good morning. wanted man. an arrest warrant issued overnight for ukraine's ousted president accused in the mass killings of civilians. where is he? return of the polar vortex. after a warm weekend, a fresh blast of brutally cold air is moving in. how far will temperatures plunge this time? kennedy in court. rfk's daughter kerry goes on trial today for allegedly driving impaired as members of her family come to her defense. and spectacular sendoff. ♪ russia puts a ribbon on the olympic winter games with a dazzling closing ceremony and takes a moment to poke fun at an

opening glitch. >> the producers have a sense of humor. >> as we welcome a host of team usa medal winners back home to our plaza "today," monday, february 24th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm jet lagged. >> and i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker and natalie morales. are you sure it's monday and not yesterday or tomorrow? >> a nine-hour time change is not an easy one. how are you feeling? >> i'm not used to wearing matching pants and a suit. >> and i'm surprised you had that vodka shot with your cereal this morning. >> habits are hard to break. >> we are all home and happy to be back in new york after a fun time in sochi. >> absolutely.

we have a lot coming up. including our special series coming up called "love your selfie." most subjects we hear about are the unreal expectations we have when it comes to body image. we're accepting and embracing ourselves. >> and as a way to get the conversation started, we're going to be taking our make-up off later on in the program, jet lag and all. we want you to take part in this. people are sending their selfies and we're putting them on the wall outside. keep them coming to us. >> and meantime, our plaza -- speaking of face -- our plaza has a facelift. we're going to head outside the orange arches and show you around a little bit. it's a whole new experience. >> i thought that was another tough mudder competition. i got nervous when i pulled in this morning. let us begin on our monday morning with the top story. that arrest warrant for ukraine's president. for three weeks, vladimir putin showed world the region he wanted to portray. the situation unfolding in russia's western neighbor comes as a harsh reality check.

nbc's richard engel's in kiev. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. parliament here has appointed its speaker as an interim president as new video emerges from the massacre that ultimately led this government to fall. ukrainians visited memorials for the nearly 100 protesters killed to oust their president. >> it's incredible. our government killed so many people. >> reporter: as protesters clashed with police last thursday, demonstrators were shot. this new video taken by ukrainian tv suggests the crackdown was more deliberate and organized than previously known. it appears to show calm, heavily armed forces maneuvering tactically around government buildings near kiev's independent square communicating on their radios and taking aimed shots. ukraine's new interior minister

today posted an arrest warrant for president viktor yanukovych for mass murder. but where is he? footage shows the moment yanukovych left kiev left last week with suitcases. national security adviser susan rice told "meet the press," as far as washington is concerned, yanukovych is no longer president. >> this is an interesting and complicated situation as you know. >> reporter: rice's strongest message was for russia. >> that would be a grave mistake. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return. >> reporter: kiev today remains calm and peaceful. yanukovych, president just last week, now a fugitive. >> reporter: that video of the security forces could prove to be significant. it appears to show three-man sniper teams taking orders and firing.

matt, back to you. >> richard engel in kiev this morning. thank you very much. >> meantime, here at home, two dreaded words we haven't heard in a while are back. polar vortex, al, really? >> yeah, but not as bad. it's going to be a little jarring after the weather we've had over the last few weeks. but we are going to see a bit of a change. here's what's going on. we're basically looking at a big arctic high. and that has pushed the jet stream way up to the west. and, of course, to balance it out, the jet stream has headed to the south as you get to much of the country. here we go. here it comes, a chunk of it. it's not the main center, but a piece of the polar vortex breaking off, bringing in the colder air. right now, feels like 13 below in bismarck, detroit, 5 above. and today's highs, temperatures will be about 15 degrees below in minneapolis, bismarck, 25 degrees below average. tomorrow morning, we look for those temperatures to continue plunging. cleveland, morning temperature, 15, new york city, 20, baltimore, 28. by wednesday, we continue to see the plunges.

the core of the cold air, minneapolis minus 10, huron, 3 below. we bottom out thursday morning. green bay is 5 below, syracuse, 4 below, new york city 12, and then it plunges to the south. guys, albany, georgia, 12 below normal, atlanta, 24. but, again, once we get through thursday, we start to see a bit of a warmup as we head into the weekend. >> take the good with the bad. >> absolutely. >> thanks very much. now a colorful end to the xxii winter olympic games in sochi. the president of the ioc declaring them an extraordinary success during the closing ceremonies. following 18 days of competition and a few lingering controversies. nbc's keir simmons in sochi. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt. you left me behind. and what an incredible night you missed. this morning, sochi is getting ready to host the paralympics with the tremendous performances

from those men and women. but the closing ceremony last night was astonishing, it had music, it had dance. oh, and a few fireworks. >> reporter: sochi ended as it began. with spectacular, uniquely russian closing ceremony. watched by president putin, smiling. the games successful enough for the organizers to laugh at themselves. a dance recreating the olympic ring included the fifth ring that failed to open at the opening ceremony. this time, eventually, it did. >> the producers have a sense of humor. >> reporter: the end of a weekend that brought bronze for team usa in the four-man bobsled, but more heartache in hockey. team usa failing to medal after losing 5-0 to finland. canada won gold last night. and more controversy. the sweden hockey team's nicklas

backstrom didn't play. the sixth agent lead to be banned while testing positive at the olympic games. while pictures emerged of a russian figure skating judge hugging the surprise russian winner. bitter arguments over the results. president putin congratulated gold winning snowboarding vic wild. born in america, but competed for russia. a changed country, the closing ceremony declared. >> this is the new face of russia. >> reporter: not everyone will agree. russia spent more money than any games before, won more medals. but what it all means, history will judge. >> reporter: and last night, they passed that winter olympic flag to south korea who will host the game in 2018. and the pressure on rio to make sure they're ready in two years time for the summer games. meanwhile, guys, a few of us left here now surrounded by

russians. we may even make a run for it. >> you'll be okay. you handled yourself well for the last few weeks, keir. thank you very much for all your help. >> meantime, natalie's here. big arrest making news around the world to tell you about. >> and we are learning more about how mexico has captured its most wanted man. drug kingpin el chapo, his arrest has huge implications around the world. and comes from help from u.s. agencies. mark potter has details. >> reporter: new details this morning about the dramatic arrest of mexican kingpin joaquin guzman known as el chapo or "shorty." they've been hot on his heels for the last few weeks. they claim to have just missed him after raiding a safe house recently. guzman had escaped climbing through tup tunnels leading away from the house. this video released by the mexican attorney general's office shows a stairway heading down to a tunnel which connects

to a city drainage system. on saturday morning, guzman's luck ran out when mexican marines captured him in the resort town of mazatalan. for drug agents, a huge catch. >> chapo guzman is the most prolific trafficker of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana in the world. >> reporter: he supplies most of the elicit drugs crossing the u.s. border. he's been indicted in half dozen american cities. "forbes" magazines labeled him one of the world's richest men. and in 2001, guzman escaped from a maximum security prison. from a laundry truck. but now that he's behind bars again, u.s. officials plan to seek his extradition. mark potter, nbc news, miami. big changes could be coming to the u.s. army. defense secretary chuck hagel is recommending billions of dollars in annual budget cuts that would limit pay raises and increase

health care premiums. under the plan, the army would shrink to the smallest force since the world war ii build-up. likely to face fierce opposition on capitol hill. the nation's governors at the white house again today. they had dinner with president obama sunday night as part of their winter conference. and today the president will urge them to team up for what he calls a year of action. the message, if congress won't act, then the white house will work with the states directly to get things done. some bad news this morning for drivers, gas prices are up 12 cents in just two weeks. the national average for regular is now $3.41 per gallon. experts say crude oil prices are up because of violence in petroleum-producing nations venezuela and south sudan. and scary moments for a florida pilot this weekend after an uninvited passenger decided to hop a ride. take a look at the video. captured by a cockpit camera. rob weber was minutes away from landing his six-seat plane in

ft. myers, florida, when a bird comes crashing through the windshield sending shards of glass and feathers everywhere. a few moments later, you can see weber reach up and check himself realizing he's been cut on the head. minutes later, he was able to safely land on the ground. can't say the same for the bird, though, sadly. >> thanks for that footnote. that never works out well. >> feathers flying like that. >> all right. natalie, thank you. later on, new york city mayor bill deblasio will be here to help cut the ribbon on the new look plaza. and al, you've been tweeting about that this morning. >> yeah. mentioned it. a few people might be curious about it. he's going to help me with the weather. >> oh, really? cool. all right. good. >> there you go. >> we're going to get to your local forecast in 30 seconds. co. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes.

generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪ good morning to you. 7:13. taking a live look at san jose, the sun is up, the temperature is 45 degrees at lunch time we'll be at 66 degrees, 4:00 p.m., once the sun starts to set still in the 70s and highs are going to be comfortable a. clear cold start. the next couple hours the warm-up is on. we're headed toward the 70s, beautiful clear sky in san francisco. new record warmth. throughout tonight, gorgeous conditions. rain moves in on wednesday. al. thank you. opening statements begin today in the driving trial of robert f. kennedy's daughter kerry kennedy. and it stems from a 2012

accident in north castle, new york, about an hour north of manhattan. nbc's katy tur with the latest on this story. >> good morning, savannah. the 54-year-old facing a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge she said was the result of a mix-up with her medication. medication. >> she's fine and ready to go to trial and hopefully happy to get this over with. >> reporter: kerry kennedy due in court later today on trial for a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of a drug that stems from a july 2012 accident in which kennedy's car side swiped a tractor trailer in new york's west chester county. >> i remember getting on the highway and then i have no memory until i was stopped at a traffic light and a police officer was at my car door. >> reporter: officers described her as, quote, swaying and she had impaired speech. a toxicology report showed that kennedy had small traces of a generic form of ambien in her bloodstream. >> i told the officer it was

theoretically possible that i had mistakenly taken an ambien rather than a thyroid pill earlier that morning. >> reporter: kennedy's lawyers says that she occasionally takes the medicine when flying internationally. he argues that that medication and her thyroid medication come in similar prescription bottles and the pills are a similar shape and color. >> it is not a crime if it's an accidental ingestion. >> if the jury believes that she didn't knowingly take this, then that would be the heart of the defense, the crux of the defense in this case, then the jury would have to acquit. >> reporter: while prosecutors are expected to argue that once kennedy began to feel drowsy from the medication, she should've gotten off the road. >> kennedy's legal team turned down a plea deal that would've resulted in a three-month suspension on her license. if convicted, she could face a year in jail, fines, and also a suspended license. now her brother rfk jr. is coming to her defense arguing a conviction could be devastating to the humanitarian work she does abroad.

and there were no injuries in the original accident. >> katy tur, thank you very much. >> history made in the new york area last night in a basketball game between the brooklyn nets and los angeles lakers. willie's here with more on that. willie? >> good morning, my brothers and sisters in jet lag. good to see you again. jason collins came out more than nine months ago in an article he wrote for "sports illustrated." last night for the first time since the release, collins took to the court. >> reporter: history on at basketball court sunday night when 35-year-old jason collins became the first openly gay male athlete to play in any of the four major professional u.s. sports. >> i don't have time to really think about history right now. i just have to, you know, focus on, you know my job. >> reporter: signing a ten-day contract with the brooklyn nets on sunday, collins suited up and made his debut to a cheering crowd in los angeles. it comes less than a year after the 13-year nba veteran revealed

his sexual orientation. >> life is so much better for me. i don't have to hide who i am. i can be my normal self. and it's just a really overall, you know, positive. >> after one game wearing 46, collins will play in jersey number 98 in honor of matthew shepard. a gay teen who was murdered in a notorious hate crime in 1998. a symbolic message of tolerance collins hopes will spread through sports. >> message to other athletes, doesn't matter -- period, just be yourself. be your true, authentic self. and never be afraid or ashamed or have any fear to be your true, authentic self. >> the nets get the win last night in his first game in los angeles, 11 minutes, two rebounds, took one shot, missed it, five fouls for him in 11 minutes, which is exactly the way he plays. >> exactly right. >> he's a bruiser. >> and i meant to say with a team here in the new york area, i didn't mean to say the game was in the new york area. jet lag, jet lag, jet lag.

