TODAY News, September 3: Gloria Steinem passes away at 92 | Deadly shooting spree in Minneapolis | Judge pleads with Clancy jurors to reach verdict

0:00This week on Meet the Press. As the war with Iran heats up again and prices continue to rise, Kristen Wilker talks with Senator John Kennedy and Congressman Jamie Raskin. How could it all impact the midterms? Plus Steve Cornacky breaks down a new poll. This week on Meet the Press. Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your podcasts. Calling all players. By order of the critters, every day Americans are summoned to my game. Thursday September 17th, the nine-time Emmy award-winning hit is coming to NBC. Should you accept your faith has gone to the lies treachery and deceit? For years you've been mere spectators. Now the question is, are you ready to play? The premiere of the Traders' New Blood. When nobody knows who you are, you can get away with it. Mard Thursday September 17th on NBC. Good Thursday morning and we do have some breaking news. Yes, Gloria Steinem, a towering figure in the women's movement, has died. It is September 3rd. This is today.

1:04Breaking overnight, feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at the age of 92. A trailblazer whose voice he pushed for a quality impact to the lives of countless women and girls across the country. And around the world. There is no woman in the country. We are not trying to reach. We'll look back at her life and legacy this morning. Rough start. Severe weather already taking the toll of a holiday weekend getaway. It flooded like that. It was a flash flood. Water rescues in Texas were soaking rains from the remnants of the Edwart are still falling. Strong storms can't wait to eat overnight. While nearly 100 million are coping with brutal heat, all of it causing major travel delays, coast to coast. While everything you need to know including your full weekend forecast. Mass shooting. New details on the government who open fire inside of anyapolis apartment building.

2:04Killing two people at least six others wounded, including police officers who race to the scene. I can't emphasize enough how dangerous this situation was and how heroic our officers were in their response. What the investigation is revealing so far and what we're learning about the shooter and the victims escalating tensions. A new wave of attacks across the Middle East as the Iran war rolls on. Meanwhile here at home, defense secretary Pete Hexeth facing growing criticism from some Republicans. In fact, the key Republican Senator now calling on President Trump to replace him will have the very latest still deadlocked. After much deliberation, we are still unable to come to unanimous decision. The judge at the Lindsey Clancy trial imploring the jury to reach a verdict as deliberation stretched into a sixth day.

3:05Just to have the new approach the judges now taking and why today could be the last to come to a decision in the high profile case. We're in live at the courthouse. Those stories plus today exclusive Dolly Parton's cousin and long time collaborator joining us live in studio 1A to honor her legacy. His deeply personal look at Dolly's final days and their journey together in music. And Fantasy Fund with the new NFL season almost here some very bizarre penalties for coming in last and fantasy football are now going viral, racking up millions of views will take you inside the wild and wacky ways that fans are gearing up for the opening kickoff today. Thursday September 3rd, 2020. From NBC News, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza.

4:13And a very good morning to welcome to today. Thank you so much for starting your Thursday morning with us, Lord Jeric joining us once again while Savannah enjoys a little vacation. It's a busy Thursday, so let's get right to it. We'll start with that countdown the Labor Day Week in amidst severe weather and the recovery this morning across southeast Texas. Tens of thousands still without power there in the wake of Edward. Yeah, meantime more than 30 million are racing for the next round of strong storms stretching from the great lakes to here in the northeast. Those storms expected to last into tomorrow. And of course all that comes as the holiday weekend gets underway. Here's a look in Philadelphia right now, triple A saying the rush is going to kick into high gear. Later this afternoon lots of folks hitting the roads hitting the skies as well. We've got full coverage. So we do want to begin here with the passing of an icon feminist activist author and journalist Gloria Steinem has passed away at the age of 92. And that news coming in just a short time ago NBC's Anton Johnson joins us now in the studio with a look back at Gloria Steinem's remarkable life and legacy and good morning.

