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television host were left a little worried about early. we'll talk to the university's ryan president about their ambitious there was a troubling moment on air this weekend nbc's joe fryer has got the plan to get things back on track latest now on how seacrest is responding this morning. joe. today tuesday, may 19th, 2020. >> reporter: when it comes to hosting, ryan seacrest is >> announcer: from nbc news, typically unflappable. >> we're coming together what might be the most memorable in this is "today" with savannah history. guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >> reporter: but during hey, everybody welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. we're so happy that you're "american idol's" finale, with starting your day with us. 12 minutes left in the show, savannah, i know a lot of some viewers suspected something parents are wondering, a lot of was uncharacteristically off kids are wondering what's going >> cynthia erivo and top 11, to happen in the fall when it playing aretha franklin on the "national geographic" series this fall. comes to universities. >> reporter: to concerned fans, >> absolutely. and notre dame is a big one and his words seemed slower and his made a bold new announcement eye looked swollen they will have classes this >> coming to you live, the final fall two results, who will be your we'll speak live to the university president, father next "american idol" john jenkins in just a few >> reporter: though seacrest but there are a lot of seemed okay by the end of the developments to catch you up on, including that promising news about a potential coronavirus vaccine. show, questions quickly circled on social media. not being normal his speech was we're going to start, though, off and high shutting halfway. with that eye-opening revelation from the president that he is something was not right. taking a malaria drug, he looked like he was having a stroke a rep said ryan did not have any hydroxychloroquine and zink kind of stroke supplement in hopes of preventing coronavirus after an like many people right now, ryan exposure at the white house. what the nation's experts are is adjusting to the new normal, saying about that this morning and finding work/home balance kristen welker at the white house, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good with the added stress of having morning to you the president's announcement to put on live shows from home, he's taking hydroxychloroquine adding he's been juggling three caught even some of his own top to four on-air jobs over the last few weeks and he's in need advisers off-guard in a statement overnight, the of rest. seacrest was absent monday on his gig. white house doctor saying he >> ryan worked late last night on "american idol" so he's discussed using the drug with the president after a stafferer taking the morning off. >> never been this early in my life -- here, a valet, tested positive >> reporter: from his daily all those indicating the radio show - president may be more concerned >> new music from katy perry -- >> reporter: -- to hosting about catching it that he disney sing along specials >> i'm so excited to be hosting indicat indicated. >> i'm taking it right now, a truly magical event. hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: overnight reaction to the president's bombshell admission he's taking the >> reporter: seacrest's schedule anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to protect remains as busy as ever these against coronavirus. days 2017 he explained to natalie why >> i've heard a lot of good he keeps a full plate. stories. if it's not good, i'll tell you >> the reason i have 10 things, right. i'm afraid i'll lose five. nothing will replace this but possibility of what might be i'm not going to get hurt by it. >> reporter: house speaker next. nancy pelosi weighing in. >> reporter: now,an even if it's just for a moment, seacrest is >> he's our president. hitting pause. for "today," joe fryer, nbc i would rather he not be taking something that's not approved by news. >> yeah, guys, i don't know if the scientist, especially in his age group and his, shall we say, you had a chance to watch that videotape of his rep saying it wasn't a stroke, but it really appeared to be something and we weight group, morbidly obese >> reporter: fox news host also certainly hope he's okay. expressing surprise. >> we should point out, too, >> you're taking this as a carson, he's a real health nut, preventive treatment to ward off the virus or in a worst-case scenario you are dealing with too. this virus and you are in this vulnerable population, it will he's always taken great care of himself. so it'll be good to get to the bottom of it kill you >> best wishes. >> for sure sending him our best i cannot stress enough, this wishes will kill you. >> reporter: the fda has warned next up on "pop start," and against the drug's use for arnold schwarzenegger, we're covid-19 outside of a hospital setting due to a risk of serious going to get right to it, the action star and former governor heart problems and in some casescase stopped by "the tonight show" even death and talked about the exciting multiple large studies in recent weeks found no benefit from the drug in fighting the virus in a statement the white house news that he's going to be a doctor said overnight, after numerous discussions he and i grandfather. had regarding the evidence for his daughter and her husband, chris pratt, are expecting a and against the use of child. he says couldn't get better genes. >> the kennedy and hydroxychloroquine, we concluded schwarzenegger and pratt, we can do anything. the potential benefit from the treatment outweighed the risks >> i asked him what do you think? he said, if you would like it. we can go and solve the cuban missile crisis and we go and train the i said, yeah, i'd like it. dinosaurs. >> reporter: it's a drug the president has vigorously promoted for months. >> what the hell do you have to lose think about it >> reporter: the white house that is a lot of power here. doctor said overnight the >> look at that tank in the president service -- president receives regular covid-19 tests and all have been negative to background behind arnold date the doctor didn't give details about dosage, although the president said he's taken one he's right, if there's a crisis, pill a day for the last week and a half aliens predators on the loose, president trump said he made the request to take the medication himself. savannah. raptors that need training, this little kid will have us covered. >> all right all jokes aside, we cannot be kristen, thank you more excited for our friend let's bring in our medical maria shriver and their family so sending love this morning. correspondent, dr. torres. good morning next up, the jonas brother, they have a new video out for what the president does, obviously, has a big affect. people listen, they watch. their song carol g what does the science say about this drug hydroxychloroquine? since the video was filmed >> that's right, savannah. during quarantine, they couldn't that's one of the issues be together, so they got a when the president