The comedic sausage is made. Hillary clinton bowled over catcher in Campaign Staff softball game. Love it. Then a date with clooney or a bike ride with bono all for a good cause. The powerful new trend in philanthropy thats boosting fundraising. This one you got to go on a best friend double date. He won the collapse to be in star wars the force awakens. And richard angle will take us to the democratic republic of congo for a love story. Richard will join us in studio a bit later in the show. Lets begin with the latest on the race for the white house starting with republicans who are trying this week to come together. Donald trump met with House Speaker paul ryan on capitol hill. Ryan was asked a very pointed question about trump. [ inaudible question ] well, i think the question is where are we going from here . Im not focused on wading into the day by day commenting internet back and forths. Im interested in preserving policies and principles that unify us and give the country a clear choice. We are outside trump tower here in new york. Good to see you as always on a sunday morning. Unity seemed to be the word of the week for the Republican Party. Hows that going for them . Reporter good to see you, too. I think its going to be tough for the republicans. That sound bite that you just played there of paul ryan i think underscores his internal struggle over whether to endorse donald trump. He met with trump on capitol hill earlier this week, and the two did take a step forward and tried to find Common Ground on issues like taxes and entitl entitlement reform. But theres still sharp differences over his muslim ban for example. The republicans say they want to unify. I think that is going to be very difficult with so many divisions and these ongoing controversies that continue to surround donald trump. The reports this week that he impersonated his own publicist during the 90s. If paul ryan does ultimately endorse him, that could weaken his candidacy and all of this could hurt republicans in down ballot races. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton spent the week going after trump. Her campaign producing a web ad slamming trump for refusing to release his taxes. Maybe im going to do the tax returns when obama does his birth certificate. The state of hawaii released my official long form birth certificate. If i decide to run for office, ill produce my tax returns, absolutely. I am officially running for president of the United States. So kristen, at the same time Hillary Clinton is trying to focus on donald trump, shes still got a fight in this primary. Shes in kentucky today. She cant afford to suffer an embarrassing loss there. Reporter youre absolutely right, willie. Secretary clintons biggest challenge right now is trying to figure out how to allocate her resources, her time, her money. Shes spending big money in kentucky because she doesnt want to lose there. Now, tough to poll in that state. We think she probably had a slight lead. The campaign is going to aggressively go after new jersey and california as well. She wants to turn it around a little bit after a slew of losses to senator sanders. She also wants to head into the convention on a strong footing. So this has to do with momentum more than it actually has to do with math. But she is also fighting this general election battle with donald trump. Shes been going after him aggressi aggressively. And ive been talking to her top aides who say her fight with trump is still very much her primary focus. Kristen welker covering both sides of the campaign. Thank you so much. Other news this morning, parts of texas are under water once again after a line of powerful storms dumped more rain on the area. In flood fatigued houston, high water forcing several drivers to abandon their cars. Houston has received more than 6 74 inches of rain. More expected today. Investigators are not ruling out heavy rain as a possible cause of a deadly charter bus crash in south texas. Its driver lost control and the bus rolled over. Eight of the passengers on board died, more than 40 injured. A plane suddenly slammed to the ground killing its pilot. It happened in front of a crowd of spectators as the pilot was performing a stunt in tandem with another plane. This morning investigators are looking into what caused that accident. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were forced to cancel a show last night after the bands leader was sent to the hospital. No release yet about his condition. Cheryl samberg gave the commencement address on saturday, telling them about the challenges life will throw at them. It changed me in very profound ways. I learned about the depths of sadness and the brutality of loss. But i also learned that when life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, find the surface, and breathe again. And the United States and china going head to head on the world stage in planking. A retired United States marine taking on a Chinese Police officer at the national planking competition. Thats a thing, i guess. The marine held the position for an impossible seven hours, four minutes and five seconds. But it wasnt enough to win. His competitor held on for another hour after and celebrated with a bunch of pushups. Lets head to the table now where weve assembled three of the brightest minds who would wake up at this hour on a sunday. Also a contributor on the circus which follows this president ial campaign. George clooney once hired her and a sitting president of the United States attended her wedding. And i can plank for nine hours. Can you really . Not today, willie. Mondays and fridays. Skip the