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temperatures expected to be in the 90s. and they could stay there for days. the cleanup from that crushing storm that downed trees and destroyed homes and businesses is just getting started. we are going to have to talk about this disaster in weeks, not days. and they're not alone. millions in the southeast now facing the possibility of severe weather today, angie is tracking it all. brutal assault, newly released surveillance video shows what appears to be sean diddy combs attacking his then girlfriend at a california hotel in 2016, where the investigation into combs could go from here, orange to green scottie scheffler, the world's number one golfer, is arrested and thrown in jail just before the second round of the pga championship. i did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. that was a first for me. despite it all, scheffler shined on the greens near the top of the leaderboard this morning, remembering dabney coleman, the

beloved actor who starred in classic movies like 9 to 5 and tootsie. dead at the age of 92. those stories plus keeping pace, the indiana pacers roll past the new york knicks in game six of their second round series. neymar fakes stripped of the ball, knocked loose. shot clock at two. siakam jump shot. that's good. and that means the two teams will face off this weekend in a decisive game seven at madison square garden. both sides looking to advance today saturday, may 18th, 2024. from nbc news. this is today with peter alexander and laura jarrett. live from studio one-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. madison square garden is going to be rocking tomorrow night. but this weekend, as we get started, we're focused on trying to stick the landing. right. i'm

ready. i think we all need just a little bit of levity this summer, and we're going to get a first taste this weekend, right? that's for sure. we're talking about gymnastics and among the weekend's biggest highlights, making history on the mats and the vault and the balance beams. we are in for a treat. for the first time ever, we're going to see three olympic all around gold medalists simone biles, suni lee, gabby douglas going head to head. they are all vying for prize spots on team usa at the paris olympic games. so much to look forward to there. but our top story this morning is, of course the weather. it's going to be hot. very hot today in houston, which is bad news for hundreds of thousands of residents. still without power after strong storms rolled through on thursday. we're going to get angie's forecast and forecast in just a minute. but first, nbc's priscilla thompson. she is in hard hit houston with the very latest there. priscilla, good morning. yeah peter laura good morning at this hour, there are still more than half a million people without power across texas and louisiana

, in large part due to these downed transmission towers that could take weeks to repair. now, overnight, president biden approved a disaster declaration as residents here in texas are once again cleaning up. this morning, cars crushed, homes caved in, businesses crumbled after a wave of vicious and deadly storms tore through louisiana and texas. i'm normally sitting right there, kathleen cox, who's battling cancer, was home when this tree came crashing in. i can't say that i'm perfect, but i'm okay. more than 100 mile per hour winds pounded houston. people seen here sheltering in a costco and running for cover as rain poured into minute maid park during the astros game in downtown houston. the ground is still covered with glass, just a fraction of what fell as the storm busted out. windows and skyscrapers like this. officials

say at least seven people were killed. horrible accident with a family tree fell. went right through the driver's compartment with children in the back. the torrential rain fueling dangerous floodwaters just north of the city as golf ball sized hail pummeled parts of west texas, the storm knocking out transmission towers. at one point, more than a million people left in the dark, prompting school shutdowns as hundreds of crews worked to clear roadways and restore power. we are going to have to talk about this disaster in weeks, not days. this latest round of severe weather, part of a weeks long bout of unrelenting rain and flooding across southeast texas. here we go, angie yarbrough's home has been flooded for nearly three weeks now, and as the water rises again, she's decided to leave for good. i've cried and cried and cried about it. it's. it's heartbreaking. so 48 years i've

been down here, but i can't. i can't fight it anymore. i can't, i can't do it now. officials say that it could be up to two weeks before everyone's power is restored. the city of houston today opening cooling centers as they're expecting temperatures to surge into the 90s, starting today. peter. laura, remember to check on your neighbors in that area. priscilla thompson in houston. priscilla. thank you. all right. let's bring in meteorologist andrew lassman. angie. unfortunately, the issue this weekend in houston is heat. while millions of people further in the east are in the path of more trouble. yeah, exactly. so no relief for folks in houston when it comes to the temperatures, but we've got to gear up for more strong storms here as we get into the later parts of today. here's those temperatures though. notice 90 for your actual temperature, but you add in the humidity. and we're talking mid 90s today. but by the time we roll into early next week, we could be nearing triple digits. if not triple digit. feels like temperatures for that area. so something to watch, especially as we continue to see those power outages lasting. here's the deal for severe threat notice. it's kind of expansive across parts of the

