that affects the orange line as well. it's limited to between macarthur and berryessa. that's the note. hopefully. mike, hopefully people working from home the today show is a moments away. however, we are continuing today in the bay on roku and other streaming platforms live at eight. the impact the latino vote will have on the november election. and a final reminder the giants started a three game series at oracle against the reds tonight. you can watch the game right here on nbc. bay area. and that's what's happening on today in the bay. the today show starts now. thank you for joining us and happy friday. hey good good friday morning. mounting tensions between president biden and benjamin netanyahu overnight. >> good morning. it's may 10th.

this is "today." >> israel vowing to stand alone if necessary after president biden threatens to halt sending more weapons if a major assault is launched. >> we will do what we have to do to protect our country. >> netanyahu's forceful message about the war. the protests ramping up on u.s. college campus, and cease-fire talks once again on hold. courtroom clash. donald trump's lawyers accuse storm yeah daniels of lying on the witness stand and demand a mistrial. what the judge had to say. the impact of daniels' testimony and where the case goes from here. wild weather. tens of millions in the path of dangerous storm. heavy rain and much colder temperatures moving into the northeast. just ahead, al's forecast, including the impact on your mother's day weekend plans. bruised apple. the tech giant issues a rare apology after backlash over its new commercial.

♪ >> detecting the crushes of art, music and more, replaced with an ipad. pand why it rubbed just about everyone the wrong way and what apple is saying overnight. panda-monium. not pandas, but dogs in disguise dyed black-and-white. plus, bouncing back. dallas defeats oklahoma city. cleveland blowing out boston. >> those playoff series now tied and caitlin clark dazzles during her home debut in the wnba. >> clark way outside. >> the many highlights straightu ahead. plus, french connection. taylor swift back on stage as

the eras tour takes paris by storm. inside her european debut and the big set list changes that had the swifties freaking out. ♪ you need to calm down ♪ >> today, friday, may 10, 2024. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." it is nice to have you with us. it is nice to say it is friday morning. we made it. hoda is wrapping up the assignment. >> yes. they had a great time in bermuda. >> they had a great time. she so deserved a little r and r. new tensions over the war in gaza. more protests broke out on college campuses across the country.

>> protests at george washington university days after police cleared an encampment on that campus. hours ago, police started dismantling a protest. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses his growing biden in a new tensions with president biden in a new interview on his own. richard engel is in jerusalem this morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. president biden made it very clear to israel that the united states will not supply israel with offensive weapons if israel pushes ahead and launches a major ground offensive in the city of rafah. now prime minister netanyahu has responded saying israel is willing to go it alone. the un announced that, as of this morning, more than 100,000 palestinians have fled the city of rafah in southern gaza. many civilians had been ordered

to flee in order for their safety. now, they say, they have nowhere to go. we are tired, says this man. either they should kill us all at once and send us up to god or stop the war. but prime minister netanyahu is determined to press on with an offensive against rafah, saying israel is prepared to act alone and fight with only our fingernails if necessary, but adding, we have much more than >> we have a lot of igno our fingernails. netanyahu also spoke in a lengthy and non-confrontational interview with talk show host dr. phil. he took aim at protests on college campuses in the u.s., where demonstrators continued to clash with police overnight. >> you have a lot of ignorant people there whose sense of history at best goes back to

breakfast, not even that. >> reporter: he addressed president biden directly saying he hoped he and the president could overcome their differences but -- >> we will do what we have to do to protect our country. that means we will defeat hamas, including in rafah. >> reporter: israel says hamas has four remaining battalions of fighters in rafah and they must root them out. the white house already held up one shipment of 2,000-pound bombs, and president biden said some armed shipments would stop if israel attacks rafah's main population centers. but our crew in gaza is documenting how that is already. he keeps saying he wants to go home. this is his neighbor happening. these children were in their homes when they were hit by israeli shells. doctors tried to reassure a boy named mohammed, who keeps saying he wants to go home. this is his neighborhood in central rafah now, raising the question is israel already crossing president biden's red line?

the rafah operation has also derailed hostage negotiations and talks to achieve a cease-fire with one senior diplomat saying the talks have effectively collapsed. >> thank you, richard. week three of testimony of former president trump's criminal hush money trial wraps up today. new witnesses set to be called after jurors once again heard from the woman at the center of the case, adult film star stormy daniels. laura jarett joins us with the latest. >> it was always going to be a risky move for prosecutors to put stormy daniels on the witness stand. they said before, this is not a case about a salacious sex scandal. now, after 16 witnesses, as the state's case winds down, it is hard to know whether the jury understands the actual crime that's being alleged here. the third week of donald trump's criminal trial ending with a dramatic confrontation as his

defense team wrapped up testimony of stormy daniels after a decades-old story of an alleged sexual encounter. prosecutors accused the former president of buying her silence and doctors internal business records to cover it all up once in the white house. the defense attorney attempting to put daniels on trial, highlighting her accounts from that night in 2006 to in she's a liar. highlighting daniels' time in the porn industry saying it gave her a lot of experience in making up stories about sex appearing to be real. daniels defiant on the stand, responding, wow, that's not how i would put it. the sex in the films, it's very much real, just like what happened to me in that room. the questioning and testimony

this week only briefly delving into the actual $130,000 payment. mr. trump's former fixer, michael cohen made to daniels, the lynch pin of the state's case. instead, the defense trying to cast daniels as hungry for money and fame and determined to put mr. trump behind bars because it would help her bottom line, pointing to past tweets mocking his legal woes. and her current catalog of merch, including a saint candle. saying you are celebrating the indictment by selling things from your store. daniels shooting back, not unlike mr. trump. >> so what did you think of this testimony? >> i think it is really hard to know what the jury is getting out of this because she was so desperate to fight the defense attorney on every last little point and the defense attorney

was trying to show where she could trip her up. the jury might just say a pox on both of their houses in a case where her actual testimony is not the crux of the actual charges. you and i have discussed so many times, it is also falsification of business records and only at the very end of the cross did we come close to that. you sat in the courtroom. did you have the same impression? >> yeah. being there, i was struck by it. it was a tough cross examination, no question about it. they attacked stormy daniels credibility, scored some major points there. if this had been a case whether a sex assault took place, that cross-examination would make sense, but it's not. it is a case about business records, about which stormy daniels has essentially no damage. >> no knowledge at all. >> the final two questions from the defense attorney seemed the most relevant.