5:20Good morning Craig. Gloria Steinem died peacefully at her home here in New York surrounded by loved ones. Her foundation saying she was working for equality until the very end. We are the women that our parents warned us about. For seven decades Gloria Steinem led the march for women's rights. As a journalist in the 1960s she wrote about taboo topics like contraception and later went undercover to expose the working conditions of playboy bunnies at New York's playboy club. She helped create New York magazine where she wrote about the women's liberation movement and became one of the faces of feminism. A human being, a woman, a feminist and an American in that order. Along with Betty for Dan and Bella Abzug, she formed the National Women's Caucus. Three. And here not only for the equal rights amendment, but in the names of all the women in this country who struggle with two jobs when men have won.

6:25In 1972 she co-founded Ms. Magazine. We're not just a magazine, we're a whole social movement. It was a groundbreaking departure from publications of the day. The pages of Ms. spoke out about abortion, domestic violence and sexual harassment. There is no woman in the country who we are not trying to reach. Over the decade, Steinem wrote books, campaign for politicians, worked on federal legislation and continuously spoke out for social change. It took a hundred years for us to become human beings and to vote, not surprising that it will take a century to get equality. In 2000, Steinem married activist David Bale. He died just three years later. Later, Steinem's life retold on stage, television and film. Awarded the presidential medal of freedom for her tireless drive for equality. Gloria Steinem never stopped advocating for women and girls. Maybe I made a difference, a little bit of a difference.

7:29A feminist revolution that led to a lifetime of activism. Amt Thompson and BC News. Gloria's foundation says she spent recent years doing the two things she loved most, being in community with others and writing. Her memoir is set to come out later this month, a gift she hopes has ripple effects for generations to come. An extraordinary life, an extraordinary woman who originally, when she was a little girl, wanted to be a rock cat. Wow. Wow. You spent some time with her over the years. If she's one of those people that when you're around her, you lean in a little bit closer. Because you're just hoping that she's going to impart some nugget of wisdom. But she had such warmth and she was also funny. She had a quick wit about her, but that was beautiful to be true. Certainly tackled a lot of taboo topics long before anybody else did. And thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that. We're going to turn now to the push of the long holiday weekend. Millions of Americans beginning to actually head out today in a large section of the country is bracing for even more severe weather.

8:32She said to slow that travel flooding from the remnants of tropical depression now, Edward and powerful storms among the concerns. Dylan will have the full forecast for you in just a minute, but we're going to begin here with NBC's Priscilla Thompson in hard hit, Livingston, Texas. Priscilla, good morning. Yeah, Laura, good morning. The devastation from this storm coming into clear focus this morning. You have a massive tree like this completely uprooted. The owner of this home tells us it's more than 300 years old. It came crashing down onto her barn, which you can't even see for all of the leaves and just the branches from this tree. And it really shows you the sheer force of this storm that was brought on by that wind, rain and devastating flooding. This morning, towns in southeast Texas are cleaning up. Crews working to restore power to neighborhoods left in the dark by a ward. The storm, powerful enough to tear down rooftops and billboards. Topped trees and dump as much as 20 inches of rain on some areas.

9:33It flooded like that. It was a flash flood that happened here in Livingston. Multiple families in their pets had to be rescued by boat. All the creek water is flowing into our yard and then it just got bad. This is what Robert Diaz saw when he woke up. His wife screaming to get out. It's like getting everything together. I grabbed the dogs, put the dogs inside because they were, he was about to drown. Over night, other parts of the country dealing with extreme storms too. In South Central Pennsylvania, residents bracing for more thunderstorms after a strong system swept through the area, tearing roofs off barns and buildings. Dangerous conditions also in New York where power lines were downed and massive trees fell onto cars and homes. From high water to extreme heat. Squarching temperatures impacting some 90 million people from the plains to the mid-Atlantic. In Chicago, firefighters hosing down this drawbridge trying to cool it off after a heat-related malfunction. Dozens of schools in Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan canceling classes and after school activities because of the soaring temps.