>> how long can we use that excuse? >> at least until thursday. carson in the orange room, a lot of people talking about that. nice to see you. >> nice to see you guys. welcome home, everybody. great job in sochi. good morning, everybody. this jason collins story was a huge story from the moment it broke. let's get the latest. there he is signing with jason kidd yesterday morning. this all happened fast. that was a ten-day contract. al, your buddy, the mayor of new york wrote, welcome jason collins to brooklyn. now, this is michael sam who came out earlier this month. he may be the first openly gay nfl player. he writes, congratulations to my friend jason collins, excited to see you do work out there #courage. and then finally at the end of the day, jason did write, just in the overnight. what a day, great win tonight @brooklynnets over my hometown lakers, thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this journey. that was a great story. we'll continue that. and coming up later this half

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it wants to put some of them up in local hotels and motels potentially for years. the city figures it costs about $1 million a year to help 60 people. the plan is lease vacant hotel rooms and allow them to stay while nonprofit agencies help find jobs and permanent housing for the homeless. a look at the forecast for today. a nice one ahead. >> nice and warm. good morning to you. 7:27. a live look at san francisco. you can see we have low cloud cover. mostly right over the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge this morning. otherwise nice blue sky for most of the bay area. you can see that from our various live cameras. northbound looking nice and clear to kick off the day. it's cold, 36 degrees out there right now. grab a coat. something you can peel off. we're on the way to 71 in the north bay, 74 in the south bay. wednesday the rain moves in. make sure you're ready for that. overall pretty good. let's check your drive. >> tough for san mateo. south 101 there a crash around

poplar that has not cleared. here in fremont looking at southbound 880 slowing toward mission, that's the jam. we'll look at the maps into the south bay. the northbound route 85 a crash past 17 has cleared. a slowdown there. into the area of fremont we showed you, a slow drive out of the hayward area past the san mateo bridge. slow toward the castro valley y and this incident has cleared but causing this unusual slowing. >> thank you. i'll have another local update in about a half hour.

♪ ♪ back now at 7:30 on this monday morning, 24th of february, 2014. pretty shot of the sun coming up. and we've got some pretty shots ourselves here on the plaza. sun coming up here in new york city and rising over kind of a rehabbed new look on our plaza. >> our plaza went to rehab while we're gone? >> speaking of, i know some others who may enter -- any way. >> we need to enter rehab after all the vodka. >> we'll cut that ribbon on the plaza with mayor de blasio coming up. >> let's take a look at headlines making news. gas prices are on the rise. up 12 cents in two weeks. and they're expected to keep going up. >> as you know, the winter olympics in sochi wrapped up officially last night with a

dazzling closing ceremony. the flame extinguished by one of the game's mascots, the bear, natalie's friend. followed by a massive fireworks display. the bear said call me. coming up, medal-winning members of team usa will join us live. >> nice to see them again. and nba player jason collins made history last night as the first openly gay man to play in a major u.s. sports league. collins took the court for the brooklyn nets nine months after he came out in "sports illustrated." how would you like two weeks each year to do whatever you wanted. according to a new aol body image survey, women are spending an average of 55 minutes per day on their appearance. that works out to 14 days a year. >> wow. with all that in mind, we're going to be launching our "love your selfie" series. it will help you find beauty that you can actually embraced. and we've dubbed today "no make-up monday."

>> we've got folks on the plaza taking it off right now. we'll join them later. plus we'll talk to dr. oz about the pressure to look good and the right way to define beauty. you thought i brought bags home from sochi, wait until you see them when we take the makeup off. >> indestructible. >> looking forward to that. thanks. all right. let's begin this half hour, though, with the latest on the murder conviction of amanda knox. with yet another appeal on the horizon. some wonder if knox's ex-boyfriend is now trying to distance himself from her. joe fryer has that story. >> reporter: for more than six years rafael soicito defended his then girlfriend, amanda knox, in the murder of her roommate, meredith kercher. but in a new interview, he says he does have some questions about knox's behavior before kercher's body was found. he says after knox spent the night at his place, she went home to shower. when she returned hours later, he says knox was very agitated saying her front door had been

broken into and she found small bloodstains in the bathroom. certainly i asked her questions, he says, why did you take a shower? why did she spend so much time there? the reporter later asks what answers do you give yourself. and he responds, i don't have answers. >> i think he's distancing himself from her. he's saying that there is some evidence that may apply to her, doesn't apply to him. >> reporter: a year ago, he raised similar concerns about knox's behavior in his book. but in an appearance with savannah on "today" says he's never doubted her. >> the real facts are that we are innocent. >> reporter: they were convicted of murder in 2009, found innocent by an appeals court in 2011, then found guilty again this year. in her blog this month, knox rejected claims he was distancing himself. but does say he's frustrated pointing to an e-mail she recently received from him in which he maintains they're both

innocent but says i don't want to be punished for nor have to continue to justify those things that regard you and not me. knox now hopes on appeal she'll be found innocent again. >> there was no evidence then. there is no evidence now. and there never will be any evidence. >> reporter: italy's supreme court could hear their appeal within a year. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >> let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> good news is, we are seeing a change in the weather patterns for our friends out west. because it has been brutally dry. we would normally between july 1st through today see anywhere from 6 inches to a foot and a half of rain from santa barbara. but look at this, some areas, burbank, only a half inch of rain. santa ana 1 1/4 inches of rain. and to the north where the growing takes place in california, we would normally have upwards of 2 1/2 feet of rain. look at what they've gotten so far. i mean, some areas only a fifth of what they should get. but the good news is, we're seeing a change.

we're going to see some major storms developing out in the pacific. three major storms. storm number one will make its way in the gulf of alaska. storm number two makes its way into central and southern california bringing heavy rain, storm number three, this one brings relief all the way down as far south as los angeles and san diego. and look at the rainfall amounts. won't break the drought, but some areas picking up to 6 inches of rain from fresno. three inches as far south as los angeles. and that's great news. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's >> well, al, i think we should keep that great news coming in. good morning to you. temperatures are chilly to start but we're headed towards the 70s which means you can give your heater a break. 73 in the east bay, 67 in san francisco, north bay at 71 degrees. and it looks like we're going to tap into that atmospheric river as we head deeper into the week. right now rain chances start early wednesday and continue all

the way through thursday and friday. we could be measuring three inches of rain over the weekend right here in san jose. want to get a really good sense of how bad this drought is out west and how much it's going to affect us all both economically and culturally. miguel almaguer has a great piece on nbcnews.com. check it out. it'll open your eyes. >> very serious situation there, al, thank you. coming up on trending, they've waited years to enter the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. so why won't kiss be performing at the big ceremony? and up next, is he feeling pressure? seth meyers as he prepares for his late night debut tonight. these don't look clean.

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♪ we are back at 7:40. and it is a big day for seth meyers. takes over as host of "late night" tonight. we met up with him at his new home here in 30 rock. and i started by asking him what it would be like when he hears now the host of "late night" seth meyers for the first time. >> i think i'll go into a full panic the first time. and we'll probably have security guards behind me to make sure i can't make tracks quickly out the other direction. >> for more than a decade, seth meyers has made us laugh on "saturday night live." america knows him best as snl's head writer and host of "weekend update." >> i'm seth meyers and here are tonight's top stories. >> he's been called funny killing it each week as the straight man. >> i guess i just miss him this time of year. >> i never knew you had a family. thought you were built by gay scientists. >> i actually read an article

and the writer paid you a great compliment. turns out the most popular seth meyers character is seth meyers. >> i have very little range. that's a kind way of saying it. >> no range, no problem. meyers is the comedic genius behind some of the most memorable sketches on snl in the last decade. many played by his friends tina fey and amy poehler. >> and i can see russia from my house. >> so what can we expect from "late night" host seth meyers? >> do you see yourself as more of the iconic host? like the conan/letterman? >> i don't know. i think that's one of the things you don't overthink your own persona. you make the decisions you would make on your own tastes and that leads to the kind of show it'll be. >> do you think we'll be seeing my favorite thing from "weekend update" which is "really"? >> i think you'll see that sentiment. i don't know if you'll see it actually in that structure. but i promise to be incredulous

about current events. >> that unique seth meyers brand. >> i would love to have sort of a long list of politicians coming on the show. somebody like chris christie would be interesting to talk to him right now. and then, you know, we'd love to have authors, athletes, as well as obviously people from show business. >> i could probably get you al roker. >> don't joke about this. >> no, i'm serious. i know him. >> i'm sorry. i just never thought i'd get al roker. >> what does he get? respect and lots of it. around the halls of 30 rock, he's become a bit of a favorite son with nbc even celebrating his "late night" launch with pizza for staffers. >> congrats on your new job serving pizza. >> thank you very much. it was part of the contract negotiations. i had to do a certain amount of hours in the commissary. here we go. i may have just speared that

with my spatula. this is the suit i wore at my wedding. >> is it really? >> and this is the greatest thing i've ever worn it for. >> while he has logged plenty of hours behind a fake news desk talking to fake guests, seth admits he's nervous about the real thing. >> you've had good guests and bad guests over your career. i want you to help me practice, be the worst guest you could possibly do. >> i think i can do that. >> great. all right. here we go. all right. so tell me, savannah -- >> it's savanauh. >> okay. i heard you went on vacation. >> mm-hmm. >> where did you go? >> hawaii. >> how was it? >> it was good. great. >> i thought these questions would have longer answers. oh, i was told you have a very funny story about a birthday party. >> no, you heard wrong. i don't. >> okay. well, that's great, i think that's our time, thank you very much savanauh.

>> it's savannah guthrie. come on, we're the same network. thank you very much, that was great. i don't think it's ever going to get worse than that. >> no doubt meyers will master the real thing soon enough. and if he misses his friends at "snl," it's just down the hall. >> i think if i wasn't married, i would be there all the time. the guy that graduated high school and is still sticking around. what are you guys doing this week? cool, cool, that sounds funny. drinking a six pack out of a bag. >> seth, come on, it's over. >> you know, i used to do "update," there's some pictures of me over there. >> very great. >> he's going to be fantastic. >> you can catch the premiere of "late night with seth meyers." seth's first guest amy poehler and joe biden. >> tell us a story about the birthday party. >> no. >> to do a great interview, let me tell you.

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it. congratulations, guys. i'm glad you're here. we're kicking off a series today you've heard a little bit about. it's called "love your selfie." we have partnered with aol on the survey. you spend a lot of time primping. 55 minutes a day, works out to two week vacation worth staring at yourself. men, not much better. 39 minutes for you. today, we're going to kick off no make-up monday. devon, you're going to kick this off, congratulations, by the way, silver. welcome home. >> thank you. >> how you feeling? >> feeling great. >> how much time do you spend putting on make-up? >> not that much. i'm always covered up, trying to protect my skin from the sun. not at all. >> we have a mirror because you're going to kick it off for us officially if you don't mind. here's our little wipe-it for you. if you're at home and you haven't put your make-up on yet, don't.

you have an extra hour. what do you think it means for women at home to kick it off for us? >> take it off, just put some sweat pants on and be yourself. >> that's the idea. that is the idea. >> all right. >> take it off! take it off! >> this is the official kickoff of no make-up monday. take a picture of yourself, #loveyourselfie." don't you feel better about life? i love myself. >> i love myself. >> i love me. >> i love looking at carson in the mirror. >> i want your silver medal. congratulations, guys. thanks for helping us out. >> thank you. >> send us some pictures, and we're all going to do the same thing in a few minutes. we're excited about that. so back to you. >> yeah. good for him. coming up, we're going to keep the conversation going. we'll talk about how we feel about how we look. and we're going to bear it all.

and alec baldwin's latest rant. why he sayst he's done with public life. and usher with a preview of tonight's season premiere of

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good morning. 7:56. i'm scott mcgrew. stanford university will soon stop selling tobacco on campus. vendors who run convenience stores on campus agreed to stop selling tobacco products, even e-cigarettes. a university official says the sales are inconsistent with the many programs that support healthy habits and behaviors. you can't smoke on campus unless you are 30 feet away from a school building. tobacco sales stop next month. the dalai lama is in the south bay set to speak in front of 4,000 people in santa clara university. he is expected to touch on business in the silicon valley and ethics and compassion. protesters expected to greet him at the university as well. >> no protests about our forecast. let's check in with christina. >> good morning. none at all. even the farmers are excited

about the rain we have coming in. your forecast shows at the bottom of the screen. in san francisco we showed you the shot socked in with fog over the golden gate bridge. the past half hour beautiful lesson in science. the fog clears as the sun warms up the top layer. going to be out of here the next 15, 20 minutes. temperatures are going to climb into the 70s. let's check your drive. >> looking here, the fremont area moves smoothly. we'll turn to the san mateo bridge where we see slowing off of 880, and we have that smoothing out now for the flat section and the high rise, good news. the bad news look at the map toward that area, south bound 880 jams up on the peninsula the sunlight is the problem on the east bay the crash at eighth street. slowing you down and jamming you up out of oakland toward hayward. that's your commute direction for the nimitz at about the worst time of day. we have a slow drive toward the bay bridge and the east shore

freeway. >> quite the monday morning. we'll have another update in a half hour. comcast brought millions of people closer to nbcuniversal's coverage of the biggest olympic winter games ever, with the most coverage of the most events on every device. and the most hours of streaming video on the nbc sports live extra app,

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♪ it's 8:00 on "today." and coming up, "love your selfie." >> the hair thing bothered me for a short period of time. >> my gift to america. >> this morning being a week long series on body image as dr. oz shows us how to leave behind hang-ups when it comes to our looks. but welcome home. some of team usa's medal winners are back on american soil as they help us kick off our new and improved plaza. ♪ >> and ushering in a new voice. r&b superstar usher stops in to talk music, moves and making "the voice" bigger than ever. "today," monday, february 24th,

