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This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they are deeply hurt in dayton as a lot of folks are all over this country, but they are resolving there to have some good come from this. And two communities in a lot of pain. El paso and dayton is where we start this morning the search for clues and answers in ohio and texas. This morning theres new information coming to light about the suspects were also hearing more from the families of the fallen weve got it all covered well start with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez whos in dayton for us this morning gabe, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning, an incredible act of resilience, the popular bar behind me that the gunman was trying to enter has already reopened now investigators are digging into the gunmans past including a troubling account from an exgirlfriend, and we should warn you the new video youre about to see is disturbing this morning a terrifying view inside the crowded dayton bar as gunfire erupted. People diving for cover while the gunman tried to get inside before Police Quickly took him down now a growing mystery, why 24yearold connor betts killed nine people in just 30 Seconds Police searching his home in a dayton suburb where he and his sister megan attended high school. She was a wonderful person. Late monday an emotional vigil in her hometown. Megan bets was the gunmans youngest victim, but its still not clear if she was the main tart. It seems to just defy believability he would shoot his own sister its also hard to believe that he didnt recognize that was his sister. Reporter six of the nine fatally wounded victims were africanamerican so far police say they do not see a racial motivation. A former girlfriend of the gunman agrees. This isnt about race this isnt about religion. Its none of those things. This is a man who is in pain and didnt get the help that he needed. Reporter Adelia Johnson said she dated betts for a few months and they broke up in may they originally met in a Community College class and bond over their shared struggle with mental illness. People go every day being perfectly fine with having a mental illness, me included. And he just he got the short end of the stick, no support system. Reporter she now believes there were red flags she says he showed her a video of a mass shooting on their first date, that he later took her to a gun range, and that he performed with an extreme heavy metal band known for sexually violent lyrics one former High School Classmate says betts also got in trouble for making threats. Whatd you make of him . Kind of a loner, a bit of an outcast. This community remembering the nine lives cut short, among them beatrice warrencurtis whose mother said loved to travel and was on a girls trip to dayton. Hug your kids and love them you dont know in america now, when they leave they may not come back. Gabe, i know the gunmans sister obviously was a victim. She was not the only person who was with him before the shooting, is that right . Reporter yeah, thats right, Savannah Police say a friend who rode with the gunman and his sister here to the oregon district was also shot, but he survived, and were told that hes now cooperating with investigators, savannah. Extraordinary, gabe thank you very much. From dayton now to el paso where the death toll has risen from the mass shooting there, and as the victims families share their stories, police revealing what led the gunman to that crowded walmart on saturday nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has more on that miguel, good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. Here in el paso the grief is overwhelming the death toll has now risen to 22 today we are learning more about the investigation and the suspects rampage. Lets go, lets go reporter this morning, chilling new details about 21yearold Patrick Crusius, now facing capital murder charges after police say he opened fire at a walmart filled with families Authorities Say the gunman stopped at this walmart because he was lost and hungry, then went back to his car, armed himself and started his rampage killing many victims at close range executing some as they pleaded for help were dealing with a tragedy of 22 people who have perished by the evil, hateful act. Reporter police say after his arrest, the gunman showed no remorse or regret speaking openly about his extremist and hatefilled manifesto posted online just minutes before the shooting this is like a nightmare. This is not el paso. Reporter Sylvia Salcedo filmed the the ordeal as she hid under a table with her 91yearold mother the d. A. Now seeking the Death Penalty for the suspect as he appeared in court, the judge telling nbc news the gunman was attentive and lucid and ordered held without bond. Former schoolmates describe him to the l. A. Times as strong minded with a short temper and often picked on because of how he spoke and because he wore what looked like hand me down clothes. Now with the death toll rising, families separated during the massacre are finding out the fate of their loved ones. All i want to do is find my mom. Somebody needs to tell me where she is. Katie hallberg has now learned her mother angie was among those killed, newlyweds jordan and Andre Anchondo both died shielding their baby boy paul. Theyre both heroes because they were doing their job as parents. Reporter Javier Rodriguez was the youngest victim, only 15 years old. He had just finished his freshman year in high school, jessica garcia, her husband memo and their kids were at the walmart for a fundraiser both parents were shot in the le legs while their children hid from the gunman escaping unharmed. My grandmother said she was hiding and heard him taunting saying come on out, im going to get you. My soninlaw, i truly believe he stepped in the way and took the brunt of it to protect my daughter. Reporter this tightknit community in mourning and praying for those still fighting to survive more than two dozen injured in that shooting in el paso, what do we know about the latest on their conditions . Reporter not far from here at a nearby hospital 15 people remain under the care of doctors. Two people are still in Critical Condition fighting for their lives. Guys, back to you. Miguel almaguer there for us in texas where does the nation go from here the debate over next steps is raging in washington nbcs White House Correspondent Peter Alexander has that part of the story. Multiple white house officials tell nbc news President Trump is kbptexpected travel today ton and el paso in the next few days to pay his respects to the victims and thank the First Responders there. The president is facing renewed criticism following his prepared statement here monday where he condemned hate but did not address his own past language and made no call for strict new gun laws. Reporter in the wake of what he called two evil attacks, President Trump delivering this denunciation of hatred in america. In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in america hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. Reporter the president emphasizing mental illness, steering clear of proposing any new gun restrictions. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun reporter earlier on twitter, President Trump called for strong background checks and suggested tieing them to new immigration laws, but he made no mention of that during his televised remarks. The president s past rhetoric stoking antiimmigrant hatred according to critics, is continuing to bolster their claims that hes part of the problem. This is an invasion it is an invasion, you know that. Former president obama releasing a sharplyworded statement, a thinlyveiled rebuke of his successor though never mentioning President Trump by name, urging americans to soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments. Mr. Obama who had at least 14 Mass Shootings during his time in office also renewing his calls for tougher gun control laws, something he unsuccessfully pushed for as president following the Sandy Hook School attack. The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between ahead of them. Reporter obamas the ages of 5 and 10 years old they had their entire lives ahead of them. Reporter obamas former Vice President and current Democratic Front runner joe biden also weighed in this is White Nationalism this is white supremacy. This is about hate, and its being fueled by rhetoric that is so divisive, and its causing, causing people to die. Peter, weve heard the talk, what the candidates, what the president , what people are saying what is being talked about being done actually . Is there any action proposed by lawmakers in washington . Reporter good question lawmakers arent in washington in fact, theyre in recess until after labor day. Top democrats are calling on the senates Top Republican mitch mccoell to cancel that august recess to call lawmakers back here to washington to act on bills that have been on mcconnells desk since february, bills passed by the house, but so far mcconnell is resisting those calls. Hes encouraging republicans to, quote, reflect on the subjects the president raised and to engage in bipartisan discussions of potential solutions savannah and craig. All right, Peter Alexander at the white house for us, thank you, peter. Now we turn to those new jitters on wall street this morning after the stock markets worst day of the year. The dow lost nearly 770 points on monday. The s p dropped nearly 3 , nasdaq fell by about 3. 