i wondered why the prosecutor put her on. why the defense made a meal about all the allegations and the going back and forth about all this alleged sex, when that's not what the case was about whatsoever. it was interesting to be there. i kept trying to think about what are the charges here in this case and how is this testimony relevant to making the decision for the jury? >> and whether they have done enough to prove-up their case because now as it's winding down, they know they have to hear from michael cohen. but they might not want to end with michael cohen if they're afraid of where he will go on the witness stand. we already heard from this former aid setting up this infamous meeting at the white house where the president, former president, talked to cohen about how they would arrange the payments. now we have to hear from cohen, and we have to see how he does at cross. >> it will be very interesting to see how both sides wrap up the case and the arguments they make on the case and the law as well. laura, thank you very much. in the meantime, we're picking up the pieces during a devastating week of severe weather. dozens of tornadoes, major flooding in some spots. that system is moving up the east coast. al will tell us what today and the weekend hold.

>> reporter: savannah, good morning. it was another night of severe weather for millions across the south, capping off a week of devastating storms with many waking up this morning hoping for some relief. the latest round of severe storms causing widespread damage, pummeling 1,000-mile stretch from kansas to north carolina. >> you just run. you just run for safety. and then it's over in just a matter of moments. >> reporter: for so many, memories buried and lives lost. the latest storms blamed for at least three deaths. in one community, prayers for a miracle. >> heal him. make him heal. >> reporter: 9-year-old asher sullivan fighting for his life. the boy in critical condition after getting caught in a storm drain outside nashville.

in texas, an ominous storm system quickly turning day into night. baseball-sized hail battering parts of the state. while in georgia, residents are still reeling from tornadoes touching down earlier in the week. >> all the lightning, the rain, the wind, it was just insane. couldn't even really hear my wife who was right next to me. >> reporter: terrifying twisters in alabama leveling homes there, too. >> i laid down on top of my babies and just started praying for god to save us. >> reporter: at one point nearly 200,000 homes were without power in the south. communities now hoping there is an end in sight. after so much heartache at the hands of mother nature. storms are continuing today with 7 million people at risk for severe weather, including more damaging winds. but a bit of good news. the tornado risk today is much lower. savannah. >> thank you.

risk may be lower, but let's bring in al now because there is tornado activity right now as we speak. >> yes. right now we are looking at tornado warnings in the panhandle of florida. thunderstorm watches, thunderstorm warnings. this is all moving into the southeast. we do have that risk. jacksonville, gainesville, savannah, georgia. 7 million people, wind gusts of 60 miles an hour, damaging hail. low tornado risk, but we can't rule it out. today that front brings that heavy shower activity, thunderstorms, showers in the northeast. tomorrow secondary cold front comes through. not a great mother's day. cooler conditions and more showers. and then where they have been looking at tons of rain from houston to new orleans, they are going to get drenched again. in fact, we have a flood risk sunday and monday from houston, baton rouge, new orleans, panama city because we are looking at 3 to 4 inches. some places could pick up to 5 inches of rain before this is

over. so flooding will be a big problem as well sunday into mother. monday night great from the gulf into the northeast. >> they have been really dealing with it. questions and outrage are mounting this morning over the shooting of a senior airman in florida. officers were responding to a disturbance call when the 23-year-old was shot and killed. his family claims police had the wrong man and the wrong apartment. now authorities releasing body cam footage of the incident. sam brock looking into it, speaking with family and the police. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. roger fortson was shot by police in the complex behind me. this morning we still don't know what the disturbance was they were responding to or who even called it in. new body camera footage does show a deputy identify himself opening up the door. the next few moments after that are under immense scrutiny.

when a deputy pulled into this florida apartment complex, it took about three minutes for him to enter an office. >> what's going on? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: and connect with an unidentified woman about an alleged disturbance. >> are they fighting or something? >> reporter: she eventually took him to the unit 1401 where she believes the fighting originated. that's where this senior airman was alone, face-timing with his girlfriend. >> sheriff's office. open the door! >> reporter: after the deputy identifies himself twice, fortson opens up the door with a gun visible by his side but not raised. a split second later -- >> step out. >> reporter: 6 shots are fired, and the 23-year-old's life is over. not owned at any point did the sheriffs department say, we went to the wrong department. >> the okaloosa sheriffs department has not owned up to the fact that they went to the wrong apartment, as if he did

something wrong, as if he was committing some crime. he did nothing. >> reporter: we spoke to his mother and her lawyer, benjamin crump, shortly before the video was released. >> there is a lot of doubt on my mind because roger was the only person in his apartment. was he fighting himself? >> reporter: the family's attorney says his gun was a legally registered firearm. and the sheriffs department this morning doubling down they were in the right place. >> i told his family this afternoon that they have my word if this shooting is found to be unjustified their son's name will be fully vindicated and justice will be served. >> reporter: as the investigation into the senior airman's death deepened, the brother of five who was particularly close to his 10-year-old sister, set the standard for how to achieve his dreams. >> he was a role model. >> reporter: and after that video was released, guys, the family's attorney wanted to know

