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An interest in learning what they dont know. But does he actual think trump can win. A candid conversation with the president today, wednesday, july 27th, 2016. From nbc news this is a special edition of today at the Democratic National convention with matt lawyer and Savannah Guthrie live from philadelphia. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning live from philadelphia, the site of the dnc and the games all here. The bell is tolling at 7 01, a little bit late. It was a late night at the convention and history made. History and a little bit of hostility on the floor of the dnc. Were live at the Wells Fargo Center. Reporter there have been a range of emotions throughout the arena and tonight the headliners of t will be president obama but last night her husband got personal to reintroduce her to voters. This morning Hillary Clinton has broken the Glass Ceiling becoming the first woman in history nominated for president for a major party. And she marks the moment with a surprise satellite appearance at the Democratic National convention tuesday night. I cant wait to join you in philadelphia. Thank you. Reporter in his tenth appearance at a convention her husband, former president bill clinton, also had a first, playing the role of political spouse for a president ial nominee. In the spring of 1971, i met a girl. Reporter getting deeply personal. Shes the best darn change maker i ever met in my life. Reporter sprinkling anecdotes about their life together all in an attempt to turn around her high unfavorable rating made worse after a week of republicans trying to tarnish her. How do you square it . One is real and the other is made up. Reporter contrasting what he called the real Hillary Clinton with a character tur painted by her political opponents. Earlier today you nominated the real woman. Reporter it was also a night filled with celebrity appearances including a performance from alicia keys and speaker meryl streep. There was raw emotion, mothers who lost their loved ones to gun violence taking the podium. Hillary clinton isnt afraid to say that black lives matter. Reporter all capping a day filled with political drama, Bernie Sanders putting her name forward for nomination. I move that Hillary Clinton be nominated as the nominee for president of the United States. Reporter sanders getting choked up when his brother cast his vote and when a small group of sanders supporters in protest the arena seemed more unified than 24 hours before. All eyes will be on the current commander in chief as president will make the case for Hillary Clinton. President obama is expected to talk about clintons readiness to be president. There will be likely to be tweets that there were no figures to speak for donald trump last week. History made last night. We know that. There was a speech that everyones talking about this morning from former president bill clinton. It was two speeches. It was a love story in the beginning and more a case for the candidate in the end. What did you think of it. It was a speech weve never heard bill clinton give. It was a personal speech and it was about Hillary Clinton and her entire political career. How many times have you heard since Hillary Clintons been in politics somebody who knew her comes forward say if you knew the person i know in private. That was bill clintons goal last night that people have been talking about for years. In 2012 bill clinton stepped up and delivered for president obama. A different speech but do you feel like he delivered in terms of what he had to do kind of humanize and show another side of Hillary Clinton. It was a itll of two speeches. The first half played well in the arena, the story of the love affair and he talked about how he first hit on her and i thought to me that was a flashing red light about what has been a very publicly rocky marriage, but the second half of the speech he brought it, he was the political warrior that republicans fear and democrats cheer for. He was effective in making the political case for her but im not sure the personal story was a sale beyond the base of her let me stick with you and go back to what steve said though, how many times over the course of 20 or 30 years can you go to the public and say no you have it wrong . Why doesnt the public have a right to say weve watched her for 30 years. This is the challenge of the clinton candidacy and this is why conventions are the plays. They try to tell a story and build up their candidate but they invoked donald trump more than donald trump surrogates invoektd Hillary Clinton. This is going to be a campaign and cycle where each is tearing down the other as much as theyre building up themselves. We saw the excitement of the beginning, maybe if youre not a Democratic National Convention Planner but there was tension between the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters. They had the roll call vote. Do you feel this tension within the party has been exercised out. I think there are hard core sanders delegates there who are not going to be there in the end, but the bigger challenge was probably in the second half of bill clintons speech is the fact that the clinton name so familiar and in many people lives too familiar so he was trying to make her in the second part of that speech as well he kept using the term change maker. He wants to make her feel fresh. Thats the challenge. Thank you very much. Now to our exclusive interview with president obama. We spoke in the white house room where youll see a podium behind him. This is where hes been rehearsing for tonights speech. I began with a question about this election. Is it possible donald trump wins the presidency. Anything is possible. It is the nature of democracy that until those votes are cast and the American People have their say, we dont know. Are you worried . You know, as somebody who has now been in elected office at various levels for about 20 years, ive seen all kinds of crazy stuff happen and i think anybody who goes into campaigns not running scared can end up losing so my advice to democrats i dont have to give this advice to Hillary Clinton because she already knows it, is you stay worried until all those votes are cast and counted because one of the dangers in an election like this is that people dont take the challenge seriously. They stay home and we end up getting the unexpected. Hillary clinton says trurmp s the most dangerous candidate to run for president. On this issue do you personally find it frightening the prospect of him having the nuclear codes. Set aside the nuclear codes. What i think is scarey is a president who doesnt know their stuff and doesnt seem to have an interest in learning what they dont know. And you think of trump that way . I think if you listen to any press conference hes given or listened to any of those debates basic knowledge about the world or what a Nuclear Triad is or where various countries are or the difference between sunni and shia are things he doesnt know and hasnt seemed to tried to find out about. How about Hillary Clinton, can you say she didnt jeopardize National Security information. I dont want to characterize any further what the fbi director said. I think he was comprehensive, unusually so, about how they arrived at the decision. I think hillarys acknowledged she made a mistake and she wouldnt take this approach again, but i think what is absolutely clear is that all this talk about her engaging in criminal activities, the sort of prosecutorial case you heard in cleveland. Lock her up. That seems to just ignore what a republican fbi appointee of spotless integrity said, thats troubling and i think its indicative of the degree to which folks are rough on Hillary Clinton in ways that even as somebody who ive had my share of getting whacked in the public eye, im surprised by it sometimes and i dont think its fair. But its not just her political opponents who are saying that this was wrong, you have the fbi director saying it was extremely careless, the director did say that a reasonable person should know. Look, im not going to relitigate this. What i am saying is that i can say with confidence that Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state, that she helped to make this country safer, that if she made mistakes, they were not ones that were intended to in any way compromise american security. Lets talk about your speech. It happens 12 years to the day after your 2004 Convention Speech that launched you into national politics. S. I went back and looked at it. Did you . Not recently. I look so young. I laugh sometimes. I cant believe i got elected to anything at that point. I look like i just got out of college. You said then. There is not a liberal america and a conservative america, there is the United States of america. The most memorable line. Can you say that today not just as some aspiration vision but say it with conviction. Im the first to admit that when i spoke in 2004, when i ran in 2008, my hope, my expectation was, that we could lift up all that Common Ground and create a new way of doing business in washington and a new political tenor, a new political tone. There was more respectful and more practical and trying to solve problems and that hasnt happened, but it doesnt keep me from wanting to keep on trying. I know you dont want to give away your speech before you give it. What do you hope your headline is the next morning . I hope my headline is that the president of the United States is profoundly optimistic about americas future and is 100 convinced that Hillary Clinton can be a great president. I also asked the president if he believed the russian government was behind those dnc email hacks as the be Clinton Campaign has claimed and if Vladimir Putin was trying to interfere with the president ial election here, his response, anythings possible and he added russia has influenced european elections on a regular basis before. This morning at a spokesperson is responding to all of that saying russia quote never interferes in other countrys electoral campaigns. Well have more of our exclusive interview with president obama in the next half hour and tomorrow matt will sit down with Chelsea Clinton who will introduce her mom tomorrow night. If you want more Convention Coverage check out msnbc today and were live tonight 10 00 eastern. We have breaking news this morning. John hinkley junior the man who injured president reagan and others will be released from an intuition. A federal judge issuing that ruling a short time ago. Lets go to pete williams. Good morning. What can you tell us about this. Reporter over the past dozen years that judge has allowed him longer and longer visits to the home of his mother in virginia, about 120 miles south of washington, this morning the judge ruled he can begin living with her full Time Starting next