10:40And there are still some flood watches and effects so not in the clear just yet. But a lot of the focus today will be on cleanup and of course the big one restoring power. Still have around 30,000 people in this part of the state without power this morning. Laura, all right, Priscilla Thompson. Thank you. Dylan in for our last one is tracking the ongoing storm threats across the country also the impact on this long holiday weekend. Dylan, good morning. Good morning, guys. Yes, let's start with Edward. These are the remnants now still just slowly meandering across eastern Texas, producing a lot of heavy downpours. So flooding is still a concern. It's only moving northwest at about 25 miles per hour and will likely have training of these storms. Meaning that heavy range is crosses over the same area over and over and over again. So in this area in purple, because of that training of those storms, we do have that moderate risk of more flooding today. With an additional four to five inches of rain still expected on top of over 20 inches of rain in some spots. Now in the northeast as expected, most of the storminess that we saw happened overnight,

11:40waking up to a lot of puddles on the roads this morning, northwestern Pennsylvania still dealing with the cloud to ground lightning, the heavier downpours. And we have another risk of severe storms again this afternoon, basically stretching from Wisconsin all the way down into Virginia. The biggest threat will be for those wind gusts up to about 60 miles per hour. So can't roll out a tornado, although that threat is lessening as we go through the next day or two. And tomorrow we're going to see down through Virginia into parts of Maryland into North Carolina. Again, wind gusts up to about 60 miles per hour and we could see some large hail and obviously the downpours too. Then we get into Labor Day weekend, the last long weekend of the summer here. And if you're traveling tomorrow, most of the wet weather will be down along the Gulf Coast. We could see some delays at airports like Orlando and New Orleans up into the northeast, minor delays possible in Newark and JFK, LaGuardia Philly, DC and Baltimore. But better chance of seeing some of those delays and then as we go into Saturday actually looks pretty nice for most areas. The minute Atlantic will see some isolated storms down along the Gulf Coast, those storms too. Northeast looks beautiful and that heat is going to continue back through the middle of the country, Laura.

12:44All right, just got to get to the weekend. Dylan, thank you. Another major story this morning, the search for answers after a deadly mass shooting in Minneapolis. The gunmen opening fire inside an apartment building, killing two people and hurting several others, including police officers. Who were responding to that scene. NBC's Shaquille Brewster has the very latest on the victims and the investigation. Shaq, good morning. Good morning, Laura. That shooting rampage happening at the apartment building that you see behind me. You see the area is still very much closed off even this morning. We've been seeing investigators going in and outside of the building, still processing the scene. Police say there's no active threat to the public and that the shooter died, though they're not saying how. This morning, heartbreak in Minneapolis after a while shooting in an apartment building killed two people and injured six others, including three police officers. We're getting your apartment off for down on the night floor. Views from above show the massive police response.

13:46We heard five more shots. Dan, we heard a bunch of gunshot. It was like a shootout. Witnesses describing the horrifying scene. I walked by three different bodies. That was chop. Joseph Matthews lives across the street from where the shooting occurred. It's always scary to see situations like this, but when it happens right outside your apartment and you can see people laying there and you see the blood on the sidewalk, that really brings into reality. How quickly things can happen. Authorities were dispatched to the active shooter situation, arriving less than two minutes later. Officers followed the sound of the gunfire to an upper floor of the building. On that floor, officers can call encountered a haze that significantly limited their visibility. While officials haven't released the name of the shooter or a motive, new details are coming out about the suspected shooters past. We were familiar with who this individual was. NBC affiliate care reporting that he was in the process of being evicted according to court papers. The documents also alleged a pattern of behavior that included telling neighbors he would kill someone and walking around the premises with a gun openly displayed.