says he's little creative, take a look taking this, a lot of people listen, they say they probably should take it too the evidence is not that, they ♪ she said you won't be lonely should not be taking tonight ♪ the science is it's for malaria. ♪ she said ♪ kiss me that's what it was approved for. some doctors are using it off ♪ >> looks good, though. label to try and prevent people from getting coronavirus i'll tell you what, this might that doesn't look like it works. be the new norm for music studies have shown it doesn't videos look like something that happens it looks like they are together. or doesn't look like something >> looks good. we know can work at this point >> it's pretty cool, too. >> another great fan did a show, the other thing is we have level of concern, they did it numerous warnings saying that like that, too, all apart. we're seeing a lot of that people who have taken it are jonas brothers, they are the best finally, how about we've got a starting to get fatal heart jonas brother on "the voice," arrhythmias. that means they could kelly clarkson on "the voice." potentially die from it. when somebody says they are we've featured her popular taking it in a situation like this, it doesn't look like it's going to work. number two, it could cause fatal kelly-oake issues. this is where kelly opens up her >> that does raise the question talk show with her own whether the president, if he is renditions of popular songs. even though kelly is doing her taking it as he says that he isd show from home these days, of heart monitoring as well. that's not stopping her, her i saw the guidance said if you latest is a powerful song "you say. she invited first responders to are taking it, you should be in join in. watch this ♪ a hospital setting so they can monitor heart arrhythmias like that. would you expect that to be part of the president's course of ♪ treatment here? ♪ i believe what you say to me >> and i would expect that. ♪ 'cause i believe fda came out about a warning not to take it out of clinical ♪ you say i am loved ♪ when i can't feel a thing settings or hospital settings. because of that heart arrhythmia issue. if you do take it, you need to have your heart monitored. ♪ and you say i am strong and i he's in that group. think i am weak ♪ ♪ i believe one of the issues with >> that is worth going back and hydroxychloroquine, if you had watching in its entirety up heart arrhythmias before, heart powerful stuff there issues before, if you're over that's like one of your morning 68, that can cause issues as boosts, hoda on steroids there >> on steroids. well. you need to be concerned there. >> that should be a rerun. wow, carson. he should be getting tested at this stage for his heart. should be continuous monitoring >> for sure. because we never know when that will happen. i'm going to find that and listen to the whole thing. to take it on your own to try to prevent this and not have other carson, it's going to be a long issues of looking at your heart one for you. at the same time could cause problems, savannah. i hope you take a little snap >> all right, dr. torres. good information. thank you so much. nap this afternoon tonight winner of season 18 of "the voice" will be revealed seven minutes after the hour, tell us about it. hoda, back to you. >> as i mentioned earlier, it's >> thank you. now to that potential been crazy during the pandemic coronavirus vaccine. when we pivoted from produced this morning plans are under way shows to live shows where everybody is at home with 17 for the next phase of a clinical finalists. trial after early results for an we're down to our final five experimental treatment showed a now. i'll tell you what, i think it lot of promise. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us on might be pound for pound the that part of the story. good morning. best top five we've ever had there's a little something for >> reporter: good morning. everybody. they are all different, really these early results do not mean the vaccine works but they are talented tonight you'll watch it. very promising signs. every coach is represented blake has two people, so he has the american biotech company a bit of an edge behind it says that if we'll pick the winner tonight everything remains on track, a and it will be announced. vaccine could be federally approved for consumers by the >> carson, the tech folks at end of the year. this morning optimism is running "the voice" are amazing. high after the most encouraging results yet from a coronavirus i was watching last night, and clinical trial. you can't tell some of the contestants are at home. >> they are a really strong >> yeah. signal that this vaccine is on the right path. >> reporter: the president of the production value, like that moderna, a massachusetts biotech company, says all 45 of the jonas brothers video is really high patients who took an experimental vaccine are safe. we send them some lights and preliminary data for eight of then their family members come up with designs. it's really well produced. those patients indicates they >> that's incredible. >> yeah, we're impressed okay developed antibodies that we'll be watching tonight. neutralize the virus, potentially providing some level pop the popcorn. of immunity. also a study involving mice the two-hour finale on nbc showed the experimental vaccine stopped the virus from speaking of special events hoda, you've got a really good one coming up. >> we brought together couples from all over the world who share something in common. replicating in their lungs. jennifer, a 44-year-old mother their weddings were postponed by their weddings were postponed by the coronavirus, and wthought e of two from seattle was the first person to get the vaccine in march. >> it's a bright light for everybody in the country and across the world that we're seeing success here. >> reporter: 29-year-old ian was another volunteer. >> there's some things to be hopeful about, but there's still a lot of patients that will be needed here. >> reporter: public health experts saying any vaccine is at least 12 to 18 months away but moderna's time line is more ambitious. >> we hope, if everything goes to plan, we can have a vaccine by early next year or by the end of this year. >> reporter: there is scepticism. some experts want more detailed findings than moderna has offered. it was enough for the financial sector. >> massive rally on wall street. >> reporter: stocks sore soared more than 900 points. the largest gain in more than a month. moderna is planning the next larger phase of its clinical phase in july. one hurdle, recruiting the number of test subjects needed. >> what could be the biggest roadblocks going forward? >> the challenge is, we're chasing a pandemic, an epidemic, z3vx9z z1s6z and executing a study in that environment and being able to accrue those cases so that you can show that statistical benefit will take some time. >> reporter: and remember, this is just one of dozens of companies in the race for that vaccine. but right now, this company seems to be at the head of the pack, savannah. >> all right, gabe, thank you. it's the first step, an important step, but it's a long road. just ahead we're going to take you right inside the anatomy of a drug trial. what will it take to get a y3vx9y y1s6y vaccine ready in time for the market and distributed nation wide and worldwide. meanwhile, all 50 states will be at least partially reopen with connecticut's stay-at-home order set to expire today. many americans looking to get back to normal by the holiday weekend. are they being safe about it? that's the big question. sam brock joins us from miami this morning with more. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. in many states, including this one, the reopen has been rolled out in stages. restaurants opening at half capacity, beaches limiting the size of large groups. but then you see images emerging welcome back in this morning. this morning, savannah of a wild we continue with our special block party just hours from here, calling some people's series "with you today" with judgment into question. this morning a nationwide effort everybody adjusting to this is under way to right the recovery roadmap. world where so much has changed, >> everyone wants to do what we like to do, but we just need to we're really hoping we can reach out from time to time and make do it a little differently now. things better. >> the coronavirus has put >> reporter: in south florida, things on hold in a lot of ways and for a lot of couples here. customers tentatively returning by the way, all the way around to their favorite cafes and the world, it's meant postponing what should be the happiest day corner shops while at the same time -- >> get out of the road. of their lives we're talking, of course, about their wedding day. >> reporter: 3,000 partiers so what could we do about that we'll take a look. stretched out for blocks just wedding bells are silent and couples who anxiously awaited north of orlando. huddled in massive groups, their big day are stopped short. seemingly unaware of a global pandemic and social distancing rules. that tale of two cities, a couples in india, who hand window into what local leaders delivered over 500 wedding are up against. >> you want to protect your invitations. residence, number one. >> he was the one to say it's at some point you want the economy, you need the economy to get going. still fine >> reporter: with every state it's okay. we'll get it done. except connecticut now at least partially reopened, different i was like, no, i can't. parts of the country are moving towards a new normal at all my dreams are shattered. >> down under in australia strikingly different paces. there's amanda and reese, she's in san diego county and washington state, the sights and a wedding officiate who presided over everyone else's nuptials. sounds of newly reopened tribal casinos while strobe lights it was finally her turn. pulse in oklahoma where >> we were one week away from nightclubs are now back on line. our big day exactly when we had >> it's been so boring quarantining and stuff, we're to can it all. ready to be back. >> in the bahamas, chester >> i personally, based on the proposed last year by rappelling down a cliff with a ring in his pocket data, feel like it's too soon. >> he came down on one knee, >> reporter: there is consensus kind of struggled to get from the governors of the three something out of his pocket. when it came out, it was a ring box. most populous states most populous states on bringing back sports. >> pro sports in the first week or so of june without spectators can move forward if we hold he said, will you marry me these trend lines. >> here in the u.s., it didn't take long for jonathan to >> reporter: in texas, a green light for gyms, offices and even realize he found mrs. right. >> the way she just like turned bars in limited capacity. >> we removed half our chairs in the bar, half the tables. back with a smile on her face right there i knew this is the >> reporter: as michigan moves one that i want. forward with reopening auto i'm blown away she said yes and that she actually chose plants, and illinois reports its biggest drop in deaths in two me weeks, prompting this call to >> in l.a., they planned this worship. >> you're going to go to walmart, target today, let's go big day around the upcoming to church today. historic legalization of gay >> reporter: one california pastor at a church where an marriage in costa rica. infected parishioner exposed 180 >> not only the fact that we're people unapologetic. going to be together forever but >> i didn't feel like the the fact that we can legally be together forever, that just decision we made was irresponsible, and can i tell means so much to us. >> in hong kong pop star leslie you, i still don't >> reporter: caution, relief and chang made news telling fans defiance as america comes back on line. about the wedding that wasn't. >> on social media i said happy some breaking news overnight after 10 church groups had sued almost wedding, almost husband, and that kind of became the little nickname now. i'm the almost wife and he's the the state of oregon, arguing almost husband social distancing is >> six couples from around the unconstitutional, a lower court judge had thrown out the world, each with a unique story coronavirus restrictions, but of romance interrupted, bound in then the oregon state supreme court put them back into place, at least for the time being. love and heartbreak. hoda, back to you. >> sam brock for us in miami sam, thank you >> i kept thinking to myself, we have a lot more to get to okay, this will be over. including new details tied to i'm sure we'll make the wedding. the ahmaud arbery case >> it was devastating having to video has now surfaced of an see all that work go down the drain. incident from several years ago >> you kind of grieve for your regarding the victim and the georgia police blayne alexander has more on wedding, i think, and then you this one wake up and realize what's hey, blayne, good morning. happening all over the world >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you this video obtained by "the >> hi, guys. guardian" shows a video from we couldn't throw them a dream back in 2017 wedding but we did have one way we don't know if it's the full video, nor do we know what to let their love in. happened before and afterward but it shows a police officer approach arbery and try to tase >> i'm wearing white, too, because i'm in the club with y'all. i have a wedding day coming up, him as the situation escalates. too. we're not sure if it's going to be postponed or not. >> hands out of your pocket. i know it's a rough road and >> reporter: overnight, new i know what it's like to have plans and wonder if they're police body cam video obtained going to be cancelled or not by "the guardian," shows a the folks from wedding wire altercation between ahmaud arbery and two police officers heard about this and asked we back in 2017 in the video, which the guardian give each of you couples $1,000 obtained through an open records to help out with your wedding expenses. request, an officer patrolling >> oh, my gosh. the area questions arbery about >> why he was sitting alone in his >> that's wonderful. >> thank you so much >> i know you're not the only car in a park telling him that he was in an area known for drug