months. He said doctors have concluded theres no medical benefit to keeping him in the hospital but he does impose conditions, he must continue to receive psychiatric treatment, he must come to washington at least once a month for evaluations in order for this arrangement to continue, he must notify the secret service whenever he comes for those visits and he must tell his Treatment Team before going to in he private homes. The judge says after at least a year with his mother he may then move out and live on his own or with roommates. Theres been no word yet from the Justice Department on whether it intends to appeal the judges order. Savannah. All right. Pete williams with this breaking news out of washington. We have new information on the shocking terror attack on a Catholic Church that left the priest dead. He was leading mass on tuesday. Two knife wielding man linked to isis took several nuns hostage. Isis has had a hit list of churches for some time and one of the men was known to antiterror officials after he was caught trying to get into syria. He was wearing a tracking device at the time of the attack. Here at home california is declaring a state of emergency for two major wildfires burning out of control. The fire near big sur has burned 20 homes and threatening the coast line there. Eight hikers had to be rescued tuesday after they became lost five days ago. Once the fire flared up the men were stranded and they didnt know which direction would lead them to safety. Crews made progress overnight against the sand fire thats north of los angeles. That fire has scotched 37,000 acres. Its 35 contained. Lets get the first check of the weather with mr. Roker. The weather out west not very conducive to helping those firefighters unfortunately. We have the heat dome here in the east but also one out west. The difference is theres no humidity with the heat out west and so look at these temperatures over the next several days. No relief in sight. Vegas will see temperatures well over the triple digits and the same in phoenix, salt lake city. Portland will see temperatures in the 90s and l. A. Will see temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Not a good news out there and they need the rain and not getting it. As you can see the western weather looking for sunshine. Denver could be in the 90s and billings getting up in the 88 degree range and los angeles well over 100 degrees. Rest of the country today we are looking at wet weather stretching from the gulf on into the mid atlantic states, some sunshine florida on in to the southeast. Out west moon soonal moisture could cause flooding and the west coast could use the rain, not going to be getting any. Thats your latest weather. Excuse me. I think theres a misprint. Oh. Model year end clarence event. Looks right to me. Shouldnt it be clear clearly. It is time to get a great deal and a reward card on this turbocharged jetta. Gotta make room for the 2017 models. It is a clarence event. Why is that so hard for people to understand . It seems clar to me. Clear to me. Ready for a test drive . Whatever you want to call it, dont miss the volkswagen model year end event. Hurry in for a 1,000 volkswagen reward card and 0 apr on a new 2016 jetta. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Right now we have some mid 60s already in the trivalley and south bay. A lot of low clouds and fog from the north bay over towards San Francisco and coastal parts of the peninsula. Highs reaching 78 degrees in the city with 100 degrees in the north bay. In the trivalley one of the hot spots, up to 102 and 98 degrees in the south bay. Also some upper 80s for the peninsula. Watch out for low air quality and smoke drifting in from the wildfire to our south. G got a lot of nice folks here. Get out of your hotel and come on down and spend a little time with these nice people. All right, al. Thank you so much. Coming up we have more of our exclusive interview with the president , how he really feels about Donald Trumps more personal attacks and why he says trump is different than any other republican opponents he has other faced. The other big names set to stay the stage tonight including Vice President joe bidden and tim kaine. What will he say to voters. This is today on nbc. Just ahead we found what could be the ultimate job seeking person. Who wants to highre you to drin beer. Well catch up with the man thats been called the coolest man in america. He happens to be a philly native but first your local news. 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One lane of the freeway on the northbound side had to be closed as firefighters extinguished the fire. The tanker truck was carrying refined mineral oil, refined motor oil, 1800 gallons of it. Some of which washed into the storm drains. One lane of northbound 880 is going to stay closed as they continue to assess the situation there. Mike is going to have live look from the scene for us in just a moment. But first, we turn it over to kari hall with a look at your forecast. Sam, were getting ready for hot temperatures today. Effort inland areas where it will sizzle again over 100 degrees. Right now its 68 degrees in livermore. 59 in oakland. And San Francisco starts out the morning at 56 degrees. In santa rosa expect a high of 99. 111 degrees in fairfield. And san jose up to 96. Palo alto, 93. Also keeping in mind that poor air quality may make things very unhealthy if you have breathing problems already. Limit your time outdoors. Lets head now over to mike. Looking over here at the wide look at the bay shows nothing unusual until you look over here. This is the area you were talking about. Out of hayward, jammed from 92 past a street all of the way up to davis at the top of the screen where the deadly crash. Hazmat one lane closed. Pete continues to monitor the situation. Cleanup continuing after that deadly fire and crash. One lane blocked at davis street. Back to you. That is a situation we will be monitoring all morning long. Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. 7 30 now on this wednesday morning, july 27th, 2016. What does that say . 2024 lawyer guthrie . Anyway, were here in philly. We have a great crowd. Any time you are at a convention, there are themes each day. Tonights theme will be working together. Speakers will address what secretary clinton has done tackling big challenges. Vice president will also be addressing the delegates, as will Hillary Clintons running mate, senator tim kaine. Well have more on his speech in just a bit. As you might expect, donald trump is weighing in on what he saw at the Democratic National Convention Last night. The republican nominee tweeting, i hate to say it, but the Republican Convention was far more interesting with a much more beautiful set than the democratic convention. Trump also fired back that allegations to work with russia on hacking the dnc emails, calling the conspiracy, crazy, adding ive had zero investments in russia. The Trump Campaign was just one of the things we touched on in our white house interview with president obama as he prepares for his speech tonight at the convention. I also asked him to weigh in on his wife michelles speech and whether or not he thinks he can match it. Pressure is on. You know what . Im not going to hit that bar. So let me concede, top speech maven already to my wife. But i couldnt have been prouder of her, the way she was able to remind all of us that where this really counts is the kind of message that were sending our kids about who we are and where we want to take this country. When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you dont stoop to their level. No. Our motto is, when they go low, we go high. She didnt name names but did you feel like she wanted to call it out . Shes always been concerned about the tone and tenor of politics. One of the things that we always talk about with our girls is how do you treat other people. Were always reminding them, treat people the way you want to be treated. If you want to be an adult thats worthy of respect, than you have to be willing to give respect. One of the weird things about politics is sometimes we tolerate things that we would never tolerate in any other field or in our interpersonal life. We wouldnt expect somebody to repeatedly say things that were demonstrably not true and somehow get a pass. We would say, well, thats a problem. Does it feel personal . Mr. Trump has made it pretty personal against but i can give you a list. I guess i probably dont need to. The truth is that, what mr. Trump has done is to make more explicit and branded what really has been going on for a long time. This isnt new stuff. So we dont take it personally. We do think that it makes it difficult to run the country. Not just for me, but for republican leaders. If you think about the fact that the republicans right now control both the house and the senate, and yet they cant even pass their own agenda. Part of the reason is that if you are telling your base, youre telling your voters that the other side is not just wrong but bad and unpatriotic and different and are undermining america, well, then what theyre going to say to you is, you cant work with them. You cant compromise. I disagreed with john mccain on issues or mitt romney on issues. But there wasnt a sense that we couldnt find Common Ground on certain things. I think paul ryan, and before him john boehner are patriotic americans who care about a lot of the same things i do. Is donald trump in a different category . My sense is only he could tell you whats in his heart and on his mind. I think that hes somebody who likes attention. Maybe surprised himself that he got this far. When he says something like, i alone can fix it. Youve been in this job for eight years. How does that strike you . Well, thats not how our founders designed our system. Were not a government where some strongman orders people around, banishes people. I think it is important for us to remember that we live in a democracy, and by definition then, the way we solve problems is by everybody participating. And arguing. And occasionally having to compromise. But to push you on it a little bit, do you see something about donald trump thats different than your regular republican opponent with whom you have disagreements . Absolutely. For one thing, doesnt seem to have any plans or policies or proposals or specific solutions. The good news is weve got a candidate in Hillary Clinton who has put out very specific plans and programs and is telling you exactly what she is going to do. Im listening to your conversation. Remember we were at the white house about six months ago. When you talked to president obama then about the possibility of a trump presidency, he almost just dismissed it. He did to you. He said you said, can you imagine next years state of the union saying president trump. He said i can imagine it in an snl