2014. >> welcome back, team usa! >> ft. myers, florida! >> good morning! >> here at the "today" show. >> congratulations, team usa! >> whoo! >> and we're back now at 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the 24th day of february, 2014, matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, hoda kotb joining us for our new reveal, as well, al roker, and look who stepped in here, the new mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. great to see you. >> you've got an enthusiastic crowd here. >> not bad. i like it. >> and so you're here for a great reason. first of all, you're going to chat with al later on.

you've met. >> our first time actually meeting. >> okay. >> you're here to help us cut the ribbon and usher in a new era on our gussied up plaza here. >> it's beautiful. >> let me tell you, people love this part of our town and this makes it even better. i think it's going to be an exciting addition to new york city. all i can say is come visit. come visit, be a part of this. >> there you go. you've got the biggest scissors in new york. >> don't run with those. >> the moment has come. >> one, two, three -- >> yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> while we were gone in sochi, a lot of talented people worked very hard to fix this place up. and we're going to be showing you around in a second. >> mayor de blasio, thank you so much for helping make it official. and hoda's here to talk about the new plaza. >> i am. a lot of people come here and say where do i go? where do i go? 49th street. if you find this arch, you are in the right place. the ice skating rink is just through it right there. on this side, you guys, is the magic window where you can see

savannah, matt, al, and natalie make faces. we always have a great crowd here. you've got to join. we have a couple -- where is vikki? 60 today? >> yeah. i don't want to admit that. >> is that your husband behind you? >> good morning. i love you. >> i love it here. this plaza's got a lot going on. carson is way at the other end. >> hoda, can i interrupt? can we welcome in some special guests behind us here? >> yes. >> through the arch -- members of team usa straight from sochi! and we're going to get to talk to them in a little while. hoda, now take it away. >> all right. carson, you've got it, i'm running to you. i'm running to you. >> thank you. the plaza is officially opened, revamped. you're visiting from where? >> ft. myers, florida. >> and you don't have art supplies? >> no.

>> your daughter is ellie. you come over to this side of it, we've got a full poster-making set-up here. you can get in the action. michelle's helping. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> did you have fun in new york? >> yes. >> thanks for coming to "today." then you can come over here. >> i've not seen you in a while. >> nice to see you, sweetheart. >> so if you want to register, it's a lot of fun. we have ipads, we're really fancy and high-tech. >> that's right. that's tina. >> tina. >> so why are they punching in her name? >> we want to know you're here. so we can make your experience much better. why are you here? >> you guys and my 40th birthday. >> happy birthday! you come here, check in on the kiosk, that way we know it's your birthday. >> it's a whole new experience out here on the plaza. you guys have got to come down. >> there's a staff, a website, a theme song. >> come on. >> there's margaritas. >> come and see us. come and -- there'll be margaritas later on. there should be.

handing it back to matt. >> all right, hoda, carson. thanks very much. mr. roker and mayor de blasio will chat in a second. but right now, let's go inside the magic window and check in with natalie for a look at the top stories. >> all right, guys. in the news this morning, the toppled president of ukraine is a wanted man this morning. issued an arrest warrant overnight for viktor yanukovych. he's been a fugitive since forced from power on saturday following his deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. meantime, on sunday, national security adviser susan rice warned russia not to intervene to save yanukovych, a strong moscow ally. the olympic spotlight is turning from eastern europe to south america. bill, good morning. >> reporter: yes, natalie. from russia to rio, it could hardly be more different.

the first south american city to be awarded the games. it's a world away from winter games in sochi, rio is the next olympic city, and its mayor can't wait. >> there's no view like that, no place like rio. >> reporter: the stadium for the opening ceremony is ready. most venues are not. the main olympic park is a building site. >> these are scheduled. we can't deliver things on schedule all the time. >> reporter: olympic officials say rio hasn't a day to waste. he's a mayor in a hurry. >> i can guarantee these games will be ready on time. >> 100%? >> 100%. >> reporter: but rio has a dark side. since it won the games, the police have struggled against the drug gangs that rule many neighborhoods. they patrol aggressively trying to make rio safe for the summer games, but parts of this city remain violent.

rio's reputation is built on carnival and fun. it knows how to throw a party. and the countdown has begun to one of its biggest. rio won the bid, and with sochi over, the pressure is on, only 894 to go before the next opening ceremony. natalie? >> bill neely in rio de janeiro, thank you. a spell binding finish to a county spelling bee in missouri. sophia hoffman and kush sharma duelled on stage. they will hold a rematch next month. it is 8:07 right now. let's send it back to everyone on the plaza and al's special guest, i believe the mayor again. >> that's right. >> yes, indeed, natalie. we've got mayor bill de blasio. and we'll get this out of the way.

we had a little chat about school closings and snow. and we both want the best for the school kids. >> that's right. >> and our city. >> that's right. and, al, look, i think together letting people know what's going on with the weather, letting people know how they can be safe. that's something we do together. and i want to let you know, we have a little snow coming up the next few days. so i'd like to actually join us, the sanitation department official hat. and if you'd like to come out and join us with snow clearers -- >> my dad was a bus driver and used to drive a snow-clearing bus. i'd love to do this. new york strongest. >> they've had everything to deal with this winter, but they've done an amazing job. >> mr. mayor, thank you so much for coming by. we appreciate it. and as you said, there is snow coming, but the good news is, not going to be so bad. >> we'll take 8:08 on a monday morning. temperatures are looking good. it's still chilly out there, but we're headed towards the 70s.

the golden gate bridge entirely clear at this point. we're now in the 50s in san francisco. headed to about 67 degrees later on today. the south bay lots of sunshine. we're going to see a lot of sunshine. from now until sunset, it's going to be nice and clear out there. we are talking about the last clear day. at this time tomorrow, clouds increasing as an area of low pressure comes through. that's going to change everything. we've got rain on the way as of wednesday. >> and that's your latest weather. mr. mayor, thanks so much. >> thank you, al. >> coming up on "trending," why the legendary band kiss has canceled its rock 'n' roll hall of fame induction performance. plus, learning how to love your selfie. we open up about our hang-ups and conversation about how to embrace all of us. and we're going to spend some quality time with my colleague from "the voice," music superstar usher is here. but first, these messages. [ male announcer ] there's chicken,

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we are back now at 8:12 with "what's trending today." and first up on this first monday back in new york, a set-up alec baldwin. he's written a new essay entitled "i give up." and after a series of clashes, publicized clashes with new york photographers. he says i can't live in new york before. everything i hated about l.a. i'm beginning to crave. l.a. is a place you can live behind a gate, get in your car and your interaction with the public is minimal. >> well, doesn't end there. baldwin goes on to say, i want my newest child to have normal and decent life as i can

provide. new york doesn't seem the place for that anymore. no love loss between baldwin and the new york tabloids. the "new york daily news" says quit crying and go. don't let the screen door hit you. >> well, he's right if he's looking for that privacy, he can certainly get it in l.a., live behind the gates. it's not -- he really is a new york -- you go to l.a., you come to new york, there's alec baldwin somewhere riding his bike with a cup of coffee. he's out, he likes to be out. he won't get that in l.a. >> there's paparazzi in l.a. that's where tmz was created, right? >> driving your car. >> plus, you get behind the gates and l.a.'s spread out. you can run from them. >> all right. >> let's see how long his nonpublic life lasts. >> yeah. well, bring pizza if you go to l.a. no good pizza. >> good to know. there's one place, the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. the legendary band refusing to play at the induction ceremony. the issue is which kiss lineup should be on the stage.

>> seems the rockers can't agree on whether the original members or the current cast should play live with gene simmons and paul stanley. and on the website they call the dispute an emotional situation where there's really no way to please everybody here. >> can't you be one big group? >> you think that's the answer. >> everybody get up there and have them join sort of mid song or something. >> too bad. >> too bad. >> kind of rotate in and out, kind of like hockey. >> wearing the pads already. >> there you go. after 25 years, an iconic phone service is coming to an end. >> hello, and welcome to moviefone brought to you by the new york times and hot 97. >> that's right. moviefone. the movie listing service brought to life by kramer on seinfeld is being disconnected. the owners say now they're going to focus instead on the smartphone app. which is, too, bad, hello and

welcome to moviefone. >> i was surprised it took this long, actually. >> oh, nice. >> no, no -- >> recorded animated voice, you know. >> i just -- >> we want to welcome a nice new face to nbc, "today" lawyer starts a new show on msnbc. it's called "ronan farrow daily." >> pre-show jitters, but i think it's going to be great. >> are you really? why? it sounds like you've got it well in hand. >> people have been responding to a lot of things we're doing on the show, actually, honored here to be on "trending." we're putting it to the crowd. i feel for people in my generation, we hear the story but don't necessarily know what to do with it, we want to do more. don't want to sit by the sidelines. the show is about making sure every week we've got a big story, we tell you, you've got ten minutes, you want to do something, what is that thing you can do? >> you're talking about your call to action is student loan debt.

which affects so many of us, right? >> 40 million americans, that's 40 million with more than $1 trillion of debt. and we didn't have to look far. everyone around me from our p.a. to the people in the offices next door, everyone was suffering under this crushing burden. and it's preventing the economy from burgeoning because people can't buy houses and start families. we're going to ask everyone to take a picture of what they owe and when it's going to be paid off. >> and basically these people graduating college are starting their lives with one hand behind their back. >> and president obama made a big deal out of it in state of the union, but we haven't seen action on it. >> you've got miley cyrus, an interview with her. >> yeah, miley cyrus exclusive, also a serious matter, twerking. >> i think she's paid off her student loans. she said to me, you know, with instagram and twitter, everyone is a paparazzo. to your point about alec baldwin earlier. she's behind those gated walls

in los angeles. and she says it's scary. so we're going to try to use the same dynamic. >> i'll say it again, welcome. we're happy to have you here. >> 1:00 p.m. eastern time on msnbc. >> and he's "what's trending today." >> thank you, guys. >> thanks, ronan. and now to our special series which we are calling "love your selfie." a closer look at body image. why we're our toughest critics on ourselves. we want you to join this conversation as we share how we really feel sometimes about our looks. ♪ >> i have the exact body my dad had. >> my body is healthy, thankfully. strong and healthy. >> average. >> 40, it's okay. it's not good and it's not terrible. it's fine. >> subpar. i've got a forehead you could show a drive-in movie on.

>> my body, aging. >> when i was younger, i didn't like i was so tall. i actually tried to drink coffee because i had heard that it stunted your growth. obviously, that didn't work out so well for me. but i have now a lifelong coffee addiction. >> i had a big head in high school, they called me jug head. >> i wore braces for six years. kids would say big teeth or rabbit teeth. >> i had a serious case of buck teeth. my smile was something i was always insecure about. >> i was the kid with the crazy, frizzy hair, the stop sign glasses and the weird name. like the trifecta of woof. >> weight is a big issue. and i've always been heavy and as i got older, i got heavier. >> at times when i was a young kid, a lack of weight was an issue. and i was skinny. not just thin, i was skinny. >> we had something in our family, we called them wuggies.

that little place right at the top of the thighs just a little too much on there, that love. you know? >> i was a tall, scrawny kid. i looked exactly like anthony michael hall in "sixteen candles." >> i think i'm like every woman in america who has things they don't love about their bodies. >> if you would ask me this before my children, i would have said my thighs. but since c-sections, the stomach. >> i was heavy and lost weight. but i don't ever feel like the girl who lost weight. >> there are lots of things we'll never love about ourselves. who are we kidding? we can pretend all day long we like that we have cellulite. i'm never going to like that. but you know what, i try not to wear a bathing suit in public. that's my gift to america. >> after you've had two c-sections, some things don't go

back, you know, the way should have been. so i've got a little pooch sometimes that, you know, i stillbirthed two incredibly happy, healthy children. i'm so thankful. >> it's what my mother told me, my aunt told me. we all have something, why focus on it? >> the hair thing bothered me for a short period of time. there was a time when i had too much hair. i had this awful thing going on there. and i had people used to make jokes when they'd see a picture of me from behind. you can pick matt out, that's matt right there with the bald spot. i think if you have something about yourself you find unsatisfactory, you've got to either deal with it or get over it. so i woke up one day and said let's cut it off. >> welcome back, how was your vacation? >> it was fantastic. i think it looks fantastic.