ones bummed out. activity your families are bummed out because they wanted to be at the wedding. the incident quickly escalates when arbery asks the officer why we thought, well, what if they could at least see a first he's being questioned. >> turn and put your hands on dance. the car. so we decided to bring in one of >> why our friends. pat, are you there what's up? >> turn around put your hand osthe car. i'm checking you for weapons >> i am. >> you guys, this is pat monahan i'm checking you for weapons. >> you got no reason to search me, bro. >> i'm not searching you, checking you for weapons from train you don't have any warrants. you're coming up on me making me he has one of the quintessential wedding songs, and it's called kind of nervous, okay? "marry me. would y'all mind doing your >> you bothering me for nothing. i work at blue beacon, bro first virtual dance with pat >> all right >> where is blue beacon? >> on exit 29, man here we go >> listen, i'm not here to ruin your day, i'm here to look for any criminal activity. ♪ forever can never be long >> criminal activity i'm in a park. i work. enough for me ♪ >> when a second officer arrives he tries to use a taser on ♪ feel like i've had long enoug arbery but the device with you ♪ appears to malfunction >> hands out of your pocket. ♪ forget the world now we won't hands out of your pocket down warning, down. >> stay on the ground. let them see but there's one stay on the ground, okay. thing left to do ♪ >> reporter: the officers eventually let arbery go with no arrest or citation arbery was fatally shot in ♪ now that the weight has lifte february after being pursued by gregory and travis mcmichael, father and son love has surely shifted my way ♪ video of that fatal shooting has sparked nationwide outrage arbery was unarmed and his family said the 25-year-old was just out for a jog today and every da according to the police report, gregory mcmichael told officers ♪ marry me today and every day he and son travis grabbed their guns and followed arbery because they thought he was a burglary suspect. ♪ marry me if i ever get the mcmichael told police travis nerve to say hello in this cafe fired when arbery violently attacked and the two started ♪ >> when you take a step back you fighting over the shotgun. realize what's important earlier this month videos were released showing the moments what's important is we have each other. ♪ just before arbery's encounter >> it's him and me with the mcmichaels, where he's apparently seen walking into a construction site and looking around any other problem in life, it now through his attorney, the owner of that property shared cannot stop me from loving you these videos with nbc news and being with you ♪ feel like i'm close enough to showing multiple people, you ♪ >> we're together. including children, walking that's what matters for our through that same property over the course of several months. little family. >> no matter where you are >> there's no record of the anywhere else in the world, community or law enforcement targeting any of the other we're all in this together. suspects, specifically any of the white trespassers on that >> love is all we've got property love wins every time but when a black male suspec entered the property, suddenly he was criminalized to the point that deadly force was used to ♪ marry me >> wow >> it was super sweet, you guys. you know what was cool capture him. >> reporter: now, the attorney i thought about it while it was all happening. for that property owner says people got up in the middle of the night in australia, india, that nothing was ever taken from the property and he did not install those cameras out of hong kong. and everyone got dressed fear for crime meanwhile the attorneys for the and in that moment they were all mcmichaels are speaking out and together warning against a rush to i thought it was super on point. >> first dance they will never judgment and say all of those facts will come out in court hoda. >> blayne alexander for us in georgia. forget for sure. blayne, thank you. it is now 16 minutes after the hour savannah, over to you. pat monahan was the perfect guy. >> all right, hoda >> neither will we we've been talking a lot this >> that was week, as you know, about the return of professional sports. there is some news from the nfl this morning about what it is doing to be ready this fall if football comes back. in an effort to protect players from the virus, the nfl is they're protecting new protective face mask prototypes. according to the medical director for the players' union they are testing breathable covering for helmets made from the same material as those n95 surgical masks if they are put into use, the we're all 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to help restaurants serve more customers as they lose more indoor seating to social distancing requirements. the secity council will conside that today, already has the support from the business organizations and restaurant owners as well. san mateo considering the same and will take a vote on june 2nd. >> reporter: i'm bob redell. in just a matter of hours we'll find out when the new berryessa b.a.r.t. station will open up for the first time which we believe will be a matter of days or weeks, not months. the vta which built and owns the station will sign off on the project to indicate all have been completed. that's the last milestone before b.a.r.t. passenger service can begin. and believe it or not when you're walking around outside in public in san jose you're still not required to wear face coverings. happening today all that may change. santa clara county is not among the bay area counties to have approve mask requirements although it is strongly urged. san jose councilmembers will vote on possibly requiring it within city limits. cupertino and milpitas have similar policies. all right. let's check the sunshine factor today. meteorologist kari hall. good morning. we're going to see some sunshine, a little bit of rain in the mix, too, we're seeing clouds moving over the south bay with nearby showers that have continued to weaken just to the north of san jose. and temperature wise we'll reach into the upper 60s and low 70s. slightly cooler than normal but we're about to warm up the next few days with highs reaching into the low 80s by the end of the week. check out the memorial weekend for the forecast as we reach into the upper 80s up to 90s on memorial day. now back to you. all right. we'll be back with another local news update for you in about half an hour. >> see you then. ♪ purple rain purple rain ♪ yeah ♪ purple rain purple rain >> that sounds good. that's one of the standup performances from "the voice." can you believe how they are pulling that off 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world health organization in a letter to w.h.o.'s director general, the president also said the u.s. would reconsider its membership in that organization because it was, quote, so clearly not serving america's interest savannah as all parents know, this has been a school year unlike any other. as it winds down, officials are already looking ahead to the fall, of course. notre dame, one of the country's