Cruise ship window share their grieve. Honestly, to lose our baby this way is justunfathomable. What they want every parent to know, coming up. Payday. Breakinghis morning, the major credit recording agency forced ore than half a billion after one of the largest data brehes in history. And backl tom brady facinger criticism aft posting this video of himself cliff diving with his young daughter, today monday, july 22nd, 20. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotbm live fro studio 1a in roefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Never has 80 degrees at 6 00th morning felt so good. Millions of americans stayed inside. Anything to dodge the ngerous, oppressive temperatures. A real heat wave, and relief is finally on the way. More than 200 million americans suffered through days of extreme heat and humidity, but the danger is not over just yet. L weave the details on a dangerous new set of storms. T first, kathy park with more on the heat wave. Good morning. Savannah, good morning to you. The intense heat and humidity had a tight grip of much of the country, including right hereyon ne city. As the temperatures soar, the conditions only got worse, ho especially for who lost power. This morning, the cooldown begins. After days of extreme and deadly heat. Folks up and down the east coast expecting some relief today. Following scorching high temperatures which peaked over the weekend. Uncomfortable conditions became gownright miserable, with the humidity makin it feel like triple digits in someto restaurant and keep in the air conditioning. And keep cool. That high heat blanketg the midwest, too. More than 1,000 crews from multiple states have been working around the clock. Severe storms knocking out power to huns of thousands of customers across michigan and wisconsin. And overnight in new jersey, a crane came crashing down into a house after aer seve storm moved through the area,nocking down power lines along with it. In neighboring new york, to dents are being advise conserve energy and turn off ed un appliances. Please, everyone, this is serious, serious stuff. Hottest its been inan myears. 30,000 customers in brooklyn sweating it out, losingsunday n failed from heat and high use. In queens, expectant mom elsa is hoping for cooleremperatures after an outage forced her outside in the shade for relief. I have to stay cool. Its not good. But some are taking it in stride. Trying to beat the record heat, like the tigers and bears at one chicago zoo who got some frozen treats to help them stay cool in the paking sun. Now, parts of new york got hotter than houston this weekend, and here in bryant park, even 10 00 last night, it got to about 87 degrees. Pretty toasty out here even at night. At least six deas are being blamed on this heat. Back to you. Kathy, thank you very much. Wellr. Turn troker for a look at when we can expect some sort of cooldown. Its started throu a goo portion of the count, but we still have 6 Million People from new jersey to myrtle beach who are under heat advisory. Well be watching that, but here comes therelief. We have hot humid air from the gulf of mexico. Behind the front, mild a comfortableir from canada, and that fresh air rushes south into the gulf and the atlantic, so heres the change in the these are 24hour temperature changes. Boston today, 81. Thats 17 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. 73 in syracuse. 90 in washington. A 9degree temperature change. Cleveland, 75. A 13degree temperature change. We slide to theorouth. By tomw, is cooler in norfolk, raleigh, charlotte, and even back to atlanta with a fourchegree temperature ge. However, with that change comes Severe Weather. We have that front possessioning through. You can see showers and thunderstorms. 48 Million People from tennesske northeast, well look at that in the next half hour, but severe storms will be firing up. Bo well talk a airport delays and problems on the roads coming up this afternoon. Allted. Gh and will be reimbursed for certain credit monitoring programs they purchased as well. Theyl also get ten years of free credit monitoring going forward. Theyre going to pay consumers for their loss and pay to make sure Something Like this doesnt happen again. Ti investion equifax failed to protect their systems and exposed the data of 56 of adaults. Lawmakers blasted the former ceo, richard smith. I take full responsibility. Im here today to say to each and every person affected byh this breac i truly and deeply am sorry for what happened. But for many americans, the apologies were not enough. Were sending a very clear signal through this equifax settlement that wereng not goi to tolerate this type of data breach and we want to see companies inve in their infrastructure so our information is protected. If you have a pen, write down what im going to tell you, experts continue to urge every american to assume their data has been compromised. Sign up for credit fraud alerts from equifax and the other two Credit Reporting agencies, experian and transunion. Set up alerts for your bank and credit cards. Consider paying for an Identity Theft monitoring system, and this is important. Freeze your acredit. Wi three Credit Reporting agencies. That way, the criminals will be locked out if they try to open an account using your credit. Just remember, youll need to temporarily lift that freeze when you need a to buy car, a house, open a credit card, whatever. Its easy. I have done it several times. And regularly check your Credit Reports for suspicious activity. All of us are entitled to one free Credit Report every year from each of the three bureaus. Back to you. Tom, if you want to freeze your credit c do youall them or do it online or call all three of them . Very good question. Yes, you have to call all three. The details how you do that, very easy. Go to ftc. Com. Frank, thomas, charlie. M. Dot guv, im sorry. Gov, and youll see instrtions on how to feze your credit. Very useful information. Assume your info has already been compromised. This is a massive breach. Breaking news on the settlement. All right, mr. Roker, what do you say . Nice someone is using the word freeze. Not so bad. Butav we do h severe storms now firing up in the northeast and in ohio river valley. I look at that the next ten minutes, but sunny and pleasant weather making its way through the plains andwe out , plenty of sunshine. But gully washers coming on through. Well get to youror localast coming up good morning. Im storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell. There are thunderstorms well to our north and west, likely to impact our area in the evening commute today. There is a risk for Severe Weather up the northeast corridor today, so stay weather alert. We have our nbc wasngton app available. Well sent out push alerts. Also, a Flash Flood Watch for late toniginto tomorrow. Rain could be rather heavy at times later this evening. Theres your tenday forecast. Today is the last day in the 90s for the rest of the week. Your friends take care oyo when your