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a little bit nicer. temperatures going from 90 today to mid 80s for saturday into sunday. that continues into labor day. but you can see the heat will return for the middle of next week. and low 70s in san francisco and trying to get across hayward across the san mateo bridge. it's going to be slow. there was a crash right there around the toll plaza. the cars were tailgating too close, according to chp. don't be that person. back off today's show. moments away. however, today in the bay streams right now on roku and other platforms. live at 8:00. all new numbers showing just what it takes for homeowners to make it in the bay. all right. well, that's what we've got it's a busy one. >> yes, it is. a lot of news to cover in the 2024 race and the rush to the long holiday weekend. it's august 29th. this is "today." neck and neck. new polls revealing a razor-thin

battle between kamala harris and donald trump. the democratic ticket now barnstorming on a bus through the swing state of georgia, while trump taking heat for taking his campaign to one of the most sacred landmarks in the country. >> it's disrespectful. it's not disney world. it's arlington national cemetery. >> this morning, how the trump campaign is reacting to the controversy and what's next in the race for the white house. rough start. a labor day travel rush getting underway with major delays at airports across the country. a problem in denver keeping thousands from reaching their flights. a united plane rocked by severe turbulence and forced to make an emergency landing. we'll have complete coverage and of course al's full holiday weekend forecast. growing toll. even more deaths now tied to that listeria outbreak linked to recalled boar's head deli meat. now the largest in the u.s. in more than a decade.

just ahead, the new warning from health officials. decision day. a key hearing being held in the idaho college murders case. a judge hearing arguments on whether the upcoming trial should be moved away from the scene of the crime. the families making it clear where they stand. >> it would be devastating for me. >> it's an insult. >> yeah. >> it would be an absolute insult. >> we'll have the very latest. urgent plea. >> we do not need to wait. we do not need one more child to lose their life. >> the tragic deaths of teenage football players at the start of the school year putting safety in the spotlight. inside the new push to do more to better protect kids on the field. those stories, plus, fever dream! olympic icon simone biles and gabby thomas step out at their first wnba game and watch caitlin clark set yet another record. >> and clark hits a three! >> but the moment of the

night -- the team's pure joy at meeting their heroes from paris! >> we are so excited! >> oh, my god! >> today, thursday, august 29th, 2024. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and a good morning to you. welcome to "today." thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. savannah and hoda enjoying some time with their families this week. don't you love it when the goats meet the goats? >> i mean, how much excellence can you put in one place? >> i mean, look at that. that was simone biles and gabbie thomas meeting one of their idols, caitlin clark. >> that's great. >> and they picked a good night to do it. caitlin clark setting yet another record on that. >> more on that. >> we'll take a look at that later. but this is in cape may, new jersey, temps in the northeast cooling down a bit after that summer scorcher and ahead of the long holiday weekend. speaking of, crowds are already

building at the airports. in fact, this is a live look in houston. we'll have more on the travel rush and get to al's full forecast in just a bit. >> but we are going to start with a race for the white house on this thursday morning. with the election now less than ten weeks away, and this morning, former president trump is defending a trip to arlington national cemetery that some veterans groups are slamming as disrespectful. >> it comes as the fbi released new details about the trump assassination attempt, including the internet searches made by the gunman, leading up to the shooting. meanwhile, the harris campaign is on a high-stakes trip to georgia, one of several critical swing states now showing a razor-thin race in a series of new polls. we're covering all of it this morning, starting with gabe gutierrez. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey there, craig. good morning. for the first time in the 40 days since vice president kamala harris took over the top of the democratic ticket, she and her running mate, tim walz, will sit down today for their first joint interview set to air later tonight on cnn.

and it comes as the pair hits the campaign trail and their opponent, former president trump, sparks new controversy over his visit to what many consider hallowed ground at arlington national cemetery. this morning, the harris campaign is on day two of its bus tour through battleground georgia. >> we wanted to come by just to let you know that our country is counting on you. >> reporter: a new set of fox news polls showing harris and former president trump neck and neck in georgia. like previous polls, the results all within the margin of error, also show a razor-thin race in other battleground states. the trump campaign, meanwhile, defending its visit this week to arlington national cemetery, after being criticized for politicizing hallowed ground. >> what a horrible day it was. >> the campaign had posted this highlight video on tiktok. showing mr. trump laying a wreath in honor of the service member killed at the abbygate bombing in afghanistan three years ago and posing with some of their family members. >> it's not disney world.

it's arlington national cemetery. >> reporter: part of the dispute, a reported altercation between campaign and cemetery staff over photographs being taken at the site. the trump campaign says an arlington staffer decided to physically block members of president trump's team during a very solemn ceremony. a cemetery spokesperson points out that federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within army national military cemeteries. four military family members praised their interactions at the ceremony with staff and mr. trump, telling nbc news, they did not witness an altercation. kelly barnett's son, marine staff sergeant taylor hoover died at abbygate. she invited the former president to arlington. >> trump's team was great, arlington's team was great. they were both respectful to us. >> reporter: for its part, the harris campaign is calling it a sad episode. adding the former president has a history of demeanoring and degrading military service members. though the vice president herself has not commented, mr. trump's running mate, jd vance, had some choice words.

>> she wants to yell at donald trump because he showed up. she can -- she can go to hell. >> reporter: the harris campaign is holding a rally later today in savannah, georgia. and it's announced a battleground blitz for this upcoming labor day, craig. >> lots of time being spent there in georgia, gabe. what does this tour down there in georgia, what does it tell us? what does it signal about how important the harris campaign sees that particular state to winning in november? >> reporter: well, georgia is crucial, craig. the vice president is courting rural and suburban voters in the southeast part of the state, where democratic presidential candidates have rarely gone in the past. the idea is to chip away at former president trump's lead there. harris won't win outright in some of those red areas, but if she can cut into republican's margins there, even a little bit, that could help her take the state overall. look for her to use a similar strategy in other key swing states, like pennsylvania and north carolina, craig. >> all right. gabe gutierrez for us there at the white house. gabe, thank you. meantime, the fbi is now releasing new information surrounding the assassination attempt against former president trump. and while investigators have

learned a lot about the shooting and the gunman, many unanswered questions remain. nbc's ryan nobles joins us with that story. ryan, good morning. >> sheinelle, good morning. and since that shooting, the director of the secret service has resigned and multiple officials have been put on leave in what the agency has called a mission failure. the fbi has found no evidence that thomas crooks was working with anyone else, as he meticulously planned his attempt to assassinate former president trump. what they still have yet to figure out is why. in the weeks leading up to donald trump's rally in butler, pennsylvania, on july 13th, the fbi says thomas crooks was scouring the internet for information on upcoming political events. >> in the 30 days prior to the attack, the subject conducted more than 60 searches related to president biden and former president trump. >> reporter: crooks was searching for information on both the republican and democratic national conventions. he also searched for details on the trump event, which took place close to where he lived.