best known universities just announced an ambitious new plan to welcome back students to campus this fall in a moment we'll talk to the university's president live. first nbc's kristen dahlgren with a look at issues facing campuses coast-to-coast. hi, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah just like there's no one plan to open businesses across the country, there's no one plan to open the more than 5,000 colleges and universities leaving it for schools to decide for themselves while virtual graduations are taking place across the country, students, parents, and professors are wondering what college campuses will look like this fall. >> i was planning on doing a research project my senior year, and that has to be, you know, in person so that could affect whether i get into grad school, my future research, my future career. >> reporter: just last week, california's state university system, the largest in the country, announced plans to move its fall semester online >> we miss the vibrancy of campus life but we need to make sure that it's safe. so the intention is to plan for virtual in the fall and plan to transition back to campus in the fall as soon as it's safe to do so. >> harvard medical school now telling its new students that classes will be held remotely but there are some schools going forward with plans t campus the university of arizona even developing its own coronavirus and antibody test. the university's president explained how it's going to work to savannah earlier this month. >> is it your intention to test every single person who sets foot on that campus? >> our intention is to test as many people as we can. it's going to be voluntary but we hope most of the 60,000 people who come to campus will be tested. >> reporter: and now, notre dame is weighing in with its own unique plan, opening campus two weeks earlier than scheduled in an effort to limit the potential spread of covid-19, students will go straight through with no breaks and end the semester before thanksgiving they are part of the 70% of u.s. colleges planning to resume in-person classes this fall. a new poll shows 65% of college students say they would attend if given the option. >> it is so important for me to be face-to-face with all my teachers and my peers. we're all learning off of each other. >> reporter: and we're all learning just how big a part of learning that connection really is between the students and the professors meantime all of this comes amid news that fewer high school seniors have applied for college and financial aid for the next school year, a big sign that coronavirus may disrupt enrollment in the fall, savannah. >> all right, kristen, thank you. that sets us up with a good confers with father jenkins, the president of notre dame. he joins us from south bend this morning. father jenkins, it's nice to have you with us. >> good morning, savannah. thanks for having me. >> many, many students and faculty and researchers will be so glad to hear this news that campus will be going this fall it's not without risk. what made you feel confident you could pull this off? >> well, what we needed was a target to move forward obviously there are circumstances we can't control if there's a dramatic outbreak of corona again, then we'll have to adapt and change. we wanted to set a goal. we have a lot of work to do in the next three months to make our campus a place that will be safe and vibrant and a great educational location so what we want to do is set that goal, work very hard in the next three months. we think we can achieve it >> let's get practical about it. how will school look it's not going to be the same. do you expect students to be tested before they come? will they be wearing masks will they be socially distant? >> i expect extensive testing. i think that's a critical component of making the campus safe, masks are going to be part of it, social distancing is going to be part of it quarantining, if that's necessary, if someone tests positive, is important to move them aside from the student body so all that will be part of it i don't have all the details yet but i believe with all those components, with a robust plan, we can have a safe campus where students learn and grow. >> one of the more interesting aspects of your plans here is the schedule a tightened up schedule. you start school earlier, you skip that fall break and send everybody home at thanksgiving what's the thinking behind that? >> the great danger is medical experts tell us, and we've talked to a lot of really expert people on this issue, is tha when you bring them together after they went all around the nation and the world, they are going to bring back pathogens. so if you can get them here, test them, and have a healthy community and don't send them away until the semester is over, you're much more likely to control the spread of any infections and have a healthy campus that's why we're doing that. it's a little unusual. but we think it will help us be a safe campus in the fall. >> does that mean weekend road trips or visits home to the folks are going to be banned during the semester? >> i don't think we've gone that far. but what we're going to do is talk to the students you know, i find young people, if it's important and they believe in it, they step up and they challenge one another to step up. i believe that's what's going to happen they want to be back on campus that's what i hear overwhelmingly from our students online was fine but they want to be back. and to achieve that goal, i think they're going to work with us i believe they will. >> you know what everyone else wants and you know this question is coming for notre dame what about football? you have fans across the country. is there a chance that football could come back? >> well, our primary focus has been our educational mission that's what we've thought about to this point. obviously we're going to talk about athletics. it's not just our decision, it's a decision of all institutions in division one across the nation, so we're going to talk to them and we'll see safe and what is possible. i hope we'll have sports, i hope we'll have football. we'll just have to see. >> all right father jenkins, it's interesting to see how notre dame is plotting its course in these unusual times. thank you for spending time with us this morning. >> savannah, i enjoyed it. thank you very much. >> savannah sounds like he's saying there's a chance. sounds like he's saying there's a chance. >> exactly i didn't hear a no >> up next on 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they're still waiting to come home this morning, the nightmare at sea turning into a protest on the open ocean >> send us home! >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard says at least 54,000 crew members mbers remain aboard 85 s in u.s. waters, but it's reported more than 100,000 crew members around the globe have been given no firm details on when they can disembark. >> i've been trying to get home for just over a month now. >> reporter: canadian chris richardson said some of his colleagues spent weeks in tiny windowless rooms no longer getting a paycheck, instead earning a fraction of their salary in so-called