14:54State and local leaders commending the bravery of first responders. I can't emphasize enough how dangerous this situation was and how heroic our officers were in their response. The mayor going on to say that one officer was shot in the leg. Another officer shot twice in the abdomen. Fortunately this morning we're hearing that all three officers who were injured are expected to make full recoveries. Laura, that is some good news. Shack, thank you to the Middle East now where the war with Iran continues to escalate. Iran targeting US sites across the region overnight in response to a wave of American bombings earlier this week. NBC's chief international correspondent Kier Simmons is in Jerusalem for us. Kier Good morning. Hey Kier, good morning to you. Iran signaling again overnight that it is not backing down with 50,000 US service members still deployed in this region giving the president's options.

15:56This morning Iran targeting US bases in the Middle East for a second night launching missile and drone attacks. According to Q8, it follows US strikes on Iran's air defenses as well as a strike on a wedding celebration that left four people dead. Iranian television broadcasting images of what it says are parts of the American missile responsible. claims NBC news cannot verify. The idea of what Iranian media says are hospitalized wounded, including children. A US official said that the military had been conducting strikes in the vicinity and that Senkham would investigate the incident. President Trump suggesting the regime should not rest easy. We're prepared to do another one anytime we want. But insisting these latest strikes may just be temporary. I don't think it would be very much longer. I don't know how much more they can take. But with fighting ramping up again, concerns are mounting over how long the war may last.

16:58Made a bad decision about in Iran war, which we were promised would be a month long and now we're in more than six months. And that could extend even longer. The Wall Street Journal reporting that defense secretary Pete Hexeth is extending troop deployments in the Middle East. Assigned that the conflict with Iran could drag into next year according to people familiar with the matter. This critical moment in the war also coming into sharp focus after the major shake up at the head of the army. Hexeth under fire after army secretary Dan Driscoll's resignation following tensions over key issues in the military. Republican Senator Tom Tillis urging President Trump to fire Hexeth, accusing him of creating a leadership void at the top of our military ranks. Adding, I have never witnessed more inemptive management of the brave men and women who serve our country. And in a statement earlier this week, Craig, the White House praising both Driscoll and Hexeth,

18:00meanwhile the Pentagon asked a comment by the Wall Street Journal, declined a comment but says that it always provides options for the commander in chief. Craig? Archie from the National Correspondent Cure Simmons, where's their Injuruslem Care? Thank you. Well, a groundbreaking drug for pancreatic cancer is now showing promise against the most common form of lung cancer. The drug was approved last week by the FDA for advance pancreatic cancer. It works by targeting a mutation seen in a number of tumors called K-RAS. In a small trial, the drug shrank tumors in 31 to 37 percent of patients, depending on the dose, it resulted in overall survival of 8 to 16 months. An improvement over chemotherapy, the next step is a larger trial. All right, we'll return back to the weather now, Dylan joining us with the rest of the forecast. Oh, it's kind of busy across the map today. We've got those record high temperatures through the middle of the country, extending up into the Midwest, expect highs in the mid to upper 90s. It'll feel even hotter, more rain down through eastern Texas, high humidity down in the southeast.

19:03That'll lead to some thunderstorms, some isolated severe storms in the interior northeast today, and also, some wet weather continues to move into the Pacific Northwest. And that's your latest forecast. All right, Dylan. Thank you. Coming up here, the judge at the Lindsey Clancy trial, taking a new approach with jurors there, unique to Massachusetts. The question now, will it help them break their deadlock? We are going to have the very latest in a live report from the courthouse. Also had this morning a powerful and very personal new tribute to Dali partner. Her cousin and longtime collaborator, and producer, Rich Yo, and right here in the studio with us exclusively this morning, to share his memories and also honors on our Dali's legacy. The first, this is today on NBC. Before the first snap of football season, get everything you need to know with NBC News's NFL kickoff guide. Powered by the experts at NBC Sports, it's the easiest way to get up the speed on the team's players, stats, and biggest storyline shaping the season.