the fbi describes crooks' planning as a, quote, sustained, detailed effort. initially, crooks' search history showed him looking for details around a wide range of political events, before zeroing in on the butler rally, which the fbi believes crooks viewed as a target of opportunity. they also believe he acted alone. >> i want to be clear. we have not seen any indication to suggest crooks was directed by a foreign entity to conduct the attack. >> reporter: but these discoveries have not provided much insight into crooks' motive. the content on his accounts displayed a, quote, mixture of ideologies. the investigators also shared photos of the collapsible barrel on the gun crooks used, as well as the backpack they found on site. they also showed the ac unit that he used to climb on the roof. they believe he spent a little more than six minutes on the roof before being killed by countersniper fire. >> right here! he's on the roof! >> reporter: the fbi probe is one of many investigations into the assassination attempt.

earlier this week, members of the bipartisan congressional task force toured the site in pennsylvania, promising to get to the bottom of what went wrong. >> i definitely took note today that there were a lot of lines of sight that appeared to have been unsecured that day that didn't have eyes on or that weren't secured and certainly, at this point, a lot more questions than answers. >> the fbi said to the allege's shooter's family is cooperating with their investigation, as is former president trump, who has already participated in an in-depth briefing. sheinelle? >> ryan, thank you. we turn now to some breaking news overnight from the middle east, where tensions are escalating once again there. israel pushing into day two of its military operation across the west bank, carrying out more raids and now saying that its forces have killed several members of a militant group there. nbc's matt bradley joins us now once again from tel aviv. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig.

well, that operation in the west bank is on going this morning. and it's likely to continue for a while. the idf is describing this as the first phase in what is increasingly looking like a new theater of war in their fight against militant groups. >> reporter: israel's raids on the west bank continuing this morning, including a strike on a mosque, killing five militants, as well as a prominent commander. the overall operation, the largest incursion into the occupied territory in over 20 years. with air strikes, armored vehicles, and earth movers, israeli officials saying it's a counterterror operation, targeting militants. the fighting intense. here, a sniper fires on a palestinian youth. the west bank can have a full-fledged war, who called for palestinians to evacuate. the raid focused on the northern west bank cities of janine, and the far-out refugee camp. the army raided the refugee camp with a large number of soldiers on foot, said this paramedic. they raided from different sides.

we were surprised. palestinian health authorities say at least 17 people have been killed. fighting in the west bank isn't new. more than 660 people have been killed there since hamas' october 7th attacks, according to palestinian health authorities. on the other side of israel and gaza, the war started after hamas' terror attacks continues. the world food program says this vehicle was shot up while approaching a check point, the group now temporarily suspending its operations in gaza, meaning there will be less food for people who desperately need it. but with violence intensifying in the west bank, there are concerns it could become the latest casualty of this war. >> and craig, that shooting of that world food program vehicle in the gaza strip is under review, says the idf. and those casualty numbers, we mentioned from the west bank, well, we're expecting those numbers to continue climbing. craig? >> matt bradley for us there in tel aviv. matt, thank you. now to the latest on the listeria outbreak stemming from

boar's head deli meets. according to the cdc, six more people have died and more than a dozen have been sickened across the country. that brings the total number of deaths to nine. 57 people have been hospitalized. in july, they recalled 7 million pounds of meat produced at its virginia facility after testing revealed some of the meat was contaminated with listeria. spacex launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing yesterday. the faa grounded the company's falcon-9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the accident. the rocket blasted off from cape canaveral and got all 21 starlink internet satellites to orbit. but the first stage booster fell over in a fireball moments after landing on an ocean platform. fortunately, no injuries were reported. all right. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the labor day travel rush. it is kicking into high gear this morning, with millions hitting the roads and skies for that last gasp of summer. and it's been a rough start as a

number of airports, including major delays with one flight forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing severe turbulence. we'll get to al's holiday weekend forecast in just a moment, but first, priscilla thompson is tracking the travel for us. good morning to you, priscilla. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. more than 880,000 people are expected to travel through houston's airports, starting today through this holiday weekend. and as you can see, some of these lines are already starting to grow. and this is just a snapshot of what we are expecting nationwide, over this busy and historic holiday weekend. and unfortunately for some, the headac headaches have already begun. overnight, travel troubles, just as the labor day crush begins. at denver international airport, a massive backup after officials say a mechanical issue shut down trains between concourses. >> you couldn't get on and you couldn't get off once you did get on. >> reporter: the delays spilling over to security check points, with passengers scrambling to get to their gates. there was also a serious scare

in the skies for some united airline fliers. >> we have a 737 aircraft coming in with 182 souls onboard. it has turbulence problems. >> reporter: a plane traveling from cancun to chicago suddenly hit with severe turbulence, forcing an emergency landing in memphis. >> we've got some passengers on the emergency aircraft possibly injured. >> reporter: at least seven people were hurt, officials say, with one of them hospitalized. it comes as united flight attendants say they're prepared to walk off the job. the union voting in favor of a strike for the first time in almost 20 years, demanding double-digit pay increases. picket lines formed at multiple airports, although no strike is likely soon. >> we don't want a strike, but what this group is saying is they're willing to do what it takes to get that industry-leading contract. >> reporter: in a statement, united says we remain eager to reach an agreement, while stressing, there is no work stoppage or labor disruption.

critical for what's expected to be a record-breaking holiday weekend for airlines. the tsa prepping the screen more than 17 million people over the next six days, with atlanta, chicago, and dallas among the nation's busiest airports. for those hitting the road, the earlier you can leave, the better. >> thursday and friday will be the busiest on the roads, especially in the afternoons. >> reporter: aaa says that leave early for that return trip, too. but if you're extending until tuesday, waiting it out may be better. a bit of good news for drivers, gas prices are down, compared to last year, about 50 cents a gallon, with the national average now $3.36. but the best advice? savor this last bit of summer. >> it's labor day. it's not thanksgiving, it's not christmas. it's okay. >> reporter: and this morning is off to a steady start with some delays, but fewer cancellations nationwide. but of course, this is only the start. sheinelle?

