every single bit. secretary of state john kerry calling on syria's president to turnover his stock pile of chemical weapons as congress returns to twaurk ton today to hear president obama's final push for air strikes. >> any regrets on the eve of the primary? anthony weiner opens up out his chances of becoming the next mayor of new york city and the impact of scandal on his campaign and his family. >> and royal misunderstanding. prince andrew gets an apology from scotland yard after being mistaken for an intruder at buckingham palace. the very real dangers behind that confusion today, monday, september 9th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news,

this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockerfeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. we're so happy to have you back. it's really fall out. >> it's back to school here. my kids at home. sorry about that. back to school day. >> did you get a new lunchbox. >> i did. i got the star wars one. >> oh, cool. don't leave him hanging. >> meanwhile, this did seem like a good idea back in august, didn't it? >> we're waiting for our new set. i had a dream about it over the weekend. i had dreamed it had a jacuzzi. >> did it? >> nice. we'll find out in about a week they say. mean team, wooif got a lot of news to get to. >> we're going to begin with air strikes in syria.

intensifying in washington as congress ends its summer recess today and prepares to vote. peter alexander is at the white house. peter, good morning to you. >> good morning. within the last couple of hours secretary of state john kerry traveling this morning in europe said syrian president bashar al assad could avoid a military strike by turning over all of his chemical weapons within a week but he was sure that would never happen. kerry was responding to assad's latest comments at that time american evidence of chemical weapons use is, in assad's words, a big lie. the white house is launching its biggest congressional push since the fight over healthcare. >> reporter: facing one of the most crucial weeks of his presidency and skepticism from lawmakers, president obama jump started his personal effort to convince congress to strike syria. joining a dinner sunday at the vice president's residence with key republican lawmakers. >> we cannot turn a blind eye to

imagines like the ones we have seen out of syria. >> reporter: his weekly address previewing tomorrow night's primetime speech and today he'll sit for national tv interviews. meeting in london this morning, secretary of state john kerry tried to dispel any doubt. >> the chemical weapons in syria we have tracked for some period of time now are controlled in a tight manner by the assad regime. >> with civil war echoing around him, syrian president bashar al assad is trying to fend off an american attack warning of retaliation if the u.s. strikes. in an interview with cbs news denying responsibility for gassing his own people. but u.s. government officials say they authenticated these 13 videos after last month's chemical weapon attack near damascus. the clips not independently authenticated by nbc news will be shown to house members during a classified meeting today. >> the question then becomes what are the consequences for him for having done this and what does the world read to how

we react to it. >> reporter: still, many in congress question u.s. intervention. >> little wars start big wars and we have to remember that and i think we have to be very cautious. >> make no mistake about it. the minute one of those cruise missiles lands in there, they are into syrian war. >> white house advisors acknowledge they haven't done a good enough job clarifying their position. demonstrating the consequences of inaction and why american national interests are at stake. they'll try to do that over the next 24 to 48 hours. the question now is whether it's too late. >> all right. peter alexander at the white house for us this morning. thank you. >> chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. chuck, good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. >> the president is going to be taking his case to the american public over the next couple of days with a series of interviews with networks and speech to the nation. he'll be talking to members of congress. how worried are they? >> very worried. if you look at the public relations campaign going on over

the last 48 hours and the next 48 hours, they're rolling out hillary clinton to say something. she coming to the white house for another event but she is now going to talk about syria because they're trying to lobby democrats. you've got the president doing all these interviews today and the speech to the nation tomorrow. you have denis mcdonough doing what he did yesterday and all the talk shows. it's not that they believe they need congress on this and want to punish assad and syria policy but they realize a loss like this could be politically crippling to him all over washington on all the different battles he has coming in the next six months. >> as you say that, let me ask you this, if the numbers, they're all over the place but they seem to be leaning heavily against an air strike in congress, in terms of the votes that are already lined up. is there an escape hatch for the president? is there a way for him to save face politically if this vote goes against him? >> there's a couple of ways. we already heard john kerry, the ultimatum.

that's another way of buying time. the french already said -- who are supposedly going to be with the united states if an attack happens said let's delay an attack and wait for the united nations. if they know they're going to lose, a call to wait for the united nations investigation to be complete and the whole report come out. that's one way to delay. the other option is finding a way to pass something in both houses. even if they don't match. they don't ever try to bring them together but then they can say well, we got some support to do something. >> real quickly, this final push to change opinion in congress and in the american public. do you think the centerpiece of the president's comments will be if we let syria get away with it, watch out for iran? >> i don't think the iran argument is going to be effective with the public. however i think the iran argument is effective politically in capitol hill. you can bring in israel if you

consider yourself a pro-israel member of congress you should vote for this. the patriotism pitch we heard, the other day in the president, it is america's duty to do this whether we like it or not, that's what the public is going to hear tuesday night. >> chuck todd, thanks as always. we've been asking you to weigh in. sh >> chuck todd, thanks as always. should the u.s. intervene militarily. so far more than 80,000 of you answered on facebook with about 90% saying no and we'll be tracking the global conversation about syria on facebook all week long. to voice your opinion head to nbc news.com/taking sides. meantime, a programming note. i'll be sitting down with president obama later today to talk about syria and this vote on capitol hill. you can see it tonight on nbc news with brian williams and of course much more tomorrow on today. >> we look forward to that. natalie is here with another dangerous wildfire out in california. it's the season of the wildfires. >> certainly is.

absolutely. big concerns over the fast growing wildfire outside san francisco. the blaze broke out sunday and quickly then spread to 800 acres. dozens of homes have been evacuated. firefighters have also been dealing with triple digit temperatures. the blaze there now is about 10% contained. officials are trying to find out what caused a horrifying accident sunday on a ride in connecticut injuring many children. ron in is in norwalk, a frightening time there. >> this ride surged to a stop mid-ride causing a frantic chaotic scene. >> 18 people, mostly children are recooping this morning after suffering minor injuries when an amusement ride at a connecticut festival collapsed sunday afternoon. the ride lost power causing riders to hit one another and

the ride itself. >> it was so frightening seeing kid's screaming and flying off the ride. >> pure anxiety and hysteria. it was devastating you. >> reporter: several of the riders were treated at nearby hospitals but all injuries were considered nonlife threatening. the rides were owned and operated by stewart amusement company. preliminary investigations show it suffered a mechanical malfunction adding our first and only concern is for the wellbeing of those involved and their families. we're continuing to cooperate with authorities as they investigate the root cause of the accident. >> police said riders fell to the ground but later said that wasn't the case. frightening moments for all of those involved. good news, everyone is safe. >> ron, thank you. also a scary time for passengers on a thai airways plane. it skidded off a run way injuring 13 passengers.

officials blame a landing gear problem. passengers were evacuated down emergency slides. >> a new study may fuel more debate about mammograms and when women should start getting them. many women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 50 had never been screened. they suggest earlier regular mammograms for all women. more on this later on in the program. gas prices are inching higher. gas prices have risen 3 cents a gallon over the last two weeks to an average 3.58 a gallon for regular. gas is 25 cents a gallon cheaper than yesterday. >> at the u.s. open today they go at it in the men's final but last night another huge win for serena williams. she won in three sets to win her 5th women's singles title at the u.s. open. her 17th major title overall. that's how you celebrate as a

champ. congratulations. you can call her queen serena now. >> i used to have long nails before i watched that. two hours and 45 minutes. >> this is the second major title she won in three weeks. she won the "today" show challenge. >> interesting that you brought that up. >> yeah. >> way to go. >> you warmed her up, matt. >> meanwhile, it feels like a -- i know students across the country have been back in school for weeks. here in new york they go back to school today. it feels like a back to school day. >> temperatures are approaching 100 degrees and we talk about the reminisces of what happened in utah, it left all the vegetation gone. they got an inch or two of rain in alpine, utah. tons of mud and debris for the third time in three weeks they have seen this flooding. and then back to the fire in california where it continues to burn. the big problem is we are just

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when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? ♪ good morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live look you can see the bay bridge, all of the smoke from the morgan fire. we're going to give you an update in about 15 minutes on nbc bay area. it's going to be hot in livermore, 92 in san jose, 86 along the east shore, 87 oakland and hitting 78 degrees in san francisco. through the rest of the week temperatures drop off. . that's your latest weather. savannah. >> we have details on a youtube video on friday that is getting a lot of attention. an ohio man posted it confessed

to being drunk during a deadly crash. he could be indicted today. kristen dahlgren is at the courthouse in columbus. >> reporter: vaufz savannah, we have breaking news. we learned that matthew cordle has been indicted on vehicular homicide. he made clear in the video he made himself. he does not intend to fight. the confession has been viewed over 1 million times since it was posted last week. >> i made a mistake and got in my truck. completely blacked out and decided to drive home. >> reporter: it begins with the face obscured and face altered. >> my name is matthew cordle. on june 22nd, 2013, i hit and killed vincent.

>> reporter: he was a 61-year-old navy veteran and photographer and father of two. killed when cordle's truck slapped into his jeep at 2:20 in the morning. cordle was speeding and driving the wrong way. the video was surprise to cordle's defense attorney. >> in my years, i never met prior to charges being filed accepted responsibility. >> the compelling statement by the offender with a goal of deterring other people from drinking and driving. almost like a public service announcement. >> reporter: the video, cordle says that's why he is speaking out. >> i'm begging you, please don't drink and drive. >> reporter: but vincent's daughter says the video is quote, misleading. it is so he will get a lighter sentence. cordle has been charged. he is expected to turn himself in. if he is convicted, he could

face up to eight years in prison. >> kristen, thank you. we want to turn to buckingham palace that led to an embarrassing situation over the weekend. nbc's michelle kosinski is there with more. >> reporter: security is tight outside the palace. if we take a step away from our designated camera area, police are here in two seconds. it is mistifying that an intru e intruder got inside and then it was prince andrew. if you believe british papers, prince andrew was furious about what went on wednesday as he strolled along in the palace garden. armed police stopped him yelling put your hands up and dead on the ground for half a minute. now scotland yard has apologized

and saying no weapons were drawn or force used. prince andrew responded. police have a difficult job to do. sometimes they get it wrong. i'm grateful for their apology. >> they have to follow procedure. one incident, the queen's dresser forgot her security pass. she left it upstairs. she will go back up. started to go past the police man and pushed against the wall. prince andrew was not allowed in. >> reporter: this was one strange week. it emerged that a 37-year-old dee jay may have scaled one wall 12 feet high and kicking in a door and making his way according to reports inside a state room. he was about to smash through the glass when police caught him. the second man caught outside the palace. the target? the spectacular crown jewels on display in the state rooms. >> the only way you will

completely guard the queen or the president in the white house is if you erect a 50 or 60-foot fence with guard dogs and thousands of guards which is unacceptable. >> reporter: security will never been 100% here. in the past, people have gotten on the roof, balcony and once in the queen's bedroom while she slept. usually the security is scaled back when the royal family is not here. they were not on monday. back to you. >> michelle in london, thank you very much for the time in the queen's bedroom. that is a big oops. >> that is. that has to have happened a long time ago. >> exactly. london, as we all know, was the home of the summer games last year. games will be helped in tokyo in 2020. ann thompson has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah.

you know, tokyo won the bid for the 2020 games by promising the olympic committee that the games are in safe hands. the theme is discover tomorrow. that is boosting japan today. >> tokyo. >> reporter: to understand japan's reaction to tokyo winning the 2020 games, just remember what happened here two and a half years ago. the earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,000 people. now this nation on the cusp of an economic recovery has reason to celebrate. today, the japanese stock market hitting a five-year high. in the shopping district in ginza, this woman says it is promise. since the tsunami and earthquake, tourism has dropped. she hope was the olympics, people will come and learn tokyo say great city.

when they come, they will see wrestling. it beat out softball and baseball to remain in the olympics. >> it is another statement to say today is the most important day in the 3,000 year history of our sport. >> reporter: an olympic sports since the ancient greek games. now in japan the work begins. the weeks of radioactive water at the fukushima daiichi plant remains. the prime minister promised the olympic committee the problem would not affect tokyo. this nation hosted the two winter olympics in 1964 and prepares to welcome the world again. the international olympic committee has one more piece of business. that is to choose a successor to president jacque roge.

savannah and matt. >> thank you. >> what do you think? you, me and spandex? >> yes. >> wrestling is back. >> go give it a shot. >> coming -- oh, there you are. we need to show this video? >> we look 60 years old. >> i'm coming for you. coming up, we take a turn with the interview with anthony weiner. does he have any regrets? and alarming news about the nbc reuters investigation. it helps adoptive parents here in the u.s. find homes for their children. this is "today" on nbc. there are so many things that we do on a daily basis.

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it is 7:26. good morning. i'm jon kelley. let's get to you the weather forecast with christina loren. it's going to be a warm one. >> good morning to you, jon. i want to show you different perspectives from across the bay area. this is san jose where it's already nice and sunny. it's going to be a hot day. let's show you the golden gate bridge completely socked in with fog this morning. so you want to keep that in mind. however, i'm happy to report we have no flight delays out of sfo. even with all of that fog. we have a compressed marine layer to the surface this morning, you want to keep that in mind for your monday. no other delays across the nation. that's good news for you if you are trying to travel. 102 degrees in livermore. that's the bad news. 97 in santa teresa.