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21:17To hear fascinating, heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious stories from astronauts, teachers, farmers, and people just like you, follow and listen to the Moth wherever you get your podcasts. We are back at 730 with a little Riley Green because tomorrow, he's going to be bringing those talents to our stage, Carson Countdown to a concert. You've been talking about Riley Green for a long time. He's really having a moment right now. I spent a lot of time with him this summer. He is our newest coach on the voice. You'll see that this fall, but he's just got it going on right now. I mean, he's a former football player. He's a heck of a guy. I'm excited that you guys all meet him tomorrow. And his music's great. He looks like he's right out of central casters. He used to have that. Yeah, I'm the best. The voice to look at everything. It's going to be good tomorrow. Being time. There is more news to get to today in this half-hour including this courtroom drama playing out in Massachusetts. Jersey, the Lindsay Clancy trial remaining deadlock, they say, but continuing to deliberate.

22:18But today could be their last chance to reach a verdict. NBC's Emily Aketta standing by at that courthouse and Plymouth, Massachusetts force once again, Emily, good morning. Hey, guys. Good morning to you. Well, after five days of pouring over hundreds of exhibits and emotional testimony, the jury now looking noticeably exhausted as deliberations drag on. Now the big question, looming today. Will that final push from the judge help them reach a unanimous decision? This morning deliberations in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial entering a sixth day, despite yours hitting an impasse once again. After much deliberation, we are still unable to come to unanimous decision. But in the last ditch effort to break their latest deadlock, the judge sending them back into the deliberation room for a second time. Reading what's known as the two-erot reggae charge trying to avoid a mistrial. You must examine the questions submitted to you with candor and with proper regard and deference and respect to the opinions of each other.

23:22The jury of nine women and three men have the complicated task of reviewing hundreds of exhibits and testimony for more than 80 witnesses. As they weigh whether Clancy intentionally murdered her three young kids in 2023. It was a choice to take them with her. It was a horrible choice. Or if she should not be held criminally responsible because of postpartum psychosis. Are you considering we're heading for a mistrial? I don't know. Except for the jury. Meanwhile tensions outside of the courthouse high end. 56-year-old Don Light, seen rushing away from the media friends yet her arrangement Wednesday, is accused of taking photos of jurors in a restricted employee parking lot. Why were you hurt by that? To see Lindsay. To see Lindsay and I did see her. The sanctity of the judicial system is at risk because of her actions. The retired nurse pleading not guilty to witness intimidation.

24:23As her lawyer calls it, a misunderstanding. How serious is that kind of arrest? It's very serious. Every day this case goes on. The danger of something from the outside coming into the courtroom and impacting Lindsay Clancy's ability to get a fair trial is in danger. As for what's next, Clancy's defense saying. They come back with a verdict. We'll see what it is if they don't. I'm ready to try it next week. So, so, so, I mean, could the judge reading the charge back to the jury? Could that actually make a difference? Craig, it depends. This was actually used in another high profile case here in Massachusetts. You probably remember Karen Reed's first murder trial, but the jury remained deadlocked. A mistrial was declared. And that's why we saw the retrial last year during which she was acquitted. Now, Clancy's defense says he remains hopeful and sometimes it is effective. But as you heard him say there, he's ready to retry this case as early as next week. Guys, the deliberations will resume this morning. All right. Emily Kettafour, South South Dakota.

25:24Yes, and thank you. There is much more ahead for you, including the musty story of a pilot who has flown millions all around the world while sharing her love for the skies with kids, how she's working to inspire the next generation of pilots. But first, we got a special new tribute to Dolly Parton from a man who was by her side through so many career highlights, and even produced a number of her hits. We're going to sit down live in studio with Dolly's cousin, and longtime collaborator, the area is Mr. Richie Owens looking forward to that chat right after this. Hey guys, Willie Geist here, reminding you to check out the Sunday Sit Down podcast. On this week's episode, I get together with crossover country superstar Megan Moroni at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to talk about her number one album, her sold out arena tour, and her rapid rise to the top of the music world. You can get our conversation now for free, or every download your podcasts. This week on Meet the Press, as the war with Iran heats up again and prices continue to rise.