>> you have to be patient. all right, priscilla, thank you. >> we saw a lot of folks in the background already hitting the skies. travel always an important part of the puzzle. weather part of the travel puzzle. mr. roker, save us? >> well, let's try to put the puzzle together and show us what we've got going on. tomorrow, we have strong-to-severe storms moving across the midwest. possible, heavy rain is flooding along the gulf coast. airport delays possible in tampa, orlando, miami, charlotte, and atlanta. but for chicago, st. louis, and houston, big hubs, there are probably going to be thunderstorms and some major delays. we'll be watching that. if you're going to be driving, i-10, especially along the gulf coast, look for heavy rain and some ponding on roads. i-44, i-55 up through illinois, going to be some problems. let's look ahead to monday. scattered showers and thunderstorms, carolinas, possible flash flooding. again, a major airport delays possible for houston, florida, going to be thunderstorms, tampa may have some real problems. delays in charlotte and atlanta.

and then as far as the roads are concerned from oklahoma city, all the way down to houston, look for some heavy rain, scattered hydroplaning along those heavier rainfall amounts, and look for some showers and es thunderstorms along i-95, along the eastern coast of florida, and then making their way back into raleigh. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. . allstate can handle the switching for you. just call 'em. so, it's easy and i could save? and you get allstate. huh, like a cherry on top. oh, you brought your own. check allstate first and you could save hundreds. you're in good hands with allstate.

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stronger stance. this fall against protesters. pro-palestinian supporters plan to hold coordinated rallies at four bay area universities uc berkeley, san jose state, sf state and usf. organizers are demanding schools divest from companies connected to israel. i'm bob redell here in livermore. the state of california has given allstate one of the state's largest home insurers, permission to raise home insurance rates on average, by 34%. this would be for roughly 350,000 policyholders here in the golden state. this is the largest rate hike in three years by a major insurance carrier here. the 34%, again, is the average. some could see a lesser increase, others more. depends on where you live. let's get a look at the forecast. kari. it's going to feel a little cooler today. yes. for the inland valleys that have been dealing with some upper 90s. it will be in the upper 80s today, and it's going to

continue to come down several degrees for the weekend. we're about the same in san francisco, with a high of 73 and some upper 80s for napa going into the weekend, we will see some of those temperatures changing just a bit, but overall we will continue with warm temperatures in the valleys and a little bit cooler for early next week. laura. sounds good. thanks. don't forget to join us for our today in the bay live streaming newscast at 8 a.m, including all new data revealing what first time homebuyers need to make it in the bay. join us on roku, amazon fire tv, xumo and streaming platforms including nbcbayarea.com and our app. have a great day

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certainly followed for nearly two years now. >> a major hearing is taking place today to decide where the suspect in the idaho college murders will stand trial. nbc senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is here with the latest on this. laura, good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning. it has certainly been a long road for the victims' families here. but today could mark a major step forward as the judge hears arguments from both the prosecutors and the defense team on where this case should be heard. it's a decision that the defense says could influence the ultimate verdict. after months of back and forth, today, a judge in idaho will hear arguments over a key issue left unresolved, where the trial of bryan kohberger should happen. the accused killer of four university of idaho students is expected to attend today's hearing, as the judge weighs whether to keep the trial in latah county, where the crime took place. a county with roughly 40,000 residents to serve as the pool for potential jurors. or move it. some 300 miles away to boise.

specifically, ada county, with more than 500,000 residents, which would vastly expand the jury pool. something kohberger's defense has been pushing for. >> they shouldn't have a trial in this county. >> reporter: their argument, media coverage has tainted perspective jurors in moscow and all of latah county, pointing to a survey saying that 70% of respondents say they have already formed a guilty opinion. >> these are deeply held opinions in this community within this jury pool. >> reporter: but prosecutors have pushed to keep the proceedings where they are, arguing the extensive media coverage of the case is inescapable. >> i don't think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems. >> reporter: kohberger faces four charges of first degree murder for the fatal stabbings

of madison mogen, kaylee goncalves and ethan chapin of 2022. a judge entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. the families of the victims say moving the trial would be a major hardship. >> it would be devastating for me. >> it's an insult. it would be an absolute insult. we are the victims and the crime happened here. >> still, staying in latah county could leave the door open for kohberger to appeal a potential guilty verdict. >> he could re-bring up that issue and saying the trial court errored by not allowing a change of venue, that the jurors were biased. >> laura, let's start there. we've been talking about the prospect of a change of venue for some time now. how important is that to this case? where the trial actually happened? >> it's important to the victims' families, as we just heard. obviously, they say they want to be there every day. it's important to the prosecutors. they want to show, hey, we can take on a big case like this, our town can handle it. but at the same time, they do not want to have this all get wiped away on appeal. and even though the victims' family perspective is huge here, what's most important is that bryan kohberger gets a fair trial. >> that's what i was going to ask you.

will the judge take the families' opinions into consideration? how much does that weigh, i guess? >> it doesn't seem like it's been a priority for him so far. remember, the house got torn down and there was very little objection to that. and i think that's why some of the victims' families feel like, hey, we still have a voice here. we're the ones who lost our kids. but in terms of the legal sort of arguments back and forth, his their perspective is really not what he'll be zeroing in on today. >> is this kind of change of venue motion standard operating procedure? >> yes, and they almost always fail, really, joe. but in this kind of case, given how small the county is, compared to boise, a much bigger jury pool, i think he has a chance. usually, they almost always fail. >> your insight -- >> i think he moves it. i think we might see it sometime soon thereafter, though >> our senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett. coming up, the growing concern over a surge in rare and dangerous viruses spread by mosquitos ahead of a big holiday

