What police and eyewitnesses are saying go time. The Republican National Convention Kicks off tonight, with president rump set to appear every day and joe biden shaking off trumps blaclaims he is not fitr office watch me. What to respect as the republicans take their turn in the spotlight. Out of control i have lost so much if i thought to think about it too long, it overwhelms me. The death toll from the california wildfires, blazing 1 million acres this morning weather conditions only getting worse. Were live from the front lines. Shake up after months of family drama playing online, Kellyanne Conway, one of the president s closest aides announces she is stepping down. The surprise move, just days before she is set to speak at the Republican National convention and miracle baby a newborn panda at the national zoo defies the odds and captures hearts today, monday, august 24th, 2020 from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Good morning welcome to today. Welcome to monday. Good to have you with us its great to see you, too, savannah we have a busy morning as the Republican National convention gets under way tonight, amid that shakeup at the white house. Well get to those in a bit. First, we have a big story in the Weather Department to kick things off. Twin storms, thats our overnight its the opening act of a hurricane double threat. So were going to get basically a right hook from marco and laura. Reporter laura doing damage as a Tropical Storm carving up caribbean islands and claiming three lives in the dominican republic. The more immediate threat to the gulf of mexico is marco. Louisiana already declaring a statewide emergency as coastal residents clog highways trying you put your guard down and youre hit by the mothership of all storms. Reporter colin arnold heads the city of new orleans Emergency Operations center. He says the big easy has made big strides since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. How does the level of protection compare to where you were . Its much better. We have a two and a half mile surge barrier, the great wall of new orleans. Reporter katrinas 15year anniversary hitting home for those who like this woman who lost three cousins. They tried to get out but couldnt. The water came too fast. Reporter others in the historic lower ninth ward worried even with the revamped levee system. The streets are flooded on a regular basis. Imagine two storms backtoback. Reporter the old problems remain the same. Im at lake pontchartrain. From here to the Mississippi River those two areas are at sea level but the whole city is below that, essentially a bowl. With more rain it could fill up. Savannah . Sam brock in new orleans. People very anxious there, hoda. People are anxious there yeah were going to bring in al roker who is tracking these storms if youve been to new orleans, they say its always the rain with these storms. Thats right. This is going to be the problem, even with marco as a Tropical Storm. Its going to bring a lot of rain with it marco is only 15 miles southsoutheast of the mouth of the mississippi. 60mileperhour winds its weaken overnight. Northwest movement at ten Miles Per Hour laura is back around cuba, with 65mileperhour winds, moving westnorthwest, at 21. Well start with marco it will rake the louisiana and then texas coastlines, as a tropical system. Dont let that fool you. Just because its a tropical system, doesnt mean it wont be big impacts. Heavy rain, flash flooding, a twofoot to fourfoot storm surge for the louisiana coast. And we cant rule out tornados ten inches of rain or more possible now, laura comes out through tomorrow morning, limited strengthening over cuba. But early tomorrow morning, it gets over the gulf heres where the problems develop. Th millas por hora, y su movimiente strengthening. Warm water a low wind shear, and high moisture, following marcos path thats where we see a lot of heavy rain were going to see winds and locally 15 inches of rain possible and with this system and the cone, we have to keep it very, very careful were looking at five u. S. Landfalls so far this season the record is six by september 1st. Were probably going t and again, heavy rain, saturated ground, isolated tornado. A lot of problems still even with a Tropical Storm like marco. And then weve got laura right behind it. Back to you. I know youre keeping your eye on all that. Thank you. Now to the breaking news out of wisconsin. A troubling new video has surfaced showing a black man being shot multiple times by a white police officer. That violent altercation set off a night of protests there. Shaquille brewster has the latest for us. Good morning. Reporter the overnight curfew put in places, it expires in an hour. It came after demonstrators came together to protest the shooting of a 29yearold man. His name is jacob blake. We must warn you, the video is disturbing. Overnight anger and outrage in kenosha, wisconsin, after the shooting of a black man by a white police officer. This video shows two with their guns drawn against jacob blake. After he opens the door, seven shots can be heard. [ gunshots ] blake is in serious condition after being air lifted to a milwaukee hospital. Kenosha police say they were responding to a domestic incident. Whats not clear is what happened before or after the video. Blakes girlfriend was there. She says two of their three children were in the car as he was shot. That man literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other [ bleep ] way and was just shooting him with the kids in the back screaming screaming reporter in a statement, wisconsins governor said in part, while we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in Law Enforcement in our state or in our country. Hours after the incident, protesters gathered outside the Kenosha County Public Safety building and were met by police in riot gear. Tear gas canisters were deployed to disperse the cloud. The Wisconsin Department of justices Criminal Division is handling the investigation and has placed the involved officers on administrative leave. Overnight blakes father in disbelief. My first reaction was, he has nothing in his hands. So what did they fear to make them begin shooting . Reporter back here live, you see officers still in riot gear. You see some of the damage from last night. According tos blakes father, he is out of surgery and is still in stable condition. All right. Shaq brewster, thank you. Craig joins us now with a first look at the Republican National convention that is set to kick off this evening. Hey, craig. Morning. Good morning. Good morning to you as well. This week President Trump and Vice President mike pence will officially be nominated for the gop ticket. The president set to appear every night of the convention. And inadition, he will be delivering that Campaign Speech from the white house. Peter alexander joins us with more on all of it. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. For President Trump heading into this weeks Republican National convention, an Urgent Mission to regain momentums where polls show a trailing joe biden. The president traveling to charlotte today. President trump will officially become his partys nominee. This convention is going to lea. 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F by his acceptance speech on overnight the democratic ticket, from the south on abc news fending off the la. Ov president s relentless attacks. T on joe biden responding to President Trump questioning his Mental Fitness. Watch me. President s relentless attacks joe biden responding to President Trump questioning his Mental Fitness watch me. Watch me look at us both. What we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape were in. Come on. Reporter on the economic plans, biden s mr. President , watch me. Look at us both, what we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape were in. Come on. Reporter on his economic plans, biden says he will not raise taxes for anyone making under 400,000. Kamala harris brushing off the president s personal swipes including calling her nasty. President s personal swipes, including calling her nasty. 