>> i think it was the healthiest thing i've ever done in terms of my appearance. >> i think you reach a certain age, this is the body i have, let's make the most of it, have fun with it, play some basketball, play some football. and at the end of the day, i think i'm probably right about the right height. 6'4" is a good height where you're tall, but not too tall. >> my ears, nice and close to the head. never caused me a problem in my life. great ears. >> my hands because my nephew says i have my mother's hands. you have grandma's hands. and it touched my heart and become my favorite part of my body. >> now i like my height. i tower over everybody all the time on the "today" show and i go with it. >> i don't think too much about myself. i know it's a real selfie world right now. but i try to focus on the beauty in other people. >> when i think of beauty, i think of my wife. >> beauty is inside out.

it's when your eyes light up and you give off joy. to me, you look at someone and you go that's beautiful. >> we are what we are inside. i tend to concentrate on that. >> i think of what's behind the eyes. something that is exuded from the heart and from the soul. #loveyourselfie. >> wow, did it get pale and pasty in here? or is it just me? >> kathie lee -- >> we've all taken off our make-up for no-make-up monday. the idea is to peel back the layers and be comfortable with who you are. >> how's that working out? >> we're joined by dr. oz of the dr. oz show. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> are you wearing make-up? >> i'm not. i'll put my hands up first.

who is uncomfortable being on national television live. >> i'll go with that. >> we did the whole hour without make-up. >> there's a difference walking around your neighborhood without make-up and being on national tv. >> tv's a little less forgiving. >> hoda, you put your hand up. do you feel naked without the make-up? >> yeah. i like to have lipstick on. if i have nothing on but lipstick, i feel better. i dress up as yoda when we did the star wars thing. i was green with wispy hair and i put on red lipstick. >> if you saw yourselves for the first time -- some of you, anyway, talking about things. what do you appreciate in each other? matt, i didn't appreciate the transition you made with the hair. >> you did not? >> that you actually embraced it. >> you know, it was trying to get one step ahead of mother

nature. she was going to take it away anyway. i think that's what we do with things we're insecure about. >> having had children, i know kathie lee had the same thing, your body changes and doesn't go back to what it used to be. after time you fight it, but after time you learn to love it and accept it and appreciate the greatness that your body is always going to have. >> fathers, as well. our bodies -- >> all that. >> do i want that stomach i used to have or my children? and there's no question. >> ends up the number one body issue. men and women for both. let me get to the survey results. we just talked about something a little earlier, 335 hours a year are spent on appearance if you're a woman, but only 100 hours less if you're a guy. does that surprise the men on the set here? >> yeah, i didn't think we spent that much time. >> that's a lot. only 16 minutes less per day. i was surprised men spend that much time. >> is it important for us as guys? i think the caricatures we don't

care. >> i think it is more than you're willing to admit. >> we'd be lying if we said we didn't care the way we look, especially in the business we're in. but i don't put that much time a day. >> david gregory -- >> i also think guys think they look better than they do. >> yeah. >> it's the point you make, al, turns out men are fatter than women. but most of the time it's inverted in how we perceive. for those of you with daughters. in the survey, 85% of teen girls say they worry about their appearance weekly, 72% say daily. for boys, it's a lot, lot less. so what do we tell our daughters? so they have the right body image? >> we never talk about looks. we talk about being smart, we talk about being kind and generous and looking out for other people. it's not something we talk about or focus on. >> absolutely. i do the same with my niece. we refuse to say what we don't like. if i say i don't like something about me, what am i teaching her? >> exactly.

>> we want to say thanks to dr. oz. we have a limited amount of time to get our make-up back on. you're watching "today in the bay." >> good monday morning to you. i'm peggy bunker. berkley's fire chief has just identified the firefighter who died when he was crushed by a tractor on his property. this morning, the american flag is flying at half staff at berkley hills fire station number 7 all in honor of tony nunez. last night, fellow firefighters stood with a hand over their hearts as the vehicle sped past group. he was driving a tractor in his off time when he went down an embankment and died. checking in on your traffic this morning. that commute on this mondays still under way. >> it is. it is just starting to ease a little bit. thank goodness. we had a really tough drive along the south bay here.

finally starting to show the orange. nearly a crash there. jammed you up off 681. 87 had a motorcycle crash which caused a big backup off 85. those both starting to show a little slowing. 101 actually had a lighter drive all the way up toward palo alto. south 880, coming down the bridge. that flow of traffic increasing. because of the crash that was at 8 street. you're jammed both directions past the coliseum. look at this tough drive. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. i'll have another local news update for you coming up in just about half an hour.

♪ all right. we're back now 8:30 on a monday morning, february 24th, 2014. it's our first morning back from sochi. and we have a great crowd welcoming us back. and take a look at what we've brought with us. we've got a few of the u.s. medal winners from team usa. and we're going to catch up with them in a couple of minutes. meantime, the guys are out here because the ladies of "today" are inside getting a little bit of a touch-up after

going make-up free. so we got them up on the lift getting their make-up. >> got them up on the lift. >> and tamron is here. we've got a big announcement about her. yes! yes, we do! coming up in a little while. >> also, we've got some firsts here in the crowd taking part in snapping selfies, as well. and you can send us yours, too, if you're home with the #loveyourselfie. >> and carson, your buddy usher going to fill us in on the return of "the voice." also big news for his fans. plus, we're going to get the take on body image and a new nbc sitcom. but first, let's say hi to our olympic medal winners, gus kenworthy, nick goepper, kelly clark grabbed the bronze in the halfpipe, aaron hamlin won the bronze in the luge.

and noelle pikus-pace took silver in the skeleton. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. all right. who slept with their medal so far? around their neck? come on. be honest. no? >> no. >> nick? >> i thought about it. >> you didn't do it, though? >> no. >> nobody? >> not yet. >> bedside table. >> no? no? >> anybody get any free meals or anything? >> yeah. >> doing the new york tour. hey, can i get a bagel? >> you casually put it on the table and -- >> you got that in time square, that's not real. >> i can tell you, aaron and i flew home on the same flight in sochi and she was hoping to breeze through security. i'm not sure it worked out that way for you. >> i did get a water bottle. hopefully it won't come back and bite me now. >> did you have to check the hardware? >> no, we were able to carry it on. >> of course.

so, guys, you three guys have kind of got this bromance going. are you like the three amigos going to travel everywhere together? >> yeah, we've been together the whole season pretty much. we'll keep doing what we've been doing and see what happens. >> when we separate, i'll be going through withdrawals. >> nick, how's it going with the hashtag? do you wanna date with nick? >> it's going awesome. this week, i'm going to pick some awesome girl to hang out with. and i can't believe the amount of talented and amazing girls there are out there. >> you got a great response? >> oh, yeah. i got a top five right now. and it's going to be hard to whittle it down. >> what about the dogs? how are you doing with the pups? >> doing well. one of my friends over with me actually kind of -- he's being the hero right now. he stayed behind and changed his flight and flying back with them in a few more days. >> gosh. >> noelle, you had one of the great moments in the olympics when you finished and ran up in

the crowd and found your family. has this all sunk in yet for you? the whole world watching on the big stage? >> just yesterday, we were walking down to the museum and in that amount of time, about 15 groups of people stopped us and was like, oh, my gosh, you're the one that jumped in the stands. it's been an incredible ride and experience to be able to share this with so many fans and friends and my family and my husband and kids by my side. amazing. >> it true you're done? >> i'm done. >> you're done. you told us that after vancouver. >> i know. >> making an announcement? >> i'm making it official here on the "today" show, i'm officially retired. >> you did so well, though. >> i know, there's a lot more i want to do. i want to be a mom first and foremost at home. and a lot i want to do. >> how about the rest of you? can we see you come back? >> yeah. i mean, i keep thinking what could i learn in the next four years? sky's the limit. i'm healthy, motivated, love it more than i ever have. i'm excited to get back to snowboarding here after new york. >> well, we have had such great

moments with you. we really have. you were all so generous with your time over in sochi. and i know you had an awful lot of things to be thinking about. thank you for that and congratulations. >> thanks, guys. >> congratulations. we're going to have more medal winners joining us throughout the week, but right now, mr. roker, check of the weather. >> let's check it out for you, show you what we've got going on for today. we are looking for the week ahead, below normal temperatures throughout much of the northern tier states, above normal out west, west through the gulf coast, get into the midweek period. look for light snow along the northeast. mountain snow, out west, boy, do they need it, more rain through the southeast. more snow, another clipper coming across the plains. more rain along the mid pacific coast into the northwest. going to be toasty, guys, through the gulf coast. not all that

good morning. 8:35 the time right now. a beautiful weekend we had across the bay area. that beauty continues to linger here on this monday. clear skies in san francisco. light winds. we are going to see another beautiful day. in fact, today's highs are going to be back into the mid 50s. our inland valley very comfortable. low 70s for the north bay, east bay, and etch the south bay spiking up there, close to 74 degrees later this afternoon. we do have big changes ahead. the forecast shows we'll be talking about rain on wednesday. more details on that in about 20 minutes. weather. >> all right, al. thanks very much. coming up next, usher on the return of "the voice." but first this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:38 as we say hello to our crowd. season six of "the voice" premieres tonight.

and back as a mentor, usher, judging from the auditions, the coaches have a lot of talent to work with. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> wow. usher, good morning to you. >> yeah. >> was that janice joplin? >> she definitely made us feel like janice joplin. that was someone who is an incredible voice in the competition. that's bri kelly. and this season, we had 11 four-chair turns. >> the talent's getting better on "the voice"?

>> everybody on the panel turned their chair. that means the talent is at the all-time high. >> for her, you were the last one to turn the chair. are you a tough customer? a strategy thing? >> i'm someone who likes to saver the moment, you know. i like to basket in it. she was incredible. incredible. >> this is your second season as judge. how do you feel going into it? and do you think the other judges? adam and blake are taking the gloves off now, maybe taking it easy on you before but not anymore? >> no, i think they're enjoying a high moment. blake is won it a few times, adam won the last season and the first. for me more than anything i'm happy my audience gets a chance to see me in a different way. for many years, people know me through music. now you get a chance to see me in a different light but still in music. but just really enjoying mentoring talent and just giving a different aspect to what reality television is, you know. >> it's a perfect fit for you because you were mentoring before you were doing it on "the

voice," something that's important to you. do you think that "the voice" has been able to turn out a huge star yet? that's the one criticism i ever hear of it. you don't have a kelly clarkson or carrie underwood yet. >> more than anything, you're learning the process and you have to stay tuned. this season hopefully we'll be able to introduce some new things greater than that, not to compare to other shows, but this one is so positive. and it doesn't really highlight, i guess, us tearing the talent down but building the talent up. and with the support of america and online purchases as well as do downloads and instagrams. it's being connected with not only our core base but also, too, introducing people in a light that would represent them, you know, successful on the show or have a career afterwards. >> cee lo surprised a lot of people by saying he will not be back on "the voice."

will we be seeing you more on "the voice"? >> i'll be here on season six. as with all of us, we have our creative process we're working on. music is what you know and love him for, i'm just staying tuned to see what happens next. >> carson was telling me when you sit in the judging chair, you put your leg up a lot. >> yeah. >> is that a source of power? >> i don't know if i can get my leg up. >> we need to see these shoes. what was it called? >> my shoe-fie. stay tuned, this is going to be an incredible thing in association with this. to do something as you know there's always an education advocacy associated with what i do. so this is something that is going to be very, very special. stay tuned. >> all right. not just the gold shoes. usher, always great to see you, thank you. and the season premiere of "the

voice" is tonight and tomorrow 8:00/7:00 central. adam and blake taking part in a twitter takeover. be sure to check that out online. and coming up next, minnie driver on her return to mother hood and tv. hey! hi! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪ ♪ seize your vacation with a southwest airlines sale. go to southwest.com, where our lowest fares are now available as low as $69 one-way. book now at southwest.com and carpe vacay.

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♪ ♪ and we're back now at 8:45. minnie driver catapulted to fame in movies like "good will hunting." and now starring in "about a boy." minnie plays quirky, single mom who moves to san francisco to find herself and find a job. >> exploring life, yeah. you can't put that on a resume. >> why not? i live my life with complete honesty. i have nothing to hide. >> you do. >> why would they have asked me for an interview? >> i don't know, but you need to take a step closer to the world we're all living in and just lie. >> i don't lie. >> everyone lies. >> not i.

>> okay, george washington. >> that rebel. >> still bitter. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> is this a typo or did you tell the producer that you've seen the movie hundreds of times? >> no, it's not a typo. >> i've seen the "godfather" ten times, that's a lot. >> it's constantly on television and i also own the dvd. and if i'm feeling -- i have three go-to movies. >> what are the other two? >> well, it goes between "the king of comedy" -- >> what is it "about a boy" that makes you feel so good when you watch it? >> apparently, even someone as selfishly hopeless as hugh grant's character can find redemption through sort of the ordinary business of being alive. i love that. that's not a big thing that happens, just realizing his humanity.