why no commands were ever given before shots were fired. so based off that information right now, i did ask the sheriff what the actual sequence was. he referred me to the florida law enforcement. the deputy involved in this is currently on administrative leave. >> sam, keep us posted. thank you. we have a lot more to get to, including the nba playoffs. the cleveland cavaliers have even things up with the celtics. they did it last night after a big upset in boston. >> up 9 here. two seconds left. mitchell gets it off. you bet! donovan mitchell at the horn! >> donovan mitchell did a lot of that last night, led the way for the cavs with 29 points. cleveland winning it 119-104. that series all tied up at a game a piece now. >> let's go out west. dallas mavericks also bounced

back, stealing a win. luka doncic 29 points. that means dallas takes it 119-110. the series there tied up 1-1 . meanwhile, over in the wnba, perhaps you have heard of her, caitlin clark plays her first game. the fever win tha it was a preseason game. clark finishing with 12 points as the fever win that one. you notice there the arena packed. >> packed. >> packed. >> she's selling them out at home, when they go on the road. that's great. let's get the rest of the forecast. >> way to go cleveland. all right. you're looking at showers and cold weather in the northeast today. severe risk of weather. the mid-section of the country looking beautiful. mid-mississippi and ohio river valleys. snow, a little snow with a higher elevations of the rockies. record highs in the pacific northwest. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

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>> and and that's your latest weather. guys? >> thanks, al. >> al, thank you. still ahead here on a friday morning, the new apple ad that is sparking outrage and a rare apology from the tech giant overnight. brian cheung is following this one. >> good morning, guys. apple is famous for its ad. we remember the 1984 with the hammer smashing through the screen. well, apple now in trouble with its last one, having to apologize. we'll have the details on the other side. all right. then we've got the zoo exhibit making headlines all around the world, thanks to these pandas. disguise. they're just dogs in

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it started a little after midnight on millmont drive. no one was injured, but for a time, the response closed. nearby streets. firefighters say the building is a storage facility for food preparation, but it's not clear who uses it. i'm kris sanchez in san francisco, where the president and first lady are waking up this morning for a day of fundraising. president biden landed at moffett field in mountain view yesterday afternoon. protesters planned to line alpine road as he makes his way to a fundraiser in palo alto after a fundraiser in portola valley. he will also head to seattle next. and the first lady will head down to southern california. thanks a lot, chris. let's get a look at your morning commute with mike, the macarthur bart station, ginger over here and it is the beginning or the end of the line, depending on how you're looking at it. let's look at the map. macarthur station over here in oakland. this section, the red and orange lines, is completely blocked. in fact, there's no red line service right now because of an equipment problem. alongside the

track. orange line is also impeded anywhere north of macarthur. it only operates between macarthur and berryessa. that's to the south. if you're getting over to sfo, you'll get over to millbrae using the yellow line, and then you can take the shuttle over to sfo. but the note is, again, that section of the orange and the red lines between macarthur heading north up to richmond, is currently out of service because of an equipment problem. there's something alongside the tracks that is causing a complication through that stretch. we'll continue to track it back to you. thank you. we'll catch up with you in a bit. we'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. until then, have a nice morning.

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we are back. night one of taylor swift's eras tour in paris. the star has tweaked the set list to include new hits from the tortured poets list including "i can do it with a new heart." sheinelle, i think there are new outfits. >> we need her on the plaza. >> i know. >> we couldn't help but notice this fan's wardrobe, le-kelce. isn't that cute? all the taylor swift all in "popstart". this morning a clash over technology and the creative arts. >> apple issuing a rare apology after critics show various instruments, objects and artistic tools crushed. >> basically, what's good about humanity being crushed. brian, i mean, this was -- almost everybody was kind of

rubbed the wrong way by this. >> yes, certainly some backlash from the artists' community. this had been building for days, especially on social media. now the company had to respond saying it's sorry.e company say statement it missed the mark this morning, an apology from apple. the company saying in a statement it missed the mark after widespread backlash promoting the latest ipad pro. the title shows a press crushing symbols of the press and creativity. ♪ ♪ >> compressing into the new ipa >> the mos pro. >> the most powerful ipad ever s

is also the thinnest. >> the online backlash bubbling. critics see it as a metaphor for what tech companies do. hugh grant weighing in. apple saying, our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves through ipad. we missed the mark with this video and we're sorry. apple has long captured the public's attention. its early most famous ad celebrated for its symbolism. >> we shall reign. >> the iconic 1984 ad, directed by hollywood legend ridley scott, depicted apple as saving the world from a mechanized, dystopian nightmare. some comparing it to a new ad showing tech taking over. >> i mean, i was just thinking about it. it's depressing. it depressing all of what's good

about humanity. >> when tim cook posted this ad on x earlier this week, he said that just imagine all the things it will be used to create, referring to this new ipad product that has a new m4 chip. they're saying you can do all these new things on this platform. at the end of the day, it seems that the messages, perhaps didn't get through to artists in the way they thought. >> they rarely miss. >> this is also one of those ads that you're curious how it got out of committee. >> and there is a lot of hands it passes through. inside apple. they probably have some outside firms as well. >> you get the idea. it's like, imagine bringing this whole beautiful world into this tiny little thing. >> when you destroy it. >> depressing, that's a good word. >> that's all right. okay, thank you. coming up, this really emotional reunion between the

