in honey on top and boom. Get ready its all in the cook book. Get ready thats the best Fried Chicken i think ive ever had. Truly is. I dont know how you got the crust that way got to be a technique. Thank you for having me thank you congratulations. Heaven. Heaven in a bite elizabeths cook book is called the ranch table get her recipes at today. Com food. There is a Football Game on sunday its huge. Cowboys, niners sunday night on nbc and peacock. Coverage starts at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Mr. Roker, have i given you enough time to wipe your face . Yes, you have in fact, we have a special edition of smuckers for you this morning honoring love birds celebrating at least 75 years of marriage. So lets spin those jars first up, happy 75th anniversary to violet and Harold Gingrich of p. A. Lived in the same home their entire marriage. God bless. Fern and phil bean celebrating their special day from mickleton, new jersey. They created a beautiful family, three kids, four grand kids and six great grand kids happy 78th anniversary marvin and betty of philadelphia, pa. Marie and john the secret to a long and happy marriage, doing things together. Heading to claire, michigan. We find love birds, bernice and henry live on the farm and take care of things together. Happy 75th to lewis and gladys from kansas. Hes thankful gladys lets him get out on the golf course. Cute. There you go. Oh my god, this chicken is so good. Its insane. So glad youre enjoying it. Coming up on the fourth hour, lesson in singing from one of the internets most popular vocal coaches. First, third hour were talking fall, allergies what causes them. Good morning to you. It is 8 56. Preparations are under way outside San Francisco city hall where the Memorial Service takes place for onetime mayor and longtime senator dianne feinstein. Security reasons are cited as the cause for making the funeral private. Thousands came to pay their respects for a public viewing at city hall. Speakers today include kamala harris, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and londo the bay area heat wave is raging on, but will it last through the weekend . Meteorologist, kari hall, checking temperatures in your neighborhood. Plus, fleet week is taking flight. Were getting ready for all the fun this weekend. Make sure this morning on the third hour of today, good as gold. Gold medallists for the seventh straight time. The