>> people talk about, it's difficult to take a great book and turn into a great movie and now nbc is taking the book to a movie to this sitcom. it's not a traditional sitcom, though, it feels to me. >> no, it's not. i think through "parenthood" and "friday night lights," he's got a handle on how you effortlessly bring characters into the medium that you're working in. and it's story telling at its best. created these amazing characters and used that as a jumping off point. >> fiona is neurotic a little, maybe. >> a lot. >> overprotective maybe a little. >> a lot. >> she's a vegan, what else do i need to know? >> she's -- somehow everyone knows someone a bit like fiona

this day and age where there is -- they've embraced their lifestyle to the point of sort of hilarious self-righteousness. when you're wafting someone else's barbecue smoke back into their yard, you know you've got a problem and it's quite funny. >> you need to get a grip. she's a mom, i mentioned, single mom. you are a mom. and this schedule works for you? this -- doing this show. you have a 5-year-old. >> i do. and i -- listen, this is the most amazing job for me to be able to be home sleeping in my bed at night, making it to some of his sporting events, sometimes being able to take him to school. it's pretty great. in fact, it's very great. >> this was kind of a week where we're talking about body image here on the "today" show. you're in a business and have been for a while now that puts a lot of emphasis on appearance. >> yes. >> you've dealt with this in the past. >> yes. >> what advice would you give a teenager or a young adult in terms of trying to be comfortable with themselves?

>> don't get taken in by the assault of images that are out there now telling you what it is you are supposed to be. everyone has a different body type. and figuring out where you -- where you lie is your only job. not comparing yourself to the teeny weeny romanian model when you're 6 feet and a volleyball player. you have to be realistic about who you are. and then, that's the only thing you have to answer to is yourself. you know, yourself and yourself. >> good advice. minnie driver, always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> "about a boy" catch it tomorrow 9:00/8:00 central time on nbc. up next, big news to share. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ all right. we welcome you back to "today," and it's our pleasure to welcome a brand new addition to our family this morning. brand new, i don't know -- >> well, we already think of her that way. tamron hall is co-anchoring the third hour. with natalie and willie. >> and we want to take a look

back at how tamron made her way from a small town in texas to studio 1a. >> i was born in texas. my mom says i was the only kid born there that day. the town is so tiny, that wouldn't surprise me. i grew up in a big family. my aunts, uncles, cousins, my mom, my grandfather. these people were always around me, always encouraging me. >> she was just outgoing little girl. she was always sweet. >> stop by and see us. >> i love learning and talking to other people. so those things i naturally enjoy just snapped into place in my career. >> from what family members and neighbors -- >> my work as a reporter for four years in dallas-ft. worth. >> i was on the phone calling all my siblings and friends. i said, look, there she is. >> and from there, i ended up in

chicago. >> welcome back, the time right now -- >> anchoring a four-hour morning show. everything i thought morning tv could and would be. you do become a part of the family. >> i want to welcome my new colleague tamron hall. >> the year before i started working for msnbc, i brought my mom to new york and outside of rockefeller center, my mom pointed up and said next year you're going to be working here. and i said, yeah right, mom. and my best friend sonia snapped a picture. >> i had a feeling tamron would be there. and it happened. >> one year to that day, i was in the office with the president of nbc for my first interview that turned into my job. >> she really did it. she really made it. super proud. super proud of her. >> let's get a check on the morning's other top stories from tamron hall over at the news

desk. >> good morning, everyone at home. >> i went in my first morning. i was filling in. it was the most intimidating thing you can imagine. and it was solely because you know how important the "today" show is to people, to viewers. >> let's get in there. >> i feel like when i approach life, i look at it like my nieces and nephews, wide-eyed, open. i love to laugh. >> whatever we need, she's there. >> tamron is trustworthy, she's honest. >> definitely the best friend you want to call and say, hey, you want to share this news with her. >> so i'm excited, i'm nervous. and just like, the sitcom character who keeps popping up behind the sofa. and now i'm finally on the sofa. >> i'm so proud of her. >> congratulations, "today" family, we love you.

>> there we go. you know, you say you're finally on the sofa. we barely have room. >> need a bigger sofa. >> i wore the biggest dress ever. >> i love the part about your mom. what she said -- it's amazing. >> we were outside, and i'd taken her to "the color purple." and she said you're going to be working here next year. i'd gotten a new camera, it had the time date stamp, so a year to the day i'm going in to be hired and i show the president of the news at the time and showed him the date and we both started crying. it was a year to the day. my father, the last time he saw me on tv was on the "today" show. he was in the hospital and he said he was asleep, he heard my voice and looked up and i was on the "today" show. it was his last chance to see me. i'm so happy. >> yeah. >> you've been so kind to me and welcoming me. >> you don't have any of that embarrassing local news footage.

>> with the big bangs? >> it has to be somewhere and we will find it. >> i look like a black bart you're watching "today in the bay." >> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. the controversial proposed water bottle ban in san francisco faces a key vote today. the bill would phase out the sale of plastic water bottles on public property. so that would include food carts and street fares.

>> we are looking at clear skies across the board. you'll find this is the scenario all across the board. we had such a beautiful weekend. that's going to continue into this monday. clear skies through the afternoon. warm, close to 70. into the 70s for inland valley. we are tracking rain in that seven day forecast. we'll talk more about that in about ten minutes.

from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this monday morning, february 24th, 2014. you might have noticed a new name in that announcement. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales and the newest member of our team. >> can we play that again? >> tamron hall. >> one more time. >> okay. not. >> oh. >> this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> get that on a loop. >> it's going to be my ring

tone. >> tamron hall. >> tamron hall. >> tamron hall. >> what a way to welcome you, too, with no make-up monday. >> i know, when i got the call, i said, really? on my first day? but i guess it's a good way to start. you open up, come out of the closet, no skeletons. here i am. you've seen me at, i think my second worst. i did host -- >> come on. >> no, no, no, seriously. i posted the picture -- no, no, no -- that was no make-up. but the picture i posted. the photo of my natural hair. that's with me with my hair not blow dried out. and i posted this, and the reaction was so interesting i would show my naturally curly hair. >> i love it. >> thank you. >> how long does it take you to do that? >> oh, mercy. how long does it take johnny wright to do it? i get my haircut once a month. >> sorry to interrupt you -- >> that's actual hair. that is mine. this is high school, i wore

braces for six years, that's my hair, and i tell people, i'm 43, i cut my hair when i was 18, my boyfriend at the time, leslie, i won't say your last name on tv, but he had a crush on anita baker, and i wanted his affections over anita baker, so i cut my hair. and there was a rap song that said something like fly haircut like anita baker. and now 100,000 years later, same haircut. >> we keep saying welcome to the family. but i think you feel the way i felt when i started. we've been here so long. >> right. >> you feel like part of the family. >> i tell people all the time. when i walked in the building, the single nicest person on the spot, al roker. the most generous person, natalie. i went to your birthday and love giving out samples of make-up and cosmetics i love. and i said, this is something i treasure. and willie and i, we sang karaoke together. we were supposed to be beyonce and jay-z and he chickened out

and we had to do "endless love" diana ross and lionel ritchie. >> either way -- >> we were going to do j and b and they didn't have the song in the karaoke. >> i don't remember it that way. >> we're going to take this up offline. >> i think you need -- >> five minutes in, and we're already bickering. >> but that speaks to the familiarity. you've been so kind and welcoming since day one, it's not a new beginning, continuation. >> amen. >> welcome to the club. >> we're glad you're sitting here. we're back from sochi. >> yep. >> little jet lag. >> a long way. >> when did you get back? >> saturday night. >> saturday afternoon. >> so you still have the vibrations of the airplane? >> no. >> no? >> no, i slept like a baby. i got up and i was wet. >> too much information, again, al. >> you know, it's hard, like 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

>> oh, my gosh. >> the 5:00/6:00 p.m. >> it hits you. all of a sudden you're like -- >> when you travel, once you land, stay on the time zone you're in. you cannot go to sleep. >> we landed and we went, literally from the airport -- the kids we all had sushi, came home. i unpacked sunday morning. >> genius. >> everything was done. and boom. >> lovely. >> couple of bags to unpack and the bags under my eyes. >> i gave you that eye cream. it works. >> how was your homecoming. >> the kids made a sign, welcome home. and the dog went nuts. and i hear you had a little homecoming. your kids are well trained is what i'm told. >> they know how to please papa. >> i opened the front door, and my wife bought the bourbon. but my 6-year-old daughter lucy handed me balloons connected to a bottle of maker's mark -- >> your kid handed you this? >> she did. >> hello, sir, welcome back. >> lucy, go get daddy an old

fashioned. >> yes, sir, i will. >> george, how about a manhattan? >> mix it the way daddy likes it. >> don't bring me back anything that looks like iced tea. >> and she wrote the sweetest note in the world. daddy, i don't know what i would do without you. i missed you so much. >> was it connected to the bourbon? the card on the bourbon? oh, i see it. >> but, you know, three weeks anywhere is a long time. so nice to come home and see the family. >> josh was like -- when i left, he was here, coming home, he's up to here. >> this morning, he's here. >> either that or it's my perception. all of a sudden, how fast and quickly they grow. i remember my first olympics was athens and he was 9 months old and just about ready to start walking. and i was so worried i was going to miss him. here he is 10 years old now, five olympics later. >> going to measure it by olympics. >> real quickly, though, closing ceremony last night. >> well, there was a really cool moment. as you know, they had a

malfunction at the opening ceremony, the upper right ring did not open. they had fun with that at the closing, kind of laughed at themselves. >> i love it. >> and opened it up. >> i loved it. very funny. >> well done on that. >> meanwhile, it was a crazy week across the street with jimmy fallon. he is off to a huge start. seth meyers starts tonight. but on friday, jimmy was joined by his buddy justin timberlake, and we knew this was coming. we had four histories of rap. >> and he didn't chicken out like you did. j.t. brought it. the history of rap that you wouldn't do with me. ♪ ♪ flip turned upsidedown i'd like to take a minute tell you how i became the prince of a town called bellaire ♪ ♪ what a man jump jump jump jump ♪

♪ jump jump ♪ ♪ walk this way walk this way ♪ >> how good was that? >> that was excellent. >> you must have been -- the shape they've got to be in to have done that, to keep singing, dancing. that's amazing. >> they actually talked about that on the couch. jimmy says when he finished that, he collapses in a ball of sweat and he's heaving and justin like, all right, we're going for drinks. it's what he does. >> he danced with will smith and did old school hip-hop dancing. he's a machine, i love it. >> he's doing great. off to a big start. and seth meyers starts tonight. >> yeah. >> al, your production company

has this really cool documentary. >> yeah. it's interesting on discovery id, home of tamron's show "dateline crime." on investigation discovery, we produced the thing. it's hard to believe this happened in this country. but these -- what we call sun downtowns. they were all white communities that african-americans were not allowed to live in or even visit after dark. and surprisingly enough, they weren't where you would expect them to be down south. they were up north in ohio and illinois, places like that. towns in indiana, illinois, ohio, to find out -- there's word these practices still do exist. and he was starting an investigation. joined by an expert in the field. >> one of the most surprising aspects of this phenomenon is the assumption these towns only existed in the south. the truth is, most of them were in northern states such as new

york, connecticut, ohio, indiana and illinois among others. more importantly, though, convinced these towns still exist today, and i'm determined to find out if he's right. >> and it's basically a road trip into history and injustice to find out whether they do or not. it's really, really fascinating. something where we are extremely proud of, which airs tonight at 10:00 on investigation discovery. >> we'll look forward to seeing that. how about the weather out there? >> the polar express? no the polar vortex. i love the polar express. tom hanks plays five roles in it. >> phenomenal. >> this is a little different. hey, look, he's here, he's got his whole crew. we're going to talk with them in a little bit. you know this show is a big success when he's got a posse now that comes on in here.

so here we go. there's this big area -- can we get the lights up. i guess i threw them. he's got all my lights. anyway. take a look, this alaskan high has diverted up into the arctic. and as that happened, bringing up warmer air, all the way as far north as alaska. however, the piece of the polar vortex has broken off, the cold air comes in and look at these temperatures. right now 1 below in bismarck, feels like 3 in marquette, detroit feels like 9, indianapolis, 19, afternoon highs only get up into the single digits and the teens. tomorrow, we continue to see it drop down. it's going to feel like 17 below in bismarck, cleveland will feel like 8 below. new york city, 20 degrees and as we get into wednesday and thursday, it gets even colder. the good news is, we do start to see a little bit of moderation as we head into the

good morning. 9:10 the time right now. clear skies across the entire bay area. no fog to report this morning. but it was a beautiful weekend. those beautiful conditions are going to continue into this afternoon. close to 70 in san francisco. low 70s for our inland valley. we do have rain to talk about. tomorrow another dry day. wednesday, that's the day we're watching for showers to approach. dry for the morning hours, but by the afternoon and etching, that rain does spread into the picture by wednesday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks a lot. coming up next from "homeland" to the "blacklist," keeping himself busy chasing bad guys. so good on the shows, but he carved out a little time to talk to us. >> how much does he look like willie geist, by the way? [ male announcer ] it's surprising what your mouth goes through in a day. but what's even more surprising is that brushing alone isn't enough to keep it clean. fortunately, you've got listerine®.

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got a break in the hit movie "mean girls." >> yes. now he plays fbi agent facing off against criminals and james spader in nbc's hit drama that i'm obsessed with, the "blacklist." >> good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's get this out of the way right now. >> the elephant in the room. >> do we look like each other, america? >> come on. >> little better. >> yeah. you do. >> i think so. >> very midwestern. >> also you get matt damon. you're in a bar and someone approaches you, go with damon over geist. >> it's not bad, though. >> for full disclosure, when you walked over, i said hello and i felt muscles bounce back when i do this. >> uh-oh. wow. >> wow. >> anyway -- >> welcome to our therapy session. in the meantime. so tell us.