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the princess also speaking out in a new interview. >> megan fitzgerald is following all of it from buckingham palace this morning. good morning. >> reporter: guys, good morning to you. the duke and duchess have arrived at nigeria ahead of a jam-packed three-day trip. it's possible that nigeria could be a country to host the games in the future. this morning, prince harry and wife meghan markle in nigeria, all smiles as they visited with students in a school, kicking off a three-day trip in the african nation. >> i see myself in all of you as well. >> reporter: the trip the first time they have been to africa since 2019, which was their last official visit as working royals. but this visit part of the couple's own mission, not one on

behalf of the king. though, they did receive a royal welcome. social media buzzing with messages welcoming meghan as a native daughter after she announced on her podcast she's part nigerian. >> i just had any genealogy done a couple years ago. >> what are you? >> 43% nigerian. >> it's a trip that royal watchers say further shows the rift in the royal family. harry was in london alone for three days, entertaining young military kids. prince harry telling the bbc -- >> nice to see you. >> reporter: -- he also celebrated the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. king charles was meeting with the public three miles away at a garden party.

he didn't meet with his son. >> harry did want to see his father. therefore, it was his father or those around the king not being able to find time for harry. >> reporter: official and unofficial duties continue, but so does the family rift. now, guys, harry and meghan are cramming a lot into this three-day trip. they are visiting three cities. they will be visiting two ngos, stopping at a military hospital to meet with wounded soldiers and harry is expected to play in a volleyball game with soldiers. >> thank you. mr. roker is standing by. we're talking about coronal mass ejections? >> you have to have geomagnetic energy for that. this past wednesday and thursday, we've had what we call a category four mass ejections. these are five coronal mass ejections sending all this geomagnetic energy to earth. so that creates a peak of a geomagnetic storm.

and that creates the northern lights. it is expected after midnight tonight. now, in the northeast and the midwest, kind of cloudy. so you will not see that much of it. but as you get into the west, that's going to be looking beautiful. after the sun sets, you will be able to look and see some of those northern lights, so it should be kind of nice, especially in the northern tier states. mother's day, rain or shine, if it's raining, good weather for breakfast in bed. maybe treat mom to a movie marathon or a home -- what did you say, sheinelle? >> way to see the silver lining. >> or maybe a home spa treatment for mom. where the weather will be great for outdoor activity, boise, los angeles, tampa, outdoor brunch for mom. maybe a trip to the farmer's market, going on a picnic or dad just take the kids and go anywhere and leave mom alone. that's what's going on around the country. >> just like don't ask all the questions for just an hour. >> there you go. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your

neck of the woods. weather. guys? >> great suggestions, al. >> yeah, that was fun. coming up next, guys, they're black-and-white and furry. but they are not pandas. however, they are all dressed up to look like pandas. stephanie, what is the deal? >> a zoo in eastern china wanted some pandas. they didn't have any. so they got a little creative.

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carson joins us with a story everybody is talking about. panda imposters, posers. >> i woke up extra early just for this one. you will find these guys at a chinese zoo that his some visitors feeling like they have been cat fished. maybe we should say dog fished. >> stephanie gosk is following this one for us. >> good morning. so here's a question. if people go to the zoo and have a great time seeing the pandas, does it matter if those pandas are actually dogs with some hair dye? officials at that zoo in china apparently don't think so. they may be unbearably adorable, but they aren't actually bears at all. the latest exhibit of this zoo in eastern china had visitors doing a double take. these pandas are really chow chow puppies advertised as panda dogs, and social media can't get enough of them.

look quickly and there is a resemblance to the rare giant panda, sort of. some zoo goers in china aren't happy about what they call a deception. the zoo said it dyed the dogs black-and-white because they didn't have any pandas. a worker insisted visitors are not being misled and that the fuzzy chow chows are accurately described as dogs. saying people also dye their hair. natural dye could be used on dogs if they have long fur. how do the dogs feel about it? >> this is being forced on the animal for the sake of human entertainment. >> it isn't the first time a chinese zoo is mixed up in an animal controversy. last year it was caught on camera walking on its hind legs. social media exploded with some saying it was a person dressed up as a bear, which was later debunked. pandas boost zoo tourism around the globe. the san diego zoo shared pictures of two giant pandas

expected to arrive this summer, a highly anticipated import after two giant pandas were deported from the smithsonian last year. now that panda-sized void even felt across the world with dogs being used as unlikely stand-ins. >> zoos are there to educate and inspire. zoos are to promote conservation. they're not there to promote painting domestic animals with colors to represent wild animals. >> the zoo staff told us overnight that the panda dogs arrived at the zoo before may 1st, china's labor day public holiday. they're still there. the crowd size, we're told, is actually typical. >> i would go just to see the panda dogs at this point. >> i would say you have probably

seen enough of them right now. >> you would have thought this might work, that people might be fooled by this. >> yeah, yeah. they don't look like bears. >> no! no. >> it's like a cat that doesn't -- a cat doesn't look like a skunk if it has black-and-white paint, but it always fooled pepé le pew. >> oh, stef, stef. that was a great one. >> weird and wonderful. thank you. >> you know what, that could have been a boost. >> it really could have. it's just good, clean fun. okay, guys, being away from your kids on a birthday can be tough. but a southwest airlines pilot found a way to make his son feel special from millions of miles away. >> we have friends here that want to sing happy birthday to you. here he is, guys. this is brennan. all right. a one, a two, a three. ♪ heap birthday -- happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪

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journey on those bart lines. folks, let's get a look at the maps we're talking about the macarthur station right here in oakland. because this portion of bart's red line and orange line are cut off. there's an issue alongside the tracks, an equipment problem. so the red line. completely out of service all day until further notice. at least the orange line does not operate from this section either, so you need to get some other form of transportation, is what bart said. they said give up on the bart section down to the macarthur line, but if you get there, then you can take that train, the yellow line, over to the millbrae side where you can then get to sfo. is that your destination? the orange line does operate, but only between macarthur and berryessa carry down to the south bay. yeah, we're starting out mild, but heating up again today. inland areas will see highs in the upper 80s. a repeat tomorrow and mother's day. just slightly cooler with some mid 80s in the valleys, while san francisco will see temperatures today in the upper 70s and upper 60s for sunday. back to you. well we're just about ready for our today in the bay live streaming newscast, breaking down the possible impact of the latino vote on the presidential election. you can watch that on

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♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, rising tensions. new clashes on college campuses across the country over the war in gaza. israel now vowing to stand firm in its assault against hamas. >> we will do what we have to do

to protect our country. >> we will have a live report from the region. then special reunion. we'll meet the nation's top marine general and the good samaritan that saved his life. >> makes you appreciate the goodness of society. >> their remarkable story straight ahead. plus, mom talk. >> should we raise the glass. >> to motherhood. >> in honor of mother's day, we get together to chat about motherhood. >> that means that there will be clothes on the floor, but i was down there playing with them, so be it. i don't want to be the mom so busy cleaning the grass stains off the jeans that i won't play with them, right? and bonjour, taylor! kicking off the eras tour in paris in a big way.

