WHO WON OR BLAKE.
APPARENTLY GWEN PLANTED A BIG
ONE ON BLAKE AFTER THE
CELEBRATION BUT WE’LL GET TO
THAT IN A MINUTE.
>>> BUT WE’LL BEGIN WITH
BREAKING NEWS, THE SITUATION
OPINION MICHIGAN, DAM FAILURES
LEADING TO THE EVACUATION OF
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.
NBC’S TOM COSTELLO JOINS US WITH
THE VERY LATEST.
HEY, TOM, GOOD MORNING.
>> TWO DAMS FAILED, FLASH FLOOD
EMERGENCY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
STATE.
IN FACT, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
SOME AREAS UNDER 9 FEET OF WATER
TODAY.
SCHOOLS OPEN FOR EVACUEES AND WE
CAN TELL YOU DOZENS OF ROADS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE CLOSED.
>> THIS IS SERIOUS, AND IT’S
TIME FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION
TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE.
>> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY
AFTER RAINFALL RUPTURED TWO DAMS
IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN ABOUT 140
MILES NORTH OF DETROIT.
RISING WATERS FORCING THE
EVACUATION OF NEARLY 10,000
PEOPLE.
>> TODAY EDENVILLE AND SANFORD
DAMS AND MIDLAND COUNTY
BREACHED.
IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE OR A
FRIEND SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE
STATE YOU CAN GO AND STAY WITH,
PLEASE, GO TO THEIR HOMES.
IF YOU DON’T GO TO ONE OF THE
MANY SHELTERS THAT HAVE BEEN SET
UP.
>> Reporter: THE EVACUATIONS
FOLLOWING DAYS OF HEAVY RAINS IN
PARTS OF THE MIDWEST ALSO
BROUGHT FLOODING TO PARTS OF
ILLINOIS AND OTHER STATES.
KATERINA CONLEY EVACUATED TO A
HOTEL.
>> WE QUICKLY PACKED OUR TWO
DOGS, A COUPLE CHANGES OF
CLOTHES AND OURSELVES.
WE HAD TO DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO
AS FAR AS FINDING A PLACE TO
STAY, OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE
SLEEPING IN OUR VEHICLES.
>> THE DEVASTATING FLOODING
COMPLICATED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> EVACUATE THE AREA.
>> AUTHORITIES WORKING TO GET
RESIDENTS OUT OF HARM’S WAY
LEAVING MANY HEADING TO
EMERGENCY SHELTERS TO BALANCE
THEIR SAFETY WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
>> FIRST IT WAS STAY HOME, STAY
SAFE ORDER BUT IT FEELS LIKE GET
OUT, STAY SAFE, SO FEELS LIKE
THIS REALLY WEIRD CONFLICT.
SO DO THECORONAVIRUS RULES APPLY
WHAT’S THE RIGHT WAY TO BE
RESPONDING.
>> Reporter: FORCED TO FLEE FROM
ONE OF THE WORST FLOOD DISASTERS
CURRENTLY HITTING MID MICHIGAN.
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE THE RIGHT
THING IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS
AND HELP PEOPLE GET OUT.
>> Reporter: REAL DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH RISING WATERS.
THERE IS GOOD NEWS.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET A BIT OF A
REPRIEVE TODAY BECAUSE THE
FORECAST IS FOR SUNNY AND 70
DEGREES TODAY AND TOMORROW.
AFTER THAT, MORE RAIN MAY BE
COMING.
SAVANNAH, BACK TO YOU.
>> TO BE FOG THROUGH ALL OF THAT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OTHER
CRISIS WITH THE CORONAVIRUS,
TOM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT
BREAKING NEWS.
LET’S TURN NOW TO THE LATEST ON
THE VIRUS.
ALL 50 STATES HAVE NOW PARTIALLY
REOPENED.
THIS MORNING HEALTH OFFICIALS
REMAIN VIGILANT LOOKING OUT FOR
NEW CASES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MEANWHILE IS ON
DEFENSE OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL
DRUG HE SAYS HE IS TAKING AS A
PRECAUTION AGAINST THE VIRUS.
NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
KRISTEN WELKER JOINS US THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
THE PRESIDENT IS INCREASINGLY
DEFIANT ABOUT HIS CONTROVERSIAL
USE OVER HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
IT SPARKED A BACKLASH AND A
BITTER BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI RAISING THE
QUESTION CAN WASHINGTON WORK
TOGETHER IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF
THE CRISIS.
THIS MORNING THE TENSIONS ARE
ESCALATING BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI OVER THE PRESIDENT’S USE
OF HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
>> PELOSI IS A SICK WOMAN.
SHE’S GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS, A
LOT OF MENTAL PROBLEMS.
>> I DIDN’T KNOW HE WOULD BE SO
SENSITIVE.
HE’S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE’S WEIGHT, THEIR POUNDS.
>> THE PRESIDENT FIRING BACK AT
PELOSI AFTER SHE CRITICIZED HIS
DECISION TO TAKE THE
ANTI-MALARIA DRUG TO PROTECT
AGAINST CORONAVIRUS WITH NO
EVIDENCE YET THAT IT PREVENTS
COVID-19.
>> I WOULD RATHER HE NOT BE
TAKING SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT
BEEN APPROVED BY THE SCIENTISTS,
ESPECIALLY IN HIS AGE GROUP AND
IN HIS, SHALL WE SAY, WEIGHT
GROUP.
HE’S MORBIDLY OBESE THEY SAY.
>> MR. TRUMP IS INCREASINGLY ON
DEFENSE ABOUT HIS DECISION TO
TAKE THE DRUG CLAIMING IT HAS
BEEN USED BY WORKERS ON THE
FRONTLINE OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> MANY DOCTORS ARE IN FAVOR OF
IT.
MANY FRONTLINE WORKERS WON’T GO
THERE UNLESS THEY HAVE THE
HYDROXY.
>> THE COUNTRY’S MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION SAYING IT IS
NOTAFTER WEAR OF THE WORKERS
TAKING THE DRUG.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
SLAMMING THE PRESIDENT OVERPASS
COMPARING THIS TO THE MOMENT
WHEN THE PRESIDENT QUESTIONED
WHETHER DISINFECTANT COULD BE A
TREATMENT, A STATEMENT HE LATER
SAID WAS SARCASTIC.
>> LIKE SAYING INJECTING CLOROX
IN YOUR BLOOD IT MAY CURE YOU.
COME ON, MAN.
WHAT IS HE DOING?
>> WARNINGS OF USING IT OUTSIDE
OF A HOSPITAL SETTING.
IN SOME CASES.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND NIH
WHICH USES DATA AT VETERANS FROM
MEDICAL CENTERS FOUND MORE
DEATHS AMONG THOSE TREATED WITH
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE THAN THOSE
TREATED WITH STANDARD CARE.
RESEARCHERS ALSO REPORTED
FINDING NO BENEFIT TO ITS USE.
THE PRESIDENT TAKING AIM.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE
SURVEY, THE ONLY BAD SURVEY THAT
WE’RE GIVING IT TO PEOPLE THAT
WERE IN VERY BAD SHAPE, VERY
OLD, ALMOST DEAD.
IT WAS A TRUMP ENEMY STATEMENT.
>> Reporter: NOW AS FOR THE
CLAIM THAT THOUSANDS OF
FRONTLINE WORKERS WERE TAKING IT
PREVENTIVELY, THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAID THEY
WERE UNAWARE OF THAT.
OVERPASS THE WHITE HOUSE POINTED
TO 12 KNOWN TRIALS UNDER WAY TO
STUDY WHETHER THE DRUG CAN BE
EFFECTIVE WHETHER IT COULD HELP
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
MEANWHILE VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
SAID HE WAS NOT TAKING THE DRUG,
EVEN AFTER HIS PRESS SECRETARY
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
PENCE SAID HIS DOCTOR DIDN’T
RECOMMEND IT BUT HE WOULDN’T
HESITATE TO TAKE IT IF HE DID.