competition this year. West moore is our returning champion. Best selling author and entrepreneur in his hometown of baltimore and a decorated officer in the United States army. Sometimes to impress people i say wes was at my wedding. Hallie jackson making her debut with sunday today. Covering the campaign literally morning, noon, and night. The best thing to come out of philly since rocky. Hows everybody doing . Good. Great. Lets go dealers choice on trump. Where do you want to start . Don barron, baby. Lets start with the phone call. Lets take a listen to john miller talking about how madonna wanted to date donald trump back in 1991. She called and wanted to go out with them, that i can tell you. The people that you write about really are i mean they call. They just call. Actresses, people that you write about call to see if they can go out with him. This is from a People Magazine interview in 1991. Donald trump says that was not me on that phone call. Most people believe it is him, even his own pr in a long conversation talking about the many women who want to date him. Its funny. Its fun to listen to. Does it tell us anything about him that we need to know . My initial reaction was was this option to be a movie in the 1980s . It is, you know, to your point, willie, this guy is running to be the commander in chief of the United States. Do we want someone who is impersonating a publicist and basically prank calling new york media outlets, so much so that it became a running joke at the news desk of the new york post. It raises a lot of questions that the Clinton Campaign will be eager to point out in the coming weeks. Obviously trump has said this isnt me. It does Say Something about this crazy campaign. You had to start the conversation by saying dealers choice, which crazy thing do you want to talk about now. What does it tell us about trump that we dont already know . Im not sure it says anything that the American Public isnt already aware of when it comes to donald trump. That he sort of does his own selfpromotion like this. What dont we know . That is going to be a bigger bombshell or have a bigger impact to the voters. Does this mean anything wes . Kind of to that point. Is he going to lose a single vote because of this or will any Trump Supporters right now say you know what, i was going to support him, but then i heard about the whole john miller thing. When you think about all these things in sum, the bigger question is, has he been properly vetted. Thats been one of the big challenges. Not just being a new candidate, but for so long even when he was in the race, no one thought this was real. Now youre sitting at a point where he is the presumptive nominee and youve got to deal with this in some way. Hes now going through a realtime vetting. I think for his Campaign Staff, its evidence of how in control and in the drivers seat donald trump wants to be. This is the guy who wouldnt hire a publicist, but pretended to be his own publicist. Good luck to paul manafort. Paul ryan said he wouldnt enforce beforehand. Donald trump made the rounds. Everybody said the right thing afterward. Is the Republican Party now going to start to fall in line . Youre already seeing that, even in the last three or four days since those meetings. You say that paul ryan said the right things, but he didnt say the one thing everyone was looking for. You heard that question of, would you want your kids to look up to donald trump. This is actually something you saw from rival campaigns. They thought that would be really effective messages. You saw that out on the campaign trail. Think about your kids looking up to the next president of the United States. Is that person that you want to see donald trump . Paul ryan didnt answer that question and that is significant. He is trying to give a little bit of cover here to the candidates down ballot who are in these competitive races. Hes going to draw major distinctions like the muslim ban on policy, like some of these other areas they differ. Yet, Donald Trumps theory is, this has gotten me this far. He said this week in an interview with the New York Times, when a team wins the pen net, it doesnt change the way it plays to go win the world series. I dont know why hes in a rush to get them behind him now. He knows that thats part of his brand. Even one day win the endorsement from paul ryan comes, its going to be tepid because everything that donald trump stands for, not just personality, but policywise is opposite the things paul ryan has been doing his entire career. So were not going to see a big kumbaya behind donald trump as he moves closer to the establishment side. We have a full hour left to talk about donald trump. This week, i thought this was really cool this could be future of transportation. Elon musk originally put out this idea. Test run in a desert outside las vegas. The concept is to create a tube that shoots capsules carrying passengers or cargo anywhere you want to go. First off from l. A. To San Francisco, normally six hours. 30 minutes. During this weeks test, it covered a third of a mile in a couple of seconds. The test run was 2. 