genuine risks and errors of others who only pretend. yeah, she s a real nelson mandela. more like nelson from the simpsons. anyway, when we think of risks, we think of young and you guys taking chances, daredevil s, soldiers, seals teams, someone who will eat a bowl of chili before boarding a five hour flight. the opposite risk, the old, retired, sitting on the veranda sipping arnold palmer s. but now it s reversed. the old are the new young and the young are the new old. cancel culture has created a benjamin button effect in terms of older generations. we are taking more risks and that s the younger ones who aren t. here s john cleese talking about humor in risk-taking. love comedians now. when they think of something, can i get away with that? i don t think so. he said that, she said that. that s the death of creativity. you re worried about offending people. you re not going to be very creative. i thick it has a disastrous effect. greg: monty python. indeed, the older
year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
nine miles people to go in and pay their last respects to queen elizabeth. there will never be another like her. common ground starting to emerge. justice department and former president trump s legal team over the appointment of a special master. it appears both sides agree on former judge raimondo deery. 26 last week. 26 is a weird age in hollywood. you are young enough to play a high school student but you are too old to date leonardo decaprio. in dallas. 5:00 central time. you should whisper. ainsley: wake up, get dressed. brian: cowboys think they are in a bad dream dallas play terrible and lose their starting quarterback for two months. chris, would you look that up or carley, would you look that up? it out for two months. ainsley: 91 degrees. low of 65. 67 right now. sunny, thursday, friday good weather for the weekend. steve: it s dallas, it s your 5:01 central time wake-up call. good morning to the dallas-fort worth metroplex. speaking of numb
also this hour, we will bring you the latest from the justice department issuing a flurry of subpoenas to trump insiders in connection to the january 6 probe. a former top u.s. attorney levels new accusations against bill barr for allegedly targeting prominent democrats for political prosecutions. we will have a report from new hampshire where the midterm s last primary today is taking place featuring a republican battle between a trump candidate and a more mainstream republican to challenge the democratic senator in a contest that could decide control of the senate. we begin overseas with nbc s kelly cobiella and keir simmons in london and andrew roberts and jillian tet. the casket departing earlier today than expected. tell us about the reception as the coffin left after an outpouring of people scottish people in chilly weather lining up to pay their last respects. there were tens of thousands waiting in that long line overnight. some waiting up to five hours or more,