78 degrees even in the city by the bay, it's going to be another warm afternoon. i'm happy to report this is the hottest day of the week, we're going to drop off steadily tuesday into wednesday, back to the upper 80s as we head through the midsection of the week. a warm-up friday, then cooler. let's check the drive. >> it's slow, 101 southbound headed through san jose right now. we have an accident at tully and another at brokaw so things are slow in from gilroy. you can see right at silver valley or silver creek valley things slow down all the way so it's slow on 101 through san jose and as you head to montague expressway. slow on 580 through into 84 into sunol. >> thank you, anthony. a check on the mt. diablo fire. bob redell is on scene. this has doubled overnight. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you, jon.

in about 30 minutes cal fire will launch an air attack on the morgan fire. they were talking about two air tankers that will dump fire retardant in hopes of giving firefighters an edge. the fire is 10% contained. it grew from 800 acres to 1500 acres, threatening 100 homes mostly along morgan territory road. more equipment cointainment by hopefully later in the week. >> thanks, we're back in a half hour. ♪ ♪

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7:30 now on a monday morning. it's the 9th of september, 2013. we are in the 50s to start the day in new york city but things will definitely heat up tomorrow around here. country superstar keith urban will perform live on our plaza. so if you're in the area, come on down. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie inside our second floor studio. matt, al, and natalie are on the plaza. >> but we won't be out here all morning long for much longer. from what they tell us, we'll be inside our new studio 1-a home a week from today. they're putting the finishing touches on there. the trap doors. >> the bathrooms. >> that's right. we're looking forward to being there one week from today. >> coming up, dr. oz is going to join us. we'll get his take on a new

study out this morning making the case for breast cancer screenings in younger women as reported in our news a little while ago. in a bit we'll meet the two friends behind the addictive blog 40 days of dating. they were having problems in their own relationships so they decided to date each other. did they find love? are they still friends? we'll find out, savannah. >> we look forward to that but we'll begin this half hour with anthony weiner. the embattled candidate for mayor. the democratic primary is tomorrow. anthony good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. i don't have to tell you where the polls are. the last one had you at 7%. do you still feel you can pull this out? what are your chances of winning? >> they're good. >> how do you explain that when we see you at number four? >> this is why we have elections. voters get to decide these things, you know and i'm confident we're going to do well. >> you said that you knew this race would be brutal for you.

that you predicted basically the arc of coverage that you got. that kind of begs the question, why would you go forward with it? why would you do it knowing how brutal it would be? did you put your political ambitions over your family? >> well, because i didn't think that you should get to decide. i thought voters would get to decide. i knew the media coverage would be what it is but i thought citizens wanted a choice. somebody that would make a campaign based on an idea or someone focused on them. the great metaphor for the campaign. cameras circled around me at subway stops and voters sneaking in and saying tell me about housing and schools and the things maybe the guys with the cameras aren't going to talk about. so i made a decision i wasn't going to let you all decide. they're going to decide tomorrow. if they want a candidate with good ideas and has the independence to do it, they'll choose me. >> if they vote and it turns out something along the lines of the polls we see, will they have

rejected those very issues, rejected you personally? >> i have had a lot of head winds in the campaign. i was the underdog from the moment i got in. i'm not going to say you shouldn't fight for things you believe in. in the same way, a lot of people don't watch your show but you still want them to and you still want to put on a good show. that's the way i view these things. if you believe in something and you belief you want to fight for it and i fought for these things my entire life. i'm not going to stop because it got tough. and whatever i went through as a candidate is not close to what some go through that are voting tomorrow. a we talked this weekend and it struck me what seemed hardest about the campaign for you personally was how tough it was on your wife? do you regret bringing her into this? she was a big part of your rollout. >> she wasn't a big part of my roll out. she was four seconds in the opening video. she wasn't on the campaign trail for a month after. where is she? where is she? she came out for a few days. this thing was always about me. always about the issue in the campaign and frankly it was also

a lot about the mistakes i made in my personal life. >> and it's a moment when this second wave of scandal broke she came out and said i have forgiven him. and the implication was if i've forgiven him then voters can forgive him. do you regret having put her out there? >> it's not like i had her do something. she's my wife and she has things she wants to say and she is just someone who wanted to stand up and say that she thought the coverage was over the top and these things about my personal life which were far in our background should not be things that are dispositive for me being elected. she is voting for me tomorrow and she has been a great supporter. but this campaign isn't about me. i know you have this fascination about making this a soap opera but for citizens of new york a lot wanted it to be the issues of the campaign. maybe you were right and i was wrong. maybe you were right and i was wrong. >> i had to be struck when i saw your closing ad. it was on the stoop you grew up on in brooklyn. the first ad had her by your side.

it just raises the question, we can leave it at that -- >> we're going to leave it now. in the interview the other day on "meet the press" you asked me seven questions about puma. she is my wife i love her deeply. >> you're still together. >> i'm the candidate and tomorrow is the election. i know there might be someone out there in iowa someone cares about my wife but citizens of new york want to talk about their future and so do i. >> what do you think your future is? if you don't win tomorrow would you run for political office again? >> my intention is to win tomorrow. i'm going to be all around the city. i have 13 events today. telephone, town hall meetings, talking about issues. and that's why i'm running for mayor. >> do you feel like you would ever run for congress again? >> no. >> why not. >> congress is not that good a job anymore. there's such a center of gravity around stopping anything from happening. the tea party has held hostage to the place. it's not a great place if you want to go and solve problems.

being mayor of the city of new york city is a better place. i hope to be the mayor of the city of new york and i see no reason to go to congress after that. >> you told me this behavior that got you into trouble is behind you. you're no longer engaging in that behavior. >> yes i did tell you that. >> is that correct? >> yes, it is correct. >> and i noticed this quote from you last spring you mention your brother and he said, you would be great if you ran you'd be a great mayor or something but don't do it if it's going to screw you up again. do you feel it's been worth it? >> this is a little bit what the problem is. you want to talk about this personal thing and my background. i guess you can do that with candidates. this is now -- the citizens of city know embarrassing things about my personal life. i was one of the leading fighters for healthcare and i have the best ideas in this campaign. they know that every time someone said i want to talk about something besides the people of the city, i try to focus it back. i'm going to keep doing that. anthony weiner, thank you for

being here. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> now we'll take a turn and get a check of the weather from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by edward jones. nearly 7 million investors already know. face time makes a difference. >> and we have a nice brisk morning here. first time in new york city. when did you lose your teeth? did the tooth fairy come? >> yes. >> how much did tooth fairy leave? >> $1. >> 50 cents a tooth. not bad. >> $5? next time $5. adjusted for inflation. very nice. all right. let's check your weather and see what we've got for you. for today, we have got a rapid change in these temperatures. for example, here in the east, we are looking at cooler weather. right now, temperatures in the upper 30s, low 40s as you get into upstate new york and new england. today, highs only up into the low 70s to near 80 in washington but by wednesday, look at these temperatures, up into the 90s

all the way to boston. out west it's flip flopped. we have the strong upper level ridge, temperatures today approaching 100 in some spots. des moines 100, little rock 98. that front moves through and by thursday, temperatures drop down to the upper 70s. in chicago and st. paul. and kansas city and st. louis. that's what's going on around the country. 7:38. i'm meteorologist christina loren. good monday morning to you. a live look from high atop san bruno mountain. plenty of smoke coming from mt. diablo where the morgan fire continues to burn. 1500 acres at this point. 10% contained. we'll have a live update. 102 in livermore, 92 in san jose, 103 in fairfield. it's going to be a hot day. temperatures drop off through the week. plent ef mid 90s. that's your latest weather.

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legally yours. just like a biological child. they're expected to raise the child as their own. they're not part of the foster care system. they're on their own. if you might remember a few years ago an adoptive mother put her russian child on a plane to moscow with a note pinned to him but what we have uncovered is what happens far more commonly. there's an underground universe online where they can easily find a new home for a child. >> what happens to nora is known as rehoming but to her it felt like betrayal. as a 13-year-old with polio in a chinese orphanage she was thrilled to be adopted. >> i was the luckiest girl in the world. >> her parents grew unhappy with her and decided to rehome her. they found a family in tennessee and took her there on a road trip and never came back.

>> how were you feeling? >> confused. hurt. felt like they didn't love me. >> that's a really hard thing for a kid. >> yeah. >> reporter: over 18 months, megan examined an under ground universe of chat room where is desperate adoptive parents post notes advertising available kids. >> these websites are a place where parents can go to unload their unwanted adopted children and people can go to solicit unwanted children. >> reporter: on one site alone they captured 5,000 messages. >> she has a sweet disposition. he needs a chance to start over: we need someone willing to take her. >> reporter: that's one child advertised every week. once someone is interested they hand off the child with little or no paperwork. >> sometimes that happens at a home. other times it's at a motel parking lot or truck stop. >> a truck stop?

>> yeah, simply a transaction between one family and another. >> after learning about what they discovered on that one yahoo chatroom, i canthey shut down within an hour and other similar sites. facebook has not yet taken action. >> a lot of people shaking their heads over this. megan spent 18 months investigating this story enjoys us along with kate. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> why isn't this considered child trafficking? >> well, in order for it to be considered child trafficking the person taking the child has to pay for the child and many times there's no money being changed hands in these transactions. >> but kate started her introduction by saying once you adopt a child from overseas, that child is just like your biological child. they're your child. well, a biological parent can't take their kids to a truck stop and hand them off to strangers and drive away. why are parents in this case

allowed to do that? >> well, actually parents can do that with their biological children but what's evident if you examine the rehoming network is that that's not happening. parents aren't going on and offering their biological children, they're just offering their adopted children. >> which raises an interesting point. i think some of the parents we talked to, they feel like it's not the same as having a biological child. which in the adoption community, no one wants to think that. everyone wants it to be the same thing as when you have a biological child. >> it's remarkably easy to get rid of an unwanted child in the united states. all you need is a power of attorney, 400 word document that's notarized where you basically sign over your child to another adult and say they're now in their custody. it's not filed anywhere. there's no court involvement. no judge. >> i was going to say the key thing is in many cases nobody is watching over this. nobody is monitoring the websites that megan uncovered. >> startling.

thank you very much. kate thank you very much. you can find more on our website today.com and tonight on nbc nightly news. and we're back right after this. susie is dying to meet you. oh, steer clear of kristen, she can't control herself around chocolate. she'll devour you. really? i'd be a terrible friend if i didn't warn you. gotta go! yeah, uh, thanks for introducing us.

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good morning everybody. i'm jon kelley. five people including two firefighters in the hospital this morning after a fire erupts at a home in fremont. we have pictures here from that scene. these are from a neighbor. the flames broke out at about 4:30 this morning on farwell drive near mowry avenue. a couple and their son in the home, the crews rushed them to a hospital after rescuing them. they were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. two firefighters as we told you were hurt. they were taken to the hospital with minor to moderate injures and we're told the house has been completely gutted. meantime, the big time fire burning in mount dubl has doubled in size. that happened overnight. flames scorching about 1500 acres, that forced about 100 homes to evacuate.

crews there, about 300 firefighters on the ground. they have this about 10% contained. of course weather will be a factor in this one fighting those fires. christina loren is here to tell us about that. >> good morning. welcome back, by the way. we're starting out nice and mild. we expect triple digit heat in the east bay, 90 degrees on top of mt. diablo. so we take you through your changes, right at noon, temperatures in the 90s at that point i'm forecasting 102 degrees later on today in livermore. 98 gilroy. 92 in san jose. a warm day in san francisco, gradual cooling starting tomorrow. let's check your drive. >> slow in san jose, really every major highway is bogged down because of heavy traffic. 101 northbound is slow because of two accidents, one at tully, and the second at montague. things are slow not only there but in the peninsula and of course in the east bay on 88 southbound. >> thank you very much.

we'll have more in a half hour. the "today" show rolls on.

we're here for fashion week. >> we love the "today" show. >> i'm here to celebrate my 50th with my daughter-in-law and my girlfriends. >> happy birthday. >> where are your teeth? you came but your teeth didn't. >> we're here in new york having a blast. >> hey, y'all, good morning, alabama. >> here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> there we go. there you go. >> watch out for your job mr. roker. it's 8:00 on a monday morning, the 9th day of september, 2013. it's a beautiful day here in new york city. cool and crisp and sunny and

right now you have people on the plaza rubbing elbows with the one and only billy crystal. one of our favorites here. he has a brand new book and is coming back to broadway. and just passed a milestone in his life. it's terrible. you take a lot of pills today? >> a lot of water. >> anyway, we'll talk to billy in a little while. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> i said hey to someone in the crowd and they said can you send billy over? tonight is the night, it's the kick off of the million second quiz. it's a ten day television event that will give away the largest game show prize in history. coming up, he explains how the show works. it's here in new york city and there i am in the money chair. >> how long did you stay there? >> just a few seconds. >> the goal is to stay there for a long time. >> it was no million seconds.