5 gs. In theory eventually, new york to l. A. In under an hour. The only thing that should be traveling at this speed is a wad of bank cash really and that is through a pneumatic tube. This seems really dak rowngerou would say. If i had been around in the age of the railroad, i would have been like, why do we need this, we just need new trails even our alleged high speed trains are much slower than high speed trains around the world. So this is the next thing. Youre on the test run. No way. Stick with me. Were going to go through some of the highs and lows of the week, including Hillary Clinton crushing it right now with voters in a new area. Area 51. Well explain. And a man of his word is now a man of this hey, good sunday morning to you. Meteorologist anthony slaughter. Were waking up to sunshine. At least when we do see it, youll notice the Golden Gate Bridge is not shrouded in cloud cover. Temperatures right now back into the 50s and 40s even across parts of the north bay. Later on this afternoon highs in the low 70s through the south bay. Still cool across the inner bay, San Francisco through the east bay and the peninsula. Nice and comfortable to the north bay, 73. 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Thats why we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. Here, there, everywhere. United states Postal Service priority you that was a quote from alex. Were back with alex, wes, and hallie. Our first high goes to Hillary Clinton whos sloging her way through the democratic nomination process. Voters who wear tinfoil hats. The New York Times wrote this week about ufo enthusiasts rallying around the former secretary of state because she has vowed to open secret government files about alien life and area 51. Shes being called the first e. T. Candidate. Secretary clinton said recently, quote, theres enough stories out there that i dont think everybody is sitting in their kitchen making them up. Confirmation shes all in. Was that not confirmation . Shes secretary of state. Shed know. Now we know why shes running for president. Seems like a good time to remind you this is the strangest president ial election of all time. Our first low is only low if you hate beer and america itself. Bu budweiser saying it will rebrand simply america. We are embarking on what should be the most patriotic summer this generation has ever seen. Lines from tpledge of allegianc and star spangled banner. This was a high. I was testing it. Fun drinking game. Try to recite the pledge after a 12pack. Our next high to greg boost, came out of a coma and uttered the following heartstirring words, i want taco bell. He had been in a coma for 48 days, stunned his doctors by waking up, then stunned his family by requesting the taco bell. He got to go ahead, thats a few days ago, he housed eight crunchy tacos. They have set up a go fund me page to help pay for his recovery. Just demand whatever he wants. Ten crunchy tacos. He needs an endorsement deal with taco bell. When you came back from combat . Not taco bell, but i respect his decision. Our final low goes to the proud new owner of this giant tattoo. Back in april, this fan bet his friend that if there was a home run this season, something the pitcher had never done in his career, hed get a tattoo of his face. Wouldnt you know it. He was at the game in the stadium last saturday night when he jacked the first home run of his career. He said, quote, my brain just exploded. True to his word, he got the tattoo three days later. Bartolos face and then the date of the home run. To me, you just bail on that. Yeah. This is your five minutes of fame. Same tattoo, lower back. Really . The many wonders of hallie jackson. So fun having you all here. Coming up next, inside the writers room with the wonderfully sick minds at the the onion. And head over to facebook for a Facebook Live chat in two minutes. Sunday today is coming right back. You know when i first started out, it was all pencil and paper. The surface pro is very intuitive. I can draw lightly, just like i would with a real pencil. Ive been a forensic artist for over 30 years. I do the composite sketches which are the bad guy sketches. You need good resolution, powerful processor because the computer has to start thinking as fast as my brain does. I do this because i want my artwork to help people. Mom whats for din. Ner . Water. Just water. Lots and lots of water. You wouldnt feed your kids just water, so why starve your plants . Feed them miracle gro and go from doom to bloom. So why starve your plants . Kira 2shot im kira klapper. 5 26 on your sunday morning. Good morning to you. Were taking a live look outside in san jose. Looks like a nice morning out there. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a check of our forecast. Ill let you take it away because i dont know whats going on. Yesterday was a really nice day. It was. Were expecting the same thing today and thats why im here to take it away. You can see San Francisco this morning not as much cloud cover like we saw yesterday. As the runners get ready for bay to breakers, not expecting a whole lot of fog, cloud cover, a nice, sunny day once we do get under way. Temperatures in the 50s and 40s across parts of the north bay, even 50s across the peninsula. This afternoon it will stay mostly sunny. 64 degrees in San Francisco. 