5 , so whats driving this plunge . What does it all mean for you . Nbcs Stephanie Ruhle joins us with some of the answers this morning. Always good to see you my friend. Lets start with the worst day of the year for all three of the major indices. It seems as if this was driven by china devaluing its currency. First of all, what does that mean . Why does that married so mutter us . This is all about the trade war. On friday the president threatened new tariffs, 25 on 300 billion worth of goods coming from china. That means u. S. Companies have to pay this additional tariff or tax to get those goods here, so what does china do . They devalue their currency. That basically means buying those chinese goods are cheaper, so they want those u. S. Companies to still buy the goods. They devalue their currency, and it weighs things out so those the u. S. Companies pay the tariff. Goods cost less, so its a positive because they want to get that stuff. Now, its really bad if im a u. S. Company that has any business in china. I dont want that to be the case at all, but its the worst for consumers because for consumers when you see these tariffs put in place, that means eventually can companies are going to have to charge you more, and thats tech companies. Thats clothes. Thats shoes. Thats toys. This is school season. When we have to go buy our kids new clothes for school, i dont want to pay 25 more, do you . Of course not, and i guess the question is, you know, theres been some misinformation out there about who really pays the tariffs and whether or not companies will pass on the tariffs pass on that price to consumers. Will they . Eventually they will. Some companies havent, so people could say i hear all this ability tarif about tariffs but nothing costs more to me yet. It will because margins arent so Big Companies like to absorb it as long as possible, but eventually they say i got to make money. I have to pass it on to the consumer, and the other thing that china did, they had an agreement with us to buy farm products, agricultural product. They said huhuh, not going to happen. We know the u. S. Government has already been giving farmers billions in aid to weather this storm. Its about to get worse. And the markets see that, i guess. Without a doubt because guess what if were not buying products those companies, those public companies, its going to hurt their bottom line. Do you think were going to hit a recession . I mean, eventually we always are, and the reason the fed cut rates is to keep us in an economic expansion, but weve been in one for nine years. At some point a recession is coming and this trade war is not helping it. It puts a lot of pressure on. Yeah, all right. Thank you. Thank you. British airways is blaming a technical issue for some terrifying moments on a flight from london to valencia, spain. Video shows the cabin filling up with heavy smoke about ten minutes before landing. The plane had 183 people on board. It did land safely, but passengers had to slide down emergency chutes. At least three were taken to the hospital but were quickly discharged. Now to some sad news that is just breaking this morning. Celebrated and trail blazing author Tony Morrison who won both the nobel and Pulitzer Prizes has died. Rehema ellis takes a look at her illustrious life and career. Tony morrison was exceptional. She remembers being the only black child in the first grade and the only one who could read. The early reader became a celebrated writer called one of the greatest authors in american history, the bluest eye, song of solomon are considered classics, illuminating the black experience in america. We not only survived, we produced something so valuable, so irreplaceable, and thats whats worth celebrating. Born Chloe Wofford in 1931 in ohio, she studied english where she picked up the name toni, as one of the few black ed dors at random house she published books by angela davis and muhammad ali. A divorced single mother she wrote her own first novel when her two sons were in bed. 14 years later she won the Pulitzer Prizes for beloved. It was made into a movie, the story of a black woman who kills her own child to save her from a life of slavery. Poet maya angelou said morrison didnt write english, she compose it hcom composed it. In 1993 she became the first africanamerican awarded the nobel prize in literature. Oprahs book club made morrison a household name whose works challenged readers. Its not fast food. Its a meal that you should relish. Reporter in 2012, acknowledged with the nations highest civilian award. Toni morrisons prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt. Reporter she devoted her life to teaching and inspiring others to write. I could never be happy if i thought there was going to be another void, another huge historical silence about the experience of black people. Reporter Toni Morrison, a descendant of sharecroppers who changed the face of american literature. Rehema ellis, nbc news. You spent some time with her back in the 80s, you interviewed her, right . Thats right, and just the vast knowledge you got from her, and in the presence of greatness really. And a great teacher, too. I was just reading a quote from her, if theres a book you want to read but it hasnt been written yet, then you must write it. Inspiration. The family saying the 88yearold passed peacefully following a short illness, adding they are grateful she had a long, welllived life. So are we. Yes, we are. Lets get a check of the weather. Were talking about heat out there. We have heat watches and warnings, 5 Million People and fire watches as well. Weve also got some moisture making its way through the southwest, monsoonal moisture. Numerous storms will be firing up by the afternoon. Localized flash flooding, especially in the southwest, and then as we go around the rest of the country, severe storms in [farmers bell] burke at farmers insurance, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a threering fender bender. clown 1 sorry about that. clown 2 apologies. clown 1 . Didnt mean it. clown 3 whoops. stilts sorry clowns were sorry scary hey, were sorry [man screams] [scary screams] burke quite the circus. But we covered it. At farmers, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thank you. Coming up, in the wake of the and thats your latest weather, savannah. Thank you. Coming up, in the wake of those back to back shootings, a look inside the world of online hate. 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The florida man who sent more than a dozen pipe bombs to prominent critics of pruresiden trump was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Cesar sayoc sent bombs to Hillary Clinton and barack obama. No one was hurt. He pled guilty to 65 counts including using weapons of mass destruction. Vacationers in myrtle beach, south carolina, got an unexpected show yesterday when a school of fish suddenly started jumping out of the water and for good reason, too the fish were trying to escape a group of sharks that showed up for feeding time lifeguards quickly got everybody out of the water the family that captured that moment said it was a trip to the beach they will not soon forget and best viewed from the beach, not in the water. Man meanwhile, the mass shooting in texas is putting new focus on the spread of hate online. Before he opened fire, the gunman in el paso posted on a website thats become extremely popular with extremists. Now that website has been taken offline. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz has more on that good morning reporter yeah, good morning, craig. 