>> we'll be there live tomorrow morning. looking forward to that. here's something you think about for your next flight. which would you rather, access to the bathroom or wifi? >> is it even close? >> you know, you'd be surprised at number of people that would choose wifi? >> really? at my age you need the bathroom on the plane. especially on a long flight. that's enough information. and dr. oz is here. a lot to talk to him about. he's doing blood pressure with billy. that's good. including arsenic levels in your rice and the controversy. >> what was that. what's going on there? >> that's supposed to be a private test they have once a year. >> talk about too much information. >> on a serious note when women should start having regular mammograms. we'll talk to dr. oz about that. not billy. >> lots to get to this morning. we'll get to natalie with a check of today's top stories. good morning again. >> good morning everyone. bashar al assad is speaking out about a threatened u.s. strike.

she denies his forces used chemical weapons and warned about retaliation if the u.s. attacked saying, quote, you can expect everything. meantime, president obama is taking his case on syria to the people. he will do a series of television interviewed today and then address the nation on tuesday. also today the white house is holding a classified briefing for member of congress to show them new graphic videos of an alleged gas attack. >> it's the last full day of campaigning before the new york city mayoral primary. anthony weiner is running well back in the polls and early on today savannah asked the candidate about the role his wife played in the campaign. >> she wasn't a big part of the roll out. she was four seconds on the opening video and she wasn't on the trail for a month after. this thing was all about me. always about the issues in the campaign and frankly, it was also a lot about the mistakes i made in my personal life.

>> he did say if he loses tomorrow he has no plans to run again for congress. >> this morning on rossen reports, an update on our hidden camera investigation into the popular party drug molly linked to several deaths of college students. now authorities want to know if all the cases are connected. jeff rossen is here with more. jeff, good morning. >> hey, natalie, good morning. police have been worried about this drug for quite some time but as it keeps getting more and more popular, more and more mainstream, they're especially concerned now. four people killed, most of them college students in the past two weeks alone. this morning, the new headline, police are vaeth whether all the deaths are connected. if one bad batch of molly is sweeping across the east coast. it is the new party high. molly. sold as powder, capsules, even pink crystals like this. in boston, britney flanigan today molly and died at a night

club. days later in new york. jeffrey and olivia died after expected overdoses and in washington d.c., shelly goldsmith, a uva honor student was out dancing with friends, took molly and died. her parents are heart broken. >> we had no indication. this is someone who was very concerned about having a healthy body. she would not have done something that she thought would have hurt her. >> now, police are comparing all the victims autopsies for clues. did a single bad batch of molly distributed up and down the east coast kill all four of them? >> some of the stuff is cooked up locally. other of it is imported in. there's no consistency to it. that makes it dangerous. >> reporter: molly is the pure form of mdma or ecstasy but according to federal officials molly is often contaminated with even more lethal chemicals and for kids, getting molly is easy.

we found dozens of ads pedaling it on craigslist. last week we responded and set up a meeting. our producer posing as the potential buyer. [ inaudible ] >> yeah, then you start feeling it. >> is it safe? >> you're not going to die or anything. >> reporter: but authorities say that's dead wrong. just ask the parents of victims. >> every parent that is diluting themselves into thinking that it is -- it is something that their kid would never do needs to hear shelly's story. >> if there is a bad batch of molly out there killing people, authorities want to get their hands on it and the supplier of course quickly. boston police now telling nbc news they're launching more undercover stings to crack down on anyone selling molly. we're talking about molly laced

with bad stuff. >> jeff rossen, thank you for the update. well, get ready for a whole lot of gator. look at this monster, 13 feet long, 737.5 pounds. they hauled in this giant in seminole county. that's a catch any law man can brag about. it's 8:07. you're up to date. back to savannah, matt, and al. >> mr. roker, somehow the weather looking? >> a little brisk here but all in all not too bad around a good portion of the country. first of all, our pick city of the day, atlantic city at nbc 40. 74 degrees. as you look on the satellite, the afternoon temperatures, it's hot, des moines iowa getting up to 100 degrees. stretching down to the lower mississippi river valley. central california hot as well. not helping the wildfires out there. you can see a lot of heavy showers and thunderstorms making

their way through the northern plains. a little on the chilly side. moisture in the southwest with more rain and the pos time now is 8:08. thank you, al. good morning. taking a live look here. you can see the bay bridge. you can see the smoke from the mt. diablo area where we have that fire burning. this is what firefighters are competing against. 90-degree temperatures. winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles an hour. very reduced humidity levels. make sure you're ready for that 102 days. 92 in san jose. 78 in san francisco. that's your latest weather. >> thanks. when we come back, we'll talk about how people are reacting for the choice of bruno mars for the super bowl halftime show. >> and dr. oz with cancer

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we're back at 8:12 with what's trending today. we have to get back in the swing of this. something trending from the associated press. did diana nyad cheat during her swim? that's what some fellow swimmers are asking after she finished an epic journey from cuba to florida last week. here's the claim, that perhaps nyad held on to or got into the boat that was tracking her trip. others zeros in on the specialized mask and body suit she wore to protect herself from jelly fish. nyad's team denies cheating saying she was helped along on that swim by very swift currents. >> which is something she said all along. >> those claims are ridiculous. >> somebody that's tried it five times. 53 hours in the water and her people were not allowed to touch

her even. they fed her through a stau. >> i did see one piece of footage of her spinning around the water. she might have been holding on to the propeller of the boat. >> there's a lot of haters out there. somebody finally achieves something and they have to knock it down. >> 64 years old and to accomplish that. you can't take that away from her. >> trending on the los angeles times, what would you do to get internet access while flying. we know how great sit to have wifi on a plane. 61% of flyers said not having wifi is worse than being in a seat that didn't recline. 32 worst than crying baby and 13% of you folks out there said you would rather do without bathroom access if it meant you could have wifi. >> they need to get lives. >> i actually like it when there's no wifi. there's an excuse not to do more

work. >> no reclining seat? >> no way. >> people are too connected. they need time away from wifi. meanwhile, trending on twitter, the nfl season just getting underway but we know who is going to be headlining the super bowl halftime show. [ music playing ] well, he maybe locked out of heaven but they'll allow him on the field. the nfl announcing that bruno mars will rock fans in february at new jersey's met life stadium. the hits include grenade and just the way you are. some say they don't see him as a good fit for the super bowl. others said they perhaps wanted a little more of a new jersey new york act such as bruce springsteen or bon jovi. >> he's an incredible live show. >> there's great cory i canener.

it's perfect. would it be great if for his last song he would be joined by springsteen and bon jovi. >> no wardrobe malfunctions guaranteed. >> there you go. now trending on google. m&m's awkwa emotio . >> he is going to join the saturday night crew with our music introstarting next saturday night. >> sorry, live tv freaks me out a little bit. >> no. >> yes, i'm sorry. what was the question? >> all right. >> awkward. >> that deer in the headlights look during an appearance saturday. he was a special guest and we mean special at the halftime of the michigan notre dame game. actually i've done that same look. >> he said i'm really uncomfortable right now. >> is this live?

are we on live? >> wow. >> learn once, you don't do it again. >> true. >> that is what is trending today. meanwhile, straight ahead on our 8:00 block, ryan seacrest gives savannah a tour of the million second quiz set. we'll get to that in a minute but first today's cover story. dr. oz, his fifth season debuts today with life saving information and more time for humor and games. comedian wayne brady got a taste of that when he had to come up with a song based on an audience members suggested title with a medical theme. take a look. ♪ i just wanted to mention i was feeling a liquid retention ♪ ♪ i didn't need that kidney anyway. ♪ ♪ i don't know if you've seen ♪ the only kidney that i want

i'm talking about the kidney beans ♪ ♪ yes it will never hurt me ♪ because it regulates >> a little dancing there. nice to see you. welcome back. can i pick your brain on things in the news. >> be honored. >> i want to talk about this new study. there's a study that suggests the death rate from cancer in women under 40 and in women between 40 and 49 is higher than among older age groups. this is for cancer. tell me about it. >> it's not because it demonstrates what i think most of us appreciate which is breast cancer in younger woman is worse than older woman. but they found that women screened seemed to have been less likely to have died than people not screened. so they're calling into the debate the issue of when you should start. >> with a recommendation back in 2009 with a study saying no,

wait until you're 50 and if you look to the numbers we just talked about, if i'm a woman and i'm under 50, i start earlier. >> a lot of us do it to prevent bad things happening in our lives. the real debate and the reason they argued for delaying it is not because we're very cavalier about young women dying of breast cancer is because the test itself isn't that good. here you are 40 years old, perfectly healthy, someone tells you might have breast cancer, all of a sudden you change your life for the worst. i wouldn't change the recommendation. >> on the next one, the fda took samples, like 1300 samples of rice. the kind a lot of people would serve on their dinner tables and could not find any alarge evidence of elevated levels of arsenic. this is a study near and dear to you. >> i still feel it should be lower. >> what about rice sf. >> because rice is grown in

swamps it soaks it up from the soil. my recommendations is you can keep using rice but don't make it your only grain. especially for young kids, use barley and other types of grains. that way you get a little less arsenic. it might be helpful. >> 5th season of your show debuts today. it's been incredibly healthy to a lot of people. a lot of life saving information. you'll change things, though and make it more fun, why? >> if i have to give a short diagnosis it's funitis. it's as important as losing weight and maintaining your health. it takes awhile but i feel more confident this year. bigger demos. we can be louder and have people enjoy life. >> but is it also a better way to get people to digest important information? if you make it fun, it doesn't seem like they're reading a textbook. >> i think without any question.

watching the "today" show i see the same reality. you can teach me better if i'm enjoying the experience and it take as while to mature as a host and be able to do that. i'm proud we can go in this direction. >> are you still enjoying it? having fun? >> it's a blast. >> good to have you again. the new season of dr. oz starts today. savannah. >> thank you. the competition for the biggest prize in game show history begins tonight right here on nbc. it's called the million second quiz and i had about a million questions about it. so i went right to the host, meeting up with ryan seacrest near times square. >> a million seconds. >> reporter: it's a battle of knowledge, strategy and endurance. rapid fire trivia questions 24/7 for 11 days straight. >> so this is kind of your home for the next 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds. >> really well studied savannah. >> a million seconds. >> yes, this is the million second quiz. i'm not on the 24/7 but the c

contestants are around the clock. >> this is it. >> this is the money chair. this is where they play when we're not on primetime. >> if you're sitting in this chair, you're accumulating money. >> that's right. >> there's a lot of different ways to get on this show. >> you can show upright here and walk in and try and compete. you can complete by playing on the app. they get a certain of number of points that are eligible and each night we'll be in someone's house and bring them here for the show. we'll say hi, thanks for playing the app, and come join us. >> the top four players at any given time will actually move in, living on the million second quiz campus as long as they keep winning. >> this is where they sleep? >> this is it. this is a pod. see how comfortable it is. >> were pillows not available. >> sheet spray and pillows are optional. >> will cameras be watching everyone sleep.

>> oh my god. >> hey world. >> i don't know how much sleep you're going to get. you're in a fish bowl here. >> it's amazing how you volunteered to sleep here to understand how the contestants feel. >> i figure i would get to know them by rotating through the pods. >> snuggle with them. >> it's the way i investigate. >> let's go upstairs because that's where the magic happens. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> let's see the hour glass. >> that magic happens in the heart of manhattan in what they call the hour glass of time. five stories high, it took more than a month to build and weighs 18,000 pounds. >> wow. >> this is the office. >> and it's here each night ryan hosts competition live. >> yeah, it's really -- at night, it's amazing when they light up all the buildings around us. >> reporter: ryan invited me to compete so i took my place in the money chair. >> it's the drink holder. >> you're here for a long time. >> 1,000 contestants are

expected to sit in this chair answering a total of more than 20,000 questions. i did. >> castro once banned cuban citizens from playing which board game. a clue, b risk, c monopoly or battleship? >> monopoly. >> yes it is. you get a point. >> australians call it fairy floss. what do we call it? dental floss, glitter, cotton candy or easter glass. >> b, glitter. >> c, cotton candy. >> oh, come on. >> that's all right. savannah smiles, caramel delights and mango creams are three varieties of what, starbucks beverages, girl scout cookies -- >> girl scout cookies. >> congratulations. let's say you won and then you go on to face your next

challenger. we'll be right back and you keep making money. >> it's going to be great. >> i have one question for you, how long is a million seconds. >> i have a feeling you know the second. >> 11 days, 13 hours, 46 hours and 40 seconds. >> we're counting down from a million seconds. that's how i find out. >> thank you for having me. >> good to see you. >> that's going to be cold up there that set. >> cold, windy, loud, exciting. >> raining. >> well it is, it's completely exposed. if you drive down 11th avenue, you will see it. it looks like a spaceship ready to take off. >> our hour glass. >> they call it the hour glass. >> you did well. >> well. >> you won $30. >> i'm an nbc employee, i'm prevented from winning. >> they should try out. >> anybody can. you can wait in line. you can play the app. there's a lot of plays to way. >> you can be a line jumper. >> exactly. >> we're actually going to meet the very first line jumper in a

few minutes here and you can catch the premiere of the million second quiz tonight here on nbc. coming up, good morning. it's 8:26. this morning investigations underway after a deadly weekend in san jose with three homicides in three days. on friday, a man was shot and killed outside his home. saturday, a woman was found stabbed to death in south san jose. just yesterday, a man was found slumpd over in a car parked near spartan stadium. in the most recent case, police say there are signs of foul play, but they would not say how the man died. time to check that morning commute. anthony in for mike this morning. >> good morning. we are seeing things really slow right now in san jose. in fact, every major highway is bogged down. not only there but across the peninsula and east bay. 101 northbound, cars are moving slowly. it's because of three separate

accidents we had earlier this morning. one in tully. that's keeping things really slow. you can notice on 280 headed through the city, things are really slow there as well. let's take you outside. slow on the southbound side of 101. moving slowly in oakland. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. another local news update coming up in half an hour. have a great monday morning. [ wind howling ]