southeast for general thunderstorms, but where you see the slight risk where that brighter yellow tallahassee, gainesville up to savannah, we're looking at the chance for some strong wind gusts, maybe 60mph or so, and some damaging hail. that tornado risk is low today, but it's not zero, so it is still there slightly. we're already quite active this morning. we've got some rain across the mid-atlantic. those are just some showers that we're watching. we've also got some strong thunderstorms happening across the gulf coast. new orleans included in that. plenty of lightning as well as some heavy rain. and that's one of the things that we'll be concerned about in that area here as we get through the day today. notice the flood watches are already up from parts of the gulf coast, from louisiana, stretching into into georgia and florida. we've got mobile, new orleans under those flood watches with the heavy rain working through. and that is why we've got still the chance for some of this flash flooding to occur here as we get through, especially the morning hours today. that's when we'll likely see the heaviest rain across this region. notice the spot that we're really watching for the flash flooding stretching from mobile, pensacola, panama city, dothan all included in that here as we get through our day to day, likely seeing that

impacting folks for their saturday plans. big picture. look, we'll see anywhere from an inch to two inches of rain in some of the highest spots. guys, back to you. all right, angie, thank you for that. we'll check back in with you later. now to the very latest in the israel hamas war. the israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of three hostages taken by hamas during the october seventh terror attack, including a young woman who became a symbol of the horror inflicted on the people of israel that day. nbc's josh letterman is in london with the very latest, and the efforts in the humanitarian work to get aid into gaza. josh, what are we learning? well, peter, good morning. those three israeli hostages were all captured during the october 7th hamas attacks, fleeing that nova music festival in southern gaza. they are 28 year old amit buskila, 57 year old itzhak gertner and 23 year old shani luke. now, luke had already been declared dead by israel and a photo of her mutilated body in the back of a pickup had really become one of the iconic, horrifying images of those attacks. and this is

really only dampening further hopes that any more of those hostages believed to still be in gaza may come home alive. but on the humanitarian front, there is a rare bit of positive news as aid has started to arrive in gaza using a new floating pier built by the us military. now the white house says the first pallets of food and tents were handed over to the un, and the pentagon is hoping to be able to bring in about 90 trucks a day through this new sea route and ultimately increase it to about 150. but really, this is a drop in the bucket when you think about the enormous need there. and it's also not without danger for us troops who are part of that operation, the white house saying it has a robust plan to keep those americans safe. and with the un now warning of potential famine in gaza, egypt is blaming israel for crippling aid efforts. but just this morning, an israeli military spokesman says it is hamas that is stopping israel from sending more aid into gaza and blocking those humanitarian efforts. peter, just such a tough situation on all sides. josh lederman with the very latest. josh, thank you. back here at

home to the race for the white house. now, as both president biden and former president trump make a series of public appearances this weekend, nbc's aaron gilchrist is traveling with the president. he is in atlanta this morning. aaron, good morning. hey, laura, good morning to you. you're right. both candidates on the campaign trail this weekend. today, as a matter of fact, president biden here in georgia, former president trump in texas for the nra convention. but on his day off from court on friday, mr. trump, attending his son barron's high school graduation down in florida that before flying to minnesota for the annual lincoln-reagan dinner in a state that team trump believes can be in play, even falsely claiming he won in 2020. despite losing there, just like every other republican presidential candidate since 1972. mr. trump suggesting a new rule for the upcoming debates with president biden. i just want to debate this guy, but, you know, and i'm going to i'm going to demand a drug test, too, by the way, i am no, i really am my predecessor.

in his extreme, maga friends are now going after diversity, equity and inclusion all across america. they want a country for some, not for all. let's not kid ourselves, president biden, they're blasting trump during remarks celebrating the 70th anniversary of the brown v board of education supreme court decision that ended school segregation. now, between thursday and sunday, biden participating in seven events focused directly on black communities and shoring up the black vote here in atlanta. tomorrow, he'll give the commencement address at morehouse college. we saw a small group of protesters staging a die in and march here friday, calling president biden genocide joe and demanding a cease fire in gaza. the college president says he will end the graduation if things get out of hand at the ceremony tomorrow. people i've spoken to, both here and at the white house say that students making any sort of statement they expect will be peaceful, and then the president

will end his weekend in detroit at the naacp fundraising dinner. there laura aaron gilchrist in atlanta. thank you, my friend. now to a controversy at the court. supreme court justice samuel alito is facing calls to recuse himself from cases related to the january 6th attack and the 2020 election. this comes after the new york times published a photo outside alito's home of an upside down american flag that's widely viewed as a symbol of efforts to overturn the last election. nbc's julie sirkin is here with us in new york this morning. julie, good morning. peter. good morning. another blow for the conservative supreme court justices this morning as alito faces criticism and those calls to step aside this morning, top democrats demanding supreme court justice samuel alito recuse himself from cases related to january sixth. after the new york times published this photo showing an american flag flying upside down at his home. the picture, reportedly taken just over a week from the capitol attack and just days