skit. Is hes more subtle. Now hes saying it is a possibility. Good interview. Lets get a check of the weather now from al. All right, guys. Weve got our nice crowd here. Come on down. Including little bea over here. And this beautiful little guy over here. Who is this . This is octavia. Octavia. I love that look. Kind of like, who the heck are you . Many people have been wondering that, octavia. Lets show you whats going on as far as your weather is concerned. Midwest storms are going to be firing up today. Central kansas, parts of arkansas, wet weather. And the gulf coast going to be seeing more wet weather as well. Right along the stationary front, heavy rain, gusty winds, lightning. In fact, as we move into tomorrow, more heavy showers and thunderstorms, especially now across the Tennessee River valley. Look at the rainfall amounts. Spreading anywhere from parts of louisiana all the way to west virginia. Flood threats. We could be talking about five to seven inches in parts of louisiana, all the way up to west virginia. Some of that heavier rain gets up into the tristate new york city area as well over the next three days. It will be a very warm day, reaching 78 degrees in San Francisco. And mostly sunny skies. We will stay in the 70s for the rest of the week, even into the start of the weekend before those temperatures start to come back down into the 60s in the city. But it will be sizzling for the inland valleys today. Up to 100 degrees on average but it could be as hot as 111 degrees in fairfield today. And 99 for tomorrow. Some mid to upper 90s as we get ready to start out the weekend, upper 80s on sunday. Get that weather any time you need it. Go to Weather Channel on cable. Now lets go to the couple in the back of the caboose for the whistle stop tour. Nice to see you, al. Pleasure passing through. Just ahead, whos senator tim kaine . What you need to know about Hillary Clintons running mate as he prepares to step into the spotlight at the dnc tonight. Heres where the real fight ends in philly. 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Good morning. Nice to see both of you. Going against the ultimate outsider in donald trump, Hillary Clinton is really doubling down on the value of a political resume in this pick of senator tim kaine whos governed at almost every level dating back to his time as the mayor of richmond, virginia. Tonight the theme is working together and tim kaines friends tell me he would make the perfect partner. Hes with her. Friends say tim kaines already showcasing real chemistry with Hillary Clinton. Still unknown to most americans, he enjoyed one last quiet breakfast with friends tuesday. He served at every level of elected office from mayor to u. S. Senator, Battle Ground credentials, representing virginia, a key swing state. And fluency in spanish, speaking directly to crucial latino voters. He plays a mean harmonica. His band, the jug busters. Tim kaine and his wife ann who just stepped down as virginias secretary of education have three children, including son matt, a marine. A devout catholic who took time away from Harvard Law School to serve as a missionary in honduras, kaine attends a mostly black church in a working class neighborhood. Unlike the blood talking republican nominee, tim kaine is described as a kill them with kindness candidate. Everyones so angry in politics. Tim kaine is the relentless optimist, looking for what he can do next and make better. Reporter critics explain he is too much of a centrist, until this week supporting the kind of tree frayed agreement Bernie Sanders and donald trump rail against. Tim kaine. I never even heard of this guy. Reporter kaine admits hes boring. But boring is the Fastest Growing demographic in this country. Interdroduction to a prime time audience kicking off whats certain to be a wild ride. Those people close to tim kaine tell me that he loves camping out, that he was thrilled when a friend gave him a Gift Certificate to rei several years ago. It is a good thing, hell be hitting the trail in next months. The child of an ironwork shop owner could be camping out in the Vice President s residential. You mean he needs a canteen and bug spray . Well see you guys again soon. Everybody will be watching. Up next, carson shows offer the oscar winners breast that turned heads at the Convention Last night. But first a look at Convention Speeches of past democratic Vice President ial nominees. President obama sat down behind the desk rez louis knowing he had to restore the confidence of the whole world. Those are the values john kerry and i believe in and nothing makes me prouder than standing with him in this campaign. The man who can help us fashion this Better Future is president bill clinton. Why are bananas bendy . Probably because they grow towards the sun. How do they know where the sun is if they dont have any eyes . Well, because they can. Feel it. So. Bananas have feelings . I. Guess thats what im saying. 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And more hot weather for the rest of the week. Lets head over to mike now. Hes tracking a crash in san leandro. Thats right. Heres a live look out here. We see now that they just reopened that last lane of northbound 880 thats coming to the scene. You also see we have that massive crash and there was a fire and now they have the investigation, deadly crash and fire still continue to have the on and offramps closed but pete tells me they should have that onramp open hopefully within that half hour. Tow truck making Good Progress on clearing much of that equipment from the roadway. Theres the map. You see most of the bay moves well 280 at san jose. A new crash causes more slowing there. This should show some recovery. Jammed 880 north to 92 and through 38 off the Castro Valley y. Happening right now, the man who shot Ronald Reagan back in 1981 is leaving the psychiatric ward in washington, d. C. And moving in with his mother in virginia. The 61yearold John Hinckley jr. Probably recognize the name, has spent 35 years in that hospital. Plus history made last night, Hillary Clinton becomes the first woman to be named the president ial candidate of a major party in america. Check out what locals had to say about the historic moment on nbcbayarea. Com. Well see you in 30 minutes. And these are the lungs. boy sorry. dad dont worry about it. vo at our house, we need things that are built to last. Thats why we got a subaru. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up historic night. I cant believe we just put the biggest crack in that Glass Ceiling yet. Hillary clinton makings it official and being the first woman to be nominated on a president major party ticket. Her former husband president bill clinton delivering a speech and this time as a supported spouse. I married my best friend. I am still in awe after more than 40 years of being around her how smart, strong, loving she was. Were live in philadelphia, and while were in town carson puts the taste buds to the test with philly famous cheese steak war. Plus, going back to the roots. Its never the destination. I sit down with questl o ove to talk memory, music and making a big move for himself. He made one for me. You made it for me too. Matt lauer. Can i do that . Yes, youre now matt love. Were brothers. Yeah. Different fathers . Yeah. July 27, 2016. Good morning mom. Youre not still dreaming. Im on the tv show. Hi were in pennsylvania. Shout out to my friends in arizona and colorado. I came back today to see matt lauer on the today show. We love philadelphia. All right. Welcome back to today on a wednesday morning. Were all here in philadelphia, pennsylvania on the third day of the Democratic National convention and nice crowd and temperatures starting to tick up a little bit. I dont want to admit this, but the crowd is larger now that youre here. No. I think that the crowd is the largest and we finally figured out where we were. Its the matt lauer man crush. Im just saying. 2016. Its just matt love. Yeah, thats right. And by questlove himself. History made last night. Hillary clinton nominated as a president con date. Hally jackson is on the floor of the con skprengs inside of the Wells Fargo Center and good morning. Reporter hi savannah, when president obama and biden take the stage the Clinton Campaigns tell us to expect him on the clinton qualifications in commander in chief and hit donald trump for not having a republican speak at his convention. It will be another pact house here on the floor after the unprecedented night for clinton here in philadelphia. Live from new york. Hello philadelphia. A surprise appearance on a historic night. I cant believe we just put the biggest crack in that Glass Ceiling yet. Hillary clinton putting an exclamation point on the nomination and the first woman at the top of a major party ticket. The live video coming moments after her husbands personal speech. In the spring of 1971, i met a girl. The former president no stranger to the Convention Stage and delivering remarks like he never has before as a spouse, as a supporter counting his wifes credentials. For this time hillary is uniquely cerequalified to seize opportunities and reduce the risks that we face. She is the best darn change maker that i have ever known. Hillary clinton still struggling with the low favorite blt rating and now reintroducing herself after decades in the spotlight. Her former rival trying to put democratic rival behind the party. I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States. For the vermont senator an emotional evening. This moment going viral as his brother shared his support. I cast five votes for Bernie Sanders. Democrats focus on philadelphia and republicans focus on them after months of trying to support sanders, donald trump now slamming the senator. For the legacy, he would have been better off playing it out. He is exhausted and want toss go home. And donald trump on the attack and online and expect those attacks to continue as trump gets out on the campaign trail and he will be in pennsylvania hometown as you know and Vice President biden and both parties in this key battleground state this afternoon. Matt, savannah . Okay. Thank you. Programming note msnbc has live coverage all day long and leading up to 10 eastern right here on nbc. Let us go back to new york. We have a check on the other stories making headlines. You spend so much time in philly, we miss you here. I know. I feel like i missed the train. I will be there soon. Now, we begin with breaking news the man that tried to assassin Ronald Reagan will be free after 30 years and released to his mother in virginia. He was found nothing by reason of in sanity of the shooting out siefd a Washington Hotel and the judge say that is he is no long long longer plagued by the Mental Illness and could be released from a government psychiatric hospital. He is now 61. A state of emergency has been declared in california where firefighters have been battling two major wild fires. One is a fire thats burned about 20,000 acres and destroyed 20 homes. The other killed one person and destroyed 18 homes in lass act loss county. It frees up more money to fight the state fire. A florida man is facing accounts and caught an camera. Deputies were responding to a dispute and the dispute escalated with gunfire. Deputies with body cameras moved one deputy dragged her to safety while her husband was still shooting. He was taken into custody and three Young Children inside of the home were rescued, and the woman is expected to recover. Dozens of people are safe this morning after a heroing rescue off the island of alaska. 