♪ because i can do it with a broken heart ♪ >> her looks, moves and music that had fans saying, merci. today, friday, may 10, 2024. ♪ >> from san jose, california. >> today is my 60th! >> on a sisters' trip to come to "the today show". >> three kids back from idaho. >> happy friday from detroit, michigan. >> magnolia, illinois. >> bismarck, north dakota. >> chattanooga, tennessee. >> springfield, massachusetts. >> and virginia. >> good morning to my granddaughter in richmond, virginia. >> here for mother's day weekend. weekend. >> and my 80th birthday! >> well, doesn't she look beautiful? >> yeah, she does.

>> welcome back to "today." lovely shining faces with us on a friday morning. a little cloudy. hoda is back on monday. we have sheinelle and craig holding it down. >> one of my favorite things is when they are taking that shout outside, you can see them looking up on the screen to see themselves. by the way, next week, we have huge stars here in the studio, including ryan reynolds. we will catch up with his busy life on and off broadway. we will have performances from the hottest shows and a special appearance by the woman behind one of those hot broadway shows right now, alicia keys. >> let's get to your news now. 8:00 friday morning. we will start with the mounting tensions over the war in gaza. benjamin netanyahu vowing his family will stand alone if the u.s. follows through. richard engel is in jerusalem with the very latest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

savannah. president biden had made it very clear that he does not support a full-scale invasion of the city of rafah and that if israel goes ahead and carries out a major operation in this city in southern gaza that the united states will stop arms shipments, specifically offensive weapons that israel could use against hamas, against palestinians in the city. well, now israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has responded. in an interview with daytime talk show host, dr. phil, who did not challenge the israeli prime minister, netanyahu said israel is willing to go it alone. and that even if it doesn't have american weapons, israel will continue to fight. he said israel will continue to fight even if it has to use its fingernails. and that operation, at least in part, is already underway. the un saying that 100,000

palestinians in rafah have already escaped their homes. savannah. >> richard, thank you very much. back here, we will talk about severe weather stretching across the midwest. communities this morning are literally picking up the pieces after a week of devastating storms, including dozens of tornadoes. the latest round causing widespread damage, pummelling a 1,000-mile stretch from texas to north carolina. mr. roker is back with a look of what we can expect this weekend. already a lot of color on the map. >> yeah, big, big problems. tornado warnings in southern georgia into the central panhandle of florida. we've got severe thunderstorm warnings as this line pushes to the east. so that's why we have a risk for severe weather today. for about seven million people, damaging hail, low tornado risk, but we can't rule it out especially as this line is coming in. we're already looking at tornado warnings. plus, for the areas in the central gulf, we've got a flood

risk from sunday to monday from houston all the way to panama city because we could be looking at another three to five inches of rain from alexandria, louisiana all the way into central florida. so flooding will be a big problem. guys? good news for air travelers this morning. the senate passed a sweeping aviation bill yesterday designed to improve safety and customer service. the bill prohibits airlines for charges fees for families to sit together. it also requires faster refunds for canceled flights, and it calls for airlines to accept vouchers an credits for at least five years. it is expected to get final approval from the house next fl week. philadelphia's is turning heads across the soccer world after signing a 14-year-old to the largest home grown contract.

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other. so the moms of "today" got together for an early celebration of mom life and a heartfelt conversation and we like to pair it with a little rose. >> a little? >> should we raise a glass? >> to motherhood. >> who's got a kid that's doing something lately that you really are proud of? >> i'm at a place right now. rusty is my youngest, two and a half. he finally fits in with the family. you know? i mean, he's been a baby for so long, and now he's got this personality, and it's been so special. >> isn't it so interesting that it takes some time? let's not compare rusty to hal, but hal found his place. do you think it took a little bit to stand in his own two shoes. >> every time you talk about something you talk about, i was still in a crib at age four, whatever it may be, somebody chimes in and goes, me too, me too, me too. it's just like, i see you. and no one is perfect. >> half of it is being like, yeah, i'm terrible at that, too. >> none of us know what to do.

we're figuring it out as we go along. >> i'm trying to say, okay, i want to be proud of how i mommed. if that means there will be clothes on the floor but i was down there playing with it, so be it. i don't want to be the mom so busy cleaning the grass stains off their jeans that i'm not in the grass with them, right? >> i think parenting is so hard. you're conflicted at all times. i just can't even fathom any challenge greater than being a mom. >> my mom keeps showing me how to be a good human being and a good mother. at age 60, which i'm approaching, my mom ran her first marathon. i remember watching her and thinking, wow, she's super woman. she can do everything. i'm so grateful for how she raised me up and i hope i can do half of that with my kids.