>> you've got nothing on this. >> exactly. >> what's happening tonight? you guys making a big comeback after the olympics? >> hopefully. i think so. a lot of chatter on twitter, people love the show, it's great. there's so many fans and everybody's so kind of rabid, especially coming off of "homeland" where everybody, obama watched the show. and then to come over to a show like this here. people are, you know, obsessed with, you know, red reddington and, you know, everybody else. >> you've had a really good -- good -- i guess up to now, you've worked your way from "homeland" to this character. >> come on, "mean girls." >> which, yeah, let's go back ten years ago. it's hard to believe that was ten years ago. >> yeah, it is. it is. it kind of makes you feel old, but it doesn't, though. because it seems like it was yesterday. but a lot's happened in between. but it was another one of those experiences where you're working with these incredible people. you know, you knew at the time, you know, one of my best friends

played the little italian guy. with the burns. with the little burns and i said those aren't 16-year-old burns, but he's italian. so we shared a trailer, we kept looking around going, oh, my god. amanda and lacy and lindsay was there. rachel, and, we went around and looked, there's going to be a lot of people working a long time off this. >> it's so hard for a show to make it. so many good shows through reasons not their own fault, they didn't make. you've been on two big hits, "homeland" and "the blacklist." what do you think it is? >> the story. you have this -- these great characters in there, liz keene. you guys having a moment here? >> having a moment. >> that's right. >> eye contact. >> a lot of weird -- >> keep this table clear. a lot of hands on the table. >> now we've been with our families.

>> we're bonding. >> almost like al and i have this bond now. >> we do. >> i want to ask you about hockey. you grew up in canada. you have to be happy your country has won several golds there. your childhood, how has it helped shape you in hollywood? i know you know lindsay well and people can get caught up even the best of folks. how do you fight that? >> well, it's pretty easy coming from canada. you have a sense of work ethic. i grew up way off in the country working on farm and playing hockey. but there's always a sense of community and it's always bigger than yourself, i think, anyway. you're never really trying to find the spotlight. and you're always trying to chip in and help each other out. and i think it's, you know, more of that. we didn't even -- i didn't grow up in a town. i grew up way off in the woods. which explains a lot. >> a lot of that confidence you have. >> a little bit. a little bit. but you carry that with you wherever you go and it

translates well into acting. a lot of persistence you have. >> it's a great community. and you guys -- it's not just one person. it's a whole ensemble. and it's on display. and, again, tonight, diego, thanks so much. "blacklist" airing tonight at 10:00/9:00 central here on nbc. i cannot wait. >> set your dvr all set, right? coming up next, all the news you need before you leave the house. and a little bit later in our love your selfie series. the pressure to be thin in the celebrity culture. ♪ every breed, every need. every age, every stage. we care about as much as you do. assortment of premium foods, his specific needs price guarantee. of health and happiness. at petsmart®.

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well, fitness junkies, fitbit is recalling the latest model after reports that the health tracking band was causing a rash. the country says it's likely an allergic reaction to nickel. despite doctors orders, many of us actually go to work sick. a survey of more than 1,000 u.s. adults revealed 1 in 4 workers always go to work even when they're ill. most people say they would have too much to make up if they did miss a day. just as many said they couldn't afford to miss work. others say their boss expects them to come to work no matter how sick they are. the "lego movie" blocked out rivals for the third straight week. pulls in another $31 million this weekend. kevin costner's action thriller "3 days to kill" was second with $12 million and "pompeii" rounded out the top three. and giada will show us how to turn tonight's dinner into four delicious meals for every night of the week. and the pressure to be thin

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[ female announcer ] lactaid. 100% real milk. no discomfort. good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. berkley's fire chief has just identified the firefighter who died when he was crushed by a tractor. this morning the american flag is flying at half staff at the berkley hills fire station number 7 in honor of tony nunez. last night, fellow firefighters stood with their hands over their hearts as a vehicle car reing the body of nunez sped fast. he was driving a factor on a ranch in his off time when the vehicle went over an embankment and rolled about 200 feet. emergency responders found his body beneath a piece of the tractor, declared him dead at the scene. this morning, the san jose city council will consider a new strategy to get homeless men and

women off the streets. it wants to pay to put some of them in local hotels and motels. pae potentially for years the city says it was going to cost about a million dollars to house 60 people. the plan is to allow them to stay there while non-profit agencies help them find jobs and permanent housing. we'll have a look at weather and traffic after the break.

welcome back. 9:28 the time right now. we are waking up to clear skies this monday after a spectacular weekend c weekend. 70s for our inland valleys. upper 60s expected for places like san francisco. we do have rain in the forecast, but not for today. coming in the form of the rush hour commute on wednesday. so this is really going to be some heavy rain that we're watching for wednesday and it's expected to continue into the weekend. so a big dent expected to put on that drought. so things looking good in the weather center. let's talk about the traffic.

>> don't want to talk about it, so i'll handle it from there, because this is bad news. 880 southbound is just slammed down. basically from 980 all the way through downtown. that's the live look there. both directions, a crash southbound at marina. sounds like it may be clearing some lanes but it's been there over a half-hour. crawling at about 10 miles per hour or worse. both directions past the coliseum. 580 much clearer. out of fremont, we do have a slower drive. and then the slow drive down the east shore freeway. >> we'll have another local news update for you coming up in a half an hour.

♪ welcome back to "today," it's monday morning, february 24th, 2014. i'm willie geist along with al, natalie and the newest member of our family, miss tamron hall. >> are you going to do your own history of rap for us? >> i think we should. just quickly to recap, willie stood me up during a karaoke contest. we were judges and i said let's do beyonce and jay-z, and we ended up doing "endless love." >> not remotely how it happened. they didn't have the song we wanted in the book. we were hat boxed, we were railroaded -- >> this friday, if they -- oh. >> now? >> are you asking me to do it

now? >> go for it. >> i saw you -- >> this was the one we were going to do. >> but i thought -- >> i was just standing there. waiting. >> by friday, we'll have it down. >> okay. you want to do it friday? >> yeah. >> we're having a blast doing the usa today thing. this sunday it's the academy awards. this morning, we reveal our picks for the "usa today"/"today" show pick. which movie will get the most awards? >> i think 12 years a slave will receive the acting awards, but i think "gravity" might outweigh it when you put in the technical awards into the mix. >> i agree with you "12 years" is a favorite. a bit of a spoiler on best picture. >> yeah, i'm going with "gravity" getting the awards because i think it was a different kind of film. and i think it sort of set new ground as to how far the 3d and

technology. >> and "12 years a slave." >> my heart was pounding when i watched that film, nothing like it. >> red carpet moments. whose gown will inspire the most chatter? >> lupita. >> i think lupita, but i put margot. >> i'm going with cate blanchett because she'll win for "blue jasmine." >> who will the host, ellen, roast the most? >> i think jonah hill for the things he did in "wolf of wall street." >> i went bradley cooper because he admitted he went commando to a state dinner. >> i'm going with george clooney. he seems to be in the moment right now. golden globes, everybody sort of picked on him. >> hard to beat that. i wouldn't go back there. academy awards are this sunday, this coming sunday, march 2nd. >> good. all right. >> about six

we are waking up to beautiful conditions here on this monday. no fog to report at the golden gate or anywhere across the bay area right now. very comfortable temperatures. this afternoon we're still talking about very warm temperatures. highs today are going to be very similar to where they were yesterday, in the 70s for inland valleys and very close to that in san francisco. and again, plenty of sunshine. do enjoy that. >> yeah, grand central, changed from the polar express to the locals. >> well done, al roker. so you've seen tamron co-anchoring many times on this show before. but today is special. >> now she's officially part of the "today" family co-hosting this hour with us. >> that's right. here's a look at how the outgoing girl from texas made it here in the big apple. >> i was born in luling, texas.

my mom says i was the only kid born in luling that day. >> the town is so tiny that wouldn't surprise me. i grew up in a big family. my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my mom, my grandfather -- these people were always around me, always encouraging me. >> she was just outgoing little girl. she was always sweet. >> i first realized i wanted to be on television with birthday par parties as a kid. we'd have a talent show. i can't sing and i can't dance, so i was the emcee. i would have to introduce my cousins joanne and the jo-ets. i love learning and talking to other people. so those things i naturally enjoy just snapped into place in my career. >> from what family members and neighbors -- >> my work as a reporter for four years in dallas-ft. worth. >> i was on my phone calling all my siblings and my friends.

>> look, there she is. >> and i was a happy mom. >> and from there, i ended up in chicago. >> welcome back, the time right now -- >> anchoring a four-hour morning show. it was everything i thought morning tv could and would be. you really do become a part of the family. >> i want to welcome my new colleague, tamron hall. >> a year before i started working for msnbc, i brought my mom to new york and outside of rockefeller center, my mom pointed up and said next year you're going to be working here. and i said, yeah, right, mom. so my best friend snapped a picture of me and my mom outside of rockefeller center. >> i just had the feeling that tamron would be there, focus into existence and it happened. >> one year to that day, i was in the office with the president of nbc for my first interview that turned into my job. >> she really did it. she really made it. super proud of her.

>> let's get a check on this morning's other top stories from tamron hall over at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone at home. >> i went in my first morning. i was filling in news reader. it was the most intimidating thing you can imagine. and it was solely because you know how important the "today" show is to people, to viewers. and that al roker, everything that you think al is, he is. and he has this nurturing, caring spirit. >> sure. >> and willie was going to be jay-z, but you chickened out. >> my first bonding moment with willie, we're participating in a karaoke contest. willie, not convinced he can pull off jay-z. so we do "endless love," it went up like a lead balloon, you owe me, willie geist. i think natalie and i have a lot in common. we are both, i think, fun-loving

people. and she's an amazing mom. and i look at her and how she juggles the demands of the job. that's something i want for myself one day. >> let's get in there. >> i feel like when i approach life, i look at it like my nieces and nephews, wide-eyed, open. i love to laugh. >> whatever we need, she's there. >> tamron is trustworthy, she's honest. >> definitely the best friend you want to call and say, hey. you want to share this news with her. >> so i'm excited. i'm nervous. and just like the sitcom character who keeps popping up behind the sofa. and now i'm final lip on the sofa. >> i'm so proud of her. >> congratulations, "today" family, we love you! >> all right. >> we broke out the fine champagne. >> i like hanging out with you guys. >> it's like this every day.

>> well, cheers to you guys. you have a wonderful hour, you own it, and to the team behind the scenes. it's easy to thank you on camera. but behind the scenes. you make me look good because you see me without make-up, i need help. >> come on. >> no, it's an amazing environment to work in. we have this blessing to go somewhere that we love. my grandfather had a second grade education, he was a sharecropper. many days he did not want to be out there. he did for his family. i have a luxury of loving where i go to help my family, as well. cheers to everyone. thank you, guys. >> welcome aboard. >> thank you, thank you. >> are we going to -- can we now put to bed this whole jay-z/beyonce thing. >> i've been slandered for the last 40 minutes. >> it's how it happens. >> i'm sorry. >> okay. >> they told me to be myself. >> she was a -- thanks for that, tam. she was a child star growing up in front of the cameras as tv's

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♪ back now with our series "love your selfie." these days the pressure to be thin comes from everywhere. television, runways and magazine covers. >> our "today" aol body image survey shows 82% of teen girls and women wish they could lose weight. here's our perception of the perfect body image changed over the years. open any magazine, and it's easy to see, thin is in. but that wasn't always the case. ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ >> reporter: there was a time when a few extra pounds in all the right places was considered pin-up perfect. so how did we go from this to this? a decade after marilyn famously graced the first cover of

"playboy," twiggy hit the scene along with a boyish figure. by the '80s, magazines started emphasizing weight loss, dieting and exercising. and in the 1990s, the waify look made a comeback. think kate moss. then the seemingly impossible became ideal. lean with curves, madonna, pamela anderson and cindy crawford. today, we are seeing curves in all the right places. stars like j.lo and beyonce proving curvy may be making a comeback. mayim bialik understands the pressure to be thin, starring in "blossom" in the '90s and appearing on "the big bang theory." >> she's here to share her view on body image and also out with a cook book called "mayim's vegan table." mayim, good to see you. >> good morning.

