KICKING OFF YOUR MORNING WITH US. I AM FRANCIS RIVERA. HAVE A GREAT THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE YOU ON FRIDAY. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE WORLD STAGE AND UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON. THE PRESIDENT PREPARING FOR HIS FIRST SOLO NEWS CONFERENCE IN MONTHS, A KEY TEST PULLING A DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE THAT HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE BIDEN REELECTION. >>> I WANT HER TO DO WHATEVER HE DECIDES TO DO. >>> ALL OF THIS AS DONALD TRUMP TAKES AIM AT THE CONTROVERSIAL. >>> THE HEAT GOES ON FROM COAST TO COAST WITH SEVERAL CITIES BRACING FOR RECORD WRECKING TEMPERATURES. WE ARE TRACKING THE TEMPERATURES AND WHEN SOME MIGHT FEEL RELIEF. >>> THE CLASSROOM BECOMING A NO- PHONE ZONE AS MORE SCHOOL ZONES MOVED TO THE BAN. >>> A MAJORITY OF GEN ZERS SAY THEY ARE FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR FINANCES. WE HAVE SOME TIPS TO GET BACK ON TRACK. >> YOU CAN GET BACK ON TRACK. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. I AM JOE FRYER. >> WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THE INCREASING PRESSURE FACING PRESIDENT BIDEN IN HIS REELECTION. MORE DEMOCRATS ARE RAISING CONCERN ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S CANDIDACY IN THE WAKE OF THAT SHAKY DEBATE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. >>> PETER WELCH BECAME THE FIRST IN A DEMOCRAT TO CALL HIM PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE. A LOT ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON NANCY PELOSI WHO STOPPED SHORT YESTERDAY OF SAYING THAT MR. BIDEN SHOULD STAY IN THE RACE BUT DID SAY IT IS UP TO HIM TO DECIDE IF HE CONTINUES. ALL OF THIS AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES TO TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE NATO SUMMIT, TODAY. HE WILL HOLD HIS FIRST SOLO NEWS CONFERENCE IN EIGHT MONTHS, A TEST OF MANY ANXIOUS ALLIES WILL BE WATCHING. YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS FOCUSED ON NATO SAYING THE ALLIANCE IS STRONGER THAN EVER. >> I AM VERY PLEASED THAT ALL NATO MEMBERS ARE MAKING A MOVE TO EXPAND OUR BASE AND CAPACITY. THIS NEW PLEDGE SENDS AN UNMISTAKABLE MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT EVERY NATO MEMBER IS COMMITTED TO DOING THEIR PART TO KEEP THE ALLIANCE STRONG. WE CAN AND WILL DEFEND EVERY INCH OF NATO TERRITORY AND WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER. >> WE HAVE A TEAM STANDING BY TO DISCUSS THE ELECTION BATTLE. LET'S BEGIN WITH ALLIE RAFFA. WE WILL START WITH THE PRESIDENT'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NATO NEWS CONFERENCE COMING UP LATER TODAY. WHAT IS AT STAKE AND WHAT IS NBC NEWS LEARNING ABOUT HOW HE IS GETTING READY? >> THE PRESIDENT HAS SEIZED HIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HIS FOREIGN POLICIES AND PROVE HIS CRITICS WRONG AS WE SEE MORE DEMOCRATS CALL FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE AND THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL HEY FULLY WANT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, THEY FULLY EXPECT QUESTIONS TO REVOLVE AROUND HIS AGE AND MENTAL FITNESS AND THOSE GROWING CALLS FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE. THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T SEE THE ONE MAJOR HIGH-STAKES MOMENT THAT IS GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK HIS CANDIDACY BUT ONE OF MANY MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES THEY SEE AS HELPFUL AND BEING ABLE TO PROVE THESE NERVOUS DEMOCRATS WRONG AND THEY SAY THAT DOES THEY TELL THEM WE SEE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN PREPPING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IN BETWEEN THEM THESE WORKING SESSIONS AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS AGE BUT ONE BIG UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT IS REALLY HOW MANY QUESTIONS THE PRESIDENT WILL TAKE FROM REPORTERS AND HOW LONG THIS PRESS CONFERENCE WILL LAST DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS HE TAKES IN THE ROOM. >> DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS ARE VOICING CONCERNS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE. >>> LET'S TALK ABOUT GEORGE CLOONEY, HE IS HOLDING A MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR THE PRESIDENT. TELL US HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS I . WHAT WAS IN THERE AND HOW SURPRISED THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CONSIDERING THAT HE JUST RAISED SO MUCH MONEY FOR BIDEN WEEKS AGO. >> GEORGE CLOONEY AND HIS OFFICE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFELONG CAREER AS A DEMOCRAT, WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR DEMOCRATS, HOW HE HAS RAISED A TON OF MONEY AND REMEMBER HE WAS THE ORGANIZER OF THIS HISTORICALLY LARGE AND LUCRATIVE FUNDRAISER FOR THE PRESIDENT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS BAD EXPERIENCE AT THAT FUNDRAISER ALONG WITH THE DEBATE PERFORMANCE TWO WEEKS AGO NOW THAT IS FORCING HIS HAND AND HE SAYS THIS IS ABOUT ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, AGE. AND HE SAYS THE ONE BATTLE THAT JOE BIDEN CANNOT WIN IS TIME. NONE OF US CAN. HE SAYS THAT PARTY LEADERS NEED TO STOP TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT 51 MILLION PEOPLE DID NOT SEE WHAT WE SAW ON THAT DEBATE STAGE AND HE ALSO TOUCHES ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE BEEN ARGUING WHEN THEY SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT IS IN A POSITION BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT GOT HIM TO THIS POINT, THE PRIMARY PROCESS SAYING IT IS INGENUOUS AT BEST TO ARGUE THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THEIR VOTES AND, THEREFORE, THE NOMINATIONS ARE SETTLED AND DONE WHEN HE JUST RECEIVED NEW AND UPSETTING INFORMATION, HE SAYS JOE BIDEN IS A HERO AND SAVED DEMOCRACY IN 2020 AND WE NEED HIM TO DO IT AGAIN. THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUSHING BAC , REFERRING TO THE PRESIDENT -- LETTER THAT THE PRESIDENT SENT THAT HE IS IN IT TO WIN IT AND THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND POINTED TO SEVERAL DEMOCRATS WHO SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. GEORGE CLOONEY IS NOT ONE OF THESE BUT HIS WORDS TO CARRY WEIGHT AND THE MONEY THAT HE IS DOING AND OTHER MAJOR DONORS IN HOLLYWOOD ARE WHAT KEEPS THESE CAMPAIGNS RUNNING, YOU GUYS. >> SPEAKING OF MONEY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THIS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE BIDEN CAMPAIGNS FUNDRAISING EFFORT. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THIS? >> Reporter: INITIALLY AFTER THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN REPORTED AN UPTICK AMONG DONORS AND YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT THAT IN A NEWS INTERVIEW, THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR UPTAKE ESPECIALLY AMONG GRASSROOTS DONATIONS UNDER $200 IN THE AFTERMATH AND THEY ARE TELLING NBC THAT THAT HAS SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BRACE FOR A SEISMIC CHANGE IN THE COMING WEEKS. TWO SOURCES SAID THAT THIS MONTH ALONE IS POSSIBLY HALF IF NOT MORE BUT THE BOTTOM TEAM FOR THEIR PART IS DOWNPLAYING THIS AND SAYING, POINTING TO THOSE GRASSROOTS DONATIONS GIVEN AFTER THE DEBATE, SMALL DOLLAR DONATIONS AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THIS EXPECTED FALLOUT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT. >>> LET'S GO TO ALLIE VITELLI WHO JOINS US MORE ON THE PRESIDENT. SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM CONGRESS. NANCY PELOSI, SHE IS THE LATEST AND PROBABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HOUSE MEMBER, CONGRESSWOMAN TO SPEAK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN. LET'S HEAR WHAT SHE SAID ON MORNING JOE. >> IT IS UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO DECIDE IF HE IS GOING TO RUN. WE ARE ALL ENCOURAGING HIM TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. I WANT HIM TO DO WHATEVER HE DECIDES TO DO AND THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. WHATEVER HE DECIDES TO GO WITH. >> THESE COMMENTS, AS SOURCES TELL YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT HOUSE MINORITY LEADER PLANS TO RELATED CONCERNS TO THE PRESIDENT. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE MAKE OF HER COMMENTS? WHAT ARE SOME OTHER CONCERNS AND HOW DO WE SEE THAT MEETING GOING? >> ON TUESDAY AFTER DEMOCRATS OPENED, THEY HAVE A LONG KIND OF FAMILY SKY EYE -- STYLE DISCUSSION, THEY THINK THAT IS HURTING THE PROCESS BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS AIRED AT THE END OF THE MEETING AT THE END OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY, IT REALLY DID FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE MEMBERS WOULD COME OUT BUT BY AND LARGE, IT FELT LIKE THIS WAS COMING TOWARD SOME KIND OF CONCLUSION AND THAT IS NEARLY 24 HOURS AGO TO THE MINUTE, NANCY PELOSI WENT ON MORNING JOE AND FOR SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS VERY SPECIFIC, VERY -- NOTHING HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT, THOSE COMMENTS REALLY REVERBERATED AROUND CAPITOL HILL AND JUST OVER THE LAST FEW MINUTES, GUYS, WE HAVE A NEW STATEMENT FROM HER SPOKESPERSON WHO IS TRYING TO ONCE AGAIN UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT PELOSI IS PUBLICLY INVITING, HER SPOKESPERSON TELLING US THAT IT IS COMPLETELY FALSE THAT PELOSI TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT HE NEEDS TO STEP ASIDE AND SPEAKER PELOSI SAID EXPLICITLY THAT MEMBERS SHOULD HOLD OFF ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT CONCERNS ON THE PRESIDENT UNTIL AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT CONCLUDES. THAT IS WHAT I TOOK FROM HER INTERVIEW WHERE SHE WAS PRESSED ON THE BACK -- FACT THAT BIDEN HAS DECIDED THAT HE'S GOING TO STAY IN THE RACE. NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL POTENTIALLY SEE MORE MEMBERS COME FORWARD AND AND I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO SAID THERE ARE MORE MEMBERS WHO WANT TO COME FORWARD TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OR TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD NO LONGER BE THE PARTIES STANDARDBEARER. JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE PRESS COVERS THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL GIVE LATER TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS THE END OF IT. >> THE VERMONT SENATOR IS NOW THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STEP ASIDE SO WE KNOW THE CAUCUS IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH SENIOR BIDEN ADVISORS. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO COVER IN THAT MEETING? >> THIS IS MEANT TO QUELL THE PANIC, QUELL THE FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM SENATORS AND THERE'S A LOT BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE CONCERNS COME FROM THE FACT THAT SENATORS AND HOUSE MEMBERS THE LIKE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH A PLAN TO WIN. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DATA, THEY DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH THE FEELING AND THE VIBES WHICH I CAN TELL YOU ARE BAD, THEY INSTEAD WANT TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE FACTS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS AND THEY HAVE SEEN FIRST DATA THAT SHOWS THERE IS A PATH FORWARD AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING AND A TRIO OF TOP BIDEN CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS, SOME ARE SAYING THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE. THE NATO SUMMIT IS STILL ONGOING BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MEETING THAT THEY HAVE WANTED FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO MEMBER THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT RELISHES THIS MOMENT THAT THEIR PARTY IS IN. THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE ROLE HE HAS PLAYED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PREVALENT IN WASHINGTON FOR DECADES AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, A POWERFUL CHAIR IN THE JUDICIAL CENTER. A LOT OF THESE ARE BEGGING FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN'T ASSUAGE THEIR CONCERNS AND MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR OWN REELECTION CHANCES AND NOT JUST THE PARTIES REELECTION CHANCES AGAINST TRUMP. THIS MEETING WITH THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS IS A CHANCE TO DO THAT. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IF IT IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE BUT THERE IS NOT A WAY TO SHIFT AT THIS POINT. THAT IS REALLY THE OPEN QUESTION ON THE HILL, RIGHT NOW. >> BAD VIBES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO HAVE YOU. >>> LET'S BRING IN MARK MURRAY FOR MORE. IT IS TWO WEEKS SINCE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN ATLANTA. IT FEELS LIKE LONGER. WALK US THROUGH THE NEW POLLS. WHAT ARE THEY TELLING? >> Reporter: WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A WHOLE LOT OF POLES SINCE TWO WEEKS AGO AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY SHOW THAT RACE HAS AN BUDGED ALL THAT MUCH. SOME POLLS BY CNN SHOWS THE RACE IS IDENTICAL TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE DEBATE AND THE CBS YOU GO POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP. IF THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT IT HAS BEEN IN DONALD TRUMP'S DIRECTION BUT ALL OF THAT MOVEMENT IS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. MANY POLLS SHOW JOE BIDEN TRAVELING INTO THAT DEBATE AND THEY STILL SHOW HIM TRAILING. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO POINT MOVEMENT, THAT CAN BE THE DECISIVE RACE BUT THE DATA DOESN'T NECESSARILY SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A RADICALLY TRANSFORMED RACE AFTER THE DEBATE. >> THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS MENTAL CONDITION. WHAT ARE VOTERS SAYING BOUT THE ABILITY OF EACH OF THEM TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT? >> Reporter: WE END UP TALKING ABOUT HOW THE RACE HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH IN THE POLLS BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS PERCEPTION ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COGNITIVE AND MENTAL HEALTH WHICH HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN WORSE IN A CBS NEWS POLL, 65% HAVE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE HEALTH OF BEING PRESIDENT AND THAT HAS JUMPED UP TO 72%. THAT IS KIND OF SIGNIFICANT, WHAT HAS BEEN A LIABILITY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT WORSE. >> THE NATIONAL POLLS ARE ONE THING BUT WE DO HAVE AN AND TWIRL COLLEGE. LET'S -- WHAT IS THE POLLING TELLING US ABOUT THOSE BATTLEGROUND STATES? >> Reporter: THE BEST CAME THROUGH THE BLOOMBERG POLL WHICH SHOWS THAT THE RACE WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME BEFORE THE DEBATE AS AFTER. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT IS, THE RACE IS WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN SEEMS TO BE RUNNING BETTER AGAINST DONALD TRUMP ARE IN THOSE KEY STATES OF MICHIGAN WITH WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA BUT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, GEORGIA AND NEVADA, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN TRAILING BEFORE THE DEBATE AND TRAILS AND A LOT OF THE CONSENSUS AFTERWARDS AND IT IS NOTED IN THE POLITICAL REPORT, ENDED UP MOVING STATES LIKE NEVADA, ARIZONA AND JUDGE HER -- GEORGIA INTO THE MAIN CATEGORY. >>> THERE IS ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND TAKING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, NEWLY LASHING OUT AT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEBATE PERFORMANCE. >> HIS OWN PARTY WANTS HIM TO GROW AND SURRENDER THE PRESIDENCY AFTER A SINGLE 90 MINUTE PERFORMANCE. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP SUGGESTING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN PORT DEBATE PERFORMANCE WAS THE CULMINATION OF A DEMOCRATIC COVER-UP. >> THEY ARE ALL CO-CONSPIRATORS TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF THE MAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS OWN MENTAL FITNESS FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY AS RECENTLY AS THE GOP PRIMARY. >> THAT WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE PRESSURES OF THE PRESIDENCY, WE CANNOT HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT WE QUESTION WHETHER THEY ARE MENTALLY FIT TO DO THIS. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP PREVIEWING THE PLATFORM HE WILL PROMOTE AT NEXT WEEK'S REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. >> WE WILL BEGIN THE DEPORTATION OPERATION. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. >> Reporter: AND TEASING HIS UPCOMING CHOICE OF A RUNNING MATE EXPECTED TO COME FROM A SHORT LIST INCLUDING MARCO RUBIO . >> WE KNOW WHO OUR NOMINEE IS. AND HIS NAME IS --? >> Reporter: IN A RADIO INTERVIEW, HE SAID HE WAS PRETTY WELL SET ON HIS BP SELECTION BUT MIGHT WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ANNOUNCE HIS CHOICE, DRAWING OUT THE DRAMA FOR MAXIMUM POLITICAL IMPACT. >>> MARYLAND LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY TO REBUILD THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE WHICH COLLAPSED IN BALTIMORE AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A CARGO SHIP . NOW, THE SOLE SURVIVOR FROM THAT COLLAPSE IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. MORE THAN THREE MONTHS LATER, HE TELLS TOM LLAMAS HOW HE HAD TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE. >> TRAFFIC ON THE KEY BRIDGE, THERE IS A SHIP APPROACHING AND THEY HAVE JUST LOST THEIR STEERING. >> Reporter: WHEN THE DALI CAUSED IT TO COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE HURLED INTO THE RIVER. SIX OF THE WORKERS WOULD DIE. ALL BUT JULIO. >> Reporter: THIS IMAGE IS FROZEN IN YOUR HEAD? WHY? >> Translator: IT IS THE SHIP THAT DESTROYED SIX FAMILIES, HE SAYS. JUST BEFORE 130 A.M., AS THE DALI WAS MAKING ITS WAY OUT OF THE KEY BRIDGE, HE AND HIS CREW WERE ON A BREAK TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE BRIDGE. >> THERE IS A SHIP APPROACHING THAT HAS JUST LOST THEIR STEERING. STOP ALL TRAFFIC. >> Reporter: THOUGH POLICE HAD BEEN ALERTED, THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THE 947 FOOT LONG VESSEL WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE BRIDGE. HE SAYS, SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING STARTED TO SHAKE AND COWORKERS ALL SLID INTO THE WATER ONE BY ONE. AND THEN, HE. >> Reporter: DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD AS YOU ARE FALLING INTO THE WATER? >> Translator: I THOUGHT HE MIGHT NEVER GET OUT, HE SAYS. HE SAYS HE THANKED GOD AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE AND FAMILY AND ASKED HIM FOR FORGIVENESS FOR EVERYTHING HE HAD DONE. WHEN THE WATER STARTED TO FILL THE TRUCK, HE REALIZED HE WAS ALIVE. HE ROLLED A WINDOW DOWN AND GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM. >> Reporter: DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SWIM? >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE FLOATED TO A PIECE OF THE BRIDGE AND STARTED TO CALL OUT FOR HIS COWORKERS. >> ALEJANDRO. MIGUEL. >> Reporter: BUT HE HEARD NOTHING. AMONG THOSE WHO DIED, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW AND HIS 18-YEAR OLD NEPHEW WHO HE CONSIDERED A SON. HE WISHES HE COULD HAVE ONE LAST CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND THANK THEM FOR BEING A PART OF HIS LIFE. LAWYERS REPRESENTING FIVE OF THE VICTIMS INCLUDING SAVANT IS CLAIMED TO FILE SUIT IN THE COMING WEEKS AGAINST ALL COMPANIES INVOLVED WITH THE SHIP. THE NTSB HAS REPORTED THE SHIP HAD POWER TROUBLED IN THE DAYS LEADING TO THE DISASTER. >> THEY HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES NOT JUST BEFORE HITTING THE BRIDGE BUT BEFORE GETTING TO THE SPORT. >> IMAGINE BEING ON A BRIDGE AND WATCHING FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS DROP ONE BY ONE BY ONE BEFORE YOU. >> OUR THANKS TO TOM LLAMAS FOR BRINGING US THAT STORY. STOP THIS MORNING, TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE UNDER DANGEROUS HEAT ALERTS AND NOW THE RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE BEING BLAMED FOR DOZENS OF HEAT -RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES. ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS IN WASHINGTON DC WHERE IT IS SO HOT. AND OUTDOOR WAX ART INSTALLATION, IT IS MELTING. >> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN SWELTERING HERE IN WASHINGTON DC . I WANT YOU TO CHECK SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT REMAINS OF A WAX WORK REPLICA OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL INSTALLED OUTSIDE OF THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BACK IN FEBRUARY. NOW, A MELTED MASS. THE ARTIST TELLS US THEY ALWAYS KNEW IT COULD POTENTIALLY MELT. IT IS MADE OF WAX. JUST NOT THIS QUICKLY. AN ILLUSTRATION OF JUST HOW HOT IT HAS BEEN IN THE CAPITOL. AND ALSO, TO PUT THINGS IN CONSIDERATION WITH THIS HEATWAVE, THE NATO SECURITY SUMMIT, HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE SECURITY AT THE CAPITOL FOR DOZENS OF WORLD LEADERS AND TO HIM, THE GREATEST THREAT IS THE HEAT, THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES BECAUSE THESE EXTREME TEMPERATURES CAN BE DEADLY, CONTRIBUTING TO MORE THAN THREE DOZEN DEATHS ACROSS AT LEAST SIX STATES. WE ARE ALSO SEEING RECORD TEMPERATURES CONTINUING OUT WEST WITH LAS VEGAS HITTING AT LEAST 118 DEGREES ON BACK-TO BACK DAYS. FOR THE FOLKS IN HOUSTON, MORE THAN 1 MILLION WITHOUT POWER AFTER HURRICANE BERYL CAUSED DAMAGE. REMNANTS OF THAT STORM CAUSING HAVOC IN THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING TWO DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES OVERNIGHT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND SPEAKING OF DOCTORS, IF YOU ARE SUFFERING ANY SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION INCLUDING MUSCLE ACHES, HEADACHES, THE KEY IS TO ACT QUICKLY, COOL OFF AS FAST AS YOU CAN. STAY INSIDE AND STAY HYDRATED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> LET'S GET MORE FROM ANGIE LASSMAN. >> WE HAVE PLENTY OF THESE HEAT ALERTS. YOU HEARD HOW AARON SAID IT IS HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PLENTY OF ALERTS, 53 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING MAJOR CITIES IN SALT LAKE CITY, LAS VEGAS, L.A. , PHOENIX AND HOUSTON, THESE ARE GOING TO BE SPOTS THAT THE TEMPERATURES GET WAY ABOVE NORMAL ONCE AGAIN, TODAY. LAS VEGAS, THE RECORD, 116 AND WE ARE EXPECTING 118. PALM SPRINGS, MAYBE NOT A RECORD BUT 119 DEGREES. PHOENIX AT 115 AND NOT A RECORD BUT STILL UNCOMFORTABLE. UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA AND OUT TOWARD THE ROCKIES, SALT LAKE CITY EXPECTED TO HIT 105 THIS AFTERNOON. INTO THE WEEKEND, A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO DWINDLING TEMPERATURES. WE HAVE 116 IN LAS VEGAS ON FRIDAY BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY, A LITTLE BIT OF AND IMPROVEMENT. WE WILL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET BUT 109 ON SUNDAY. WE HAVE 117 FOR FRIDAY IN PALM SPRINGS ENDING UP AT 111 BY SUNDAY. SALT LAKE CITY, MORE OF THE SAME AND THE TRIPLE DIGITS ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON AS FAR AS THE HEAT IS CONCERNED. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, WAS ALL QUITE ENOUGH TO -- QUITE INACTIVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALL OF THAT WILL WIND DOWN, TODAY. AND YOU CAN ALREADY SEE MUCH OF THAT RAIN DRAPED ACROSS PARTS OF MADE BUT WE ARE LOOKING QUIETER FOR THIS REGION. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME FLIGHT ALERTS IN EFFECT. WE FINALLY GOT RID OF THOSE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. UP ACROSS THE REGION STRETCHING FROM NEW YORK TO MAINE, JUST A HEADS UP THAT WE COULD STILL SEE SOME STANDING WATER. AS YOU GET OUT FOR YOUR MORNING DRIVE, THAT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR. THAT IS THE PRODUCT WE WILL BE WATCHING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE EAST COAST AND THIS LEAVES US UNSETTLED. YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC WHERE WE WATCH FOR RAIN TO DEVELOP NEAR THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BUT THE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR FOX. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW FROM HURRICANE BERYL BUT IT COULD IMPACT SOME OF THOSE AFTERNOON PLANS. NOT A GREAT DAY TO BE AT THE BEACH. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ON YOUR DOCKET FOR SATURDAY ACROSS THAT REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS, ONE TO THREE INCHES. COASTAL CAROLINA COULD SEE UPWARDS OF FIVE INCHES. MEANWHILE, IT IS HOT. THE HUMIDITY WILL STAY IN PLACE FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY, THE SOUTHEAST. THAT HEAVY RAIN IS WHAT WE WATCH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, AS WELL. WE FINALLY HAVE QUIETER CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTHEAST BY THE TIME SUNDAY ROLLS AROUND BUT THE HEAT CONTINUES. THE NORTHEAST, WE ARE A LITTLE LESS HUMID, TODAY. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE ALERTS EXPIRE. THEY JUST CANNOT CATCH A BREAK. >>> MUCH MORE TO COME, ORE STATES PASSING BANS ON PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM BUT SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS A MATTER OF MENTAL HEALTHW. >>> WELCOME BACK. VIRGINIA HAS JOINED THE STATES AND CRACKING DOWN ON CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COME UP WITH POLICY GUIDANCE FOR CREATING A PHONE-FREE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. >> DUNCAN ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO INVEST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT WHICH HE SAYS IS A MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. >> WE ARE JOINED BY FAMILY. GOOD MORNING. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS SEEING THE GOVERNMENT GET HANDS ON THIS ISSUE? WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW MUCH PHONES DO INTERFERE WITH A KIDS LEARNING? >> Reporter: THEY DO INTERFERE A LOT. THEY ARE A MAJOR DISTRACTION. EVEN IF THE PHONE IS --, THEY ARE OFTEN CHECKING THEM. KIDS MULTITASK AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE AND WHAT ARE THEY MISSING IN THAT EDUCATIONAL PROCESS TO BUILD GREATER SKILLS OVER TIME? >> CLEARLY, KIDS ARE GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE PREVIOUS GENERATION DID, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO WRITE THEIR HOMEWORK, NOT GREAT BUT THEY ARE DOING IT. HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? THIS IS PART OF OUR LIVES, RIGHT NOW. IT FEELS AS IF IT COULD BE GOING AGAINST THE TIDE IN SOME WAYS, RIGHT? >> Reporter: I THINK YOU USED A KEYWORD WHICH IS BALANCE. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB OF IS TEACHING OVERALL AND I THINK THE WAY TO MOVE BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE, ULTIMATELY, WE WILL HAVE TO SETTLE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING TOWARD MORE AND MORE. HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ARE ONLINE AND ALL OF THESE THINGS SO WHERE DOES THAT END. I THINK THE BALANCED PIECE OF IT IS WHERE WE NEED THE MOST LEVERAGE. >> THE OTHER THING IS HOW THIS IMPACTS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS MENTIONED IN THIS SECULAR EXECUTIVE ORDER. DO YOU THINK THESE POLICIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT REGARD? DEVELOPMENT, HAPPINESS AND FEELINGS OF LONELINESS, HOW CAN THIS HELP? >> Reporter: WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT MUCH OF IT ALIGNS WITH THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW MUCH WE ARE LIVING LIFE OUT LOUD AND HOW KIDS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT, ADULTS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT SO HOW ARE WE EXPECTING BRAINS TO DEVELOP? AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE ARE TEACHING AT HOME, WHAT WE ARE TEACHING IN SCHOOLS AND HOW TO INTERPRET ALL OF THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN TEACH THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND NAVIGATE IT AT HER BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITH IT AND NOT AGAINST IT. >> BALANCE, EASIER SAID THAN DONE. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT SCHOOLS CAN FIND THAT HEALTHY BALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL KIDS? >> Reporter: I:THIS IS A LESSON THAT ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. UNDERSTANDING AND IDENTIFYING THE ROLES AT HOME AS ADULTS AND WHAT ARE THE LIMITS YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF AND HOW ARE YOU MODELING THAT? THAT CAN TRANSLATE INTO SCHOOL. SOME TEACHERS USE IT WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. HOW DO WE TEACH WHERE IT IS HELPFUL AND WHERE IT IS HARMFUL AND ULTIMATELY, ARE WE TALKING TO OUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT? ARE WE ASKING THEM TO SHOW US? ARE WE TEACHING THEM WHAT IS HEALTHY AND WHAT IS UNHEALTHY? THESE COMPUTERS IN THEIR POCKETS, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. LET'S TEACH THEM RESPONSIBLE WAYS TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY SO THEY DO NOT HAVE ALL OF THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MOVING FORWARD. >>> COMING UP, A WARNING FROM DOCTORS ABOUT NICOTINE PATCHES MADE POPULAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> THEY ARE BEING BILLED AS A SAFER WAY TO GET YOUR NICOTINE FIX BUT THERE ARE SOME RISKS. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED NEWS ANCHOR. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH GROWING HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO A SPIKE IN USE OF NICOTINE POUCHES. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCES HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THEM CAUSING DOCTORS TO WARN THEY ARE BECOMING DANGEROUSLY POPULAR AMONG TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS. VICKY NGUYEN BRINGS US MORE ON THE RISKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. >> Reporter: PROBABLY A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO GET NICOTINE WITHOUT ALL OF THE OTHER HARMFUL STUFF. >> Reporter: PEOPLE TOUTING POUCHES PROMOTED AS SAFER THAN CIGARETTES BECAUSE THEY ARE TOBACCO FREE. THE MOST POPULAR BRAND SURGING IN SALES WITH 131 MILLION SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES IN JUST THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. >> Reporter: HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? >> IT GIVES YOU A SHOT OF DOPAMINE. YOU FEEL ENERGIZED, HAPPIER, ALMOST FOCUSED. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE QUICKLY BECAME ADDICTED LIKE CHEWING TOBACCO OR TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES, THE POUCHES ARE DISCRETE AND COME IN FLAVORS LIKE COFFEE, CITRUS OR MINT AND HE WAS USING UP TO 20 A DAY. >> YOU PUT IT IN YOUR LIP AND LEAVE IT THERE AFTER 30 MINUTES. >> Reporter: HE STARTED HAVING STOMACH PAIN BUT DOCTORS DID NOT KNOW WHY. >> I GOT AN ULTRASOUND AND A COLONOSCOPY AND ALL THAT THEY FOUND IS THAT MY STOMACH WAS INFLAMED. >> Reporter: THE DOCTOR SAID NICOTINE IS A HIGHLY ADDICT DRUNK WITH GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES, MOUTH ULCERS AND AN ELEVATED HEART RATE. >> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK THESE ARE SO POPULAR? >> ONE IS FLAVOR AND IT IS EASIER TO HIDE IF YOU ARE USING A POUCH. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ASKED THE AGENCY TO HALT SALES. CHUCK SCHUMER ALSO ASKING FOR A CRACKDOWN ON THE MARKETING OF THESE PRODUCTS. >> THIS ONE POUCH CAN BE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. >> Reporter: PHILLIP MORRIS SAYS IT IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING PRODUCTS THAT ARE SCIENTIFICALLY SUBSTANTIATED AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO CONTINUE SMOKING THEN MARKETING DIRECTED AT USERS THAT ARE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND UP. >> THE REDLINE WAS MY ARRESTED HEART RATE FROM QUITTING. IT SHOWED ME 10 BEATS PER MINUTE LOWER THE WEEK AFTER I QUIT. >> Reporter: AFTER RESEARCHING HIS SYMPTOMS ONLINE, HE QUIT THE POUCHES. SIX MONTHS LATER, HE SAYS HE STILL HAS CRAVINGS. >> IF I HAD KNOWN THAT IT WAS GOING TO CAUSE ME SO MANY HEALTH ISSUES, I WOULD NOT HAVE STARTED. >> Reporter: VICKY NGUYEN, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. >>> HIGH PRICES ARE IMPACTING JUST ABOUT EVERYONE BUT A NEW REPORT FROM BANK OF AMERICA SHOWED TODAY'S PRICES ARE HITTING GEN ZERS THE HARDEST. >> THEY FIND THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE ADULTS SURVEYED FROM 18 TO 27 SAY THAT THOSE PRICES ARE THE TOP REASON THEY CANNOT FIND FINANCIAL SUCCESS. >> HERE TO HELP US BREAK DOWN THE REPORT IS HOLLY O'NEILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THE SURVEY SHOWS NEARLY HALF OF GEN ZERS ARE STILL GETTING FINANCIAL HELP FROM THEIR PARENTS. JUST HOW HARD IS THIS FOR A YOUNGER GENERATION TO BUILD WEALTH RIGHT NOW IN 2024? >> Reporter: WE ARE HEARING FROM GEN ZERS THAT IT IS HARD, DISPROPORTIONATELY HARD. AND AS YOU SAID, OVER HALF OF THEM FEEL THAT IT IS A BARRIER. THEY ARE FILLING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. AND WHAT IS CAUSING THEM, THEY ARE DELAYING BIG MILESTONES SO HALF OF THEM ARE NOT ON TRACK TO BUY A HOME. 46% HAVE NOT STARTED SAVING FOR RETIREMENT AND ABOUT 40% OF THEM ALSO DO NOT SEE THEMSELVES SAVING OR INVESTING. SO THEY ARE DELAYING SOME OF THOSE BIG MILESTONES THAT YOU HAVE EARLIER IN LIFE. >> THEY ARE NOT SAVING. ALMOST 1/3, IN FACT. THEY SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT. THOSE THAT PRIORITIZE FINANCES, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT HOW GEN Z IS DEALING AND TRYING TO MAKE THOSE ENDS MEET? >> Reporter: GEN Z IS DEFINITELY ADJUSTING THEIR SPENDING. THEY ARE TRYING TO SPEND LESS OF THEIR INCOME, THEY ARE CHANGING LIFESTYLES, DINING OUT LESS AND THEY ARE SHOPPING AT MORE AFFORDABLE GROCERY STORES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY KNOW THEY NEED A PATH AND THEY ARE ADJUSTING THEIR SPENDING TO HELP THEM GET THERE. >> THESE ISSUES DON'T JUST IMPACT TODAY BUT THEY CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON YOUR FUTURE PLANS SO HOW DOES GEN Z FEEL ABOUT REACHING FINANCIAL GOALS IF THEY CAN SAVE, WHAT CAN THAT FUTURE? >> Reporter: I ALWAYS TELL GEN Z THAT THEY HAVE TO START BY CREATING A BUDGET. EVEN IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, TODAY, THEY CAN CREATE A BUDGET. THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND SET THEMSELVES SOME FINANCIAL GOALS, BUY HOMES, SAVE FOR RETIREMENT AND SEEK OUT FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND I ALWAYS ADVISE, START SAVING EARLY EVEN IF IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT ON A WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BASIS. >> WHAT ARE THE TOP WAYS FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO GET ON THE RIGHT FINANCIAL TRACK EVEN THOUGH THE COST OF LIVING IS SO HIGH? THE RENT IS SUPERHIGH AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO START? >> THE BUDGET IS NUMBER ONE AND A GOOD GUIDELINE FOR YOUR BUDGET IS 15% OF YOUR TAKE-HOME PAY ON THE ESSENTIALS, RENT, UTILITIES AND FOOD. SECOND IS 30% ON SOME OF THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, GOING OUT, ENTERTAINMENT. AND 20% IS FOR EMERGENCY SAVING SO THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO START. SET A BUDGET FOR 50, 30, 20 GUIDELINES IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. >> THAT IS A GOOD STARTING PLACE AND SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND ORGANIZE YOUR SPENDING AND YOU CAN ADJUST. >> THOSE ARE GREAT TIPS. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND BRINGING US THAT USEFUL ADVICE. >>> A RECENT SURVEY FINDS MOST AMERICANS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT. >> WE HAVE THAT AND OTHER MONEY NEWS. >> NEARLY 80% OF ADULTS SAY THEIR FINANCES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY RISING ENERGY COSTS. A NEW SURVEY FINDS OVER ONE THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HOME ENERGY COSTS THIS SUMMER AND ROUGHLY 30% ARE RELYING ON FINANCING OR PAYMENT PLANS TO COVER THOSE COSTS. THEY ARE ALSO TAKING STEPS TO TRY TO REDUCE THEIR ENERGY BILLS BY USING ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS, A SMART OR PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT INCLUDING HOME AND USING SMART PLUGS OR OUTLETS. >>> COSTCO IS RAISING ITS MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017, THE BASIC MEMBERSHIP WILL GO UP BY $5.00 AND $55 A YEAR. THE CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL AFFECT ABOUT 52 MILLION MEMBERS. COSTCO HAS TYPICALLY RAISED NUMBER SHIP FEES EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO. THE COMPANY HAS TOLD US ABOUT THIS MOVE FOR MONTHS SAYING LAST FALL, IT WAS A QUESTION OF WHEN AND NOT IF. >>> JOY AND ELATION. INSIDE-OUT 2 IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM IN PIXAR HISTORY EARNING $1.25 MILLION WORLDWIDE. IT IS ALSO NOW THE FOURTH HIATUS -- HIGHEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF ALL TIMES. I SAW THIS BUT I WANT TO GO AND SEE THEM. >> IS RICH AND EMOTION? [ LAUGHTER ] >>> SPEAKING OF, A BILLION DOLLAR DONATION. >>> WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF THE MANY STUDENTS NOW ABLE TO ATTEND MED SCHOOL FOR FREE IN >>> WELCOME BACK, IF YOU WERE A KID THAT DREAMED OF HAVING YOUR VERY OWN DINOSAUR, IT TURNS OUT THAT IT IS NOT TOO LATE. SOUTHER BEES IS AUCTIONING OFF A 150 BILLION-YEAR-OLD SKELETON, THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE EVER FOUND AT 11 FEET TALL, 27 FEET LONG. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN 2022 IN COLORADO'S MORRISON FORMATION. BIDDING STARTS NEXT WEEK AT $3 MILLION AND COULD REACH AS HIGH AS $6 MILLION. WHAT DO YOU SAY? LET'S ALL CHIP IN. >> I AM SORT OF SURPRISED THEY ARE AUCTIONING IT. >> I LOVE IT. WE WILL PUT IT RIGHT OVER THER . >>> WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE LIFE CHANGING BILLION-DOLLAR DONATION TO JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL. IT IS MAKING TUITION COMPLETELY FREE FOR THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS. WE BRING THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF ONE INCOMING MED STUDENT AND HOW THIS GIFT WILL HELP HER LIVE OUT HER DREAM WITH HER IMMIGRANT PARENTS. >> Reporter: MEDICAL SCHOOL IS TAXING, EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY DEMANDING BUT FOR MED STUDENTS AT JOHNS HOPKINS, THE COST IS SUDDENLY ZERO. BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY ANNOUNCING A $1 BILLION DONATION TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL TAKING EDUCATION FREE FOR MOST CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS. >> AMERICA NEEDS DOCTORS. AND WE NEED THE BEST MINDS IN MEDICINE. AND SO THIS GIFT THAT MIKE BLOOMBERG HAS IS GOING TO HELP US AS I SAID BEFORE, FIND THOSE BRILLIANT STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE GONE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. >> Reporter: 100% OF TUITION WILL BE COVERED FOR FAMILIES MAKING LESS THAN $300,000 A YEAR, 95% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COUNTRY AND FOR FAMILIES WHO MAKE LESS THAN $175,000 OR LESS EACH YEAR, LIVING EXPENSES AND OTHER FEES WILL ALSO BE COVERED. THE MASSIVE DONATION CHANGING THE LIVES OF STUDENTS LIKE NANCY CHIN. >> INITIALLY WHEN I READ THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT, I THOUGHT IT WAS FAKE. >> Reporter: SHE GREW UP IN NORTH CAROLINA, A FIRST- GENERATION AMERICAN WHO WORKED AT HER PARENT'S CHINESE RESTAURANT AND HAS DREAMED OF BECOMING A DOCTOR STARTING AT A YOUNG AGE AS SHE WAS ACTING AS THE FAMILY'S TRANSLATOR. >> I COME FROM A LOWER BACKGROUND AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE AS A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL TRYING TO TRANSLATE FOR MY PARENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE. >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEING ANOTHER FAMILY LIKE YOURS, ANOTHER 10- YEAR-OLD LIKE YOU AND YOU BEING THE DOCTOR IN THAT ROOM AND BEING ABLE TO TELL THAT KID WHO MAYBE LOOKS A LOT LIKE YOU AND REMINDS YOU OF YOURSELF, DON'T WORRY, I HAVE GOT THIS? >> I JUST GOT GOOSEBUMPS THINKING ABOUT THAT! THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I WANT TO BE . >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, SHE WAS ACCEPTED INTO HER TOP CHOICE, JOHNS HOPKINS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> Reporter: THE SACRIFICES OF HER PARENTS PAYING OFF. >> FOR THE PAST YEAR, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT OF HER MOUTH IS MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO HOPKINS. >> Reporter: AT CLOSE TO $100,000 A YEAR, COST WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR SHE AND HER FAMILY AND THEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WOULD GET FINANCIAL AID. >> OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! >> Reporter: IT COVERED ABOUT 80% OF HER TUITION BUT SHE STILL NEEDS TO TAKE OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STUDENT LOANS. >> THAT STILL KIND OF LOOMED OVER MY HEAD. >> Reporter: WITH BLOOMBERG'S DONATION, SHE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY. ALL OF HER EXPENSES ARE ENTIRELY PAID FOR. >> I WAS WITH MY MOM AT THE TIME AND I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT? AND I SAID, I THINK I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN DEBT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Reporter: AND IN A FEW YEARS WHEN SHE IS DR. NANCY CHIN, SHE PLANS TO BE THE PHYSICIAN THAT HER FAMILY HAS ALWAYS NEEDED. >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR PATIENTS WILL SAY WHEN THEY BELIEVE IN INTERACTION WITH YOU? >> JUST A THANK YOU IS ENOUGH. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW THE BE IMPACT IN THEIR LIVES, I HOPE IT IS A POSITIVE IMPACT. >> OH MY GOODNESS, IT IS SO AMAZING TO HEAR HER STORY. >> THAT WILL DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW. >> STAY WITH US. THE NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW >>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FO JOINING US THIS THURSDAY, I' SAVANNAH SELLERS >> I'M JOE FRYER RIGHT NOW, CRANKING UP THE PRESSURE, PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKING CENTER STAGE FOR A SOLO NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON TODAY THE STAKES ARE HIGH WITH MOR DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS CALLING O HIM TO STEP ASIDE BEFORE THE ELECTION BUT FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUS NANCY PELOSI SAYS THE BALL IS IN THE PRESIDENT'S COURT. >> IT IS UP TO THE PRESIDENT T DECIDE IF HE IS GOING TO RUN WE ARE ALL ENCOURAGING HIM T MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE TIM IS RUNNING SHORT >> WE WILL HAVE MORE ON TH CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE PRESIDENT'S CANDIDACY AS HOLLYWOOD ACTOR AND MAJOR DONO GEORGE CLONY SAYS BIDEN SHOULD STEP ASIDE >>> NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT FEELING THE HEAT THIS MORNING, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AR SWELTERING AMID RECORD BREAKIN TEMPERATURES THE EXTREME WEATHER IS TAKING ON A DIFFERENT FORM IN UPSTATE NE YORK WHICH WAS HIT BY TW TORNADOES OVERNIGHT. WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS >>> ALEC BALDWIN IS BACK I COURT FOR HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL CENTERED ON THE RUST SET SHOOTING, WHAT THE JURY HEAR ABOUT THE SHOOTING AS OPENIN STATEMENTS ARE UNDERWAY. >>> AND AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO ABANDON