before president biden's inauguration. an upside down flag meant to signal distress and has been used as a sign of protest by both the left and the right. but some of alito's neighbors telling the times they were alarmed because it was the symbol adopted by some trump supporters during the capitol riot, falsely claiming president biden stole the election. alito, confirming the photo, telling the times, quote, i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs, according to the times. a neighbor said the flag was there for several days and that alito's wife, martha ann, was in a dispute with another homeowner who, quote, displayed an anti-trump sign with an expletive which offended martha and alito, leading to an escalating clash between her and that neighbor. friday democratic senator dick durbin, saying the flag creates the appearance of bias, demanding justice alito recused himself from upcoming cases involving january 6th,

including former president trump's presidential immunity case, where he's accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results. he is, you know, more than willing to wear his partizan colors on his sleeve or in this case, on the flagpole. a court spokesperson did not respond to our request for comment. this isn't the first time that concerns have been raised about justices impartiality and that of their spouses, as well. yeah, that's exactly right, peter ginni thomas, clarence thomas's wife, of course, is a longtime conservative activist who came under scrutiny for sending those text messages to then president trump's chief of staff, mark meadows. she urged him not to concede the election. she also attended the january 6th rally, but didn't march on the capitol. like justice alito, clarence thomas faced calls to recuse himself from any cases that are related to the former president and the election, but so far, neither has given any indication they would do so. laura, peter, julie, appreciate the update. thank you very much. so nice to have you on set here. julie,

good to see you. all right. now to this the world's number one golfer scottie scheffler is back on the course later today hoping to win his second major championship of the year. but this has not been any normal golf tournament for him. on friday morning he was arrested on his way to the course and had to get ready to play while he was locked up in a jail cell. nbc's jesse kirsch is in louisville, kentucky, outside the golf club with more jesse. this is a wild tale. yeah, absolutely, laura. and it is far from over at this point. it seems scottie scheffler isn't just playing in this tournament, he's playing well. he finished his second round in the pga championship five under after having been arrested on this road, which leads to valhalla golf club, where the championship is going on. there are conflicting stories as to what actually happened out here yesterday and so far there's been no resolution either. this morning, men's golf star scottie scheffler is in the hunt at the pga championship, just three strokes off the lead in louisville, kentucky. that may

not seem surprising for the world number one golfer, but this is no ordinary tournament weekend. i did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. that was the first for me, guys. the 27 year old was arrested early friday morning on his way to valhalla golf club. the moments apparently captured on camera by espn. right now, he's going to jail. i was never, you know, angry. i was just in shock. and i think my body was just i was shaking the whole time. according to an incident report, a uniformed police detective was directing traffic because of an earlier deadly collision and stopped scheffler, who allegedly refused to comply with the detective's instructions, accelerated forward and dragged the detective who was taken to the hospital with pain, swelling and abrasions. scheffler's attorney says the golfer was given conflicting directions. he did not drag any officer or assault an officer with his vehicle or anything to that effect. police say they're investigating, adding scheffler is fully cooperating as he faces

four charges, including second degree assault of a police officer. the pga star says this was a big misunderstanding. my situation will get handled. it was a chaotic situation and a big, big misunderstanding. just hours after the shocking arrest, scheffler was out of jail. and on the tee, scottie fans cheering on the newly crowned masters champion who played as if nothing had happened, expressing thanks for the fans and law enforcement. i'm grateful that we have, you know, such strong police and you know there are protectors out there. schefflers attorney says that eyewitness accounts as well as video exonerate the golfer, but the attorney would not share that video with us. scheffler is expected in court for an arraignment on tuesday morning. his attorney tells us he will plead not guilty. peter all right. jesse kirsch in louisville, thank you so much.

given the fog behind jesse, there is going to be tough for anybody to see those fairways today off the tees. but that is quite a scene there. good to see that scottie could turn it around. i get all get resolved at some point. angie's here again with a look at the forecast. so there clearly some weather in a lot of places today. indeed you got that right. and rain for a couple of folks that are trying to, i'm sure enjoy their saturday, especially across parts of the mid-atlantic. the northeast will see a little bit of that action as well as the gulf coast. that's where we're expecting those stronger storms. notice we've got a little something working across the great lakes as well in the midwest, but otherwise, look at all that dry, those dry skies that we're seeing for basically everybody else. if you're looking for the sunshine, it's out west. that's where you'll see those sunny skies, the bright conditions. it'll be hot and humid across parts of the southern plains. and notice the storms that we'll watch. maybe a couple of rumbles of thunder with this system that's working through. it will be a quick mover. nothing too crazy that the stronger storms are going to be focused again around parts of the southeast. how about as we look ahead to tomorrow better for the northeast? notice the sun is returning. you'll be happy to see temperatures in the 70s

there. we've got showers and thunderstorms still sticking around as that front slowly starts to work offshore, but the heat continues for folks across the southern plains. that's a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's happening in your neighborhood. good saturday morning. the time is 518. i don't know about you, but i felt it just a little bit cooler this morning down here in the south bay. we're waking up to 57 in san jose with some light winds out of the south through palo alto, san rafael, both at 54 degrees and 55, in san francisco. we are in for another sunny day this saturday, but a bit cooler than what we felt yesterday. slightly cooler around pretty much all the bay area. our temperatures will reach into the 70s this afternoon. and that's a look at your forecast, guys. angie thank you. still to come here. the disturbing video just discovered that appears to show sean diddy combs attacking his then girlfriend nearly a decade ago. could he now face criminal charges? plus a promising new drug that could help women battling the effects of menopause? but you can't get your hands on it just yet. we're