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8:30 on a monday morning, the 9th of september, 2013 as we say good morning to our lovely crowd. a reminder for you that keith urban will be in this very place. a live performance on our plaza today. savannah guthrie along side matt lauer al roker and natalie morales. >> cee lo green is with us today. he has a book opening up about

his life. we'll talk to him about that and the blueberry muffin and how he is feeling as he prepares to return to the voice. >> good to see him. >> we'll have fun with mr. billy crystal. he is offering his view on aging. >> he kills himself. >> he plays him. it's like he's reading it for the first time. >> it's a take on aging in the new memoir. >> an interesting spin on dating. they were friends for four years and weren't having good experience in their dating life. what if we date each other for a couple of days? the result was an addictive blog. what did they learn from the experience? they'll tell us how it turned out. >> they look happy. he does at least. >> also a new question about "the bone season" for our book club members. what happened in sheol i during

bone season 18. you'll get a shot at a nice reward. head to today.com. are you reading along. >> this is the portion of the program where natalie has communication with viewers that none of us understand. >> i'm the one that knows the answer. >> let's show you a check of the weather. >> we have a lot of wet weather stretching from the plains into the southwest. gorgeous along the west coast. 86 in portland today. cooler in the northeast. the heat continues in the central plains and then as we make our way tomorrow, slight risk of strong storms in northern new england. sunny and hot up and down the west coast. the heat continues through the southwest on into the mid-atlantic states. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's thank you, al. good morning to 6(7you. the time now 8:32.

very deceptive shot over the golden gate bridge. lots of fog. it's going to burn off quickly by 11:00. mostly sunny conditions. you're headed towards a high of 78 degrees in san francisco as a result. 102 in livermore. good news is we cool off tuesday through wednesday, finally getting back to seasonal averages. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. she travelled from dallas texas to be here in new york this morning. she's the first line jumper on million second quiz and will compete tonight. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> you found out during the big football game. >> yes, yesterday. >> which worked out well because you're from dallas. >> yeah. >> you did well. >> yes. >> how many questions did you get right to get that door knock? >> i have an accuracy rate of about 75% and i play a lot. >> so you're addicted?

>> tote lally addicted. >> do you have what it takes to go the distance? >> the whole distance. i'm ready. >> when you were watching the story in savannah, you saw for the first time where you were going to sleep. >> yes, that looks interesting. but i'll try to get shut eye and play my trivia. >> what's your strategy? >> my strategy will be just to play as much as possible and concentrate on the game. >> good luck. >> thank you so much. >> that's going to be tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central here on nbc. the million second quiz. matt. >> all right, al, thank you very much. let's say hello to comedian, actor, producer and great guy mr. billy crystal. he is out with a new book about his life, his career, and what it means to be 65. it's called still foolin em, where i've been, where am i going and where the hell are my keys. >> it's been a long time. >> i mean this as nothing but a compliment but i can't imagine

you being 65. >> yeah, neither can i. that's why i wrote the book. >> you heard the question a thousand times, how old do you feel emotionally. >> oh, 7, 8 at times. >> a little more than that. >> no, i'm there. >> you really do? >> yeah, but that's a good thing. because that's an assumption that 65 is done with, you're done. i feel better than i have in a long time. >> but you're etched in my mind, you're etched in your 40s in my mind. >> my 40s were difficult. >> were they? >> this is better time? >> better time. >> stereotypes. your memory starts to go. >> i'm sorry. >> not your hearing, your memory. >> no, my memory is pretty good. >> yeah -- >> but let me tell you something, al -- matt. >> napping, do you just fall off in the middle of the day. >> no. >> are you not a good napper? >> no, i'm not. i've never been a good napper.

i'm an insomiac. i've been up since 1948. >> people as they get older tend to get annoyed more easily? >> maybe that's true. >> i think we have finally gotten one here. >> yeah. >> the notes that are falling off your lap. they're bothering me. >> what else annoys you? you write about some of this in the book. >> yeah. >> the tsa regulations are not your favorite things. >> no, i have gotten groped. i have gotten fondeled. >> let's stick to the tsa, though. they bug you. >> yeah, listen, i do a great job because we have been good but they get a little too familiar. >> cell phones in restaurants. >> the worst thing ever. >> really? >> besides the theater. when i was doing on broadway and we're coming back, we'll be here in november with a spot in minneapolis first, i'd be on stage and people would -- this is way before this started -- the texting thing started. >> right and i start playing the

first act and this woman is on the phone. so i started playing it to her and she looked up and she said have to go, he's looking at me. >> did you ever just look at somebody and say put it away or i'll wait for you? >> one show we had 12 rings late in the second act. >> and people need to know. it's a very intense show. >> and it gets -- especially ward the end and then they had personalized rings. so you'd hear, and it's the god father theme and you don't want to say to who ever that is, put that away. you don't know who it is. >> no, i got to take this call, pal. i got to take this call. so it gets freaky. >> you are such a good guest because you lead me into my whole next section of the interview which is about the great impersonations you do. for years we talked about this. the whole saturday night live

thing. there had to be a time where you just got sick and tired of people coming up on the street and saying you love marvelous. >> i guy did it outside when i did my tease. >> now after all of these years is it a compliment again because the character was so important to people? >> sure. and because of the youtube -- the youtube -- that's very 60s. >> because of that internet thing. >> yeah and the computers that the young people have, it lives on. so people see it. that's great. >> i always loved your mohammed ali and the voice almost came to you accidentally. >> it did. i was at the godfather. what i did before and watching marlin who was so incredible in it and i said i can do this so i started trying to do brando and i wasn't hitting it so it became ali.

>> i wanted to beat joe frazier. i wanted to be the greatest of all time. that's really how it happened. >> the lightbulb went on. >> i talk about so many great characters on tv and in the movies. i think the scene that will forever be associated with you is when harry met sally. tell me how the scene when she fakes an orgasm. was it on the page that way or was there a lot of improv in the shooting? >> it started in the rehearsal where she said women fake orgasms and he was shocked and i said well they haven't faked one with me which became a line. >> right. >> so we were on the lower east side about the shoot the scene and we talked about it and in that rehearsal meg said i should i fake one.

like in a public place. >> like a restaurant with a lot of people. >> a huge one. >> yeah and then there should be an older woman that says waiter i'll have what she is having. >> is that really how it happened? >> that's exactly how it happened. rob is a great director. nora was great and meg was the perfect partner. >> when you saw it on film and the audience reaction -- >> went crazy. i was sitting in the back. the first screening was in passadena and the funny part about it was in rehearsal before we shot it meg was a little nervous so the first orgasm was like so so. the second one was like you're married 12 years and then rob said no i want you to do it this way. >> like newlywed. >> and he sat down opposite me so now it looks like i'm on a date with him. and, matt, he has an orgasm that

king kong would be jealous of. and his mother played i'll have what she's having. she was the woman. and the extras applaud and he said i shouldn't have done that. i said meg is fine. she's okay. he said no, i just had an orgasm in front of my mother. >> you're a big yankee fan as i am. it has to be hard with the scandals. have you ever used performance enhancing drugs? >> just this morning. >> it worked. >> yeah. >> great to see you. >> always great to have you here. you're going back to broadway with 700 sundays which i should mention i saw three times. very moving. >> thank you. >> means a lot to a lot of people. the book is still foolin em. thank you very much. >> two friends tired of the dating scene give each other a shot for 40 days. how their

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we are back at 8:43 with a unique experience. two friends dealing with relationship problems decided to see if they could fall in love after 40 days of dating. >> graphic designers here in new york documented their journey leading up to last friday, day 40. >> we just weren't right for each other. >> i barely even held her hand today. i just don't know if i'm ready for this and as much as i try to convince myself, it's obviously not working for me. >> and jessica and tim join us this morning. good to see you. >> thank you. >> this actually happened in the spring, right? >> yes. >> but you launched the website over the summer. that's why it ended last friday. i want to start with an indelicate question because i like to do that. when you decided you would date, what was your definition of

dating? >> well, i think, it was an experiment. that was the whole point. so it was going into this with the idea of trying to learn more about ourselves. >> i think what matt is asking. >> and putting parameters around that. >> did you say we'll date like there will be hooking up here. >> we left it open. >> yeah. >> there was a rule. there were six rules and one of the rules is that we weren't allowed to hook up with anyone else but there were no rules that we had to. >> did it feel forced. you decided we're going to date for 40 days. you've been friends for four years. presumably that's because there never was any spark before. how was it to force yourself to date him. >> that sounds really nice. >> well, i mean. >> come on, give me a little more than that. >> well, it was a little awkward at first. especially because we had some rules like going to couple's therapy together which is not something you do when you just start dating someone. >> the first kiss game on day 18

from what i understand. >> yeah. >> long time friends. i'm sure you kissed on the cheek before but now you kiss kiss, were there fireworks like in the movies. >> like when harry met sally. >> yeah. there was a little bit. there was a lot of anxiety and excitement. nothing was natural about it. so everything -- we had to take everything with a grain of salt. >> the point of this was we both separately have had issues in relationships. what if we tried to work together and figure out what our baggage is and was that successful? >> i think it was successful in many ways because even if we didn't come out in a relationship, we both consider the experiment a success because we learned so much about ourselves and each other. >> we knew our story wasn't uncommon. our story is not unlike a lot of people's stories and issues. so we knew that was a way to kind of, like, having a

dialogue. >> jessica, you say even if we didn't come out in a relationship. so after 40 days of dating you did or didn't end up in a relationship. >> we broke up the last day. >> that's heartbreaking. >> but you're still friends. >> we're still good friends. >> all of this was documented on video. you already had interest from hollywood about this which raises the question, is this just a publicity stunt? what do you say to that? >> no, that's why we didn't do it live. we wanted to keep the sincerity to the project first and we didn't want to be influenced by people's opinions on the public perception because we never read each others entries. so it was important to do it first and we didn't even know we were going to post it. >> not until we actually did it and put our questions and answers side by side did we think it was something interesting. >> it's a brave thing to do. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. and up next, cee lo green on his return to the voice.

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♪ >> back now at 8:50 with cee lo green's hit off his 2010 album the lady killer. see low he is getting ready to return to his coach's chair on the voice this month. but right now he is focused on the release of his auto biography. entitled, everybody's brother. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> everybody's brother. what does that title mean? >> the way they say there's a black sheep in everybody's family. i try to do the music that's relating to everybody. the connection between a song is the truth, you know what i'm saying? honesty brings us together. >> no question this is a very raw and honest autobiography. you tell a lot of tales on yourself.

you confess to sins and bad behavior when you were younger. >> yeah i was one of those kids. inner city youth and finding my way but i made it surprisingly enough. >> there was a part when you say there were many times growing up in the dirty south if i wonder if the big mistake was not my father dying so young but me being born at all. my body was too short and my head was too big and i dressed different so i would get picked on. you talk about being an underdog. does that feeling ever leave you? >> it's such a feeling of endearment at this point. i embrace it. i make sure that i make a representation and voice for those that have been unsung and underappreciated and give them courage and acknowledgment. >> you write about your mom. she sounded like an amazing lady. one of the first african american female firefighters. that's right. what impact do you think she had on you. >> she's everything that i am, actually. i said this on a couple of occasions. it feels as if they did not pass

on but a former self passed on and i'm alive because of their energy and investment in me. so my mother is still very much alive in me and my action and accomplishments so far. >> you learned all about this book and your journey and it took a long time to become the cee lo green we see today. of course, there was the famous song. i'll clean it up for morning tv. forget you. did we find out who that was directed to? i'm surprised people still love this song. >> i perform it every day and people still love it. i'm working on a new album called girl power. it's in stores right now. and that song was just -- it was just for fun. >> you're excited about the voice. keep coming ck. whose butt are you going to kick? >> i'm going to kick blake's big country butt. that's right. i'm saying it right here. but the new season has a lot of talent. i'm very excited to be back. myself, christina, blake and adam. it's all friendly competition.

>> one thing i learned about you in this book is that you love and really love tv theme songs. >> yes. >> what is one of your favorites? >> oh, man. everything from barney miller to night court to family ties. >> what about the love boat? >> the love boat ♪ will be making another run ♪ >> samford and sons. it doesn't have any words, does it? the music is so fitting and famous. it's wonderful. there it is. >> yeah. >> cee lo green. the book is called everybody's brother. it's a great way to learn more about you. we can't wait to catch you on "the voice." it premieres two weeks from today right here on nbc. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me again. >> we're back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

coming up, look who is here. mr. steve harvey. >> how are you doing, pal? >> i'm good. i'm here with you. >> we did one little thing, just a brief thing before season number one but now season number -- >> two. i'm here with all the big dogs. i'm outside front and center. >> exactly. >> tell us about your childhood. just kidding. >> all of a sudden scared. >> the things that you can repeat.