FLIGHT A BACK TIRE APPEARS TO BREAK APART ON A RUNWAY. IT COMES DAYS AFTER A UNITED AIRLINES PLANE LOST A WHEE DURING TAKEOFF, THE LATEST O ANOTHER FLIGHT SCARE >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US O THIS THURSDAY. WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH A MAJO PUBLIC TEST FOR PRESIDENT BIDE LATER TODAY AT THE NATO SUMMIT HE IS SET TO HOLD, THE FIRST SOLO NEWS CONFERENCE IN MONTHS >> THE HIGH PRESSURE CONTEST COULD MAKE OR BREAK TH PRESIDENT'S FALTERING ELECTION CAMPAIGN AS MORE DEMOCRATI LAWMAKERS CALL ON HIM TO STE ASIDE. PETER ALEXANDER HAS THE LATEST >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN PREPPING FOR THIS EVENING'S NEWS CONFERENCE THIS EVENING WHIL JUGGLING DUTIES AT THE NAT SUMMIT IT COMES AT A CRUCIAL MOMENT AND MORE DEMOCRATIC DISSENT. LAWMAKERS SAYING THAT TH PRESIDENT SHOULD STEP ASID MAKING TODAY ANOTHER MAJOR UNSCRIPTED TASK. PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARING FO PERHAPS THE PIGGEST DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY AFTER A NIGHT O PAGEANTRY WITH AMERICA'S NATO' ALLIES >> WE CONTINUE TO GROW STRONGE AND CLOSERER IN THE YEARS AHEAD. >> Reporter: AS HIS STANDING A THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD I STANDING AGAINST SCRUTINY. DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR HIM TO STEP ASIDE, PETER WELSH URGING HIM TO STEP ASIDE. ALL EYES ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERERSHIP THE SENATE'S TOP DEMOCRAT, CHUCK SCHUMER, A CLOSE ALLY IS PRIVATELY SIGNALLING TO DONORS THAT HE IS OPEN TO A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET WITHOU PRESIDENT BIDEN, CITING THRE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. THE MAJORITY LEADER LATE WRITING, AS I HAVE MADE CLEA REPEATEDLY, I SUPPORT PRESIDEN BIDEN. EARLIER FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI CAUSING RAGE IN WASHINGTON >> IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO DECIDE IF HE IS GOING TO RUN WE ARE ALL ENCOURAGING HIM T MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE TIM IS RUNNING SHORT >> Reporter: HER COMMENT RAISING EYEBROWS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE HAS MADE HIS DECISION. >> I'M STAYING IN THE RACE >> Reporter: OTHER KEY ALLIE ALSO NOT SAYING THAT THE DECISION IS FINAL. >> IS THE DECISION FINAL >> I HAVE NO IDEA. >> Reporter: EVEN AS H MAINTAINS FORCE IN KEY CORNERS OF THE COALITION INCLUDING LABOR UNIONS LIKE THE AFLCIO BUT IN A BIG BLOW TO THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY, GEORG CLOONEY, A MAJOR DEMOCRAT DONO SAID THE PARTY NEEDS A NEW NOMINEE, JUST WEEKS AFTE COHOSTING A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER FOR HIM HE WROTE IN THE NEW YORK CIT TIMES, THE JOE BIDEN THAT I WA WITH THREE WEEKS AGO WAS NOT THE JOE BIDEN OF 2010, HE WASN'T EVEN THE JOE BIDEN OF 2020 HE WAS THE SAME MAN WE ALL WITNESSED AT THE DEBATE. ADDING HE LOVES PRESIDENT BIDE BUT WE WILL NOT WIN IN NOVEMBE WITH THIS PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE OPINION OF EVERY SENATOR, CONGRESSMAN AND GOVERNOR I HAVE SPOKEN TO IN PRIVATE, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT HE OR SHE IS SAYING PUBLICLY. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ALLIES ARE FIGHTING BACK. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CLONY FUNDRAISER SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT STAYED FOR OVER THRE HOURS WHILE CLOONEY TOOK A PHOTO QUICKLY AND LEFT AIDES ARE ARGUING DESPITE TH PRESIDENT'S POOR DEBAT PERFORMANCE EXACTLY TWO WEEK AGO, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THI RACE HAS NOT CHANGED A NEW WASHINGTON POLL SHOWS THAT AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS THIS REMAINS A DEAD HEAT. OTHER POLLING HAS SHOWN TRUM GAINING AN ADVANTAGE IN SEVERA KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU ON A COVERAGE NOTE, TUNE INT LESTER HOLT'S EXCLUSIV INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ON MONDAY. YOU CAN WATCH A PREVIEW ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AT 6:30 P.M EASTERN AND THEN THE FUL UNEDITED INTERVIEW WILL AIR IN A PRIMETIME SPECIAL ON NBC NEW NOW. >> AFTER THAT STAY WITH NBC NEWS FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF TH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT 9:30 P.M. >>> AS THE NATO SUMMIT ENTER ITS FINAL DAYS, THERE IS GROWING CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE NATION' CAPITAL AND BEYOND HOUSTON IS UNDER DANGEROUS HEA ALERTS AND OUT WEST, OFFICIALS ARE PREDICTING DANGEROUSLY HIG RECORD TEMPERATURES, SOME AS HIGH AS 120 DEGREES. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE SPAWNIN A SUMMER OF DEADLY WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON WHERE SHE I TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. YOU SAID IT. IT HAS BEEN SWELTERING HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN FACT, I WAN TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. THIS HAS BEEN THE TALK OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD YOU ARE LOCKING AT WHAT REMAIN OF A MASSIVE WAX WORKS REPLICA OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. IT WAS INSTALLED OUTSIDE OF THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BACK I FEBRUARY NOW A MELTED MESS. THE ARTIST SAID SHE EXPECTED I TO MELT SOMEWHAT, GIVEN IT I WAX BUT NOT THIS QUICKLY IT IS A STARK EXAMPLE OF HOW HOT IT IS. THIS MORNING, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A LONG-LASTING HEAT WAVE >> THE HEAT IS KILLER. I HAD HEAT EXHAUSTION TWO WEEK AGOGO. >> Reporter: HEAT HA CONTRIBUTED LIKELY TO SI DEATHS AMONG THE DEATHS IS PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICER IN NEW YORK CITY SET TO GRADUAT FROM THE ACADEMY >> HOW DANGEROUS IS THE HEAT WAVE >> WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT O SEVERE ILLNESS FROM THE HEAT WAVE YOU CAN PASS AWAY FROM THE HEA STROKE AND EXCESSIVE HEA EXPOSURE >> Reporter: IT IS COMBINED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF BERYL, TW TORNADOES HITTING IN NEW YORK. OUT WEST, TEMPERATURE RECORD CONTINUE TO FALL LAS VEGAS HIT AT LEAST 118 O BACK TO BACK DAYS. IN HOUSTON, MORE THAN A MILLIO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WITHOUT ANY A/C AFTER BERYL KNOCKED OU POWER EARLIER THIS WEEK. FOR SOME, THE LIGHTS MAY NOT B BACK ON ANY TIME SOON. >> IT HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FACILITIES WE WILL HAVE TO REBUILD IT AND IT WILL TAKE TIME. >> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY IF YO ARE SUFFERING FROM SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION LIKE MELTED AB OVER HERE, THE KEY IS TO ACT FAST MUSCLE ACHES, HEADACHES, FATIGUE, GET INSIDE AND COOL DOWN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND STAY HYDRATED. >> GOOD ADVICE IT LOOKS LIKE HANS SOLO THERE, GIVING ME STAR WARS VIBES. >> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING T BEHOLD, I'LL TELL YOU. >> IF THE REAL LINCOLN MEMORIA DOES THAT, WE WILL BE WORRIED. >>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH ANGI LASSMAN ON WHEN THE WEATHER. >> GUYS, I DIDN'T HAVE A MELTE ABE LINCOLN ON MY BINGO CARD TODAY. WE WILL FOCUS ON THE WEST FO THE NEXT DAY OR SO BUT WE STIL HAVE HEAT ALERTS IN TEXAS WHER PEOPLE ARE STILL DEALING WITH NO POWER EVER SINCE BERYL 53 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING TH WEST, LAS VEGAS, LOS ANGELES PHOENIX, TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AND POTENTIALLY RECORD BREAKIN SPOTS. ONE OF THOSE, LAS VEGAS, 118 I WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO HIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON THAT WOULD BREAK THE RECORD FO THIS DATE OF 116 SALT LAKE CITY, 105 IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING. COLORADO IN PLACES LIKE DENVER ONLY SEE ABOUT TWO DAYS OVER 100 EACH YEAR. WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE DAYS IN ROW WHERE THEY WILL SEE 100 PLUS TEMPERATURES THAT TELLS YOU HOW IMPRESSIV THE HEAT WAVE IS WE WILL SEE THIS STICK WITH US THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LAS VEGAS IS STAYING ABOVE 109 FROM BASICALLY FRIDAY THROUG SUNDAY WE WILL SEE 117 IN PALM SPRING ON FRIDAY DOWN TO 111 ON SUNDAY. WE SAW SOME IMPROVEMENT WHEN I COMES TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOME OF THE HEAT HAS BROKEN, A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IN THE PAST DAYS AND PART UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA MEANWHILE, THE RAIN YOU MAY HAVE RUN INTO THIS MORNING IN THE EARLY HOURS, PARTS OF TH NORTHEAST, THAT'S ON THE WAY OUT. WE HAVE AN ACTIVE COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING AN STORMS THAT WILL WIND DOWN FOR THIS REGION AS WE GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY. WE WILL SEE THINGS FOCUSED T THE SOUTH. AS YOU HEAD OUT THIS MORNING, MILLION PEOPLE UNDER A FLOOD ALERT. BY MIDDAY, MOST OF IT WILL B GONE BUT YOU MAY RUN INTO SOME SPOTS THAT HAVE PONDING ON THE ROADWAY AND SUCH THIS IS THE AREA WE WILL WATCH AS WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND WE HAVE A FRONT THAT STALLS AN LEAVES US FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT IS NOT JUST A FRIDAY THING, IT LASTS INTO SATURDAY TOO THE FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE I THINK IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE BEACH ON SATURDAY IBTHI REGION, NOT THE BEST DAY FOR IT. SOME INDOOR PLANS WILL BE BETTER BET WE WILL WATCH FOR THAT AROUN CAPE HATTERAS FOR UNSETTLE WEATHER. AS WE GET THROUGH SATURDAY, WE COULD SEE IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS, UP TO 5 INCHES IN LOCAL LOCATIONS BUT MORE WIDESPREAD, AN INCH, INCHES, CLOSER TO THE COAST YO GO WEEKEND, BIG PICTURE, HOT ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND POINTS WEST. IF YOU WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT, WE MENTIONED THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES WE WILL SEE HIGH HUMIDITY IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST WE HAVE TEMPERATURES IN TH MID-80s IN PARTS OF THE GREA LAKES AND THE HEAVY RAIN I MENTIONED WILL BE IN THE PICTURE FOR EXTREME PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST. THE HEAT WAVE STAYS WITH US. I'M A BROKEN RECORD WITH THE HEAT OUT WEST. THAT WILL STAY WITH US WE WILL SEE ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE O THE COUNTRY. MID-80s FOR THE GREAT LAKES, HOT AND HUMID. THE RAIN WILL BE IN THE PICTUR FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY. STILL SIZZLING OUT WEST. THIS IS NOT GOING TO LET UP AN TIME SOON. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND, YOU WILL BE DEALING WITH TRIPLE DIGITS AND BEYOND. >> THOSE TEMPERATURES AR UNREAL >> THEY ARE IMPRESSIVE NORMALLY, WE SEE A LITTLE RELIEF BUT IT IS NOT LETTING UP YET >> IF YOU HAVE PLANS, STAY SAFE. >> YES, EXTRA WATER. >>> NOW TO A NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE A CARGO SHIP STRUCK THE FRANCI SCOTT KEY BRIDGE . NOW THE ONLY SURVIVING CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS TALKING TO TOM LLAMAS. AND LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING O WHO SHOULD PAY TO REBUILD TH BRIDGE >> Reporter: WHEN POLICE FIRST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF TH FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THEY WERE IN SHOCK >> THERE IS NO BRIDGE. >> Reporter: LOOKING UP FROM THE DARK WATERS THAT NIGHT, CLINGING TO A SUBMERGED CHUNK OF BRIDGE JULIO SUAREZ COULD NOT BELIEVE HE WAS ALIVE >> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WA GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WERE FALLING TO THE WATER? >> SI. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE THOUGH HE WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF HI TRUCK. HE WAS WORKING ON POT HOLES WITH HIS CREW THEY WERE ALL IN VEHICLES ON A BREAK. ON IMPACT, SUDDENLY, AEF EVERYTHING STARTED TO SHAKE. HE SAW HIS COWORKERS LAUNCH INTO THE WATER. THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED TO PRAY HE SAID HE ASKED GOD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE AND KIDS AN ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS. HIS VEHICLE FELL 18 STORIES TO THE WATER BELOW BUT LUCKILY, THE WINDOWS WERE MANUAL, ALLOWIN HIM TO ROLL ONE DOWN AND ESCAP FROM HIS TRUCK BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM, A BIG ONE >> DO YOU KNOW HOW TOSWIM? >> NO. >> Reporter: HE MANAGED TO SWI OUT TO A PIECE OF THE BRIDGE LODGED IN THE RIVER AND CALLED OUT FOR HIS COWORKERS, INCLUDING HIS BROTHER IN LAW AND NEPHE BUT HEARD NOTHING. [ SPEAKING [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLIS LANGUAGE >> AT THAT POINT, DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE NOT MADE IT >> Reporter: HE SAID HE KNEW WHEN THEY FELL IN AND NO ONE ANSWERED, THEY WERE GONE >> IT WAS A HUMAN TRAGEDY. THEY EACH HAD LOVED ONES WHO DEPENDED ON THEM >> Reporter: MARYLAND SENATORS PRESSED CONGRESS TO COVER TH FULL $1.7 BILLION PRICE TAG TO REPLACE THE KEY BRIDGE >> A FOREIGN VESSEL HIT AN AMERICAN BRIDGE AND KILLED AMERICANS AND THEY HAVE ASKE THE COURT TO NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. >> Reporter: IN MAY, A PREELIMINARY NTSB REPORT SAI THE DALI HAD POWER ISSUES IN THE DAYS AHEAD OF THE DISASTER IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES ARE PLANNING TO FILE SUIT AGAINST ALL OF TH COMPANIES INVOLVED WITH TH SHIP >> HE INGESTED ALL OF THAT BAD WATER. HE HAS A TORN MENISCUS AND H HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS H WILL DEAL WITH PRESERVE. >> THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY >> WHY DO YOU THINK YO SURVIVED >> HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW BUT BELIEVES THERE IS A BIGGER PLA FOR HIM. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT HE SAYS HE THINKS THE HELMET H WAS WEARING WITH A FLASHLIGHT ON IT HELPED RESCUERS FIND HIM IN THE DARK THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE BRIDGE REBUILT BY 2028. >>> NOW TO THE LATEST ON ALE BALDWIN'S CRIMINAL TRIAL THE JURY HEARD OPENING STATEMENTS AS THE STATE ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THE ACTOR IS GUILTY O INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE SHOOTING ON THE SET OF RUST. CHLOE MELAS IS JOINING US FROM SANTA FE WITH THE LATEST NEWS. GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THINGS GOT HEATED YESTERDAY IN THE COURTROOM BETWEEN THE NE MEXICO SPECIAL PROSECUTORS AND BALDWIN'S LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM BOTH SIDES WERE LAYING OUT THEIR CASES FOR HOW THEY THINK THE GUN WENT OUT AND HOW IT HAPPENED O THE SET OF RUST IN 2021. THE JURY IN BALDWIN'S CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS SEEN THE GRANTIC AFTERMATH ON THE SCENE OF RUST WHERE THE FILM'S CINEMATOGRAPHER WAS FEATALLY SHOT IN 2021. >> THIS WAS AN UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY BUT ALEC BALDWIN COMMITTED NO CRIME HE WAS AN ACTOR ACTING >> Reporter: BALDWIN FACES A CHARGE OF INVOLUNTAR MANSLAUGHTER HE LISTENED INTENTLY IN OPENIN STATEMENTS HIS WIFE WAS IN THE COURTROOM. HIS LAWYER ARGUED THAT EVEN IF HE FIRED THE GUN, HE SHOULD NO BE FOUND GUILTY. >> EVEN IF HE INTENTIONALL PULLED THE TRIGGER, THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM GUILTY OF HOMICIDE. HE HAD NO REASON TO KNOW THE GUN WAS LOADED WITH A LIVE BULLET. >> Reporter: STILL THEY MAINTAIN THE GUN ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED. BALDWIN HAS REPEATEDLY DENIE THAT HE PULLED THE TRIGGER >> THE TRIGGER WASN'T PULLED I DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION WANTS TO SHOW HE WAS NEGLIGENT WITH THE FIREARM DURING FILMING. >> HE COOKS IT, POINTS IT AT MS. HUTCHINS AND PULLS THE TRIGGER >> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE SAYS IT WAS NOT BALDWIN'S JOB AS AN ACTOR TO MAKE SURE THE GU WAS SAFE >> THERE WERE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FIREAR AND THEY FAILED. >> Reporter: HIS LAWYERS PLAYE A PORTION OF THE 911 CALL IN WHICH THE CALLER CALLS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THIS. ONE WITNESS TESTIFIED THAT MULTIPLE LIVE ROUNDS WERE FOUN ON SET, THE DEFENSE WORKED T DISTANCE BALDWIN FROM BLAME. PROSECUTORS INSIST THAT TH ACTOR DID NOT FOLLOW INDUSTR STANDARDS. >> SET SAFETY RULES REQUIR ACTORS LIKE THE DEFENDANT TO TREAT EVERY FIREARM AS THOUGH IT IS LOADED, TO NEVER POINT FIREARM AT ANOTHER PERSON. >> Reporter: AFTER OPENING STATEMENTS, WE HEARD FROM FIRS RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE THAT DAY WHEN HELENA HUTCHINS AND JOE SOUZA WERE SHOT BY THE BULLET. THINGS WERE HEATED WHEN THE JURY WOULD LEAVE THE COURTROOM. YOU COULD SEE BALDWIN TAKING NOTES AND HE WAS LISTENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ALSO IN THE COURTROOM, LIC I SAID IN MY PIECE, FOR SOME O HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, WIFE BROTHER STEVEN, SISTER ELIZABETH, HE IS GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM HIS FAMILY >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAPP BIRTHDAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY >>> LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE TRIAL WITH ANGELA CENEDELLA. PROSECUTORS ARE TRYING T DESCRIBE BALDWIN AS RECKLESS TALK ABOUT THIS ARGUMENT, IS I EFFECTIVE? >> RECKLESSNESS IS A FORMULA IT BREAKS DOWN TO TWO PARTS. YOU HAVE TO PROVE THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE PERSON HAD AND THAT THE PERSON SHIRKE THE RESPONSIBILITY SO WE WILL SEE IN THIS TRIAL S MUCH DEBATE OVER THE FIRST PART. WHAT WERE BALDWIN' RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ACTOR O THE SET. IT IS SO INTERESTING WE SAW PROSECUTION'S OPENING STATEMENTS IN WHICH SHE SAID THAT HE BROKE THE CARDINAL RULES OF SAFETY, SETTING IT UP THA THERE WERE RULES THAT HE BROKE WE CAN EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A WITNESS THAT WELL SAY HE SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE GUN, SHOULDN'T HAVE POINTED IT EVER AT SOMEONE AND THIRD H SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT THE HAN ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRIGGER IF H DIDN'T INTEND TO PULL IT >> HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO NOT POINT THE GUN AT SOMEONE WHEN YOU ARE SEEING THEM POINT GUNS AT EACH OTHER IN A MOVIE? >> SO THE PROSECUTION HA FORESHADOWED THAT THE DIRECTOR SAID PULL IT SLOWLY OUT OF THE HOLSTER AND DIDN'T TELL HIM TO POINT IT AT ANYONE THE ARGUMENT IS THAT IF HE WAS GOING TO POINT IT AT SOMEONE ADINDICATED IN THE SCRIPT, H SHOULD HAVE CHECKED IT THAT'S THE ARGUMENT. >> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENC BETWEEN INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND MURDER WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROVED FO THOSE CHARGES? >> HUGE DIFFERENCE AND THE MAI DIFFERENCE IS INTENT WITH MANSLAUGHTER, YOU DON'T T HAVE TO PROVE HE INTENDED TO KILL HUTCHINS. ALL THE PROSECUTION HAS TO PROVE IS THAT HE WAS RECKLESS, DEVIATED FROM THE STANDARD O RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT RESULTED IN THE WOMAN'S DEATH >> RIGHT NOW BALDWIN IS NOT ON THE WITNESS LIST WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT H TESTIFIES? >> NO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNE WOULD ADVISE A DEFENDANT LIK THIS TO TAKE THE STAND BUT IT IS HIS RIGHT. BUT THERE IS A BIGGER RISK I THE CASE THAN IN ANY OTHER CAS AND THAT'S BECAUSE PRETRIAL, THERE WAS A HEARING AND TH JUDGE DECIDED THAT HE COULD ONLY BE TRIED AS AN ACTOR IN THIS CASE AND NOT AS A PRODUCER BUT IF BALDWIN TAKES THE STAND AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE DID AS A PRODUCER, THAT COUL OPEN THE DOOR ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF EVIDENCE AND ALLOW TH PROSECUTION TO TRY HIM I BRINGING EVIDENCE AS A PRODUCER. THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY O THE PRODUCER, MUCH BIGGE BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD B RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY ON TH SET. >> BALDWIN ASIDE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER WITNESSES BEIN CALLED WE HAVE HEARD OF FOUR IN THE CASE WHO ELSE WILL WE HEAR FROM >> WE WILL HEAR FROM TWO GROUPS. ONE IS A GROUP THAT CLAIMS THERE IS A STANDARD OF RESPONSIBILITY. EXPERTS SAYING THIS IS WHA PEOPLE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE ON THE SET. AND THEN SECOND IS PEOPLE WH WERE THERE THAT DAY AND PEOPLE WHO CAN TESTIFY TO WHETHER O NOT HE FULFILLED THE RESPONSIBILITY OR NOT. SO THE KEY IS THE ASSISTAN DIRECTOR WHO TOOK A PLEA AGREEMENT UNDER THE CONDITIO THAT HE WOULD TESTIFY. I THINK HE MAY HELP BALDWI BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO YELLED OUT COLD GUN AND HE IS THE ONE THAT BALDWIN RELIED UPON THE QUESTION IS WILL THE ARMORER, HANNAH GUTIERREZ REED TESTIFY. SHE COULD PLEAD THE FIFTH AN THE PROSECUTION MAY NOT FIND HER HELPFUL AND MAY NOT PUT HER ON THE STAND. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> PASSENGERS ON AN AMERICA AIRLINES FLIGHT GOT A SCAR AFTER A TIRE APPEARED WEEKDAYS 0 >>> WE ARE PACK WITH A CLOSE CALL OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE FROM TAMPA TO PHOENIX. THEY WERE FORCED TO ABOR MOMENTS BEFORE TAKING OF BECAUSE TWO TIRES BLEW AS TH PLANE WAS LEAVING THE RUNWAY SAM BROCK IS AT MIAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE LATEST GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. IT WAS A MATTER OF SECONDS THIS MECHANICAL MISHAP HAPPENS AS THE PLANE IS ABOUT TO TAK OFF. YOU CAN SEE THE AIRCRAFT DIP AND THEN SMOKE IS POURING OUT OF THE BACK A WOMAN ON THE PLANE SAYS THINGS WERE FINE AND THEN IT FELT LIK WE WERE ON A GRAVEL ROAD AND THEN IT FELT LIKE WE HIT A POT HOLE THE FLIGHT WAS ABORTED MINUTES BEFORE TAKEOFF MORE THAN 170 PASSENGERS O FLIGHT 90 FELT THE PLANE LOS CONTROL. SMOKE STARTED STREAMING FROM THE TIRES. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND FIR TRUCKS ARRIVING MINUTES LATER ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM TAMPA TO PHOENIX. THE BOEING 737 PREPARING T LEAVE THE GROUND WHEN AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS FLIGHT 590 EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL ISSUE ON THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO TAKIN OFF. CUSTOMERS WERE BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL SHERY BLANKENSHIP WAS ONE OF THE PASSENGERS >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ON A GRAVEL ROAD THEN IT FELT LIKE WE HIT A BIG POT HOLE >> Reporter: VIDEO SHOT BY A YOUTUBER SHOWS THE TIRES SPARKER AND FILLING THE AIR WITH SMOKE LEAVING DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY THE FAA CONFIRMING IN STATEMENT THAT THE CREW REPORTED MULTIPLE BLOWN TIRES AND THA THE AGENCY WILL INVESTIGATE. FOR BLAPG BLANKENSHIP AND HE DAUGHTERS SITTING RIGHT ABOV THE TIRES, IT WAS TERRIFYING ORDEAL >> IT WAS VERY SCARY I'M NOT NORMALIZED FROM TH EXPERIENCE >> WHEN WE WERE GOING DOWN THE RUNWAY, I JUST WOKE UP AND I HEARD A BUNCH OF LOUD NOISES I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT >> Reporter: THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT COMING JUST TWO DAY AFTER A UNITED FLIGHT LEAVIN L.A.X. LOST A WHEEL DURIN TAKEOFF. AND IN MARCH, ANOTHER PLANE LOST ITS WHEEL AFTER DEPARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO. IT DAMAGED SEVERAL CARS IN A NEARBY PARKING LOT A TRIO OF INCIDENTS FORCIN FLIERS TO TAKE NOTICE. >> ALL THREE OF THOSE INCIDENT ARE NOW UNDER FAA INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER SHERY, THEY WERE ON THE TARMAC FOR THREE HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO RETURN AND MAKE THEI WAY TO THE FINAL DESTINATION THE WOMAN SAID NEXT TIME SHE I JUST RENTING A CAR AND DRIVING FROM FLORIDA TO ARIZONA. >> THANK YOU, SAM. >>> TURNING TO MILWAUKEE WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE DEAT OF A 43-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN >> HYATT REGENCY SECURITY GUARDS HELD HIM DOWN AND NOW POLICE ARE TREATING THIS AS A HOMICIDE. >> QUESTIONS ARE SWIRLING ON WHAT LED UP TO THIS FATA ENCOUNTER WITH DEVONTE MITCHEL WHOSE DEATH HAS PROMPTED A COMPARISON TO GEORGE FLOYD NOW HE WILL BE LAID TO REST 11 DAYS LATER TODAY WITH QUESTION FROM THE FAMILY. >> Reporter: THE DEATH OF WISCONSIN MAN IS BEING REVIEWE AS A HOMICIDE. DEVONTE MITCHELL DIED FOLLOWIN AN INCIDENT AT A HYATT REGENCY THIS VIDEO RECORDED BY A WITNESS, SHOWING MITCHEL PLEADING FOR HELP AS HE IS HEL FACE DOWN BY FOUR PEOPLE IDENTIFIED BY POLICE AS HOTE SECURITY >> YOU CAN SEE THEM BEAT HIM REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN THEY DIDN'T STOP THEY COULD HAVE STOPPED. THEY COULD HAVE LET HIM GO AND THEY DIDN'T. >> Reporter: MITCHELL'S FAMILY SAYS THEY REVIEWED SURVEILLANC VIDEO THAT SHOWED HIM RUNNIN THROUGH THE LOBBY AND ENTERING A WOMAN'S RESTROOM >> HE'S GOING INTO THE LADIE ROOM >> Reporter: MILWAUKEE POLIC SAY HE FOUGHT WITH SECURIT GUARDS UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. OFFICERS FOUND MITCHEL UNRESPONSIVE AND HE LATER DIED THE 43-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND AN FATHER MAY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE ACCORDING TO MITCHELL'S FAMILY CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN CRUM SAID ONE OF THE MEN WHO HELD HIM DOWN CLAIMED HE TOLD SECURIT GUARDS HE COULDN'T BREATHE BUT WAS ORDERED TO KEEP HOLDING HIM. >> IT IS OUTRAGEOUS. IT WAS INHUMANE. IT WAS UNNECESSARY >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, TH MANAGING GROUP OF THE MILWAUKE HYATT ANNOUNCED THEY HAV TERMINATED SEVERAL ASSOC IATES SAYING THEIR ACTIONS VIOLATE POLICY ON JUNE 30th. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WAITING FOR THE FULL REPORT OF THE AUTOPSY AS THEY WEIGH POSSIBLE CHARGES >>> A SPANISH TOURIST WA TRAMPLED AND KILLED BY A HERD OF ELEPHANTS. CLAUDIO LAVANGA JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE TOURIST WAS CRUSHED IN A NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA. ACCORDING TO A LOCAL SPOKESPERSON, THE 43 YOERLD-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS VISITING A POPULAR TOURISM DISTRICT WIT HIS FIANCE AND TWO OTHER WOMEN LOCAL POLICE SAID THE MA STOPPED THE VEHICLE WHEN H SPOTTED THREE ELEPHANTS WITH THREE COWS, GOT CLOSE TO GET PICTURES DESPITE WARNINGS AN WAS THEN TRAMPLED TO DEATH B THE ELEPHANTS. >>> LET'S GO TO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE AFTER URUGUAY PLAYER PHYSICALLY CONFRONTED COLOMBIA SUPPORTERS IN THE STAND. NUNEZ CLIMBED UP RAILINGS AN MADE HIS WAY TO THE CROWD AT THE BACK OF THE BANK OF AMERIC STADIUM. THE PLAYER WAS JUST TRYING T DEFEND FABS IN THE STANDS WH FELT THREATENED BY COLOMBI FANS >>> AND THE PARIS OLYMPICS AIM TO BE THE FIRST GENDER ECUAL GAMES AND THE FIRST WHERE THEOPE PPING CEREMONY WILL NOT BE INSIDE A STADIUM AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY FIRST THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE WILL FEATURE A NURSERY TO HELP ATHLETE MOMS TOSPEND TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE ROOMS FO BREASTFEEDING. THE OLYMPICS HAVE ALREADY WON GOLD MEDAL FOR INCLUSIVENESS AND BEING INNOVATIVE THAT'S COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> COMING UP, KEEP YOUR PHONE AT THE DOOR. >>> VIRGINIA IS SET TO CRACK DOWN ON CELL PHONE USE IN TH CLASSROOM, WHY IT IS THE LATES TO PUSH FOR A PHONE FREE ENVIRONMENT AND WHY SOME BELIEVE IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. THAT'S UP NEXT N, 5:00 PACIFI ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK VIRGINIA HAS JOINED OTHER STATES CRACKING DOWN ON CELL PHONES I THE CLASSROOM. GOVERNOR GLEN YOUNGKIN ISSUED AN XEGATIVE ORDER REQUIRING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COME UP WITH POLICY GUIDANC FOR CREATING A PHONE FRE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT WOUL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNIN OF THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. >> HE ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS T INVEST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAM THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE FOR MORE ON THIS, WE ARE JOINE BY SIPSYCHOLOGIST DR. JENNIFER HEARTSTEEN, THANK YOU FOR BEIN HERE WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW MUCH PHONES DO INTERFERE WIT KIDS' LEARNING >> THEY INTERFERE A LOT. YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT DOES FOR ADULTS THEY ARE MAJOR DISTRACTIONS. WHEN WE ARE IN A SCHOOL SETTING, EVEN IF THE PHONE IS ON SILENT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEM CHECKING THEM. WE CAN'T MULTITASK WE CAN TASK SWITCH SO WHEN KIDSLIC AT THE PHONES, WHAT ARE THEY MISSING IN THE CLOM TO BUILD SKILLS >> KIDS ARE DPROEING UP IN A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE DID THEY ARE USING ARTIFICIA INTELLIGENCE TO DO HOMEWORK. TECHNOLOGY IS PART OF OUR MINUTE TO MINUTE EXISTENCE. THIS IS PART OF OUR LIVES RIGH NOW. IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE GOIN AGAINST THE TIDE IN SOME WAYS, RIGHT? >> I THINK YOU USED THE KEY WORD HERE WHICH IS BALANCE. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE GREAT JOB OF IS TEACHING THA OVERALL. AND I THINK THE BANS ARE A WAY TO MOVE BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE AND MORE TECH THE HOMEWORK IS ONLINE, ALL OF THESE THINGS SO WHERE DOES THAT END SO I THINK THE BALANCE PIECE O IT IS WHERE WE ARE ULTIMATEL GOING TO NEED THE MOST LEVERAG AND TO LEAN INTO THE MOST. >> THE OTHER THING IS HOW THIS IMPACTS THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALT CRISIS THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE HEALTH ORDER. DO YOU THINK THE CELL PHON POLICIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WIT THE FEELINGS OF LONELINESS HOW CAN THIS HELP? >> I THINK WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE BU WE HAVE TO SOME CHANGES. WE KNOW THAT MUCH OF THE ALIGN WITH THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW MUCH WE ARE LIVING LIFE OUT LOUD AND HOW KIDS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT. ADULTS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT. HOW ARE WE DEVELOPING BRAINS T DO THAT. WHAT ARE WE TEACHING WE GEBACK TO WHAT ARE WE TEACHING AT HOMES, SCHOOLS, HO ARE WE TEACHING HOW TO INTERPRET ALL OF THESE THINGS SO WE CA TEACH KIDS TO NAV IGATE IT BETTER BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY WE NEED TO LEARN TO LIVE WIT IT, NOT AGAINST IT >> WE TALKED ABOUT IT A MOMENT AGO, BALANCE, EASIER SAID THAN DONE WHAT ARE WAYS SCHOOLS CAN FIND THAT BALANCE WHEN IT COMES T PHONE USE? >> THIS IS THE LESSON WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF IT IS UNDERSTANDING AN IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THE RULES IN YOUR HOME AS ADULTS AND WHA ARE THE LIMITS YOU HAVE FO YOURSELF AND HOW ARE YOU MONITORING THAT. THAT STARTS WITH YOU AS TH ADULT. SOME TEACHERS USE PHONES WITHI THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. HOW ARE WE BUILDING IN TO TEAC WHEN IT IS HELPFUL AND WHEN IT IS HARMFUL THE KEY THING IS ARE WE TALKIN TO OUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT THEY AR LOOKING AT ARE WE ASKING THEM TO SHOW US. ARE WE TEACHING THEM WHAT IS HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY. WE HAND THEM COMPUTERS AND EXPECT THEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO LET'S TEACH THEM RESPONSIBLE WAYS TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY SO THEY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MOVIN FORWARD. >> DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR COMIN ON >>> COMING UP, A WARNING FRO DOCTORS ABOUT NICOTINE POUCHES MADE POPULAR BY SOCIAL MEDIA >> THEY ARE BILLED AS A SAFE WAY TO GET YOUR NICOTINE FIX BUT THERE ARE RISKS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW COMING U ON MORNING NEWS NOW. THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> METAL HEALTH, BIG PICTURE WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION O NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH GROWING HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO A SPIKE IN USE OF NICOTINE POUCHES DOCTORS ARE WARNING THEY ARE BECOMING DANGEROUSLY POPULAR AMONG TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS VICKY NGUYEN BRINGS US MORE ON THE RISKS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. >> ZYN IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO GET NICOTINE >> Reporter: THEY ARE CALLED ZYNFLUENCERS, PROMOTING NICOTINE POUCHES BECAUSE THEY ARE TOBACCO FREE THE MOST POPULAR BRAND ZYN HAD 331 MILLION CANS SOLD IN THE U.S. IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. >> HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL TH FIRST TIME >> IT GIVES YOU A SHOT O DOPAMINE YOU FEEL ENERGIZED, HAPPIER, ALMOST FOCUSED >> Reporter: 32-YEAR-OLD WIL RAMOS SAID HE QUICKLY BECAME ADDICTED TO ZYN. UNLIKE TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES OR VAPZ, THE POUCHES ARE DISCRETE AND SOME IN FLAVORS LIKE COFFE MINT