Its a very busy friday. A lot of news to get to, so lets get started. Heres tonights top story. Shallow this song they wrote for the film. All you ever want is for art to touch peoples lives. Its the song that turned lady gaga into an oscar winner, but now, shes being accused of stealing the melody. And a lawsuit may be coming. The legal threat comes from this unknown singer songwriter named steve ronsen. Hey, guys, steve here again trying to be helpful. He claims a few notes from shallow are ripped from his own 2012 song almost. Here are the tracks backtoback im falling cant you see im falling and i can feel thats the one thing, those two notes remember that. In a statement to e. T. , ronsen says he just wants to, quote, get to the bottom of this, to investigate any possible infringement. According to our source, hes asking for a multimilliondollar settlement in a move that gagas legal team calls a quote, brazen, shakedown. All this comes on the heels of katy perry being ordered to pa
Morning than yesterday. Around the bay we have fairfield the continued cooling for the weekend coming up in a little bit. We are going to start here because this is probably the worst commute bay area lied this morning. Highway 4 and there was a crash that has been cleared there is a report of a crash eastbound 580 in the noncommute direction. In the eastbound direction grant line road one lane is blocked because of a crash that happened there. 580 in the Richmond Bridge toll plaza if youre making your way over traffic is a little bit slow and lighter overall than it was this time yesterday and taking a look traffic here is okay. The toll plaza you can see it through the sun streaming in you are looking at a 20 minute delay. This weekend will be really interesting. A lot of your work will be taking place in the east bay the first of six weekends that they will be doing major repair work on the tracks. Our reporter is at the lafayette bart station right now. Reporter good morning and ha
The president relishes the democrats debate divide in a latenight rally, while on the 2020 trail, the candidates split over the obama legacy. I was a little surprised at how much there was about barack. The latest on the race just ahead. Those stories, plus, we have a problem. The nations top navy s. E. A. L. Writes a blistering letter to his officers why he is demanding immediate change inside the s. E. A. L. S. Summer scare a sudden increase in shark sightings and attacks leads to popular beaches being shut down heading into the weekend catching up with hoda. Well check in with her live to talk about life as a mom with two and the new project she hopes will inspire today, frida augt 2nd, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza hi, everybody. Good morning welcome to friday. Im glad he mentioned hoda kotb, because she is going to be a sight for sore eyes. Well check in with her later. Im happy to be here
Help their community. Its friday, august 2nd, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tlooi the granddaughter of robert andeth l kennedy has been found dead at their family home in massachusetts. Another tragedy for the Kennedy Family. The family issued a statement saying the world is a little less beautiful today. We will love her and miss her forever. President trump held a Campaign Rally after the democratic debates. The democrats spent more time attacking barack obama than they did attacking me. For the third time in eight days north korea has conducted a missile test. President trump says he has no problem with theaunches. The president upped the ante will apply 10 tariff on about 300 billion worth of chinese p if they dont want to trade with us anymore that would be fine with me. A top u. S. Navy seal sent a blistering letter to the force after several high profile incidents of alleged misbehavior. A close call for dozens of drivers. A small plane makes an Emerge
A second and third tier are hoping to break through but still in single digits. Bidens lead is shrinking mostly because of harris and warren. Who are also ahead of sanders for distinct reasons. After months of rolling out detailed policy plans after months of rolling out detailed policy plans a majority of democrats feel warren will fight a great deal for them and after a standout debate last month, harris is seen as one of the strongest in the field and one of the main reasons people are considering voting for her. Odonnell and ed, what did we find out about the issues . That democrats care most about. Reporter healthcare, healthcare, healthcare, and voters are less concerned with how theyre covered and more concerned about the cost. Thats notable because these days candidates seem to be focused more on how americans get the coverage, not the out of pocket costs. Well see how it changes in weeks. Odonnell ed okeefe, thank you. Were going to stay on the topic of healthcare because a ne