46 abandoned ship after their vessel took on water. She climbed into three life rafts and other sa mar rushed in. A man in minnesota kept his cool when he found this in the backyard kid de pool. Its a large bear just went through the garbage cans and decided to chill in the pool. He and his wife got into the car and he said that he did though the want the kids to freak out. Guys, you would not want the kids to panic. I feel like i missed the train guys. Are you there . There you are. Youre on. Hey al, carson . Were try to go figure out the selfies. Yeah, she has a cousin thats going to the olympics. Awesome. Thank you. Coming up the perfect job for this guy. How you can make money drinking beer for a living. What are you talking act. Its amazing. 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Youre washing that bakedon alfredo by hand,right . Yes, dear. Dish issues . Cascade platinum. Powers. Through. Your toughest stuckon food. So let your dishwasher be the dishwasher. This turned out great. Cascade. Welcome back. Philadelphia, time for whats trending. What do you think the temperature is here right now . About 85. 85. Muggy though, right . On a day like today, you want a nice cool beverage. Milkshake. Or maybe not. Maybe a nice hot cup of coffee. Heres why it could actually work to cool you down. According to science, sweating can be influenced by drink temperature. And when you sweat, that sweat evaporates on your body. Your temperature is able to modulate and you get cooler. Right . However, researchers say that your environmental conditions should also be taken into consideration, because if youre sweating profusely nobody here that could lead to dehydration, in which case drinking something hot might not be the best idea. If that makes any sense. Think about when you sweat, and a cool breeze comes across. Thats evaporated cooling. However, if there is a lot of humidity in the air as there has been, there is less evaporative cooling so a hot beverage is not going to work. If you are in freezing cold temperature and you have some ice cream, do you warm up . You start shivering. Thats your bodys reaction to trying to warm up. Heres a good segue. Show of hands who loves small talk . I do actually. You do . No. Just a little how are you, good to see you. I dont like the awkward silence. Im good at it. Meaning chatter. Whitty banter . Yeah. Well, most people dont like it. You cant tolerate it. No. Well apparently, it is not just meaningless chatter. According to a new York Magazine article, there is an actual purpose. What is it . Of course to create a feeling of relatability, to bond with one another. But this article says most of us dont like small talk because we dont appreciate the point of it. It is a human thing. Just to talk to somebody, say hi to them. I like it. I majored in small talk. Most people think something important has to come out of a conversation. By its very nature, most small talk is designed to have nothing in i think the shallower the better. This story is about a job opening, carson. It may have already been filled though. The smithsonian looking for a beer historian. Wow. Whats that, you might ask . Exactly what it sounds like. Need someone to drink beer and to research beer. Beer historian would work on creating collections for the museum on the growing craft beer trend. Besides drinking beer, the job comes with perks. 64,650 a year in salary, benefits, and opportunities to travel. I think they should have a barbecue division as well. There you go. Perfect. Milkshake division. Sign me up. I thought tom hanks in big had the greatest job ever. The mtv music awards nominations came out on tuesday. There were some big surprises. The first as expected, beyonce and adele, they led the charge with nominations. Beyonce got 11, adele gets eight nods. Up for that video of the year award. The big surprise how many awards nominations did taylor swift get . Zero. What . Not a single award. It was a snub. Wait. Is that Calvin Harris cheering . Funny that you say that, al. Boyfriend Calvin Harris snagged it for best video which is a song he cowrote with taylor swift. On a sad note, david bowie received a nomination. Beyonce enjoying time with her family. There is one photo in particular thats got a lot of people laughing. Take a look at it. Beyonce posing in a doorway of an elevator. Seems normal. But then you reveal the rest of the photo. How jayz seems to be posing while taking the picture for his wife. Finally, amy schumer, the comedian never fails to make us laugh. Have a look. Theyre serving hand cake. Theyre not serving hand cake. Did you have hand cake . Nobody had it because it is not hand cake. Its in your hand. Now thats what you call having your cake and eating it, too. Its your popstart from philadelphia. If you want more pop culture news, go to todays facebook page. How about a check of the weather. Starting off of course with our fabulous satellite and radar picture. You can see weve got some wet weather. Monsoon moisture coming out of the southwest. Strong storms firing up in the plains later on today. Theyll be in the central Mississippi River valley. Those afternoon temperatures will be brutal again today, especially out west where they dont have humidity but theyve got those triple digits and thats not going to help as far as firefighting is concerned. Here in philadelphia we continue to see temperatures in the 90s. But look what happens on friday. Showers and thunderstorms and a temperature about 84. Just as everybodys leaving town to try to get home from the convention. It will be a very warm and mostly sunny day in San Francisco, reaching 78 degrees. 75 degrees tomorrow. Well stay in the 70s until the start of the weekend. Then by sunday, it starts to cool down just a bit to the mid 60s. Well also have cooling for the inland areas. Look at how hot it will be today, up to 100 degrees. And 99 degrees for tomorrow. Well see those 90s continuing into saturday before it drops back to 88 degrees, which is still slightly above average. And that is your latest weather. Thank you. Well, now to a man whos been called americas band leader and time magazines coolest person of the year. It is a perfect description. You probably know him as the guy behind the drums on the tonight show with the big afro and hair pick. At first glance you wouldnt think he and i have a lot in common but we do. We sat down for an interview at a sushi place we both love. As a risk of going into an installment of this is your life, let me go back. You grew up mid 80s, not the best neighborhood in philadelphia. Right. You had a rule in your house. Yeah. You had the oprah rule. My parents was like, you are to come straight home. Do not let that oprah theme come on and youre not in this house. What time does that come on . 4 00. Any time that i left that school, flight of the bumble bee, thats me rushing home. Reporter oprah may have gotten him off the streets at the end of the day, but his parents made sure there was another avenue for their sons future. I grew up with an oldies duwop lead singer of a father. You talk about it as if Everybody Knows what duwop is. Everybody doesnt know. Whats the sound . Duwop is the sound of four or five voices, maybe a little pitchy, inside of a high school bathroom. A lot of echo chambers. Its the sound its greease quest loves father was lee andrews and the hearts. He infused i had family with music. Do you remember a song or a sound that knocked the wind out of you, that made you say in some capacity, im going to be part of music . My calling moment, in philadelphia, soul train would come on at 1 00 in the morning. Don cornelius. I was allowed to watch soul train from like 1 00 to 2 00 in the morning. Hed say at the end of every show. Wishing you peace, love and soul. The lone black guy in the group. I was just transfixed. I was like, thats what i want to do. Whats so beautiful is that 40 years later, on my first day of the tonight show, he gave me the snare drum from that performance on soul train. Like thats my snare drum for the tonight show. Backstage at fallon, the roots rehearse that big sound in the tiniest of spaces. But even quest love and roots cofounder could never have imagined this type of success as classmates back in the Philadelphia High School for creative and performing arts. Like fame, right . Very much so. Students singing and dancing in the hallways. Like boyz to men. Same high school. Yeah. Somebody told me a story that one of the reason you and tarik started the roots is because you wanted to one up them. Is that true . Boyz to men was so magical and every day like clockwork, theyd be rehearsing in the bathroom, in the hallways, and me and tarik just sit in the back like, one day, man. Other than the competitive thing with boyz to men, what was the Mission Statement . I dont want to disappointment you. We started bu ed busking on the streets of philadelphia. Mainly to get date money. Get a hogie. Reporter as the roots were coming to be, Amir Thompson was becoming quest love. So my logic was a question mark. Like, i dont know what i am. You make me jealous. Theres no question i need a nickname. Matt love, man. Matt love . Yes. Can i do that . Yes. That makes us brothers. Yes. From a different father. 