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S obtained nbc news has obtained portions of 15 hours of recordings made hours of recording, firs in 2018 and 2019 by the t recorded b president s niece mary trump th author of a scathing tellall a the president s niece, mary trump, the author of a tellall about her uncle. [ bleep ] and the lies. Oh, my about her uncle. God [ bleep ], oh, my god. Reelin. But you know, it is a change of stories, a lack of preparation, the but you know. The change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. Holy [ bleep ]. But hes appealing to the base reporter also this morning here in washington, as the but hes appealing to the base. Pr reporter also this morning here in washington as the president amplifies his attacks on mailin voting, louis dejoy unfounded attacks on will testify before a democratin voting, the postmaster jr. , controlled house committee. Twitter flagged another tweet b a house committe President Trump that claimed the without evidence that ballot twitter flagged another tweet by President Trump, that claimed without evidence, that ballot drop boxes are a security disaster and are not cov drop boxes are a voter security disaster and are not covid sanitized. Election officials from both parties say the drop boxes in many states have not led to bo widespread fraud and are safe. D fraud and are safe craig . Peter alexa Peter Alexander there in washington. Thank you. Just a reminder, nbcs live prime time coverage of the a rv Republican National convention primetime coverage of the republican nationa starts tonight at 10 00 eastern. We turn now to the battle against the coronavirus. Starts tonight at 10 00 eastern. We turn to the yesterday the president announced his administration would be granting emergency use for a treatment for covid. Kristen welker has got the details on this. Good morning reporter good morning to you. President trump making that dramatic announcement late sunday that the fda has authorized the use of convalescent plasma for emergencies. But now some democrats are demanding answers asking if the fda is being pressured by a president locked in a tough reelection battle President Trump unveiling a new step announcing the fda has issued a temporary emergency use authorization of convalescent plasma the president calling it truly historic. This is a powerful therapy that transfuses very, very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a current infection. Its had an incredible rate of success. Reporter the fda commissioner also touting the move there was a 35 improvement in survival. Now, were waiting for more data, but this clearly meets the criteria that weve established for emergency use authorization. Reporter medical experts say convalescent plasma which has long been used to treat other Infectious Diseases has shown promise in treating covid but the emergency use coming out after an internal debate at the fda. Over whether they had data to initiate such a move it also comes a day after the president without any evidence accused the fda of impeding Clinical Trials for political reasons tweeting saturday, the deep state or whoever at the fda is making it very difficult for Drug Companies to test the vaccines and therapeutics. He was asked about that on sunday i think there might have been a holdup, but we broke the log jam over the last week its my opinion, very strong opinion. And thats for political reasons this has nothing to do with politics reporter but there was strong backlash overnight from democrats. Clyburn said he welcomes therapies that work but, quote, i am troubled by the president s desperate pattern of pushing unproven treatments. One Health Expert also questioning the move. Yes, its a large number, but you cant make heads or tails out of thigestive, but its hary a breakthrough. T make heads or tails out of this data and its hardly evidence. Its suggestive but its hardly a breakthrough and its reporter now, scott gottliee reporter now, scott gottlieb, th the former fda commissioner said he fundamentally rejects the fa commissioner, defended t idea that officials would impact agency, saying he rejects the idea that officials would the timing of a decision on impt the timing of a decision based on political pressure. This isnt the first time the fda has granted emergency use authorization during this s isn first time the fda has pandemic. Grant you might remember remdesivir emergency us was given the same green light during the in may after trial data showed that antiviral drug helped shorten hospital Recovery Time remdesivir was also given that in may, after that showed it in some patients. All right. Thank you. Were going to have more on the new treatment including an some. Thank you were goin exclusive look inside g to have experimental trials in the nextg hour. Experimental now to that scary situation. Thats comin out west where record heat and t ur now, to th lightning storms are hindering firefighters efforts throughou california. Lightning storms are its already one of the worst fire seasons in history and its firefighting efforts not even close to being over. Steve patterson has the latest from the front lines. Hey, steve. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning to you. Look. Firefighters across this state are bone tired. Many of them have been fighting these fires for more than a week. Some working 72 hour shifts. And as fire conditions continue to worsen, it is now more apparent that this is a battle with no end in sight. Overnight, exhausted firefighters back on the front lines locked in a desperate week long fight. More than 14,000 firefighters working around the clock to contain some of the largest fires in state history. Officials now worried about the threat of fresh red flag warnings that could promote an explosion of raging flames. How worried are you about this bad weather that is now moving in . Were extremely concerned about whats taking place in the next couple of days with more dry lightning. Reporter more than 600 fires are burning over 1. 4 million acres. A footprint bigger than the size of rhode island now visible from space. In northern california, monster flames devoured homes forcing the evacuation of thousands. At least five people have died. Christa lost most of her livestock as flames swept through her parents ranch. Ive lost so much, and if i stop to think about it too long, i it overwhelms me. Reporter meanwhile in shock. Total shock. Reporter brian came back to find his home burned to the ground. It was just a wall of fire. About 70 foot high above these trees. And i knew everything was gone at that point. Its just heart breaking. Reporter the National Guard is bringing in about a dozen crews along with fixed wing aircraft and helicopter support. Firefighters on the ground saying, look. Theyre welcoming any help they continue to be under the red flag warnings. That brings us back to al. Its been hot, dry conditions out west, al. Yeah. Us back to unfortunately you look at this. Hot, dry conditions out wide area that has dry lightnin too, al. Yeah, guys. Strikes possible for today from San Francisco to great falls all the way to denver. Since august 15th, 12,000 lightning strikes, 1615 615 fires the lnu is the second largest fire ever. The scu, Third Largest theyre both still burning and look at the red flag warnings they continue through tomorrow night. This is for at least 7 Million People and this is a very dangerousecos good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Weve been watching out for the potential of thunderstorms, and so far just some rain for the bay area. A lot of lightning strikes over the Central Valley and parts of thesierra. As we look at our temperatures today its still going to be warming up for the inland areas back into the 90s, upper 90s for the north bay. Coast areas are seeing fog and temperatures reaching into the upper 60s. A chance of lightning through the morning. We should see those chances going down later today. Latest weather. Guys all right, al thank you. Coming up, an unexpected announcement from President Trumps inner circle a family feud that may have prompted Kellyanne Conway to step down saying in a tweet, less drama more mama plus are you ready to ride in an elevator with coworkers, savannah yes, we are. How about heading to the lunchroom . Well take you inside the push by some of americas Biggest Companies to get you back in the office what they expect and what you should expect when you get there. 