26:27Kristen Wilker talks with Senator John Kennedy and Congressman Jamie Raskin. How could it all impact the midterms? Plus Steve Cornacchi breaks down a new poll. This week on Meet the Press, listen to the full episode now wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Christopher Kimble from Mostri Radio. It sounds like I'm bragging, and I am, with the number one most downloaded food podcast in America. You know, Mostri Radio travels the world in search of the very best food stories. You'll hear about smuggling eels on the black market, the secret intelligence of plants, and insider tips to eating in Paris. In every week, listeners call in with their toughest culinary mysteries, discover a world of food stories by searching your podcast app for Mostri Radio. Well, we're back, and that is dolly part and sharing the stage. With her cousin, Richie Owens, during a family concert that was in Knoxville back in 2024. Yeah, Richie was a frequent collaborator with dolly producing several of her albums.

27:28Backing her in shows throughout her legendary career as well, and Richie is with us exclusively this morning here in the studio to share some memories about his dear cousin. First of all, Richie, we're sorry for your loss. Sorry for your loss, and you know, there was the dolly that the world knew, and then there was the dolly that the family knew. Tell us about that dolly, the dolly that we didn't see on stage. Well, we were talking about this earlier of some of the folks backstage here, and the one thing is, what you saw from dolly is how she was in real life at home, personable, magical, just very giving. You got the same thing. She didn't turn it on and off. Yes. The dolly was always dolly. Oh, it was fun and too, I was so absolutely. She had the greatest sense of humor. Richie, we've seen all this outpouring of love and tributes and people leaving flowers everywhere. I mean, reports of a funeral, but you say it was actually something really simple, something just for the family, a simple burial.

28:34That's correct. You know, she wanted to keep it, you know, very quiet, and I don't... The word keeps getting brought up a funeral, and I don't believe that that was really the case in the situation. It was more... It was a burial to be, you know, be buried beside her husband, and she wanted it very small, and a few family members were there, other people that I'm sure would have liked to have been there, were either, you know, outdoing other things and stuff. So it was very quiet, very, very quickly done, and not for any bad reasons whatsoever. That's what she wanted. You know, she wanted to keep it very, very private. She probably would have appreciated it. If you're going to spend some money on some flowers for her, she probably would have said, take that money and do something else. Exactly what she said, even before that happened to her, you know, when she had passes, she would much rather see people take that $50, she should spend on flowers and give it to her imagination library.

29:34She said that many, many times. She really cared about her cheritudes. We've come to realize that over the last week or so. So, would you have you, and you're feeling to have been at all surprised by the outpouring of love, the shows of affection and appreciation that we've seen, not just here, but worldwide, since she died. Have you been at all surprised by that? Honestly, for me, no, because how can you not love Dolly? I mean, how can you not love her? No matter, I just got back from when all this took place. I just came back from the UK doing a tour. And that's all everybody over there. They want to ask about her, you know. She's loved everywhere. I mean, cousin Richie, we have Carly Pearson on today, who was at Dollywood when she was 16. And then like dropped out of school and went there and attributes and then had a long time friendship with Dolly as well. Her impact was everywhere. What do you remember about your, if you don't mind sharing your last time with Dolly?

30:36Well, the last time that I actually was physically with her, we had went back and forth, helping find and located Lou Gator, that she had from when she was a kid. My father had given her back in 1958. It was a little Martin Gator. It's a little baby sized style. It's called a 518 model. And we were able to locate that same guitar, same year, that guitar finally, because the one she had eventually got burned up in a fire back in the late 70s, early 80s, and one of the homes. And she always loved that guitar. So we found one of those. We got it all documented with the Martin Gator company. And they turned around also too because of that. And her love for little Martin Gator, they made her a Martin Gator with her butterfly there at the 12th fret. So that was that was the last time with her that I was with her. And I was able to present her those guitars.