20 albums, three grammys, plus a whole new audience thanks to light night tv. What are the nights youre looking out over the performance and thinking, i cant believe this . I first time it really happened was when springsteen came and played. And then after that, the magic just started pouring. Reporter and now giants of the Music Industry hire him to bring them some of his magic. Producing music for jayz, al green, john legend, and elvis costello, to name a few. But it is not just music. Hes a modern day renaissance man, always expanding his orbit of expertise, hosting on this day what he calls a food salon to introduce his latest culinary discoveries to his wide assortment of friends. My personal satisfaction i know this is weird to say it is never the end result. Like its never the destination. I like the journey. Reporter and where that journey started, in philadelphia, growing up with his musical parents, is not lost on quest love. Your dad passed away not long ago. Yeah. The last thing he said to me was like, i can now go and know that youre going to be in the history books some day. Like something i created a going to be here forever. Like no compliment ive ever gotten, no im so proud of you, son. Nothing compared. Ill always remember that last conversation with him. Last one. Were you serious about matt love . Yes. Thanks so much. Im quest lauer. It is hard to even tell you how cool that guy is. He really is. Hes got so many different interests and such a great collection of friends and fans. It was fun. Oh, my gosh. Did any his cool rub off on you . No. There are other things to know about quest love. Hes got a cookbook out and a roots picnic will be held in new york city for the first Time Starting on october 1st. Full conversation with quest love is on our website, today. Com. Just ahead, well sink our teeth into philadelphias longstanding cheesesteak war. Well have some fun with snl weekend update team. Theyre here in philly. But first, a check of your local news and weather. vo tragedy on the roads this morning one person died in this fiery big rig crash on northbound 880 in san an good morning at 8 26 on your wednesday. Tragedy on the roads. One person died in this fiery big rig crash on i880 in san leandro. It happened at the davis offramp. The big rig was the only vehicle involved in the crash. Lanes on the freeway had to be closed temporarily as firefighters were extinguishing the flames. The tanker truck was carrying 1,800 gallons of refined motor oil, some of which did wash into the storm drain. The department of fish and wildlife was informed. Mike has more on the area and impact of the crash. This has been going on for hours. Finally at least one of the lanes is open. Thats right. Overall, i want everybody to look at the commute. We will focus on the san leandro area. Northbound starts to recover, but we saw speeds improving. Now rippling back, slow once again. This commute is kicking in from fremont up in toward hayward and eventually san leandro. All lanes, again, out of 880 are open. The on and off ramp to davis are closed both on northbound 230. Very slow. Theyre starting to improve a bit there. And west 580 sees more traffic as folks using that as an alternate. North 101 at trimbull clearing. Thank you very much. Rising up back on the streets did my time took my chances now im back on my feet just a man and his will to survive its the eye of the tiger its the fight rising up to the challenge of our rivals and the sense of surviving in the night and hes walking with the eye of the tiger the eye of the tiger yeah nice job. Thank you to the girls from let freedom sing. A hundred girls. They are actually representing all 50 states as i understand it. They just all met each other on sunday. And you sound beautiful, guys. Way to go. Amazing. Thanks for coming this morning. We appreciate that. Stay here for a second. We might need you in one second for some dramatic sound. Stay right there. We have a lady here, you are eight months pregnant . Yes. And you want to reveal your babys name. Yes. Does anybody know besides you . Nobody. Theyve been bugging us for eight months. Ladies, something dramatic. Keep going. Keep going. Aria josephine. How beautiful. Congratulations. A baby girl . Perfect music, right . Celestial choir. Congratulations, guys. By the way, speaking of great music. This friday back in new york on the plaza, a trip to margaritaville. Jimmy buffett live in concert this friday morning. Come on down. Get there early. Thats right. And just ahead this morning they made a slam in cleveland. Now the snl weekend update team have come to philadelphia to give their take on the convention. And it cant be a philly trip without a cheese steak. Well talk cheese staegs in a bit. And do not forget about our star search. Go to today. Com. And now savannah reveals the name of her baby not yet. Now to our countdown to rio. The 2016 summer games just nine days away as we mentioned we come to you from every day at copacabana beach. Due to the christ the redeemer statue, it is frequently struck by lightning. In 2014, as a matter of fact, it actually lost a thumb during a particularly bad storm. And a reminder, Opening Ceremony next friday night. You can catch it where else right here on nbc. You guys are getting ready to head out. Lets get to the weather. Lets look at whats happening today. Sunshine in the northeast. The heat continues out west. They dont have the humidity, but boy do they have the heat. Tomorrow weve got more wet weather. In fact, the rain picks up. Weve got a list of some strong storms along the midatlantic coast through the central plains. Also a lot of wet weather from the Mississippi River valley through the ohio river valley. Out west they could use that rain. Plenty of sunshine, lots of heat, but no wet thats what were in for some very warm temperatures after a start now at 71 in livermore. 69 degrees in concord, 62 in oakland. San francisco and santa rosa, 59. It will be warming quickly, up to 76 degrees in San Francisco. 93 in palo alto. Check out these inland temperatures. The poor air quality, it is not going to be a very nice day. Up to 111 degrees in fairfield. Livermore, 107. Morgan hill today, high of 102. And thats your latest weather. Guys . Okay, al. Thank you. Now to our special series undercovered. Thats where we bring the stories that may not be in the headline zblps today he is pulling back the curtain, if you will, on conventions where business and leisure can be hard to distinguish between. Great to see you guys. That is exactly right. Youve seen it. Its not just the parts you see on tv. There are parties all over this town. Most are exclusive events where big business gets the opportunity to mingle with powerful politicians. Cocktail parties, concerts, a cruise on the ben franklin yacht, and plenty of free booze. Good party . Its a great party. Reporter at the Democratic National convention, the action isnt just on stage. Its also at big money parties where businesses and special interests rub elbows with your representativ representatives. Were party hopping. Reporter this reception is hosted by powerful lobbyists for big wall street banks and a fortune 500 company. Why wouldnt you want people to see it . Its just another event like you said. We just tried to get in this party behind us and they sent out a representative that told us you cannot come in here, you cant see whats happening behind those doors. But its happening all over this town. Its for congressional staffers who influence and sometimes write the laws. Whos your boss . Terry reed. Who do you work for . Reporter and comcast headquartered in philadelphia also threw a party and is one of the many corporate sponsors of the convention. Political conventions used to be publicly funded but since congress did away with that two years ago, private donors have stepped in footing the bill for the convention and all those parties. Melissa yeager of the watch dog group is in philadelphia following the money. What exactly do Companies Get out of these parties . They get access and their phone calls returned. Is it legal . It is legal. Reporter is it ethical. I think people on both sides of the aisle have voiced concerns. Reporter they have to comply with certain rules like serving hors doeuvres and not full meals. But those rules dont apply to all kinds of events. For instance, certain charity functions. 15,000 will get you in on this charity golf game on one of the most exclusive courses in the country where governors are hobnobbing with hosts of tmobile, continental. The corporate sponsors also get plenty of face time with political big wigs. Were asked to leave almost immediately. Press are rarely invited to these events unless theyre hosting them themselves as some Media Outlets did this year. We did get into this concert featuring joe walsh of the eagles hosted by the distilled Spirits Council and the wall street journal. Got to rub some elbows, right . Got to rub some elbows. Reporter thats senator dick durbin. And senator mark warner on the finance committee that oversees tax law. Plus chiefs of staff for three other senators. Lobbyists for the liquor industry tells us theyre hoping these relationships can get them lower taxs on their products. What brings you here tonight . We dont need to chat about that. Reporter a good time in Close Company behind closed doors are off most voters radar. This happens on both sides of the aisle. In the 70s money peddling was out of control and it was cracked down on. But special interest is going on strong. It finds a way. It does. Thank you. Appreciate it. Well, coming up next the dnc gets the weekend update treatment. Were going to catch up with the guys. But first this is today on nbc. Welcome back, everyone, to philadelphia. My friends from snl weekend update were having fun with the convention in cleveland. Now theyve come here for fun at the democrats. Were here for the Democratic National convention. Were going to try to find out how excited people are about Hillary Clinton. Pretty excited, i bet. Turns out not really. [ chanting bernie ] bernie do you know hes not in it anymore . Yes, he is. You have time on your hands. I do. The energy from Bernie Sanders, you can see it in his room. The energy from that 79yearold man . I seen him in the back sleeping. Which Bernie Sanders are you voting for . All of them. You want people to listen to you, right . And youre wearing a toddlers hat. Tpp. Im a big fan of opp. Well, you know me. Yes quick question. Was this to to shopped in any way . A lot of people dont trust hillary. Do you trust hillary . How far do you trust hillary . Would you trust her with your weed . I dont smoke weed, but uhhuh. Do you believe that, sir . Would you let Hillary Clinton read your emails . No. Are you hiding something . What do you think is in Bernie Sanders emails . Bunch of soup coupons . Would you trust Hillary Clinton not to spoil game of thrones . Yes. I think that she i dont think shed spoil it because she like held state secrets and stuff like that. Well well but hey, you brought it up. Thats a damn shame. All these democrats eating chickfila. It is good though. A lot of people say that the democrats are the party for the people. Right . Would you consider yourself a common man . Yeah. What does nascar stand for . What Television Shows do you watch . Ncis . Its a crime type of show right . Its csi with the n word. I listen to classical. You dont look like a bernie supporter. Is there such a thing as a bernie supporter stereotype . Yeah. Show the clip of all the bernie supporters weve seen. See what i mean . Yeah. For weekend update, im the fresh prince. And im jazzy jeff. Youre carlton. You know that. I accept that. Back to you, matt lauer. I like that. Good morning. How you guys doing . Good. We asked you last week, well ask you again. Whos funnier republicans or democrats . I think so far republicans. Yeah, me too. Why . Say more about that. Well republicans are funny just because theyre honest. They just let it all hang out. Democrats you kind of got to dig a little bit more. Yeah. Theres certain words or topics democrats are more sensitive about talking about whereas republicans just talk about it and figure out later whether they should or shouldnt have said it. Do you have the bug for politics . Want to make this an every four year deal . Huhuh. No way. Id rather be in rio. Join us. Well be there next week. You grew up in Staten Island . Yes. Manhattan . Yes. Did you grow up with a buildin animosity to new jersey . I dont think new yorkers have an animosity towards anybody. They dont like us because we won championships. Well, i was for mets. Fewer championships. New york doesnt bother to not like those other cities. I love philly. We pretend to be above it. But secretly were upset. Secretly were crying in the bedroom like, why doesnt anyone like us . Come to rio, guys. Wed love to have you. Im there. Brush up on my portuguese. Exactly. Dont miss their special weekend update special on msnbc tonight at midnight. Up next, the decades old battle. Were getting to phillys famous cheese steak war. But first this is today on nbc. Nbc. When consultant josh atkins books at laquinta. Com. He gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. So he knows exactly when he can settle in and think big. And when josh thinks big you know what he gives . Ill give you everything ive got and then some. 