>> also i would say about my mom, and i love this about her, she's so no nonsense. if she could say, you can do it. i believe you can. now get out there and go for your dreams, i believed her. and i think that's the beginning of confidence. >> the old cliche of i've turned into my mom, sometimes i like pray for that because my mom was and is pretty naturally calm. ws and is pretty she never yelled at us, and we were god awful. everything i really love, she allowed me to love. reading, writing, cats. my dad always says he could never have been as successful without knowing she had us. >> what do we hope for our kids? >> at the end of the day, i want them to be in a home that's full of love and just feel happy. that's what we all want. >> i realize that i'm not going to be in all of my kids' memories, and that actually is a great thing. they're starting to become really independent, and they

don't need me as much. and i'm like, okay, i did something right. >> yeah, i was thinking that same thing. i want my kids, when they grow up, to want me, but not need me. not need me too much. and i think our jobs as moms is to be just rock solid. i'm here, and i'm for you. >> i want for my kids to be exactly who they were meant to be. it's like, your kids are perfect seeds. put them in the soil and water them and let them grow. don't try to make them grow right or left. they're here for a reason. and i just don't want to crowd that reason. i want them to go full bloom. >> this is why i'm so thankful to work with you women! >> okay, guys. a little surprise for us. i was just handed these cards that our kids made for us. >> i love my mom because she is the best mom in the world,

calvin. she will go somewhere with me and she's nice. i love mommy. i love mommy. rusty. >> hi, mommy. i really, really love when you read to me every night. i love all the yummy meals you make for me, too. you are the best mommy in the world. >> i love my mom because she is loud, in a good way. >> is that what they wrote? >> loud in a good way. >> intelligent, caring, amazing, incandescent. >> oh, wow. somebody is working on their vocab. >> that's hopey. i love my mom because she is funny. she is a good mom. happy mother's day. she always draws the three of us, hopey does. >> dear mom, thank you for always being my best friend.

you always -- you always make a positive impact on us and your smile is contagious. thank you for listening to me, even when it is 9:00 p.m. and you need to sleep. you give me grace when i mess up, and i love you for who you are. never change. >> oh, my gosh. that's beautiful. ♪ >> they got us with the cards from our kids. >> i will steal that for the father's day piece. these are great. >> apparently, carson thinks we stole the mother's day conversation from the fathers. >> oh, i don't think. i know. you guys don't drink your wine. we actually drink our bourbon and we actually eat. >> we had axe throwing. >> we went to a bar. >> enough about father's day. >> did they just like hijack our conversation? >> do you know what runs common with all of you and hoda, obviously, and jen. is that you and your husbands have raised really expressive,

beautiful children. >> thoughtful. >> and thoughtful. >> this was really sweet. when you have a 14-year-old, you don't hear things like this too often, so i think that got me. >> jenna said for so long we say, oh, my god, i'm turning into my mother, i'm turning into my father and then you hit an age like, thank god i'm turning into them. >> all three of you are just fantastic mothers. i don't think people at home appreciate all the sacrifices you have to make. we wanted to recognize you, recognize your motherhood as well. >> these are so pretty. >> at the end of this segment, we'll see. >> thank you. we really appreciate it. >> from al's garden. >> for father's day, they're bringing us bacon. >> a bouquet of bacon. >> the civilian hotel hosted us.

they turned it into a podcast. the bonus edition of "the today podcast." just search on apple podcast or spotify or wherever you listen. thanks, guys. >> mr. roker? >> all right. let's show you what we've got going on. severe weather pushing through florida and georgia. thankfully the tornado watches have been dropped. but we have severe weather to talk about from wilmington down to central florida. the rest of the country today, we are looking at a lot of sunshine from the plains all the way down to the gulf. look for record highs in the pacific northwest and some snow with the upper elevations in the rockies. that's what'

all right. best time of the morning. >> all right. i got to power through it, guys. we will start with taylor swift. the superstar kicked off the european leg of the eras tour last night. since the release of the new movie and the new record "tortured poets department," swift switching out her set list. the biggest surprise being that taylor gifted the latest era of the tortured poets department its own section of the show. she added 7 songs off the album, including this one. ♪ and the crowd was chanting more ♪ ♪ i was grinning like i'm winning ♪ ♪ because i can do it with

heart ♪♪ broken heart ♪ >> new outfit, new song. now there is 30 plus new songs. how do you like the selection that she -- >> i'm thrilled because there is great songs on the record but i was sad to see what left because some of the songs i like. something had to go. hour show? >> yeah. >> was travis >> is it a six-hour show? >> yeah. >> was travis there? >> travis was not there, but he was sort of there in spirit. some people were saying there was an homage to the kansas city chiefs celebration. she did that last night, too. three more flights in paris. then she will continue the leg throughout paris this summer, and we will be there to report it. next up, this is exciting for us "bear" fans. back in the kitchen. carmy is finally out of that

freezer and back to the kitchen ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> wow. >> there it is. >> that's how you know it is good. >> that is the fully renovated chicago restaurant. all 10 episodes will be available to stream on hulu june 27th. that is a day we're all marking. >> i would love to know a show that stresses me out more. >> with the family. >> jamie lee curtis? oh, my gosh. >> yes. >> that's the first one. i just don't understand how they label it a comedy. >> i don't think it is.

>> there is lividity. >> dark comedy. >> big news and congratulations next up. hailey and justin bieber. who remembers when the power couple met right here in our hallway just out here in 2009. >> this is my daughter, hailey. we have been enjoying your music. >> that's funny. >> 15 years later, cue the music, the biebers are expecting their first baby. sharing these sweet snaps to instagram. and the pair also posted footage from a vow renewal. so a big congratulations to the couple. we, of course, are sending you all the best. >> oh, wow. that's cute. who will be in the hallway today? >> maybe they will name the baby after our show, today. >> little today. >> little roker bieber. i can't get little baby roker out of my mind now. ted danson and woody harrelson are teaming up for a broadcast titled "everybody knows your name." the two friends will reunite and chat about all things cheers. they will be joined by lots of guests, including conan o'brian and a whole lot more. premiers june 12th. ted danson stopping by to talk about that next week.

so look forward to that. next up, michael phelps opening up about something very important to him, mental health. in a new chat with our friend kristin welker, talking about his own personal health struggles and how he was able to recognize them. >> did you know it was depression, or did you just >> i think at that point, you know, like i'll say as a male athlete, you know, i could tell something was off. but i think i saw it as a sign of weakness and if i shared anything about it, then it would give my competitors an edge. i'm not trying to do that, right? i don't want to give my competitors an edge. i want to be better, period, than anybody has ever been. for me, i looked at it as weakness. i had to learn that vulnerability is a good thing.