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we are back now. 7:39 this morning on "in depth today." the spotlight on safety when it comes to kids and sports. >> the new school year is just getting underway, and an alarming number of young athletes have already died playing football. >> nbc's sam brock is here with more. sam, good morning. >> yeah, guys, good morning. this is just a difficult topic to try to wrap your head around right now. sadly, there are a handful of football-related fatalities every single year, but just this august, in a span of weeks, there have been at least six deaths involving teens ranging from 13 to 16 years old. now parents of a middle schooler cohen kradic who died from head

injuries are calling for more safety measures, anything that will prevent other families from feeling what they feel right now. >> reporter: for the families of samaj wilkins, cowen cratic, and four other teenage football players, unthinkable tragedy has upended their lives. all of their sons dying after playing football in just the last few weeks. west virginia's ryan cratic says his 13-year-old eighth grader, cowen, had only been playing organized football for about a year when he died from a head injury sustained during practice. was preventable? >> i think if he would have been wearing something like the guardian hat, it would have been a different outcome. >> reporter: guardian caps are soft shell helmet covers that the nfl has started to use in recent years in an effort to reduce head injuries, although their effectiveness is still unclear. but it's not just head injuries. samaj wilkins, a 14-year-old ninth grader collapsed during practice on a day that temperatures soared into the 90s. >> were you aware of any underlying health conditions that might have made him predisposed to something like

this? >> i was not aware of any of it. the only thing i was aware that he had was allergies, that's it. >> reporter: researchers say that football fatalities are rare, but last year, a study found 16 football players at the youth and college levels died, three from traumatic injuries directly related to football and ten indirect fatalities like sudden cardiac arrest and heatstroke. >> i think at the high school level, most of the safety regulations are guidelines. and i think we wouldn't be seeing these deaths if they were more widely enforced. >> reporter: neuro scientist dr. chris nowinski says at a bare minimum he wants to see a larger focus on avoiding certain practice habits. >> if you hear about a death in practice, that was avoidable. retrain coaches to teach kids how to play football without them getting in the head so much. >> reporter: an urgent plea echoed by parents hoping to

protect other young athletes. >> we do not need to wait. we do not need up with more child to lose their life. >> it is really important to note here there were three traumatic injuries. blunt force trauma, right in line with the ten-year annual average. if you can believe that, about 3.5 a year. those indirect death we just told you about occur roughly three times as often. >> this strikes a nerve for people all around the country. so many of our kids play sports, football, soccer, what have you. what are some specific recommendations that experts have to reduce these kinds of deaths? >> the study that we referenced had a lot of different suggestions. let's start with the most obvious. that heat-stroke related deaths should not happen. period. they are preventable. all schools should have an understanding of best practices, bringing down body core, body temperature and avoiding unnecessary risks when it concerns head injury, guys, teaching tackling the right way. blocking and tackling, which is to say, keep heads away from that sort of procedure, like? we all know the bases of this,

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you it is 756 right now. i'm laura garcia, and i'm marcus washington. happening now. here's what we're working on for our upcoming 8 a.m. streaming newscast. i'm ginger conejero saab at sfo, the busiest airport in the bay area. it is expected to see more than 930,000 passengers pass through from today until tuesday. that's up 9% since last year, according to

triple a, san francisco is one of the top local destinations. this labor day weekend, it's joined by new york, boston, denver and chicago. international travel is down 4% compared to last year. if you do plan on driving to your destination this labor day, today and tomorrow will be the busiest days, according to triple a, you know what's coming today? what's that? a little bit of a cooldown, right, kari? yes. looking forward to that. for some of our valleys. it's coming down a few degrees. not a lot of 90s here, but there still will be a few. we're up to 92 in fairfield, 90 in concord with upper 70s today in oakland and low 70s in san francisco. we're going to see more of the same temperatures throughout the weekend, anywhere from upper 60s to upper 90s. but we are trending towards some slightly cooler temperatures heading into our holiday weekend. back to you. all right. thanks so much, kari. now make sure you tune in to our streaming live newscast that's coming up for you at 8:00 in just minutes. and we will have more for you. all the new

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up. razor thin. new polls showing a tight race across several key swing states, as former president trump defends his trip to arlington national cemetery. we're live with the latest, with

just ten weeks to go until the election. also, sounding the alarm. this morning, growing fears over mosquito-born illnesses and the dangers they pose. >> his speech was slurred. he couldn't raise his arms up and he couldn't smile. >> the stories of two families now impacted and how you can stay protected. then, super market sweep! a closer look at how the economy is now shaping our spending habits. >> today, we're hitting both target and aldi to get some grocery shopping done. >> heading to costco and right after go to walmart. >> and how to use the so-called cross-shopping trend to keep more cash in your wallet.wallet. all that, plus, nikki glaser goes golden. >> you're in the really as dumb as you act and sound and are. >> the new nba documentary holding court. >> who was the best pilot i ever saw?

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and will sit down for her first formal interview since taking over the top of the democratic ticket. a new set of polls shows harris and former president trump neck and neck in georgia. like previous polls, the results all within the margin of error, also show a razor-thin race in other battleground states. the trump campaign, meanwhile, is defending its visit this week to arlington national cemetery. they posted a highlight video on tiktok showing mr. trump laying a wreath in honor of the service members killed at the abbeygate bombing in afghanistan three years ago and posing with some of their family members. the trump campaign says an arlington staffer decided to physically block members of president trump's team during a very solemn ceremony. a cemetery spokesperson point outs that federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities there. the controversy getting heated. >> it's disrespectful. it's not disney world. it's arlington national cemetery. and it should be respected as such. >> and she wants to yell at donald trump, because he showed

up. she can -- she can go to hell. >> reporter: senator jd vance had those choice words, even though the vice president herself has not commented. the harris campaign, though, is calling it all a sad episode. craig? >> gabe gutierrez from the white house, thank you. there are mounting fears this morning over dangerous mosque-born illnesses, after a missouri teenager infected with west nile virus was left paralyzed and on a ventilator. meanwhile, the family of a new hampshire man killed by another virus is speaking out. nbc's maggie vespa joins us live from chicago with the latest. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, sheinelle, good morning. yeah, the horror stories tied to these rare but dangerous diseases continue to mount. all of them traced back to mosquito bites that experts say look totally normal, but could be deadly. >> reporter: this morning, in the peak of summer mosquito season, two families are sounding alarms about rare mosquito-born illnesses, and the dangers they pose.