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Less than a football field apart located on the same corner in south philly. A corner thats attracted everyone from celebrities to politicians. Pats is the original. The cheese steak was invented right here over 80 years ago. This is og og steak house. This is where it began. Reporter genos a little late to the game created their signature steak in the 60s. My dad started in 1966. He borrowed 2,000 off my grandfather and started and turned into what youre seeing today. Reporter philadelphia may be the city of brotherly love, but with bragging rights at stake 24 hours a day, theres no shortage of healthy competition. Were going to see frank at pats. Anything you want to say . I just turned the game up. Now its your turn. Reporter we talked to geno right across the street. Do you like his . Ive had one of his cheese steaks before. Reporter very political of you. I was hoping to watch the masters at work, but they put me to work instead. Thats a carson daly special right there. Get over there. Reporter after working up an appetite thats a carson sandwich. Reporter here you go, pal. Enjoy. I finally got to reap the cheese covered fruits of my labor. Dive right into it. Reporter delicious. Its a rivalry but youre about to see the friendship. Frank from pats about to pass his over to geno himself. Look at this. Oh. This is how parties are supposed to come together. Literally working across the aisle. Ready . One, two, three. Nice. Its a peaceful moment. Joining us for a little Early Morning cheese steak. Is the rivalry the greatest thing that happened to your restaurants . But theres really no rivalry. I mean, were friends. We hang out. We grew up together. You know, we have two booming businesses. We actually help out each other. If youre a philly native, youre either a pats or a genos. Like, never the two shall meet. May i just throw in as an independent, i went to jims yesterday whoa. Boo. Just saying. A very good cheese steak as well. But what savannahs getting to, its like heinz and hunts. And they are different. The breads come from different places. They cook their meats differently. Genos very particular about his rib eyes. Very meticulous. Pats more carefree with the onions and the meat. Got a nice little crisp on your bread, geno. Yours is soft. Theres a little substance for the foodies out there. What do michael and colin think over there . They cant talk. He has a zantac already. One thing we can agree on, its genos birthday today. Happy birthday. Thank you. Im going to respectfully disagree. I think its fake. Pat got you another sandwich for your birthday. You have to give us unlock the mystery of with wit or witout. Right. But its wit. Its wit on my side. He pronounces it. I dont. Theyre different over there. They literally started this whole thing then. Provolone, american, swiss. Thats it. I never have onions with my cheesecake. Oh, cheese steak. We love you guys. Colin and michael, thank you very much. Were back in a moment on a wednesday morning. This is today, a cheese steak edition. Lets check out some folks who are on the smuckers jar for us. Happy 100th birthday to eleanor hickman. Former farmer says her secret to longevity, frequent pina coladas. Yeah. Mildr mildred ruff. Bill yam spier from murraysville, pennsylvania. Huge sports fan. Happy 100 to Catherine Nichol n nicholson. Ten kids, 30 grandchildren. Wow. Charles van trease. Retired boat captain from mobile, alabama. Still loves golf. When he was 90 years old, he hit a hole in one. He did so. Talk about your double celebration for this one happy 76th anniversary and happy 100th birthday to both edwin and evy hunter of fishers, indiana. This year theyre going to the caribbean with their entire family. Thats amazing. Thats awesome if you know somebody whos turning 100 years old, we want to hear about it. Make sure you sent a photo. It is getting really warm out here. Carson isim. Topvo whos holding a Police Department plagued by a very good morning to you. It is 8 56. A Police Department plagued by investigations, whos held responsible . That was the question open at city hall. They discussed whether to have someone oversee the department in the midst of a sex scandal. During a night filled with emotional testimony, members voted last night to approve a charter amendment. Voters will decide on it in the november election. The seven men on the commission would review and change police policy, weigh in on officers discipline, and would have the power to fire the chief of police. Members of the community will be appointed to the commission, as well. Hatching now, the man who happening now, the man who shot Ronald Reagan is a free man. A request for John Hinckley jr. Will be released from the prison where hes lived to live his family in virginia. And today is the third spare the air day in a row. 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Youre raising your baby. You know what he did this song for, the olympics. People getting their medals up. Getting pumped. Are you ready for the olympics, by the way . No. Jenna and i are going to rio de janeiro. We cant wait. Were going to the copacabana, thats where were going to be hanging out, covering the olympics. How do you feel about that . Im excited. I love the olympics. I feel like our world needs the olympics. I was thinking the exact same thing. I feel like weve been having one conversation for a long time. Time to come together. Speaking of getting distracted and putting your mind somewhere else, lets talk movies for a second. Do you have a Favorite Movie cliche . I do. I like how you have an answer. What is yours . I like a makeover. Like remember clueless when they made over . Yes. Or cant buy me love, ever watch that . No. I cliliked clueless. Anyway, when they make somebody over from geek to chic. Seventeen magazine has a list of ridiculous goals of young girls. Heres one of the cliches. Meeting the love of your life by tripping in front of like one of my Favorite Movies, wedding planner, with j. Lo. Then Matthew Mcconaughey rescues her from the oncoming dumpster. Look how close they get. Right here, right here. Thats close. Hope he didnt have onion breath. Why are you ruining these magical moments . You know he smells like flowers and peppermint. And manly, too. What about this cliche . Im sorry. Do you want to stay in that moment any longer . In the movie they dont like the guy, they cant stand guy. Then they realize they didnt see the sensitive side. Ten things i hate about you. Ive never seen that movie. It was sort of popular in my teens. Thats whats her name. Yeah. By the way, thats how i live my whole life now. Thats whats her name from that show. Have you ever had one of those cliches come true in real life . Like so you were with the dork . I dated one time a guy who i thought was a diamond in the rough because he was not your typical gorgeous guy. But i didnt realize that the magic of him was he knew how to set the table. He drew girls in because they thought they were discovering this unpolished stone. When really, he knew he had it all figured out. He set the table, he lured girls in. He was so good was that a good thing or not so good . No, it was not so good. So this is one of our favorites here. This is one where you are about to get married to someone and you know in your heart you are in love with someone else. This movie i could watch a thousand times over. Sweet home alabama. Remember . Reese witherspoon was about to marry mcdreamy and she cant sign the divorce papers for her husband. Shes puzzled. What happens . She cant do it. She goes to the beach and he is cute. Josh lucas. Hes like i can kiss you whenever i want. Remember . Remember . Had. Thats thing. Shes got the life in new york, and now she has to move back to alabama. You never really think about the details of these things. So as a little girl, i thought, youre supposed to meet somebody, get hit by a dumpster or youre maybe supposed to leave your husband right at the altar for the old high schoolboy friend who wants you back when really my high schoolboy fre bo didnt want me back. Did you want him back . No. Sometimes the person you marry isnt. Mine is. Were going to head over to the Democratic National convention where tamron, as us a, has the latest from philly. How serious could it be . Im sitting next to al roker. What does that mean . Wow. And we have our great friends with us. Hi, guys but were mixing serious and fun and just democracy as we are on independence mall. I know you saw it last night, huge moment for this country. Hillary clinton made history becoming the first woman officially nominated for president by a major party. President bill clinton took the stage and gave a very personal speech. Filled with anecdotes with hillary as a mother. My daughter had the best mother in the whole world. For the next 17 years, through nursery school, montessori, kindergarten, through tball, softball, soccer, volleyball and her passion for ballet. Through sleepovers, summer camp, family vacations, and chelseas own very ambitious excursions from halloween parties in the neighborhood, to a viennese waltz in the white house. Hillary first and foremost was a mother. She became, as she often said, our familys designated worrier, born with an