69 for the east bay. 68 in the peninsula. The inland valleys, the north bay, the trivalley and south bay will manage a few low 70s. And then even warmer tomorrow. A summer sizzle in the bay area as we head to tuesday and wednesday, highs close to 90. Well talk about that at 7 00. I cant believe it. All right. And we are on at 6 00 today instead of 7 00. I hope you stay with us. Anthony, thanks. We want to tell you now about new details on a swarm of aggressive bees being blamed for the death of two dogs in the east bay. People in concord were forced to stay indoors yesterday while two of their neighbors were treated at the hospital for stings from the killer bees. This happened in concord. One resident tells us his son is an amateur beekeeper and was harvesting when he noticed hostile behavior from the bees, something he hadnt seen before. Africanized bees do look like honey bees took over the hive. Neighbors say it was like a horror movie. They were coming after me through the window. It was nuts. My hair was buzzing with them. I had to shake them out. They were all over me. The hives were removed and by last evening were told the situation had calmed down. And as anthony just said were a few hours away from bay to breakers in San Francisco. Runners are already gathering at the start line. About 40,000 runners are signed up to run but if history is any indication twice that number could end up on the course because people commonly join the race for fun. Runners who actually sign up packed into the bay to breakers expo yesterday to pick up their bibs. Organizers have a few reminders about the rules this year. No bags like backpacks that arent clear, running belts, fanny packs are okay. No alcohol is allowed on the racecourse officially. A lot of people ignore the last rule which, of course, leads to arrests every year. And, as always, there areearly 43 closures along the route across the city including part of the great highway. Caltrans and b. A. R. T. Are adding service. It starts at 8 00 near the embarcadero and ends all the way across the city at the great highway. At 5 29, coming up at 6 00, a local High School Student is tepg his own course. How hes making a difference. That and your top stories at 6 00. At 7 00 were harg the Soccer Premier League championship. No, its true, im telling you. [ cheers and applause ] mr. Trump is the real life inspiration for iron man. Who am i . Im his publicist, joey pepperoni. This is just what classy people sound like. John miller call getting the snl treatment across the street last night. The onion. It started in 1988 out of a dorm room as a small campus newspaper. Today, the platform is digital, the audience in the tens of millions. The onion agreed to open its chicago offices to us for a peek at how the team cranks out americas most consistently funny comedy. I sat in on a staff meeting where they tick through writers proposed headlines to determine which are onion material. Sunday morning show, people. Keep it clean. This show airs in churches. [ laughter ] everyone, big hearty welcome to our guest toorday willard scott. [ cheers and applause ] you can feel free to jump in as we read these things off. Heroic Police Officer talks man down from purchasing subway foot long italian sandwich . Love it. Im the only fan i need, silently willie geist says to self in mirror. Can i go yeah on that one . So is all the onion right here . Yeah. How many total employees . Theres about 100 in onion, inc. , but only about 12 writers. Whats the typical background . We all came through the chicago Federal Reserve bank. I know you did. Since thats not difficult. Yeah, Richard Pryer came through. There you are at the Federal Reserve typing away. I sent them to the address on the website. Did you really . Yeah, yeah. So i did that for about five months. Then a head line i had written was very similar to one that had ran on their website. I sent like a frantic email. Hey, i think you used my headline. They said, no, that was pitched by one of my writers. Well give you a shot next week. Trump spends entire morning on hold renewing library card. Dad can do better job than either of these bozos. So silence is bad, im picking up on this. [ laughter ] silence is bad and normal. Look at all the tiny houses whispers trump has jet reaches 10,000 feet. There was a theme on the trump jokes. Him performing these mundane everyday activities. We thought wed go in a completely different direction where hes a soft spoken tender human being who has a lot of love to give. It does seem like he presents a dilemma, though. When he puts out a tweet of himself with a taco bowl with a thumbs up, happy cinco de mayo. He got in a twitter feud with the pope. Hillary clinton bowls over runner in campaign softball game. Love it. How about on the other side . More fun to make fun of, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders . Hillary. Theres number of angles we approach hillary with. Theres also her ruthlessness and the inevitable march of her presidency because shes just such a consummate politician. One of the highlights has been diamond joe biden. Just really Pulitzer Prize worthy. Biden huddling with advisors on whether or not to buy scorpions tickets. He kind of needs the Vice President job. And hes embraced it, right . Bidens one guy who likes it. Yeah, we did a reddit ask me anything as diamond joe biden. He replied to that, but it was a picture of like corvette or something that he likes. And then we can go to the magical place, the graphics department, where theyre hard at work doing what they do best. Got some favorites . From our from the past here. Well start with, this was a classic here. Sea world discontinues great white shark show. This is one of our editors and two guys from the distance department is that right . You got them to lie on the ground for you. We hut him into a prop jacket. Like many of the newspapers that you guys spoof, youve gone through the same challenges, going digital. We were facing the same cost pressures, revenue issues. Certainly not something that the Editorial Board wanted. Do you lose anything by not having a print newspaper . I think we do. I think any time we can look exactly like something very dry and stilted, it helps our comedy. And theres nothing drier and more stilted than just a newspaper, a form of media thats existed for hundreds of years. As you look big picture for the onion, whats the next big thing for you guys when you think strategy . Im sure you know that the onion is the largest Media Company in the world. Yes. We have 12 billion daily readers. I think were going to continue to dominate the media landscape. I look forward to acquiring nbc and this dog and pony show you got going on here. So how does the onion keep that High Standard for comedy . In the meeting we joined, about 150 headlines were pitched. Bunch were discarded for being even slightly derivative. In the end, only three were chosen. To hear how politicians have responded to the onions parodies of them, watch our web extras. Heres a hint, one of them threatened lawsuit. Next week on sunday today, were out on tour with dirks benty. And coming up next, redefining philanthropy. 