8chan is being called a megaphone for mass shooters andand now even the guy that started the site says it should be hut down for good. Following two Mass Shootings in 24 hours that have shaken the nation President Trump attempting to shine a light on one of the darkest corners of the internet. We must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts. There are countless Message Boards where violence, racism and hate are the norm and among the most popular and the most divisive a site called 8chan an Anonymous Forum with few rules and little oversight created in 2013, the site has virtually none of the restrictions found on other forums like facebook or reddit there are no moderators, few guidelines making it a goto place for extremists and a place where mass shooters are often glorified. When Law Enforcement saw extremists pushed off the mainstream platforms, extremists went to the niche corners of the internet. Reporter prior to the shooting in el paso that killed 22 people, the gunman posted an extremist message to 8chan the mosque attack in new zealand and the synagogue shooting in california have been announced in advance on the same site. Now 8chan is down and in limbo after several Internet Service Companies Announced they will no longer host its servers. For many the path to radicalization starts with jokes, memes and dark humor. He originally went online to make friends interested in gaming and quickly got sucked into a world of hate. You can get from like very innocent stuff to like very iffy stuff to Like Hard White nationalist stuff very easily within like four or five clicks. Its really crazy. Reporter former white supremacist chris tan says he focuses his energy on helping others leave their racist beliefs behind. With the internet, its as if there is a 24hour hate buffet online for young people. Reporter we spoke to some teens outside of a vigil for one of the victims of el pasos massacre about what they see online and what their parents know. Do you think your parents know the type of stuff thats posted online . I dont think so. No . Theyre pretty much clueless. Reporter and a lot of times its that radical content that makes its way from 8chan onto mainstream platforms all the kids that we spoke to in that spot say that they didnt see the racist manifesto on 8chan. They saw it on their twitter feeds. Meanwhile, the guy who owns 8chan currently says that they are in compliance with the law, and they work aggressively with Law Enforcement. Guys, back to you. Gadi schwartz there for us in el paso. Lets bring in john miller, the nypds Deputy Commissioner of intelligence and Counter Terrorism. Good morning. Usually when we get together were talking about al qaeda, isis, foreign terrorist organizations. It sounds like some of this radicalization that happens online bears some similarities to that kind of thing. Well, they mimic each other in terms of preparation and planning, in terms of using the encrypted apps and chat rooms we see a lot of celerity. Yesterday President Trump, among other things, called on the department of justice, local Law Enforcement agencies, platforms as well to develop new tools, to better discover some of these would be terrorists before they actually strike. What kinds of tools would help Law Enforcement agencies, tools that you guys dont have now well, tlas coupheres a coupf things one, we dont need to develop new tools. We need to unwind system of the tools that are keeping us from this discovery you know, there was a time not very long ago, literally a couple of years ago where you would see concerning traffic in one of these places. You would go to a judge or issue a subpoena, and they would turn that over and say this is what it says, and heres the other content. Yeah. We would trace it to the person, and then you could start an investigation when apple locked down the iphone so even they couldnt get in it, you could hand them all the subpoenas you wanted when they developed all these encrypted apps that cannot spon respond to a subpoena or a search warrant because they have designed the app to not get inside, before we think of new things to do for discovery Law Enforcement and the Tech Industry need to get together and have a different kind of conversation than weve been having where the Tech Industry has just said its what our customers want. Lets talk about, 8chan, for example the founder telling our reporter this morning were in compliance were very forthcoming with Law Enforcement. Is that true well, its true to the extent that they can be, and thats you know, thats depending on what they have, you know, the posts that started with this in el paso, you know, was headed anonymous. Which means youd have to find it and i think thats what President Trump is talking about algorithms, facebook and google have done a lot in that direction. Twitter takes down a lot of accounts, but then you have to get to that person. How do you tell as a person in your line of work whats just talk, ugly, ugly talk, and what might actually lead to action . Well, when we operate in the intelligence and Counter Terrorism bureau of the nypd on the intel side we operate under what we call the hand shore agreement, that says were allowed to investigate political activity is how its termed in the document if theres the possibility of illegal activity so when one is espousing violence or saying im planning to do something or urging others to do something, thats enough to open an investigation how you make the judgment youre talking about is this real or is somebody blowing steam takes getting to that person, sitting down and saying whats your intention here. Let me ask you a question while we have you here, commissioner from a Law Enforcement perspective, would changing gun laws in this country in a measurable way, would changing those laws, would it make us safer . We are touted by ourselves to be the most, you know, advanced Civilized Society on the planet earth. Last week we had four incidents across this country where people with rifles walked in, assault weapons, and killed lots of people for different reasons, political, the garlic festival in california, not the kind of place you think youd find a mass shooting, in el paso, still trying to figure out motive in dayton, not that in the end it really matters to the victims. You had a Workplace Violence shooting at another walmart in mississippi. We had an assault weapons ban. We passed it in 1994 i was on the white house lawn that day, and congress let it expire on purpose, not by accident i think i think we need to get serious about this discussion where we cant have a garlic festival or a kindergarten classroom in connecticut where were not thinking of whos going to walk in with extended magazines with over 30 rounds and a rifle meant for combat that are going into the wrong hands without having a serious discussion again, were not moving forward. We just need to take a step back to where we were and have a allow that makes sense. Deputy commissioner john miller, we know its a busy time for you always, so we appreciate your time this morning thank you. Thank you thank you let us turn now to another check of the weather at 7 39 from mr. Roker. Guys, thanks, a lot, were watching the remnants of flossie make its way away from hawaii. As it does, its going to bring heavy rain and some winds. The good news is the flood watches will expire eventually and the system moves away from hawaii, gets the heck out of here, and well see nicer weather again for our state there. Now, were also looking at above average temperatures throughout much of the country, especially as you get into minneapolis, chicago, columbu good morning. We have our typical summertime weather set up with fog in San Francisco and cold temperatures there while the inland valleys heat up. Well see that gradually clear out for a little while with some low 70s across the bay in oakland and mid80s in san jose while the trivalley reaches the upper 80s. Were going to cool it off a few more degrees. We will be heating up for the end of the weekend into early next week. Thats your latest weather. Savann savannah . Al, thank you. Lots more to get to this morning, and thats your latest weather. Lots more to get to this morning, including is lyft failing to keep female passengers safe . Were going to hear from some women with frightening stories about their encounters with lyft drivers. Plus, would you be interested in a free thats right, free vacation, a new list of the best travel rewards programs and how you can take advantage of them. And then jay leno is going to be here hes going to visit the plaza. Hes on a hunt for hidden talents. First, though, the Kennedy Family coming together to say an emotional goodbye to robert f. 