>> love michael. he's been talking about mental health long before lots of athletes starting to open up about it. he's sort of og in that department. shout-out to michael phelps. >> what a range you gave us this morning. >> that was a great friday "popstart," carson. >> happy father's day. >> thank you. thank you. happy father's day. still to come, amazing recipes for mother's day. and a special guest, her mom. but, first, your local news, weather, and these quick messages.

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we are back! 8:30 on a fri-yeah morning. rolling into mother's day weekend. we've got a great crowd on the plaza. man! happy anniversary. happy birthday. hello. happy birthday. >> head's up! >> happy birthday! >> 60, 50 and fabulous. >> oh, my gosh. >> coming up in this half hour, it's mother's day. >> they're fighting over it. >> you get sheinelle. >> thank you. >> coming up in a few minutes, this remarkable story about two people who were strangers and now share a lifelong bond. one of them is in the u.s. marine corps. the other a cpr instructor at the right place at the right time when the general needed help.

it is the perfect storm. >> and adrianna brach has bestselling picks to add to your cart. and the wedges you will be wearing all summer. is here. what a special treat. her mom is here, too. they are going to put together a festive mother's >> and then our fav is here. what a special treat. her mom is here, too. they are going to put together a festive mother's day brunch menu. two different egg dishes that will brighten her special morning. >> oh, cannot wait. then in the 3rd hour, we will meet a remarkable military family and the military spouse of the year. she is a mom of three, a mental health champion. we cannot wait to introduce you. >> let's go! love that. we will take you to a school district that's in ohio trying something that caught our eye, an experiment banning smartphones, savannah. banning them on campus. as the school years wrap up, we will find out how it went for those students and the teachers. we will find out if that's an idea that could be implemented

at a school near you. >> this crowd went wild. >> and, craig, you have something fun lined up this morning. this is what everybody should do right after this. we have a book lining for "i'm proud of you" at nbc studios. don't you want to hang out with craig and buy his book? >> you are wearing buttons right now. >> that's so sweet. >> come see craig at nbc studios, and he'll sign your book for you. all right. let's take a look for mother's day. saturday mother's day weekend with cool highs, wet weather. summer feel out west. then on mother's day, sunday, rain or shine. if it's raining, dallas, kansas city, denver, here in the northeast, good weather for breakfast in bed for mom or a movie marathon or a home spa treatment. where the mother will be lovely for mom like boise, cincinnati, tampa, raleigh, take her to an outdoor brunch or take mom on a picnic. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's going on in your

neck of the woods. >> y eso es lo último del clima. weather. oh, carson. >> oh, uncle al. thank you very much. want to give you a quick programming note. willie geist will be sitting down with our other friend jimmy fallon for a big sunday sitdown. next week, "the tonight show" staff will be celebrating their 10th year of the late night show. jimmy will be opening up about

his first night when he had to walk out there and all the pressure he was feeling for the very first time. here's a clip. >> do you stop and think at this moment right now, ten years, about like that first show what it felt like to walk out on that stage for the first time? >> i was so nervous. every executive was there. they were like, did we make the right decision? do you bring leno back? you know, leno is waiting on the wait like, do i go back in? but it went great. >> you can catch that on "sunday today." mr. melvin. >> all right. mr. daley, thank you, sir. we met up with this country's top marine after a good samaritan helped save his life, and we brought them together for a reunion unlike any other. but, first, this is "today" on

craig has a "today" exclusive. eric smith nearly lost his life. it didn't happen on a battlefield, but just a block from his home when his heart suddenly stopped. >> he's only alive today because a good samaritan stepped in and refused to give up on him. craig, you were there when they reunited. >> yeah, it was special. in fact, u.s. marines, they're trained to face life-and-death situations. but when the general suddenly collapsed when running, things looked grim. that's when a perfect stranger with the right training came to the rescue. the morning that general eric smith technically died started out well enough. he cheered on runners at the start of the marine corps

marathon in washington, d.c. those runners included his wife, trish, who was doing the ultra marathon. >> went to the finish line, greeted trish when she finished her 50k. i handed out medals to finishers, high-fiving people, taking photos and then we came home in the late afternoon, and i went for my standard three-mile run around the capitol. >> but general smith never made it home. he had been to war and back, survived being wounded in combat. but on this day, he collapsed a block from his home. what he didn't know is for all of his 58 years, he had a ticking time bomb in his chest. he was born with a faulty heart valve. what's the last thing you remember? >> going for the run. >> that's it? >> yeah. that's it.

i don't remember going down. >> at that very moment, tim was down the block. he was in town from seattle to run the marine corps marathon with his sister. they just finished a post race lunch when they found general smith unconscious. >> my sister started calling 911. my dad joined us. then we started assessing the person to see what was wrong. and could tell that they weren't breathing. they weren't responsive. so we started cpr. >> tim, who had already run an ultra marathon himself that morning, was now in a different kind of race, to save a stranger's life. but they brought a very specific skill set to the task, tim is a cpr instructor and he immediately started doing chest compressions and kept doing them for nearly ten minutes until an ambulance arrived. >> the general's wife trish saw the commotion a block from their home. >> i just remember thinking to myself, oh, they're transporting somebody. little did i know that that was him. >> hours later, she and the general's staff found him at a washington hospital. >> i was kind of in shock, but i

just know that he's a strong person and he was going to make it. >> before she arrived, the nation's top marine had been treated as a john doe patient because none of the medical staff knew his identity. >> all this happened to a john doe. it wasn't as many general smith got special treatment because he's the commandant of the marine corps. tim didn't know who he was. the people in the ems didn't know who he was. no one in the hospital knew who he was until he had gone through all of this and his life was saved. >> a life-saving chain of events started by a stranger from seattle. >> you saved the general's life. >> i think there is a lot of people that helped contribute. i'm very proud of my family, how we responded.