>> we are really overloaded with celebrity images and so many times, and those of us with teenage daughters, we worry about this. you've been, you know, in the media spotlight for a long time. did you feel as you were growing up that pressure to stay thin? >> i don't know. i mean, in the '90s on "blossom" from the ages 14 to 19. the industry was different for teenagers then. there wasn't the internet, wasn't this publicity machine putting so much attention on teenage girls to look like adult women. and i think that's one of the big differences i've seen. is now we have all that pressure for teenagers to look like women and the model for women seems to be, yes, thin thin, thin. >> in hollywood, there seems to be a standard of beauty. did you feel pressure to look a certain way? >> if there was, i didn't do any of the things that would've made me look like other people. i was a funny-looking kid with large features and i was what was considered ethnic when i started acting in the late '80s. kids didn't look like me on television. i didn't have success in commercials and things like

that. i got character roles, which is what they call roles for people who don't look like leading girls or leading boys. that's kind of, i guess, been my schtick. it worked. >> certainly -- look, you are a role model on "the big bang theory" as a smart, funny, young woman. and now it's led you to the vegan table. tell us -- how did you make this journey? >> gosh. well, it's been a long journey. after "blossom," i got a ph.d. from ucla in neuroscience. i had a career as a scientist, came back to the world of acting after i had my two sons. and i've been vegetarian since i was 19 and vegan's been a slow progression. but raised my boys vegan and this book is literally the recipes that i make for nonvegans that they ask for more of. yes, there are plenty of healthy recipes, but also a lot of fun recipes that have a lot of rich flavors. everyone should be eating more fruits, vegetables, less processed foods. less animal fats.

every major medical organization agrees on that whether or not you're vegan or not. this book is an opportunity to present the things i actually cook that happen to be plant-based that also still have good flavor that won't make people say, like, oh, thanks for that weird vegan -- >> now the mac & cheese in this. >> it's very, very rich. very rich and very delicious. >> i make it for my own kids. mayim, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> and we look forward to "the big bang theory." i hear you're kissing jim parson's character? >> yes, that happened the valentine's episode. there may be more. who knows. >> check out recipes from her book, by the way, today.com. tomorrow on "loving your selfie," we'll talk about aging gracefully. >> that's what i'm trying to do. >> come on back. coming up next, our pal giada whipping up a meal that will stretch into four more meals for the week. it's amazing! right after these messages. ♪

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seasoning the meat. who's going to do it? >> willie. >> and we'll put it on the two pieces of chuck roast we have here. >> that's just chuck roast? >> yeah. and make sure you look for nice marbling to meat. and the slow cooker, put the lid on. >> does it matter what order? you can put everything in one time? >> yeah, put it all in there. a lot of times you'll see with recipes is, well -- yeah. okay. you're supposed to divide it. >> my bad. >> throw it in there. >> very specific. >> divide the seasoning between the two. >> it's all in there. >> it all cooks all the potatoes, the fennel, red wine. all goes in. >> that's your monday. >> tuesday you make pizza. make a little cream sauce i put over it with a little kale, the leftover pot roast, cheese, throw it in the oven, that's dinner. >> incredible. >> then where were we? wednesday? mushrooms, peas and pot roast.

i had the mushrooms to give it more body. >> different texture. >> well, it's an italian sicilian tradition that started in new orleans by putting the meats and cheeses in bread. and you can let this sit. thursday night, nice soup. beans and pot roast and veggies. >> back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

♪ kathie lee and hoda. can we shout out to our team who made the new kitchen? >> whole new area. >> gorgeous! >> great new york apartment. >> wow. >> we have everybody. buster, linda gray, jordin sparks.

you're watching "today in the bay". >> good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. stanford university will soon stop selling tobacco on campus. vendors who run convenience stores on campus have agreed to stop selling tobacco products,

including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e cigarettes. sales are inconsistent with many programs that support healthy habits and behaviors. now, nobody can smoke on campus unless they're more than 30 feet away from a school building anyway. tobacco sales will stop next month. in a matter of minutes, the dalai lama will speak in front of 4,000 people at santa clara university. he's expected to touch on business in the silicon valley, elt ethics and compassion. protesters are expected to greelt him there as well. let's get a check on the weather with anthony.greet him there as well. let's get a check on the weather with anthony. >> a beautiful weekend we had across the bay area. that's continuing right now. you can see from our vantage point, clear skies. a little hazy, but no fog to report any time this morning. 67 in san francisco. our inland valley is expecting low 70s for today. so do enjoy what you can for today, because rain is in the forecast. we'll talk more about that at 11:00 today. in fact, quite a bit of rain

coming on wednesday. let's talk about those roads and here's mike. >> thank goodness it didn't happen on that rainy day. we'll wait and see how that adds up. but right now, southbound 880 still very slow heading past the coliseum. there was an earlier crash. we'll look at the map. after the crash was clear, the person was taken to the hospital. sounds like relatively minor injuries, but it will slow you down. they were busted up so they had to repair that. they should be reopening that now. about 10:00. that should cause some relief for folks heading north also. want to avoid all of that, and you are south. that's much clearer. scott, back to you. >> thank you much. we'll have another local news update coming up in half an hour. [son] she has no idea.

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. fun day, monday, february 24th. >> where are we? >> we are in our brand-new studio, brand-new kitchen. look at giada still there. there is giada. thank you. >> how does the new kitchen feel? you were first one to break it in. >> i know, right, so apropos, me breaking it in.

>> you know what we love? great lighting. we have a huge show for you today. >> look at our little studio. >> it is so clean and fresh. it is like moving into a new house. >> look at the windows. everyone is out there. >> hey. this is awesome. thanks, everybody, for the last two weeks while hoda and i have been doing nothing. >> nothing. >> pretty much, holding the fort, we like to think. there is breaking news. everybody at nbc felt better about knowing that you and i were here to cover any breaking news that would happen. >> every now and then, you guys, we have a huge show. today's show is packed. >> yes. >> with great, great people. we have usher with us. >> we have minnie driver. >> minnie driver and she has her bubbly. >> she's such a -- i love her new show. it is fantastic. >> everybody is going to love it. jordin sparks is here, linda gray is here. we have a live performance. there is a band that -- really just one guy, called passenger.

and there is a song called "let her go." it is a great song. they use it in the commercials at the olympics. >> the one with the little puppy. >> so excited. >> and also all the buzz. there are other things happening in the world as well, hoda, the world, the hollywood world, celebrity world. here is what our old set used to look like. >> it is like an "ambush makeover." here is the before. and here is after. oh. okay. >> i don't know if you can see that much difference there, but it just feels different and so that's a big part of the thing, how you feel. >> it is. >> happy to see you. how was your weekend? >> it was great. i'm getting a little bit of a health kick, i decided. >> you gave up sweets. >> i gave up sweets. i'm going to do my favorite thing because it is so delicious and i'm doing this for you. i got something called the nutra bullet. here is what i put in the little

thing. i put in spinach, apples, banana, orange juice and beets. you stick them in here. you put it in the bullet and you -- okay. >> just that amount of time. >> i cooked it -- a little bit before. >> okay. you got to try it. it is so crazy delicious. so excited to see your first -- >> who sent you the bullet? >> i got it as a present. >> i said, who gave it to you? >> oh, he did. >> oh, okay. that's delicious, hoda. that tastes just like the one that my friend emily made. >> i put in the bottom, that much spinach, so it is all spinach and it grinds it up into a liquid. i put orange juice and water -- >> you know what i would also put in it too, mint. i would put mint in it as well. >> why don't you like it the way it is. >> i love it. >> how was your weekend? >> it was nice. the weather was so lovely.

haven't seen a crocus but buds about to burst. i was tweeting about it. i see -- you hear now the birds in the morning, making their nests and getting mad at you because they come too close and all that good stuff. i was invited to a rare thing for me to come back into the city on a friday night and have a dinner, but craig hatcoff is married to jane rosenthal, invited me and maybe 20 people to come it a dinner at the lamb's club in new york, beautiful, beautiful room, in honor of glenn beck, who is a controversial gentleman, but as i have befriended him in the last few years and have great affection for him and apparently so does craig, so do -- it was so fascinating to be in a room with so many people coming from completely different ideological places, all coming together to say, wait a minute, our country is in trouble, where is our common ground, because that's where our sacred ground is. everybody contributed. everybody was respectful,

everybody was -- it was powerful because -- it was powerful. i'm grateful he invited us to come. and then cassie texted me the next night, the next day, oh, mom, i heard you had dinner with my friend from college's father last night, a small world. she was having dinner with her -- so it was lovely. i didn't eat much. i was so -- norm kamali was there, the great designer. love her. such a funny woman. we're leaving, she goes, i didn't know you were so smart. oh, thanks. anyway. >> it is the end of the olympics, you guys. they had the closing ceremony. you remember in the opening ceremony, there was this big flub where one of the rings didn't open up. >> i liked it that way. i thought was cute. >> the russians decided to have fun with it themselves. they made fun with it at the closing ceremony when all the rings except one burst into --

there it goes. they know how to laugh at themselves. it was clever. the united states, by the way, finished the olympics in great fashion, 28 medals, we were in second in medal count, next to russia and, you know, good there. >> going to be interesting to see what all the attention is going to be on kiev now since the coup there. different time for putin, who was partying one day and trying to clean up a major mess now. >> i bet he doesn't care that we didn't wear no makeup today. >> it is body image week. they did an image with cas and i about what we felt about our bodies and it ran in the earlier hours. >> part of it. >> part of it. >> let's look at -- this is us without makeup. the wider the shot, the better. >> that's not nice. okay. >> i'm going to say it -- >> anyway, they talked to us about how we felt about our bodies. we have some of that.

>> i was a kid with the crazy frizzy hair, the sunglasses and the weird name. like the trifecta of woof. >> we had something in our family, we called them wuggies, that little place right at the top of the thighs, just got a little too much on there, that love, you know? if you asked me this before i had my children, i would have said my thighs. but since the cesarean sections, my stomach. >> i was heavy and then i lost weight, but i don't ever feel like the girl who lost weight. beauty is inside out. it is when your eyes light up and when you give off joy. to me, you look at someone and go that's beautiful. >> amen, sister. >> amen. anyway, so all week long we'll have a love your selfie kind of

week and we have jordin sparks discussing no makeup as well. >> and we have been talking about justin bieber and acting out a little bit on his road to manhood. it looks like he display been taking advice, he's been hanging out with his mom. >> they were in atlanta this weekend and he posted a video of the two of them singing. it is a short little tiny snippet, so take a look. ♪ >> sweet. we only have that seven seconds, so we looped it. but, i mean -- >> wow, a lovely voice. >> you wonder where he got his voice. >> she didn't say it was from her, which is -- tweeted later, amazing night recording my first song, thank you so much for writing it, love. that was the best night of my life. >> i want to hear the whole song. i would love to see that. that picture you saw was a picture he posted on his twitter

account. >> all righty. what else is going on in the world? >> a lot is happening. >> favorite things. >> i did mine. so you enjoyed the drink. >> yes. i want to let everyone know my favorite thing is the new movie that is coming out this week called "the son of god," opens this friday. i've seen it twice. later today, that gentleman right there, jesus, is coming to my house. >> of course he is. >> and his mother, mary, is also coming. >> of course they are. >> they're going to do the podcast with me, so excited. tomorrow night i'm hosting a google hour with roma and her husband mark burnett at 9:00 at the google headquarters. >> you're very busy, important. >> i know. but a great movie. >> seth meyers, we wish him such great luck. he's taking over late night. his guests are amy poehler, she's perfect because he's so comfortable with her. vice president joe biden and a musical guest, a great big world. it is going to be really nice. >> wishing him all the best. he's going to be excellent. you know why? because you and i did his very

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>> you were phenomenal. >> thank you so much. >> yeah. you nailed that. >> i love you, usher. >> i plan on winning this entire thing with you. >> don't you get a feeling if you go with him, you won't ever get a word in edgewise? >> so -- wow. good to see you. >> how are you? >> all turned around for her, huh? >> we had 11 four chair turns this year, incredible, yeah. >> watching the singers compete is great, but watching you guys fight like you do for the competitors -- >> we go for blood. everything else is all love backstage. >> is there a time where you love somebody, but you really, really think, you know what, i'm not best suited to be her mentor or his mentor? or just go for the best talent you can get. >> you go for the best. if you feel it, you turn, because it is a blind audition. and then sometimes it becomes competitive. i don't get her, so you're going after this girl, you know, and

you are vying for her attention. >> you're wooing her. >> yeah. >> uh-uh hhuh. we know how you do. >> old-fashioned word. look it up. >> so this is definitely going to be an incredible season for me, season four was great. season six having the opportunity to try some new things. >> you have a unique coaching style above all the others. used to have some of your contestants get down and do 50 push-ups. what are you -- >> part of who i am is because of my -- i guess my regimen and how disciplined i am. that represents a little bit of that. how bad do you really want it? the one thing i want to ask you about, you have a dog named blake? >> yes, i do. >> not that i -- i have an issue with that, because he is a dog, you know what i'm saying, but i felt like i had no possibility of winning this panel here.

>> well, we can rescue another one and named him usher. >> musher? >> usher. i had a dog named regis, he was honored and his ashes still live in my library. that was a loved dog. >> this is bad. scary. what happened to cee lo. >> from what i hear, he's working on other aspects of his career. it is great when you have a platform like this to introduce whatever you're doing and then go on to what you love, if it is acting. for me, it is a little bit of all of that. just completed my role as sugar ray leonard in the film about roberto. >> fantastic. when is that coming out? >> later this year hopefully. >> we look forward to that. that could change everything, baby. >> yeah, yeah. >> will you like me then, for real? >> we like you. you've always been very, very -- >> i love you. >> i could be your grandmother, so -- >> usher, good luck. have fun tonight, okay?