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Right now the majority of residents in this town remain under the evacuation warning. Those warnings went into effect wednesday because of the high winds, and theyve remained in effect because of the wind and now more threats of thunder and lightning. 52,000 acres have burned because of that fire. And there were concerns those lightning strikes. Kari has her eye on the weather. Yeah, were keeping an eye on this radar because it can detect the lightning. So far weve had the best Case Scenario with some light rain moving through, higher humidity, and no lightning strikes for the bay area so far although we have seen it across the region. As we look at our temperatures its still going to be warm for inland valleys reaching into the 90s today. Well see more 90s in the forecast, but that red flag warning will expire today at 5 00 p. M. After that were looking at some warm and dry weather through the end of the week for those inland areas. San francisco will see the fog returning and highs in the 60s. Laura . All right. Thank you very much. Another local news update coming up in half an hour. We hope to see you then. Awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] back now at 7 30 on a monday morning. Its august the 24th, 2020. That, back now at 7 30 on a monday morning. Its august the 24th, 2020 that, guys, is a live shot of the National Zoos panda cam their giant panda giving birth on friday. Theres a reason this is being hailed as a miracle. It has something to do with all right. We want to tell you about something coming up later this morning. Craigs got an exclusive interview with emmanuel ai choe. Thats right. Hes the guy thats behind this wildly popular web series. Its called Uncomfortable Conversations with a black man. That Series Making headlines this morning at acho spoke to Roger Goodell about the leagues initial reaction when Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem. And thats where we should have listened sooner and we should have been in there with them understanding it and figuring out what we can do as the nfl. Emmanuel is going to tell us more about that frank conversation coming up in the third hour it is ive only seen the first nine minutes theyre going to put the second part up later today. Its the most revealing nine minutes with Roger Goodell youve ever seen or heard. Look forward to that conversation lets get to the headlines at 7 30. The gulf coast bracing for two major storms this week the first one Tropical Storm marco is approaching louisiana at this hour for an expected landfall later today new orleancoto 80 miles an hour. In the meantime, Tropical Storm laura is busy carving up the caribbean. It is expected to make landfall as a hurricane in louisiana or texas late wednesday, perhaps early thursday als going to be back in just a few minutes. An investigation is underway this morning after a lab that handles coronavirus tests for nfl teams was linked to dozens of false positive tests. The league had 77 positive covid19 tests reexamined by the new jersey lab bioreference and all those tests came back negative several teams altered or canceled workouts on sunday, though, as a precaution. It was a big weekend in sports as the nhl playoffs move into the second round. So here is marchand twisting to the outside leading around back carlo drives scores the bruins strike first. I got to tell you, watching hockey is fun even with no fans. The Boston Bruins hold on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning there are two more semifinal games tonight. You can catch them on the Nbc Sports Network from hockey to basketball. To the nba, that dramatic finish in sundays mavs clippers game dallas down by one point with a little over three seconds to go in overtime. Then this happened to inbound. Back to Doncic Doncic pulls up. Three pointer. Bang its good doncic wins the game at the buzzer of course he did. Luka doncic lifted the mavs to victory. He had a triple double 43 points, 17 rebounds, 13 assists. And oh, by the way, he did it all with a sprained ankle. That series now tied at two games a piece. Its all my younger brother wanted to text about you could watch a buzzer beater like that all night long. Lets move to family drama now at the white house where President Trumps longtime aide Kellyanne Conway announced last night she will be stepping down. George conway also makes one of their daughters calls to be emancipated from her parents. Hallie jackson is back with more good morning reporter good morning to you. An Administration Source says Kellyanne Conway told the president about this decision less than 24 hours ago in the midst of a family dynamic that of the president s inner circle. The father is an outspoken critic of President Trump. Now their teenage daughter wants her freedom after her posts have gone viral one of the president s most fierce defenders announcing shes stepping down just hours before the convention is set to kick off Kellyanne Conway saying shes leaving the white house at the end of the month after highprofile family drama. How much did your family affect your political and religious views check . Reporter her 15yearold daughter claudia who made headlines for sharing her liberal views on tiktok now tweeting over the weekend, im officially pushing for emancipation buckle up because this is probably going to be public one way or another, unfortunately. Last month going as far as asking alexandria ocasiocortez to adopt her conway announcing her plans to leave the white house in a statement late sunday calling her time in the Trump Administration heady and humbling explaining that she and her husband george are making the decision based on what they think is best for their four children George Conway a conservative lawyer has repeatedly gone after the president saying hes mentally unfit to serve office with the president in turn calling him a husband from hell. George conway is also stepping back from his participation in the lincoln project. A group of republicans looking to defeat President Trump in noveerwill be. Reporter as for Kellyanne Conway who made a name for herself defending the president. He meant to say it was embarrassing, it was wrong he apologized for it sean spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. Wait a minute alternative facts . Reporter the mother of four saying she will announce her future plans in time, but for now her focus is turning to her family saying itll be less drama, more mama but hallie, she was expected to speak at the Republican National convention this week. Is that still on reporter yeah, it is she is still set to deliver that address wednesday evening at the rnc. Shell transition out of the white house about a week later with her kids all school age, all of the know that requires a level of attention and vigilance which i home and a lot of them may never go back to the office. But is that a good thing or a bad thing . Pretty unusual these days. All right thank you very much. All right. Coming up next, tens of millions of americans are working from home and a lot of them may never go back to the office. But is that a good thing or a bad thing . Tom costello takes you inside the efforts to get you back to work safely. 