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This morning on indepth today, a heartbroken Kennedy Family again saying a final farewell to one of their own. Thats right, they gathered in massachusetts yesterday for the funeral of Saoirse Kennedy, the 22yearold granddaughter of the late robert f. Kennedy Anne Thompson is on cape cod with more on that. Hi, anne, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah good morning, craig. This morning all thats left to determine is the cause of Saoirse Kennedy hills death youll remember, paramedics were called to the Kennedy Compound last week for a possible overdose, and today that is the focus now that her family has said goodbye. So many of the mourners were so young. Saoirse kennedy hills classmates and friends gathered outside the church as the 22yearolds body left the Kennedy Compound where she died last week. A Police Escort brought the kennedys to our lady victory church, where they have celebrated and grieved over the years. Grandma ethel, the 91yearold widow of senator Robert Kennedy helped out of the car by her son max. Former congressman joe kennedy and his son joe iii a current congressman were pallbearers along with ted kennedy jr. , nbc news anchor Maria Shriver was an usher. A happy kennedy hill beamed from the program. Inside one of the songs, when irish eyes are smiling, the words changed to when saoirses eyes are smiling. An unnamed mourner telling the boston globe the service was full of hope and laughter and love in celebration of a wonderful young woman who filled the world with her adventurous spirit her father carried his daughter from the church. People magazine reporting he told mourners saoirse was the love of my life before breaking down in tears. And from her mother Courtney Kennedy hill who gave her life a last goodbye. The College Student remembered as inquisitive and fearless, a passionate advocate for social justice and candid about her struggles with depression. As for why she died, officials are waiting for the toxicology report the autopsy showed no signs of trauma after all the ceremony, a simple goodbye from her cousin congressman joe kennedy, we love you, saoirse and always will in his eulogy, Robert Kennedy jr. Said if anyone ever wondered whether god loves the Kennedy Family, proof is that he gave us saoirse. We should be grateful we had her for 22 seasons savannah and craig. Wow, thats tough, anne, thank you very much. Still ahead this morning, the growing complaints from women across this country who say theyve been harassed by lyft drivers how that company is responding but first, these messages. Matico keep you both effortlessly comfortable. Matico will it help me keep up with him . Yup. So, you can really promise better sleep . Not promise. Prove. And now, save up to 600 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. Plus no interest until january 2022 on all smart beds. Only for a limited time. The first survivor of alzis out there. 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Right now its 7 56. Were seeing sunshine across the south bay and still some cloudiness in oakland. Well start to see it clearing up soon as we go throughout the rest of the day. Our temperatures will be warming up after this cool start making it into the low 70s in oakland with mid80s in the south bay and expected to reach up to 91 in antioch while clear lake is the hottest up to 95 degrees today. Well see some clearer skies and highs reaching into the mid80s. For San Francisco were still expecting the fog to roll by. Well see that for the next several mornings but should see more sunshine in time for the weekend. We start with a live look here. San jose north 101, the billiul the traffic is here. The top of the screen is west 237 into sunnyvale. Both sides of the bay slowing in typical direction. Both directions san mateo. Walnut creek crash down towards concord. Back to you. All right. 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Coming up, its 8 00 on today, coming up, searching for answers. The latest on the investigation into those Mass Shootings that claimed the lives of more than 30 people. She was a wonderful person. This morning, what were learning about the gunman as two communities come together to honor their heroes. They were doing their job as parents, protecting children were live with the latest. Plus, ride share scare, well hear from two women who say they were sexually harassed while getting a ride home lyft. He asked me if my boyfriend was home and i just remember realizing that the door was locked, and i said please unlock the door just ahead, how the company is responding to a growing number of complaints and matt marks the spot, a look at the very permanent way matt damon is honoring his family well show you the pictures today, tuesday, august 6th, 2019 were spending our last days of summer at the today show here with my mom. From shreveport, louisiana. Evas first trip to new york. Hi from texas good morning, papa and grandma. In washington, d. C. Good morning from belton, texas. To my dad and brothers. Wake up because were on today hi, everybody, nice to see those happy faces out on our plaza. Good to have you with us on a nice sunny morning out on our plaza. Thats a lively crowd. Yeah, were going to get out there in just a moment lets get right to the news at 8 00 the Mass Shootings this weekend in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, have left those communities in mourning and in shock, and the nations searching for answers. Nbc National Correspondent, Miguel Almaguer, has the latest on the investigations, and were learning more about the victims of those tragedies my fw miguel, good morning. Reporter 31 people were killed by two mass shooters in two separate states. The suspect in ohio is dead. The suspect here in el paso is still alive, and we are learning more about his rampage these people moved, touched and inspired me. Reporter this morning the tightknit border town of el paso, texas, is still reeling in the middle of a waking nightmare, white crosses representing the dead just feet from where the massacre took place. New names added as the death toll rises the shooter, 21yearold Patrick Crusius is facing capital murder charges, the d. A. Seeking the Death Penalty. Law enforcement sources telling nbc news the gunman killed many of his victims at close range and executed some as they pled for help federal authorities are treating the shooting as a case of domestic Terrorism Police say the suspect spoke openly to them about an extremist and hatefilled manifesto he posted online and this morning, police say the suspect ended up at this walmart because he was hungry and lost in the neighborhood. 22 dead and dozens more injured, some still fighting for their lives. Jessica garcia and her husband guillermo were among the first victims. Thankfully it looks like shes going to make it through this guillermo we dont know at this point. Hes got a lot of bad injuries hes still in icu and still in Critical Condition reporter in dayton, ohio, where nine people were shot and killed outside a bar early sunday morning, police are still searching for a motive Surveillance Video shows Police Killing the shooter, 24yearold connor betts less than a minute after the gunfire began. Authorities say betts fired more than 40 shots, one of them killing his own sister, 22yearold megan. Its still not clear whether she was specifically targeted. On monday, police searchedhe betts home in a suburb of dayton where he and his sister attended high school the Associated Press spoke with former classmates who said betts compiled a hit list and another list of girls he wanted to sexual assault. Betts was also the lead singer of a misogynistic band that promoted violence against women. For families in dayton and el paso, its a tale of two cities connected by tragedy. My regret was that morning i didnt stop by to say hi, give him a hug or something. Hug your kids and love them because you dont know in america now when they leave they may not come back. Reporter former classmates of both shterscribe the gunmen as loners many today are wondering why they were both filled with so much hate. Savannah. Its impossible to understand, miguel, thank you very much. British airways is blaming a technical issue for what many passengers said was a terrifying