in suburban st. louis, 18-year-old john proctor vi, known as bb, lays paralyzed in a hospital bed on a ventilator. his father says it started earlier this month when the recent high school graduate complained about headaches and dizziness. then symptoms escalated. >> his speech was slurred, he couldn't raise his arms up and he couldn't smile. >> reporter: hospital doctors placing the previously healthy teen in intensive care. the diagnose, west nile virus from a mosquito bite, paralyzing him from the neck down. the family praying he'll recover. this as the family of steven perry, a 41-year-old new hampshire man, killed by a rare eee virus speaks out, writing in his obituary, the director of nursing services and avid boston sports fans was stricken by a sudden and rare brain infection and died after a week in the hospital, adding steven left those that he loved far too soon.

it marks new hampshire's first reported human case of eastern equine encephalitis or triple e in a decade. four other states also reporting cases. the virus is rare, but has a mortality rate of approximately 30%, while experts say west nile is also on the rise. among those sickened, dr. anthony fauci hospitalized for a week with the virus, quoted saying he felt like he'd been hit by a truck, adding, i've never been as sick in my life, ever. in chicago, pest control company mosquito joe is seeing a 20% spike in new customers, fearful after seeing a case reported in neighboring wisconsin. when people call you, are they mentioning these viruses specifically? >> most of them are. a lot of people say, just come out and take care of it. >> reporter: homeowner april manhurt had her property sprayed to protect her dog, charleston. >> i think even more than just concern for myself, also my dog and this is -- you don't know

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>> you have to branch out and see what the best deals are. try out new stores. >> mom of two getsy grocery shops once a week. and the trip is never a one-stop shop. >> give me a sense of the different stores where you shop and why? >> i love going to costco to bulk up on things. i love going to walmart for my toiletries and produce, and winkies for canned goods. >> reporter: cross-shopping, a growing trend here to stay, that's according to a new consumer spend report published by upside, a digital marketplace offering cash back. thomas is a research economist at the rewards app. does it make sense for people who are cost conscious to switch it up? it doesn't pay to be loyal? >> many consumers are behaving in this uncommitted way, because they want their money to go farther. >> what do you think is driving it? >> consumers are rather pessimistic about the economy right now, which is unfortunate, because we see the economy as growing, we see incomes are going up, innation is cooling. but consumers, they still remember what happened in the

past years. and because there's more options now than ever before, consumers are having to work harder to make their money go farther. >> reporter: eight in ten shoppers surveyed compared grocery prices across stores and more than 60% do the same thing when eating out. >> consumers are trading down more. which means we're seeing more instances where consumers are going from a full service restaurant to a quick service restaurant or fast food. >> are you also seeing consumers eating at grocery stores? >> we're seeing a trend where grocery stores are becoming what we like to call a groceraunt, which is where consumers are able to buy a prepared food meal at a grocery store. this is also happening at convenience stores. where consumers are able to get different options like fried chicken and pizza. >> reporter: more than half of consumers say they've opted for a prepared meal from the grocery store over dining out. >> i think i'll try a couple of these. >> that's fueling the meal deal wars with kfc to offer the $5

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but also going to grocery outlet. which makes a lot of sense. >> i've been doing that for years. >> i feel like for a long time, you've been telling us to get loyalty cards and sign up. now you're saying loyalty is not being rewarded. >> no. you are loyal to multiple stores and use the loyalty discount where they're giving you the best deals that week. >> you have to pivot, craig. >> multiple loyalty. >> keep up. you have to keep up. >> keep them guessing. >> you're coming back with labor day round up. >> you bet. some of the sales are underway right now, but what you should take advantage of this weekend and what you should wait on until october or black friday. >> okay! >> are they going to reward - loyalty? >> yeah, at the different -- multiple places will reward loyalty. >> you know who is loyal, al roker. al roker is loyal. >> when it comes to shopping, vick says bpromiscuous. very nice! well done. >> shop around. that's all i'm saying.

>> always takes it to the next level. >> for tomorrow, your travel, we're looking at locally heavy rain, if you're flying, look for problems in houston, st. louis, chicago. delays, charlotte, all the way down to miami. and on the roads, along i-10, look for ponding on the roads there. i-44. i-40, a little on the soggy side. for monday, scattered storms, atlanta, tampa look at some delays, especially in houston. we'll be looking at that and on the roads again, texas to the carolinas. localized flash flooding possible. again, flying, charlotte, atlanta, tampa look at some delays, especially in houston. we'll be looking at that and on the roads again, i-10 going to be a problem. i-35 from oklahoma city to houston and in the northeast from raleigh all the way down to miami along the eastersea board. n th

>> don't forget, if you're heading out the door, catch us on sirius xm channel 108. today show radio. best time to leave, right before 1:00 and "today show confidential." but in the meantime, best time of the morning "popstart." how do you really feel? first up in "popstart," nikki glaser. the emmy-nominated comedian kicked off the summer scoring big laughs at that tom brady roast. >> tom also lost $30 million in crypto. tom, how did you fall for that? even gronk was like me know that's not real money. >> she's so funny. >> she's so funny. >> well, now glaser landed her next big gig. she will host the golden globes. it will be her first time stepping on to the international award shows stage. sharing her excitement, it's one of the first time that showbiz

allows itself to be lovingly mocked, at least i hope so. it's an exciting gig because it's live, unpredictable, in front of hollywood's biggest stars who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exs. the golden globes are scheduled for january 5th. >> there is not anyone in the room safe. >> she brings an edge to it. next up, the hurricanes. that's name of a new sports doc all about the houston hurricanes. it's a team in the first women's full tackle football league and how those women influenced decades of female athletes. we have an exclusive sneak peek at the trailer. take a look. >> the league was started by a talent agent who thought that maybe the women would play in skirts, but the women showed up and they were like, we want to play football. you placed an ad for football. >> football coaches are writing letters that say, dear mr. president, please don't destroy the sport that we know you love. >> it was actually a sign on the door of my high school gym, no