>> yeah. >> what do you want to do season 2 that you didn't do season 1? >> i just want to be bigger. i want to be bigger, better, funnier, more informative, more helpful. more inspirational. a lot of the same. you can't reinvent this wheel. daytime tv. >> a lot more with steve harvey in a few minutes. great to see you again. let's get a check of your local news and weather. good morning to you. it's 8:56. the firexdñ burning in mt. diab has doubled in size overnight. flames have scorched 1500 acres, forcing about 100 homes to evacua evacuate. crews have it 10% contained. want to check the forecast now. a warm one. >> yeah, it's going to be really hot. not helping out the firefightering efforts out

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toaster strudel. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this monday morning. it's the 9th of september, 2013. i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales. >> today is back to school day for a lot of kids in the new york area. >> i have a high school student now. lela is in high school. >> how you feeling? >> i'm happy. >> first of all, i was ready for back to school. >> been a long summer. >> it's like this natural transition. i'm very excited for her. >> but your wife sad. >> deborah is sniffling. i just got off the phone with her. >> it's a big day.

>> not a baby anymore. >> speaking of, luke turned 5 today. >> happy birthday luke. >> big guy. >> luke is 5. i can't believe it. yesterday we were like -- now you have to do everything by yourself. you have to eat by yourself because sometimes he gets lazy. you have to do other things by yourself. learn how to wipe. >> oh. still not down that road. >> it took awhile. >> wow, let's talk about the news. >> yeah. >> how about buckingham palace. did you hear about this? uniform police mistakenly challenged prince andrew on the grounds of buckingham palace. thought he was an intruder. officers approached him and asked him to verify his identity. no weapons were drawn. >> they didn't notice the crowd. >> he is fifth in line to the thrown. this came days after a -- >> he is -- >> there was reason for this because at buckingham palace

there was -- or like two days ago, previously -- a couple of days ago rather there was aym m arrested on the premises there. >> in the state rooms. >> he was trying to get inside the palace. >> the prinolice said we're grateful to the duke for his understanding and -- >> including the strip search. >> police have a difficult job to do and is grateful for their apology and looks forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future. >> do we think that, say, any time there's some sort of an intrusion at the white house, do we think that report that in britain? >> no. >> no. >> then why -- >> but in this case it's such a glaring case of mistaken identity. let's go back to other one where the guy gets into the state rooms. it's like none of the royals were home.

but big news. >> well. >> why do we care so much. >> the question is do people care that much. >> i don't think so. >> i don't know. >> but in this case if the metropolitan police in london are almost arresting prince andrew there's fast nation with that. >> they need a bigger pr guy if they don't know who he is. can you imagine joe biden walking on to the ground of the white house, freeze! . i think they know who he is. >> prince andrew needs to get home more. >> visit your mother more. >> and this won't happen so much. >> they said he was wandering the garden as if he was just shuffling around. >> he was looking at roses. he clipped one and put it on the lapel. >> wear the crown more. >> he's fifth in line. >> he's a prince. he's got a crown. >> he has to have a crown. >> fifth in line, he's prince charles's brother. he should have a crown. >> let's talk about football

last night. carrie underwood. >> yeah. >> it was faith hill forever. >> right. >> last night the new song waiting all day for sunday night introducing carrie underwood. let's see what you say [ music playing [ music playing ] ♪ the stadium's rocking time to crank up the sound ♪ ♪ the nfl's best have come to play ♪ ♪ coast-to-coast there's just one thing left to say ♪ >> so it's good. >> i love her. >> it's not all that different from the last one. >> no it isn't. so what are people getting worked up about. >> people are pointing out differences. they see a lot more leg with faith hill they said. there's a lot more about the leg. >> who is pointing that out. >> people. comments, you know, posters out there. >> no one points that out. >> it's just ridiculous.

>> she has on short shorts. >> here's the important thing -- >> it's almost the same thing. >> we were talking earlier we think it's a little sexist. it's 50/50 watching football now. >> faith hill should have been tim mcgraw and faith hill. >> that would have been great. >> they're trying to attract women viewers. >> they are. >> she did a great job. but if they were to do a duet. >> who would you go with? >> adam levine and beyonce. >> that would be huge. >> huge. that's the best combination right there. >> carrie underwood is great. >> please. >> this is an interesting story. see what you think about this. from the new york times, there's a 38-year-old woman in new jersey that wants her soon to be ex-husband to pay $20,000 to cover her egg freezing procedures. >> why. >> during their marriage the couple had undergone several

failed attempts so when they got married the expectation was they would start a family. she entered with the expectation of kids and is leaving without them. she feels like she is getting old enough and may not meet someone in time to have one on her own. >> so many women are in that situation. and you start rewriting law if you start going down this road. >> yeah. >> and it's a slippery slope. the woman who wrote the article points out, so what, so now she is going to say my chances of having a child have decreased but my bobs are also much smaller and they're flat so it's time to pay for my implant job. >> that's cosmetic. >> there's no guarantees. we did invtro with both kids and had several failed tries. there's no guarantees. the idea that she wants a guarantee, the egg freezing, which still doesn't guarantee she is going to have children. >> she is 38 years old and does

have a shot still. she meets somebody in the next couple of years. so she should go out on a lot of dates. >> we don't know the circumstances of the divorce but it could be maybe not the legal thing to do but the right thing to do for him to float her $20,000. if it makes you happy. >> certainly settle things a little bit. >> that gets it out of the way. >> but i don't know if the law is going to carry this one on her behalf. >> it's an interesting case. it will make a lot of people question. >> absolutely. >> what they're entitled to. >> it's a story out of harang gets voir di-- harvard. >> the harvard. >> the one and only. >> the freshman class there, a bunch of them confessed to cheating. 42%, in fact, admitted to cheating on a homework assignment or problem set. 10% of the incoming freshman class admitted to cheating on exams prior to heading to harvard. >> and even more admitted to cheating when it came to working

on homework assignments. something like 43%. >> yeah, we actually asked at today.com have you ever cheated in high school or college? 43% of our viewers said yes. 57 said no. >> if you're working on a homework assignment together i don't know -- >> that's a collaboration. >> i think it's more classroom. >> it's team work when you're working together. >> exactly. how many times in high school did you call somebody up and say hey, that math problem. what did you -- you sort of work through it. but opposed to a test where you actually go out and cheat -- >> right. >> but a lot of these school versus the honor system where you sign it and even when you're sitting and taking exams. they basically walk out of the room and you're expected to sign an honor agreement that you're not cheating. that this is your work, solely your work. that's why we make the case of the harvard because even they admit they have done it. >> i was not a cheater in school but in my junior year of high school i had a history teach

thaer that had narcolepsy. so he's at the front of the class. he hands out a test and literally falls asleep for 45 minutes. what do you do? you push your desks together and you work together. >> as a team. >> i went different. i would have drawn like a mustache on him. >> the paper airplanes. >> yea. >> the big move was to put on a movie about the civil war. >> nice. >> so that was like the one moment -- i don't even know if i call that cheating. >> taking advantage of the situation. >> we collaborated. >> yeah, you probably all did well. >> yeah. >> all right, al. >> can you imagine what you would be doing today if you hadn't cheated. >> not sitting here with you two. i'll tell you that. what's going on with the weather, al. >> let's show you what we've got. we start off with today, some wet weather making it's way across the northern plains. showers in the southwest. beautiful day in the northeast. mid-atlantic states today. a little on the chilly side. not so bad. we have a big heat wave going

on. it's going to cool down and warm up here 9:09 is the time. good morning. taking a live look. this is san jose. it's going to be hot here today. i'm just going to spell it right out. temperatures in the upper 90s in many cities across the bay. 98 degrees in livermore. it's going to be really, really hot. tuesday into wednesday the heat finally breaks. as we get into this upcoming weekend, it's going to feel very seasonal for this time of year. upper 80s both saturday into sunday. hope you have a fantastic day. that's your latest weather. >> thank you. coming up next, ayman that seems to be making himself at home in natalie's dressing room. >> what you find in there? now you'll smell so pretty. >> google, what is glossophobia? glossophobia, is the fear of public speaking. ♪

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he was and is one of the kings of comedy. during a successful stand up career. now he is quickly becoming the king of tv, books and radio. >> he kicks off season two of his daytime show called steve harvey. he keeps it real as he always does. >> good morning, steve. great to see you. >> thank you for having me back. >> so season two, what are you going to do differently? a lot of people say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> that's right. we won't be fixing this at all. >> nothing to fix. >> it's doing great. >> i wish we could just run reruns and they could mail me the same check. that would be great. >> but they're not doing that. >> we got a big season opener. huge, we're going for the world book of records in the season

opener. >> wow. >> the biggest blind date together with hundreds of women and men. i surprised them with it. they didn't know it. we got a lot of stuff. micha michael buble will be on there. i met him on an airplane in germany. that's how i met him. my daughter spotted him and then he spotted me. i didn't know what was going on. >> like your own surprise date. >> you've had such success in this daytime television thing. it's a tough racquet. what is it about your show that has hit with people? >> the realness of it all. a male perspective was missing on daytime tv. i think that humor was missing in daytime with the exception of ellen. i'm not saying nobody's funny. but it was just missing at the level that ellen and i do. that's what i think the draw is and the realness.

i'm not afraid to give my opinion no matter what it is. it's just can i tell you what i really think instead of what you want to hear. >> a lot of fun. a lot of passion as well. the fun you have, for example, your son, the 16-year-old, there's a bubble battle that i hear you guys engaged in. >> he came up with this. my son, my son that's on the ground, he's the stupidest child i have. >> wow. >> and he comes up with this stuff and takes it to the producers and they come up with this. this is my son. and why they're listening to a 16-year-old. >> maybe it's not your son. it's the producers. >> but you're letting a 16-year-old produce a national show. >> why not? >> but it's good tv. >> but then you also -- you're very passionate about exercise adds well. i understand you've got this huge challenge underway because you lost a lot of weight so you're challenging another city. >> everybody -- >> we did philly.

nice bathing suit. >> how do you like that. >> the exercycle thing. >> men do it better in a suit. >> i won't take my suit off for no reason. >> you won't take your suit off for no reason. >> there's one reason al. i got 7 kids. >> at least 7 times. >> at least 7 times. >> that's it. >> so that's the other thing about you is that you give women that make up a lot of the audience of daytime, you give them no nonsense common sense advice. if we were to talk to your wife, do you think she follows that advice? >> yeah, i still get it wrong now because i'm talking to a woman. i don't care who you are, you're not going to get it right with them all the time. because they'll just change their minds. they could like it one day and hate it the next day. you don't know when the switch is coming. >> and they don't tell you.

>> no, you just have to know that the switch has come. >> you should know. >> you have to know. >> that's right. >> if you don't know, you're an idiot. >> and if you ask them to let you know -- >> you're a bigger idiot. >> yes. exactly. >> i think we're married to the same woman. >> you have to keep your head on a swivel at all times. you have three tips for us for women looking for a healthy relationship. what secrets do you give them about men? >> when you go out on a date, i try to tell women at first, take the pressure off. just go out on that first date to have a good time. take the pressure off. is he going to like me? well, you might not like him. take the pressure off you and let him worry about how good he's got to look. take that pressure off. and the second thing i try to tell women is have your standards lined up. know what you will accept and what you won't accept and as you're having a good time just check stuff off the list. and then the third thing, hang

on to that cookie for at least 90 days. >> the cookie being. >> we know what the cookie is. >> you know what it is. >> where does the 90 days come from? >> it came from my days of working at ford motor company and the post office. i found out very quickly that you go to these jobs to have a probation period. you have to prove yourself for 90 days. you have to show up to see if you're going to be on time. howell you work with others and at the end of the 90 days they give you the benefit package. then you can get your teeth fixed. >> that's when you can get the benefits. >> you don't get benefits before 90 days. >> that's when you can take the suit off. steve harvey begins on monday. check your local listings for steve harvey. national nationally syndicated by nbc today. >> thank you. all the news you need before you walk out the door. >> plus what were you looking at ladies and gentlemen... toyota corolla!