>> KRISTEN WELKER AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON THE
MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS IN CHILDREN
LINKED TO THE CORONAVIRUS WORLDWIDE.
ED CDC HAD A CALL WITH DOCTORS
AND WHAT IS HELPING THEM
RECOVER.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
A COUPLE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE
CALL.
DOCTORS SAY CHILDREN SHOWING
SYMPTOMS NEED TO SEEK HELP AND
BE HOSPITALIZED.
THAT’S SO IMPORTANT, THOUGH,
BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING SUCCESS
TREATING THIS IF IT’S CAUGHT IN
TIME.
THE CDC CALL OUTLINED WHAT THEY
LEARNED ABOUT THE ILLNESS NOW
FOUND IN AT LEAST 24 STATES AND
10 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
ACCORDING TO THE BRIEFING
MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY
SYNDROME IS EXPECTED FOUR WEEKS
AFTER KPOUR TO COVID-19.
THE CHILDREN SHOWING NO SYMPTOMS
CAUSED BY THE VIRUS.
WEEKS LATER A MAJORITY OF THE
CASES ARE PRESENTING WITH A
FEVER AND GASTROINTESTINAL
SYMPTOMS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED
BY THE VIRUS.
THIS 15-YEAR-OLD HAD STOCK
MARKET STOMACH PAIN AND A RASH,
SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19, A FEW DAYS LATER SHE
WAS DEAD, ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN
WHO DIED IN THE U.S.
>> PEOPLE NEED TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS KILLS
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK CITY
ALONE THERE ARE 147 SUSPECTED
CASES.
>> I THINK IT’S GOING TO GET
MUCH WORSE BEFORE IT GETS
BETTER.
THAT’S THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
>> THIS MORNING THERE’S ALSO
HOPE.
CDC SAID HOSPITALS ARE HAVING
SUCCESS WITH SOME TREATMENTS,
INCLUDING IMMUNOTHERAPY AND
STEROIDS USED TO CALM AN
OVERACTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE.
IT’S WHAT DOCTORS USED ON
12-YEAR-OLD JULIET DALY WHO WENT
INTO CARDIAC ARREST BEFORE
RESPONDING TO TREATMENT.
SHE’S NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
HER LATEST CHECKUP SHOWED NO
SIGNS OF PERMANENT HEART DAMAGE.
>> HOW DRAMATIC WAS JULIET’S
TURNAROUND.
>> SHE CAME IN NEAR DEATH.
WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS WE WERE
ABLE TO GET HER OFF THE
VENTILATOR, GET HER BREATHING ON
HER OWN AND GET HER OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL WITHIN 10 DAYS.
>> HER FAMILY HOPING JULIET’S
STORY CAN HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR
OTHERS.
MOST CHILDREN DO GO HOME AFTER A
SHORT TIME IN THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT THEY STILL DON’T KNOW,
THOUGH, IS WHICH CHILDREN MIGHT
BE AT RISK FOR THIS.
THAT’S WHY THEY SAY IT’S SO
IMPORTANT FOR ALL DOCTORS AND
PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT
FOR.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, KRISTEN, THANK
YOU.
NOW TO A BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON.
AFTER FACING THOUSANDS OF
LAWSUITS QUESTIONING ITS SAFETY,
THE COMPANY NOW SAYS IT WILL
STOP SELLING ITS TALC-BASED BABY
POWDER IN NORTH AMERICA.
MORGAN RADFORD WITH MORE ON
THAT.
HEY, MORGAN, GOOD MORNING.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S BABY POWDER
HAS BEEN USED BY GENERATIONS OF
PEOPLE.
IN RECENT YEARS THEY HAVE COME
UNDER ATTACK, THE TARGET OF
SEVERAL LAWSUITS BY CUSTOMERS
WHO BELIEVE IT GAVE THEM CANCER.
OVERNIGHT JOHNSON & JOHNSON
ANNOUNCING A MAJOR CHANGE TO ONE
OF ITS ICONIC PRODUCTS.