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the ntsb released a report on the tragic bridge collapse in baltimore that killed six people when a container ship crashed into it, the report notes. the ship lost power twice as it was leaving the port, leading to a loss of control. all the report came a day after crews set off controlled explosions to demolish the remaining part of the bridge. i think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you can't. city chiefs kicker harrison butker gave a controversial commencement speech at benedictine college. some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but i would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world. the three time super bowl champion also slammed president biden on several fronts, including his faith and separately criticized lgbtq plus communities for celebrating pride month. the nfl released a statement saying his views are

not those of the league. police say actor steve buscemi was randomly punched in the face in broad daylight in new york city. the nypd arrested and charged this man in connection with the attack. a pod of killer whales rammed and sank a 50 foot sailboat off the coast of morocco. passengers and crew on board say they felt sudden blows to the hull and rudder before the capsule took on water, and everyone on board escaped unharmed. orca's attacking boats have become a more regular occurrence in recent years. the caitlin clark era officially underway in indiana. caitlin clark made her home debut with the nba's indiana fever, playing against the new york liberty. it's a tough start to the season and schedule for indiana. clark struggled in front of the sold out arena, scoring only nine points all night. the fever lost to the liberty 102 to 66.

finally, exciting news from our very own kristen welker and her husband john. they announced they're expecting their second child through the help of a surrogate. there are many moments in infertility where it's just you, just you and your partner. so i'm very proud. i'm proud to. congratulations to kristen and john. and of course, no one more excited than margot, who is about to become a big sister. oh, we're so thrilled for them. congratulations, guys. two is chaos, but it's good chaos. embrace the chaos. get ready for the man to man coverage. we're pretty much their neighbors, though, so they got two babysitters down a couple blocks away if they need my daughters, two are so thrilled for all of them. and for the grandparents. absolutely still to come here with the early reviews now in, we'll tell you why some people are calling francis ford coppola's $120 million passion project megalopolis megalopolis. i have

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demonstrators took over an abandoned building owned by berkeley. uc berkeley says some officers who moved in to arrest protesters were assaulted by people with crowbars. police are working to id the protesters who attacked the officers and say more charges may be coming. meanwhile, students at sonoma state university will graduate today. this as the president of the university retires. the move comes after being put on administrative leave for his response to campus protests earlier this week, president mike lee announced an agreement with the protesters, including a pledge to divest from israel. wednesday he was placed on leave. the csu chancellor says lee offered concessions that cal state trustees never approved. late thursday, the chancellor announced lee is retiring. well, you have made it to your weekend . let's check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at the forecast. good morning kara. good morning everyone. we've all made it to the weekend. but and i don't know about you, but i

felt it just a touch cooler this morning. we slept with the window open. we definitely felt that breeze coming in. so it was hard to get out of bed this morning. we're starting at 57 down here in san jose. those winds out of the south still calm in the teens, and as we go on into palo alto and san rafael, also in those low 50s and 55 through san francisco, we can also notice a bit of a lower cloud deck there, but it is patchy compared to what we were dealing with yesterday. as typical, we've been in this rinse and repeat cycle. it's going to peel back to the coast as we go on through the mid morning hours, and pretty much just hang around there for its weekend as we go on into the afternoon, we can see it hugging the coastline by around 530, but everybody inland should be in for a nice and clearing afternoon. temperatures will actually be just at a few degrees cooler than what we were dealing with on friday. our temperatures through walnut creek and we'll start off in the 50s, go through the 60s around lunchtime and top out there in the 70s with plenty of sunshine. there are so many events going on throughout the bay area. i'm going to tell you about the valkyrie block party going on

today, and also a few events going on out in pleasanton. so join me at seven kira back to you. all right cynthia, thanks also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, travel delays on 680. once again this weekend. we'll tell you about the lane closures impacting drivers. and when this project finally will come to an end. we will have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you join us. in the meantime, we'll send you back to the today show. win a trip for two to the kaanapali beach resort and hawai'i food and wine festival. visit nbcbayarea.com. slash contests for your chance to win two round trip flights from the bay area plus five day, four nights for two in maui. provided by sheraton maui resort and spa. two tickets to the hawai'i food and wine festival saturday night event at the sheraton maui resort and spa, and a rental car. enter today. did you know