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$31,252. that's 1,000 more than a year ago. it came from increased sales of higher end pick up trucks. >> fun turned to a frightening time sunday on a connecticut carnival ride. 18 people, mostly children were injured when a swing ride stopped suddenly and riders crashed into each other. victim hearsay broken bones and neck injuries. >> riddick took over the top spot at the box office over the weekend taking in $18,000,000. lee daniels the butler was second. instructions not included was third. >> a comedy team is out with what some are calling the next gangnum style. it's called the fox. take a listen. ♪ what does the fox say? ♪ >> it's burning up the internet. more than 10 million hits.

what? i don't think it's a gangnum style. >> no. >> there was a whole dance that went with that. >> there was a whole dance that went with that. >> i need to see young women are sacrificing so much today >> there was a whole dance that wentwithout thinking of >> itheir own satisfaction. really? you're sacrificing that gorgeous complexion for this? um... it's the playoffs! enough with the sacrificing. start here... light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. thick, creamy, twice the protein and ps 80 calories. it's a home run right? light & fit greek. ♪ dannon! go cougars! [ ding! ] losing your chex mix too easily? time to deploy the boring-popcorn decoy bucket.

then no one will want to steal the deliciousness. with a variety of tastes and textures only chex mix is a bag of interesting. good morning. 9:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the fire burning on mt. diablo has scorched 1500 acres. that's doubled size from yesterday. crews can only have it 10% contained. they still have several miles of fire line to build to try to control the flames. about 100 homes have been evacuated. seven people, including two firefighters and two officers recovering from morning a of a fire erupted at a home. these are pictures of the scene from a neighbor. the flames broke out about 4:30 near mallory avenue. the family inside the home was rushed to the hospital with unknown injuries.

two firefighters÷ were also hur. they were taken to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries. two officers had to be treated for smoke inhalation. b.a.r.t. is back at the bargaining table this morning. one month, workers could once again walk off the job. we're going to take a quick break, but we'll have a look at weather and traffi,j@qáer this.

welcome back. the time is 9:28. taking a live look. sun's already blazing in. we have a really hot day ahead. temperatures are already warming nicely as well. 71 degrees in livermore. 69 currently in sunnyvale. this is where we're headed over your lunchtime. 88 degrees at noon. going to be a hot one in concorconcor concord. be drinking lots of water. cooler days just around the

corner starting tomorrow. check your drive with anthony. >> yeah, things have been slow in san jose this morning. in fact, 101 has been slow all the way back to gilroy this morning. really stop and go because of three separate accidents. things continue to remain slow on 101 northbound past that into palo alto. a little heavier traffic on the southbound south side. also slow in oakland on 88 northbound approaching the bay bridge. >> thank you, anthony. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update coming up in half an hour. enjoy your monday morning.

welcome back to today on this monday morning, september 9th, 2013. i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales. he is turning back the calendar in his own home to 1986. he is banning all technology that comes after '86. >> the year he was born. >> this is blair mcmillan. he has the mull let to take it back to '86 as well. >> he put the ban in place in april after his son trey opted to play an ipad instead of go outside on a nice day. he said that's it. the family has given tup internet, newschannels, cell phones, gps and facebook.

they're going to live a full year this way without any of the modern conveniences. >> that would be a revolution in my house. >> cnn was around in '86. >> yeah, it's the media thing. they could watch cnn but nothing else. >> you were born 1975. so we roll back the clock to '75. >> me, '72. >> al. >> tell us about the old days, al. >> back in the day, back when live tv, i had a kodak browny. [ music playing ] >> that's right. back in the day. >> i love when al does that impression he turns into an old white southern man. >> that's right. >> we used to take bark inside. you know what i mean. >> i like this guy, though. a year is pretty extreme. >> yeah. >> maybe you make your point in a week.

but the mull let makes it for m >> they're the right age. if they were older and had to do work in school. >> you need to be able to go online or watch your cable news shows. >> they can run around the backyard with their mullets on. works out for everybody. >> they look cute. >> a check of the weather. >> sure, why not. we had weather back then. we actually did. wasn't in color like this. sunshine and warm weather in the pacific northwest. central part of the country, scorching. slight risk of strong storms. sunny in the northeast. tomorrow we have more severe weather in northern new england. sunny and hot along the west coast. more rain with t good morning to you. you can actually see a live picture. this is coming from san bruno, 45 miles away from mt. diablo. you can see that smoke plume. throughout this afternoon we're expecting hot temperatures and low humidity readings. wind also will play a factor.

northwesterly flow 10 to 20 miles per hour. the good news is we're going to see our temperatures drop from the triple digits back to it the low 90s as we head through tomorrow and even cooler wednesday into thursday. guys? >> all right. thank you, al. from a one direction star taking the field to the 2020 o lilympi just some of the topics online. >> here to break it down for us is daniel. good to see you. >> good morning to you both. >> these spiked over the weekend. let's start with louis from 1 d. >> a horrifying moment. he was actually playing in a charity match over the weekend, soccer. he was playing with his beloved team and at one point during the game, he was tackled pretty hard on the field. went down with an injury to his knee. after that he threw up off the side of the field so was in a bit of pain. the player that did it

apologized. that didn't stop the one direction fans from posting harsh stuff including death threats. >> that's crazy. >> a lot want to see that moment for themselves. they had a record setting crowd here on the plaza. >> i hope they raised a lot of money given all he went through for that. >> he's saying he is okay. just so fans know. >> next up, eminem who had a little bit of a freeze on camera moment. this was during some of the games on espn during football weekend. >> eminem but he is going to join the saturday night crew with our music intro starting next sad saturday night. >> yeah, sorry. live tv. live tv freaks me out a little bit. >> no. >> yes. i'm sorry. what was the question. >> to be fair, this is how i am on live tv a lot. >> we all have that moment. >> you're very smooth. >> but yes, eminem big detroit fans. that was the notre dame, michigan match. it was just one of those buzzing

moments. the interview was actually quite congenial toward the end. >> at the top there he was acting. >> i think he was. i don't buy that at all. >> he was doing a fake shock to being on live tv. so it got less weird as it went if that makes any sense. >> that was just eminem being fun. >> kate winslet with a little baby bump. >> she is at the film festival and is glowing. she announced a few months agatha she is pregnant with her husband -- ned rock and roll is his name. that's his official real name. she has two previous children from another relationship. that's another story. people wanted to see what she looks like. got a big following with the titanic. >> you mention she has two other children. >> a new movie labor day coming out. >> excellent. >> next, olympics 2020. we heard tokyo now getting the

next -- they're getting the honors for 2020. >> the summer games will be in tokyo. they beat out madrid and istanbul. understandably the delegation from japan erupted once this was announced. it was an emotional victory after the tsunami and the earthquake and they have to be cleared for safety concerns. not only who won and what the reactions are like. but wrestling is coming back but softball and baseball no. baseball fans in japan very disappointed. it's a big sport over there. >> and 2018 the winter olympics are in south korea. >> this is the second time in japan they had the summer games. goes back to 1964. >> it's good for them. they need it. >> thank you so much. >> coming up next, how you can save 26,000 calories a year and still eat pizza. thank goodness. that's right after this. mom? did nana ever give you cheerios when you were a little kid?

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>> good to see you. >> hey. today i'm presenting some of the most crave worthy delicious items that are typically fattening but we'll slim them down. afterwards they'll be on today.com. i hope everyone is going to try them. >> pizza, this is a calorie killer. >> a standard pizza parlor slice like this is around 700 calories and i'm not adding the toppings. >> and nobody has one slice. >> two and three, yeah and then havoc on your waistline. the slimmed down version is only 200 calories and you can eat the entire circle. here's how to make it. you guys already jumped right in. you start with a high fiber tortilla and pop it in the oven and get it nice and crunchy and then top it with marinara sauce. why don't you add on mozzarella

cheese and parmesan. i like crushed red pepper. onion, garlic powder, right in the oven for ten minutes. the cheese will get hot. the entire thing 200 calories. if you make the swap once a week, at the end of the year you saved 26,000 calories, the equivalent of 3,000, 600 french fries. >> that's a lot of french fries. >> no eating the french fries. on to the next. >> put this over here for us. >> i knew this would be a problem. >> put that over there. >> al's dressing room. thanks. >> thank you. >> we are tackling ranch dressing now. so it's delicious but it's super fattening and creamy. four tablespoons a quarter cup. 360 calories. the new and improved four tablespoons just 45 calories and here's how i make it. half a cup of fat free either greek yogurt or sour cream. 2 tablespoons of light

mayonnaise. two tablespoons of -- this is a low fat buttermilk. add in lemon juice. we have parsely, chopped scallions. onion powder, garlic powder and pepper. you can dig in and taste this one. you stir it all up. 45 calories. you make the swap one time a week for an entire year you save 16,000 calories and the equivalent of 20 sticks of butter. >> i just had that this week. >> do you want to dip the french fries in. >> al's dressing room. >> that's right. >> thanks. >> thank you very much. >> now we're going to conquer a chocolate milk shake. i did investigation and some of the -- >> joy bauer investigation. like jeff rossen. >> about 650 calories and this is a small size. the new and improved version, just 230 cal risk and here's how you make it. >> yes. >> you'll take three quarters cup of a hard packed light

chocolate ice cream or chocolate yogurt. >> remember when they had iced milk. >> a quarter cup of unsweetened almond milk. unsweetened coco powder. half a banana which adds sweet creamine creaminess. >> or a quarter of a banana. >> a couple of ice cubes. we'll pop that on and here's my -- i want these for you guys to test. >> they're perfect. >> if you drink this instead of that, what would you say? >> one time a week for an entire year you saved 22,000 calories and the equivalent of -- >> a puppy. >> 455 chocolate chip cookies. >> no. >> it goes good with the milk shake. >> joy bauer. great swaps. that's fantastic. still ahead, check out today.com for complete recipes. coming up next, how that pool noodle from the summer and every day items can do double duty

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hydrolight. >> i'm sure you were wondering this morning what would i do with my old pool noodle from the summer? >> yeah. >> or extra shower curtain rings. >> they do do double duty for fashion organizations. great ideas to keep it clutter feel. >> we don even know what's going on here. you're going to show us what to do. >> exactly. >> pool noodles. little did you know they can be used after they're out of the pool. just cut them in half. >> right. >> and then you use them as boot shapers. >> okay. >> they hold the shape. it's great for your closet. >> you have really thin ankles. >> well, you don't need to really have a full one. >> they stay upright. >> they stay upright as well which is always good and then you can use bottles for the same purpose. we're knocking everything over here. >> you can't get that pool

noodle back. >> exactly. >> the extra curtain ring. >> curtain rings you can get at the dollar store and your hangers can be used for a multitude of purposes. so here, we're using them for handbag hanging, right? isn't that cool? >> and you can actually hang them right on your shower -- your shower -- your closet rod as well and you can also get one of these ultimate purse organizers. you know how you're switching purses, so this keeps everything organized and you switch it in and out. you can get that on their website so handy tricks. >> using the shower curtain rings, we are going to again use them. natalie you guessed this earlier. for scarves. >> yes. >> i got these -- >> yeah, there you go. >> it's not like candy, al. i got these, a package for like

$5. so you can get these too. lot of things. >> excellent. okay, now the toilet paper rolls. >> toilet paper rolls that we all throw out. excuse me natalie for a second. >> we are using them for pantie hose because you stuff them in there and write what they are and they're stored. >> kitchen utensils in the bedroom. useful for the bedroom. >> rolling pin. >> rolling pin, muffin pans and cork board like everyone has laying around their house. >> sure. >> so here we are with the rolling pin for bracelet storage. >> oh. >> you can paint it and decorate it as you'll see here. >> do people have a lot of extra rolling pins. >> how often do you use yours al. >> i use it for baking. >> and the muffin pan, i took paint and made it look

decorative. it looks nice on the dresser and holds your trinkets and stuff. >> very nice. >> and the cork board as i talked about here. >> i'll help you on this side. >> i found this decorative corkboard at marshalls for under $30 but you can use any cork board. paint it, decorate it and hang them on there. keeps them from getting tangled up. >> pencil pouches. >> i got them for $1. you can use them for organizing your skin care products, your medicine cabinet. you can label al for your daily medicine. >> you can even put them in a binder then. >> yes and it's great for traveling because it's got the clear windows. it gets through airport security. >> i will never throw out toilet paper rolls again. >> no. >> there you go. thank you so much. we're back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

>> coming up all the latest hollywood buzz. >> and cee lo green. >> and even if you think you're too busy. steve harvey is back answering more of your questions. >> maybe he can talk sense into farmers presents: fifteen seconds of smart.

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saturday, a woman was stabbed to death in south san jose. just yesterday a man was found slumped over in a car parked near spartan stadium at san jose state university. in that most recent case, police tell us there are signs of foul play, but they're not saying how the man died. in other news, san jose's alum rock park remains closed this morning because of high fire danger. visitors returned to it yesterday after scorching heat prompted its closure. no word on when it will reopen. let's check the forecast. will it be scorching today? i think we're in for a little bit of a cooldown. here's a look. >> thanks. we have another hot day ahead, but it will be the warmest of the week. i'm forecasting 103 degrees in failc-% ñ 102 in livermore. 92 degrees here in san jose. getting into the next couple days, you can see temperatures are going to drop off by about 5 to 8 degrees on average tomorrow.

then that heat starts to break wednesday into thursday. a break warmup for friday. seasonal averages both saturday and sunday. let's take a look at your drive with anthony. >> yeah, we've been looking at san jose really all morning long. slow spots on 101. we had two earlier accidents. those have been cleared, but it's still keeping things slow. we have another more recent accident on 280 at the lawrence expressway. that's keeping things slow. also, 101 is slow through san mateo. let's take you outside and show you the bay bridge approach. things are starting to thin out a little bit. still very slow. back to you. >> okay. thanks. we'll be back at 10:26 with our next local news update. see you then.

. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello. >> crowd outside. >> i mean all of you. hi. >> hi. >> hi. >> it's fun day monday, it's september 9th. hope you had a lovely weekend. a lot of tennis. >> yes. >> you went to see your mommy. what a good girl you are. >> i did. what i heard repeatedly when i was rehoboth, hoda, why didn't you call me back? >> oh, my god what happened to you last thursday and continued on friday and i wondered over the weekend, how many total

calls when you, by mistake, showed your telephone number on thursday morning? >> i think we had -- and they -- they cut it off i think after -- we cut it off after a couple hours, i think there were about 4,000 texts and i think in phone calls i don't know how it works when your mailbox gets full and everything gets jammed. i hate my phone because first of all -- >> i finally like mine. >> i happens mine. now mine isn't as jammed up and it's a mess all the time. >> because of what happened? >> i think. >> it didn't do that before. >> it didn't used to. >> sad. >> and i.t. people are like, it's broken. >> in fairness -- in fairness to the iphone, every single time i try to leave you a voicemail, you are -- your voicemail is full. all the time, hoda. all day. always. >> i did fix it. i fixed it. here's the weird thing, you don't realize how many people don't have your number who need

it. the lady who walks my dog, she's here, and no one can call you or there's a food delivery downstairs and they don't have my cell or whatever. >> yes. you know what, but lovely thing can happen along the way, too, and that is you can finally get rid of some of the people you don't want to have your phone number. >> that's the good thing. >> they don't know who they are. >> they do now. they do now. >> oh. if you don't have hoda's new cell phone number, that's because she doesn't want you to. >> there you go. yeah. >> jay leno apparently had fun with this whole thing. >> let's see. let's see, hoda woman. >> and on the "today" show yesterday hoda accidentally showed her phone number on national tv. yeah. she got a watch. you'll see this. immediately she started getting phone calls and texts from people within seconds. here's the story. >> nothing is crazier than this thing. this is a samsung. check it out. here it is. i have it too. i wonder if my phone is going to ring. is it ringing? it's ringing. hold the phone.

oh, oh. my phone number. >> now what's happening? >> people are calling my number. >> oh. >> oh, my god. >> oh. that al. >> did you let al know your new phone number. >> al's always got my phone number. >> so you had a good weekend with your mom. >> i did. did you have a nice weekend? >> beautiful weekend. >> so gorgeous. i'm outside every single moment. i started looking around going, who can i share this with today? our spot is so beautiful. >> gorgeous. most beautiful place on earth. >> it is. i called some friends and i wanted you but you were gone. i filled it up with friends. >> i bet you did. >> frank and i have nothing to say to each other anymore, honestly. we sit there. love each other very much, but what do you talk about, really? at some point. i've got the dog. he takes the dog. we talk about the dog. and then we go -- oh, look at that boat.

and then that's it. that's it. so i have to invite interesting people over. >> i love that. i love that. speaking of interesting people, we have cee lo green on the show with us. >> we do. >> he has a new book out. >> steve harvey on our show today. >> love steve harvey, he is the best. miley cyrus, we talked about her last week. you saw her twerking on stage with robin thicke. >> yeah. >> well apparently ana wintour took notice and decided she twerked herself off the cover of "vogue." they planned on putting miley on the cover of the december issue. >> nothing says christmas like that. >> anyway, "vogue" isn't commenting on it. they don't comment on future editorials. what do you think about her? if that's the case? >> for every action there's a reaction. i think she's probably stunned she's gotten so much negative reaction. i think she thought she was going to make history in a good way, an edgy performer. almost like she's hell bent

on -- making people forget that she was ever somebody called hannah montana. >> yes. >> that's sad. she made a lot of people happy, you know. kids loved her and loved that show and it made her a fortune. >> yeah, it did. >> and changed everybody's fortunes in her family and friends. i think instead of running from your past, you should sort of embrace it and say yeah, i was a kid, grateful to be a disney star. look at annette funicello. she was graceful. justin timberlake. it is possible. >> yeah. >> if you're talented you don't have to be vulgar and it always breaks my heart when i see a talented person act vulgar. they feel like they can't get attention. >> one thing people did learn from watching miley cyrus is what is twerking. a lot of people are going what is twerking? well a lot of people are trying it out themselves. twerking is when you shake your behind. >> a little more than that. >> anyway. >> simulated porn kind of. >> we want to point out the girl

did not get hurt. >> oh, my gosh. ♪ ♪ >> oh. >> oh, my gosh. >> she's fine. her pants caught on fire. >> she's good. >> that's hot. >> oh, my gosh. wow. was that her roommate. >> she was twerking. >> interesting moves, though. hey if frank is still watching i'll try that out tonight instead of just watching the boats go by. >> that's not the part you want to see again. >> oh, my gosh. >> what kind of sweatpants she has on that catches fire so

quickly. >> oh, my gosh. >> that looks fun. >> crazy. >> okay. >> wow. serena, congratulations to her. watched that match. that match was unbelievable. victoria azarenka. >> serena had not lost a set. it was almost a bore when she got on the court. when they said this girl is going to have a lot of trouble with serena, et cetera. first set, serena takes, second set her opponent takes. it was a nail biter. i love tennis matches like that. >> apparently i heard them say serena has only lost four times past year and twice to azarenka. serena, quite the tension there. i'm almost sure i saw serena in that same outfit playing slone stephens just a couple -- like a week ago. >> you can re-wear outfits. good luck. >> i was just surprised. >> maybe -- >> she's got tons and tons -- i was surprised.

>> guess who is on tonight? >> oh, my gosh. >> watch his setup. >> that's all i can do is watch it. >> he picks his behind. >> you ruined it for me. >> it's mesmerizing. >> picks his wedgy and pulls this up. >> pulse this. >> this ear, this nose, and back every time. wedgegy, ear, nose. wedgegy. on and on. it will make you crazy when you watch tonight. >> when you double fault, you know, it's like you did it, you double faulted. it's not working. you know. i guess some people are just -- what is the word for that. >> like a ritual. >> what? >> ocd or just enjoys it. >> i used to dribble three times before i shot a foul shot, one, two, three. >> you didn't always miss your foul shots. >> i missed them a lot. whatever it worked. >> let's talk about the chicken wings. >> this is our favorite part of the chat. >> okay. mcdonald's -- >> mcdonald's has come out with a new mighty wings rolling out in restaurants starting today. >> here's the best thing about

it. >> we're nbc news. we have to try it out. >> we have all kinds of dipping sauces. >> you like the small part of the wing? >> i like it all. >> i like the big chunky. >> there are nine different dips. what are the dips? do we know? >> you'll tell me. you just ate it. >> barbecue. >> oh, god. >> we're sorry you don't have a piece to enjoy with us right now. >> anyway, limited through november. i think it's a test. >> wow. it's hot. >> spicy. >> oh. >> try another sauce. you don't like sauces? what's wrong with you? you're not in the mood? >> i like sauces. i like them too much. ask my hips. >> the other thing i like. >> here's our favorite thing. somebody sent me this granola a couple months ago, had it sitting -- two weeks ago i tried it. it's called good news gra noel la, maple pecans and coconut. this what is i love. on the top it says, the company founder is i guess this guy, i know -- isn't it hot?

>> hot. the wings are hot. >> all right. anyway -- >> anyway, she, she's quoted on each. keep going. quoted on each. my dream this little granola company will allow me to spend my days with my boys, land a spot on the "today," buy a jeep and have a life of joy and contentment. lots of great sayings on the back. it's delicious. >> if you are looking for an excellent hair product you can get in the drug store. >> did i not say this to you this morning your hair looked amazing. >> it's called miracle 10 leave-in conditioner. this one has ker row tin in it. there's a pink bottle that has no ker row tin. put it in your hair, shampoo it. laura who does our hair said oh, my god, it's so much smoother. it's a little -- it's 20 bucks. >> last week you were trying to get ker row tin. >> i know. >> but isn't it great? it's about $20. get it at the drug store. if you want to be in a good

mood, my dog blake, we are walking down the street and saw an identical dog named bentley that was apricot, different color. they had a love affair. let's watch them make out. >> here it comes. and go. >> oh. >> oh. oh. >> oh, my god. >> they're twerking. >> honestly. >> oh, my god. >> blake is going to lose the cover of "dog and life" because of that twerking. he wasn't thinking. there are reactions to when you act like that. i'm sorryp. >> oh, my god. okay. >> now i have a problem. that is delicious. >> so delicious. >> is that your phone ringing, hoda? >> no. >> probably not us. >> it might be in a few minutes when we call our next fan of the week. >> and singer cee lo green is here to share his voice and he gets very personal, coming up ♪ na na na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ i'm gonna use my two hands

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unforgettable songs like "forget you" and "crazy" have earned cee lo green grammy wins. >> he and christina are about to be -- ♪ reunited and it feels so good ♪ >> adam and blake as judges on nbc's top rated, we love to say that show, "the voice". >> he's also the author of a book about his life called "everybody's brother" and he's with us his sisters today.

>> we brought your cat so you would feel -- >> i thought it was a dog. >> they're cats. >> sorry. you know you're the only one for me, babe. >> perfect. >> how did that come about -- >> what happened to the bird? >> lady bird? she's still ound. >> she is. >> we want evidence. >> how does it feel to be back on "the voice"? we missed you last season. >> thank you. so many people have said that. i'm very happy about it. i love the show. i really do. i really enjoy it. >> what did they say? they just needed you? got to have you back? >> no. actually what happened was it was preplanned. this was the first preliminary, they wanted to work into it, swap out coaches. >> mix it up. >> and i also wanted to do something separate. >> you wanted to tour. >> i wanted to tour, do vegas for two months, planet hollywood. >> time well spent. >> definitely. >> you know, you had, obviously, a long career before "the voice" and a lot of people are getting to know you from this show. >> yeah. >> one of the things i didn't know, i know you wrote a lot of

songs, that pusscat doll song -- be. ♪ don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me ♪ >> did you write that? >> i did. >> like a little cameo way at the end of the video. real quick. >> but you are not an overnight success, are you? >> i'm not. >> you write candidly about your mom growing up and some of the struggles you had. tell us about them. >> was any of it hard to share? >> no. i'm very -- very open and honest and truly i mean maybe it wouldn't be worth a mention if it were not such a testimony, you know. >> to the perseverance? >> exactly. >> endurance. >> exactly. even at this very short, early stage of my life, i thought that it was probably a cool time to express some of it. >> you went from being a tough guy, that's kind of an understatement. >> you were stealing things from people. >> you were naughty. >> stealing jewelry. >> yes. >> that's how he got those

teeth. >> and then what turned the beat around for you? >> i think it was definitely my mother, before she passed away, she was injured in an accident. she was deemed quad dra pa leakic and she was bedridden about three years before she ultimately passed due to the complications of it. i really felt very helpless and i did not want her life and death to be in vain and i knew she had had some very, you know, big hopes for me to be someone. >> did she know you had the singing talent? >> i remember my sister telling me. my sister became a registered nurse. my grandmother was also a nurse. >> and your mom was a firefighter. first african-american firefighter female. >> we took care of her at home. my sister told me once she wanted to kind of listen to the album, my first album, like 1995, soul food, wanted to listen to it all the way through and my sister was getting married, pregnant with her first child, felt like her kids were going to be fine and i think she

made peace with it. >> wow. what was your big breakthrough moment when you became kind of mainstream? >> was it l.a. reed. >> he's been a mentor and something like a father to me, yes. when him and also kenneth baby face edmonds formed their label face and they set up shop in atlanta, georgia, that was a big break for our city. >> sure. put you on the map. >> we had a communal approach to doing music. we were all kind of a happy bunch of characters. >> everybody showed up on each other's albums. >> yeah. we all went to high school together, everything. >> that's why you're everybody's brother. >> that's right. >> wish we had more time. we're glad you're back. >> it's okay. it's okay. >> you're the best. >> you guys look gorgeous as usual. >> thank you. >> catch the premier of the new season of "the voice" monday night, september 23rd, at 8:00, 7:00 central on nbc. >> is that your phone ringing? >> it is. >> hope it's not mine. >> it could be, here's how switching from a restaurant dinner to a stouffer's dinner from walmart can save you

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all right. it's monday and you know what that means. >> we get to announce our fan of the week. >> fan of the week. >> who is it this week? >> we're going to spin the globe and find out where they're from. drum roll, please. it is from -- ♪ >> callie bowers from arizona. >> she watches us on ktnx channel 12. cali is on the phone. hi, cali. >> hello. good morning. >> good morning, sweetie. >> she looks like fun, doesn't she? >> she does. tell us now we know why. cali, tell hoda why you love her? >> why don't we tell them why. she watches us in her gym as the kathie lee and hoda girl and always changes the channel to our show. look at her. >> god bless her. >> we hear you make your workouts more bearable, is that true? >> of course. of course. i turn it up full blast. i don't care if anyone else is complaining. i'm just going. >> selfish too.

great. >> and she drinks her poweraid straight from her wine glass and we love the t-shirt and we're total into it. >> she wants to hoda on your kotb. >> cali, are you ready to hear where you're going, baby. >> am i ever. >> here we gop. you and a friend, you guys are headed to the resort at long boat key club in sarasotarasota florida. four days, three nights. get breakfast each day at sam's point. round of golf for two and tickets to the wrinkling museum. >> which is cool. >> airfare for two is included. hotel and airfare furnished by the resort at long boat key club in partnership with visit sarasota. >> who are you taking? >> i'm going to take my sweet husband. he needs a trip. >> perfect. >> good for him. i'm going to take him. >> we love you for it. thank you. >> if you think you deserve to be our fan of the week go to klgandhoda.com. >> we have the buzz and all the news you can handle with brian. >> and who else is here, our pal

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crews only have it 10% conta contained. >> seven people, including two firefighters and two police officers are recovering this morning after an early morning house fire. these are pictures of the scene from a neighbor. the flames broke out around 4:30 onwfk farwell drive. a couple and their son live inside the home. crews rushed in to rescue them. they were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. two firefighters were also hurt. they were taken to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries. and two police officers had to be treated for smoke inhalation. those police officers have been released from hospital and are just fine. we'll take a look at your forecast and the roads after the break.

welcome back. good monday morning. i want to start with a live picture. this is from high atop san bruno, 45 miles away from mt. diablo. you can see that smoke plume. today we're going to take a look at what firefighters are up against weatherwise. it's going to be a scorcher out there. 102 degrees in livermore. 86 for fremont. your seven-day outlook shows you when that heat will finally break. first, let's take a drive with anthony. >> things are starting to improve in the south bay on 101 southbound and northbound coming through san jose. we had three earlier actions that have cleared. traffic is starting to move fairly smoothly. you can see that on our traffic

cam. also in oakland things moving smoothly. back to you. >> thanks, anthony. we'll have the latest on the fire burning in the east bay. hope to see you at 11:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ and we danced to the best song ever ♪ >> we cannot stop eating the mcdonald's chicken wings. >> delicious. >> back on the fun day monday. when we catch you up on the hollywood gossip you may have missed. >> from the super bowl to the super stars making headlines with the celebrity scoop is our friend brian. he's the editor of "pop goes the week". >> every time i come here you never offer me booze. this week i'm bringing my own. no wine for me. >> we always offer. >> okay. so anyway, what do you want to talk about? >> can you smell it? >> scotch. >> only enough for one? >> plenty enough for everybody. >> this might be one serving. we got more. >> talk bruno mars. >> you turn to me for the latest in sports news. bruno mars going to be performing at the super bowl halftime show in february.