SOON HE WAS USING UP TO 20 A DAY. HE BEGAN TO HAVE SEVERE STOMAC PAIN BUT DOCTORS DID NOT KNO WHY. >> I GOT AN ULTRASOUND, COLONOSCOPY AND ALL THEY FOUND WAS THAT MY STOMACH WA INFLAMED >> Reporter: HIS SYMPTOMS AR NOT SURPRISING TO DR. DONN SHELLING SHE SAYS NICOTINE IS A HIGHL ADDICTIVE DRUG WITH SIDE EFFECTS THAT INCLUDE MOUTH ULCERS AN ELEVATED HEART RATE. >> WHY DO YOU THINK THE PRODUCTS ARE SO POPULAR WITH YOUN PEOPLE >> ONE IS FLAVORS AND IT I EASIER TO HIDE >> Reporter: THE FDA IS STIL REVIEWING THE SAFETY OF ZYN, MULTIPLE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ASKED TO HALT SALES CHUCK SCHUMER CALLED FOR A CRACKDOWN ON THE MARKETING O THE PRODUCTS >> EVEN THE AMOUNT IN THIS ONE POUCH IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. >> Reporter: ZYN MAKER PHILI MORRIS SAYS THEY ARE DEDICATED TO PRODUCTS THAT ARE SAFER THA SMOKING AND ARE TARGETED T USERS WHO ARE 21 AND UP. >> THE RESTING HEART RATE WHEN I WAS ON, AND THEN A WEEK AFTER, IT WAS 10 BEATS PER MINUTE LOWER THE WEEK AFTER I QUIT. >> Reporter: AFTER RESEARCHING HIS SYMPTOMS ONLINE, WIL SUSPECTED THE POUCHES. >> I HAVE NOT HAD STOMAC ISSUESES SINCE THE DAY I QUI COLD TURKEY. >> Reporter: SIX MONTHS LATER, HE STILL HAS CRAVINGS. >> IF I HAD KNOWN THAT IT WOUL CAUSE SO MANY HEALTH ISSUES, I WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED. >> Reporter: VICKY NGUYEN, NBC NEWS >>> HIGH PRICES ARE IMPACTIN JUST ABOUT EVERYONE BUT A NE REPORT FROM BANK OF AMERIC SHOWS TODAY'S PRICES ARE HITTING GEN Z ADULTS THE HARDEST MORE THAN HALF OF THE ADULTS THEY SURVEYED FROM 18 TO 27 SA THE PRICES ARE THE TOP REASO THEY CAN'T FIND FINANCIA SUCCESS. >> HERE TO BREAK DOWN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT IS BANK OF AMERICA'S PRESIDENT RETAIL BANKING HOLLY O'NEAL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THE SURVEY SHOWS NEARLY HALF O GEN Zers ARE STILL GETTING FINANCIAL HELP FROM THEI PARENTS. HOW HARD IS IT TO BUILD WEALTH IN 2024? >> WE ARE HEARING THAT IT IS HARD IT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY HARD. OVER HALF OF THEM FEEL IT IS A BARRIER TO SUCCESS THEY ARE FEELING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. THEY ARE DELAYING BI MILESTONES SO HALF OF THEM ARE NOT ON TRACK TO BUY A HOME. 46% OF THEM HAVEN'T STARTE SAVING FOR RETIREMENT. ABOUT 40% OF THEM ALSO DON'T SEE THEMSELVES SAVING OR INVESTING THEY ARE DELAYING SOME OF THOS BIG MILESTONES THAT YOU HAVE EARLY IN YOUR LIFE >> LIKE YOU JUST SAID, THEY AR NOT SAVING ALMOST A THIRD ENFACT. THEY SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO BU THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY T DO THAT. FOR THOSE THAT PRIORITIZE TH FINANCES, HOW IS GEN Z DEALING WITH THE HIGH PRICES AND TRYIN TO MAKE ENDS MEET? >> THERE IS GOOD NEWS. GEN Z IS ADJUSTING THEIR SPENDING THEY ARE SPENDING LESS O DISPOSABLE INCOME. THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR LIFE STYLE, DINING OUT LESS, SKIPPING EVENTS WITH FRIENDS. THEY ARE SHOPPING AT MOR AFFORDABLE GROCERY STORES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY KNOW THE NEED A PATH AND THEY ARE ADJUSTING THEIR SPENDING TO HELP GET THERE. >> THESE CONDITIONS CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON FUTURE PLANS LOOKING AT THE SURVEY, HOW DOE GEN Z FEEL ABOUT REACHIN FINANCIAL GOALS? IF THEY CAN'T SAVE NOW, WHAT CAN THAT MEAN FOR FUTURE FINANCES? >> I ALWAYS TELL GEN Z THEY TO HAVE TO START BY CREATING BUDGET EVEN IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCIN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THE CAN CREATE A BUDGET, SET FINANCIAL GOALS, BUYING A HOME STARTING TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT. THEY CAN SEEK OUT FINANCIA EDUCATION. I ALWAYS, ALWAYS ADVISE STAR SAVING EARLY, EVEN IFIT IS A SMALL AMOUNT ON A WEEKLY O MONTHLY BASIS. >> WHAT ARE THE WAY YOU ADVISE YOUNG ADULTS TO GET ON THE RIGHT FINANCIAL TRACK EVEN THOUGH TH COST OF LIVING IS SO HIGH? THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EVE START. >> SURE. THE BUDGET IS STEP NUMBER ONE. A GOOD GUIDELINE FOR YOUR BUDGET IS 50% OF YOUR TAKE HOME PAY O THE ESSENTIALS, RENT, YO UTILITY FOOD SECOND IS 20% ON DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 20% IS FOR EMERGENCY SAVINGS SO IF THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO START. SET A BUDGET, 50, 30, 20 GUIDELINES IS A GOOD WAY T START. >> I LIKE THAT THAT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT AND JUST SEE WHERE IT IS GOING AND YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ARE ARE IN THAT. >> GREAT TIPS. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AN BRINGING US THE ADVICE, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> LET'S STAY ON MONEY NOW. MOST AMERICANS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF RISING ENERGY BILLS. SILVANA HENAO HAS THAT AND OTHER NEWS >> GOOD MORNING. NEARLY 80% OF ADULTS SAY THEIR FINANCES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY RISING ENERGY COSTS. A NEW SURVEY FROM CNET FINDS A THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE MOR WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HOME ENERG COSTS THIS SUMMER. ROUGHLY 30% ARE RELYING ON FINANCING OR PAYMENT PLANS T COVER THOSE COSTS. THEY ARE ALSO TAKING STEPS T TRY TO REDUCE THEIR ENERGY BILLS BY USING ENERGY EFFICIEN PRODUCTS, A SMART OR PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT, INSULATING THEIR HOME AND USIN SMART PLUGS FOR OUTLETS. >>> COSTCO IS RAISING IT MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017. THE BASIC MEMBERSHIP WILL GO U BY $5 TO $65 A YEAR. THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERSHIP I RISING BY $10 TO $130 A YEAR THE CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT I SEPTEMBER AND WILL AFFECT ABOU 52 MILLION MEMBERS COSTCO HAS TYPICALLY RAISE MEMBERSHIP FEES EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO. THE COMPANY HAS TELEGRAPHED TH MOVE FOR MONTHS SAYING IT WAS QUESTION OF WHEN NOT IF. >>> AND JOY MEETS ELATION. INSIDE OUT 2 IS THE HIGHES GROSSING FILM IN PIXER'S HISTORY. IT HAS EARNED $1.25 BILLIO WORLD WIDE, EDGING PAS INCREDIBLES TWO. IT IS ONE OF THE TOP GROSSIN ANIMATED MOVIES OF ALL TIME. I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT WANT TO. >> IS RICH AN EMOTION? BECAUSE THEY ARE RAKING IT IN. >> THANK YOU >>> A BILLION DOLLAR DONATIO WITH PRICELESS RESULTS >> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WIL INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE O >>> WELCOME BACK IF YOU WERE A KID WHO DREAMED OF HAVING YOUR OWN DINOSAUR, TURN OUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE A 150 MILLION-YEAR-OLD SKELETO IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF, NAME APEX IT IS THE MOST COMPLETE STEGSORE EVER FOUND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIDDING, IT STARTS NEXT WEEK A $3 MILLION IT COULD REACH AS HIGH AS $6 MILLION. WHAT DO YOU SAY, LET'S ALL CHI IN >> I'M SURPRISED THEY AR AUCTIONING IT. IT SHOULD BE IN A MUSEUM >> MAYBE IT COULD BE THE NEW NOW MASCOT >> WE WILL PUT IT OVER THERE >>> WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE LIFE CHANGING BILLION DOLLAR DONATION TO JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL, YES, $1 BILLION. IT IS MAKING TUITION FREE FO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. ELLISON BARBER BRINGS US THE STORY OF AN INCOMING MED STUDENT AND HOW IT WILL HELP HER LIV OUT HER DREAM AND THE DREAM OF HER IMMIGRANT PARENTS. >> Reporter: MEDICAL SCHOOL IS MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND FINANCIALLY DEMANDING. FOR MED STUDENTS AT JOHN HOPKINS, THE COST IS SUDDENL ZERO >> MY ROOMMATE WOKE UP TO A LOUD SCREAM >> Reporter: BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY IS ANNOUNCING A $ BILLION DONATION TO THE MEDICA SCHOOL, MAKING TUITION FREE FO MOST CURRENT AND FUTUR STUDENTS >> AMERICA NEEDS DOCTORS AND W NEED THE BEST MINDS IN MEDICINE. THIS GIFT IS GOING TO HELP US AS I SAID BEFORE, FIND THOS BRILLIANT STUDENTS WHO MAY HAV OTHERWISE NOT HAVE GONE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL >> Reporter: 100% OF TUITION WILL BE COVERED FOR FAMILIES MAKING LESS THAN $300,000 A YEAR THAT IS 95% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COUNTRY. FOR FAMILIES WHO MAKE $175,000 OR LESS A YEAR, LEVING EXPENSE AND OTHER FEES WILL ALSO B COVERED. THE MASSIVE DONATION CHANGIN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS LIKE NANCY CHEN >> INITIALLY, WHEN I READ TH EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT, I THOUGHT IT WAS FAKE. >> Reporter: SHE GREW UP I NORTH CAROLINA, A FIRS GENERATION AMERICAN WHO WORKED AT HER PARENTS' CHINES RESTAURANT HER DREAM OF WITH COMING A DOCTOR STARTED AT A YOUNG AG WHEN SHE WAS HER PARENTS TRANSLATOR >> I KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE AS PATIENT IN THE HOSPITAL, TRYIN TO TRANSLATE FOR MY PARENTS WH DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE. >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT TH POSSIBILITY OF SEEING ANOTHE FAMILY LIKE YOURS, ANOTHER 10-YEAR-OLD LIKE YOU AND YOU BEING THE DOCTOR THAT IS IN THAT ROOM AND BEING ABLE TO TELL THAT KID WHO MAYBE LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT THIS >> I JUST GOT GOOSE BUMP THINKING ABOUT THAT. THAT IS HOW I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR >> Reporter: HER DREAM GETTING CLOSER LAST YEAR WHEN SHE WA ACCEPTED INTO HER TOP CHOICE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL >> CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 2028 >> Reporter: THE SACRIFICES OF HER PARENTS PAYING OFF >> FOR THE PAST YEAR, THE FIRS THING THAT CAME OF HIS MOUTH I MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO HOPKIN MEDICAL SCHOOL >> Reporter: AT CLOSE TO $100,000 A YEAR, COST WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR CHEN AND HE FAMILY THEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WOULD GET FINANCIAL AID. IT COVERED ABOUT 80% OF HE TUITION. BUT SHE WOULD STILL NEED TO TAKE OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS IN STUDENT LOANS. >> THAT KIND OF LOMMED OVER MY HEAD >> Reporter: WITH THE DONATION ALL OF THE EXPENSES ARE PAID >> I JUST LOOKED AT MY MOM AND SHE WAS LIKE WHAT? AND I SAID I THINK I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN DEBT. >> Reporter: IN A FEW YEARS WHEN SHE IS DR. NANCY CHEN, SHE PLANS TO BE THE PHYSICIAN HER FAMILY ALWAYS NEEDED. >> WHAT DO YOU HOPE OTHE FAMILIES, PATIENTS WILL SAY WHEN THEY LEAVE AND INTERACTION WIT YOU? >> JUST A THANK YOU IS ENOUGH. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT I HAD NO MATTER HOW BIG OF A IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES, I REALL HOPE IT WAS A POSITIVE IMPACT. >> Reporter: ALL THANKS TO A GIFT THAT TRULY KEEPS ON GIVING. >> OH, MY GOODNESS, SO AMAZING TO HEAR HER STORY. AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HER NO TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COLLEGE DEBT AND YOU CA