girls allowed. why can't we go in there? we need to be strong, too. >> if this is the space we're not supposed to play, when we do this, we can shift culture. >> i didn't know anything about that. >> no. >> the herricanes hit select theaters in october. speaking of sports documentaries, next up, the starting five. yesterday, netflix announced a new project following last year's nba season through the eyes of its biggest players. so here's the lineup. we've got jimmy butler, anthony edwards, lebron james, demonte sibonis and jayson tatum. the series captured all five athletes on their battles on and off the court as they chased greatness, pushed through injuries and balanced the demands of family and legacy. all ten episodes starts streaming october 20th. >> and as he's known, the minnesota timberwolves player being featured there, quite possibly the funniest players in -- >> really? >> we were out in vegas and did a little thing with him and i asked all the olympians the same question, if you could play

another sport, what would you play? he responded with swimming. i said, oh, do you swim, and he said, no, but i could beat everyone on this team in a race. and proceeds to go name by name through the roster. >> oh, wow. >> and explain why he would beat lebron james. lebron is too old. hilarious. had the entire room in stitches. >> that's awesome. quite the little nugget. >> antman. >> maybe he should host the golden globes. >> maybe he should! >> next up, "oasis," al, this one is for you. cue the music! ♪ ♪ champagne super nova ♪ this was my high school. the band is back together. and now flying up the charts. since news of the brother's reunion tour broke earlier this week, the '90s hit makers have been crushing it on streaming. spotify reporting a 690%

increase of their music in just one day! >> when you play it a few times from nothing, that's a big increase. >> four of their records have jumped into the top 40. "wonder wall" has now jumped into the top 20. >> you know "wonderwall." >> i have no idea. ♪ slowing walking down the hall ♪ >> come on, d! keep going. >> i could. nobody wants that. >> you're right. >> mark your calendar. tickets go on sale this saturday. we should go. >> you have a good singing voice. >> sure. >> how do you feel? >> i'm sure they're waiting too. we are off the rails! go ahead. >> next up, steve harvey. the hollywood heavy hitter is getting the biopic treatment. >> oh, wow. >> deadline reporting there's a movie in the works set to chronicle just three days in harvey's life. it's leading up to -- >> that's not him! >> why are we showing -- wait, why are we showing kenan thompson! >> we've got them mixed um! which one's which? most difficult moments in his life.

he says the movie will show that hope is never truly lost. no word yet on casting. but here you go. we know someone who has been auditioning for years. >> okay, now. welcome to celebrity "family feud." this is one of about four different daytime shows that i host. every one of them is playing right now on that little tv that you can watch while you're pumping your gas. >> how can you not cast -- >> that's funny. >> glen powell, the actor is feeling the kennergy. yesterday, he had the perfect response to this response that said, glenn powell is the biggest up and coming movie star, in the sense that audiences now go to movies to see him. unlike an actor like ryan gosling, whose appeal is mostly limited to female audiences, glenn appeals to both females and males. i don't know if i agree with that, but what did the "top gun" star have to say. >> oh look at this. >> he tweeted gosling is a legend.

i'm just glenn. no shading on ryan gosling on glen powell's watch. i think there's enough room for two. >> two handsome men. >> what about three? >> on this couch, hello! >> let's just not go crazy here. >> this is after we complimented her on her singing voice. after we were generous -- >> sorry, you're very handsome. >> no, we're not here for your charity. i don't want your charity compliment! still ahead, a little music, besides dylan's singing to boost your thursday morning. the multi-talented ingrid michaelson is here with a special live performance after your local news. >> ingrid's like, i didn't sign up for this!

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♪ we are back at 8:30 on this thursday morning. and we have a fun crowd getting a jump start on the long holiday weekend with a visit to our plaza.

and we want to invite them and all of you, in fact, back tomorrow for a great concert. khalid will be out here on our concert stage tomorrow. >> this is a great crowd! >> it's a high energy today! >> we have some birthday girls . >> hi, kansas! >> i see you! >> take a look at this group right over here. you've got three. where'd they go? celebrating? we've got so dr somebody celebrating your 10th birthday? what's your name? >> you're celebrating 40. >> right here. kendra! >> and celebrating -- >> afraid it's me -- >> don't be afraid, be proud! >> and they're from kansas! look at that! >> another birthday here! happy birthday to you, and a birthday there. happy 50th to you. >> and you've been telling everybody that story about anthony davis. >> anthony edwards. do you want to go back to that now. >> no, we're good. >> meanwhile, we have some stars with us this morning, as well, including -- there he is, the

one, the only dennis quaid is in the house. we'll talk about his remarkable career, his newest role as well playing another hollywood icon, president ronald reagan and explain who the dog is with mr. quaid, as well. plus, singer/song writer ingrid michaelson is performing a beautiful song from her brand-new album. >> and we've got a sight for sore eyes around here. one of our favorites, a homegrown special. salma dotta is back. she used to work here and always brought delicious homemade snacks. she's now a cookbook author and going to share recipes for an easy pasta salad and a perfect dessert to stash in your freezer for the holiday weekend. >> a taste test for salma and now she's a big deal. >> she's making it for us. >> we'll be back in the kitchen in the third hour sharing simple solutions and hacks you need to know to make cooking a breeze. >> al, how about a check of the weather? >> let's look ahead to your weekend forecast! the last unofficial weekend of summer. great day in the northeast friday, strong storms, great lakes all the way to the gulf.

warm out west. on saturday, we're looking for more strong storms moving into the northeast. a flood risk down through the gulf. western third of the country looking great! sunday, sunday! some evening storms in new england, gulf storms continue. inland heat in the pacific northwest into the plains. and on monday, a beautiful day on the beach along the great lakes, the northeast, new england, desert heat out west, but downpours continue along the gulf. good. thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're starting out cloudy in san francisco, and those clouds may linger a lot longer throughout the morning into the early afternoon. but that will keep those temperatures down. we'll see a high of 73 degrees. upper seconds for the north bay. and we are still feeling some warm air and some of the inland valleys, but just not as hot as it has been. our temperatures continue to come down a few more degrees going into our holiday weekend. looks really nice, but it will be heating up again