>> you're very humble. but you saved the general's life. >> yes, one of the people. >> general smith sharing that he's forever thankful for the aid he received that day. >> i will try not to get choked up here because that would be am un-marine-like. but it makes me appreciate all i have. my wife, my children, all the marines. makes you appreciate the goodness of society. >> we were there when the general and trish got to meet him for the first time. >> general smith, how are you? >> it is great to see you. >> great to see you. >> nice to meet you. i'm tim. >> tim, eric, really good to meet you. really good to meet you. this is my wife, trish. >> do you mind if i hug you, tim? thank you so much. >> general here said he thought you were going to be a big guy because of the compressions. >> just motivated. >> i mean, the story is remarkable on so many levels because think about this. >> timing. >> had they gone to a different

restaurant for lunch, had they left earlier, left later. and it is not lost on the general, by the way. he knows that he is lucky to be alive. >> wow. >> that scene of him unconscious, alone, on the ground. >> and a cpr trainer happens by. >> and for ten minutes. that's another thing. >> by the way, he said that was the first time he ever used his cpr training. >> really? >> the first time ever. >> we all have to learn, don't we? >> you should almost do it every year. >> when you go out, you should have your id with you. >> oh, yes. >> that's great. >> because he wanted to tell the story to carson's point, encourage folks to get cpr certified. >> coming up next, a new batch of "today bestsellers" from the ultimate summer dress to the mattress cleaner you never knew you needed. but, first, this is "today" on

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we are back with a special mother's day edition of "today food" because who deserves to be celebrated more than moms? carson and craig would say fathers. >> oh, no, no. >> just kidding. it's a joke. okay. here's an idea. why don't you let your mom sleep in, and you can prepare one of the easy recipes we are about to make with the executive chef guest is here today. iesha's mom, joanne. welcome! we know you are a great mom

because we know your great daughter. did you cook alongside each other growing up? >> not at all. iesha couldn't boil water. could you imagine this? >> my mom is the best cook in the world. there was no reason for that. i was a got eater but not a good cook. >> have you come now to appreciate all that your mom was doing? >> one million percent. really. we could all show up at her house and she would create a feast out of everything in your refrigerator. flavor profiles that will blow your socks off. >> this is a special mother's day brunch. >> so this is tomatoes simmered in tomato sauce. now we're in spring. so we want to do bright flavors. we will start with a greek yogurt. we will grate some garlic in here because i love the flavor. it will round it out in the end. we will just give it a little salt.

if you don't mind, stir it up for me. we will teach you something, ho to poach an egg. >> you know i can't do that. >> the key is to bring the water to a boil but then to a simmer. and then we will add a little vinegar. what vinegar will do is help the white coagulate. >> use a big old pot like that? >> you really want it to have room. so you do this little spin thing like a whirlpool and drop the egg in the center. >> it was boiling. you brought it down to a simmer. >> and now you can see. it looks like halloween in there. so it's getting its cake on. looks like a little ghost. you can see the white is going to go over the yolk. >> i wish we could see this. >> the beauty is you could poach eggs ahead of him. poach them for two minutes, put

them in ice water. and then heat them really quickly. >> i didn't know you could save them. >> do you guys know how to poach an egg? >> we'll teach it and do it again. >> delicious. i mean, crazy. crazy flavor. >> this is the favorite part, right? you can make this your own and do anything you want. we will start with olive oil. we have some chilies, green onions, green garlic is delicious in here. these are asparagus we blanched. we want them to be crunchy, so we will not overcook them. saute them for two or three minutes. >> got it. >> and then we will add some spinach. >> lovely. >> so not conventional, obviously, like a structure where we are simmering the eggs in tomato sauce. this is a sauteed preparation that will come together quickly. >> you just saute it until it cooks down. >> until it cooks down. seasoned it with salt. cook the spinach until it barely wilts.

>> what makes it? if it doesn't have the tomato, what is it? >> right. we will get a thousand comments like, what is she doing out there? i think of eggs that are poached. that's kind of what we're doing here. and i'm making the bottom my own. >> magic of television. >> do you guys want to come over here so you can taste? >> i love it. >> so we will saute this nicely. i like when the spinach is wilted. the beauty about this is you can serve it directly in the pot that we are doing this in. okay, dig in. >> okay. i will dig in. we're out of time. joanne, happy mother's day. >> thank you so much. >> we love you. >> could we have another recipe, too, from this frittata online? >> five easy ingredients, you can get it in your pantry and it will pack of punch and flavor. >> we're back after your local

let's hear from one of the writers out of the macarthur station. i got to jump on a bus now to get home, i hope this doesn't happen tomorrow. i don't know if it's just a one day thing, but, yeah, it's definitely an inconvenience. and, they should have had shuttles for the people getting off the train to take them to the destination at least. but that wasn't the case. yeah, it's still the case that there's no dedicated bus service between richmond and macarthur. the red and orange lines are out for that stretch. in fact, will enumerate no red line until further notice because of a track side equipment problem. orange line only between the macarthur and berryessa stations . if you get to sfo, you can transfer from millbrae. good news yellow, green and blue

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