>> JOHNSON’S BABY POWDER FROM
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, IT’S A
FEELING YOU NEVER OUTGROW.
>> Reporter: THE PHARMACEUTICAL
GIANT SAYING IT WILL NO LONGER
USE TALC IN ITS BABY PRODUCTS
SOLD IN THE U.S. AND CANADA.
IN A STATEMENT CLAIMING
DECLINING SALES, MISINFORMATION
AROUND THE PRODUCT AND CONSTANT
BARRAGE OF ADVERTISING.
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY, TALLEY, A MINERAL KNOWN
FOR SOFTNESS CAN CONTAIN A
SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER.
WHILE JOHNSON & JOHNSON LONG
TOUTED ITS SAFETY OF TALC-BASED
PRODUCTS, THE COMPANY FACED
THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM
CUSTOMERS LINKING IT TO CANCER.
THE FIRST TAKING ON JOHNSON &
JOHNSON IN TRIAL ALLEGING
TALC-BASED BABY POWDER LED HER
TO STAGE 3 OVARIAN CANCER.
>> I’M 100% CERTAIN IT CAUSED MY
CANCER.
>>> IN 2014 A JURY SIDED WITH
HER AND FOUND THEM NEGLIGENT BUT
DID NOT GIVE DAMAGES.
REUTERS PUBLISHED A REPORT
SAYING FROM 1971 TO EARLY 2000,
RAW TALLEY SOMETIMES TESTED
POSITIVE FOR SMALL AMOUNTS OF
ASBESTOS.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON FAILED TO
DISCLOSE THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE COMPANY DENIED THE
ALLEGATIONS BUT MONTHS LATER
REVEALED IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF
SEVERAL FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS
OVER WHETHER ITS TALCUM POWDERS
WERE LINKED TO CANCER CAUSING
ASBESTOS.
IN NOVEMBER THE COMPANY
VOLUNTARILY RECALLED 33,000
BOTTLES OF BABY POWDER IN THE
U.S. AFTER THEY FOUND TRACE
AMOUNTS OF ASBESTOS IN A BOTTLE
FOUND ONLINE.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON POINTS OUT IN
A STATEMENT THAT ALL VERDICTS
AGAINST THE COMPANY THAT HAD
BEEN THROUGH THE APPEALS PROCESS
HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED ADDING THAT
SCIENCE IS ON THEIR SIDE, VOWING
TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND THE SAFETY
OF THEIR PRODUCT AND UNFOUNDED
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST IT AS IT
STARTS TO WIND DOWN PRODUCTION.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WANTED FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING, NO FURTHER
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED
TO THIS.
>> SO WHILE THAT TALC-BASED BABY
POWDER WILL BE DISCONTINUED HERE
IN NORTH AMERICA, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SOLD IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
SAVANNAH.
>> ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU.
>>> THIS MORNING FORMER "TODAY"
SHOW ANCHOR MATT LAUER IS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT HE
CALLED FLAWED REPORTING BY ROMAN
FARROW, LAUER PRESENTING A FACT
CHECK ON HIS BOOK "CATCH AND
KILL" AS THE FORMER AUTHOR AND
NBC NEWS REPORTER COMES UNDER
NEW SCRUTINY IN A "NEW YORK
TIMES" REPORT THIS WEEK.
HERE IS STEPHANIE GOSK.
>> ROMAN FARROW’S BOOK HAS SOLD
MILLIONS.
NOW SEVEN MONTHS AFTER ITS
RELEASE, ONE OF ITS TARGETS
FORMER "TODAY" SHOW HOST MATT
LAUER IS FIRING BACK, LAUNCHING
AN ATTACK ON FARROW’S REPORTING.
AMONG LAWYER LAUER ACCUSATIONS
HE DIDN’T FACT CHECK IN FAVOR OF
SALACIOUS, MATERIAL, USED
MISLEADING MATERIAL.
IT ACCUSES NBC UNIVERSAL OF
IGNORING SEXUAL HARASSMENT
AGAINST PROMINENT MEN IN THE
COMPANY, INCLUDING LAUER FOR
YEARS AND DELIBERATELY BURYING
THE STORY ON HARVEY WEINSTEIN TO
PROTECT LAUER.