goodwill payments. >> it feels like they put money over our health and happiness. >> reporter: before crew members can disembark in u.s. waters, the cdc says cruise ship operators must arrange transportation on private flights and cars and have no interaction with the public on their way home, among other regulations. the long list of requirements could sink some cruise lines who face an uncertain future according to the "miami herald," at least 578 crew members have tested positive since the coronavirus outbreak and 7 have died at least two others have lost their lives in apparent suicides >> they are completely stuck against their will held on a cruise ship at sea. >> reporter: mckenna madden, a dancer aboard the royal caribbean freedom said freedom was the last thing she had she's finally now back home in arizona after two months at sea. >> definitely anxious, definitely scared of the unknown and not knowing what's going to happen or when you're going to get to go home or how much longer you're going to be stuck on the ship. you really don't know, so that's kind of scary. >> reporter: with some employees choosing to stay on board, major operators tell nbc news they are working to repatriate their could you members navigating different and changing international regulations. but for many still stranded at sea, the ship has sailed on being patient. royal caribbean tells us the majority of their american crew members are already back home. the rest will be home by the end of the month the other cruise liners tell us there's no firm dates but they are working to repatriate all of their crew members guys, back to you. >> all right miguel almaguer. miguel, thank you. let us, it's 7:46 right now send it over to mr. roker for a check of the weather oh, al is outside. that's a nice hat. >> well, thank you very much it's a little brisk out here today so had to bundle up just a little bit but we are going to see some warmer weather for a lot of folks. unfortunately that leads to the potential for rapid-fire spread out in the southwest we have elevated and critical fire dangers that we're going to be watching. big dome of high pressure causing that but cooler out along the east coast and west coast. look at this today, pittsburgh, 71, that's 2 degrees below average, all the way down to atlanta, memphis, up to chicago where it's only going to be double 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happening now. >> reporter: i'm sharon katsuda in contra costa county where there's good news for shoppers. retail businesses are now allowed to do curbside pickup and other developments vehicle gatherings are now being allowed for events such as church gatherings and graduation gatherings. check your county health department for details. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san jose considering more al fresco dining, allowing restaurants to serve customers on the sidewalks outside, perhaps even in some parking areas in an effort to expand their capacity. restaurants say they could lose up to half their indoor seating areas because of mandatory social distancing. the city wants to help them out. san mateo and berkeley are considering similar measures. the vote in the city of san jose happens this afternoon at 1:30. marcus, it sounds like it might be a nice day to get outside. >> get outside and do a workout. meteorologist kari hall has been doing that. how is it looking today? it looks pretty good but you still have to download that nbc bay area app so you get alerts in case one of these pop-up storms starts to move into your location. we are looking at still an active weather pattern with a chance of some spotty showers. but for the most part we are going to start to quiet things down the next few days. our highest chance of seeing that rain will be in the inland parts of the for the bay and the east bay. temperature wise it will cool off with our seven-day forecast showing low 70s today. upper 70s tomorrow. some low 80s by the end of the weekend and going into the memorial day week. we'll heat up and by monday we're reaching 90 degrees. now back to you. all right, pop-up storms. better keep your workout inside, marcus. >> i think so especially today. look, more local news for you coming up in the next 30 minutes. it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, the president and the prescription. >> what do you have to lose? >> new fallout after the president reveals he's taking 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for taking it is, what do you have to lose? >> i'm taking it, hydroxychloroquine right now, yeah. i've heard a lot of good stories. if it's not good, i'll tell you right. i'm not going to get hurt by it. >> reporter: the fda has warned against the drug's use for covid-19 outside of a hospital setting due to a risk of serious heart problems the white house doctor also said overnight the president receives regular covid-19 tests and all has been negative to date. also this morning there is some optimism about a coronavirus clinical trial, moderna, a massachusetts biotech company, says preliminary data indicates 8 out of 45 patients they tested developed antibodies that neutralized the virus potentially providing some level of immunity. health experts caution more data now at least partially reopened with connecticut stay-at-home order set to expire tomorrow hoda, back to you. >> kristen at the white house. kristen, thanks. the fear of the coronavirus is apparently behind an alarming trend. a growing number of people with serious health problems, even emergencies, they are staying away from hospitals. nbc's kerry sanders is taking a closer look at that. hey, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. first responders say the people who they would normally rush to the er are not calling 911 for help here at broward health and at hospitals across the country, it appears it's being driven by a misconception that when you go through the doors here in an emergency room, you're then exposed to a cloud of coronavirus and you could get sick but doctors say that's just not the case asking where are the patients? >> we're seeing real legitimate emergency patients delaying care, coming in because of fear, the fear of catching covid >> reporter: stacy simpson is one of those patients. she's battled heart disease for 15 years, but a recent scare in the emergency room has her afraid to go back. >> i'm thinking, i'm having a heart attack now i've been exposed to covid 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pandemic. savannah >> this morning we are remembering actor ken osmond, best known for his role as eddie haskel on "leave it to beaver" he passed away monday at 76 years old. harry smith joins us with a look back at his life harry, good morning. >> i know, it's one of those guys, ken osmond, if you were playing trivial pursuit or you were in a bar doing a trivia contest, would you know for sure who he was when you say the name eddie haskell, everybody knows eddie haskell. >> hello, mrs. cleaver, may i come in? >> obsequious. >> eddie, if there's something wrong, we would like to know what it is. >> all right, sir. if you insist. >> fawning. >> that was a very delicious