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classic 9 to 5. coleman's daughter announcing on friday that the emmy award winning actor passed away at the age of 92. coleman finally remembered from his roles in 9 to 5 and tootsie and many others, the washington post, pointing out that a film critic once wrote of him that mr. coleman raised the portrayal of comic jerks and loudmouth to an art form. i think my favorite headline i saw called him a curmudgeon specialist, but ones that you still love, he wants you, he once said. i like to say things funny, not to say funny things. and boy, he was. he was so terrific. beverly hillbillies, yellowstone as well. we're going to miss dabney coleman. yeah, our heart goes out to his family . let's begin this half hour with a check of the headlines for you. the state department on friday issuing a worldwide caution for americans overseas, warning about increased threats to the lgbtq community ahead of pride month in june. the notice advising americans to exercise increased caution if they are attending pride events. the fbi and the department of homeland security issued similar domestic warnings earlier this month. the man who brutally attacked the husband of house speaker nancy

pelosi, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal judge in california friday. david depape broke into the couple's san francisco home and brutally assaulted paul pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull in october of 2022. last year, a federal jury found depape guilty of attempted kidnaping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. depape still faces state charges that include attempted murder and in the nba playoffs. it was do or die for the pacers friday night in their game six matchup against the knicks in the eastern conference semifinals, as neymar fakes stripped of the ball, knocked loose shot clock at two. siakam jump shot. that's good. that was two of pascal siakam's 25 points as he led the pacers to a 116 to 103 victory over new york. the knicks now have home court advantage for sunday's decisive game seven at madison square garden. and in the western conference semis, the mavericks can close out their series against the thunder with a win

tonight in game six in dallas. also this morning, outrage after a newly uncovered video has emerged showing what appears to be music mogul sean diddy combs attacking his then girlfriend at a hotel nearly a decade ago. a warning for you the video you are about to see is very hard to watch. we get more now from nbc's chloe melas disturbing new video appears to show music executive sean diddy combs physically assaulting his then girlfriend, cassie ventura, in a los angeles hotel back in 2016. the silent video obtained by cnn. ventura is seen walking down the hall, followed by combs wearing only a towel. who has seen grabbing, dragging and kicking ventura in the elevator bank. the surveillance video appears to be from an incident described in a lawsuit ventura filed against combs last november. the complaint states that around march of 2016, at a former intercontinental hotel in century city, mr. combs became extremely intoxicated and punched mr. ventura in the face,

giving her a black eye. it goes on to describe how he followed her into the hallway, grabbed at her, took glass faces in the hallway and threw them at her, causing glass to crash around them as she ran to the elevator to escape. the complaint also alleges combs paid the hotel $50,000 for the hallway security footage from that evening. in a statement to nbc news, intercontinental's parent company said this hotel is no longer under ihg management and we do not have any access to prior incident records or footage, adding it did not receive money for the footage, so far, there's no indication from law enforcement officials that any criminal complaint was filed by ventura. this video could create huge problems for diddy, especially with people who may be thinking about bringing allegations against diddy but haven't done so yet. ventura declined to comment on the footage friday, but her attorney released a statement saying. the gut wrenching video

has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of mr. combs. ventura and combs settled the lawsuit earlier this year for an undisclosed amount of money. at the time, combs team released a statement saying we have decided to resolve this matter amicably. i wish cassie and her family all the best. combs did not respond to nbc news request for comment friday, but in the past has repeatedly denied committing acts of domestic violence. this comes as the music mogul faces multiple civil lawsuits, with allegations including abuse and sexual assault spanning decades. in march, federal agents raided his properties in los angeles and miami. if federal authorities are investigating diddy for human trafficking violations, this video could be very interesting evidence to them. laura, peter and joe, the response to this video has been overwhelmingly supportive for cassandra ventura, and the fallout continues for sean diddy combs, and it will be interesting to see what will happen with this federal investigation. chloe, thank you

for that. look, i haven't checked the statute of limitations in california recently, but watching that video you have to believe that law enforcement is taking a close look at it. we're going to see what happens. all right. just terrible scenes there. we want to turn to the weather, change topics. if we can briefly get a look at the forecast as we head into this weekend. angie joins us now. hi there guys. good morning to you. we've got heat no surprise. and it's across parts of florida. the sunshine state going to see heat advisories lasting through at least 8 p.m. so this goes through this evening. it goes from the space coast all the way down to monroe county, key west miami, naples, melbourne, all included in this as our temperatures gear up to hit the 90s. today, you see tampa headed to 92 degrees. what'll feel like 101 there? we've got 105 for the heat index value in port saint lucie, miami and key west 107 and 108 for what it feels like there. this afternoon. so find your cool spot. it's going to be something you'll have to do for the next couple of days. we get into the weekend across this region a little better, i suppose, if you count the upper 80s as being an improvement. but

still into the low 90s for miami both sunday and monday, we'll hang on to the 90s in key west sunday as well, so the heat will stick with us. the preakness though, if you're looking ahead to that in baltimore, great conditions, maybe a couple of showers. it'll be on the cool side, but hopefully we'll get that race in just fine. let's look at the weather across the country. let's see what's happening in your neighborhood. good morning. it's 536 on this saturday. we are starting off with temperatures in the low 50s. north bay 51, santa rosa 53. in napa as we go on into oakland, 56 and 57 down here in san jose, there are some patchy clouds hanging around the most of the bay area and as we go on into taking our planner out into the coast side, it will stick around near the lunch time and temperatures struggling to warm up into those upper 50s later on today. and that's a look at your forecast, guys. angie. thank you very much. and still ahead right here, some big stories in the world of health this week. from a new drug to help treat menopause symptoms for women, to why you may be getting more frequent migraines, but first,