NBC UNIVERSAL HAS DENIED BOTH
ALLEGATIONS.
IN "CATCH AND KILL" THE WOMAN
PUBLICLY ACCUSED HIM OF RAPING
HER AT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS.
LAUER WHO SAID THE TWO THIS A
CONSENSUAL AFFAIR VIGOROUSLY
DENIED THE RAPE ALLEGATION.
HE SAID SHE DIDN’T USE THE WORD
ASSAULT OR RAPE WHEN SHE BROUGHT
HER CLAIM IN 2017.
LAUER SAYS FARROW TOOK THE
ACCUSERS AT THEIR WORD AND
TRACKED DOWN FOUR PEOPLE THE
AUTHOR NEVER INTERVIEWED.
THEIR ACCOUNTS, ACCORDING TO
LAUER, CAST DOUBT ON SOME OF THE
BOOK’S CLAIMS.
IN THE BOOK FARROW WRITES SHE
WARNED HER BOSS ABOUT LAUER BUT
SAID THE SUPERVISOR WAS NEVER
CONTACTED BY FARROW.
ANOTHER WHO RAN THE COMPANY AT
THE TIME SAID LAUER NEVER
CONVEYED THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT
SHE NOW CLAIMS.
THERE WAS NEVER A MENTION OF
ASSAULT OR RAPE.
IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS
FARROW WRITES, WE CALLED DOZENS
OF CONTRACTOR RATERS AROUND THE
ALLEGATIONS DESCRIBED IN THE
BOOK AND MORE THAN A DOZEN
AROUND BROOKE NEVILLE’S HOW
ACCUSERS RESPOND TO ACCUSATIONS,
DENY, ATTACK, REVERSE VICTIM AND
OFFENDER.
LAUER SAID HE WANTED TO PUBLISH
HIS ARTICLE LAST FALL AFTER
RELEASE BUT HELD IT FOR PERSONAL
REASONS.
THE FORMER MORNING SHOW HOST
SAID A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" CRITICAL OF
FARROW’S REPORTING PROMPTED HIM
TO RELEASE IT NOW.
AMONG THE CRITICISMS IN THE
"TIMES" ARTICLE FARROW DOESN’T
FOLLOW THE JOURNALISTIC
IMPERATIVE OF CORROBORATION AND
RIGOROUS DISCLOSURE OR HE
SUGGESTS CONSPIRACIES THAT ARE
TANTALIZING BUT CANNOT PROVE.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE "TIME"
FARROW SAYS HE BRINGS CAUTION,
RIGOR AND NUANCE TO HIS STORIES.
WRITING IN PART, HIS COMMITMENT
TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIM AND
IMPECCABLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL
MAKE US PROUD TO BE HIS
PUBLISHER.
NBC NEWS HAS OFFERED NO COMMENT
ON THE LAUER PIECE.
ON LAUER’S PART, THE EXAMPLES OF
SHODDY JOURNALISM I’VE EXPLORED
HERE ARE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC, NEW YORK.
>>> A COUPLE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET
MARRIED THIS PAST WEEKEND BUT
THEY HAD TO POSTPONE IT.
INSTEAD OF A CELEBRATION OF
LOVE, THEY TURNED IT INTO A DAY
OF SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THE COUPLE ORGANIZED A CAMPAIGN
THAT SAID WITH THIS RING, YOU’LL
BE FED.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN
GUESTS SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE,
DONATED NONPERISHABLE ITEMS THEY
WILL DONATE TO THE NEW JERSEY
FOOD BANK.
IN ALL, THEY COLLECTED 600
POUNDS OF FOOD.
BY THE WAY, THE COUPLE SAYS THEY
ARE GOING TO RESCHEDULE THAT
WEDDING AND THEY ARE DOING IT IN
OCTOBER.
SO THEY TURNED KIND OF A CRUMMY
SITUATION INTO A PRETTY
FANTASTIC ONE, SAVANNAH.