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performance of schuyler in "good will hunting". >> now starring in a new hit nbc show "about a boy" based on the best-selling novel then turned into a movie starring hugh grant. >> she plays fiona, an over the top mom, also a strict vegan and sets some ground rules for her neighbor when he hangs without her son marcus. take a look. >> if you could stay off screens that would be good. tv, computer, video games. oh, also, if you could make sure that he doesn't eat meat, fish, fowl, gluten, sugar or dairy. >> what can he eat? >> everything else. if he eats a nut, he's dead. >> that's a great clip because that's how we fell in love with the show, the writing is terrific. you're so well cast. kept 76%. >> yeah, we hit 76% of our audience. >> at olympics. >> which is really difficult to do. >> i didn't know that meant if

that meant -- >> it's good. >> that's fantastic. >> you kept your british accent in this. tell us why. >> well, i think there is an enormous amount of comedy to be mined from a british accent anyway, and a different culture and more of a fish out of water thing for fiona, who is already -- she maked thi es thi harder than they need to be. >> why doesn't marcus speak with an english accent? >> well, my son has an american accent. i think because -- >> we don't know how long -- >> exactly. she's just moved to san francisco in the pilot, but i think she -- there is -- >> henry. >> he grew that carrot he was just eating as well. >> there is a little fiona in you? >> he's like, i'm with stupid. >> but the chemistry on the set, among the group of you, is incredible. we had benjamin on who plays your son. he is a -- >> he's a character, isn't he? >> hysterical. he's like an adult in a small

boy's body. >> he's leakike a 75-year-old. >> and this guy, tell us about him. >> david wilson is -- he's such a dream boat. he's one of the nicest men i've ever met. he's incredibly bright, which with all due respect, to all the other actors working in america, is a fairly rare -- >> i love how she says rare. only one r in rare. >> very clever and very kind and he's just a really, really lovely person to work with and he's incredibly quick and very funny. >> like tom hanks. >> he is. he has that colin firth, tom hanks thing going. >> but he's not available, hoda. he's married with two kids. >> a beautiful wife and beautiful baby. >> you came on the set. we said you're so great in this. you said, you know who's really great and started talking about him. >> i love it when i don't understand why someone -- like, to me, david should be the biggest star in the world. so funny to me you have to wait

for the timing and the -- here is -- i feel like this is his moment as much as all of ours. i'm very happy. >> i also love it takes place in san francisco, which we don't see enough of. you see the city of san francisco, but not this suburban little off the -- >> you don't shoot all the time there, but it just is nice to have -- it is not l.a., which i love l.a., but we see it too much. >> i agree. i think jason katims does a great job of showcasing san francisco in parenthood and comes into one of our episodes. >> so a little cross polination. >> which is rare. >> really excited. you know who is excited? nbc. >> thank you so much. >> you can catch "about a boy"

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last night, fellow firefighters stood with their hands over their hearts as a vehicle carrying the body of nunez sped past. investigators say he was driving a tractor in his off time when he went down an embankment, the tractor flipped and he died. today the san jose city council will consider a strategy to get homeless men and women off the streets. to put some of them up in local hotels. the city figures it will cost about a million dollars a year. the plan is to lease vacant hotels and motel rooms. we'll have a look at traffic and weather coming up after the break.

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enroll now at coveredca.com. welcome back. we are waking up to clear skies across the bay area. didn't have a lot of fog this morning. that's going to be the way things continue to pan out. temperatures shape up like this. near 70 in san francisco. low 70s elsewhere, from the north bay even over toward the east bay and the south bay valley. so enjoy today, because rain is in the forecast wednesday. we'll bring all that down coming up today at 11:00. >> we head northbound, which is clear now heading past the coliseum. southbound side still jammed up. the map still shows you that same streak of red from 980 starting to improve. construction just cleared a few minutes ago. now all lanes are open. about a half an hour. your bay bridge toll plaza still backed up. a slow drive.

it's a tough monday, scott, including coming across that san jose bridge. back to you. >> all right, mike. thank you much. we'll have more local news coming up in half an hour. we'll see you then. welcome back to more of "today" on this fun day monday. time for "today's buzz" when we get you caught up on all the celebrity gossip everybody will be talking about today. >> justin timberlake apologized to thousands of fans. jennifer lopez makes the return to tv. here with all the juicy scoop is josh zest, host of post live. >> hello. >> wonderful to see you all again. >> let's talk alec baldwin. >> alec baldwin, isn't it adorable and delightful when they get to that age and they get a little cantankerous. he's got this new article, not an article, he basically dictated it to a journalist who then published it in "new york" magazine. >> and it said -- >> it said he's sick of life and new york is bad and people are

bad and celebrity culture is bad and tabloid is bad and twitter is bad and paparazzi is bad and everything is bad and he wants to go to l.a. and live behind a gate. >> okay. >> go to l.a., live behind a gate. new york suffered worse calamities than losing alec baldwin. >> you don't think this is endearing him to anyone? >> i understand it must be frustrating to live in a pressure cooker bubble like that when you're a celebrity, but a lot of people do, you roll with the punches. not 1950s anymore, we have twit er and people can be nasty. >> it will be less -- >> he said one thing he hated about l.a., people live in palaces behind gates and don't interact with one another and now it appeals to him. >> we wish him the best. >> we do. justin timberlake, he had to cancel one of his shows. >> yes, on wednesday. he said he was sick and they rescheduled it, but now that bumps a buffalo show he was going to do on saturday and now they have to bump that back until the summer. he apologized and he said that

anyone in buffalo who is upset, jimmy fallon will give them a one-hour -- >> he's such a great -- he never does stuff like that. something clearly happened. >> total pro. >> i love when those two do the history of rap, fallon and timberlake. they did it again. let's take a look. ♪ i love it when you call me big papa ♪ ♪ throw your hands in the air ♪ ♪ bow wow, wow, wow yippie yo yippie yea ♪ to the east side the lbt ♪ >> you were singing -- >> hoda knows every word. >> getting all the lyrics right. >> it gets better every time. it gets better every time. >> they came back and came back and the fourth time jt said this

is the last time we're going to do this, we're not going to do it anymore and jimmy fallon -- >> he had a great first week, didn't he? jimmy? >> exactly the sort of thing that sets jimmy apart from all the other hosts, right? >> making it his own. and he's making -- he's understanding that now it is not really about who is watching at the time that you -- it is about creating viral clips that go online and share and he gets it in a way that alec baldwin maybe doesn't. >> well, there you have it. >> thank you very much. >> he's got a thing about alec. >> any who. can't turn on the radio without hearing his hit. >> he's a one man band named passenger and he's going to sing for us. >> and jordan sparks has a message for teens about what real beauty is all about. >> and "dallas" star linda gray. ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪

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>> right in. we were dear friends of 37 years. we called each other and said what do you think? it was great. the script was good. we're back in dallas, texas. >> ultimately it's still about the writing isn't it? >> always. these writers that's a challenge to write for crazy older ones. they bring in new ones. gorgeous, hello. sends you right back to the gym. it's amazing. >> speaking of the gym, you're in great shape. we're doing this week on body image. what do you think? we've been talking about insecurities and things that bother us. >> first of all i googled myself. i looked at my age and i thought, are they kidding? i'm that old. >> you don't live a that way. >> it was hysterical. i thought i'm never going to do that again. i don't look my age. that's some number out there. i think it's like energy. i was born with a lot of energy. i think once you have that -- i

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now to our special series "love your selfie" and the power celebrities have when it comes to how we feel about ourselves. >> our survey found that 80% of teen girls compare themselves to celebrity images and 50% say it makes them dissatisfied with their own appearance. >> earlier you saw us go makeup free. we also got jordin sparks -- that was a year ago. >> whatever. we still look the same. >> we have jordin to join in. if you have a teen at home, you'll want to listen to her message.

♪ >> this is what happens before a red carpet event. here we go. ♪ >> red carpet, lovely outfit. >> first thing that comes off, eyelashes. so many layers, so many steps. all done. >> i'm doing the honors of going makeup free and showing you guys what it is like, how it feels, just a little bit of insight into my life. when people see me, in the magazines, in the pictures, music videos, i'm done up. my hair is done, makeup on. there is nothing wrong with,

like, wanting to wear makeup and wanting to go out and look your best. i feel comfortable this way. i feel like me when i have all of that makeup on and hair done and in all the crazy clothes. that's jordin sparks. but this, i'm just jordin. i'm here with my really good friends lilo and jo jo. and we actually are going to have breakfast at the ivy. the ivy is a popular spot. we are all here makeup free, which is definitely crazy because there is usually paparazzi here but we're going to enjoy ourselves and enjoy being makeup free. it will be awesome. cheers, ladies. >> yes. >> hey! >> hi, jordin. >> have a good day! >> okay, so today, again, makeup free, all i did was wash my face and put on my moisturizer and a little bit of chapstick. i'm in my car, still makeup free. i've pretty much been makeup free the entire week.

it is nice to go makeup free. nice to be confident in my own skin. i want to show them that it is good to be you. it is good to be yourself. it is good to be okay with who you are and make no apologies for it. >> and jordin just woke up, she just -- she's out of bed, barely. skyping and makeup free again. you're really in bed, jordin. >> literally. see? >> so you had some time off from all your career and so you just took that time to be with your friends, be real, keep it -- your face nice and clean and rested a little bit. >> yeah. it has been nice. i actually -- i usually am makeup free probably 90% of the time. the other 10% is, you know, coming on the "today" show and doing appearances, concerts and different things like that. for most part, i'm usually always makeup free. when you approached me about doing this, i was, like, yeah, i would love to do that.

it's been fun. >> what is great about you, you're very young, so you look gorgeous either way. there are young girls that have insecurities when it comes to makeup, right? >> yeah. i mean, i feel like i was a teen once, i'm still -- i'm still in that realm of, you know, i see the magazines and i want to, you know, you want to always look a certain way. one of my fans sent me a video on skype -- not on skype, on twitter yesterday, you can find it on my feed, but about these four girls who always looked at magazines and said i want to look a certain way and they got the opportunity to be a model, a cover model and they took pictures and then the people photo shopped them and edited it. when they saw themselves in those pictures, they were, like, why would i want to look like that? why would i want my imperfections taken away? it was a touching video. >> jordin will continue the discussion and be back with us friday live on the plaza. jordin, thank you. >> see you friday. his name is michael rosenberg, but you know him as passenger. >> we couldn't let him go

without him singing for us. but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪

♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪

the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> we want to remind you, you can catch linda gray on season three premiere of "dallas" on tnt. >> tomorrow relationship advice with matthew hussey and e. jean carol. >> but first, michael rosenberg. you may not know his name, but you know his hit called "let her go." >> and we already have fallen in love with you. we spent the commercial break with you. what a delightful guy. uk sensation known as passenger went from playing for loose change on streets to sold out concerts in under a year and his most recent album is called "all the little thing life".

>> you went from the street to this? >> yes. the last five years i've been on the street and funding my own record and touring and playing in front of 14 people a night. >> and who found that song and made it into the amazing hit? >> i think -- i think it was a combination of things, you know? i think i was really lucky to dish went on tour with ed sheeren. >> that will do it. i bet he became a great mate. >> all right, let's go. >> come on, passenger. ♪ ♪ you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪

♪ you know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ and you let her go ♪ staring at the bottom of your glass hoping one day you'll make a dream last ♪ ♪ but dreams come slow and they go so fast ♪ ♪ you see her when you close your eyes ♪ ♪ maybe one day you'll understand why everything you touch slowly dies ♪ ♪ but you only need the light when it's burning low

♪ ♪ only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ you know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ staring at the ceiling in the dark ♪ ♪ same old empty feeling in your heart ♪ ♪ love comes slow and it goes so fast ♪ ♪ you see her when you fall asleep ♪ ♪ you never touch and never to keep ♪ ♪ because you loved her too much and you dive too deep ♪ ♪ you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪

♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ now you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ and you only need the light when it's burning low ♪ ♪ only miss the sun when it starts to snow ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ only know you've been high when you're feeling low ♪ ♪ only hate the road when you're missing home ♪ ♪ only know you love her when you let her go ♪ ♪ and you let her go

right now at 11:00, a bay area fire department in mourning. we're going to have the latest on the deadly accident involving an off duty firefighter. plus, housing the homeless in hotels. how much it's going to cost san jose to fight a growing problem. and the dalai lama speaks in south bay, but not everybody's happy to see him. nbc bay area news starts now. >> well, good morning, everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm scott mcgrew. peggy bunker has the morning off. we begin with new details in the death of an off duty firefighter. this morning, we're learning more about the man and the crash that took his life. nbc bay area's christie smith liveth