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americans turn to nbc news than any other news organization. we are back this saturday morning with our series your health as we round up some of the top medical stories this week that you might have missed. we are covering everything from a new drug to help women going through menopause, to one reason why you may be getting more or worsening migraine signs. doctor natalie azar is here. our nbc medical contributor, doctor azar, always nice to have you with us on a saturday. tell us about the new menopause symptom treatment non-hormonal. it's non-hormonal. right. and i think it's really interesting because it actually comes on the heels of a couple of weeks ago that we were reporting that perhaps more women under the age of 60 could actually be candidates for hormone replacement therapy. but but not all women are candidates for that. it's not appropriate for everybody. and so we need what we are calling nonhormonal treatment for the most bothersome menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and sleep disturbances and mood issues.

and so this is a medicine that's interesting. it works on two different parts of the brain, one that's responsible for temperature regulation, on another that's responsible for mood and sleep. and when they gave these women this medication as opposed to placebo, they found significant improvements in all of those particular parameters. and also interesting to note that there was a very similar medicine approved about a year ago that has a similar mechanism of action. so more tools in the toolbox for women who are experiencing menopause symptoms always welcome news. and what about the insurance coverage on that? that's going to be the big the big issue. so the currently available medicine as a ticket price of about $550 per month, bayer hasn't set a price for this one yet, laura. but, you know, we hope that insurance companies will cover it. there's no guarantee it could be cost prohibitive for a lot of people. we need to have these prices lowered a lot of millions of women could potentially benefit from this medicine. let's talk about migraines. for some people who get them, they're becoming more frequent and more intense. and one study is shining some light on why this could be right. yeah. so, you know, i think like a lot of things in medicine,

it's multifactorial. but experts are pointing to climate change as a big factor here. they're saying that with the erratic temperatures, temperature extremes, really hot, really cold hurricanes, changes in barometric pressure, that thought all has been influencing migraine severity, not only severity but frequency in migraine sufferers. sufferers. there is this thing called the migraine disability index. and they found that between 2000 and 4 and 2018 look at that. the index severity doubled. and this is a survey essentially that that is an assessment of migraine severity. so you can imagine if you're sitting at home you might be thinking, gosh, you know my migraines do feel worse. or they do feel more frequent. it's a big deal. yeah. there's nothing more punishing than a bad migraine. absolutely. it's the worst. right. i want to ask you about there's a new test right now for hpv in women. so this is really important right now. as we know hpv certain strains of hpv are responsible for over 90% of cervical cancers. currently the way women get screened for hpv is when they're in the gynecologist's

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good morning. extreme heat. texas residents cleaning up from punishing storms now. preparing for sweltering temperatures well into the 90s. as the potentially deadly situation. with more than half a million people without power, angie is tracking it all. golden girls olympic champion simone biles, suni lee and gabby

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near or at 100 for what it feels like, so finding somewhere where you can cool down is going to be important for folks in that area. meanwhile severe weather no surprise it's spring after all. we've got the chance for that to occur here as we get into the afternoon hours across parts of the southeast, specifically florida, and a good chunk of georgia stretching into alabama as well. but wind gusts coming in around 60mph is going to be the greatest chance that we'll have for some of this. these stronger storms and the impacts there. but we'll also see the potential for some hail and maybe an isolated tornado. we've got rain already this morning. we're waking up to wet conditions for the mid-atlantic. we've also got some of those thunderstorms happening across the gulf coast, new orleans stretching east into the panhandle of florida. that's where we're going to see those flood watches already up with the heavy rain on tap through the day today. if you're wondering when this will be out of here, well, not until we get really into day after tomorrow. we'll still see the severe storms with us here as we get through today, and then it'll finally get some drier conditions across that region as we get into late sunday. guys, back to you. all right, angie, thank you. we will get the rest of the forecast for the rest of