flight from london to valencia, spain. You can see the video showing the cabin filling up with heavy smoke about ten minutes before landing yesterday. Some of the 175 passengers on board said they received very few instructions as that plane descended for an emergency landing. Passengers had to slide down emergency chutes at least three people were taken the hospital, but they were quickly discharged British Airways says all customers were safely evacuated by its crew. A bus driver was charged with unlawful restraint after police said she purposefully locked a passenger inside a bus luggage compartment. The driver Wendy Alberty was arrested during a trip from new york city to boston. The woman who was trapped in the luggage bay had called 911, so Police Stopped the bus in connecticut, pulled her out. She was unharmed she said the driver locked her inside when she tried to retrieve items from her bag. The Peter Pan Bus Company suspended the driver, said it has never had an incident like this in its 86year history. Weve got an important recall to tell you about this morning, entenmanns is recalling some of its cookies because of a choking hazard the company says pieces of blue plastic were found inside some pouchs of fivepack mini chocolate chip cookies the recalled products have best by dates of august 31st or september 7th. There have been no reports of any injuries those cookies were distributed in 36 states no other entenmanns Brand Products are affected. Are you ready for a little morning boost pro baseball player isan diaz had just the kind of day every prospect dreams of he was called up by the Miami Marlins making his Major League Debut in yesterdays game against the new york mets. His family was being interviewed while diaz was at bat. Were with raul jr. His brother, this is la la his sister enjoying the ice cream along with grandma carmen. Is this an emotional day for you . Very, very emotional. Oh, oh and the crowd goes wild, right . Diaz got that first hit, spectacular fashion home run off mets pitching ace jacob degrom thats a moment the family will be reliving for a long time, and now they can because its on video, the whole thing. Man. Look at them, theyre so happy. Wow. Love that. On cue. Coming up, a very special guest, weve got to find him first, though. Where is he . Where is he . Where is he . There he is. No theres jay leno late night legend jay leno, why jay is searching our crowd this morning for hidden talents but first, do you use those popular ride share services, the safety concerns being raised this morning by hundreds of female lyft passengers right after this see ya later. Im out of here. Alright. Fellas. Hello, are you the locksmith . Yes i am. Come on in. I think we were able to salvage the lock. [ shouting ] muchas gracias. Ya tu sabes. [ laughing ] the pink . Lets go mets go time daddy [ giggles ] number six, number six. Ohhhh man. Took my hat off. 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The irony these women say is that they were usiing lyft because of its socially conscious reputation on april 7th, 2019, 28yearold Anna Gilchrist took a lift home from a party it was 2 00 a. M. On a dark street when suddenly her driver leaned in close. As were getting closer to my apartment, he asked me if my boyfriend was home i remember realizing the door was locked, and i said please unlock the door and he didnt, and he continued to drive past my apartment i pried the lock up and jumped out of the car. While it was moving yes, and ran to my apartment. On the other side of the country, allison experienced similar harassment from not just one driver. He like leans back and covers the handle with his hand, and then he like wants to get my number i got really, really freaked out. I didnt know what to do. But a second. Talked about all the things he would want to do me if i was single it was really freaky, first, like i didnt know where i was. And then a third all in the summer of 2018. Him telling me like how he could show me like the ropes and like teach me about sex because he was like way older than me. Lyft wont reveal how many instances like these have been reported but stories like gilcrest and tillkings show up every hour on social media lyft writing in a statement, safety is fundamental to lyft, since day one we have designed policies and features that predict drivers and riders the Company Released background checks, plans for a passenger 911 button and optional Sexual Harassment training for drivers, but the harassment these women describe wont show up in any criminal background check. Kind of a helpless feeling. Gilchrist says lyfts Customer Service told her by email they had looked into the matter, she would never be paired with that driver again, and offered her 5. They gave me a 5 credit to use lyft. And i was like oh, no, im done with lyft i dont want a coupon for lyft lyft says it trains its agents to handle these situations but two former lyft agents told us they got only two weeks of training and felt unprepared for calls about Sexual Harassment. I could tell shes reading from the script of what she needs to read from. Reporter gilchrist says she kept thinking that driver knows where i live i was terrified that this guy was just going to be waiting for me there any other situation that person would have been fired, like on the spot, and yet here they would not confirm with me that they were going to fire him. After gilchrist pressed the company, they did confirm they had deactivated the driver, something the company only does in extreme cases. And then i reach out again. Tealkin who never learned what happened to her harassers was invited to lyft headquarters, not because of her complaints but as a tour for Computer Science majors given by Company Recruiters she says she told them her story. I started crying even though i had practiced not crying at all. Then i was like okay, what are you planning to do to fix this the recruiter, the first thing he said was our First Priority is safety. Reporter she says her discussions with the company hit a dead end, so she wrote an oped for stanfords student paper and soon received an email from lyfts then coo, john mcneil. They were like wow, well bring you in she showed nbc news her presentation to lyft along with encouraging feedback, but she says executives no longer respond to her suggestions the response hasnt changed like the emails dont change. Right, nothings changed. The tweets dont change. Reporter both women agree on one possible solution. Would you be satisfied if, for instance, you could just request rides from women yes oh, my god, yes. Gilchrist and tealking say theyre both haunted by the idea that their harassers might still be driving for another service today. The feeling i get is like they care a lot more about their image than actually like really putting safety first. Thats disturbing, when you say on social media youre seeing complaints like this hourly. Every hour, absolutely. So i mean, if Something Like this happens, people might think they can call the police, but i mean, theres not a lot police can do here. Thats exactly right. This falls into sort of a gray area between outright criminality and totally unacceptable professional behavior, and what we were looking at here was the glitch that seems to exist for both lyft and uber. Local police that we talked to said it is not a matter for them to handle. Its really up to the Ride Share Companies to handle this to have some sort of internal system for figuring it out, but they really havent. Heres the thing to really understand the difference between a ride share driver and lets say a taxi driver is that they are an independent contractor businesses like lyft and uber require, they need these gieguye independent contractors to make the Business Model work. If youre an independent contractor, they cant tell you how to do the job. Lyft is offering optional training about Sexual Harassment, but its not mandatory because if they make it mandatory, its going to mess up the Business Model. But if theyre getting repeated complaints they dont have to contract with that particular driver anymore. In the new fluid gig economy, its a much more loose arrangement with the company and they can go off and drive for somebody else. These are companies that want to take safety seriously. They want to be known for that its part of their brand, but they have not figured out a way to guarantee it. Thats a good story, jacob. An important story. Thank you. Well go over to al now and get a check of the weather. Were looking at showers and thunderstorms moving through the upper midwest, also some wet weather off the midatlantic and northeast coast. Weve got showers through the southwest. Its going to be hot talk about temperatures in the century mark from Southern California all the way into central texas. 