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Pandemic, millions of americans ive got the Morning Coffee have left office life behind con going. A lot of companies had hoped by labor day their employees would be back in the office but of course thats not looking likely across much of the country so Many Companies are saying so Many Companies are saying were going to keep it like this unsure whether the arrangement until its safe to return. May become permanent tom costello joining us now from his home in maryland tom, good morning. Good to see you in the home office reporter good morning. Were going to keep it like this until its safe to return. Carsons got his son jack it may be the biggest, fastest transformation to hit the working for him. Ive got my daughter charlotte working the ipad this morning. Theyre saying hi, charlotte this is where i spend a lot of time since march ive got two computers, three American Office since here are the new rules. Screens,ig earth tones only also, women are forbidden to wear pants reporter since dwight changed the casual fridays rules. Every day is casual as tens of while offices sit largely empty across the country but amazon whose business has exploded with all of us shopping online actually wants to get back to the office so this works zoom works, skype works, but you lose but something in the process. Thats right. You rea something in the process. Thats right. You really lose that what we lose are the spontaneous connections. You know, three people walk by y that may not work on my floor, for example, but i can get quick answers or solve problems or deliver information to them without scheduling a zoom meeting. Reporter so amazon is expanding hubs in six cities new york, phoenix, san diego, denver, detroit, and dallas. And hiring thousands of additional workers even though a lot of Companies Say working from home is working so well, they may not refill their old space. Twitter and facebook saying employees may work from home forever. The New York Times has returned to some of the offices abandoned in march yellowed newspapers, dead plants, and cans of disinfectant a thousand surveyed by the times, 86 said theyre happy to continue working from home. Even when that means juggling family distractions. In fact, they were feeling as productive they had kids they were in some cases, you know, struggling to balance particularly if they had kids work and home life but overall really felt more satisfied. Reporter of course many people cant work from home. From Health Care Providers to retail and warehouse employees, truck drivers, airline workers, police and firefighters, millions must go to work risking covid exposure but fewer Office Workers has meant fewer cars on the roads, less pollution, and more family time though experts caution, its important to set boundaries. Just because your office is ten feet away rather than ten miles away doesnt mean you go to your office all the time, right . And making sure youre setting up barriers. Reporter set family rules for when mom or dad cant be interrupted. And invest in Home Office Upgrades if its likely to be permanent like highspeed internet and ergonomically correct chair, perhaps noise back to the New York Times survey, one in five said theyre really not eager or eliminating headphones back to the New York Times survey, one in five said theyre really not eager or one in five said they are eager to get back to work but thats it. Just one in five a third said if i can work from anywhere, it doesnt matter if im going to move to colorado, hawaii, paris, and work from home there charlotte had a nice move there. Shes got a real future in this thing tom, with more folks working from home and wanting more space, i understand that suburban real estate prices have been soaring how much reporter yeah. Home sales up 25 just in july im looking at my notes. 34 were firsttime buyers a lot of people moving out of the cities into suburbia or into small town america home prices up 8. 5 in july. And guess what, guys the hottest real estate city in the country. Can you guess it no. Connecticut reporter my home state colorado colorado springs, the hottest Real Estate Market in the country. I get it. By the way, tom, now youre on a wider shot, we see you have a guitar there have you been taking up folk music during your work from home reporter back in my youth, i played religiously now its just, you know, just an ornament i love that were going to start stairway to heaven at 8 00 charlotte with the pan there. Mr. Roker has been working at home for a bit. Lets turn to him for a check of the weather. How we doing, al were not working from home were living at work its pretty good and its still pretty, pretty good weve been talking about how crazy this Hurricane Season 2020 is the areas in red all storms the earliest ones on record. And guess what were just about out of names. We only got eight storm names left these are the letters that the National Hurricane center uses wilfred and then were into the greek alphabet i had an uncle wilfred loved him. He was a baker at drakes cakes. This afternoon and this evening, 7 Million People at risk in the upper Mississippi River valley for hail, damaging winds, possibility of tornadoes then that severe storm threat moves east for tomorrow. Were looking at 72 million from bangor back to cleveland down to d. C. , norfolk as well. Well be watching that for some Severe Weather rest of the day today, scattered dry storms, lightning strikes out west heavy rain down along the gulf because of marco severe storms through the upper Mississippi River valley those move later into tomorrow and the next day thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we look at whats happening across the bay area, waves of rain coming through especially in the north bay. So far no lightning strikes and i hope it stays that way as our temperatures will still be heating up for the inland areas, reaching into the upper 90s for the north bay. Mid90s for the inland east bay while in the south bay were up to 90 degrees in san jose. Going through the forecast over the next few days once the dry air returns, were still left with the hot weather through the rest of the week. Update coming up from the National Hurricane center on marco and laura still just ahead. 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More people forced to evacuate in the south bay while an evacuation warning has been extended to the borders of livermore and pleasanton. Not within the city limits themselves. Behind me here at the cal fire helibase the choppers are expected to resume their air attack several miles south of here. Yesterday the fire only grew 4,000 acres. We expect new numbers to be released at any moment this morning. Reporter im kris sanchez with some progress on the czu complex fire. We know it is now 13 contained. Good weather conditions overnight. However, the fire still grew to 78,000 acres. We know that the man who was found dead in davenport was near his vehicle, likely trying to leave the fire. There are four people who are missing and unaccounted for that sheriffs deputies are trying to check on and six people who had to be rescued after they tried to check on their property in san mateo county, and the flames overtook them. They are safe now. If youre not affected by the fires, you are affected by the smoke and the heat. Is it going to continue today, kari . Yes. We had the smoggy conditions, really unhealthy air quality across the bay area. We can see the thick smoke there. Were watching out also for a chance of rain especially for the north bay. A slight chance of dry lightning continues. Overall its been fairly quiet so far. And our temperatures will be heating up today as we head back into the mid90s for the inland areas. Even as warm as 98 degrees in the north bay. San jose reaching 90. We are going to see upper 60s and low 70s near the coast today, laura. All right. Thank you very much. Well be back with another local news update in half an hour. Join us for midday news as well. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, onetwo punch the gulf coast braces for two major storms so were going to get basically a right hook from marco and then a left hook from laura. Just how bad will it be als tracking it all plus search for solutions. Our exclusive interview with the top doctors behind the Plasma Treatment aimed at fighting covid19 this is really the first best kind of biological goal. Well look at just how effective this could be. And theyre explosive. Korean pop sensation bts is back with a new song. How its already blowing up records. Today, monday, august 24th, 2020 were celebrating our First Anniversary in des moines, iowa. Good morning. Im turning 8 on the today show its our grandmas 70th birthday happy birthday grandma. Love you all right theyre ready to cohost the show happy birthday, grandma. Good morning, sunshine and also if you want to, you can dvr, just rewind us. You can watch from 7 00 on and then were on an hour delay. If its next hour, were saying hi from last whatever exactly if you missed the beginning, you missed a great show. Check this out this is my today plaza what a cool crowd. We are going to visit with them, hang out for a little bit coming up in our next half hour coming up tomorrow on today, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of women getting the right too vote we sat down with the firstever statue to depict real women in central park. It was fun speaking with their great, great, great, great descendants. Also i was wondering like there are no statues of women in central park they said the only two and theyre not real women, mother goose and alice from alice in wonderland. So this is a big deal. I got a sneak peek with those ladies itll be fun well do that on wednesday morning. Looking forward to it its 8 02. Lets get to the news. Lots to tell you about all eyes on the gulf coast as residents there brace for a pair of dangerous storms this week. The first one, Tropical Storm marco expected to make landfall in just a matter of hours now. Well show you a live look at whats happening in new orleans. You see it stirring up just a t little bit. Als been k little bit als been tracking these storms and has the latest track hey, al this morning good morning. And good news. Right now marco has been downgraded a bit its still a Tropical Storm, 50 mileperhour winds. Moving northwest at 10 Miles Per Hour 85 miles south of the Mississippi River. And it looks like its going to skirt right along the louisiana coastline moving into texas. But again, heavy rain and some storm surge 2 to 4 feet at the most the one were really worried moving west northwest at 21. It will become a about is laura 125 miles east of key largo. 65 mileperhour winds moving west northwest at 21. It will become a category 2 some time on wednesday afternoon making landfall thursday morning. Rainfall amounts could be upwards of 10 to 15 inches of rain storm surge a big issue. Tornadoes as well. Well continue to refine the track and watch as it goes guys all right, al thank you very much. President trump is promising a positive message as the Republican National Convention Gets Underway tonight. Peter alexander joins us now with the three things to watch in politics. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Nice to see you. President trump is expected to put his reality tv production skills to work this week as the Republican National Convention Kicks off today. The president i am told will make appearances all four nights capped off by his acceptance speech on the White House South Lawn on thursday an unprecedented move for a sitting president. In the midst of the worst Public Health and Economic Crises in generations, President Trump is promising as you noted that optimistic message although hes also signaling he will ramp up his attacks on joe biden. Overnight the democratic ticket on abc news fended off the president s relentless attacks with biden responding to President Trump questioning his Mental Fitness watch me. Mr. President , watch me. Look at us both. What we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape were in. Come on. Reporter finally one other item we are watching, Kellyanne Conway, one of the fiercest defenders of the president and his former Campaign Manager from 2016 has notified the president that she is leaving the white house at the end of this month amidst some family challenges that have played out on social media. Her husband George Conway is an outspoken critic of the president and her teenage daughter claudia recently posted that she is seeking emancipation from both of her parents craig . Peter alexander there in washington thank you. 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For patients iin Cynthia Mcfadden is here with an exclusive interview with the top doctors from the mayo clinic where a lot of this research was done cynthia, good morning. Reporter good morning and happy monday now lets put aside the politics for a moment and look at the science. We had a chance to talk to the two leading experts at the mayo clinic who headed up 14,000 doctors and researchers across the country who since april have transfused with convalescent plasma 70,000 patients dr. Michael joyner says he and his colleagues at the mayo clinic have been working around the clock since april studying whether convalescent plasma is safe and effective in fighting covid19 i think the chain of evidence supporting the use of convalescent plasma early in covid19 is strong i believe its getting stronger. Reporter yesterday the fda based in large part on the mayoled research decided the answer was yes this is a very big day. Its a day weve been looking forward to. Yes, it is safe. And yes, it is effective this is a very big day. Its a day weve been looking forward to this is really the first best kind of biological shot on goal while we wait for the, you know, the biotech and vaccine cavalry to show up with other options. Reporter how effective is convalescent plasma . Dr. Joyner says that for some patients, it can be very effective. So our data in hospitalized patients who were sick enough to be in the hospital but not critically ill in the icu. If theyre treating early in the course of their disease, within three days of diagnosis, their sevenday mortality will fall from 12 , 13 , 14 to 7 or 8 for a Risk Reduction of 30 to 40 . Reporter and thats significant. Well, thats certainly something thats encouraging reporter last march, claudia garcino found herself in the sweet spot of patients dr. Joyner is referring to after three rough days in the hospital, her grown son called mom, great news they think you can have the plasma and i was like, do you think i should do that its like a transfusion. Im not sure reporter terrified she was going to be put on a ventilator, she agreed 30 hours after her transfusion and i remember taking that first deep breath. I felt like i had oxygen i felt like i won the lottery. Reporter it really sounds like almost a miracle. Exactly of course immediately i called my son and i said to him, i think that plasma did it reporter but what about patients already on ventilators . A number of intensive care doctors have talked about giving convalescent plasma in the icu setting. And have said, you know, we try but it just doesnt