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saturday morning with our olympic countdown and the road to paris is getting shorter. i can't even believe it's close to the summer of 2024, right? not even ten weeks to go until the start of the paris games. this weekend, the gymnasts will be taking center stage, including three all around gold medalists. this has never happened before simone biles, suni lee and gabby douglas. it's going to be so good, all hoping to punch their ticket to paris. nbc's adrian broadus has the story. adrienne good morning. hey good morning guys. you know when these women step on the mat, the world watches. and that's no exception. today where the stakes are even higher because it's an olympic year as three olympic gold medalists from three eras all chasing gold again. but i don't know, it's looking pretty golden for this girl right here together. they're a force. but for the first time in history, three olympic all around champions will compete against each other later today at the core

hydration classic. this has never been done before, and a lot of it has to do with our gymnastics longevity. they all hope to land one of the five open spots on team usa for the women's gymnastics in paris. suni lee won gold in tokyo four years ago. her career was halted due to kidney disease, but it hasn't stopped her determination. i think this time is more about proving it to myself. i've had to deal with so much the past like three years and it's a gabby gold. gabby douglas also has something to prove. the first u.s. gymnast to win gold in all around and team competitions is vying to be back on the olympic team for the first time in eight years. her return was dicey. i have to give myself a little bit of grace because it's been so long. if we want to see her at the games this year, this is the competition where everything begins. simone biles, when simone biles steps on the mat, she does what others can't. last year, the 27 year old won her

sixth world all around title. five gymnastics skills bear her last name biles pulled out of the 2020 games when she got the twisties, losing track of her location in the air during flips . but based on this conversation with hoda, her confidence is back. how secure would my bet be if i were betting on you going to paris? i think you'd be pretty lucky. hoda the three gold medalists aren't the only stars competing in the gymnastics galaxy. this will be the first meet of 2024 for six time world medalist shilese jones, defending olympian floor champion jade carey, tokyo silver medalist jordan chiles and two time world medalist skye blakely all ready to soar higher with their sights on making the olympic team. and the longevity is something that we haven't seen, it seems almost everyone competing has said age is nothing but a number and it doesn't impact them. age, that is. so. we are now just a few

hours away from seeing how these athletes perform. guys. all right, adrian, thank you so much. there's just so much talent. it's just the names. you just keep reading them and reading them. it's unreal. yeah but this is such a good tease for the olympics, right? don't you just, like, aren't you so excited for the summer olympic trials? right. that's like the build up. but this feels like the crescendo, right? exactly. we're still got several months to go. you can catch, of course, the action at the core. hydration, gymnastics classic on cnbc and peacock. coverage starts tonight at 7:00 eastern. all right. it's time for one more check of the rest of the countries forecast. angie. high rain. yes, of course. rain. and, you know, it's spring. so strong storms too. and this is going to be a look ahead. so preparing you for the rest of the weekend and into your workweek here's sunday. so tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours we've got kind of the bull's eye for severe weather centered across parts of kansas. but the plains, of course, no surprise there. we've got wind gusts, hail, and the potential for a couple of tornadoes on the docket for your sunday plans in that region. and again, as we get into your monday rolling back into your workweek, this is the area that

you're going to watch centered across omaha, stretching down towards wichita. and of course, including kansas city. all three of those impacts are going to be on the table as well. and this will include 6 million people. but looking ahead to tuesday, an even bigger area and centered across the great lakes, stretching down into the plains, we've got 38 million people already at risk for the severe weather kansas city, des moines, saint louis and chicago all included in this, with all impacts possible. as a look at the weather across the country. let's see what's happening in your neighborhood. another may gray start to our saturday san francisco chilly 53 degrees, and we go up into the north bay. also looking at those low clouds hanging around 51 for you. there and down through the south bay. a few of those clouds are sticking around a bit of that clearing we can see out into the foothills. how about we go to antioch? it is the second to last day of the county fair there, and we're going to be bright and sunny. temperatures warm at times. so remember to drink a lot of water and wear that sunscreen. temperatures by 3:00 in the 80s. that is a look at your forecast guys. andrew lassman, thank you very much. still ahead right here a story

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going to look like, but for rebecca, it's yet more uncertain . how do you live in that constant state of uncertainty? it's a fragile place to live. it's a humble place to live. it's. there's tremendous vulnerability. rebecca has a rare disorder called usher syndrome, the leading genetic cause of deaf blindness. that means she's losing her vision and hearing. when your cochlear implants are off, you hear what? nothing silence the silence and this is all she can see. just ten degrees of vision. like looking through a straw. and it's shrinking. what do you see right now? i see my hands out here in this outermost periphery, and then i can't see them. i can't see them. i can't see them. i see them still. rebecca is not defined by her disability. instead of trying to overcome the adversity and fear, she's learned to embrace it. i allow myself to feel all of the loss, all of the grief, and it's only in allowing myself to feel the full range of my emotions that i'm able to feel all of the joy and all of the happiness and