90s through the gulf, 90s and 100s up into the western plains. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were enjoying sunshine in the south bay and still foggy along the coast line. That will gradually clear up and keep it cool with highs in San Francisco in the upper 60s. As you make your way inland it is going to feel a little more humid and still very warm with highs reaching the low 90s in the east bay valleys. As we check out our sevenday forecast we will be in for a cooling trend for the rest of the week. Then we start to warm things back up by the end of the weekend into early next week. If youre heading out the door, dont forget, check us out on today show radio, sirius xm and if youre heading out the door, dont forget, you can check us out on seirius xm channel 108, off the rails we say off the rails, and then dylan goes. Doo doo daloo. Apparently youre not watching the show with us. Its stuck in your head. Carson is still working on that other little show called the voice. Lots to get to in pop start well make this a thing. First up, John Travolta. We all know him for his slick dance moves, grease of course being the best example of that now fans of pit bull are getting a fun surprise at the end of his latest music video take a look. Round and round and round and round we go round and round and round we go we going to have a love fest, lets get down to business drop it low travolta showing off his tango moves, to pit bulls latest single. I didnt see that coming. I like it still got it. If youve got it, flaunt it. Next up, matt damon, the actor and father of four showing us hes willing to endure a little bit of pain to honor his kids damon getting four brand new tattoos on his arm reading alex alexia, isabella, g,ia and stella, the new tats are next to a lucy tattoo for his wife lolu. He went to daniel winter whos worked on the likes of lady gaga and jonas. I think my next tattoo would be a calvin something. And room for a new baby. You have to get three because you have to get the fish on it. Would you do it would you tattoo names i feel like my kids, thats the only thing i would consider tattooing. That will never change. And mike, definitely, well, i have that big mike tattoo. [ laughter ] ill wear a tshirt im with her. Yes and finally, jacob tremblay, we all know the 12yearold actor from his breakout dramatic role in room with brie larson. Appearing on fallon, last night, he proves, when it comes to seth rogens laugh and Arnold Schwarzenegger yelling. His laugh is like amazing. Hes got the beth laugh how do you do it again do you know how he laughs . Yeah, ill try. [ laughter ] its not that good, but like it kind of sounds like santa if he like smoked cigarettes. [ laughter ] i remember like watching like the predator and i was like dude, hes got a sick accent, and i was always imitating him i was always like, get to the chopper, we have to get out of the air. No, no, i need to eat some snickers in my tummy, yum, yum, in my tummy. [ laughter ] i think once he gets the deeper voice. Yeah. The kids a riot. Hes not wrong about seth rogen either, santa who smokes cigarette. Al, we know you are the king of impressions, anything you want to break out, your cartoon impressions perhaps . Ill do Marcel Marceau thats what youre going to give us . Every commercial break hes giving us an impression. Did you give him any warning, though youve got to give him a warning. You can do rocky and bullwinkle. Its not a tumor. There you go. Hey, rocky. Were done now. You missed your chance. Sorry. Nfl teams, theyre gearing up for the coming season and for the packers that means taking part in the yearly tradition of riding a young fans bike into practice this year the texans were invited to partake, something 65290 pound j. J. Watt probably shouldnt have done. Yeah, that was oops, oh, he broke the kids bike. The little kids bike seat snapping he just hoists the bike over his shoulders and heres what he had to say about the tradition after practice. Pretty awesome until i broke the bike the bike the bike that i was using was not equipped for a 290pound man, and the seat broke off. We have purchased a new bike for the boy so i apologize for that, but i mean, its cool. See, no harm, no foul little packers fan got a new bike out of the deal. Probably a nicer bike, too. All right, thank you. Just ahead, how you can take advantage of the worlds best travel reward programs to score a free vacation. All right, and then were going to sit down with hollywood stars, Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried, theyre right here theyve got a new movie, bring five boxes of tissues to this one, after your local news and weather. Good morning everyone. 8 26. Im scott mcgrew. Jury deliberations set to resume today in the ghost ship warehouse trial. Jurors received the case last week. The defendants face 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for the 2016 fire. Prosecutors say the two disregarded the safety of others when they illegally converted the warehouse into a home for artists. Defense attorneys say their clients are not the only ones to blame arguing the city, the fire department, and the landlord may be to blame as well. If convicted they could face a maximum of 39 years in prison. Well, mike is back from vacation. He had a breakfast and is back here. Thats right. Looking at san jose where it is starting to lighten up quite a bit. Looks like a bit of a vacation for much of the bay area continuing the Summer Vacation wrapping up for many kids over the next few weeks. Look at this. North 87 and north 280, slower drive but west 237 with the slowdown caused by a crash just shy of highway 101 around matilda, i think. Looking over here a nice drive for the tri valley. Good recovery from the earlier crash on andrade. Oakland, slowdown west 58 po approaching 24. Fender bender on the side. It has cleared. Thanks. Another local news update in a half hour. It is 8 30 now. Tuesday morning, 6th of august, it is 8 30 now, tuesday, the 6th of august 2019 weve got a happy crowd, good looking crowd, and we also have a there he is, mr. Jay leno, part of the crowd. Theres jay. Jay late night legend himself good to see you, sir. Hello, jay. How is everybody . Hello, hello, hello. Thanks for coming back. Should i jump right in here weve got a crowd moment, jay. Where is he . Im looking for jagger from austin, texas. There he is jagger from austin, texas and how old are you, jagger . Im 12. And youre a budding musician, as i understand it yes, sir. You want to do a card trick for mr. Leno go ahead. Okay. So we have the queen of diamonds. That is the queen of diamonds. Now were going to put the queen of diamonds right in there, okay . So mr. Leno, can you tap it right there for me tap it right here now magically you made the queen of diamonds appear. Oh oh ho pretty good, jagger, well done, sir. Dont ever go to vegas. All right thank you, jagger that was a good crowd moment. Thank you. Come back when youve got that vegas residency, well see you there. Good looking kid this is your mother, i assume . Yes, sir. Hes good hes got a future in this. Yeah. Thats pretty good. Id say so. Heres the thing, we were showcasing jagger because coming up, you are going to be showcasing some other folks out here with hidden talents. Thats right, im a judge tonight on americas got talent now im searching the crowd. I can see a lot of talent here. Absolutely our crowds talented. Unctiyou think so yeah, i just like a kid who walks around with a deck of cards, cheating people on the street in new york. Three card monte. There you go. Like a dead end kid, you know. Remember the dead end kid . Youre just going to go off on random quotes for random things. If youd like a free vacation, who wouldnt, stay with us to find out the best hotel and Airline Rewards programs to get that vacation. Then were going to sit down with the stars of the art of racing in the rain, Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried coming up in a few. The third hour of today, im going to introduce you to some dads who are brushing up on a new skill, all in the name of some quality time with their daughters. Yeah, its pretty cool. I love it already what do you got for the weather . I wish they had those lessons when courtney and leila. You didnt do their