seem ef reporter dr. Wright joined us he was study leader for the plasma research. A veteran of two decades of Clinical Trial research at mayo. What does he think of the fda decision . Decision i think the fda has made an excellent decision i think theyve truly put the Public Health interests of the i trust their judgment. Reporter so to those who nation first and i respect them for that. I trust their judgment reporter so to those who think the president forced the fda to do this, you say you dont buy it not at all. I genuinely believe and do not see any evidence to date of any overstated the research at political influence. Reporter so i pressed the doctors on whether they felt that President Trump has overstated the research at least as it applied to them. They said they were going to let their data speak for itself but they did avoid in our conversation using terms like historic or Ground Breaking, preferring terms like promising or encouraging about the fda action, they readily agree this is going to make the treatment much more widely available to patients which they think is a good thing. And finally, remember, they have transfused 70,000 patients across the country while conceding that this was not a randomized Clinical Trial, more data is needed but they are hopeful in with als been tracking a couple of storms this morning. Al . Hey, guys. Lets show you whats happening at least on our back to you guys well take hope all right. Cynthia, thank you very much lets check in with al whos been tracking a couple of storms this morning al hey, guys lets show you whats happening at least on our radar. You can see and also temperaturewise still scorching out west western third of the country just really warm but then once you get past the Mississippi River, temperatures become a little more seasonal. For today, heavy rain with marco. The good news is it is weakening a bit. Dont want to let our guard down scattered dry storms which is bad news for the firefighters. Beautiful weather up into the pacific northwest. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happ good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we take a look at this very smokey shot of San Francisco, we are going to have unhealthy air quality. Were also watching out for the chance of lightning today. For the most part its farther to the north. We havent seen any so far. As we are going to get light rain moving through. Our temperatures heat up again today reaching into the low to mid90s for the interior valleys with 60s and 70s near the coast. Its going to stay hot throughout the workweek. Thats your latest weather. Guys all right, al thank you so much. Time for pop start. Our lead story, sheinelle is here for pop start. Shes here in the studio good morning do i look this way or this way i should look this way look at us. I was just telling them the last time i was here, i had to find my key card it was in my winter coat my puffy coat pocket but im happy to be here filling in for carson. We have a good one this morning. First up, batman take a look. 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Its no surprise to see andy and ben in the stands at the latest cardinals game andy posting this video to instagram. It shows them as cardboard cutouts at the cardinals stadium. Big smiles on their faces. They have jon hamm, ali kemper, and nelly around them. There they have right behind home plate thats fun i mean, ben is such a big boy. I cant believe how hes grown up already time is flying. You may remember this moment from one of our favorite movies anchorman. I tried to get an interview with him they said nope hes a live bear he will rip your face off. Youre making me look stupid get out here panda jerk great story compelling and rich. Well, we do actually have a panda that you can see this morning. Theyve had some good news at the national zoo where giant panda welcomed a new cub over the weekend. And people were so excited, it nearly broke the panda cam Garrett Haake has the story. Reporter a rare panda cub born in the middle of a Global Pandemic were pretty excited we get to have one more baby around reporter the newborn cub so tiny its hard to see. But you can definitely hear those squeals. The baby was born friday at the Smithsonian National zoo in washington, d. C. The first giant panda cub born there in years online pandemonium its being called a miracle birth. Generally female pandas stop having cubs in their 20s so we werent sure if this was going to happen or not reporter just days after the covid19 pandemic forced the entire zoo to close, 22yearold maishongs revealed she may be able to have a cub they used frozen sperm from the panda dad. Anything thats positive is a good thing right now reporter the panda house will be closed for a while while mama gets her rest make no mistake about it, the biggest news here is the cub about the size of a stick of butter the giant panda has three other surviving cubs they now live in china as part of the panda conservation partnership. The gender of the newborn, still a mystery. As for a name, the zoo typically follows chinese tradition and waits 100 days to name a new cub. For the next week or so, well be here 24 7 reporter zoo keepers converted their office to a panda nursery. Visitors will have to wait to see the panda in person, but they can check out the mother and newborn on the everpopular online panda cam where page views are up nearly 3,000 Garrett Haake, nbc news, washington guys, i leave you with baby panda. People just looking for joy. Its great. The reason that youre overrs is because we cant fit another chair around this humongous desk without being all the way over there. It el miss the delay, dont u i miss my wifi going out and turning gray on the air. You look great. Thank you coming up, guys, the new trend of microweddings as couples postpone their big parties until its safe for crowded gatherings also ahead, we catch up with those kpop superstars bts as they try something new with their latest single. And its paying off. But first your local news. Good morning to you. 8 26. Im marcus washington. Our breaking news for you, firefighters have been making headway knocking down those massive wildfires. In santa cruz mountains, firefighters this morning saying the czu fires are nearing 50 containment. Severe weather overnight never materialized. They confirm the first death tied to those fires. A 70yearold man found in davenport. People in the trivalley are being warned they may have to evacuate. The scu fires are burning about 350,000 acres and its 10 contained. The lnu fires in the north bay are 22 contained. And a slight improvement from last night. At least 870 structures there are destroy. Lets get a look at the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring the lightning strikes weve been looking at on the screen there. Yeah, and most of that lightning has not been in the bay area. Weve seen it over the Central Valley and sierra and lightning strikes off the coast with rain moving through this morning. Were just left behind with a lot of that unhealth air quality and temperatures today into the 90s. Well see those 90s throughout the week, marcus. Well have another local news experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. 