extra responsibility gene. Bill clinton spoke for about 45 minutes about his wife, just chronicling when they met in college, and all of the work that shes done leading up to this moment. Earlier, jenna and hoda, it was an absolute stirring moment when democratic officials in arizona decided to honor 102yearold gerry emmitt, she was appointed to serve as the honorary delegate and was able to just bring everybody to their feet as she counted the delegates for arizona. It was a big moment and what this really means. Also another moment thats gone viral, Bernie Sanders got really emotional as his brother larry cast his vote talking about how proud their parents who both passed away would have been. And you saw senator sanders getting emotional. It was really family, tears, cheering. It was just incredible to be there. Tonights speakers who, of course, president obama, Vice President joe biden whos been making the rounds, including on morning joe this morning and hillarys Vice President ial campaign. Watching this 102yearold woman who can chronicle the history, the struggles and battle for women to be able to have this right and now to be represented by Hillary Clinton. It was very, very powerful. Definitely was. Tamron, thank you so much. No, no, were not done. Al rokers here and no, were not done yet. I know you want to get rid of us. Were not done, right . Shamelessly corrupting the crowd. So we have hoda and jenna, genos steak, pats steak. I lived here for 14 years. I will is happen to love jims. I went to jims steak yesterday on south street. They opened up 1939. Went and shot this on my iphone. They chop the meat. Yes, they chop the meat. Pats does not. Genos does. Ishkibibbles is good. They all do provolone. They press that down, then they put the fried onions on it. I do have to have, hoda, a ketchup on mine. Ketchup. I know. I have to have ketchup but i have to have genos because they have a picture of me up. There you have it. Thats the tamron hall seal of approval. If you shamelessly put a picture of her in your establishment, you get a thumbs as we get a live look at mount hamilton, you can see theres a lot of smoke drifting in the air and poor visibility. Watch out for that. Well have poor air quality as temperatures are starting to warm up. Its 75 degrees in livermore. San jose at 71. Our temperatures warming up, especially for the inland areas. Getting really hot. As high as 111 degrees in fairfield. San francisco will be at 76. Thats your latest weather. By the way, go to bobs rats on a stick. Tamrons got her picture there. Rats on a stick. Guys, when we were watching you eat, we kept thinking any minute someone was going to walk in for us. But thank you for thinking of us. Thank you. Al, by the way, youll like this next segment. It is another episode of sharknado and someone from the today show staff, one or two people, happen to be in this new one. Its in las vegas. You can bet i am there right after this. After this. Or maybe right now. 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What are you going to do for sharknado 5 . What are you going to do . I dont know how they could have topped april, giving birth in a space suit in the belly of a shark as it fell unrestrained to earth. Only to survive and then get killed or sort of killed. Okay. I know how you beat it. How . You put in al roker and Natalie Morales and it natalie had an eye patch. What . Hi, al. Nice to see you. How you doing . Im doing great. I thought we all died in sharknado 3. You cant really say youre dead in any of these movies. We bring David Hasslehoff back from the moon and he was stranded up there. Pirate natalie. What happened to her eye . I dont know. She was attacked by a shark. Clearly. I think she had something going on with her eye that day. But it was a good character choice. Okay. You know what . Kathie lee and i were in one, too, and we fought them off with wine bottles. You remember . Right. Cracked wine bottles. That doesnt mean you cant come back. Or be on for the first time maybe . Bring some bribe money, just like everyone else has and maybe you, too, can get in. How do the sharks and the ocean make it to vegas . Thats a good question, hoda. Clearly you are a deep thinker. This movie is not for you. You just have to accept this. We very creatively accomplish getting sharks to the desert. Theres a tremendous new hotel, fantastic new hotel, and they have an 80story aquarium. Oh yes. Yes. And its only because someone who is an environmentalists has rescued these sharks and put them in this enormous aquarium. Sorry, youve done two iconic roles. Quickly, i grew up sneaking in to watch 90210s because i wasnt allowed with is pregnancies and such. I think theyve both reached the iconic level. You are an icon. Drop the mike. I dont lead by that. Or drop the chainsaw. Drop the chainsaw. Oh, it vibrates. Thank you so much. Sharknado 4 premiers this sunday july 31st. Look scared. Look scared. 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Ask your healthcare professional if trintellix could make a difference for you. You know the old saying, if you cant stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Thats never more true than during summertime. We have some treats to help you beat the heat. This is perfect timing. It is so hot in new york city right now. It is hot everywhere. Were going to cool off with some of these awesome hacks. Who doesnt love a frozen grape . This you can mist them with a spritz, then drop them in gelatin. Spin them around. Pop them on to a plate or baking sheet, put those in the freezer for a few hours. It just makes it limey . And sour like these. The Movie Theater treat. You like the sour patch kid . Go for it. Next up, we are making some nobake cheesecake, frozen cheesecake. How is that possible . From thats a genius idea because sometimes you want Something Sweet and you dont want to turn the oven on. Is that ricotta . This is ricotta. We already have some plain old cream cheese in here. Youre going to beat it in a mixer, using a handheld beater. Go ahead and do that. Obviously you let that go until it is really smooth. You have this wonderful mixture here, lemony, cheesy. Can you use lemon juice, too . Yeah. A little lemon juice, lemon zest, agave. You can use honey. Once you get this in here nice and flat, youll freeze it until it is really firm. Then use the plastic to take it out. You get these nobake cheesecake bars. How is that . I cant have cheese. These is good for me. This is perfect for me. This is frozen lemonade. Frozen rose is all the rage what you do is just pour some lemonade, Fresh Lemonade into use cube trays, pop in the freezer, then just puree them with some water. You get frozen lemonade right here. Thats a nice presentation. That is such a clever way to serve it. You can hollow your lemons out, juice them, make your lemonade, pop them in the freezer oh, my gosh, this is good. Really good. Yogurt covered frozen blueberries. We want to stay cool. Put a little toothpick on it. Dip them in your plain yogurt or flavored yogurt. Put them on to a baking sheet. These are them. These are great for kids. Theyre healthy. My daughter would love. She doesnt really like berries. Justin, thanks so much. Jeff rossen is covergirl has big news for lashes lashblast is our most Award Winning mascara millions of girls, millions of looks billions of beautiful lashes blasted the lashblast collection from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl vo one person was killed in this fiery big rig crash on good morning, 9 26. Im laura garciacannon. It happened shortly after 4 00 this morning at the davis off ramp. It was the only vehicle involved in the crash. Several lanes of the freeway had to be closed down as firefighters put out that fire. The tanker trunk was carrying 1800 gallons of motor oil. Some washed into storm drains. The department of fish and wildlife was informed. Two lanes were closed for some time this morning. Authorities in the east bay investigating the death of a convicted felon who died after a car chase. Police say yesterday afternoon officers were pursuing the man on hill view drive. He than ran into a nearby home where police say he bit one of the officers during the struggle. An officer used a taser to try to subdue him but later lost conscientious and died at a hospital. Well have a look at weather and traffic, right after this break. Weather toss to traffic good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. The air quality is going downhill because winds are coming in from the south and bringing in smoke from the wild fire over monterey county. Through the day, well continue to see a southerly wind very light and the air being trapped in the valley. So that will be the case fo tomorrow as well. Air quality will be unhealthy km the east bay and south bay. Not only the smoke but high ozone levels with intense heat. Up to 102 in gill roy. Upper 70s for San Francisco. Up to 107 today in livermore. How is it looking on the roads . We have a problem northbound 101 coming into mountain view. A crash reported involving a bus and motorcycle. No major injuries are reported, but were checking closely to see what folks on the bus were affected. A deadly crash looking for the clearing of the davis on and off ramp. They are still rig tipped over and possibly hazmat situation. Were looking at a slowdown for the distraction. Jammed from 238 to the scene. Back to you. Thank you very much. Well be back with another update in about 30 minutes. Have a great morning. Taking a look at the headlines, president obama will address the Democratic National convention tonight the day after Hillary Clinton became the first woman ever nominated for president by a major party. 12 years ago to the day, the president made a rousing speech at the dnc as a Senate Candidate from illinois catapulted himself into the spotlight of american politics. John hinckley jr. , the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 will be free and will live with his mother. A judge said hinckley no longer posed a danger to himself or others. A new study is suggesting that women who begin menopause before the age of 46 or after 55 have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Women are the shortest lifetime reproductive cycles were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and those with the longest diabetes cycles had a 20 to 30 higher risk. Having more pregnancies increases the risk. The possible link is between estrogen levels and type 2 diabetes. According to the American Express spending and saving track tracker, guests at weddings are shelling out 703 per wedding. Thats 5 more than last year. Millennials spend almost 900 per wedding. Tonight a lot of people will be pouring over powerball tickets. The jackpot for tonights drawing has grown to at least 422 million making it the 11th biggest jackpot ever in the United States. Nobodys won it in almost three months. The chance of winning the big prize is 1 in 292 million. Al . That means you have a chance. You always have a chance. Thanks, sheinelle. Lets see what we have, the chance for good or bad weather. Gulf coast and Mississippi River valley, ohio river valley, let for wet weather. 