hair . I did it just didnt look very good. It was pretty rough. Starting off with today, a heat advisory in the pacific northwest, strong storms through the mississippi and ohio river valleys. Monsoonal moisture through the southwest. Heavy rain through florida, which will continue tomorrow strong storms along the midatlantic, northeast coast, heavy rain in the mid plains, monsoon storms c good morning. Ism meteorologist kari hall. Were starting out with some clouds and fog and clear skies already inland where temperatures will be heating up. Were up to 91 degrees in antioch today. The hottest temperature, 95 in clear lake, with napa at 85. Oakland today heading up to 73 degrees. Some upper 80s in the inland areas. We will have a cooldown over the next few days with some brisk, onshore winds. We are going to be in for another hot week as we start out early next week. That is your latest weather. Craig . All right, mr. Roker, thank you. With summer winding down, how would you like to and that is your latest weather. Thank you. With summer winding down, how would you like to sneak in one more vacation . What if we told you that part of it or all of that vacation could be free . Just released this morning, a new ranking of the top rated travel rewards programs. This is according to u. S. News and world report here to help you maximize the perks, managing editor for travel, erin shields good to see you. Thank you so much for having me. How did they determine the rankings we try and help the efrtd trafrler find whats going to be the right travel rewards program for them we surveyed our readers and they want to be able to eastern a free flight or a free night pretty quickly we take that into consideration, plus Member Benefits and geographic diversity. Free flight or free night, that was basically the criteria. Well start with number three. Yes, we have world of hyatt, so that program has numerous vacation Destination Hotels around the world they also have a lot of different price points, so youve got everything from mid range to budget to luxury. Hyatt also has a really cool perk where if you stay at five different Hyatt Brand Hotels in a calendar year, you will automatically earn a free night. Were talking about wyndham here, what makes the wyndham program so special it doesnt cost a ton of points to back a free night. People like to stay at budget hotels, rack up the points and use it for a nicer property and all inclusive in the caribbean or mexico. You can stay in a low end hotel. Rack them up and save for a nice family vacation. Whats the best Hotel Rewards program according to u. S. News marriott bonn v o, nvoy haso of distinctive brands, they offer members plenty of benefits, things like in room wifi access and members only discounts. If you stay at a Marriott Hotel and youre using points for five nights or more youre going to get that fifth night for flee. It sounds like one of the reasons their program is so much better, theres more properties. More properties, more options to earn and redeem to get to these hotels were going to fly lets count down the top three travel programs, and im pretty excited because im a member of a couple of these. Oh, good, why not a lot of them are free to join so jetblue is the number three, jetblue true blue. There are numerous ways to earn points with that program, everything from flights to credit cards to retail purchases or even dining, and points never expire with that program, which is a solid perk. They never expire never expire. You can keep them until youre ready to use them. Thats unusual for a travel program, isnt it . Not a ton of programs do, delta doesnt have miles expire. Thats our number two delta and its partners fly you to a thousand destinations around the world, there are a lot of daily flight options, lots of flexibility. They have partnerships with ticket master and airbnb delta sky miles, thats my travel program. Its a good one number two. Lets go to number one here, i found this fascinating the number one travel program has been number one for five straight years. Its got lots of really great perks with alaska airline. Mileage plan, its the only its one of the few that, you know, you earn mileage based versus having to spend money, so youre going to earn one mile for every mile flown or 500 miles round trip, whichevers faster its going to be able to get you to that free flight faster. With some of these travel programs, can you use them on other airlines i know some of them have relationships with other airlines is that something . Absolutely. If alaska has a lot of partners, thats why it kind of part of why it ranks so highly delta has lots of partners as well another great thing about alaska is it has unique ways you can earn miles, also things like joining a wine club or if you wanted to order flowers online, you can earn miles that way. Erin shields, great. Thank youi for having me. Look who i have over here, mila and amanda, theyre costarring in a new movie, it as book people loved. Welcome back. New movie, the art of racing in the rain, milo vent imiglia welcome back, in the new movie the art of racing in the rain, milo stars as its narrated by a philosophical dog enzo, and his First Impression of a new Love Interest played by Amanda Seyfried is less than stellar. Hi enzo, what are you doing my First Impression of vivi was as complicated as the scents in the area. Im not really a dog person. Produce, and pheromones. Hes more person than dog. Denny was clearly taken with her grooming she probably bathed every day as far as i knew. Does he always stare at people we should recognize that voice, right yes, Kevin Costner. The voice of enzo dog, Kevin Costner so perfect. Ive been a fan of his for so long, we talked about it he did his job after we shot the movie, but so excited. Yeah, when you saw it all come together at the premier, were you flipping out . It was so much funnier than i expected with kevins voice constantly can you telling back from our real life to what the dog is yeah, because when were filming, its like theres, you know, clicks and chicken thrown to the dogs, and little sticks theres a big long fork all the time like bacon on it. Its interesting, the dogs were incredible. Phenomenal. Theyre great actors. They are. There was of course, what they were directed to do by our trainers, but then parker and butler, our 2yearold and our 9yearold, they were just doing things that instinctually worked, and you couldnt train it they were just responding and reacting to both amanda and i. As an actor youre like looking into your costars eyes, in this case its a dog, but did you feel like youre getting something . Oh, yeah, theres no difference between you and parker that was like slight differences. You see what just happened there, right milo, youre just like the dog, exactly. Its okay or the dogs like a human, either way. People dont know this, this was a book, art of racing in the rain. Big one. You already loved this book before you even heard about the movie. It was like a best seller. I actually kind of became a dog person after that book. Really . This book less than two years later i got finn, and lifes changed forever. When you heard theyre making a movie, were you like, okay, i have to be in this movie yeah, i was born for this this is exactly what i want to do with my time, with my yeah tvgs perfec , it was perfect. Amanda was the first name i heard to play eve, before they even got her last name out, amanda, yes, yes, 100 yet. And milo you were in the middle of this is us, and as i understand it, they gave you this script and theyre like we need an answer tonight pretty much, yeah, they were like i just got home from work, and they said read it tonight. If you like it tonight, were going to go get it there are a few other guys that are in the mix, but were going to go get it, and i read and i was like this is amazing yeah, i went and they got it my guys got it. Its really you got it. Its called the art of racing in the rain. Obviously car racing is in the backdrop, but its not like a stunt movie. Its really about life more than anything, but did you kind of learn about car racing i did, i did. I was brought into the world of racing, but i pretty much took the existence of a race car driver and laid it on top of being an actor its the same thing, you have to have focus, determination, and a will the lot of heart to do what these guys and gals do behind the wheel. Its really impressive for me mostly it was a film about a father and his daughter. It was a film about a husband and his wife it was a film