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You didnt know you were going to be on the show this morning but we have a clip of your mom breaking the news to you you get to be on the today show. What theyre going to tell you happy birthday im speechless. What are you going to do, ava, for your birthday well, actually, my birthday was on august 7th. Busted. Now youre getting another one. We hope that you celebrate today happy 10th birthday. Cute. Thanks so much. We also have maxs 21st birthday as we bring up the an. Thanks, everyone. Thanks for waking up early. Board one more time. Happy birthday, max. Richie turning the big 50th. Bailey and skyler celebrating their First Anniversary. Thanks, everyone thanks for waking up early i see a 70th birthday as well yeah. Hello, iowa by the way, wed love to have you join the virtual plaza its today. Com mytodayplaza. Its so fun and unpredictable. It is happy birthday six months ago. Lets turn to al and get a check of the weather hey, guys lets look at the week ahead see what weve got shaping up. First we start with monday and we are looking at rain down through the southeast thanks to marco. Severe storms in the upper midwest. Summer heat the western third of the country. Watching laura now take aim on the gulf coast monsoonal moisture much cooler weather throughout the western great lakes and sunshine in the northeast. Then on friday, heavy rain through the ohio and Mississippi River valleys. The southwest heat builds again. Temperatures nice and mild in the pacific northwest. Thats whats good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Lets take a look at our high temperatures for today. Well reach into the low to mid90s for the inland east bay as well as the north bay. Up to 98 degrees today. Our coastal areas will be in the 60s this afternoon. We are watching that chance of rain, that dry lightning as well, but our chances will go down as we go throughout today. And our temperatures stay hot for the interior valleys throughout the rest of this workweek. And thats your latest weather. Guys all right, al thank you. Coming up, pandemic Wedding Planning were going to look at how some couples are coming up with Creative Solutions theyre making do as they say i do do but first this is today on we love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . This morning on todays consumer summer is traditionally wedding season, but many couples put their big days on hold because of this pandemic but postponing a wedding can lead to a new set of problems. Vicky nguyen walks us through these tricky times app lot of couples navigating iy decisions about what to do with their wedding plans. Some are even choosing to have microweddings. What is that . This morning a pandemic wedding 101. From planning to postponing. Saying i do during a pandemic has sparked these waters yes some including very close to home here. Couples across the country making tough and at times costly decisions about what to do with their wedding plans. Some are even choosing to have microweddings. What is that this morning a pandemic wedding 101. From planning to postponing. Saying i do during a pandemic has sparked some new trends. Couples across the country sacrificing grand weddings forging ahead with microweddings, minimonies. And standing ceremonies for social distancing. While mnimonies hold just a few loved ones guests come at different times one group for the ceremony, another group for the come tail hour, and a final for the reception. The knot. Com recommends greeting guests with a welcome spritz that captures the current moment so Hand Sanitizer may be the ne planning the special celebration has turned into a sudden scramble we have to decide are we ross the country tell nbc news getting hitched has hit a costly snag were around 6500, entire deposit at the moment. Had to get ahold of all vendors and cancel or reschedule cancellation fees were around 22,000. Reporter this couple forced to cancel three times. Everything on hold right now. Reporter even stars like Jennifer Lopez postponed her po wedding. Im a little heartbroken because we did have some great plans. Rep wedding. Im a little heartbroken because we did have some great plans. Reporter 1 million weddings nationwide have been affected by the pandemic in a survey, 59 of couples said theyre postponing or canceling. But couples shouldnt lose hope. Our world is going to return to normal. And so whether thats six months down the road or a year down the road, we dont know. But we encourage all couples to postpone this is a moment youre going to want to celebrate. Wedding can be expensive talk to your wedding planner fi the venue. Thats likely youre biggest expense. Then call the vendors in order of whats most important to you. Most deposits are nonrefundable but try to negotiate and be flexible what advice do you have with working with vendors and negotiating new rates . Because sometimes the prices change the prices do change. Really sit down with your vendor and have a conversation. They are in this too theyre in this with you they are impacted by this as well reporter she says many couples delaying to next year will have to reserve thursday, friday, or even monday weddings. Weve seen a lot of couples plan monday weddings because it bumps up against a weekend reporter if you dont want to wait, post a virtual ceremony hoda officiated this wedding by now, if you are i the power of zoom. I now pronounce you husband and wife now, if you are invited to a wedding and feel its unsafe, dont go coronavirus is probably the best excuse youre going to have for a long time. Many couples are also offering a virtual component so you can still celebrate with them from the safety of your home. I love this story you did talk to a lot of couples. They seem to have a lot of good advice anything else . Its persistence and flexibility pays off they had to spend months negotiating over the summer but vendors to change the date and they were able to get many vendors to change the date and didnt have to pay a penny they did have to switch from a saturday to a sunday we saw many people are doing these zoom weddings. But there are there ways you can make it feel like a wedding so you dont feel like youre just on another zoom call yes just insist on a dress code. Act like its an actual wedding. Everyone has a special cocktail for their wedding. Send the recipe to your guests and you can do that virtual toast together. Great advice. Thank you. Just ahead, harry smith heads to st. Louis for a look at the history of the citys racial divide and how the new mayor of ferguson is trying to bring people together. But first this is today on nbc. This morning on mr. Smith goes to, he goes to st. Louis more than a century and a half americas racial divide was challenged by a courageous man who wanted better for his woul of o family that man was a slave named dred scott he would become a central part of one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases in this country. Harry travelled to take a look at how the work scott started is still being pushed forward its interesting. I was in st. Louis for today. Hey, harry reporter good morning, guys. Its interesting i was in st. Louis for a story about two years ago walking by the old courthouse theres an important statue there. I said to myself, i really need it is a to know more about these people. So we went back this summer to find out it is a landmark familiar to many near the arch in st. Louis, the old courthouse a grand temple of justice but not for all. This is the building where dred and harry scott actually walked up the steps on april 6th of 1846 to sue for their freedom. Reporter lynn jackson knows the story well dred scott was her great great grandfather. Very proud of dred scott because he was courageous to do what he did at a time it was considered sedition. Reporter based on a doctrine called once free always free, scott sued he was not willing to run and put his wife and little girls in jeopardy of being caught reporter the case lasted more than a decade ultimately decided by the Supreme Court and chief Justice Roger tawny who wrote that blooks we are, quote, regarded as beings of an inferior order altogether unfit to associate with the white race. And so far inferior they had no. Rights which the white man was bound to respect he in essence said you are not a citizen of the United States you have no rights is that the way you