90 today in worth land, oregon. Heat and humidity continues for at least one more day in the northeast and new england. Tomorrow weve got a risk of strong storms along the midatlantic coast. Also in the central plains. Wet weather moves into the ohio river valley, Mississippi River valley as well. The heat continues to bake the west. Low humidity, but lots of sunshine, lots of heat, and that is not great it will be a very warm day in San Francisco. Up to 78 degrees. A lot of sunshine. Mostly sunny also tomorrow with a high of 75. Well stay in the 70s through saturday and temperatures coming down to the 60s. Closer to average. But it will still be very hot for the inland areas. Up to 100 degrees in spots. Reaching 111 and still reaching close to the century mark tomorrow as well as friday. This weekend it starts to come down on sunday. And that is your latest weather. Ladies. Al, thanks. So everybody wants to get out of town during the summer and hopefully cut down on the travel costs. But choosing the Budget Airline over the fullservice airline, can it save you money . To answer that question and so much more, we called in the guy who knows how to do it, National Investigative correspondent, jeff rossen, to compare the price of the exact same trip on two different airlines. One of them is a budget and one is a full service. Jeff . So were going to walk you through this. We have our beautiful planes out. Rossen reports airlines. I would not fly this airline. Lets just say that from the beginning. I would not either. I know you wouldnt. We have some original information right here. We wanted an accurate comparison, we picked los angeles to phoenix, roundtrip ticket, departing on the same date, returning on the same date, morning flight, same cities and everything. Were doing delta and spirit. Look at the price on delta. Its 171. 20. The original price on spirit, 86. 10. Youre like im going to go with spirit. The price does seem low to me. You can get good deals. But when you see that spirit deal, youre like i need to buy that. But then come the fees. So carryon baggage, delta, free. Thats included. Carry on. This is luggage you put into the overhead. They charge you for that on spirit. Spirit they charge you 35 per carry on bag each way. 70. Put the new grand total. The delta ticket has not changed. Still at 171. 20 but spirit is now up to 156. 18. Choosing a seat. On delta and on most mainstream ar airlines it is free to get a seat assignment. Unless you upgrade yourself in some way. Of course when you get a preferred seat, it is different. Regular seat, free on delta to get a seat assignment. On spirit it is going to cost you take a look at the sign here. Going to cost you 4 each way just to pick a seat. Wow theyll assign you one. But you dont want to pick it. Grand total. Seat assignment when you factor that in, delta, unchanged. Getting close. This shocked me. Talk about printing tickets. You would think this would be free. So many of us have the airlines apps. But if you dont, you go to a kiosk or to the ticket agent. On delta you can print it anywhere you want for free. On spirit, theyre going to charge you actually, the details are pretty interesting. If you go up to a ticket agent theyre going to charge you 10 to print a boarding pass. Is that right . Yes. Per pass. Yes. Its free if you print it at home. You can print it at home for free per pass. Meaning if im a family of four, thats 40. Thats exactly right. So guys, grand total, spirit has now exceeded delta, 184. 18 on spirit, 171. 20 on delta. Thats crazy. Spirit telling nbc news only under rare circumstances will it be more expensive. On average they say youll save 40 on spirit versus other airlines. But occasionally they say you can find a rare needle in a haysta haystack. Whats your takeaway . Do the shopping, read the actual policies of these airlines before you buy the ticket because that original ticket price may not actually be what you pay in the end, as you can see. What are the delays and cancellations like . You dont want to be excited about going to see your grandparents or whatever and then your exactly. You can check that per flight. You can check delays and percentages. Jeff, thank you. Next from the outer reaches of space at studio 1a, john cho will tell us about the number one movie here on sara, could you come in here. Yep, coming. Oh wow, what kind of underwear are those . Theyre breathable underwear from fruit of the loom. [gasp] what are those . Guys. Theyre breathable underwear from fruit of the loom. 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Now in the new star trek beyond movie, going where no man has ever gone before. You can fly the thing, right . You kidding me, sir . Oh, my gosh. Wow. Wow. How much fun is this movie . Im moved by my own performance. You like watching clips of yourself or your own movies . What does that feel like . It feels really awkward. You like watching yourself on television . I hate it. But some movie stars who we have on watch and are sort of enjoying your performance. You were sort of cringing, turning away from yours. I was just watching my fake button pushing, spaceship flying. Number one in the country though, people are enjoying the performance. Yeah, im so happy about it. I was so worried because it is the o50th anniversary of the star trek franchise. I really wanted it to go 50 more years and didnt want to let the series down because of the respect i have for what went before this. Fans have this standard thats so high. That must have been a lot of pressure to make sure you nailed it. It feels like a good pressure. The fans of star trek save the series from cancellation and they sort of define what fandom is in todays era. But yes, still the pressure. I think we grew up together, possibly the same generation. You really related with the show because of the diversity. Is that true . Did you love the show as a kid . Youre 25 as well. How can you tell . Yes. When i was a kid, i emigrated to houston, texas when i was 6. I just didnt see anyone on tv that looked like me. Then i saw george takei being cool and piloting the spaceship on television. I thought wow, theres a beacon for me. Somethings getting a lot of headlines, your characters gay. George takei said why . I totally respect where hes coming from. He originated the role and he played he was a gehman playing a straight character. I can appreciate that. Our movie is in an alternate timeline, so this is getting real nerdy. So our characters do Different Things and were positing that he is gay. 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So i think thats why i liked it so much. Obviously because of jason biggs. I am a huge fan of his. To work with him was so much fun. You play a stripper. Yes. How did you prepare . Well, it is based on a true story on the directors actual true story. So thehe would tell us about th girls. We did have the dance choreography. Thats a good workout. The dancings definitely a good workout for sure. One of the filmmakers said, and i quote, when whe saw ashle tisdale she was only one out of a dozen that seemed like a real stripper. Thats a compliment. Ive never heard that. He means that as a compliment, im sure. When i audition, im obviously fighting for the role so i had some amazingly some stripper boots in my closet. I really dressed the part. You got to get the role, right . Were you wracking up a lot with jason on set . Yeah. The thing about our directors, they would just let us improvise a lot of the time. It was just so much fun to work off of jason and the other girls. Hes just so professional. Jason one of the guys that we have 17 days to shoot this. Which is not a lot. To have someone who is the lead of the movie just be there on time and kind of set the tone for everybody. We all had to be professional. You have a lot going on. We read that you are are an executive producer of a show called young and hungry. Yeah. What is that all about . Yeah. I produce young and hungry, a show on free form. Its been on for i think four seasons at this point. I had a Production Company about seven years ago that i created. So now weve been developing a lot more. Im excited for more things to come out. I wish it was called old and hungry. Its the tenyear anniversary. We have to bring it up. High school musical. When you think back, can you even believe it . I get you started your Production Company at 18. Just a baby. It feels so long ago. Yeah. But i think because we keep talking about it, doesnt feel that long ago. Are you still close with the people from High School Musical . Of course. Yeah. Yeah. Theyre all my best friends. Ashley, we wish you good luck with this. Thanks for coming to see us. Amateur night hits select theaters august 5, available on demand august 12. This is today on nbc. Ladies, what do you have coming up . Jason biggs. Jen inny mullen. Theyre in a movie together. Somebody said this gives Justin Timberlake a run for his money. Im only telling you this because hoda hasnt read her notes yet. Youre going to love this guy, it is the third spare the air alert day with unhealthy conditions for the east bay as well as the south bay. One being from the high e zone levels and the smoke from the wild fire drifting up from the south. Highs up to 102 degrees in gill roy. Napa will be up to 94. 105 in walnut creek. Livermore will see a high of 107 degrees. Now lets head over to mike for a look at the roadways. This is our friend pete with his cameras on the top of the truck looking at this truck that was involved in the deadly crash this morning just about 4 00. We still see the overturned rig. That was carrying 1800 gallons of refined motor fuel, so that did not catch on fire, but the cleanup remains. The ramp remains closed. This is a distraction. We have the slowing there. Well show you the entire bay and talk about the south bay in a second. 880 is slow up to davis southbound 101 is closed northbound. The man who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981 is leaving a Mental Hospital and moving in with his mother. The 61yearold spent 35. Years in the hospital just released by a judge. Hillary clinton becomes the first woman to be named a president ial candidate of a Major Political party in america. You can find out what locals have to say on nbcbayarea. Com and on the app. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Glad youre with us today for wines day wednesday, july 27th. Thats americas sweetheart by elle king. Fun show today, jason biggs and i believe its call jenny mollen, real life husband and wife. Theyre a married couple