all of the sense of meaning that comes with everything, that being alive is. hi everyone. rebecca's ambitious and playful, a burst of energy with an enormous heart. she's a psychotherapist, published author, motivational speaker, and a world traveler. climbing kilimanjaro, running with the olympic torch, doing the pacific coast aidsride and swimming from alcatraz. an extreme athlete who works out six times a week. i can't control the fact that i'm going deaf and blind, but i can control how i take care of my body. rebecca has become a disability rights advocate, first narrating a pbs documentary on helen keller. she was such a trailblazer and more recently, introducing viewers to what's called pro tactile, a language created by the deaf blind community based solely on touch. today i will be learning a whole new language all the people i will be interviewing are deaf, blind. it's a novel language, but incredibly sophisticated. so if i'm

signing, i want you to be able to, feel what my hands are doing. rebecca is still learning. she put her hand to my face to let me know a smile. so i just went like that slow smile. yeah, i love that. yeah, i love you. her latest accomplishment, the culmination of a two year effort to draw attention to the disorder, working with the usher syndrome society, a larger than life campaign featuring rebecca called every second counts. i have usher syndrome, a rare condition that's causing me to lose all of my vision and hearing any second. here we go, there we go, here we go. recently premiering on some of new york city's giant screens, a times square takeover. what do you think? oh my god, this is amazing. how do you even describe that experience of seeing it up there? i think that when you grow up and you don't have role models to be able to

become a role model for people that you needed, it almost feels like you're healing, like you're inner child. that is unbelievable. i'm so proud of you. i can't believe we did it. and you did it. thank you. it's okay. congratulations i love you. that's so amazing, so that's my sister peter. yeah. she is so one of a kind. i'm just so proud of her. i hope that that story doesn't just inspire people, but motivates people to be kind, to make a difference if they're interested. to learn more, you can go to today.com to give as we try to find treatments and a cure, right? that's the only thing that stands between us and her and us stopping her vision from disappear altogether. one of the things you have said before about your sister is that she's not fighting this. she's not battling this, she's living with it. and i think that that peace. so captures her spirit well. the idea of every second counts, right, is that there's just no time to waste. and that's the way she lives. her

life. you think about all the things we complain about me as much as anybody, and it's just all nonsense when you consider how she is able to sort of deal with her situation and find joy, and also mourn the loss that she has to deal with as well, she is. yeah, i don't know. i honestly, i'm in the business of using words to describe things, right. but i'm without words when i talk about her. she's just so special. the part that sticks with me is she's the role model that she didn't have. that truly is what she is. she is a role model and her perspective can be applied to so many people. no matter what you're struggling with. that's inspiring. as she says, for anybody out there with something, you are not alone. everybody these days is dealing with something. thanks for letting me share her story. we're going to be right back. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now. there's skyrizi. things are looking up. i've got symptom relief, control of my crohn's means everything to me. control is everything to me. feel significant symptom relief

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good morning. thank you for joining us on this saturday, may 18th. i'm kira klapper. investigators are reviewing video of a clash between police and protesters at uc berkeley. it happened thursday night. 12 people were arrested. only one of them was a cal student. the pro-palestinian demonstrators took over an abandoned building owned by the university. cal berkeley says some officers who moved in to arrest protesters were instead assaulted by people with crowbars. police are working to id those people who attacked them and say more charges may be coming. meanwhile, today, students at sonoma state will graduate. this comes as the president of the university is retiring. the move comes after he was put on administrative leave for his

response to campus protests. earlier this week. the president , mike lee, announced an agreement with protesters that included a pledge to divest from israel. but wednesday, he was placed on leave. the csu chancellor says lee offered concessions. cal state trustees never approved. late on thursday, the chancellor announced lee's retirement. we're going to turn now to cinthia pimentel for a look at our weekend forecast. hey cynthia. good morning kara. good morning everyone. well, it's another day similar to what we've started off over the last couple that may gray continuing through parts of oakland. right now we see those that skyline with a little bit of that lower cloud deck this morning 56 to start off our saturday over towards walnut creek. we're trying to see some of the clearing there with the sunshine and a bit warmer at 56. and down here through san jose, you can also see some of the clearing coming up through the foothills. and just that cloud cover just starting to rise and lift on out of here. 57 to start our day. if

you're looking for the sunshine, want it to feel a little bit more summer-like, let's go out to pittsburgh where we start off with a mix of sun and clouds. but then by later on mid morning hours we see sunny and bright conditions and 72 degrees. by the time that we get into 1:00, if you're looking for the cooler temperatures, you want them to stick around. you love to wear all those extra layers. how about heading to the beach? we are going to see that cloud cover remain through the morning. a few peeks of sunshine throughout the day there as we go on into 1:00 58 degrees so it will be cooler. we see our microclimates sticking around and i'll walk you through the rest of the forecast as we go on and continue on into tomorrow. a bit more sunny and bright, and as we go on into next week, we're just going to stay cruising in some seasonable temperatures. i'll see you at seven. keir, back to you all right cynthia, thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, a warning for drivers in the east bay this weekend. lane closures yet again on 680. and finally a timeline on when the repaving project will be complete. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you

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