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Connecting with friends, shopping or even hailing a car. Now you can add to that list, raising money for charity. A booming industry has sprung up to combine social communities with the power of celebrity. Are you serious . Shut up all of me reporter would it change the world if john legend sings at your wedding . How about make difference by crushing things with arnold schwarzenegger. Your favorite stars are now only 10 away. Its among a new crop of companies shaking up the norms of charity fundraising. Offering celebrity dream dates to make philanthropy more accessib accessible. Youd have one High Net Worth individual that would pay 25,000 to have one of these experiences. We make them available to anybody in the world. Philanthropy is moving online. That means its tapping a much younger donor base. Reporter in just four years, theyve completed over 200 campaigns and helped over 150 charities, raising millions of dollars online. Walkon role in the next star trek. Heres how it works. They partner with a celebrity and a charity. Digital marketing then gets the word out, as online fans give as little as 10 for a chance at the prize. Funds are raised. Celeb and donor are united. With this one you got to go on a best friend double date. With ben affleck and matt damon. This is breaking bad. This is the one that broke us out. Reporter making hollywood dreams come true for everyday people like kate baker. Congratulations for being a finalist. You, my friend are the winner a connecticut mom of two, kate donated 50 for a chance to meet chris pratt. Now she and a friend will meet him in atlanta. Money that will benefit his Hometown Boys and girls club. Hey, guys reporter other companies are popping up with a similar mission, like this one featuring a day with greys anatomy star. To raise money for a charity featuring multiracial harmony. I was raised that its every citizens responsibility. Your duty to speak out about what youre passionate about. Reporter they understand the limited time celebrities have. We make it very easy. We utilize technology and mine miez the time needed. Still, some watchdog organizations have doubts about the model. Bottom line, theyre forprofit businesses. Lets face it. Theyre in it for the money. Reporter and the celebrities have more to gain than just supporting a charity. A lot of the celebrities may have good intentions, but they also are looking to boost their standing and build a bigger fan base. Reporter the founders insist their company has a bigger idea in mind. The mission is really to build a communicate that leverages the power of story telling to transform lives. Reporter supporters say its a winwin for everyone. Our whole goal is to find donors that werent there before. Working with talent, they enable us to do that and make giving fun and easy. As a result, you can raise much more for the charities. Thank you so much reporter and usher in a new generation of philanthropists. The experience that raised the most money was a day on the set of star wars the force awakens pulling in 4. 2 million for charity. Next, richard angle takes us to africa for the story of an american couple good morning. Waking up to temperatures in the 50s this morning. A few 40s in the north bay. Overall we are seeing some sunshine. As we go through the day, a nice one. 64 degrees in San Francisco. 69 in the east bay. 68 in the peninsula and inland valleys like north bay, the trivalley and the south bay well manage a few low 70s. It gets warmer tomorrow. Well have full details coming up at 6 00. The pursuit of healthier. It begins from the second were born. Because, healthier doesnt happen all by itself. It needs to be earned every day. Using wellness to keep away illness. And believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. As a Health Services and Innovation Company optum powers modern healthcare by connecting every part of it. So while the world keeps searching for healthier were here to make healthier happen. I wake up and i just feel like i sleepsticky. Ely hot. Have the windows open, the ac on id close it in the middle of the night. Hed open it in the middle of the night. It was a nightmare. My new tempurbreeze stays cool to the touch. Not cold but cool. It naturally adapts to your body and somehow creates the perfect temperature for you. I feel like this was made just for me like they had me in mind. I dont know how they do that. vo sleep cooler, wake more refreshed. Discover the new tempurbreeze. Richard angle in the world east most dangerous places. This morning, richard brings us something a little bit different. A love story from the democratic republic of congo. Everybody likes to be scratched. Reporter the first thing a laura wanted me to know was that these chimps are wild animals. The orphan survivors of the massacre of all of their relatives. Eight years ago, she got