breakfast, mrs. cleaver. >> sycophantic. >> thank you, sir. that's very considerate of you. >> okay. a brown nose. >> gee, mrs. cleaver, that's a nice dress. >> i know, eddie i know. >> in the late '50s tv sitcom, "leave it to beaver" ken osmond played eddie haskell, an archetype with no equal. >> am i lemon or am i lemon? >> he made sucking up a cringeworthy pleasure. >> i was just telling wally that i knew you'd come through for us, sir. >> downstairs june and ward were every wary, distrustful of a teen that polite. >> gee, mrs. cleaver, you even look pretty in an apron. >> upstairs and outside, haskell was wallie's good friend, a nemesis nuisance to the beave. >> you'll never get away with it. >> that's the trouble, but one of these days it might be worth the risk. >> eddie haskell was never meant to be a key character, but a guest appearance turned into a six-season run. >> relax, it's only me you can stop pretending you're doing your homework. >> in show business osmond was ever tied to eddie haskell. >> it's a death sentence in hollywood to get typecast. however, i'm not complaining because eddie has been too good to me. but i -- frankly, i found work hard to come by. >> he ended up as a motorcycle cop for lapd, shot on the job while chasing after a suspected car thief, he retired in 1988. in his passing, his real life children said osmond was an incredibly kind and loving father jerry mathers, who played beaver, remembered osmond as the best actor on our showso he sai was the best actor on the show, was because he was exactly the opposite of the character he played >> i love eddie haskell. it makes me want to say, gee, mr. smith, what a wonderful tribute. i'll do my best eddie haskell. >> all those times during the show when he would refer to beaver and wallie as wallace and theodore to the parents and june and ward would go -- >> eye roll from june ward. >> eye roll. >> harry, that was great >> so good >> thank you, harry. >> we've got the news covered, guys it's 8:10. let's switch gears and get our morning boost. take a look at this proud grandfather's reaction when his grand kids came to visit him in quarantine they're wearing caps and gowns because they just graduated from law school and medical school. ♪ climb every mountain swim every ocean just to be with you ♪ 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fire risk through the southwest some snow interior sections of california i >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar this morning, giving us a clean sweep after some early morning showers over parts of the east bay. but we will still have a chance of rain as we go into the rest of today. just hit or miss showers as the storm system remains very close by. temperaturewise, some upper 60s and low 70s. and it will continue to warm up over the next few days. more sunshine in the forecast and leading into memorial day weekend with highs in the upper 80s. weather. guys. >> all right, al thank you so much. now to our series focussed on the search for solutions as the world copes with the coronavirus. >> that's right. we have talked about those promising results from early clinical trials on a potential vaccine. that's in the news this morning. what does this mean on a practical level for the researchers racing worldwide to make it safely and also widely available? nbc's tom costello looking into that for us. hey, tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, savannah you really hit the key point there, worldwide. the top universities, top hospitals around the world are really involved in this effort now, the trump administration is promising hundreds of millions of doses of a vaccine by the end of the year, but developing a vaccine takes time it takes testing it takes distributing. however, in this case, all of that is being fast tracked the fight for a coronavirus vaccine is a global effort dozens of pharmaceutical companies and biotech firms now working simultaneously on a cure. >> there are scientists around the world each working on their own way to create a vaccine. we may wind up having more than one. that would be wonderful. >> reporter: traditional vaccines introduce what's called an imitation infection into humans through an agent that in some way resembles the disease, triggering the body into producing certain blood cells and antibodies to fight off the infection. typically the vaccine is tested over the course of years first in animals to determine whether a vaccine prevents infection. just last week researchers at oxford university successfully prevented pneumonia due to the virus in monkeys due to emergency vaccine animal trials are skipped in many projects human trials under way carried out in three phases. first human trials will enter phase two following promising early results adding more healthy volunteers in an effort to see how it can affect a more diverse group. >> typically phase one is for safety, phase two is to figure out the dose, and phase three is a very large trial where you figure out the efficacy and the safety of a vaccine. that usually takes several years. >> reporter: but rather thanla virus, some companies, such as moderna, are looking at a new kind of vaccine, one that attempts to genetically modify the ryes are itself. specifically, reprogramming the if code, known as messenger rna, which strulinstructs the cells o make the proteins associated with coronavirus, but without making someone sick. the hope is that the immune system will then kick in to create the antibodies to fight off covid-19. >> one of the benefits of messenger rna is just how quickly these different candidates can be generated. >> reporter: so how long will a vaccine take to develop? last month savannah pressed dr. anthony fauci about whether a 12 to 18 month time line for a vaccine is realistic >> do you feel that's in the realm of possibility >> i do, savannah. we want to go quickly, but we want to make sure it's safe and it's effective i think that is doable. >> reporter: once a vaccine is proven effective and licensed by the fda, the cdc will determine how best to administer it. some companies are already looking ahead to what the next challenge might be ramping up manufacturing capabilities in the hopes of being able to more widely distribute a vaccine, which could take months to produce on a massive scale. a high-stakes gamble that could lead to a big public health payoff an important point here, and that is that experts believe we may see this virus mutating over the course of the coming years, over the coming decades, and so therefore we may need to have different variations of the vaccine. that's why a genetically modified version may be a better version because you just simply change the code for the new variation of the virus but guys, that really gave me pause. we may be dealing with this for decades. back to you. >> tom, you did mention that these vaccines are being fast tracked. that meant they are skipping the animal testing that seems risky is it? >> reporter: so this is definitely kind of a risk benefit kind of equation you're trying to figure out what works best normally vaccines do go through animal testing they must be proven safe before they can be tried in humans. but an animal