read it . Definitely he did say that. Reporter abolitionists were outraged slave holders were vindicated and emboldened the civil war all but inevitable i think that one of the struggles we have in america is we think about the civil war as. And what the civil war did is sending all of racism. And what the civil war did is it ended slavery in america but we then had jim crow and jane crow. We had these rules that solidified the racial hierarchy in america reporter he believes the back wash of the dred scott decision still ripples through our society. I see fear and i see the inability to recognize the human in the other the inability to recognize that africanamericans are actually human beings who in my tradition we say all human beings are made in the image of god. Reporter that refusal to recognize humanity lived out in nearby ferguson six years ago where Michael Browns body lay unattended for four hours after a police shooting. We stood in that very spot. Did Michael Browns death have anything to do with you we stood in that very spot did Michael Browns death have anything to do with you running for mayor . It had everything to do with me running for mayor reporter ella jones felt a calling. The former pharmaceutical chemist wants to lead her town and police force to a Better Future can you make a difference . Its all about making a difference this election has given people hope and even now people are stepping up. This is going to be an amazing city im counting on it im counting on it reporter ella jones is undeterred as she faces the task ahead. As was the man buried in an unremarkable section of a st. Louis cemetery not all that far away here is this fantastically courageous person. He had to be. In some regard, i think he was also thrust into that role you know, he kept it going and he said, you know, i really wanted my wife and daughters to be free. But he realized that the freedom of all africans who were enslaved was a stake reporter and that grave site in st. Louis is the most frequently visited stone in all in that giant, giant cemetery strangers come up and say where is dred scott. Thats the one tiny spot thats visited most often were going to connect history to the president , mr. Smith. Thank you, harry. Coming up next, take a look at this new viral video. The new pop hit from bts entirely in english. They told us thats not the only change theyre making. But first this is today on nbc. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Announcer the citi music series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Were back with bts. Theyre without a new song. Its their first one all in english. And just like a lot of their recent hits, this one is smashing all records. Joe fryer spoke with the music phenomenon. He joins us this morning. Good assignment, joe. Reporter yeah. Thats right, guys. You know, this single is called dynamite and it is explosive. They released the song and music video friday. And already the video has surpassed 100 million views on youtube in 24 hours setting the record for the biggest music video premiere. For bts, its not quite tnt, its dynamite. Thats the name of their new single. One thats unlike any other in thats the name of their new single one thats unlike any other in their library. Just listen. Lighting up like dynamite reporter this is your first song all in english. Why did you decide to do an allenglish song when we first listened to the demo, we loved it as it is you know, just became a whole new challenge for us reporter already the video for dynamite is shattering youtube records. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter for that rare person who doesnt know, bts is the sevenman korean pop band thats become a global music sensation. Proof with how many packed the today show plaza just to watch them get interviewed why do you think this group of yours is a global sensation there could be many reasons, but all the members reporter what do you guys think when you remember back to that time . [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter in the weeks that followed, the world changed. They had to postpone their tour and like the rest of us staythe album. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] home some of their quarantine adventures streamed live dancing to painting to just grabbing a bite to eat oh, yeah theyre also producing a new album. Itll be new and fresh and its going to be a little different from the single dynamite as well. Thats all i can say. Reporter and the rest is secret, right . [ speaking in Foreign Language ] itll be new and fresh and its going to be a little different from the single dynamite as well thats all i can say reporter and the rest is secret, right . Little secret reporter whats no secret is how vocally kpop fans have used their platform to support protesters in the wake of George Floyds death. Bts announced a 1 million donation to black lives matter which was matched by their fans. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter for now they look forward to a world where they can see those fans their bts army again how much do you miss those fans right now and being able to see them in person we miss them so much. Reporter what helps is their connection through music, a language thats universal. Along with breaking records on youtube, dynamite is on top of the itunes chart in more than a hundred regions and spotifys global top 50 chart. Along with breaking records on youtube, dynamite is on top of the itunes chart in more than a hundred regions and spotifys global top 50 chart. The first for a kpop group. They are to perform virtually at the mtv vmas this sunday and theyre planning on an inperson concert in october back to you. Thanks, joe before we run, outside you were walking by the window and saw this look at this incredible lady. First of all, you cant see it, but shes gone to 48 states in 28 days. She has ten kids. Shes a mom of ten. Shes super mama. We wish her good luck on her trip around the country. Wow coming up in just a few minutes on the third hour, our interview with Emmanuel Acho well talk about boys state and much more. And dont forget about jenna. Shes back too but first your local news and weather. Good morning to you. 8 56. Im marcus washington. Breaking news this morning, firefighters making headway knocking down the massive bay area wildfires. In santa cruz mountains, firefighters say the czu fires are now nearing 50 containment and severe overnight weather never materialized. Authorities now confirming the first death tied to those fires. A 70yearold man found in davenport. More people in the trivalleys have been warned they may have torqu to evacuate. They cover south of pleasanton and livermore. Scu fires have burned 350,000 acres and about 10 contained. The lnu fires in the north bay are now 22 contained. Thats a slight improvement from last night. At least 870 structures are destroyed. Happening now, we have crews covering those three fires, and meteorologist kari hall is tracking the conditions including the threat of lightning strikes. Doctors in hong kong are reports the first confirmed case of a patient contacting coronavirus for a second time. Each infection happened months apart but the second case a patient caught a separate strain of the virus. More local news for you in an hour. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of today. And good morning and welcome to the third hour of today. I am dylan here in studio 1a along with craig and sheinelle. Who are both in studio this morning. Have you always wanted to do that . Were reachable. I can reach both of you guys. Al, we are missing you as youre still at home, buddy. I am. I am. One of those folk who is are in that age bracket where its still a little dicey. But hopefully coming after labor
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