>> that's your latest weather. all these generations here, what do we have? >> four. there's four of us. >> great-grandma, grandma, granddaughter, great-granddaughter. >> wow. >> that's cool. >> i'll let you sort that out. we'll get back to you in just a little bit. >> and by the way, made the trip from washington state as well. cross-country. up next, hollywood royalty is here in studio 1a. can't wait to chat with the newest role and his remarkable career. but first, this is "today" on nbc!

welcome back. when it comes to portraying a president on screen, real or fictitious, an actor needs gravitas, needs charm, needs one heck of a smile. dennis quaid checks all of those boxes in his new film, "reagan." and you can't have a movie about the popular president without nancy.

nancy reagan is being played by penelope ann miller by his side, including in the wake of an attempt on his life. take a look. >> i don't do so good without you. you. i should have been there. i always walk on your left side. >> no, no. no, then it would have been you. >> ah, dennis quaid, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning, peaches. we'll talk to you in just a few moments. i got to catch the film last night, and you nailed the affect. it doesn't hurt that you kind of look like ronald reagan as well. but i read that you were initially reluctant to even take on the role? >> yes, i was. he was my favorite president and reagan is like mohammad ali. you show a picture of him to

anyone in the world, they're going to say, that's reagan. and i didn't want to do an impersonation. i wanted to get to the human being behind the public persona. and so i went up, got invited to the reagan ranch, which is not open to the public. his friends bought it after his passing, they left it exactly as it was. their clothes are still in the closet, in fact. and coming through the gates, i could feel him there. i mean, the house they had, it was 1,100 square feet, barely you know, a two-bedroom apartment. and they had a king-sized bed, but it was two single beds zip tied together. reagan was not a rich man, i realized. he was a very humble man. and that's what led me into it. >> i think we've got a side by side of you and the late president, as well, because i want to show, again, you really captured the likeness. what about the voice, dennis. how did you nail that? were you walking around the house -- >> i had two years to prepare,

basically. yeah, my poor kids lived with ronald reagan at different times of his life for a couple of years. but i wanted to learn it and forget it. youtube is fantastic as far as a source for that. but i just wanted to forget it so we could do these scenes. and then i had penelope ann miller playing nancy and she's so good -- she just was nancy, even in the lunch line. >> as you said, she was in character as well for most of the filming. even when she was not actually being filmed. >> yeah, she's such an incredible actress. and at the core, the movie is a love story of ron and nancy and their marriage over five, six decades. and there wouldn't have been a president reagan without nancy. >> and it's also told through -- not to give away too much, but it's told through the eyes of a former kgb spy who's played by jon voight, as well.

i mean, you know, these are interesting times, politically, in which we find ourselves. was there any reluctance to do a movie like this right now? and then to release that movie just a few weeks before what's going to be a hotly contested presidential election? >> no, we made it during covid, it was 2020. and we meant to come out in '22. i had one caveat, i just wanted to make sure that we did not come out in an election year, because i just didn't want it to get lost in the melee, but here it is, come out in an election year, and the response to it has been incredible. and so i have to say, what do i know? >> yeah. >> and we have had some bumps in the road. things like facebook has been, for some reason banning and censoring our advertising and promotion on it. and -- which is very interesting, i think, you know, because they said we were trying to influence an election. >> i was going to ask you about that.

>> i think banning it is trying -- banning it is trying to influence an election. >> i was going to ask you about that, full disclosure, i know a few months ago, you endorsed donald trump for president. was there a hope that this film might influence the election -- >> oh, absolutely not. like i said, we wanted to come out in '22. and you know, it's a biographical pic of ronald reagan, who was a democrat for, you know, half of his life, too, by the way. you know, it wasn't meant to be political at all. in fact, we were trying to kind of rise above that, back to a time when republicans and democrats talked to each other, you had liberal republicans, conservative democrats, tip o'neil and ronald reagan had a very close relationship, got a lot done in a democratic congress with a republican president. >> before we go, we should probably explain to focus at home, this adorable pup on the floor here in studio 1a. this is peaches. >> that's peaches. she is the only non-historical

fact in the reagan movie. she plays the family dog. >> oh, wait a minute! >> they did not -- >> that's right! i didn't realize that. >> they didn't even have miniature english bulldogs back then. >> peaches, i saw you last night in the film. >> you're outed, peaches. sorry. >> i've never seen a more chill bulldog than that. dennis, don't go far. we'll talk with you a little bit more coming up in the third hour as well. penelope will join us in the third hour as well. "reagan" hits theaters tomorrow. sheinelle? >> peaches is unfazed. just relaxing there. thank you, craig. up next, a special performance from this talented star right here, ingrid michaelson. but first, this is "today" on nbc. michaelson. but first, this is "today" on nbc. you told mom to send her prescription to amazon pharmacy. she didn't. (over speaker) price check in pharmacy. all mom had to do was use amazon pharmacy. and her meds would get delivered right to her door.

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singer, songwriter, composer, ingrid michaelson. >> ingrid's ninth studio album "for the dreamers" came out last week. she's about to perform a song from that album, but first, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i love that title. tell me how it inspired you "for the dreamers." what's it all about? >> i wanted to to make a record for people with hope or people who needed some hope. i think we all need some hope sometimes. >> especially these days. >> yeah. >> this song that you're about to perform, it's one of my all-time favorites. >> well, now i'm nervous. >> no. 50 years ago, i think louis armstrong first same "what a wonderful world." you're going to sing it now. what do you think about this song that still resonates with so many? >> it's not a declaration, i think it's a hope, it's a prayer. and i think, again, just to circle back to what we were just talking about, hope and the need for hope. and skies of blue and trees of green and seeing kids and knowing that these young ones coming up are going to be the

ones to make this a better place. >> isn't it interesting how timeless it is, too? >> yeah. timeless and needed. >> without further ado, ingrid michaelson, "what a wonderful world." ♪ ♪ i see trees of green, red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and no you ♪ ♪ and i think to myself, what ai wonderful world ♪ ♪ i see skies of blue, and clouds of white ♪ ♪ a bright blessed day, and the dark sacred night ♪ ♪ and i think to myself, what a wonderful world ♪