offer add dream job. To Research Chimps in the wild here in congo. There was just one snag. But i had this friend. Reporter you say hey, new boyfriend, you want to come move to africa with me. And i said yeah. Reporter together, they travelled to congo. It was a grueling sixday ride on the back of a motorcycle just to the get to the village which was their new home. Laundry reporter and on top of lauras research, they were also caring for five orphan chimps who needed love and attention. Two of them lived right there in the house with them. Giving mom a hug. Needy way. Reporter by christmas, they were one big family. We send you a very merry christmas. And a happy new year. From our Little Family to your family. Reporter until laura got a very bad case of ma lara. Shes like, no, no, dont help me clean up. No, no. This is how its going to be when we get old together. Thats the day we decided were going to be together forever. Reporter and just like that, they were engaged. But things in the village were not going so well. A corrupt official was shaking them down for money, threatening to seize the chimps. By spring, they decided they had to leave. I found somebody who was willing to pay for a flight if we could find one. Reporter the couple trudged across a river with all five chimps and waited for the plane on the airfield. Here comes the airplane i cant even describe the relief of actually seeing the plane come because we saw it, we thought, now everything is going to be okay. Reporter but by then, they were surrounded by villagers and another corrupt official. Things were starting to get physical. Then the pilots american missionaries stepped in. Said we really, really have to go now, sorry. Closed the door. Still didnt want to go. And adam and i just started weeping. Reporter at last, laura, adam and the chimps were all safe high above the canopy. Im so happy. Yeah, we did. Reporter they took the chimps to a Rehabilitation Center for primates. One of only two chimp sanctuaries in congo. Its been seven years since they left their baby chimps here. This was the first time theyve been reunited. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Youve gotten so big. Hi. Reporter so how do you feel . Im a little overwhelmed honestly. Youre not sure whats going to happen when you take them as little orphans. Lot of the orphans that come in dont make it. Reporter but these lucky five did, thaks to laura and adam who kept another promise. They got married. Both our mothers said to us after this trip, you two will love each other forever and be together forever or youre going to hate each other. Reporter you took a gamble on him. And you took a gamble on everything. Yes. And richard joins me now live in studio. Great to have you off the road. Its good to be here. Been doing some domestic stories. Have one coming up tonight with u. S. Connections. Thats a beautiful story. Youve been doing stories for on assignment. And congratulations on your new show. Thank you very much. The show tonight will have you looking for americans joining isis. What did you find when you went looking . So weve been looking into the story for a long time. Its taken two months, really. Two months ago, we got a big stack of documents from someone who said he was an isis defector. There was thousands of names of isis members. People who went from wherever their hometown was and joined up with isis. Among those were 15 americans. Then what . We have to figure out who these americans are. Its taken us weeks to figure out who they are, where theyre from, why they went. And thats the story were going to put on tonight. Its not american isis cells in this country. Its americans who went abroad to fight for isis and why did they do it and are there more of them. You literally go out knocking on doors. Literally knocking on doors. We had a former fbi agent who helped us sort through the process. We had a great team of producers here and did a lot of gum shoe reporting. You can watch it tonight on assignment at 7 00, 6 00 central right here on nbc. Good to see you, my friend. This week, we highlight another life well lived. A ugandan doctor and helped turn the tide against the outbreak. She led a team into liberia as other organizations were pulling out. She also ran a facility known as the island clinic where more than 1,000 patients were tweeted. Suffering from pancreatic cancer in recent months, she said, quote, even if i die, im happy that i saved a million souls in liberia. She died this week at the age of 59. Its time to get seriously silly, people. Join red nose day to do some serious good to help fight kids poverty. Its simple just get your red nose, only at walgreens, and get your silly on, seriously. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. Is caringing because covering heals faster. 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Gary busey. Well see you back here next week. Enjoy your sunday. Take a live look outside. adlib it is 6 00 on your sunday morning, a beautiful look at some clouds and the sun rising over the Golden Gate Bridge. Good morning. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at our forecast. It was a Beautiful Day yesterday, and you say its going to be even better today . You can tell from the sun rise, were waking up to sunshine. Not as much fog, not as much cloud cover. A nice, warmer day. Typically how it goes here in the bay area. Wakinging up again in San Francisco to a little bit of cloudy. You can see the marine layer off in the distance there. Thats the cloud cover that were dealing with, at least at the immediate coastline. Folks get ready for bay to breake