31:36Did it feel like a goodbye moment? I mean, no, no, no, no, she that lady was a workaholic. She was relentless. I didn't use on my ideas, even. Yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. Yeah, that was funny. It's after I gave her that guitar. Yeah, it's funny. You brought that up is she would call me because hey, you can't believe how many new songs I wrote on that guitar since you brought it over. I wrote four more songs this week. So it was always reach outs like that from her and everything. But it was always the lady was always just magic. Yeah, you know, it was I think surprising to a lot of folks too because we, you know, we would see Godly Periodic live in the last year. You'd see it in videos. We saw in person a couple of times. And then when she when she died, it was revealed that she'd been battling cancer for some time. And by the way, apparently even some family members didn't know. Did you know that she had been sick or well, she, you know, she of course, opposed it herself that she had been going through health problems, but no one really knew what a lot of that was, including myself. And I think she always kept things probably because she always wanted to keep everybody being positive around her.

32:48And put that out there in the world, you know, just don't worry about me. I'm going to be fine. Yeah, you know, just show the love. Yeah. And they have shown the love since you since you died. Thank you, Richie. All right. Thank you for being here. Thanks Richie. Appreciate it. I'm sorry for the long time. Yes, just safe travels. All right. We're going to make a switch now back over to Dylan for another check of the weather. Good morning again, guys. We do have a lot of heat out there in places that this time of year should be cooling off. We've got extreme risk of heat related health impacts, especially up into the Midwest, stretching down through the south, down across Western Texas. And really you need to hydrate, stand or stay cool, help your body cool off because when it's so humid, as your body sweats, that sweat doesn't evaporate away. And your natural cooling mechanism is all out of whack. So it is that is why we are seeing that extreme risk today, even into tomorrow for about 50 million people. This huge ridge in the jet stream is just allowing this high pressure system to just hold in place. It is not going anywhere anytime soon. So if we look at the numbers, this is what you're going to see for the next several days.

33:53Omaha is going to feel like 106 St. Louis 105 record high temperatures are expected. Even since the Nadi will feel like 103 today Lexington Kentucky feels like 99 tomorrow 98 is your feels like temperature in Baltimore tomorrow. And then over the next several days that heat index up to about 108 degrees little rock stays in the triple digits, Birmingham stays into the mid to upper 90s, even Columbia gets up to 92 degrees by Sunday, feeling closer to 100. And that's your latest forecast. All right, they'll have no fear. Carson is going to have a full pop start for us just a bit. Also a touching morning boost is on the way after this. Oh, feels like a good time for a boot floor, Jared. This is good one. Ready? Let's boost it. Okay, this is one. It's an update to a story we have been following here at the USS Abraham Lincoln. Docton, Thailand yesterday pulling into port after some nine months at sea and during our coverage, we met Shakira Fairfax who flew from New Jersey to see her daughter Jada, one of the sailors aboard that aircraft carrier.

34:58I knew she would be okay, but it was frightening. I just can't wait to see her smile. I can't wait to hear her say, Bob. Well, our crew stuck with her when Shakira finally got to hug her daughter for the first time in almost 300 days. Oh my gosh. Think about how you feel when your kids at camp for two weeks. Never mind 300 days. Hug their head and don't let go. You don't even need to say anything. Just take a sniff of their head. A boost follow up. I like it. Yes. Right. Well done, Lord Jay. Right. A few of those reunions on out there in Thailand. Good one, LJ. Nice work. Coming up, we're going to be heading into Labor Day weekend. So it's that time of the season. Coming up on pop start, your exclusive reveal spotifies songs of summer. No Craig, you can't vote for the song song by sister. I can't do it. That's a lot of it. It's a song of the other song. Over the years, I've met people whose lives were changed forever in a single moment in my new podcast before and after.

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