♪ the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people going by ♪ ♪ i see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do, and i lovy you ♪ ♪ i hear babies cry and i watch them grow ♪ ♪ they'll learn much more than a i'll ever know ♪ ♪ and i think to myself, what a,

wonderful world ♪ ♪ yes, i think to myself, what a wonderful world ♪ >> ingrid! you nailed it! nailed it! >> beautiful. >> thank you. >> i could listen to you all day. again, the album is called "for the dreamers" and ingrid is back with another performance in our third hour. >> the pride of staten island. the pride of staten island. up next, a familiar face back in studio 1a. we'll do some good for you every shelter pet deserves a second chance, and you're making it possible for thousands of them,

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we are back with a very special guest on "today" food, our friend, samah dada, who of course used to be our lead production assistant here. look at her now!

she's all grown up! she's also the creator of "dada eats." and she's out with a brand-new newsletter filled with her favorite recipes, and these kitchen hacks she's become known for. welcome back home. >> thank you, craig. it's always good to be here. >> let's talk about this newsletter. we're announcing it today. folks who subscribe, what can they expect? >> it's so fun to create this new venture. you know i've been doing this almost for ten years which is crazy. >> ten years?! >> i know, don't even tell me about it. i'm freaking out also. but it's a new way for me to engage with the community in a little more long form of a fashion. there's only so much you can put in an instagram caption, so different hacks, kitchen tips, stories, a lot of different things in a way to expand on my recipes. >> we're always going to subscribe. how often will it come out? >> every week. >> weekly news letter. i'm working. working overtime. >> you're fresh back from copenhagen. spent some time over there? >> i did. i was in copen haggen all of june. did some pop-ups over there. it was a total dream to cook

somewhere that isn't new york. it was very cool. very lucky. >> from production assistant to pop-ups in copenhagen. >> let's start here. this is going to be a little pasta salad you're making. >> you know my whole goal is to create healthy recipes that are easy to make but also really delicious and decadent, so you don't feel like you're come promiezing on flavor. this is a tahini caesar pasta salad. my tip is to use tahini to make the caesar dressing. it makes it really simple and healthy. sesame seed paste, same consistency as peanut butter, we start with that, gives a nice creamy dressing, some olive oil. craig, if you want to add some lemon juice, because you're my sous chef today. i don't know if you knew that, but now you know. a little bit of garlic. that's some water. after we season with a little bit of salt and pepper, then this is going to -- everyone is chuckling. >> that was a very sheinelle thing of you to do. >> thought it might have been vinegar. >> oh, no, no.

we'll just mix this up. just add a little water to achieve this nice, creamy consistency. >> just a little splash. that's perfect. you don't want it too be too runny, that won't get that caesar dressing. once you have this nice creamy dressing, i'll work on what i like to call my cheesy cashew bread crumbs. this is a fun way to create a bread crumb, but from a cashew. this is by the way a great ghuten free alternative. i was thinking about cal when i was thinking about this recipe this morning. so raw, unsalted cashews, simple, basic. now, we're going to add some nutritional yeast, and while it doesn't sound like the cutest thing ever -- it's very great. >> i'll go a little faster. >> let's keep going. this is zatar, garlic powder, a little bit of salt. mix that up and you'll get this nice little bread crumb situation here. >> then we just build it. for our add-ins, we have our pasta, add some tomato. these are so beautiful right now. adds that nice pop of sweetness. massage your kale, always.

>> got to massage the kale. >> give it a spa day. >> it's not good for it. breaks down the fibers and makes it nice and tender, so you're not just crunching on raw kale. move on to our dessert. i'll make this quick, so basically, we're going to stuff dates with ice cream. you know i love my dates, any no-bake dessert. we're going to take our dates, stuff it with a peanut butter caramel, but if you're like craig melvin and not a huge fan of peanut butter -- cashew butter! >> is that what this is? >> yep. you have peanut butter, craig got the cashew butter. >> regular ice cream. >> you can use your favorite. i like use coffee ice cream. it's really nice. stuff it with your peanut butter caramel, add a little bit of some peanuts for crunch, and stuff it with your ice cream. >> this is delicious! >> freeze it, and it's going to look like this. put that in there. >> and put it in the freezer. >> like a healthier take on those ice cream candy bars i

used to love as a kid. >> delicious. >> dip it in ice cream and freeze. >> for like 30 minutes, 40 minutes until the chocolate sets. >> thank you so much for having me! >> congrats on all the things. >> thank you, guys. >> delicious. you can find her recipes and more by scanning the qr code and go to today.com/food. mr. roker, i believe we left some time for birthday wishes. >> absolutely. a new batch of smucker's jars. with some nice folks to meet. so let's start up. first up, happy 107th birthday to martha brown from little rock, arkansas. the family says she has got the most amazing memory and loves sharing stories. fred good from van wert, ohio. he's 100, secret to longevity, honesty, integrity, and marrying the right partner. we have another 107th birthday to lela hobson from birmingham, alabama. retired schoolteacher, sunday school teacher, as well. also a lifelong member of the delta sigma theta sorority.

happy 100th birthday from violet jones from franklin, north carolina. she says, key to life, roll with the punches, enjoy the little things and travel as much as possible. leo willenberg from manning, iowa, is 100. spends time with his 9 children, 25 grandchildren, and 43 great-grandchildren. finally, happy 100th birthday to henrietta mckenzie from boston, her secret to longevity, friends and a lot of prayers. there you have it. we're back with our third and fourth hours encolluding much more with dennis quaid and much more from, love her, music star, ingrid michaelson. that's coming up right after your local news.

good morning. it's 856 on marcus washington. today may be the first real test for bay area colleges promising to take a stronger stance this school year against protesters. pro-palestinian supporters plan to hold coordinated rallies at four bay area universities uc berkeley, san jose state, sf state and usf. organizers are demanding schools divest from companies connected to israel. uc and csu leaders say they are enacting a zero tolerance policy on encampments this fall. this is along with a ban on wearing masks to hide identity of protesters. they're not commenting on today's planned events. well, happening now, today in the bay. well, we will have more for you. thi

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