coanchor asks, do your feet reach the floor . Little man. By the way, america wants to know if the term gully washer is a term. Dry river beds, you get this heavy rain, flash floods, and they wash out the gullies. I learned two things this moining. Comg up here, danger at the beach. A Lightning Strike sends people scrambling. What you need tonow before you head to the ocean or lake with your family. Then the parents of a toddler who fell to her death aboard a Royal Caribbeanruise ship are speaking out. The safety changes they say they want to see happen and what they want you to know about their little girl. But first, ts is today o n nbc. Limu emu doug mmm, exactly Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Nice but uh, whats up with your partner . Oh we just spend al day telling everyone how we customize Car Insurance because no two people are alike, so. Limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. Ya. Hel figure it out. Only pay for what you need. Jumping in costa rica. One. Go. A lot of people on social media dont like that. They called brady irresponsible, saying he kindfanked his daughters arm when she didnt appear to be ready and caused her to land awkwardly. After dwayne the rock johnson said you know i have complete faithn you as a man, friend, player, and father, but this just gave me anxiety. Reached out to bradys representative for comment, but we have not heard back. Als this morning, that dangerous weather that we have been talking about. It led to a scary situation in florida. Thats where a group of people, they are recovering after they were struck by a bolt of lightnin t morgan has details. Good morning. Yeah, craig. Good morning. That strike hapned right here on clearwater beach, which is a popular spot for both locals and tourists. Eight people were injured including one man who today is fighting to stay alive. A sunny summer day on a popular Florida Beach taking a terrifying turn inhe blink of an eye. There was a Lightning Strike and we had multiple victims who were d. Injure eight people injured after officials said a bolt of lightning struck clearwater beach, a hot spot on the gulf coast. We still have three victims on scene. Among the injured, a in his 40s who Officials Say took a direct hit. He wen into rdiac arrest and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he remains in critical condition. Eatment, including one patient who suffered burns. Seems like the Lightning Strikes we do have on our beaches, theres usually more than one victim. It happened sunday afternoon, just minutes after lifeguards left their post due to the st incoming orm. The lightning came out of nowhere. I saw that. Rain soaked beachgoers began administering cpr and carried t victims this nearby restaurant. People were up there screaming for us to come. First responders eventually arrived on scene to help calm the chaos. A great, Amazing Group of people who came together and made everybody safe. And once that gives a little context, of the 2 lightning fatalities that happened last year, seven were right here in florida, the most of any state. Guys. Ly hopeful those folks will be okay. That could have been a far worse situation. Definitely. Let us get a check of the weather, mr. Roker. Were going to be worried abt Lightning Strikes today as the front bringing in cooler air to much of the country pushes into that warm, moist air mass. You can already see lightning and showers with thunderstorms stretching from the northeast all the way backin the midwest. In fact, we have a risk of Severe Weather right now. Stretching from boston on into the northeast. And into the midatlantic states. 44 Million People at risk forma dang winds, hail, tornadoes right now not a big deal, but keeping an eye on that. This system will be pushing further into the east, into the south. Heavy ranl, widespread flood risk, probably airpo delays stretching from boston to roanoke, even atlanta on into tomorrow as the front pushesut so torrential rainfall from the gulf into the carolinas. Pack your patience. We have a risk of flooding flash flooding from new york all the way down to knoxville during the afternoon hours. And tomorrow, we have a slightr stretching from the delmarva peninsula all the way down into central georgia. Anywhere from 3 to 4 inchesf rain, but locally, it could be even more. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. U were alsonder that risk for today. Weather later again, all is quiet right now. That risk includes all of the d. C. Metro viewing area for later on in the day today. Risk of Severe Weather develops ar 3 00 or 4 00 this afternoon. Flood watch for overnight tonight, and as al was mentioning, locally, up to 3 inches of rain possible. Temperatures now in the 70s. High today in the 90s. Cooler weather starts. And thats your latest weather. Thank you. Coming up celebrating, they have been candid about their and her husband ati are breathing a sigh of relief. Up. 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She just exuded love. Kimberly says her daughter chloe was the personification of goodness. She loved watching her brother play hockey. She loved gardening with me. She could get anysmdy to ile. There she is. I just know that she was destined to do such great things. But even in her short life, i truly believe she changed so many lives. Her first kiss was with me, ke kiss, and had to record it and send it to kim. Kiss. Her first word was hi. I mean, she loved people. The 18monthold little girl was theight of her parents life. And her sudden loss aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship inp to rico has crushed her tightknit family. We have a lot of questions. Primarily, why is there anpen window in the kids playrea 11 stories off the ground . Ch loes family said she fell through the open window, slid open to provide ventilation in the h20 zone in the cruise ship. The toddlers grands father sam pln a railing to look outside, believing he was lifting the toddler behind a wall of glass. Something they did often at ho games at home, with chloe banging on the glass. Have you been able to explain to you how this happened . He was extremely hysterical. The thinghat he has repeatedly told us is i believe there was glass. He will cry over and over, and no point ever, ever has sam ever put our kids in danger. He must be distraught. Very, very distraught. You can barely look at him without him crying. She was his best friend. I guess i would say this about the window. When they told me chloe died, i dnt know she w window. I just saw sam standing next tof the wall o windows by the kids splash pad screaming and banging, and there was somebody from Royal Caribbean that kept trying to stop and i just kept saying, take me to my baby. I didnt even notice the window. Ovran over there and looked and it wasnt water down there. It was con it was honestly, to lose our baby this way is just unfathomable. Butse even in tho moments of despair, she found hope, help, and solace. 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