>> i love that. why would everyone be upset about that? >> his is one of the first super bowls -- the first super bowl in the new york area, by that we mean new jersey, so some people wanted a more new york centric artist. he's not from new york. >> like bon jovi. >> springsteen did it in 2009. it's fine. so -- >> but i don't think bon jovi ever has, has he? >> i think he might have. he's only had two albums so he has fewer songs to draw upon. >> he has a lot of hits off the album. >> anybody that sees him at an awards show he brings it. >> remember when he did "snl" he was so talented. >> and he can do impressions of other singers. i think he will do other covers or have a lot of guests. >> he will put on a great show. >> let's talk "50 shades" -- >> how did rehab go over the weekend? >> i fell. >> so people have had their panties in a bunch about the casting for "50 shades of grey" as you know. i think it should have been

gilbert godfreed. i'm going around you now. he read the audio book as a joke on-line. >> that's funny. >> charlie is finally speaking about the casting of "50 shades of grey" and said there was tangible chemistry between him and dakota johnson. >> when they did a screen test. >> there has to be a makeout test when doing this movie. >> you have to do a couple scenes. >> exciting, fun, weird and compelling. >> compelling. >> he implied he kind of dug it. >> do you think people will calm down after this? >> i think so. >> it should be over. >> katherine hardwick who directed the first one of the vampires and all that stuff, when she cast robert pattinson people were so upset. >> they were? >> that he would be edward. >> harry potter another example. sooner or later people wrap their heads around it. >> yeah. >> let's talk about matthew mcconaughey. >> okay. >> standing ovation for matthew mcconaughey. he is going to wow you in his movie "dallas buyers club". he lost 52 pounds.

everyone was creeped out by that. >> concerned for him. >> delivers an amazing performance. catch the trailer on-line. he plays a guy in texas in '85 who contracts the hiv virus and it's this -- the interesting part of the story is the guy is heterosexual womanizing and homo phobe and now he becomes -- he's got hiv, angry people think he may be gay but he takes his treatment into his own hands and smugglesle better drugs, reportedly better drugs from across the border. >> counterfeit. >> and he learns a lot in the proce process. >> very unusual friend. >> likely friendship. >> so he's forced to confront all of his preconceived notions and a compelling story. i would be willing to bet he would be getting an oscar nomination. >> and perhaps the oscar itself. jay -- >> yeah. >> can we talk about the diana movie? it got trashed. what happened? i thought it was supposed to be so good. >> one of those iconic figures, any time someone tries to recreate that role is going to come under fire. the british press can be relentless. princess diana played by naomi

watts. >> who's australian. a member of the british royal order or whatever. >> and the critics were calling this chunky and not that compelling. the worst criticism comes of her performance from one member of the press, wesley snipes in a blonde wig would have delivered a more convincing performance. >> she's an excellent actress. >> and wesley snipes doesn't look like her. >> aside from that. >> she turned it down twice knowing there -- >> you know, what we think about you and when you come on our show we want to make sure you are liquored up. >> there you go. >> and here you go. >> oh, cheers. >> brian, believe it or not used to be our producer. >> that didn't work out. >> all right. we'll have you ready for the front row of the catwalk in just a moment. >> sxwril martin has your fashion week tips coming up. [ mom ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers. so we just look for this g. 'cause general mills makes over 40 yummy flavors

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>> everybody thinks fashion week is this glamorous thing and it is. >> it's insanity. >> people are schlepping around in heels and this is something every fashionista should have. first, you see a lot of hair accessories on the runway. look at these. these are from bed, bath & beyond. $10 for these. they're little velcro stickers. >> just take -- >> one here. one here. >> over here. >> just stick it in. >> cas would like those. >> she might. >> yours is gorgeous. >> thank you. okay. that starts it. way to get in on hair accessories. this moto jacket under $50. these are really big. these faux leather jackets over jeans or a dress. >> perfect weight for this time of year. >> such a great time of year. i love this time of year. my version of summer. the portfolio clutch, big, under $50, holds everything. if you're someone that needs a lot of things, philip for

target. great tote september 15th under $50, all different ones. >> and a draw string. nice. >> like a beach bag or laundry bag or something. >> the bag you want. >> okay. >> i personally want more chicken. >> but anyway. >> i can't stop thinking about it. >> wear the flats to get the chicken. >> these are the new flat. getting one which we need to run around and look chic. chinese laundry again. $59 and all different colors and patterns and they're comfortable. >> and comfortable. >> they are comfortable which is always key especially when running around. >> yeah. >> statement necklaces once again. we say this is the trend all the time. >> and they're going to go away and never do. >> jeans and a t-shirt, anything going day to night to toe on some of these from top shop, steven and company, don't have to spend a lot. under $50. >> love this. >> mj project, diy.com, amazing. for $30 a month they will send you all the material and inspiration. you go on the website and see what's in and trending and make it yourself.

>> you have to make your jewelry. >> that is a bracelet. >> how adorable is that. >> i did not make it. >> hoda. >> that's gorgeous. >> is this great. they give you all the in materials and it comes like this and it comes right to your house. >> this is adoreble. >> and make it at home. >> look at that. >> how much is that. >> $30 a month. they just deliver it to your house and it's great. >> i would never make anything but it's nice. >> but you wouldn't be able to. >> right. >> we can make it for you and give it as a gift. quick fashion, you have everything here, pockets that fit into your pants so that you don't have to carry anything. very into the fanny pack i. >> i miss my fanny pack. >> i tweeted you from michigan. i wore a fanny pack. >> my favorite one is gone, stolen or something. >> i want it back. >> get another one. >> maybe that guy you visited took it. >> what guy that i visited? >> when you went away. >> his name is frank. i visit him once in a while. >> when you went on vacation. >> okay. >> george clooney on lake cuomo. >> that was supposed to happen. this is the lip of the season on

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on his self-titled daytime show "steve harvey" the actor and best-selling author knows how to talk to the ladies. >> he does. even getting an entire studio audience of women to pledge not to have sex with a man for 90 days after meeting him. >> i tried to tell you that, hoda. >> stop it. >> steve harvey is kicking off season two of his hit show next monday and we are delighted. >> we love you. by the way, congrats on hitting a home run. >> yeah. >> i mean, that has got to feel so good. >> it did until i came here this morningp. i found out i didn't deserve it. right before we went on. congratulations on everything. you don't deserve it. >> i like to get you, you know -- >> very funny. >> we had more fun when we came to chicago and did your show. >> we loved hanging with you.

>> we knew ahead of time, so many of the new shows his is going to be a hit because he's real. people are sick of the phoniness. you got to be authentic. >> here's the deal. i have an opinion. now the fact that it's not the same as yours. >> yeah. >> that should be okay. >> it should be in the real world. >> i shouldn't be afraid to say what i think because it's not politically correct or it's not what you're supposed to say as a celebrity. people all the time about this, you're promoting spanking a child. i'm telling you i got spanked and i'm telling you i spank the ones that i had. none of mine -- >> i would have spanked mine but they were fast. they took after their father and they were athletes. i would have spanked them too. >> you do something called strawberry letters. you give a lot of relationship advice. how did the term strawberry letters come about? >> the brothers johnson had a song out called "strawberry letter 23" and a co-host of mine -- >> wow. >> are you serious? >> that's how we do around here. >> and then --

>> the co-host of my show in l.a. her name was shirley strawberry. >> that's right. yeah. >> so i called it strawberry letter. >> she would read them and you would give advice. >> she gave her advice and i gave mine. >> why don't you give advice on a couple letters we have. >> these are a little rough. 23-year-old woman writes her 25-year-old boyfriend is wearing her out in the bedroom. >> like literally three, four times a day. we don't want to go into more details. she goes -- she does -- she goes to school, works two jobs and finds time somehow. anyway, she says what do i do? keep giving in to him with the nonstop sex or go the other way? >> he accuses her of cheating if she doesn't want to have sex? >> who has time. >> i'm exhausted reading it. >> what does he do? >> exactly. >> where do you work? where you got four to five times a day. you're, obviously, part time at a fast food. you need to up your game.

you're 25. you got to get a full-time job first. where you can't be available four or five times a day. >> yeah. >> i'm concerned about the four or five times anyway. >> yeah. >> i think there's something to say for quality as opposed to quantity. >> amen. >> i think you're aggravating a women on the fifth time around. >> unless she's a very rare woman. >> i think it's aggravating. >> unless she's getting paid. >> then she's happy to see you again. >> remember when your uncle used to tickle you, it's funny the first 15 seconds. after that, uncle, get off me. >> now you're my weird uncle. >> i don't care for you anymore. >> these are fun. >> can you stay the whole hour? >> time to do one more. a 40year-old man writes in he popped the question to his 35-year-old girlfriend of two years. they set the date. both are working professionals. he describes the relationship as pretty solid, notes she's very aracktive but learns while hanging with his pals at a strip club she had a side gig in the

adult film industry. she never told him about. >> i'm out. i'm out completely. >> yeah. >> see, wife and stripper cannot be in the same sentence. >> even if she just strips for you? >> no. she's been in some movies, right? >> yeah. >> i can't do is carry my wife somewhere and introducing her as tonya and fellas is calling her bubbalicious. >> and a fan of her work. >> we have to go but wish you great luck. >> he doesn't du sieeserve it. >> steve harvey's show premiers a week from today. don't forget check your local listings. >> thank you. if you're someone who has trouble taking care of a house plant but want a pet. >> we have l

somewhere between a puppy

and pet rock you can find a great low maintenance pet for you. >> real simple, polled vets and pet store owners to the least demanding creatures from feathers to furry to others. >> featured in the family magazine special issue. here is sarah humphreys. >> hello. >> and mr. bow yankles. >> the thing about birds they can live for a long time. parrots can live between 35 and 80 years. >> you better be committed. >> this is not a parrot. this is a budgie, kind of a pair row keyes, mr. bo yankles and only lives between 5 and 15 years. they're great. love to hang out with you. one, they'll be your flock. spend time with them every day in or out of the cage. >> will he fly around? >> you need to clip his wings, like trimming his hair. they can -- >> doesn't hurt him? >> they'll mimic words. they're a great bird but a little more low maintenance.

they like to look in the mirror. >> the guinea pig. >> so cute. >> professor pickles owned by our photo editor brian from and he is super cute. national television debut. >> hello. >> guinea pigs are great because if your kids want something furry and fluffy to squeeze, this is the thing to get. >> i go they do not bite. they are not nocturnal. >> and they don't eat. >> i fed him before. he might be full. >> what they need, they need a bigger cage, about four square feet per pig but great personalities. when you open the fridge they zeal, hence the name guinea pig. >> squealing with delight. >> down to the reptile department. >> oh. >> did you see what that was? that was not -- >> yeah. >> he is an animal. >> little something hanging off the tailbone if you know what i'm saying. little something. >> kaishg okay. >> in the reptile department. here's the thing, if you ever

owned an ig kwan na they can get to be small dinosaurs. >> this is a leopard gecko, albino leopard geckos. you can get them spotted. between 7 and 10 inches total. they're not going to turn into a dinosaur. >> what do they eat? >> they disappeared already meal worms. buy them in bulk and store them next to the mayonnaise or whatever. they're squirmy but sweet. >> leave them in here. >> what's the life span? >> about 10 to 20 years. >> wow. >> long but not -- >> you have to commit. >> yes, you do. >> ten seconds. >> fine. beta fish, blow gold fish out of the water. they're beautiful. great macho personality. beautiful fins and nice color. they're also called japanese fighting fish. if one of the males will see another male he'll start blowing bubbles. >> okay. >> and they clean easily. >> thank you. these are great.

>> thank you very much. >> tomorrow, rocker gene simmons and paul stanley from k.i.s.s. >> vicki lawrence. >> we'll

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