test is not required so far we've not had any serious side effects reported on the human trials that are already under way, but that's the constant battle that you're facing, that researchers are facing they don't know what they don't know so they don't yet know what side effects may come from a vaccine until it goes through all of these trials that really is the big variable right now. >> all right tom costello for us. tom, thank you. guys, still ahead with weddings on hold around the world, we decided to bring six couples together and we want to do something special for them. i can't wait to share this with you. but first, let's say good morning to carson daly carson, man, you were up late. tonight is the live finale >> it is we've never had a finale in 18 seasons on "the voice" quite like this. due to the pandemic, we had 17, we're down to our final five they performed amazingly last night via remote we're going to have a winner tonight. we're excited about that also coming up on "pop start," we're going to share ryan seacrest's new message to his fans who are raising some concerns about his recent health that and more right after your local news good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. protecting renters will be one of the top agendas -- on the top of the agenda today for several cities. san jose council, those members will be considering a wide range of new protections, including giving renters until the end of the year to pay back-owed rent. also stopping evictions and making it illegal for landlords to change late fees during the shelter at home order. oakland leaders are considering extending the eviction moratorium for residential and commercial properties. and in richmond, the city council will consider extending the rent payback period. right now let's get a look at that forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall has been following that for us. starting to look beautiful out there. >> yeah, we do have a nice looking sky across the bay area, but that's also been thanks to some recent showers that have moved by. so we're still looking at a few clouds here and there and a chance of rain as we go into the rest of the afternoon. especially for the inland north bay and east bay down to the tri-valley. that's where we'll see our highest chance of pop-up showers. but it could be anywhere across the bay area. by tonight we start to see the rain chances going down. and after this, temperatures go up. we'll be in the upper 80s in time for the weekend. marcus? >> thanks, kari. i'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. see you then. welcome back it's 8:30, it's a tuesday morning, the 19th of may, 2020 that's a nice shot in our neck of the words on the plaza. in just a few minutes we're going to say good morning to carson he's going to bring us "pop start," big news from kelly clarkson, joe jonas. and we all know that tonight i "the voice" finale, all will be done and told tonight about who wins the season. >> a lot of couples have been forced to postpone their wedding days we started thinking about them we wanted to show a little love. we came up with something pretty special these are couples from all around the globe they got up at the exact same time of day or night, they got dressed. we're going to talk with them in just a little bit. >> looking forward to that by the way, we have a grea story from harry smith tomorrow. what's old is new again. with social distancing in effect, everyone is flocking to drive-in movies. harry is going to take us to one of these drive-in movie theaters that's become a life line for the surrounding community. before that, it's become our favorite time of the morning it is time to say hello to "today's" virtual plaza. beautiful folks with us live from all over the country. there they are. >> we like to hang on this shot. we don't get to speak to every person but we want you to get a lot of air time. brooks, you look super cute this morning. i want to start off with tommy where is tommy raise your hand. >> hey. >> i see you, tommy. tommy is from westminster, maryland tommy, we first want to say happy birthday to you. it's your 16th birthday. you said you had a dream, tommy. >> yes. >> what's your dream >> my dream is that al roker will say my name on a smucker's jar when i'm 100 years old. >> we don't want you to have to wait 84 more years, so mr. roker, will you do the honors >> that's right. because, tommy, first of all i'll be long gone by then. in fact, i may be long gone in about an hour. but tommy, happy birthday, buddy. way to go. we're going to get you some smucker's, too. >> okay. >> happy birthday, tommy. >> happy birthday. >> thank you >> let's see, let's go from happy birthday, tommy, to the maston family from winston-salem, north carolina. there they are i recognize those shirts these is the wofford family. meredith and matthew grads from '96 and '97, right >> that's right. >> matt, you were kappa cig, too, right >> i was >> house number 4. matt and i were fraternity brothers emily, happy birthday. you just celebrated your sweet 16 >> yes, sunday it was last sunday >> i'm guessing by the shirt you're wearing, you've decided already where you want to go to college? >> yes, one of my top colleges. fingers crossed. >> we'll get you in. all right. emily, happy belated birthday to you. what's your name here in the yellow i'm sorry. >> molly's here too. >> very nice to see you guys >> let's pop that big screen up and look at all of our folks again. we've got rebecca, olivia, colleen tucker, the william family we see you all tamika, we see you we just want to thank everybody for joining us if you want to give it a try sign up on today.com i see the seibert family mr. roker, how about a check of the weather >> got to get some oswego alum up there on that big virtual plaza. in the meantime, let's look at what you've got going on over the next 48 hours. we start with today, you can see we've got finally arthur moving away, rip current along the atlantic coast, more rain for mid atlantic, fire risk in the southwest, snow in interior sections of california and nevada tomorrow severe storms in the plains, western plains more flooding continuing in the ohio river valley. high surf advisories northeastern atlantic coast and a lot of wet weather along the gulf coast as well that's what going on around the >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. beautiful look at our view and our start of the day in san francisco on this tuesday morning. we're going to see our temperatures today reaching into the low 60s here. some low 70s for the inland areas and then some upper 60s for the south bay. we'll also still have a slight chance of rain. i'll be watching out for that throughout today. after this, we're looking at slightly warmer temperatures and heading into the holiday weekend reaching into the upper 80s by sunday. >> that is your latest weather what's happening, carson >> hey, uncle al it's good to see you, buddy. coming up next, it's "pop start" time from right here in los angeles. wait until you hear kelly clarkson's latest kelly-oake song and the very, very important message behind it.

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