Reporter people collected spare tires and tin cans winning the war was the main purpose. Everyone did their bit every man, woman, and child. Reporter a blue star in your window meant a Family Member was concerts how covid19 is changing the way that were all being entertained now. Well have that for you after accuse the president of holding your local news and weather. Up funding so fewer people can i got new jeans, and some new fleece vote by mail. Just ahead, where that battle heads next. Sued. The Justice Department accuses in uniform a gold star meant a life lost. Yale of illegally discriminating in the beginning, americans werent even sure the war was against white and asianamerican winnable losses were heavy. Applicants. And ultimately success costly. This morning the results of its twoyear investigation and the defiant response from yales just to think they were kids. They got as far as the shore and that was it. President. I never thought id make it out of the war, to be honest all that plus, lets all go to the movies. People would say were you the surprising spot where scared drivein theaters will be i said if you werent scared, new school year, whatever that means from the sporty chic to the stem star go show off your fit, lets raise the bar whatever this year looks like, get fresh looks at old navy and oldnavy. Com. Popping up this weekend. Today, friday, august 14th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from and 24hour relief of nonfrom symptomstin. Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. You werent there. Caused by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. Like those from buddy. Hope youre having a good and for kids, try childrens claritin. Morning so far. Yes, we did, my friend. Kend the only brand that provides as well. Lots happening, though, on this 24hour nondrowsy allergy relief. Right. Two guys next to me went down. Why i survived, i dont know i dont know friday as usual. Yes, definitely. And you know, that old way of being entertained is finding new life in the pandemic. Drivein movie theaters. Reporter dday, the battle so why are we showing you this of the bulge iwo gima if they flew at night, it was walmart parking lot . Well, Kerry Sanders will explain no calories, no sweeteners, all smiles, half guns captured from the enemy. Bubly sparkling water, reporter they sacrificed for crack a smile. Their families, for their neighbors. They sacrificed for a way of just ahead. Its a genius idea. Also on this friday morning, the new democratic ticket of joe the war spurred innovation and biden and Kamala Harris, they will be hitting the Virtual Campaign trail together today as life the war spurred innovation and busted stereotypes the Tuskegee Airmen won praise for their courage and ability. They prepare for next weeks virtual democratic convention. Andrea mitchell is going to have the red tails of their planes more on that in just a moment. Lets get to our top story. The coronavirus. We are seeing both setbacks and progress this morning across different regions of the countr. Welcome company for the bombers above the battlefield. The wasps flew military aircraft and the push for all americans to wear masks is growing louder and moving to the center of the across the skies their contribution invaluable. President ial race. Nbc National Correspondent man hoot surrender Miguel Almaguer is in los angeles with all those strands man during the commercials i like to dance. The great news of the century. Because im in love. Reporter when germany of the story. Surrendered in early may of 1945, many who fought there prepared for the invasion of hi, miguel. With my heart. Good morning. bee great taste heart healthy. Reporter good morning. California has become the first state in the nation with more vo and try new cinnamon cheerios made with real cinnamon. Than 600,000 confirmed covid japan. Cases, but here in l. A. County there are signs the curve is bending slowly downward with hospitalizations and the death rate both leveling off. Meanwhile, joe biden is calling for a National Mask requirement saying it could save tens of thousands of lives. The head of the centers for america rejoiced. Disease control telling lester my grandma. My cousin. The photo in times square my greatgreat grandmother. Americans are seeing masks help. She was all of 411 but very tenacious. But two Nuclear Bombs ended the fight. Japan surrendered on august we have to reemphasize the 15th need and the importance of this new york and streets a very independent woman. Face covering and really make it driven, passionate. Everywhere pulls out the stops embodied grit, perseverance. A social norm that people wear and lets go. Reporter on that day, america rejoiced she marched. The photo in times square taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt perfectly she wrote. She demanded. Captured the emotion of the this Face Covering. She was proud to pass on a legacy moment victory. Yet with all its power, america did not become a bully but a best friend to its defeated make it a social norm that enemies. People wear the Face Covering. Of civic mindedness to her descendants. In war ravaged europe, the u. S. Reporter just two weeks ago, 24 states reported at least a 25 increase in cases. Im very proud to carry on her story. Today its only three as more americans take precautions. In some hot spots, the rate of all her story infection remains alarmingly plan to rebuild the continent. Find their stories. Make them count. Today the work of rebuilding at ancestry. A city almost blasted out of find their stories. Make them count. Your dog is your best friend. Existence goes on. Reporter japan was occupied by hundreds of thousands of high. In texas while testing has dramatically slowed, one out of but your dogs best friend is your exgirlfriend. Spent billions on the Marshall Plan to rebuild the continent. Every four people tested is positive. Today the work of rebuilding a city almost blasted out of existence goes on. Florida recorded its deadliest reporter japan was occupied by hundreds of thousands of u. S. Day for covid cases this week. Troops and billions more