about a family that was giving the best example of how a family should be to this dog so that he could imprint his soul and have a better life when hes a human in his next life. Its kind of interesting, too, because its such a different perspective. We saw even in that clip, like youre seeing the dogs eye view physically youre seeing it, but youre also hearing his perspective, which is a new way to look at life events. Its such a unique perspective. Its the kind of i mean, a lot of us who, you know, love animals and are dog owners especially want to knowhat our dogs are thinking, and we like to project what theyre thinking all the time this is what we did, and i think we got it right in some ways i mean, who knows, but its so funny to hear that perspective it really brings the film, you know, back to life its funny, and its touching and its all the feels its all of it, youre going to laugh youre going to cry. Its everything. Everything all wrapped up in a twohour movie tell me about your little daughter shes 2 1 2 now . Oh, my god, shes 2 1 2, and we spent like most of the year on the farm this year. Shes getting the life i always wanted i hope, i hope shes happy yeah, its so fun. Yeah, i know, the little ones are the best, exhausting but fun. Exhausting but fun, but also like another perspective i thought finns perspective was everything, and now shes showing me the world in a way id never seen it before, and god, like how lucky am i its beautiful. I always say its like the gift you unwrap every single day. Every single day is different. Yeah, its true, and milo were rooting for you at the emmys, emmy nominated for lead actor. Were you surprise . Actually, i was surprised this year. Theres so many great actors and i thought going into our fourth year its not going to come my way, and it did and im proud to represent the group of people that collaborate for jack. Im just im the face man, but theres got to be words that are written that i have to speak. Theres got to be clothes and hair and makeup and everything that gets put on we all put jack together im just the guy representing. You guys are such a pleasure, thank you so mh. I can see why it was working in the movie. It totally works. It totally works. Racing in the rain is in theaters this friday craig, over it to you. Thank you, jay leno is here he is still searching the crowd for our special edition of plazas got talent youve got some talent. Well, sort of. Lets see it. Okay. Okay and how about you young lady whats your name stephanie. Stephanie, whats your talent i can lift my leg up. Okay. All right we are back on the plaza. We are back on the plaza, and we loved having jay leno meeting everybody today. Its been fun. Hes been hanging out with the crowd, hunting for the most talented today show fan. Recently jay honed his judging skills as a celebrity guest for tonights episode of americas got talent. Jay, fifrst of all, do you have any secret talent . Believe me if i had any talent, it wouldnt be a secret. No, i dont, but i got to be a judge and i did the Golden Buzzer thing. That goes right to the live show, then. Right, right. Well, i spent some time in tibet learning the origins of the Golden Buzzer and how it all works. Yes. Because it goes back thousands. Thousands of years. I did not know that. I remember reading about it in history you know, the most fascinating thing was you get these kids see, when i was doing the tonight show, everybody was polished youd bring on young talent, and theyd have a handler and a stylist and the clothes all matched, americas got talent its literally the people off the street you know, the girls got the wrong haircut for what theyre doing. Theyre authentic. You see the raw, really raw talent, and thats the fascinating part you see it before its been polished, you know its like finding a diamond and then you polish it up and whoa, its really judge. Are you a nice judge or a mean judge the fun part was i got to do the champions series, so these were all really good there were no gong show contestants where a guy comes on and goes is this guy nuts, does he really think hes good, i didnt have to do any of that. Weve got three contestants for you. Okay. Because youve been spotting talent, our first act, hi, thats a male dancer troop, youre about to perform for us lets see, i dont have the name of your group. Whats your name, your group whats the name of the group . They dont have a name. They dont even have a name, thats how raw this talent is. The nameless male dance crew. Lets hit the music and let them take it away all right, there you go hey all right. Well done, that is not easy to do. Can you do that i can do none of that, no, jay. With your newfound judging skills, what would you say come up with a name now jay, this is an interesting one. Yes. This is alyssa. How do you pronounce your last name sieja. What is your talent if you call this a talent, this is soil judging. Soil judging . Soil judging. Yes, this is a College Competition that happens throughout colleges in the United States. Really . Where do you go to school i remember calculus and trig no, ma trigonometry, i dont remember eating dirt. You were in the wrong classes. What do you judge you judge based on the soil feel, you can taste it you can taste oh, you are tasting, youre eating the dirt. And what are you trying to find out about the soil . Is there a Nugget Center . Snickers really, it tastes more like a snickers, but you can taste how much sand and silt is in the soil so this one im feeling its kind of a silt, a little silty, 55 silt, good for growing plants, not good for infrastructure. Wow thats my recommendation. So when you go to someones house, if you dont like the food, its really insulting. Yeah, i mean, i can just go to the backyard. Just go out in the backyard im going to go in the backyard and eat some dirt. Where do you go to school really quickly im actually starting law school. Starting law school, youll be eating a lot of dirt there. Congratulations. You know, Savannah Guthries a lawyer. Im very proud of you. This is our third one down here okay. Lets go. Thank you, alyssa. What a hidden talent. What is your talent . So i can move one toe without any other toes moving, only on one foot and one toe. She can move one toe on one foot without moving anything else. Okay. Do we know which toe yep, and i have to balance. It cant be on the floor oh, thats oh, your second guy your second guy is waving away okay. Youre obviously an alien of some sort. Okay. So jay, of the three talents that weve observed today, which do you think of our plaza fans z has the greatest talent . Well, i know guys who would pay big money for that one i know some toe guys that would just go nuts thats a different you know, i dont know how to judge it theyre all so similar one eats dirt, one dances, one move their toe guys, all of our contestants are getting a gift card to the im scott mcgrew. The two latest Mass Shootings in texas and ohio, Funeral Services will be today for Kayla Salazar one of the three innocents who died in the garlic festival shooting. Services are held at our lady of Guadalupe Church in san jose. That comes up at 11 00. At the same time the fbi in gilroys police chief will meet with the media to give us an update on the shooting investigation. Theyre combing over evidence trying to piece together how and why this tragedy happened. Happening now, our reporter is at the News Conference and will have a live update in our midday newscast. Well post the latest to our twitter feed as well. Acclaimed american author Toni Morrison has died. In 1993 she won the nobel prize in literature. In 88 she won the pulitzer and the american book award for her novel beloved. Toni morrison was 88 years old. A lot of people keeping close eyes on stocks this morning one day after wall street endured the worst losses of the year. Stocks moving slightly forward but having given up a lot of the gains. Well have local weather in an hour. Well see you then. Introducing togos new hot chicken sandwiches. The brewpub chicken with grilled chicken, crispy smokehouse bacon, and fresh avocado. The new buffalo chicken with franks redhot wings sauce. Or the tangy barbecue chicken with chipotle mayo. The new hot chicken trio at togos. How far would you go for a togo . Amid three deadly Mass Shootings a gun debate comes to the bay area. Where you can weigh in tomorrow. We are here to discuss jessies online time. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . Objection overruled. One hour. 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