were bbe your best friends best friend. Spent there to erect a stable society. Remarkable and kentucky reported its the war won, veterans came home to a gi bill that sent many to pupperoni. College and helped them purchas highest number for new daily infection. More than six months after the college and helped them purchase virus broke out in the u. S. , homes of the 16 million who served in uniform, about 300,000 are still alive. Testing remains a problem. Few hesitate to call them and the people of their time the greatest generation. According to National Data and if you wonder why, hear this analyzed by dynata and cnbc, quote from the late buck compton, a member of easy company. Results in four states are in 11 states are taking four yeah, im married. Youd do that for me . To five days on average, with no really . Yeah, id like that. Part of the country able to who are you talking to . When people thank me for my. Uh, its jake from state farm. Deliver in less than two days. Sounds like a really good deal. I would say day seven or eight, i called. Jake from state farm at 3 in the morning . Just saying, hey, curious if the who is this . Its jake from state farm. Results are back in or if what are you wearing, jake from state farm . Nobody owes me a thing. Theres a delay. Uh. Khakis. Shes like, oh, no. Typically its five to ten days. Hey, do they ever ask you what youre wearing . So just hang out. Uh. Yeah. I have to say that in my life, reporter anything more than 48 hours, experts say, the Public Health value of testing. Red sweater, button down shirt. Like a good neighbor, state farm is there. One of the great privileges, goes down drastically. Honors is having been able to becoming practically worthless interview so many veterans going after 72 hours. Red, blue, 16 percent undecided. Here we are a nation divided. Back for 25 or 30 years now. This morning the fight against but 2020 had us shook. So we gave the world another look. And its been and saw a future of differences celebrated. Service, i figured three years of my time is a cheap price to pay for this country every voice advocated. Nobody owes me a thing i have to say that in my life, just imagine the possibility. One of the great privileges, honors is having been able to interview so many veterans going of a world where we are we. Back for 25 or 30 years now. And its been a privilege to be able to help tell their stories. Just looking at that thumbnail better defect it. Schedule of what happened in it is a key issue so americans know if theyre positive or negative for coronavirus, especially before and harry, such an appropriate reminder in this they go back to school or work. Good morning to you. Time or these times in which it is 7 26. Im laura garcia. Such a short time just takes my guys, back to you. All right. Miguel, thank you very much. Heres a look at the top stories joining us now is dr. Ashish jha. Including the sweltering heat coming to the bay area. Good morning. Lets start right there. Some of the preparations you know, you see a decline in underway because of it. Cases. People think, wow. That is great news. Theres also a decline in breath away. Reporter im in livermore and harry, such an where temperatures are expected to reach in the triple digits by testing. So wheres your thought this noon today. Appropriate reminder in this morning about where we are in firefighters have to bring extra time or these times in which we gear now due to covid19 controlling this pandemic . Find ourselves of the sacrifices that so many before us have made yeah. So good morning, and thank you for having me back on. Procedures and an evacuation and what we are capable of as a country as well, my friend that was poignant. Thank you. We know evacuees will face a reporter they set the bar high thats for sure. Thank you, harry. Reporter you bet different situation in a fire harry, thank you so much. So glad you told their story 34 states have seen a decline in due to the pandemic. Just ahead, were going to shift gears and get a little the number of tests that theyre ive covered how the red cross music. Jimmie allen is up and at em doing. This morning hes also going to perform one so this is not a one or two says temperatures of evacuees of his hits. But first this is today on nbc. Will be taken before entering states. This is pretty much across the country. Our ability to test people is evacuation centers. Getting worse, not better. Im at ocean beach. That first of all is of course this is going to be a warm very concerning. Weekend, and the warning this morning as the temperatures but second is i do believe that rise, dont let your guard down. The number of infections is folks are going to be making declining, but its hard to tell their way to the beach. Its important to keep in mind because as testing drops off, its harder and harder to find that you need to wear your mask people. Its a mixed picture. I th this warm weekend. I wish i had more confidence they dont want folks to because i wish we had more overload their grid, so they want you to be mindful of when youre using those appliances during those peak hours. Testing numbers have dropped . In some cases, in some states all right. The peak hours, lets find out theyve dropped significantly. What they will be and where. Do you think people are just peak temperatures, kari hall. Giving up on it because the wait times are too long . Yeah, i suspect that doctors and its going to reach those peak temperatures very early in may be ordering them less often if they know theres going to be the day. In fact, that excessive heat a five or tenday delay in warning starts at 11 00 in the getting the results. The value of that test morning and continues until 9 00 in the evening. Dramatically declines. Can see why. That may be one part of it. Were going to see those triple weve seen places where people digits for many of our inland have had to stand for six hours areas. Were up to 109 degrees in outside in a line to get a test. Thats going to dissuade a lot antioch, while san jose will reach 99 degrees. Now as we go through this of people. Theres a whole bunch of factors sevenday forecast, the humidity will come down throughout the that are driving this. You know, six, seven months into weekend, but this hot weather a pandemic, the fact that we remains even into the middle of cant test people reliably is w. Next week. San francisco will be in the low 80s today. Well come back to the upper 70s for the weekend, laura. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you for joining us, as well. Another update is coming up in lets talk about schools, half an hour. Because we are here at the beginning of a school year. In fact, in some places schools are already reopening. Weve seen increase in numbers of children who are testing positive. I know a lot of schools who are saying you should get a test before you send your kid back to school. Is that the reason for that . Yeah. So i think weve seen kids being identified more just because we have had large outbreaks across the country. And as we test people, we never thought children were immune. So we have seen more kids get infected. You know, i do think that in large parts of the country right now, the infection rates are so high, its probably not safe to send kids back. In some areas of the country, it is. It would be much safer if we could do testing as part of an ongoing surveillance in schools. But we dont have the Testing Capacity to do that. So were really taking more of a were back. Risk especially in those hot zones in terms of sending kids citi were back citi music series here on today. We are excited because rising back in without testing. Well, it always comes back to Country Music star jimmie allen the testing, it seems. Is with us jimmie burst back on the thank you for your time morning. Scene in 2018 with best shot appreciate it. Thank you. That chart topping single. All right, craig. To you. As we mentioned earlier, the 2020 candidates are now clashing and his new ep bettie james is a collaboration with a range of stars including brad paisley, darius rucker, tim mcgraw. Jimmie, good to see you again. Thanks for getting up. Whats up, man . How are you . Doing well, brother always good to see you lets start with the name bettie james the title of the new ep over the governments response to the coronavirus including whether masks should be required nationwide. Nbcs senior white house senior washington correspondent andrea wheres the title from mitchell has the latest on them. Andrea, good morning. I named it after my grandma reporter good morning. President trump is encouraging a bettie that died in 2014 and my false birther theory against father james who died last year. Kamala harris born in california, the child of immigrants, and of course a u. S. So i kind of wanted to just citizen. As the two candidates are also leave a trail of their legacy clas proposal, the governors now mandate the wearing of masks in through my music a tribute all 50 states. A tribute to them. How did they impact your life . How did they impact your music joe biden and Kamala Harris drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump calling on all 50 governors to mandate that people wear masks. After hearing from medical advisers that could save 40,000 lives in three months. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up. Do the right thing. What real leadership looks so i wanted to be patient in like is joe biden. Choosing k man, greatly. My dad listened to nothing but Country Music, so thats all i learned from him growing up. To speak up, sometimes telling us the stuff we dont im not saying tha my dad always told me to take risks. My grandma bettie, she was a necessarily want to hear but we fisherman just like my dad was im not saying that im perfect but girl you know im she always told me to be patient. Not but i love you with everythin so i wanted to be patient in choosing kind of songs and need to know. Reporter hours later, the people from this project president lashing out at biden mischaracterizing bidens approach to masks and a pandemic i got shutdown. Girl i give you my best shot 7 30 now on this friday sleepy joe is in favor of morning. Locking all americans in their and that is the number one hit but at the same time i wanted to that really launched the career take risks just reach out to people that i love and kind of mix artists on songs together so it was a good time. They both taught me a lot. Youre going to perform in a moment why things happen. Basement for months on end. Reporter the president is also ramping up his attacks on i was listening to the album on harris encouraging the same birther Conspiracy Theory he pushed for years against former president obama. The way in this is my favorite track. Its a collaboration with i would assume two guys on whose although harris is a u. S. Shoulders you have stood somewhat charlie pride and darius rucker. Citizen born in oakland, of jimmy allen, the Country Music star back in 2018. And ever since then weve been singing along with jimmy california, to immigrant savannah, hes got such a unique parents, the president was asked sound. And you wrote this song the day hes a really cool guy too oh, i love it after kobe bryant died, right . About a newsweek opinion piece yeah. I wrote it with my bass player questioning whether she is eligible to run for vice president. A suggestion the Biden Campaign by the way, that was just the beginning. Hes scoring more chart toppers with his newer music doesnt meet the requirements. And hes going to be with us later live this morning. Were also going to have a and by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very friday concert the way we do highly qualified, very talented and brandon day. Its about how life throws lawyer. Things at you that you dont expect its okay to question it when you question it, you dig i have no idea if thats right. Deeper in yourself while Digging Deeper in reporter on the fox business yourself, you find ways to make yourself a better person and make the best out of every network, the president also attacked harris as angry, widely considered a racist trope to situation you have love to hear diminish black women. You have sort of a mad woman, i call her, because sh